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Simulation-based learning award for Alan
A leading light in simulation-based education (SBE) at Northumbria University, Newcastle, has been awarded a prestigious Fellowship for his contribution to healthcare education.
Alan Platt, who is Academic Lead for SBE and Clinical Skills at Northumbria, was awarded the Fellowship by the Association for Simulated Practice in Healthcare (ASPiH) for his renowned work in using healthcare simulation to educate.
Alan qualified as a registered nurse in 1988 specialising in adult intensive care and was appointed as a charge nurse critical care in 1998.
During this time, he developed a keen interest in healthcare education and in 2001 he was appointed as a lecturer practitioner in critical care, working across Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and Northumbria University.
Alan was appointed by Northumbria University as a senior lecturer in adult nursing in 2006 and as the lead for SBE development for undergraduate teaching. He has developed a national and international reputation for the development of SBE as a learning and teaching methodology and its integration into the University's nursing programme.
Alan served on the executive committee of the ASPiH from 2010 to 2014, and as National Simulation Development Officer (SDO) from 2012-to 2014.
Speaking about his award, Alan said: "I am passionate about simulation-based education and I feel honoured that colleagues, who I have held in high esteem, awarded the Fellowship to me."
SBE is frequently used in healthcare teaching. It encompasses a broad range of methods from task training to develop specific skills to actor and manikin-based approaches.
Learners can then practice and perform many skills and emergency procedures in a safe environment, ensuring they are competent, safe and confident to deliver high quality care.
In 2011, Alan was appointed programme leader with responsibility for the advanced critical care practitioner (ACCP) programmes, and was awarded the title of Teaching Fellow in 2014 for his innovative work in SBE.
Based on this work in June 2016 he was appointed as an Associate Professor and the academic lead for SBE within the Department of Nursing, Midwifery and Health. He is currently undertaking a Professional Doctorate on the use of SBE in healthcare education.
The Clinical Skills Centre at the University is used to teach a range of healthcare professionals; it has been at the forefront in the advances of simulation-based education as a learning and teaching methodology.
The Centre underwent a £750,000 make over in the summer of 2017, which saw the facility become one of the biggest and best in the country.
It is used extensively in Northumbria's programmes for undergraduate/pre-registration students, as well as for postgraduate/post qualified medical, health and social care professionals as part of their continuing professional development.
Region launches vision for £40m centre of excellence to cement reputation in digital construction
Northumbria leads £220,000 study into social care provision
A new study led by researchers at Northumbria University will document and analyse the experiences…
EXPERT COMMENT: Is Santa's sleigh zero carbon? The answer lies in reindeer poo


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Cuba aims for first U-20 World Cup berth
Adrian Arturo Diz Pe
PUEBLA, México -- Before the CONCACAF Under-20 Championship commenced, few would have looked at Cuba as one of the favorites to advance to the World Cup in Turkey. Today, the team coached by Raul Gonzalez is one game from making history.
Cuba has never qualified for the FIFA event in this age group, but the current generation is making the fans, and even the coach, dream.
Led by their captain, Adrian Arturo Diz Pe, and with the goal scoring exploits of Maikel Reyes, the Caribbean side has become the surprise package of the event. After winning both of its group-phase games, it faces Costa Rica on Tuesday for a spot in the World Cup and a place in the CONCACAF semifinals.
"Cuba will be a dangerous rival for any opponent, I have no doubt of that," said Gonzalez. "We might not be considered the favorites, but we can fight against anyone. It could be that this time we make it to the World Cup."
What Cuba has shown during its first two games supports that stance. The Caribbean Lions beat their Group B opponents with a system based on defensive order, first touch passing and explosive attacking.
Diz Pe is the man giving the orders on the defensive line. In addition to physical strength, the defender has demonstrated clarity when initiating the attack, attracting the attention of many scouts on hand in Puebla.
In midfield, Daniel Luis Saez has stood out. A hard working midfielder, who can recover the ball and distribute into the attack, he's the brains of the team. Though there are occasions when he remains somewhat quiet on the pitch, his uncanny ability to make an incisive pass is a difference maker for the Cubans.
Reyes is the man in charge of turning that work into goals, while Jordan Santa Cruz -- an industrious No. 9 -- completes the pairing. Despite being a scorer, Reyes seldom remains static in the area, but rather finds his way out to the sidelines to become a first outlet option. His physical prowess allows him to go by opponents on the dribble and filter in on goal, as he did in netting the opener against the Canada on February 18. He has three goals in the tournament, just one behind the leader, Amet Ramirez of Panama.
Moreover, the entire under-20 roster comes from the ranks of Cuban football, which fills Gonzalez with pride.
"All of them are made in Cuba, they're our pure quality," the coach said. "I think we're a good team, capable of fighting."
Canada and Nicaragua already succumbed to that quality. Costa Rica is the last obstacle standing between Cuba and that first World Cup.
Two years ago in Guatemala, the Ticos were also Cuba's quarterfinal rival. The 6-1 defeat was as painful as it was one-sided. But this group of young Cubans and its coach has faith that they can rewrite that story, and make history for their country's football.
See also: Adrian Arturo Diz Pe CONCACAF Cuba Football Association Daniel Luis Saez Maikel Reyes Raul Gonzalez

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Palm Sunday is April 14th followed by Easter on April 21st. Easter Sunday starts with our early service at 8:15 am, a wonderful Easter breakfast and a visit from the Easter Bunny just before a fun Easter Egg hunt for the kids. We then celebrate our Lords resurrection at our 10:30 am service.
Service of the Shadows Friday April 19th. at 7:00 pm.
Easter Sunday April 21st. Worship Service 8:15 am and 10:30 am, Easter Breakfast 8:30-10:00 am, and Easter Eggs Hunt at 10:00 am.
Jane Fanucci is St. Luke's Choir Director and Organist.
You are invited to Choir rehearsal, scheduled for every Wednesday at 7pm. Members and newcomers are encouraged to use their vocal chords to serve our Lord with uplifting renditions of sacred hymns, gospel music and chorales during the Sunday, worship service at 10:30am.
St. Luke's also has a Senior Bell Choir. Please contact the church office if you are interested in joining. We rehearse Sunday mornings at 9:00am.
The brilliant Christian psychiatrist Dr. Walter Menninger, said that singing in a church choir was very helpful to him. After an exhausting day at work, he found it inspirational and soothing to go to choir practice at his church. The music enabled him to put the stress of his day behind him, get in touch with something beautiful and holy, and end the day relaxed and uplifted.
Ask a choir member what singing in a choir does for him or her. It's very likely that you'll find he or she gets great joy in serving the Lord through singing. And remember, also, there is wonderful fellowship among choir members. Singing in a choir is a good way to make new friends. Try it!
We have many reasons including the above to "make a joyful noise unto the Lord." Come share your talent and your love of music at St. Luke's Lutheran Church!


Please note: Each glass bead is handmade over a red-hot open flame and no two glass beads are ever completely alike. This goes for size, coloration and pattern. Your bead may have slight variations from the beads pictured. The price is for the bead only.
The world is a playground, the possibilities are endless. Let life inspire you. Let curiosity guide you to new discoveries. Let the personality lead you to authentic stories. Discover new things and travel.
People become what they are through stories. Some shape us and others simply give us pleasure. Wonderful stories arise from the experiences of life that happen to us every day. Take Trollbeads on a journey into new adventures and get ready for a new fantastic adventure.


Open Europe: Italian government on the brink (again): Has Renzi's hour come?
Other than making a difference to the incomes of the people involved does it make any difference at all to Italy's politics?
-the new electoral law does not solve unconstitutional aspects already set out by the Court but nobody cares in the political arena, apart from getting some specific notional advantage out of forthcoming discussions, because higher up that has already been decided upon.
At the end of the day it simply shows again that real economic reform is not going to happen unless it is forced (forced the hard way).
The key in this has to be Berslusconi's support, or what is left of it at this stage. I note OE has Berlusconi as the first tag, though he is not even mentioned in the post. Odd. I think we just had have to wait and see.
Italy and France have become the capital "M" in MananaZone.


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Light House Keeping
Light House Keeping centres on key themes which can be found in our current zeitgeist; destruction, upheaval, survival and healing. Chapters which each have a unique character that create different emotional responses and drama to form the overall story of Light House Keeping.
Our premier outdoor performance took place in the grounds of Leicester Cathedral on the 26th August 2016 as part of the city wide Leicester Festival celebrating Arts and Culture. We hand picked a range of Artists to collaborate on the show, utilising each of their strengths to push our ideas as far as possible. The audience in Leicester that evening entered our built installation which formed a temporary space for the event and were taken on an immersive atmospheric journey, experiencing our ideas through sight, sound, touch and smell.
We hope to tour and take Light House Keeping around the country over the coming year, This show is for all groups.
Memory and Questioning
We walked across the road to the square it's just starting to go dark, the sky going dark blue.
"We steal moments of sleep and wake up exhausted,
I wake up from the freezing cold.
I can't sleep until the sun rises,
my friend sleeps peacefully whilst I toss and turn,
we don't rest for 6 days.
We feel the hunger early on,
I didn't bring any food, it was too heavy.
I dream of the food from Aleppo,
Meat and yoghurt.
I decide to learn how to cook when I reach land."
- A POEM FROM A MIGRANT ACROSS THE SEA, 2015.
Revealing and Energy
Migration and Searching
Ownership and Belonging
Divides and Unites
Light House Keeping brings together a range of Collaborators and Artists. It joins Visual Artist and Pyrotechnic Chris Winch with David Young heading the Design and building of the show. Tim Hill will be providing soundscapes and live music for the performance on the night and Christie Rider is in charge of design, promotion and engagement for the show.
Chris Winch, visual arts + pyrotechnics
WWW.EGGILLUMINATIONS.COM
david young, designer + builder
WWW.RAG-BONE.ORG
tim hill, live performance with music + sound
WWW.TONGUES-OF-FIRE.CO.UK
christie rider, design, promotion + engagement
WWW.christierider.COm
The City Festival, held in August, celebrated Leicester in the heart of the city. Light House Keeping performed it's premier show in the Cathedral grounds to a full crowd, with live music, pyrotechnics and instillation.
"The traveler has to knock at every alien door to come to his own, and one has to wander through all the outer worlds to reach the innermost shrine at the end."
— Rabindranath Tagore
Keep up to date with the Light House Keeping project via our social media links below.
LIGHTHOUSEKEEPING


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The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt – Blood and Wine (polnischer Originaltitel: Wiedźmin 3: Dziki Gon – Krew i Wino, deutsch: Der Hexer 3: Wilde Jagd – Blut und Wein) ist die zweite und abschließende Erweiterung des polnischen Entwicklerstudios CD Projekt zum Action-Rollenspiel The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt. Es wurde am 31. Mai 2016 veröffentlicht.

Wie das Hauptspiel basiert Blood and Wine auf der Hexer-Romanreihe des polnischen Schriftstellers Andrzej Sapkowski. Wie die erste Erweiterung, Hearts of Stone, erzählt es unabhängig vom Hauptspiel eine eigenständige Geschichte.

Handlung
In Velen wird Hexer Geralt von Riva von zwei Rittern aus Toussaint zu einer Unterredung mit Herzogin Anna Henrietta gebeten, da ein Monster die Straßen der Hauptstadt Beauclair unsicher macht und mittlerweile im Herzogtum als das "Biest von Beauclair" bekannt ist. Dieser Einladung folgend, reist Geralt in das südliche Toussaint, einem wohlhabenden Land, bekannt für seine Weinberge und Weine, Oliven, fahrende Ritter in prächtigen Rüstungen und sein mildes Klima. Als Vasallenstaat des Kaiserreichs Nilfgaard blieb Toussaint von Krieg und Zerstörungen verschont und stellt so einen starken Kontrast zu den Nördlichen Königreichen dar.

Herzogin Anna Henrietta ist dabei eine alte Bekannte Geralts. Nach dem Tod ihres Mannes, Herzog Rajmund, ließ sie sich mit seinem Freund, dem Barden Rittersporn, einst auf eine Affäre ein, bis dieser sie, zu ihrem Verdruss, wieder verließ. Die junge Herzogin, Base des Kaisers von Nilfgaard und Cirillas Großtante, gilt als im Volk beliebte Regentin. Anna Henrietta trägt Geralt auf, eine Mordserie zu untersuchen. Zwei angesehene Ritter wurden ermordet, vermutlich von einem Monster. Wie sich herausgestellt, wurde kurz vor Geralts Ankunft die Leiche eines dritten Ritters entdeckt. Geralt soll diese Mordfälle lösen und das "Biest von Beauclair" zur Strecke bringen. Die erfolglosen Ermittlungen wurden bisher von Damien, dem Hauptmann der Herzogswache geleitet, der Geralt misstrauisch gegenüber steht.

Geralt untersucht die Mordserie und stellt fest, dass jedes der Opfer gegen eine der fünf ritterlichen Tugenden verstieß, denen sich jeder Ritter in Toussaint verschrieb. Demzufolge müsste es bald ein viertes Opfer geben. Als viertes Opfer gilt ein Ritter, der Geralt nach Toussaint begleitete. Geralt stellt die Bestie in einem Lagerhaus. Diese verlangt von Geralt, sich nicht einzumischen, da sie nicht sein Feind sei. Da sich der Hexer nicht davon abbringen lässt, kommt es zum Kampf. Geralt gerät in Bedrängnis, doch dann erscheint Regis und bringt die Bestie durch sein Einschreiten zum Rückzug. Regis ist ein alter Freund, den Geralt längst für tot hielt. Er erklärt Geralt, dass es sich bei dem Biest um Detlaff van der Eretein handelt, wie er selbst ein höherer Vampir. Anders als niedere Vampire, die wie Fledermausmonster erscheinen, sind höhere Vampire alte, mächtige und nahezu unsterbliche Wesen, die in menschlicher Gestalt auftreten, in Rage jedoch monströsere Züge annehmen. Durch die Sphärenkonjunktion kamen diese in die Welt. Regis erklärt, dass Detlaff seine Überreste fand, ihn daraufhin mit seinem Blut regenerierte und zurück ins Leben holte, was die beiden Vampire durch ihr Blut verband. Sein Freund Detlaff sei im Grunde nicht böse, keine Bestie. Er kenne zwar dessen Beweggründe nicht, jedoch müsse es einen guten Grund für Detlaffs Verhalten geben.

Regis unterstützt Geralt fortan, hinter dieses Geheimnis zu kommen. Regis braut Geralt einen Trank, womit dieser die Gedankenwelt und Vergangenheit Detlaffs erkunden kann. Dazu dient ihm Detlaffs abgeschlagene Hand. Diese befand sich zuvor im Besitz einer Bruxa, einer Vampirin, die Geralt erschlug und die Hand, mit der er zunächst nichts anfangen konnte, an sich brachte. Diese Vergangenheit zeigt Detlaff bei einem jungen Schuhputzer in Beauclair. Zu Detlaffs Überraschung setzt sich dort ein anderer Kunde für ihn ein und behandelt ihn sehr freundlich. Ebendieser Kunde war jedoch das dritte Opfer, der Detlaff in seine Mühle einlud. Der sichtlich zweifelnde Detlaff tötet ihn schließlich mit seinen Klauen, doch angewidert von sich selbst und seiner Tat, schlug er sich seine Hand ab.

Die Spur führt Geralt und Regis zum Versteck Detlaffs, in einem verlassenen Spielzeugladen in Beauclair. Dort findet Geralt heraus, dass Detlaff offenbar erpresst wird. Seine menschliche Geliebte wurde entführt und die Entführer zwingen ihn zu diesen Morden, soll seiner Liebsten nichts zustoßen. Geralt berichtet der Herzogin und Damien von seinen Erkenntnissen. Einen Weinfleck auf einem Schreiben der Erpresser kann der Sommelier der Herzogin als wertvollen, der Herzogsfamilie vorbehaltenen Wein identifizieren. Mit Henrietta und Damien begibt sich Geralt zum herzoglichen Weingut. Dort finden sie heraus, dass der bestechliche Vorsteher heimlich diesen Wein weiterverkaufte. Eine weitere dieser Weinlieferungen wird daraufhin von Geralt und Damiens Truppen abgefangen. Ein Überlebender der Räuberbande, die den Transport durchführte, erzählt Geralt, dass es sich bei dem nicht näher bekannten Käufer um den "Cintrier" handelt.

Mit der verkleideten Henrietta besucht Geralt eine elitäre Abendgesellschaft. Auf dieser Feier soll der Cintrier zu finden sein. Orianna, die Veranstalterin und Besitzerin des Anwesens, ertappt diesen dann beim Versuch, ein Schmuckstück zu stehlen. Sie stößt ihn aus dem Fenster in den Tod. Henrietta erkennt in dem Schmuckstück ein altes Familienerbstück, das seit Jahren als verloren galt. Orianna gibt an, dies einer jungen Frau abgekauft zu haben. Aufgrund des Weines und des Schmuckstücks vermutet Henrietta eine Verbindung zu ihrer älteren Schwester Sylvia Anna, Syanna genannt, die seit Jahren verschollen ist. Obwohl noch ein Kind, galt Syanna stets als schwieriger Charakter, als launisch, gewalttätig und mitunter grausam. Begründet wurde dies damit, dass sie im "Zeichen der Schwarzen Sonne" geboren wurde, ein schlechtes Omen, das als Fluch gedeutet wurde. Während der Unterhaltung zwischen Geralt, Orianna und Henrietta stoßen unerwartet Regis und Detlaff dazu, welcher sich mit der Herzogin gut zu verstehen scheint, die nichts von der Identität des Mörders ahnt. Regis wird von Orianna als ein "alter Freund" vorgestellt. Geralt bespricht sich mit Regis unter vier Augen und bittet ihn, Detlaff erst einmal herauszuhalten. Das Messer des Diebes verweist auf die nahegelegene Burg eines Adeligen, wo Syanna als Geisel vermutet wird. Der durchaus umgängliche Detlaff bekundet sein Interesse, Geralt zu helfen. Er möchte seine Liebste Syanna retten und die Erpresser büßen lassen.

Damiens Männer greifen die Burg an, unterstützt vom Hexer, Regis und Detlaff. Der Burgherr und seine Söldnerbande zeigen sich jedoch überrascht und scheinen nichts mit der Entführung zu tun haben. Im Bergfried stößt Geralt auf Syanna. Es stellt sich heraus, dass Detlaffs Geliebte und Syanna ein und dieselbe Person sind. Sie täuschte ihre eigene Entführung vor. Auf den Wein und das Schmuckstück erhob sie Ansprüche wegen ihrer Herkunft. Im mächtigen Vampir Detlaff sah sie ein nützliches Werkzeug für einen Rachefeldzug. Detlaff fühlt sich betrogen, seine Liebe verraten und verschwindet mit der Drohung, ganz Beauclair zu zerstören, sollte sich Syanna nicht binnen drei Tagen mit ihm treffen und sich erklären.

Henrietta schenkt Geralt keinen Glauben, dass ihre Schwester hinter allem steckt. Dennoch lässt sie sie, zu ihrer eigenen Sicherheit, einsperren. Als er ihr zudem gesteht, dass Detlaff das "Biest von Beauclair" ist, reagiert sie gereizt und verlangt von ihm, diesen zu töten, trotz des Einwandes, dass ein höherer Vampir von einem Hexer kaum zu töten sei. Geralt kann Detlaff jedoch nicht finden. Nach Ablauf der Frist wird Beauclair von unzähligen niederen Vampiren angegriffen. Die Stadt droht – mit Verwüstungen und zahlreichen zivilen Opfern, während die Soldaten den Vampiren scheinbar ohnmächtig gegenüber stehen –  im Chaos zu versinken.

Geralt steht nun vor zwei Möglichkeiten. Er kann Syanna finden und befreien, so dass sie Detlaff treffen kann. Oder er kann den "Unsichtbaren" aufsuchen, damit dieser Detlaffs Erscheinen erzwingt. Dies ist jedoch sehr riskant, denn beim "Unsichtbaren" handelt es sich um einen der ältesten und mächtigsten der höheren Vampire, aggressiv allem und jedem gegenüber. Durch seinen Rang kann er jedoch auch anderen Vampiren seinen Willen aufzwingen.

Entscheidet sich Geralt, Syanna zu finden, erkundet er mit Regis das alte Spielzimmer der Schwestern, in das Syanna gesperrt sein soll. Dort findet er ein verwunschenes Märchenbuch. Dies dient als Portal in eine Märchenwelt, in der die Schwestern als Kinder spielten und wo verschiedene Märchenfiguren ein Eigenleben führen. Doch die einst harmlose Märchenwelt hat sich gewandelt, wurde grausam und gefährlich. Das Mädchen mit den Schwefelhölzern verdingt sich etwa als Drogenhändlerin, die vereinsamte Rapunzel erhängte sich in ihrem Turm an ihren Haaren, nachdem ihr Prinz zu Tode stürzte, der Wolf war es Leid, den Schurken zu spielen und ertränkte Rotkäppchen und den Jäger im Brunnen und versinkt nun in Depressionen. Geralt reist durch das Buch in diese Welt, um darin Syanna zu finden. Sie erklärt Geralt ihr Verhalten. Obwohl sie nur ein schwieriges Kind war, drängten die Minister darauf, sie in der Erbfolge zu übergehen, da sie angeblich verflucht sei. Zudem wurde sie aus dem Reich verbannt. Die vier ermordeten Ritter waren diejenigen, die sie ins Exil führten, sie dabei misshandelten, sexuell missbrauchten und schließlich nackt, frierend und hungernd dem vermeintlichen Tod überließen. Überlebt habe sie nur, indem sie sich einer Räuberbande anschloss, die sie anständiger behandelten, als die angeblich "edlen" Ritter. Verbittert und rachsüchtig sah sie durch Detlaff schließlich die Möglichkeit zur Rache. Gemeinsam verlassen beide die Märchenwelt.

Entscheidet sich Geralt, den "Unsichtbaren" aufzusuchen, trifft er sich mit Orianna, die ihm Hilfe anbietet, aber zuvor einen Gefallen einfordert. Geralt soll einen niederen Vampir töten, der das Waisenhaus bedroht, um das sie sich kümmert. Geralt kommt dem nach, nur um festzustellen, dass auch Orianna ein höherer Vampir ist. Das Waisenhaus erhält sie nur wegen ihres Durstes nach Kinderblut, wobei sie sich die Kinder als Vieh hält, ihm jedoch erklärt, die Kinder nicht umzubringen. Geralt droht zwar, sie dafür noch büßen zu lassen, ist aber noch auf sie angewiesen. Zusammen mit Regis sucht er den "Unsichtbaren" auf, den sie nach einigen Widrigkeiten dazu bringen können, Detlaff zu rufen. (Oriannas Tod durch Geralts Hand wurde bereits 2015 im "A Night to remember"-Trailer dargestellt.)

Je nach den getroffenen Entscheidungen und eingeschlagenen Wegen zeigen sich fortan verschiedene Verläufe und Enden. Befreite Geralt Syanna aus der Märchenwelt, treffen sie sich mit Detlaff bei der verfallenen Vampirfestung Teshum Mutna. Hat er ihr zuvor ein magisches Band aus dem Märchenland überreicht, schützt sie dies vor Detlaffs Angriff. Der rasende Detlaff bekämpft Geralt nun. Zwar schafft es Geralt, Detlaff zu bezwingen, als Hexer ist es ihm aber nicht möglich, diesen zu töten. Regis ist hin- und hergerissen, tötet aber schließlich Detlaff. Regis und Geralt können auf Wunsch herausfinden, dass das geplante fünfte und letzte Mordopfer Henrietta selbst sein sollte. Syanna konnte ihr nicht vergeben, dass sie ihr nicht beistand und die Verbannung tolerierte. Geralt wird für seine Verdienste von der Herzogin mit dem höchsten Orden ausgezeichnet. Henrietta konfrontiert dann Syanna mit ihren Taten. Je nach Spielverlauf können die Schwestern einander vergeben und Beauclair feiert die Versöhnung. Ist Syanna immer noch rachsüchtig, täuscht sie die Versöhnung nur vor. Bei einer Umarmung ersticht sie Henrietta mit einer Haarnadel, wird daraufhin aber von Damien mit einer Armbrust erschossen. Das ganze Land versinkt in Trauer über den Tod der geliebten Herzogin, Geralt ist nicht mehr in Beauclair willkommen.

Überreichte Geralt Syanna nicht das magische Band, konfrontiert Detlaff sie mit Vorwürfen und ihren Taten. Im Zorn tötet er sie. Geralt kann nun Detlaff bekämpfen, oder ihn ziehen lassen. Henrietta ist erbost über den Tod ihrer Schwester. Zornig lässt sie den Hexer in das Gefängnis von Toussaint werfen. Nach einer Weile macht Rittersporn seinen Einfluss bei der Herzogin geltend, um Geralt aus dem Gefängnis zu holen. Dennoch ist er nicht mehr erwünscht in Beauclair.

Er trifft sich ein letztes Mal mit Regis. Durch die Tötung von Detlaff verstieß dieser gegen den Kodex der Vampire, einander niemals zu töten. Da alle Vampire ihn fortan als Verräter jagen würden, muss er sich auf die Flucht begeben. Geralt sucht sein Weingut auf, das Henrietta ihm zu Beginn des Spieles schenkte. Je nach den im Hauptspiel getroffenen Entscheidungen, ob und wie Hearts of Stone gespielt wurde, erhält er hier Besuch und ein spezielles Ende.

Synchronisation

Entwicklung und Veröffentlichung
Am 7. April 2015, noch vor Veröffentlichung des Hauptspieles, kündigte das Entwicklerstudio CD Projekt RED zwei umfangreiche Erweiterungen an. Zunächst erscheinen sollte Hearts of Stone, anschließend das noch umfangreichere Blood and Wine. Dies war ursprünglich für Anfang 2016 vorgesehen, jedoch verschob sich die Veröffentlichung auf den 31. Mai 2016, als es als Download veröffentlicht wurde.

Wie schon Hearts of Stone, wurde in Deutschland exklusiv bei Media Markt und Saturn eine limitierte Version in einer Schachtel verkauft, die neben dem Download-Code zwei Kartendecks des Kartenspiels "Gwint" enthielt. Mit den Kartendecks aus der limitierten Hearts of Stone-Box wurden somit alle Karten und Decks des Hauptspieles auch physisch veröffentlicht. Die am 30. August 2016 erschienene Game-of-the-Year-Version enthält auch Blood and Wine sowie alle anderen Downloads und Erweiterungen.

Blood and Wine ist nicht in die Handlung des Hauptspieles eingebettet, sondern bietet eine unabhängige Handlung. Nach Wunsch des Spielers kann es daher während oder nach dem Hauptspiel angegangen werden. Empfohlen wird aber ein Mindestlevel von 35. Unabhängig davon lässt sich Blood and Wine jedoch auch alleine starten und spielen, wobei dem Spieler dann ein angepasster Charakter zugeteilt wird. Die Spielzeit des Spieles wird mit mindestens dreißig Stunden veranschlagt.

Das reiche Toussaint sollte bewusst einen Gegenpol zu den kargen, von Krieg und Elend geplagten Nördlichen Königreichen des Hauptspieles darstellen. Optisch orientiert es sich an Südfrankreich und der Toskana. Blood and Wine führte mit Skellige eine weitere Gwint-Fraktion ein, die ursprünglich bereits für das Hauptspiel geplant war. Ebenfalls sollte das Spiel speziell den Liebhabern und Kennern der Romanvorlagen entgegenkommen und zeigt so zahlreichere Anspielungen und bekannte Charaktere.

Relativ früh im Spiel erhält man als Geralt ein verfallenes Weingut geschenkt. Dieses, auch zugehörender Stall oder Garten, lässt sich nach Wunsch renovieren, ausbauen, ausschmücken und individualisieren. So kann beispielsweise ein Kräutergarten oder ein Stall gebaut werden, welcher Geralts Stute einen Bonus auf ihre Ausdauer gibt, es können Gemälde, Rüstungen und Schwerter ausgestellt oder auch ein Alchemielabor im Keller benutzt werden. Ebenfalls neu ist das Mutationssystem, mit welchem der Spieler verschiedene einzigartige Fähigkeiten einwickeln kann.

Obwohl Blood and Wine eine eigene Geschichte erzählt, gibt es Verbindungen zum Hauptspiel und zum ersten Add-On Hearts of Stone. Das macht sich in verschiedenen Dialogen, Dialogoptionen und dem Ende bemerkbar, je nachdem, ob und wie der Spieler entsprechend das Hauptspiel oder Hearts of Stone abgeschlossen hat.

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Wurden schon das Hauptspiel sowie die erste Erweiterung Hearts of Stone von Kritikern überschwänglich gelobt, so traf dies ebenfalls auf Blood and Wine zu, das als würdiger, famoser Abschluss der Hexer-Saga gelobt wurde.

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This Day in History – December 9 – Hijinx, Humor, and Insight
8 December 2021 by Gary Jenneke
NewsWhistle is pleased to feature Gary Jenneke's "This Day In History" column.
You can read the original at Gary's THIS DAY IN HISTORY blog — or scroll down to enjoy Gary's unique look at life's comings and goings.
THIS DAY IN HISTORY… DECEMBER 9
1935 – Walter Liggett murdered.
Liggett was a muckraking journalist for the Minneapolis newspaper Midwest American. Investigating corruption in government, Liggett ran afoul of many public officials including President Herbert Hoover and Minnesota Governor Floyd Olson. A radical politically, Liggett was active in many causes. He sided with U.S. Representative Charles Lindbergh (father of the famous aviator), by campaigning against America's involvement in WWI. He worked to free Sacco and Vanzetti and he was an early supporter of the rise of the Farmer-Labor Party in Minnesota.
Investigating the connection between organized crime and the government, he became disenchanted with the Farmer-Labor Party. He wrote about the connection between Governor Olson and Isadore Blumenfield, AKA Kid Cann, head of a Minneapolis crime family. Liggett was threatened with lawsuits and beaten, and sodomy charges were even brought against him, charges that were found to be false and dropped.
Liggett's wife and children were with him when he was killed by sub-machine gunfire in an alley outside his home. His wife identified Kid Cann as the killer. So did three other witnesses at the scene. The getaway car used in the shooting was tracked down and found to be owned by an associate of Kid Cann. Despite this and other evidence, Kid Cann was acquitted.
I remember reading Kid Cann's name in the newspaper when I was growing up. He remained a prominent crime boss until his death in 1981. And Floyd B. Olson has long been a darling of the left in Minnesota. Their connection is news to me. Liggett's daughter, who was in the car at the time of the killing, wrote a book about it, "Stopping the Presses." My reading list keeps getting longer and longer.
1958 – John Birch Society (JBS) founded.
Robert Welsh, Jr., and eleven other "Americanists" formed the society to root out communism in the United States. They saw communists everywhere. To them, even President Eisenhower was a communist dupe. John Birch was an Army captain killed by communist forces in China shortly after the end of WWII. He has been called the first casualty of the Cold War. Ultra conservative, the JBS opposes the UN, the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Equal Rights Amendment, and NAFTA.
Such conservative luminaries as William Buckley, Barry Goldwater and Ayn Rand all denounced the JBS as a too-far right fringe element. Gen. Jimmy Doolittle, who met Birch when he bailed out in China after the Tokyo raid, stated that he didn't think Birch would have approved of his name being used in such a way.
The first president of the JBS was Robert Welsh, the second was a man named Larry McDonald, a U.S. Representative from Georgia. McDonald was aboard the Korean airliner that was shot down by Soviet fighters and crashed in the Sea of Japan. Everybody aboard the Anchorage to Tokyo flight was killed.
Wow, as if the Birchers weren't already paranoid enough.
2008 – Rod Blagojevich arrested.
Governor of Illinois, Blagojevich, a Democrat, was charged with trying to sell the Senate seat being vacated by President elect, Barrack Obama. Convicted, Blagojevich is currently serving a jail sentence, although he is holding out hope for a pardon from President Trump.
What I took from that sordid episode was some minor pride at my ability to actually pronounce Blagojevich's name.
Birthdays:
1909 – Douglas Fairbanks, Jr.
Actor and naval officer. Son of swashbuckling movie star Douglas Fairbanks, Sr., he was in a long list of movies, the most notable being "Gunga Din," starring alongside Cary Grant. Fairbanks was also a decorated officer in the U.S. Navy in WWII. He helped form and was part of a unit called the Beach Jumpers. In order to confuse the enemy, they would stage a fake invasion at a location away from where the real invasion was to take place.
While Hollywood's door was held open for him because of his father's eminence, his true worth came through his military service. Having been married to Joan Crawford, he was probably used to combat.
1911 – Broderick Crawford.
Actor. Self described as having the face of an ex-pugilist, Crawford is best known for his roles in the movie "All the King's Men" and the TV series, "Highway Patrol." He won an Oscar for best actor for his role as Governor Willie Stark in "All the King's Men." The movie was based on the life of Governor Huey Long of Louisiana. In "Highway Patrol" he played hardened cop Dan Matthews who delivered his dialogue in a clipped, no-nonsense manner. In real life he was hard-living and hard-drinking, and as one of his directors said, "On the set Broderick could be a handful."
Ten-four.
1957 – Donny Osmond.
Pop singer, TV talk host, and contestant on "Dancing with the Stars." Although he started out in a group with his brothers, he is probably most famously known for being part of the singing duet, Donny and Marie, with his sister Marie Osmond. Mormons, their home base was Utah. Soft rock, their music was considered safe with no cutting edge.
At one point in my varied and checkered career I was an aspiring screenwriter. The project my friend Steve and I were writing, "Happy Hour," was selected for Robert Redford's prestigious Sundance Institute. We were flown to Salt Lake City and then picked up by a van to take us to Redford's resort where we would attend a month-long workshop. As I remember it, there were representatives from three or four other projects in the large van. There was also an awful lot of ego in that van. Steve and I were the only two from "flyover land"; everybody else produced their art on one of the coasts. Their rather precious art, as the telling would seem to indicate. Steve and I were ignored and remained silent as impressive achievements were listed and an artistic peeing contest of some sort took place.
Then, as sometimes happens, the van went from almost everyone talking at once, to complete silence. Steve took advantage of it. He looked wistfully out the window and said in a small voice, "Gee, I sure hope we get to see Donny and Marie." The silence in the van lengthened, an embarrassed silence for the two hicks from Minnesota. I managed to suppress both a giggle and a desire to kiss Steve.
ABOUT GARY JENNEKE
At various junctures of his life, Gary has been an indifferent grade school student, poor high school student, good Navy radioman, one-time hippie, passable college student, inveterate traveler, dedicated writer, miscast accountant (except for one interesting stint at a Communist café), part-time screenwriting teacher, semi-proud veteran, unsuccessful retiree and new blogger.
You can reach him at gary@newswhistle.com.
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* Lead-In Image (Walter Liggett) – Everett Historical / Shutterstock.com – "Walter W. Liggett (1886-1935), Minnesota journalist and newspaper publisher waged journalistic campaign against 1930's organized crime and corrupt politics, assassinated on December 9, 1935."
* Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. (video interview) – Dick Cavett & Alan Eichler / YouTube.com
* Broderick Crawford (movie clip) – Columbia Pictures & DreadNot / YouTube.com
* Outro (Man-In-Museum Cartoon) – SkyPics Studio / Shutterstock.com
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By a LkldNow Sponsor Dec 1, 2021 at 12:41 pm
Noah's Ark of Central Florida announces Lisa Gifford and Sonia Glisson as new members of the Board of Directors.
Gifford has worked with Hall Communications of Lakeland since 2017, currently in the position of executive administrative assistant. Additionally, Gifford's nonprofit involvement includes service since 2018 with the Junior League of Greater Lakeland, where she holds multiple positions.
She also is on the board of READ Lakeland, currently serving as treasurer. Gifford is also the treasurer and social media facilitator for Lakeland Junior Hawg Hunters, a youth fishing club for kids aged 7-18. A Lakeland native, Gifford's organization skills, nonprofit experience, and love of people will be a tremendous asset to the Board of Directors of Noah's Ark.
Glisson, also a native Lakelander, is the director of development for Lakeland Volunteers in Medicine (LVIM), and has managed the annual LVIM Swan Derby. She is also a board member with InnerAct Alliance, a committee member with the Bartow Chamber of Commerce, and a Bartow Junior Service League member.
An alumna of Leadership Bartow (Class VXIII), as well as Engage Bartow, she is currently a participant of Leadership Polk 2021-2022 (Class XV). Glisson also holds a certificate in fundraising and development. Glisson brings her leadership skills as well as significant nonprofit fundraising experience to the Noah's Ark Board.
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Q: C++ Perincrement Undefined Operation vs C I have this line of code:
front = (++front) % size;

In C I get no warnings but in C++ I get the warning operation on front may be undefined [-Wsequence-point]. How does this preincrement usage cause undefined behavior? In my mind, this line is very unambiguous and will be interpreted as:

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*increment front

*mod front with size

*assign new value to front.

Is my compiler just throwing a blanket warning?
P.S. I understand the warning if I were doing something like front = front++; or Heaven forbid front = front++ + front++;.
EDIT: This warning was produced in CodeBlocks on Windows 64 using GCC (tdm-1) 4.6.1

A: You are changing front twice between sequence points: once through ++, and once through assignment.
This is undefined behaviour.

A: In C++11 this is well-defined; the structure is the same as that of:
i = ++i + 1;

which is given as an example of well-defined behaviour in the Standard itself. For a more detailed explanation see AndreyT's answer here.
In C++03, C89 and C99 this is undefined behaviour as they had looser sequencting rules for ++i.

A: Writing the incremented value back to front can happen at any time (before or after the assignment modifies front), so the warning is valid and the code is unsafe.

A: The old sequencing rules had edge cases where order of operations was well defined but which were still technically undefined behavior. With C++11 and C11 this has been fixed by replacing the sequence point requirements with 'sequenced-before' and 'sequenced-after' relations.
Your example happens to be such a case. If you're getting warnings in a C11 or C++11 mode then the warning simply hasn't been updated for the new rules yet. In earlier C and C++ modes the warning is correct. If you're not getting warnings in earlier modes then they simply weren't implemented, and that's okay as 'no diagnostic is required'.

At the same time, this line can be written more clearly and also be correct under the old rules:
front = (front + 1) % size;

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NX-01 Movie Night: Sunset Blvd.
On the NX-01, Trip Tucker led the crew on their great adventure through the history of cinema with Movie Night. Over the course of Star Trek: Enterprise's four-year mission, Trip showed 13 films. The first, For Whom the Bell Tolls, was covered by us on Warp Five episode 120. Today, we look at the second, Billy Wilder's Sunset Blvd.
In this episode of Warp Five, Mike Schindler and John Mills are joined by Brandon-Shea Mutala to discuss Sunset Blvd. We give our thoughts on the film, discuss the career of Billy Wilder, and ponder why Trip may have chosen in for Movie Night.
*This episode was previously released as Stage Nine episode 63.
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Welcome, Boomers! (00:01:28)
Sunset Blvd (00:02:56)
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127: There's Gotta Be Klingon Accountants
David A. Goodman Interview.
A life long fan of Star Trek, David A. Goodman began his career in television working for the multi-Emmy award winning show The Golden Girls. That experience would lead him to many more opportunities, including writing four episode for Star Trek: Enterprise. He would also become a consulting producer for the show. Goodman would go on to write for animation with Family Guy, American Dad, and Futurama, and he would also write three Star Trek books.
In this episode of Warp Five, host Brandon-Shea Mutala is joined by David A. Goodman, writer of four episodes of Star Trek: Enterprise, to discuss his career in television. We talk about getting into the business on The Golden Girls, writing for comedy, animation, and drama, his Star Trek books, and his current work on The Orville.
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The Golden Girls (00:10:08)
Was Comedy Where You Wanted to Go? (00:18:00)
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"Precious Cargo" and "The Perfect Mate."
After 729 episodes and movies in the Star Trek franchise, you are bound to have stories that are similar in plot, which naturally leads to a discussion of comparison between episodes that are similar. Two episodes that are very similar, but tend to be overlooked by fans due to their subject matter, are the episodes "The Perfect Mate" from Star Trek: The Next Generation and "Precious Cargo" from Enterprise.
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Arrange rocca, dill, mushroom, cherry tomatoes, and kiwi fruit on serving dish. Sprinkle with chopped walnuts. Cook tenderloin until medium, allow to rest for 2 to 3 minutes. Slice and layer on the bed of rocca and vegetables. Drizzle salad lightly with lemon dressing, and the steak with balsamic dressing.


The "Bread for the City" headquarters is located at 7th St NW in the Shaw neighborhood of Washington, D.C. (Alexis Soto/The Wash).
Against the backdrop of mounting gentrification, increased poverty and a lack of affordable housing, the Bread for the City organization finds those affected a new place to call home.
The organization began as two entities back in 1974. The former volunteer-run Zacchaeus Free Clinic and the Bread for the City coalition were founded by a group of downtown churches who were on a mission to feed and clothe the poor.
A volunteer coordinator from the organization, Jessica Yarger, said Bread for the City has several departments that help the community with a variety of issues.
"Bread for the City's mission works to help low income people in the D.C. area in regard to our areas of service, food, clothing, medical, legal, social services and advocacy," Yarger said.
Bread for the City's advocacy focuses on affordable housing and their social workers help many navigate the system, according to Larger. They try to keep people in their homes or help find them new places to live within their means of income.
The Shaw district is certainly no stranger to gentrification, an issue affecting several D.C. neighborhoods.
Sonia Springfield, communication and donations manager at Bread for the City, said the neighborhood has changed drastically just within the past two decades.
"If you go back 20 years these houses in this neighborhood would have been more like $150,000, now they are more like $681,000," Springfield said.
Springfield also credited rising property taxes as another reason people are priced out of the area. Property taxes just 15 years ago were around $500 and now they are around $5,000, according to Springfield.
These rising costs have systematically affected one major demographic of the community, Springfield said.
"The African-American population in this community used to be closer to 80 percent or 90 percent, now it's at about 50 percent," Springfield said.
Rising gentrification and demands for affordable housing have raised a big question, Springfield said.
Stacey Johnson, a social worker at Bread for the City, recollected how much the neighborhood has changed in the past 15 years she's been working for the organization.
"Right next to Bread for the City was this high-end coffee shop that was previously a Laundromat. It was torn down — which means there were not enough people in the community that needed a Laundromat anymore," Johnson said.
Although Johnson acknowledges that community members, advocacy groups and the Mayor are talking about affordable housing and how everybody will soon be able to access it, "the reality is, they can't," she said.
Johnson recalled a building across the street from Bread for the City that was torn down and replaced by luxury condos.
"All the people who had been living there have been displaced," she said.
Before it was torn down, the building used to be subsidized housing. The government subsidized the rent and people would pay around 30 percent of their income for housing.
"That was truly affordable housing," she said.
A major issue at hand is a majority of the people that are being forced out of their homes are people of color. There is a swatch of people of color being pushed out and white people are moving in, Johnson said.
"The human toll is incredible, instability with your housing or your living situation just leads to instability in pretty much every other area of your life," Johnson said.
"On the flip side, when I'm meeting with somebody who has been unstable or has not been stable for a while, and then they do get housing, the change there is almost immediate as well. They are able to sleep properly, eat properly – the difference is incredible," Johnson said.


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Bacău Region (Regiunea Bacău) was one of the newly established (in 1950) administrative divisions of the People's Republic of Romania, copied after the Soviet style of territorial organisation.

History
The capital of the region was Bacău, and its territory comprised an area similar to the nowadays Bacău and Neamț counties. In 1956 the region included the Zeletin and Adjud raions from the dissolved Bârlad Region and the Roman Raion from Iași Region. In 1960 the  Zeletin Raion was dissolved, most of the component communes passing to Adjud Raion, and in 1964 Buhuși Raion was dissolved, and all its communes were included into Bacău and Piatra Neamț raions.

Neighbors
Bacău Region had as neighbors:

1950–1952: East: Iași Region and Bârlad Region; South: Putna Region and Stalin Region; West: Mureș Region; North: Suceava Region.
1952–1956: East: Iași Region; South: Bârlad Region; West: Magyar Autonomous Region; North: Suceava Region.
1956–1968:  East: Iași Region; South: Galați Region; West: Brașov Region and Magyar Autonomous Region; North: Suceava Region.

Rayons

1950–1952: Bacău, Moinești, Târgu Ocna, Buhuși, Piatra Neamț, Târgu Neamț.
1952–1956: Bacău, Moinești, Târgu Ocna, Buhuși, Piatra Neamț, Târgu Neamț, Ceahlău.
1956–1960: Bacău, Moinești, Târgu Ocna, Buhuși, Piatra Neamț, Târgu Neamț, Zeletin (centered on Podu Turcului), Adjud, Roman.
1960–1964: Bacău, Moinești, Târgu Ocna, Buhuși, Piatra Neamț, Târgu Neamț, Adjud, Roman.
1964–1968: Bacău, Moinești, Târgu Ocna, Piatra Neamț, Târgu Neamț, Adjud, Roman.

Regions of the People's Republic of Romania


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Visvarupa. (A. Fantalov, 2001, watercolour on paper).
Indian mythology talks that god artisan Tvashtri have got the son Visvarupa. This Visvsrupa have got three heads and was the priest of gods. However, Indra was afraid that Visvarupa will be to help asuras and the Thunder God has decided to kill him. As a killing of priest is great sin, Indra asks help from Trite - mystery god. Then the Thunder God chop three Visvarupa's heads (at this moment birds flew up from heads jaws).
The picture shows more ancient variant of myths. Perhaps, once Visvarupa was killed by Trita (see for similar instance: Zoroastrian mythology 2. ).
Vala. (A. Fantalov, 2001, watercolour on paper).
Indra - the defeater of dragons. (A. Fantalov, 2001, watercolour on paper).
This drawing has created in terms of myths about Indra - Indian thunder god and a winner of various dragons (Vrtra, Visvarupa, Susna). Besides, the image of the fatal horse skull is represented there.


BHP Billiton published a very good production report yesterday, tempered by news on coal following the recent flooding in Australia. Questor says buy.
BHP said that the heavy rains in Queensland had hit production of coking coal, which is used in steelmaking, by 30pc in the three months ending in December. However, because coal stockpiles were high across its supply chain, sales were hit by only 15pc.
Mines have been flooded, but BHP had already installed extra pumping and drainage capacity after the severe wet weather seen in the region in March 2008.
"When combined with disruption to external infrastructure, we expect an ongoing impact on production, sales and unit costs for the remainder of the 2011 financial year," BHP said.
Production of thermal coal, which is used in power stations, was 7pc higher than the December 2009 quarter after some new project start-ups.
Will BHP Billiton's failed deals squeeze it dry?
So, how concerning are these ongoing coal problems?
They are certainly likely to hit earnings this year, but some of the slack from lost production and sales will be taken up by higher prices. The contract price for coking coal in the second quarter is $225 (£142) a tonne, but spot prices in place such as India have reached as high as $370 a tonne this week.
BHP is unique among the diversified miners in having a June year-end. In the current year, analysts expect that 14pc of operating profits will come from the group's coal unit. Iron ore makes up 30pc of forecast profit, with oil being 23pc, base metals such as copper 23pc and the rest coming from aluminium, diamonds and nickel.
Iron ore hit record production levels in the quarter, rising 5pc from the months ending September 2010. Petroleum production was down 14pc, because of low demand in Australia, a moratorium on drilling in the Gulf of Mexico after the Macondo oil spill and planned shutdowns for maintenance. The company expects oil and gas production to be flat this year.
Copper production was up 4pc quarter-on-quarter, which is good news considering the high prices.
BHP remains optimistic about demand and pricing – and it even said that there were signs of improvement in the US. However, once again, the company noted that there were significant cost pressures.
BHP is extremely cash generative at the moment – throwing off more cash than it needs for investments, dividends and operating costs. As with Rio Tinto, Questor expects that the company will not raise its dividend significantly or make special dividend payments –however, it is likely to increase its share buy-back programme.
After the failed hostile bid for PotashCorp last year, the company is also likely to use its cash to make purchases. The oil and gas sector is a likely area for BHP to consider using its cash reserves.
The shares are trading on June 2011 earning multiple of 10.1, falling to 9.9 next year. The yield is 2.5pc.
The shares were tipped as a buy on January 1 last year at £19.95 and they are now up 19pc compared with a FTSE 100 up 7pc. The shares are still a buy for BHP's cash-generating ability.


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A song for our Merlion and Dazzling light show at the Merlion Park! 13 -16 Sep!
Posted on September 14, 2012 by serenekoong
Our Merlion turns 40, and you are invited! First up! There's a gorgeous dazzling light show playing at the Merlion Park from 13-16 September! More details below!
It feels awesome to be a part of the Merlion's 40th birthday celebrations.I was ecstatic when I learnt that I was recording the song "Inspiring Journey" for the Merlion's 40th Birthday Celebrations. 真的覺得意義重大。 Have you heard it yet ? Here's the video! (Composed by Kenn C, performed by me)
What the Merlion means to me…
I'm sure, many Singaporeans, like myself have fond memories of picture moments with the Merlion, or bringing our friends visiting from other countries on a visit to the Merlion Park. There are days when I'm in the car along Fullerton Road and I make it a point to take in the lovely views of the water, because it instantly soothes my busy mind. It feels good to have a moment to quieten down and connect with the surroundings, and the Merlion always makes me feel at home.
I feel its very important to have a sense and connection to of who we are, and where we came from, how we have journeyed through the years, because this adds the color and character to our lives. Browsing through pictures of the Merlion on the internet, I see smiles, families, black and white photographs, I see the Merlion standing tall as the landscape of Singapore continued to evolve over the years, I see his footsteps linking the generations, the young and old, our past, our now, and our future. I see life when I look at him by the waters.
He takes the place in my heart, not only as an icon, but a familiar friend who is very much a part of my and our lives. It is a personal connection, that will always be there when I gaze at the waters, or stand along the steps next to him, and I feel the song has captured that journey we have taken with him and for years to come.
Firstly, thank you to the Singapore Tourism Board (STB) for the honor and pleasure. It was a privilege getting to know and work with the wonderful team of people behind the celebrations; the STB team, Kenn C, the composer of the song "Inspiring Journey", who is also a producer/arranger/music director that I really respect. Mr Albert Lim (son of 林浪新先生 who sculpted the Merlion)… and hearing his stories about he as a little boy, together with his siblings, helped his father as they worked day and night on the Merlion sculpture, the MLA team planning and executing the show & the videos, you'll hear Jim Lim's version of the song too during the show, the students from Nanyang Polytechnic's School of Design who worked on the art installation that is on display outside, dancers….there was so much love and passion for our Merlion that went into all the preparations.
With Mr Albert Lim, son of Mr Lim Nah Seng 林浪新 at the launch of the Merlion art installation, Ngee Ann City.
Special thanks: To Keith Png for dressing me in his creation (KOOPS from Hide & Seek) for the occasion, and Passion Hair Salon (styled by Ryan Yap).
Penning my wishes for the Merlion.
When was the last time you saw the Merlion right before your eyes? For me, it was a breathtaking sight as I waited with great anticipation with the team for the launch of the first light show on Wednesday night at the Merlion Park. He came to live, glowing on the waters, the pyrotechnics, song and dance. I was overwhelmed:) You have to catch it!!! More importantly, feel the warmth, that glow he has lit up in you that has been and will always be a part of you.
"Merlion & I: An Inspiring Journey" Light Show
Date: 13 – 16 September 2012
Venue: Merlion Park
Show Times: 7:15pm, 7:45pm, 8:30pm, 9:15pm, 10.00pm, 10:30pm
Here's more! Just one of the many costume changes the Merlion undergoes during the show!
Lovely times and pics, from the promo activities and preparations! 🙂
On 《早安您好!》, special thanks alldressedup for wardrobe.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY dear MERLION, shine on, 我愛你。
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World Affairs / Afghanistan
I don't think I've ever gone to the Schnitzer on two consecutive nights. I'm living the life of the high society deacon, pillar of my social club, balding, cigar smoking. OK, not quite the right characterization, but around the theater, I can feel my identify field fluctuating, as other guys play me, or me them or whatever.
I'd hustled over from the salad bar at Safeway, enjoying the excuse to wolf food, alone, though I missed finding croutons. I dropped the plastic container in torture taxi, having been trained to not treat plastic as an infinitely cheap waste product, contrary to cultural conditioning.
Thanks to PSU for the heads up and for snagging me a general seating ticket.
I got in fairly close on the far left. The ushers didn't harass me about the no-flash pix -- I'm somewhat in the habit from ISEPP events, where I'm nominally on the video team (and the board), sometimes back stage. World Affairs Council has different rules.
Sima Samar is my contemporary and she remembers calmer more intelligent days, as I do. My family hopped a bus in Peshawar that time, not especially iron clad or anything, and had an enjoyable ride to Kabul, not in fear for our lives, enjoying the famous Khyber Pass for its scenery and history.
Glenn Baker had enjoyed living around here too, in Islamabad, occasionally getting to Kabul for inter-school sporting events. Next, our family hopped an Aeroflot in Kabul and flew to Tashkent, for friendly time with the Borats or whomever, on to Moscow etc.
Looking back, the 1970s were probably a high point in civilization. Not long before, I'd worked with Palestinians in Ramallah helping with a swimming pool construction project. Our local crew had explosives, with state authorities not being that worried.
No wall or anything that stupid yet.
Bobby Fischer was at the peak of his career, at the apogee of the Cold War (at its least idiotic).
The long slow slide into Idiocracy was yet to begin, with Fox News leading the charge. Leave it to Australians to dumb it all down. Talk about cultural imperialism.
Anyway, Sima is spearheading a long, slow (fast in geological time) slog by the XX half of the species to cut itself a better deal. This is a global, multi-ethnic struggle and it's easy to pick on the Taliban or some other group while applying some double standard to one's own club or whatever ("we allow women, as long as they let us run things").
So far, I'd say the XXs are going about it intelligently, with many XYs actually helping, including Barack. Hillary (not present) drew some big applause from the audience.
I'm happy we have powerful women like Sima Samar doing brave and intelligent service. I'm not as concerned as she is about Iranian influence over some TV and news channels, not to mention ISPs. That's a neighboring country after all.
It'd be just like NATO to go on a bombing spree and take out all the transmission towers, given its own weak PR. Shades of Belgrade, where the out of control Clinton administration grounded its ship and blew up the Chinese Embassy. Like I was saying, the world got seriously stupid really fast, as the aging boomers rose to power.
The era of total incompetence (and hyper-specialization) was upon us.
I'm still thinking Jordan is somewhat in the lead in countering old XY hierarchies, keeping them from just assuming they're entitled and behaving in brutal fashion. Here and there, pockets of men will demonstrate true leadership skills and civilization will benefit.
Lets celebrate intelligence wherever we find it. Sometimes it pays to be "gender blind".
There's no reason we can't have more inter-visitation of this kind (Cascadia - Central Asia), with less obstruction from WDC / State. Sima had gone to Bend as well.
The story about getting visas was just another reminder of how higher education has not yet fulfilled its promise to humanity.
Lets hope the pendulum starts swinging the other way again.
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Science / Religion
I was pleased Tara could join us again. We've about run out of ISEPP lectures for the two of us at the same table, though perhaps there will be times. I let her off at the entrance to the Schnitzer, while taking the car around to the City Park on 13th, just north of the Multnomah County Library. I returned to the theater through the back entrance on the park blocks and didn't find Tara again until the Q & A.
Philip Clayton tells some interesting history and plays brief clips of key people, a lecture style I think he pulls off. He's an innovative guy. I should be forgiven for my esoteric immersion lately in the Homer Davenport story, with links to Homer Simpson and therefore... Ned Flanders. If he'd said "okaly dokaly" I'd have cracked up out loud. "They'd probably like him at Earlham." "What's that supposed to mean" (laughing). Then it turned out he was Quaker. So I was probably right.
Portlanders are pensive, serious thinkers. I'm not saying Portland is the only introspective city. I think it helps to have Quakers, even if only a few. Have esoteric Buddhist sects if you're lucky.
Science and religion had been getting along pretty well. I was surprised he didn't mention Teilhard de Chardin. I asked during the Q & A if he didn't think the best religions could still be ahead of us. Instead of trying to make the old ones get along better, why aren't we busier inventing new ones. We've learned a lot from these many civilizations, why not kick start a bunch of new ones? Philip responded with the idea of retro-fitting or rehabilitating old ones. Much more could be done with the teachings of Jesus than Christianity had ever yet tried, so why not re-animate from within an existing tradition? I guess I wouldn't see it as either / or. Inventing new religions is likewise a process of reinventing old religions. Kneed that clay.
Anyway (about twenty years ago was it?) that science / religion rapprochement all went kablooey and a major culture war got underway in which science and religion would appear to fight in a bitter way again.
For many, this felt like a throw back detour into a darker age.
Clayton's plea, transmitting Bronowski's (I remember that guy, a TV personality), was that we overcome the current impasse, the either / or mentality, and stop getting in one anothers' way. Portlanders couldn't find much to argue with there and left the theater upbeat, was my impression.
Tara and I adjourned to the dinner, joining Jeff and a co-worker from Rumblefish. The waiters were generous with me in particular when pouring red, perhaps for kindnesses exchanged, or so it seemed to me and Don. Missed Nirel (CSN) and other favorite people -- some just because they were at other tables, and we left before too late.
We seemed a small crowd. Terry quizzed Tara about where she was going to college. We talked about her 3rd place win in the state in a team she co-founded and co-led to glory.
I've been very privileged to have been a father twice over, plus there's always that dad vibe. The orbit through this theater, this hotel, has been a nurturing and satisfying one. My thanks to Terry and the much larger cast that makes it possible, out to Mentor Graphics and beyond.
We also talked about DMSO and MSM, both stocked on the health food aisle. You should not be surprised when close to the Linus Pauling neighborhood that you hear lots of complicated "molecule talk" regarding the possible pathways whereby the various ingredients might do their work. Terry talked about chemical "chaperons" in the body, which may accompany complex molecules with a propensity to miss-fold, thanks to some inherited defect, and cause them to fold correctly nevertheless (hence the term "chaperon" although "coach" and/or "guardian" might also gain traction).
After this enjoyable night out and some time with other Wanderers (ISEPP's cultish fandom), I retreated to the bat cave to catch up with my work. Lots of people have an interest in Python these days. Yes, I help whip that up, not ashamed to say that I do, no siree. Here's a computer language that can take you places. Not a waste of time to learn. Steve, just back from points east, is in the same line of work.
For followup: daft punk & IVM (back to designing those religions, Subgenius at work).
Our Hero Mr. Ed
We were inner circle among inner circle last night at Jack London Bar, a bar beneath a bar near 4th and Alder downtown. Gus Frederick of Silverton was giving a far more refined and fleshed out talk regarding the Homer Davenport scenario, beginning with his mystical mother, who had premonitions of his genius as a future cartoonist (and died when he was 3), followed by a succession of Gump-like events, except this guy was more bell curved another way.
In these circles, animals besides humans are held in high esteem. We don't just appreciate our pets, they're family sometimes. Such was Homer about chickens (fighting cocks especially) and horses (Arabians above all others). They ran his life, one could say, and helped give him material, as the non-human world is a constant satire regarding our own. Such an animist was the world's most highly paid political cartoonist at one point, a Hearst figurehead and friend.
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Homer was one of the cool people, in with Mark Twain, who thought the aggressive thrust against the Filipinos, later repeated in Vietnam, was vicious and stupid. America is home to a lower strain that expresses itself through naked imperialism. These lowlife way over-compensate for their inferiority complex, and we all pay the price.
He also was friends with Theodore Roosevelt, having helped get him elected with some memorable cartoons. TR lent enthusiastic support to Homer's dreams of important Arabian stallions to North America, and in this exercise he succeeded. Homer was personable, affable, befriendable, and became the toast of the Bedouin during his stay with them. Upon this basis, Oregon continues to build a diplomatic safe corridor, uninterrupted by the forces of disquiet and shallow discord (not to be confused with Deep Discord and primeval chaos, which has been discovered to be innate and protective).
Mr. Ed the TV star horse, was a direct descendent from one of these imported Arabians, on his mom's or dad's side I forget which, the slides will tell. {Mom's side, from Wadduda].
Gus's talk was scholarly, entertaining and well researched. Another storyteller from Silverton, Gordon Munro, who has likewise specialized in stories about Homer, regaled us with three or four after the intermission.
I got there and back by bus 14. Steve Silverman and I talked about chickens, which turned out to be apropos. Many other Wanderers were present, including Nate, Jon Bunce. I took advantage of the occasion to notice we were in ToonTown, as the slides readily make obvious.
Matt Goening was on recently, according to Glenn, finally admitting to Oregon's being the Silverton, but then joking he says that about all the Silvertons. That's where The Simpsons (simpletons) are from.
The Quaker threads, which converge with Wanderers and Subgenius for me, have been flying by thick and fast. I'll do more to chronicle later, with the benefit of hindsight.
Lifting from the thick traffic, this from Tom Head:
"Also, people who could not attend tonight might be interested in the links to "Speak Truth to Power" at http://afsc.org/document/speak-truth-power and to Dan Seeger's talk "Quakers and African Americans approach the New Jerusalem" at http://afsc.org/friends/quakers-and-african-americans-approach-new-jerusalem.
As you can see, more of that Bayard Rustin theme, so prominent at the AFSC meeting at HQS the other weekend.
Wanderers 2012.4.18
We're enjoying a total geek out this morning, doing Solar System 101. Jim Buxton is studying various periodic phenomena relating to Earth's tilt. David DiNucci has his book ready to go, so we're looking at that too. Lew was part of the hiking group finding Ki-a-Kuts Falls in the 1990s, his idea for the name, and that's been reviewed on TV recently.
I'm short on sleep these days. Our Ministry has shifted into high gear. The joint statement from the NCTM and MAA opens the door to open source and/or "gnu" mathematics (a pun on "new math").
I completed a course on accreditation in the USA jurisdiction, which social process relies on NGOs and the natural tendency of institutions to want to set standards. Affiliations crisscross every which way as USAers police each other.
The Earth zips along at a greater clip in the calendar around January, though given the orbit isn't that far from circular, these "equal areas in equal times" phenomena are not highly pronounced. The motion is slightly slower at the aphelion. Animations tend to exaggerate.
Also, it takes another four minutes a day to turn around a little more to see the Sun in the same place, given the shifting viewpoint. So that means adding four minutes a day every day, which adds up to about a day's worth a year.
Nikki wondered if I was prepared for such a big bill. Self employment takes its high tolls. My income was 1099 based in 2011. I said good bye to some $13K in one evening (including Oregon State taxes).
We'll scrape together some $ for debate clothes for Tara (she's combating at the state championship soon) and to fix the dryer. We'll slowly rebuild. In the meantime, I'm a harder target when it comes to politicking. The numbers all check, within assertAlmostEqual floating point limits (geek joke).
Quakers were mostly in the dark about the minute on Occupy that was going around, so Business Meeting decided to kick the can down the road on that one. Josh "the rooster" von Kuster, was helping shepherd and officiate, though Occupy had its own representative (no, not me).
I don't see a need to conduct these national / international affairs at the NPYM level also, other than through the AFSC rep structure, which is active and high bandwidth. Is FCNL involved in Arab Spring as well? -- a question for Leslie (her nomination is seasoning).
I sent around a memo suggesting NPYM no longer bother with a Peace and Social Concerns Committee that meets face-to-face but once a year. Our circuits need to be faster and more responsive than that.
Not that I'm giving orders (this isn't the USN). I'm more just signalling Pam that Nominating could and should carry a lighter load (consistent with NPYM's founding goals per the lore (goal: minimize the need for business at Annual Session)).
Thanks to networks and networking (alluding to the Grunch book), Quakers are moving to resonate at higher frequency (so should we call them Buzzers? -- like cell phones on vibrate?).
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John Carter (movie review)
This is one of those movies where it makes sense to encrypt / decrypt in various ways. That Edgar Rice Burroughs would be pressing the letters of his own name, in code, on that tomb, supposedly trying to get in, while clearly the outside is likewise his imagination, suggests his own uncle is his alter ego, his heroic self projected large against the big screen of Plato's cave.
The Victorian escape to another astral plane was through death, with spiritualism persisting on into the time of Thomas Edison. Technology and the lore of outer space, extraterrestrials, were beginning to gain a firm foothold and meld with the old plot lines. An out of body experience would take you to Mars. Your Earth body would lie, vulnerable, like a corpse, while you experienced your superpowers (and limitations) in a next life, with new love.
Carter clearly thinks beyond the grave already, as he continues to feel a bond to a partner in a former life, one we see the end of. We understand Carter's bravery as a kind of no longer caring, as if giving himself over to the dream of life, in despair, not caring that much when it'll end. People see him as crazy. He barely holds his world together. A spider, a cave, gold. Not much to go on. No friends. A drifter.
Lying motionless in that cave, as if bitten by a snake, he takes on another life. One could easily see it as a projection of the stories he's learned as a boy. Roman soldiers. Chariots. Great battles in the plains. The beginnings of airships. The beginnings of large scale machinery, mixed with the delicacy of optics. All these fragments of his 1800s existence make it to his next life. He is once again a hero. He celebrates loyalty, bravery and compassion among the peoples of another planet.
The moment he realizes he's on Mars is reminiscent of that moment in Idiocracy, when it all comes together for our protagonist. There's the problem of going back, whether this would ever be possible. The new world has its own attractions, its people, its problems. There's the temptation to stay.
The really powerful bald guys that seem to orchestrate everything, masters of disguise, are reminiscent of the Q in Star Trek. They know about all the worlds, including Virginia in the post Civil War era.
Outwitting these guys (their women not shown) is part and parcel of the human heritage; our destiny (or calling) is to rival the angels in bringing glory to God. We demonize those whom we hope to surpass. To just be the puppet of the angels, without rising to their level of authority and immortality, is what spineless sell outs would do, and hence our human enemies (not as noble as ourselves).
So is this really Mars, or are we just talking about "a next world"?
Given the Victorian themes of poison, even suicide, a need to find lost love, the theme of death cannot be avoided, nor is it. Edgar himself is dying and going to heaven in inheriting fantastic wealth. His uncle urges him to a life of adventure.
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Source: Cover of the discourse "La naturaleza y el orígen del hombre" pronounced by Letamendi in the Ateneo
The Ateneu Barcelonès is an association founded in Barcelona in 1860 (under the name of Ateneo Catalán) which, in 1872, fused with the Casino Mercantil Barcelonès (founded in 1869), another cultural and recreative society. In 1906 the Ateneu moved to its current headquarters, known as Palau Savassona, on Canuda Street. The building of this majestic house was constructed in 1796 by Josep Francesc Ferrer, baron of Savassona, following the trends of the urban palaces of Catalan gothic art.
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The ateneums were institutions typical of the XIXth century that, with the establishment of a liberal model of society, became places for debate and talk, and centres for the communication of modern science and culture. One of the statements in the statutes of the Ateneu was that political subjects were explicitly prohibited from discussion. The inaugural discourses, as well as the conferences of its members, are a fantastic source for observing the evolution of thought and culture in Catalonia.
In the scientific field, in 1867, José de Letamendi (1828-1897), physician and member of the Sección de Ciencias exactas, físicas y naturales of the Ateneo Catalán, imparted several conferences under the title "La naturaleza y el origen del hombre" ("The nature and the origin of man"). This was the first 'serious' comment on Evolution made in Spain. Until then the only allusions made to the evolution of species were done in the humouristic field, like with the cartoon "Escala de las transformaciones" ("Stairs of the transformations") which appeared in 1863 in the satirical journal "El Museo Universal".
The Catalan physician criticized the mutability of species from a tomist perspective, which was linked to a general attack against monism, with furious disapproval and condemned it to the materialism incarnated by figures like Comte, Lamarck, and Darwin. In the introduction, Letamendi disdainfully said: "What is the matter about? It is about if we descend or not from the beasts, isn't it? Well: ... frankly, I don't find any reason to disturb either Moses nor the Saintly Fathers with these trifles".
Letamendi, J. 'Discurso sobre la naturaleza y el orígen del hombre': pronunciado en el Ateneo Catalan, sección de ciencias exactas, físicas y naturales, en las noches del 13 y del 15 de Abril de 1867: http://diposit.ub.edu/dspace/handle/2445/13040
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