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ExxonMobil used this year's ICIS World Base Oils Conference in February as a platform to announce that Group II product shipments from its Rotterdam refinery had commenced on time. Insight took the opportunity to talk to Ted Walko and Sylvie Houry, from ExxonMobil Basestocks & Specialties, about the refinery expansion and their views on trends in the global base stocks market.
To ensure compliance with mandated emissions limits and fuel economy targets, OEMs are making significant hardware changes and demanding larger fuel economy contributions from the lubricant. These trends, combined with longer oil drain intervals, mean robust oils that are able to provide excellent hardware protection in more severe operating conditions are required.
Finished lubricants in automotive applications have different requirements than in the past. In particular, in Europe they need to comply with more stringent industry requirements. As a great example, the 2016 ACEA specifications, which are trending towards more energy efficiency, lower emissions, and Group II base stocks due to their high performance, low volatility, good oxidation stability, can really help meeting these more stringent requirements. So, we see the demand clearly picking up, again in Europe, and in the rest of the world.
Group II is expected to make up about half of the total worldwide base stock demand by 2030 and Ted goes on to explain how automotive lubricant formulators are becoming far more creative in their use of these base stocks.
What we are seeing from our customers when it comes to Group II, we are seeing them start to look at Group IV plus Group II blends being more cost-efficient sometimes than purchasing Group III outright. So, we are seeing our customers be much more creative in how they achieve that performance at the lowest possible cost.
The on-time completion of the $1 billion hydrocracker expansion project at Rotterdam in the fourth quarter of 2018 allowed production to start in February 2019. With a capacity of about 1 million tons/year, Rotterdam is the first world-scale Group II production facility in Europe and Sylvie envisages significant change ahead on the supply side.
Our expectation is that the Rotterdam production will, of course, replace most of the products currently imported from other regions.
The focus of Rotterdam is clearly to serve local customers, but Sylvie adds another perspective to the supply outlook.
We are now the only world-scale producer of Group I and Group II in Americas, in Europe, and in Asia. And that means that while Rotterdam products are expected to remain primarily in Europe, and Africa, and the Middle East, they may also supply other regions.
ExxonMobil says the successful completion of the Rotterdam expansion signals the end of the project, but has confirmed that a number of other expansion activities are underway.
We also announced in 2017 an expansion in Singapore. We'll be bringing additional barrels to the market mid-year this year, for Singapore to satisfy our customers' demands. We also announced last year that in 2023 we would be making a significant investment in Singapore to significantly expand Group II production, along with introducing an extra heavy high-vis product.
In Europe, in addition to existing terminals in the UK, the Netherlands and Italy, ExxonMobil has announced a new hub terminal for vessel and truck loading is now operational in Valencia, Spain. The organisation says that it will continue to expand its Group II supply capabilities with a hub terminal in Hamburg, Germany, scheduled for late summer 2019.
Although Group I capacity is expected to continue to fall, ExxonMobil says it has a high commitment to supply this product in the long term. The organisation expects Group I to still account for some 20% of global demand in 2030, offering advantages in marine, gear oil and other applications. Its use is also expected to grow owing to the continued industrial growth in emerging markets such as Africa, India and Latin America. However, Ted can see challenges and uncertainty ahead as a result of IMO 2020.
Although we anticipate significant impacts from the IMO 2020, we believe Group I demand will continue to be strong and will have a solid place within the marine shipping industry. On the supply side, that's where things may change. You see, this production of this lower sulphur fuel will challenge the economics of many refiners, particularly the low-complexity ones. They'll have tough decisions to make. Will they invest to de-sulphurise and destroy resid? Or, will they choose to get out of base stock production moving forward? That's where we believe the biggest impact is going to be.
Clearly, this is a time of unprecedented change in the lubricants and base stocks industries. In such a complex and uncertain environment organisations need to be more agile in order to anticipate changes. In addition, the ability to manage supply chain complexity, secure affordable and reliable supply and to select the right base stock to meet specific technical challenges will be key future success factors.


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« 1963 St. Patrick's South Tipperary Junior Football Champions
Club to Honour Teams of 1953 and 1963 »
South Junior Hurling Champions 1963
St. Patrick's won their first ever hurling title in 1963 when they beat Moyle Rovers 3-3 to 2-3 to win the south junior hurling final. Having defeated St. Lukes in the opening round by 6-4 to 4-3 St.Pat's when on to play Killenaule in the south semi-final. Ned Barnable recalls the team togging out in a derelict building on main street Fethard with ash and alder growing up through the roof. Despite the primitive dressing room conditions St. Patrick's defeated Killenaule by 1-5 to 1-2 to book their place in the final against Moyle Rovers.
The final was a hard fought game with little between the sides. At half-time the score was level at 2-3 a piece but St. Pat's had played with a gale force wind at their backs which was now going to advantage Moyle Rovers in the second half. However the St.Pat's defence stood up to the challenge in the second half and kept Moyle Rovers scoreless and when John Duggan goaled for St. Pat's it was to prove to be the winning score.
In a "Nationalist report" on the game Billy Brennan is credited with making some excellent saves and was well protected by the full back line of Paddy Clancy, Eamy O'Connor, and Billy O'Dwyer while the half back line of Paddy Brett, Eddie Hayden and Tommy Hennessy was very sound. John Duggan was very good in mid field while Paddy Gleeson and Ned Barnable were the pick of the forwards.
This was the first ever hurling title for St. Patrick's and a feat which would not be repeated again until 1991.
Piery Cummins trained the team while Michael Lahert, John Duggan and Ned Barnable were the selectors.
Team: Billy Brennan, Paddy Clancy, Eamy O'Connor, Billy O'Dwyer, Paddy Brett, Eddie Hayden, Tommy Hennessy, John Duggan, Lory Clancy, Jimmy O'Connell, Paddy Gleeson, Michael Power, Joe Brennan, Ned Barnable (capt), John Egan, Michael McCormack, John McCormack, John Slattery, Michael Slattery, and Pat O'Connor.
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Linda was born in Portland on February 14, 1958 To Lincoln and Mary Sloan. She attended St. Patrick's School and graduated from Portland High School in 1976. Shortly after, she started work at B&M, where she met the love of her life, Bob. They were married on June 23rd, 1979. They lived and raised a family in Gray for almost 40 years.
Linda's biggest passion in life was taking care of other people. She spend 3 years taking care of her mother in Portland, while still taking care of her family in Gray. When her husband Bob got cancer, she took care of him from beginning to end and rarely left his side. She learned how to tend to all of his medical needs and made sure he could pass away peacefully at home as he requested. She would do anything to care for her family and those she cared about. She also had many jobs taking care of the elderly. Linda also took care of her grandson Mason from the time he was born so his mother could continue working.
Linda enjoyed spending time with her family and friends. She enjoyed being social and made friends every where she went. She loved living in the town of Gray and was proud to be apart of that community. She enjoyed gardening, cooking and taking care of her home. She liked to have everything neat and tidy and was often teased by her family at how often she visited the town dump to get rid of her trash. She never left any chores unfinished. She also enjoyed spending time with her grandsons and loved going to their baseball games. She was always the loudest one cheering them on.
Linda was predeceased by her parents, Lincoln and Mary Sloan and her husband Bob. She is survived by her children; a son Robert Jr, his wife Beth and their 2 children Robert III and Tanner; a daughter Crystal and her son Mason of Gray, ME. Her sister Francis Bushey and her husband Bill, of Portland ME; her sister Mary Beaulieu and her husband Brian of St. Albans, ME; her brother James Sloan and his partner Elaine Spring of Portland; sister in law Peggy Sloan of Westbrook. She also had many nieces and nephews.


LibAnalytics. We introduced a new product called LibAnalytics, which borrows from the functionality of the current Reference Analytics module. This is for libraries who require the statistics functionality of the Analytics module but do not need the rest of the LibAnswers system (public q/a, the ability for patrons to ask questions, etc). In LibAnalytics, libraries can define multiple analytics instances – each instance can track up to 10 metadata fields with up to 30 values per field. You can track anything you want with LibAnalytics, i.e. it is not just limited to reference. So, track and analyze away! 🙂 Please contact us if you would like more information on LibAnalytics.
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We'd like to thank you for all you teach us. We've learned a tremendous amount from you and appreciate your insights into Torah and the approach you take to Judaic history. You make it all so meaningful.
Thank you very much for taking the boys to the weekend in LA. Our son had a great time, and he talked about all the fun things the group did while you were there. You clearly did a great job of getting the boys to attend what they needed to and letting them have some space, too. We greatly appreciate all you do, and we cannot thank you enough for putting together this great trip at very little expense to us. We know that our son will continue to enjoy the group and all the activities you arrange to keep them connected to their Judaism!
Thanks so much for sharing the video with me. It was positively enchanting. Thank you for making the Jewish community that much more welcoming and inclusive.
I love your class. It's great the way you explain the parashot so that we can make connections and see the deeper meaning. I love it!
We loved learning about the significance of the holidays as a whole, the organization of the service, and specific prayers and their meaning. My husband shared that he learned more in the learner's service than he has learned in any High Holiday service he has ever attended. He always feels lost in services because he does not understand Hebrew or prayer and this enabled him to understand and feel connected to the service. Thank you!


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Q: gcloud list instances in managed group sorted by creation time I need to get the oldest instance from an instance group. I am using the following command:

gcloud compute instance-groups managed list-instances "instance-group-name" --region "us-central1" --format="value(NAME,ZONE,CREATION_TIMESTAMP)" --sort-by='~CREATION_TIMESTAMP'

But it seems --sort-by is not working or I am using it a bit wrong.
Could you please suggest the right way.

A: It's probably creationTimestamp not CREATION_TIMESTAMP.
See: instances.list and the response body for the underlying field names.
It's slightly confusing but gcloud requires you to use the (field|property) names of the underlying request|response types not the output names.
Another way to more readily determine this is to add --format=yaml or --format=json to gcloud compute instances list (or any gcloud command) to get an idea of what's being returned so that you can begin filtering and formatting it.

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So evidently a bunch of like-minded "guys" (who knows, there might be a female or two in there) didn't like the way the Hugo Awards were getting so literary, PC and boring and decided to make a change. Well, that itself isn't bad. But what they did was to create a slate, not much different from that of a political party. They listed their candidates, pushed their agenda, and crowned themselves with a treacly, cutesy name that insults lovable canines everywhere. Then some other like-minded, but more extreme individuals who are kinda creepy in that "never made it out of Grandma's basement" kinda way got in the act and built on that platform. And lo and behold, they found a foothold out there in fanboy land. I'm not going into the whole nasty business. If you haven't heard of it, just Google it. Or better yet, visit Chuck Wendig's Terrible Minds blog.
Next thing you know, the Hugo nominations close and when the finals are announced, several of the categories were stacked with their candidates. And the Hugos were declared dead. Ruined. *le sigh…*
Public outrage ensues. It's all that anyone talks about…at least until the Nazi romance makes it to the RITA finals. More on that later. But yes, they're talking about this on Facebook and Twitter and in countless forums everywhere. And the more people are pissed, the more get swept up in the community outrage. In spite of the fury, no one managed to get behind alternate nominees, other than in the novel section.
Membership in the World Science Fiction Society balloons. When World Con convenes in August, they have record high attendance and voting numbers swelled. As always, controversy is good for business.
Here's where it gets very interesting. And this is what I observed.
The fans at this event are a tribe. For the first couple days I was there, it felt like a closed tribe, and I couldn't find a way in. (especially since I'm a total social cripple.) But I was patient, put myself out of my comfort zone and just wandered around and listened. On Friday, I got pulled into two conversations about the Puppies controversy and speculation about how the voting would turn out. One of the men I spoke with was particularly baffled. He has been part of this fandom all his teen and adult life and he just didn't understand the malice. He was broken-hearted.
Over at the costume display, clusters of fans were quietly circulating, informing the uninformed. A young man nervously approached me and handed me a cheap plastic kazoo. On it was printed, "The Hugos Matter." He told me, "This is important."
And yes, they really do matter. And I could tell it took all his courage to walk up to this strange woman and say something that might be controversial. I wanted to hug him.
I took notes at the award ceremony. Several luminaries weighed in on the situation. (I'm sorry, I didn't get names, but you should be able to view the podcast.) It was like the elephant in the room. The groups who shall not be named. Once George RR Martin said the word "puppies" it loosened the rest of the panel up. No one choked and died. Vox Day didn't suddenly manifest there on the screen. They discussed changing rules and the long term implications the controversy might have. They talked about what might happen at the evening's ceremony. (They were spot on.) Here are salient points the guests made during interviews:
· To campaign for a Hugo is an empty victory. (In this case, it was a Phyrric Victory)
· It's fine to get behind a book or artist or other candidate, but do it because you love their work, not because you want to block everyone else.
· The Hugo Awards are the will of the fans.
· The Hugo finalists should be raised in prestige simply by being on that final list. Make this your reading list for the year.
Don't write for the award. Never write for the award. Write for the joy and to write the best damned story you can.
From George R. R. Martin:
· People have to nominate
· People have to vote
· People have to talk about and share what they love
· The 2017 World Con will be held in Helsinki, Finland! (they beat out DC, Montreal and Osaka, Japan)
The Hugo ballot lists the five nominees in the category, and in addition, has a selection where the member can vote that no award shall be given. In the entire history of the Hugo awards, this option has been the voter's selection a total of five times.
Last night, the voters withheld the award from five categories, thus shutting out the slate of finalists supported by the puppies. Yes, some other candidates were shut out too, and that's sad. But in the novella category, all five of the finalists were from Castalia Press. (Seriously…is no one else writing novellas?) As the hosts read those results, they said, "And the voters have decided no award will be given in that category." And every time, the audience cheered. There were a few "boos…" but David Gerrold quickly shut them down.
Two major wins went to translated works. In spite of the dearth of women nominated, they were actually well represented in the wins. In spite of all the efforts to hijack the awards, it wound up being truly diverse indeed.
I actually did my homework for these awards. I read the entries and voted for my favorites. Some of my picks won, some didn't. I won't hide the fact that I voted to withhold on several categories, and so did the majority of the voters.
I've heard it said that passive aggression won the night and I strongly disagree. To withhold the award is an active vote. And I've heard it was a wash. In what way? I'm sad for the few finalists caught up in those categories, but at least three nominees had the wisdom to withdraw their names from the vote, presumably because they were backed by the petulant pooches. Good for them. I'd have done the same thing.
The Hugos are not a judged, juried contest. Its winners are decided by the fans. The voters. And that's us. And if you care, pay for your membership, join the conversation, nominate and vote. We live in an anti-PC world where Americans are falling in line behind an ugly, bombastic, arrogant businessman. We are being told it's not okay to be "other." To be brown or female or to embrace alternate sexuality or gender or faith is wrong. We're told its bad and our fault if we are poor. We are told that teachers are vile and greedy and that billionaires have our best interests at heart. We are encouraged not to think…just to listen to sound bites.
The world of science fiction is better than that. We are about ideas. Hope. The journey to becoming one people, in spite of….or perhaps because of our diversity.
I'm tired. I don't know if I want to write about Nazis right now. Maybe later. *sigh…*
But I have something to say about that, too. Part Two is on its way. And yes, in a strange way, it relates to all this.
I really enjoyed this post. Well said.
Belinda M. said...
Thank you, Greta!
Carmen Webster Buxton said...
I've been to some Worldcons. I find they're actually more of a nation, made up tribes: the Gamer Tribe, the Costumer/Cosplay Tribe, the Writer (and Aspiring Writer) Tribe, and so on. Some people never go to the masquerade and some live for it. Some rush from panel to panel, trying not to miss anything, while others skip out on panels entirely and haunt the dealers' room (full of books and craft items. for those who've never seen one). A significant percentage of people who pay for attending memberships never bothered to vote for the Hugos, and even fewer bother to nominate, which is one reason Puppygate happened.
If you're able to make it to Kansas City next year, you should go. Unless, of course, you're saving up for Helsinki in 2017. :)
I agree with you, Carmen. I roomed with a woman who's a filker and that took 99% of her time, while I was just getting my bearings. And stalking Patricia Briggs. LOL!
I hope to make Kansas City and hopefully, Helsinki as well.
Erica Pike said...
I don't think the Puppies have managed to kill the Hugo Awards (saying they managed their goal by killing off five categories sounded every bit like the saving-face speech that it was). Sometimes something like this needs to happen in order to prompt people into action. I think this will wake people up to nominate their favorites to ensure this won't happen again.
Tracy Cooper-Posey said...
You can never accuse the SF/F world of complacency! All eras tend to end with a revolution of some sort. This could be just the shake-up the (fairly old) genre(s) need.
Erika, I really think that business of claiming victory is really an example of the Donald Trump strategy of loss. Never apologize and never admit defeat. If someone came along and lopped off their hands, these idiots would say "I meant that to happen...I win!"
And Tracy, this was a little revolution and I really, really REALLY hope people took George RR Martin's words to heart, but I'm not so sure. He said to read, nominate your favorites, to talk about them and to vote. What I'm seeing is the vote end, but many people are now settling back and waiting for next year. This is an endeavor that never ends. Its up to the fans to find the best books and the outstanding new talent.
PaulaL said...
The nominating period opened late and ended early this year, which exacerbated the situation--I wound up not nominating (not that what I put on my nominations ballot usually tends to land on the final ballot--that's another issue, there are "long tails" of what people put on their nominating ballots. When a group comes in and slate votes, that means overwhelming the hundreds of other people who are individually picking things (the breakdown of nominations released after the Hugo results get announced, don't break down to the things getting a handful of nominations, much leas one or two or three or four)).
Lois McMaster Bujold hadn't had anything out since Captain Vorpatril's Alliance. She has a novella which came out a few weeks ago, and Captain Jole and the Red Queen will be out in February. Based on past performance it's more rather than less likely she'll be a Hugo finalist again within the two years.
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The purpose of all of humanity's research can be broadly classified into two parts–to increase comfort in their lives, and to satisfy their curiosities. Robotics, as one of the hottest fields in research and development at the moment, is a perfect example of where these two purposes intersect. Ever since the dawn of the industrial age, man has been obsessed with exploring the endless possibilities to mechanise all of his tasks. However, only mechanising was never enough, as it would still require human interference. Thus, the concept of automation and robots was born.
On hearing the word robot, most people almost immediately think of an intelligent humanoid. Science fiction has made the word popular among the masses over the last century. However, the word originates from an old Slavonic word 'robota', which means servitude or forced labour. That is quite an appropriate definition of what a robot is meant to do. Modern robotics has an extensive span when it comes to the number of ideas that fall into this category. Ranging from basic industrial robots to the sophisticated Sophia, humanity has progressed by leaps and bounds in robotics over the last century.
Asimov even explored the possibility of how these laws may be applied to humanity as a whole by devising a Zeroth Law. Fittingly, in his books, the Zeroth Law was postulated by an intelligent humanoid robot. However, given how rapidly the field is advancing and how different our robots are compared to what Asimov envisioned, these laws remain mere guidelines.
Behind the popular humanoid robots that people know about, there is a vast amount of research and development that is based mainly on basic problem-solving robots. Take, for example, the Roomba, one of the most widely used vacuum cleaning robots. It possesses the ability to autonomously map and navigate a room, one of the biggest problems that need to be solved in mobile robots. Another such example is the research being done to build robotic exoskeletons. While a full-fledged Iron Man suit is still years away, researchers have developed basic wearable exoskeletons that assist people who have lost the ability to move due to injury. Such an exoskeleton might not have much of an intelligence or identity, but it is an efficient way to solve a problem that is not only technical but also social, as it provides unprecedented independence to people with disabilities.
Another example of an efficient problem-solving robot is an industrial robotic arm. It has transformed the manufacturing industry by increasing productivity and efficiency. Based on the kind of product that they're meant to build, the robots possess advanced features like precision gripping, high manoeuvrability, and force sensing for additional dexterity.
With the advent of artificial intelligence and machine learning, robots are becoming smarter every day. With most current research focusses on specialised problem-solving robots, life-like robots and advanced personal robotic assistants are still in the future. Robots are revolutionising agriculture, transport, manufacturing, warehousing and a number of such industries. In a rapidly evolving field such as this, the 21st century is perhaps the most exciting period in robotics.


In movies, there's often a difference between "based on a true story" and truth itself. We critics sometimes forget the difference, often allowing ourselves to be impressed when a movie tells a true story. But the real magic in movies is when a filmmaker connects directly with an audience, when the viewer finds something true within the work. Positioning the true story of a real person between a filmmaker and an audience may be impressive, but it doesn't get to the heart of things. I'd like to think that the ten movies on my list have a certain truth in them, something honest and emotional. It's probably not a coincidence that so many of the movies on my list are comedies, or at least contain laughs. In short, these are movies by filmmakers who are in love with making films, and that love comes through to us.
Following my top ten films, please find my ten runners-up and my ten honorable mentions, followed by great performances, my favorite DVD and Blu-ray releases, and, lastly, my list of the year's worst.
Cranky old genius Jean-Luc Godard, now eighty-four, is just as elusive as ever, asking questions and making statements from out of the ether; they can either seem brilliant or baffling. In his first 3D movie, Goodbye to Language 3D, he takes his intellectual discourse with moving images to a new level, splitting the dimensions apart, exploring water, or simply following a dog through a boldly-colored autumn wood. But don't worry: he's still angry about the death of books and the rise of electronic devices. You'll get a new idea every few seconds here, which is more than many movies have during their entire running times.
Former "SNL" stars Bill Hader and Kristen Wiig had worked together many times before, notably in supporting roles as husband-and-wife Adventureland (one of the best movies of 2009), but in Craig Johnson's comedy-drama The Skeleton Twins, they take center stage and give two of the finest performances of the year (even though they won't receive a single award). They're estranged twins who consider suicide at the same moment and reunite for a period of soul-bearing. It looks like a typical indie, but Johnson's direction is so spot-on, so intelligent, and so organic that it never hits a false note. And it's very funny.
Citizenfour may be the year's most important documentary, but I prefer Jodorowsky's Dune for its sheer life-force. Of the two, it will be around much longer, and bear repeat viewings. Director Frank Pavich beautifully tracks the course of one of the most fascinating unproduced movies in history, with brilliant, eccentric, raconteur Alejandro Jodorowsky telling his often unbelievable story with great passion. Maybe it's a shame that Jodorowsky's Dune was never made and maybe it's not, but I think that this movie is the true masterpiece.
Director Jonathan Glazer had been absent from the screen for ten years before finally returning with this moody sci-fi work. Its story, of aliens kidnapping humans and absorbing their life forces to survive, could have been told in a dozen "B" movies, but Glazer elevates Under the Skin to something truly haunting and otherworldly, with astounding silences, and raw, primitive interactions. Scarlett Johansson has long been one of my favorite actors, but in a rather un-showy role, she steps up her game even further.
Of all the apocalyptic movies of the past few years (there must be a mood of general hopelessness in the air), Bong Joon-ho's first English-language production was both the darkest and the brightest. Its entire, brilliant visual and sound scheme was dedicated to the act of moving forward, through sci-fi train cars filled with things and people from all over the world. Snowpiercer touches on economy, environment, drugs, violence, education, and so many other themes with deftness and without preaching. It's awake and alive and open to ideas.
I agree with my esteemed colleague Fernando Croce that The Lego Movie would have been better if it had been directed by Joe Dante, but I still love the very funny movie that came from Phil Lord and Christopher Miller. What could have been a massive attempt at marketing turned instead into a subtle exploration of identity; are we part of a collective or are we ourselves? The filmmakers made detailed computer animation look like homemade stop-motion animation, in the end, celebrated the art of playing, an art too often lost in the movies.
I initially skipped Ida based on its description, a nun discovers that she's Jewish and that her parents perished in the Holocaust, as well as the threat that it's the "official Oscar submission" from Poland, which surely meant that it was an upright, boring blue-ribbon movie instead of anything that someone would like to watch. But I underestimated the thoughtfulness of director Pawel Pawlikowski, and what I actually got was a movie of incredible movement and poetry. The black-and-white images, and sustained, off-kilter shots are brilliantly designed to deflect the story's horrors, just as the passage of time would.
Unlike many of my colleagues, I have never tired of Wes Anderson's candy-colored dollhouse movies. To me, he's one of the great original filmmakers working today, and I'm always happy to check out whatever his unique mind comes up with. However, The Grand Budapest Hotel turned out to be one of his finest works, successfully combining all the elements he's best at, such as a strong central figure, concierge M. Gustave (Ralph Fiennes), and a strong central relationship, with lobby boy Zero Moustafa (Tony Revolori). The film's design is as spectacular as ever, resorting to handmade, miniature props and moving up to changing aspect ratios for different time periods.
This is the fifth film by Mexican filmmaker Alejandro González Iñárritu. I have never been a fan. His only other remotely good movie was his first, Amores Perros, which was basically an accomplished Pulp Fiction ripoff. How surprising, then, to find a movie so alive, funny, crazy, heartbreaking, and filled with dreams and ideas. And at the center, a massive return to form by one of my all-time favorite actors, Michael Keaton, who is finally getting the notice he deserves. Not to mention the great supporting cast, and a shout-out to Raymond Carver. I saw Birdman on my birthday in 2014, and it was a perfect present.
What else could #1 be? Richard Linklater's Boyhood was a casual experiment that, thanks to the talent, charisma, and perseverance of those involved, turned into a masterpiece for all time. It could have been a gimmick film ("watch the actors age in front of your eyes"), but instead it turns into a meditation on life itself, a plunging us into an emotional discourse on memory, love, family, pain, and millions of other of the tiny things that make up our existence. It stands head and shoulders over everything else.
I no longer review DVDs and Blu-rays with the same regularity or intensity that I once did, and there were several worthy releases that I did not get a chance to see. This list, while not comprehensive, comprises the best of the ones I did see.
There were plenty more, but I stopped before I got too depressed.


1992 Bugatti EB110 SS finished a lap of Grand Tour Eboladrome in 1 minute and 32.8 seconds.
Wet lap vs dry though.
And they didn't mention the tires they used. If they had the original compound from 20-30 years ago then it's no wonder that it can't keep up with modern cars. It looks like they have the original rims so no chance to mount a modern UHP tire.
The influence from the tire is bigger than the wet track.
Classic troll hostboy. Conditions dont matter for an AWD car. So i guess the Honda NSX is 2.5 seconds slower than a 718 boxster because ''conditions dont matter for AWD cars" :) According to your logic anyway.
Clever lad!. Should do 1:26 in proper dry conditions...what?


Today, Tristan and I walked down to visit Memaw and Papaw Ellis. Was in rare form. He squealed and stood on my lap.
Papaw rang his bell and then gave it to Tristan. Tristan held the bell and I shook his little arm to ring it. Then he tried to chew on it, so I took it away. It was a great visit.


She's also a science genius!
When Tony Stark exits the Iron Man suit for the last time in the comic book "Civil War II," a brand new Iron Man will take his place.
Well, rather, a brand new Iron Woman will be taking his place.
The new Iron Man is RiRi Williams, a science wiz and MIT graduate who catches Stark's eye at 15 when she creates her own iron suit.
Writer Brian Michael Bendis told TIME that Williams was inspired by a real woman who overcame a life of violence to attend college.
"This story of this brilliant, young woman whose life was marred by tragedy that could have easily ended her life — just random street violence — and went off to college was very inspiring to me," he said. "I thought that was the most modern version of a superhero or superheroine story I had ever heard."
Bendis' experience creating a lineup of new characters (Miles Morales, Jessica Jones and Maria Hill) told him that people would gravitate towards the new Iron Man as well.
So far, the reception is "getting [the] benefit of the doubt from even the most surly fans," he told TIME.
While some may like their old Iron Man stories, the writer has no patience for people making racist posts online. When a commenter questioned why Marvel needed Williams as a character if it already had Miles Morales, a Spider-Man iteration of black Hispanic descent, Bendis responded perfectly.
"They're individuals just like Captain America and Cyclops are individuals," he said. "All I can do is state my case for the character, and maybe they'll realize over time that that's not the most progressive thinking."
While this is her first cover, Williams also made an appearance in earlier comics.
The author also mentioned that old comic book writers regretted their past decisions to not make superheroes more diverse. Now that these new characters are coming out, the most rewarding part of it for Bendis is when young fans come up to him at a signing and tell him how happy they are to see themselves represented.
He said it was moments like those that let him know he's "moving in the right direction."


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Airsoft in the YubaCity / Marysville area.
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Diamond Rose member, airsoft tech, and firearms enthusiast
Studying at Montana Tech
S&T PPSh-41
KWA M11A1 NS2
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KWA M9 PTP
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Custom SR-16
King Arms M4A1
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At 9:37pm on October 11, 2012, Stephen Patti said…
Hey Mike! Just saying hi. I also bought a KWA sig 226. Have you played in the mines yet?
At 9:41pm on August 30, 2012, Stephen Patti said…
Hey Michael! How's Montana? The kid decided not to sell his Glocks. ARGGH!!! Oh well. Send pictures of playing airsoft. I want to see what its like in the mines. If you do.
At 1:33pm on August 30, 2012, Joseph P. said…
Talked to Asgi, they said G4 a3s only have a new spring. Will that last as long as a CQR?
At 9:34am on August 30, 2012, Joseph P. said…
so will a CQR last longer or a G4 a3?
At 11:21pm on July 8, 2012, Ryan ewing said…
Ghostbusters!
At 3:24pm on June 3, 2012, Komissar said…
Hey Michael, I have two MP5s for sale. Thought you might be interested. Let me know.
At 6:20pm on January 2, 2012, Stephen Patti said…
How would you like to trade your Draganov and the parts for my sig?
At 6:35pm on November 5, 2011, Max Gotzmer said…
Hey Michael! I used to go to school with you! I didn't know you played airsoft! Hope to see you on the field on the 12th.
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I made a felt pizza after being inspired by Serving Pink Lemonade.
I then asked for capsicum, onion and olives.
Next was pepperoni, pineapple and mushrooms.
We had lots of fun making pizza. Next time, I think I will introduce numbers with this activity. I will ask for a pizza with 4 olives, 2 mushrooms and 1 piece of pineapple. He will be able to create and work on numbers and counting skills at the same time!


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Jerry DeMuro is chief executive officer (CEO) of BAE Systems, Inc., the company's U.S.-based, international defense, aerospace, and security company with more than 33,000 employees that generated sales revenues of approximately $10.8 billion in 2018. BAE Systems, Inc. ranks among the top 10 prime contractors to the U.S. Department of Defense and delivers a full range of products and services across a broad and diverse portfolio for air, land and naval forces, as well as advanced electronics, commercial avionics, security, IT solutions and support services. In addition, DeMuro is an executive director on the BAE Systems plc Board of Directors, a member of the company's Executive Committee, and an officer director on the BAE Systems, Inc. Board of Directors.
Throughout his career, DeMuro has led the transformation and successful operation of complex global organizations responsible for fulfilling critical and challenging missions worldwide in the national security, technology, and aerospace industries.
Before joining BAE Systems in 2014, DeMuro served as a corporate vice president at General Dynamics and executive vice president of the more than $11 billion, 44,000-employee Information Systems and Technology group. DeMuro joined General Dynamics when GTE Government Systems was acquired in 1999. While at GTE, DeMuro held a number of senior leadership roles. Earlier in his career, he served for nearly a decade as an acquisition official at the U.S. Department of Defense.
DeMuro has been actively involved with several associations and nonprofit organizations, including the Aerospace Industries Association, where he is currently a member of its Executive Committee, the Association of the United States Army, the MILCOM Conference Board, and AFCEA International, where he served on the Board of Directors as an Executive Committee member and as chair of the Audit Committee. He has also served on the boards of the National Science Center and the Boys and Girls Club of Taunton, Massachusetts.
A native of Philadelphia, DeMuro earned a bachelor's degree from the University of Pittsburgh and an MBA from Fairleigh Dickinson University.


The "OECD Due Diligence Guidance for Responsible Business Conduct", published in May 2018, is now available in Italian. The OECD Due Diligence Guidance for Responsible Business Conduct provides practical support to enterprises on the implementation of the OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises by providing plain language explanations of its due diligence recommendations and associated provisions. Implementing these recommendations can help enterprises avoid and address adverse impacts related to workers, human rights, the environment, bribery, consumers and corporate governance that may be associated with their operations, supply chains and other business relationships. The Guidance includes additional explanations, tips and illustrative examples of due diligence. The good news is that the Guidance, published in May 2018 in its original English version, is now available also in Italian.


The Bun Off Run Off (BORO) was a competition between the 2 departments housed in the Soderquist Business Center: the Business Department (Team - Business Buns) and The Soderquist Center for Leadership and Ethics (Team - Leadership Loaves).
Repeat after me, as you lick your lips! "Carb HEAVEN!"
Clayton, dressed in his dashing sandwich board, started the event by explaining the voting procedure.
It was definitely a well attended event!
Teams scores also included "extras" that were contributed.
Last call to get your votes in!
Leadership Loaves SWEEPS the competition!!!
There was a tie between our Maple Twist Rolls and Ali's Blueberry Cream Cheese Braided Bread.
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4 ways to make extremely tasty guacamole
July 10, 2020, 11:35 a.m. ·2 min read
Welcome to Best Bites, a video series that aims to satisfy your never-ending craving for food content through quick, beautiful videos for the at-home foodie.
Calling all avocado fanatics! Check out these unique twists on guacamole — using lobster, bacon, corn and roasted tomatoes — and get your chips ready to dig in.
Avocados were first discovered in Mexico nearly 10,000 years ago by Spanish conquistadors. Many Americans, however, hadn't tried one until the 1990s when the U.S. lifted a ban on trading the creamy green fruit from its Southern neighbor (this came in part with the NAFTA agreement).
Since then, traditional Mexican guacamole recipes — which at its base is a simple mixture of avocados and salt mashed with a mortar and pestle — have been tailored to the American taste bud. Case in point: Adding in tomatoes, onions, bacon or even pineapple and peas.
So, appreciate the classic stuff, and then feel free to take things up a notch with a few mix-ins.
Classic Guacamole
12 avocados
4 tabelspoons chopped or minced garlic
1 ½ tablespoon salt
¾ cup lime juice
3 tablespoons jalapeño, diced
¾ cup chopped cilantro
Mix salt, garlic, lime juice and jalapeños. Let the mixture sit for a couple of minutes so the flavors can really combine.
Add the avocados and mash. Mix all ingredients together.
Add cilantro and stir.
Charred Corn and Bacon Guacamole
4 slices bacon, cooked and crumbled
2 ears fresh corn, grilled until charred
Mix bacon and corn into the classic guacamole until combined.
Lobster Guacamole
Meat from 1 lobster, cooked and chilled
Mix the chilled lobster meat into the guacamole.
Roasted Tomato Guacamole
2 cups roasted tomatoes, diced
Add roasted tomatoes to the classic guacamole and mix.
If you enjoyed making these guacamole mixes, try making banana and almond butter ice cream for a guilt-free dessert.
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The company that bought the ammonium nitrate which exploded in Beirut last August had possible links to two Syrian businessmen under U.S. sanctions for ties to President Bashar al-Assad, according to a report by a Lebanese journalist and London company filings. Savaro Ltd, the trading firm which procured the chemicals in 2013, shared a London address with companies linked to George Haswani and Imad Khoury, according to the report by documentary film-maker Firas Hatoum, which aired on Lebanon's al-Jadeed TV station this week. Haswani, Khoury and his brother Mudalal Khoury have all been sanctioned by Washington for supporting Assad's war effort.
As COVID-19 cases continue to climb in Cowichan Tribes, vaccine brings sense of relief
The past week has been challenging for the Cowichan Tribes on Vancouver Island. The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases within the community started off at 73 on Monday and continued to climb all week. Then, after a barrage of racist comments were posted online in reaction to the reported cases, the First Nation decided to stop publicly sharing its COVID-19 data. "It was a lot all at once," said Councillor Stephanie Atleo. "It left us tired and a bit overwhelmed." Cowichan leaders say new cases continue to emerge. But there was a glimmer of hope, in the form of 600 vaccine doses that were delivered to the community. Atleo was one of the people tasked with coordinating the response and said while getting vaccines was clearly positive, it led to its own challenges. "We were informed Monday and we had the clinic up Wednesday," said Atleo. Using the model the community developed for administering the flu shot last fall, the nation set up tents and checkpoints in parking lots. Atleo said they had originally planned to offer vaccinations over three days with the addition of a possible fourth day. But demand from community members forced them to change their plans yet again. "I was shocked that we ended up doing it in just two days. But I was so happy for all the people who got vaccinated," said Atleo. Being able to administer the vaccines so quickly was a result of hard work and dedication on the part of health-care staff and band workers, many of whom had to work overtime or in staggered shifts, Atleo said. It's not clear when the next round of vaccines will arrive, but Atleo is happy that a tough week had at least a little silver lining. "I feel pretty confident that everybody we wanted to vaccinate first came out," she said.
How a snack shop is betting on St. John's sweet tooth for its downtown venture
From a distance, the shelves at 174 Water St., lined with rows of brightly coloured packaging, look similar to any other boutique candy store. Look a little closer, however, and the subtle differences become clear. Prawn-flavoured chips, Japanese iterations of familiar snack-brand logos, unfamiliar flavour combinations and perhaps a cherished childhood treat long since forgotten about: these are the specialties of UnderGround Snax. With humble beginnings in Nova Scotia, the company recently moved into a Water Street storefront. Despite a growing number of shuttered business lining the downtown strip — not to mention the pressures of the ongoing pandemic — UnderGround Snax's first brick-and-mortar location in St. John's seems to be catching on with the city's sweet-toothed residents. Founder Evan Humber was on his couch one night in 2019 when the idea of a boutique snack store first came to mind. He quickly set up a social media presence and began taking and placing orders. "It literally just started with an idea," said Humber. "I was literally at home one night once I came up with the Instagram name, and I started posting some photos of the products that I'm getting in." That night, says Humber, people began to engage right away, and soon he had an emerging business on his hands. "I just placed a little order, and once it arrived, it sold [out] instantly," said Humber. "So I got more, and it kind of snowballed to what it is today." Eventually, Humber decided that it was time to make the jump from a social-media based enterprise to UnderGround Snax's first physical location. With long-term dreams for broad expansion, Humber says that there was something both obvious and alluring about launching in Canada's most easterly city. Onward to St. John's Vince Kennedy, from Newfoundland's west coast, was just the island connection that Humber needed to set up their new location, and took the lead on hiring and managing the new store. "I'm kind of a garbage human, man, I like it all really," said Kennedy, trying to pick out a favourite snack from the shelves of the Water Street location. WATCH | Take a look inside UnderGround Snax's new location in downtown St. John's: Kennedy manages the St. John's storefront, which opened last year. Seeing the nostalgia of customers who stumble across a forgotten favourite treat, he said, is a definite perk of the job. "It's cool to see everybody's nostalgia go off on a certain product that might not even mean anything to you," Kennedy said. "But, they might have been five years old and had this candy back home growing up, and like, geez— it's cool to see, man, it's pretty cool to see." Kennedy said that despite everyone's different tastes for snack food, coming together over candy seems to be easy for peckish residents, and with a wide selection of treats there's bound to be something for everyone. With no plans to slow down, and a second location on Quinpool Road in Halifax that opened late last year, the UnderGround Snax team say they'll continue to source an array of new and interesting products. As for which snack is Kennedy's favourite, he said it's a chocolaty twist on an old classic. "It's probably going to have to be the Reese's cupcakes, to be honest. They're like a crazy chocolate snack-cupcake," he said. "Like, you used to get those Hostess cupcakes back in the day that were filled with icing; very similar, but they've got the peanut butter Reese's filling in there — they're pretty stupid." Read more articles from CBC Newfoundland and Labrador


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The Storied Life of A.J. Firky Adds David Arquette, Scott Foley
The upcoming film The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry has added David Arquette and Scott Foley to the continuously growing, star-studded cast, Deadline reports. The two will join Kunal Nayyar (The Big Bang Theory), Lucy Hale (Pretty Little Liars), and Christina Hendricks (Good Girls). The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry, which has already started filming in Cape Cod, will be an adaptation of Gabrielle Zevin's New York Times bestselling novel by the same name. Zevin will be bringing the movie from page to screen with Hans Canosa (Conversations with Other Women) serving as director.
The movie will center around the title character, A.J. Fikry (Nayyar), a bookstore owner reeling from the fresh and heartbreaking loss of his wife. Along with recently becoming a widower, the shop owner is struggling to make ends meet as the store is trudging its way through a record low in sales. To add to the stress and emotional weight of it all, his treasured book of Poe poems has been stolen right out from under him. Feeling the heaviness and utter desperation of it all, Fikry has withdrawn from those around him and even the stories that once gave him a sense of peace. All seems lost for Fikry until a strange and unexpected box shows up at his store. The peculiar contents give Fikry a new lease on life and allow him to decide how he wants to move forward and start anew.
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We know that Arquette will be stepping into the role of a quiet, yet charming police officer who gets his own fresh take on life by becoming a bookstore owner. Audiences can next expect to see Arquette on screen when he reprises his role as Dewey Riley in the highly anticipated fifth installment of the Scream franchise, titled SCREAM, when it slashes into theaters on January 14th, 2022.
Foley will be portraying a well known, top-selling author named Daniel Parish who enjoys the fame that comes along with his popular works. Foley's newest project, The Big Leap, premiered on FOX in September. The series centers around several characters attempting to refresh their lives by duking it out in a reality dance show competition.
The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry does not yet have a release date.
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Republicans & Democrats share: A deep interest in this election
byThe Associated Press
AP-NORC poll: Interest in campaign is growing, as is anxiety
Emily Swanson and Hannah Fingerhut
WASHINGTON (AP) — A year out from the 2020 general election, there already is significant interest in the presidential campaign. But a poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research also finds a growing share of Americans feeling anxious and frustrated compared with early in the summer.
Republicans and Democrats are about equally likely to say they've been paying close attention, but the poll finds feelings of anxiety and frustration more concentrated among Democrats.
A look at how Americans are feeling about the campaign with one year to go until the 2020 general election:
SIMILAR INTEREST, UNEVEN ANXIETY
The poll finds widespread interest in the campaign, including among 82 percent of Democrats and 74 percent of Republicans. Overall, 73 percent of Americans say they're interested, up slightly from 66 percent in June.
Democrats are more likely than Republicans to say they feel anxious, 67 percent to 45 percent, and frustrated, 64 percent to 49 percent. But the poll finds that levels of frustration and anxiety have increased among people from both parties since June.
Democrats who describe themselves as liberal are slightly more likely than moderates and conservatives to say they're interested, 88 percent to 79 percent, but also significantly more likely to say they're anxious, 80 percent to 60 percent.
HOW DEMOCRATS SEE THEIR CANDIDATES
Democrats have largely positive views of all their front-running candidates.
Overall, similar proportions say they have a favorable view of the top three Democratic candidates — 72 percent for Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders, 68 percent for former Vice President Joe Biden and 65 percent for Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren. About 2 in 10 have negative opinions of each.
Warren is still less well known among Democrats. Slightly more say they don't know enough about Warren to have an opinion than say that about Biden or Sanders, 16 percent versus 9 percent and 8 percent, respectively.
Despite high ratings for all three front-runners, there are signs of ideological division.
Biden scores slightly higher among Democrats who describe themselves as moderate and conservative than among those who say they're liberal, 72 percent to 62 percent.
The pattern is the opposite for Warren, with 76 percent of liberal Democrats and 58 percent of moderate and conservative ones viewing her favorably, and for Sanders, with positive ratings from 79 percent of liberal Democrats and 68 percent of moderate and conservative ones.
California Sen. Kamala Harris and Pete Buttigieg, the mayor of South Bend, Indiana, are even less well-known than the other top candidates. Views of both are more positive than negative within the party, but even among Democrats, 25 percent say they don't know enough about Harris and 40 percent say the same of Buttigieg.
HOW THE PUBLIC SEES THE DEMOCRATS
While the general election may be a year away, Americans are already closely divided on the Democratic primary contest's front-runners.
Biden sees favorable ratings from 44 percent of Americans, and unfavorable ones from 42 percent. Views are slightly more favorable than unfavorable for Sanders, 47 percent to 41 percent.
About as many have a favorable opinion of Warren as an unfavorable one, 38 percent to 37 percent, with about one-quarter still saying they don't know enough about her to have an opinion.
Opinions on Harris and Buttigieg are also closely divided, but large proportions of Americans have no opinion of each — about one-third for Harris and close to half for Buttigieg.
Views of whoever becomes the nominee could change as November of 2020 nears. Hillary Clinton started out with largely positive ratings from Americans after her tenure as secretary of state, but negative opinions increased over the course of the 2016 campaign.
HOW THE PUBLIC SEES THE PRESIDENT
More than half of Americans, 55 percent, say they have an unfavorable opinion of President Donald Trump, while 40 percent say they have a favorable opinion. Eight in 10 Republicans have a favorable opinion, while nearly 9 in 10 Democrats have an unfavorable one.
Among Republicans, those who describe themselves as liberals and moderates are much more likely to have an unfavorable opinion than those who describe themselves as conservatives, 30 percent to 10 percent.
In 2016, Trump overcame similarly low popularity and even doubts among some Republicans to win the White House.
Since Trump took office in January 2017, many Americans — 42 percent — say they've been paying more attention to politics. An additional 43 percent say they're paying about as much attention as they were before, while 15 percent say they've been paying less attention.
Democrats are slightly more likely than Republicans to say they've been paying more attention since Trump took office, 47 percent to 41 percent, but also more likely to say they've been paying less attention, 18 percent to 9 percent.
The AP-NORC poll of 1,075 adults was conducted Oct. 24-28 using a sample drawn from NORC's probability-based AmeriSpeak Panel, which is designed to be representative of the U.S. population. The margin of sampling error for all respondents is plus or minus 4.1 percentage points. Respondents were first selected randomly using address-based sampling methods and later were interviewed online or by phone.
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Tables have turned on Alaska's natives. Villagers watch money from settlement dwindle; land could be next
By Mark Baumgartner Special to The Christian Science Monitor
Once considered the most progressive and generous settlement of American aboriginal land claims, the 1971 Alaska Native Land Claim Settlement Act has not fulfilled its purpose. According to a report released this week, the ``social experiment'' failed because Alaska natives are not interested in assimilating into dominant white society, and are determined to fashion a future of their own.
Further, the act is likely to cause the state's natives to permanently lose their ancestral lands and distinct culture, says Thomas Berger, the report's author.
``The native peoples of Alaska want their own lands and their own forms of government, and they also want access to the social, economic, and political'' institutions of the state, he writes.
Mr. Berger, a former Canadian judge who has studied the attitudes of Canada's natives, was hired to research the Alaska natives by the Inuit Circumpolar Conference, an international Eskimo organization. In ``Village Journey,'' Berger records his findings of the last two years, when he traveled to 62 Alaska villages listening to 1,450 people tell how the land claims act has affected them.
Berger's report should have ``tremendous impact'' in Alaska and with Congress because it gives a voice to rural natives, said Bob Lohr, director of the Rural Alaska Community Action Program, a statewide agency providing services in rural areas.
But it is also expected to cause controversy. ``Village Journey'' argues strongly on the side of native sovereignty. While there is general agreement among natives and whites here that the land claims act must be amended, there is disagreement -- among natives, especially -- over just how to do it and how much to change. The issue of sovereignty is key in this debate.
``Some folks think a few minor adjustments will do the trick,'' Berger said at a news conference here on Monday. ``I think a major overhaul is in order.''
An aide to US Senator Ted Stevens (R) Alaska said the state's three-member congressional delegation has advised Alaska natives to reach a consensus before campaigning for claims act amendments.
``The natives have to decide what they want and tell us in Washington how we should approach it,'' said Stevens aide Malin Jennings.
One group, the Alaska Federation of Natives, has proposed eight amendments to the land claims act, which Congress could consider later this year.
The settlement act was considered generous because it awarded Alaska's 70,000 Indians, Eskimos, and Aleuts nearly $1 billion and 44 million acres (12 percent) of
Alaska's land. Economic benefits were to pass to natives through the 13 regional and more than 200 village corporations created by the settlement. The act envisioned villagers using their money and land to help build their economies and contribute to the state's growth.
But there is little in rural Alaska on which to base a cash economy, argues Berger, concluding that natives would rather provide for most of their needs by hunting and fishing.
Berger writes: ``Undercapitalized, without corporate experience, with virtually no business prospects, the [village] corporations were at the mercy of the lawyers, advisers, and consultants who flocked to the villages like scavengers. Now the money is largely gone and the land is at risk.''
He recommends major changes, the most important being the transfer of native-owned corporate lands to tribal governments. ``The matter is one of urgency and should be done at once.'' If the land stays under corporate jurisdiction, it could be lost after 1991 through corporate takeovers, corporate failures, and taxation. Starting in that year, assets given natives under the act can be taxed and corporate shares sold to nonnatives.
To correct the act's flaws, Berger recommends that:
Shareholders concerned about the loss of corporate lands should transfer those lands to tribal governments, which should assert their native sovereignty.
Tribal governments should have exclusive jurisdiction over fish and wildlife on native lands.
Tribal governments should receive subsurface land rights from regional native corporations. Village corporations with a thriving business or investment should continue to make profit, paying dividends to shareholders. Berger expects that, without their land, most village corporations would be dissolved.
Regional corporations should consider transferring their lands to villages or regional tribal governments.
Berger's report is expected to give momentum to the United Tribes of Alaska (UTA), a leader in the growing movement promoting native self-determination. The UTA believes the settlement should be invalidated because village residents never voted to approve it, says Sheldon Katchatag, a 37-year-old Eskimo fisherman who is chairman of the fledgling organization.
Bob Lohr's rural community action program supports Berger's recommendation to give natives more control of fish and wildlife resources. This is one of the most controversial proposals. It has drawn heat from urban sports hunters and fishermen and the Anchorage Times, Alaska's second-largest newspaper.
While Berger looks beyond the act for solutions to village problems, the Alaska Federation of Natives (AFN) ``continues trying to make the settlement act work,'' says director Janie Leask.
The AFN lobbies for the interests of the regional for-profit corporation created by the land claims act.
Berger acknowledges his recommendations are aimed directly at village natives. AFN, on the other hand, has tried to balance the life styles and needs of rural natives with the interests of city-dwelling natives, many of whom want regional corporations to provide business opportunities and profits, Ms. Leask says. Though the native federation has a different approach to revising the act, its amendments in Congress embody most of Berger's proposals as options which it hopes Congress will make available to
native corporations.
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text:
var _ = require('underscore'),
    Physics = require('./physics'),
    BISON = require('bison');

function GameServer(io) {
  this.map = {
    entities: [
      { type: 'house',
        position: { x: -5, y: 0, z: -5 },
        orientation: { x: 0, y: 0, z: 0, w: 0 }
      },
      { type: 'house',
        position: { x: 5, y: 0, z: -5 } ,
        orientation: { x: 0, y: 0, z: 0, w: 0 }
      },
      { type: 'house',
        position: { x: 5, y: 0, z: 5 },
        orientation: { x: 0, y: 0, z: 0, w: 0 }
      },
      { type: 'house',
        position: { x: -5, y: 0, z: 5 },
        orientation: { x: 0, y: 0, z: 0, w: 0 }
      }
    ]
  };

  this.io = io;

  this.tanks = [];
  this.projectiles = [];

  this.physics = new Physics();

  this.physics.createMap(this.map);

  var that = this;
  this.physics.on('projectile', function(projectile) {
    that.projectiles.push(projectile);
  });

  this.physics.on('kill', function(details) {
    that.io.sockets.emit('kill', details);
  });

  this.physics.on('activate', function(uuid) {
    that.io.sockets.emit('activate', uuid);
  });

}

GameServer.prototype.initSockets = function() {
  var that = this;

  this.io.sockets.on('connection', function(socket)  {
    var tank = that.createTank(socket);

    socket.on('disconnect', function() {
      that.removeTank(tank);
    });
  });

  setInterval(function() {
    that.update(1/30);
  }, 1000/30);

  setInterval(function() {
    that.fixedUpdate(1/60);
  }, 1000/60);

  setInterval(function() {
    if (that.tanks.length) {
      that.updateActiveTanks();
    }
    if (that.tanks.length) {
      that.updateActiveProjectiles();
    }
  }, 1000);

  setInterval(function() {
    that.showStats();
  }, 1000);

  setInterval(function() {
    that.pruneOldProjectiles();
  }, 2000);
};

GameServer.prototype.init = function() {
  this.initSockets();
};

GameServer.prototype.createTank = function(socket) {
  var that = this,
      tank = this.physics.addTank();

  tank.socket = socket;

  console.log('%s - Adding tank with uuid: %s', new Date(), tank.uuid);
  this.tanks.push(tank);

  socket.emit('init', { uuid: tank.uuid });

  socket.emit('map', that.map);

  socket.on('keyUp', function(key) {
    tank.keys[key] = false;
  });

  socket.on('keyDown', function(key) {
    tank.keys[key] = true;
  });

  socket.on('fire', function() {
    if (tank.active) {
      tank.fire();
    } else {
      tank.active = true;
      that.physics.emit('activate', tank.uuid);
    }
  });

  return tank;
};

GameServer.prototype.removeTank = function(tankToRemove) {
  var that = this;

  _.each(this.tanks, function(tank, idx) {
    if (tank.uuid === tankToRemove.uuid) {
      that.physics.remove(tank);
      console.log('%s - Removing tank with uuid: %s', new Date(), that.tanks.splice(idx, 1)[0].uuid);
    }
  });
};

GameServer.prototype.getUpdateObject = function() {
  var updateObj = { tanks: [], projectiles: [] };

  _.each(this.tanks, function(tank) {
    updateObj.tanks.push(tank.uuid);
    updateObj.tanks.push(tank.body.position.x);
    updateObj.tanks.push(tank.body.position.y);
    updateObj.tanks.push(tank.body.position.z);
    updateObj.tanks.push(tank.body.quaternion.x);
    updateObj.tanks.push(tank.body.quaternion.y);
    updateObj.tanks.push(tank.body.quaternion.z);
    updateObj.tanks.push(tank.body.quaternion.w);
    updateObj.tanks.push(tank.turretAngle);
    updateObj.tanks.push(tank.gunAngle);
  });

  _.each(this.projectiles, function(projectile) {
    updateObj.projectiles.push(projectile.uuid);
    updateObj.projectiles.push(projectile.shooter);
    updateObj.projectiles.push(projectile.body.position.x);
    updateObj.projectiles.push(projectile.body.position.y);
    updateObj.projectiles.push(projectile.body.position.z);
    updateObj.projectiles.push(projectile.body.quaternion.x);
    updateObj.projectiles.push(projectile.body.quaternion.y);
    updateObj.projectiles.push(projectile.body.quaternion.z);
    updateObj.projectiles.push(projectile.body.quaternion.w);
  });

  return updateObj;
};

GameServer.prototype.update = function() {
  if (this.tanks.length) {
    this.io.sockets.emit('update', BISON.encode(this.getUpdateObject()));
  }
};

GameServer.prototype.fixedUpdate = function(delta) {
  if (this.physics && this.tanks.length) {
    this.physics.update(this.tanks, delta);
  }
};

GameServer.prototype.updateActiveTanks = function() {
  this.io.sockets.emit('activeTanks', _.pluck(this.tanks, 'uuid'));
};

GameServer.prototype.updateActiveProjectiles = function() {
  this.io.sockets.emit('activeProjectiles', _.pluck(this.projectiles, 'uuid'));
};

GameServer.prototype.showStats = function() {
  console.log('%s - Tanks connected: %s Projectiles: %s', new Date(), this.tanks.length, this.projectiles.length);
};

GameServer.prototype.pruneOldProjectiles = function() {
  var that = this,
      time = Date.now();

  _.each(this.projectiles, function(projectile, idx) {
    if (projectile.timeShot < time - 2000) {
      that.physics.remove(projectile);
      that.projectiles.splice(idx, 1);
    }
  });
};

module.exports = GameServer;

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaGithub


Reactor Maps Current or found location, reactors in the selected area and names/distances to the closest 4 reactors.
Distances Names and distances of the closest 52 (iPhone) or 70 (iPad) reactors.
Find Finds the nearest reactors to locations you specify.
Info Basic information on the app.
Settings View and adjust app settings.
The app shows nuclear power reactors (yellow) and/or nuclear R&D reactors (cyan) based on app settings.
All information was obtained from the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (www.nrc.gov). Thank you NRC.
The current version is available in the App Store (here) for $0.99. The app requires IOS 10.0 or later and an active WiFi or cellular services (preferably both) that allow secure connections to the Internet. Some public WiFi networks do not allow secure connections. In this case, you can turn off WiFi and use a cellular network (if you have cellular services).
Shows reactors near the current or found location, reactors in that state, reactors in that region of the country and reactors in the United States.
Allows zooming into the closest 4 reactors (like Diablo Canyon below). Tapping a reactor will show its name.
Distances shows distances to closest 52 (iPhone) or 70 (iPad) reactors. Power reactors are shown in yellow; R&D reactors are shown in cyan.
Find allows search for specific locations.
Info shows basic app information.
Settings shows and adjusts app settings.
- "Describe Selected Plant" controls whether or not a plant name is displayed when you select one of the 4 closest plants.
- "Describe Found Location" controls whether or not a location name is displayed when you use the Find function.
- "Update Map Region" controls when the map region is updated when the app receives location updates.
- The "Auto" setting updates the map region when a location or distance update justifies a screen update.
- The "Manual" setting doesn't update the map region. It's good for manually zooming into areas of the map.
Comments and questions are welcome. Contact us at d@insols.com. You will get a response.


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A Penn doctor on how being kind to herself — and keeping lists — helped her shed 30 pounds
by Sandy Bauers, For The Inquirer, Updated: January 15, 2020
Janice Asher is a University of Pennsylvania gynecologist and obstetrician who wrote a book about how to lose weight and keep it off.
Courtesy of Janice Asher
How's that diet going that you resolved to follow during the new year?
A lot of people have lapsed by now. But it doesn't have to be that way, as University of Pennsylvania gynecologist and obstetrician Janice Asher found out. Six years ago, she lost 30 pounds and has kept it off.
5 lessons this registered dietitian has learned after almost a decade in practice
She and a former student, Jordi Rivera Prince, who lost even more weight and kept it off, have written a book to help the rest of us, The Permanent Weight Loss Plan: A 10-Step Approach to Ending Yo-Yo Dieting. Prince, who writes under the pen name Jae Rivera, and Asher maintain that weight loss is as much about attitude and being kind to yourself as it is about food.
On Jan. 21, Asher will discuss her book at the University of Pennsylvania Bookstore, 3601 Walnut St., from 6 to 7 p.m.
She spoke to us recently about dieting.
Janice Asher's book, "The Permanent Weight Loss Plan."
Inquirer Morning Newsletter
Please share some of your personal story.
I never had a weight problem until I was 40 years old, although, like most American women, I never thought of myself as having a great body. But I was a size 6 prior to that second pregnancy.
After the birth of my second child, I started gaining weight. I knew what I should eat. I knew what I should be doing. Everything would work but only for a while. Then I would gain the weight back and be angry and frustrated and disgusted with myself. I would turn, as people often do, to food. When you want to comfort yourself, your comfort food is not celery.
One day, I finally appreciated that hating oneself is not going to lead to weight loss. Not in a sustainable way. So I reframed it as wanting to take care of my body, physically and emotionally. It included eating in a healthy way and moving in a healthy way and not playing that self-deprecating tape that was on rewind in my head all the time. Once I made that commitment, I lost 30 pounds. It's now been six years and I haven't gained back the weight.
You write not about "wanting to lose weight," but "wanting to take care of myself." Your goal is "vibrancy," not "thinness." Why was that a game-changer?
People can get thin. People can lose weight by eating two cupcakes and a diet soda every day. But they will feel like crap. They will probably look like crap. And they won't be able to sustain it. I thought in terms of what I was doing to make my body stronger and fitter and healthier. And when you eat in that way, the result is weight loss. But the goal was to be good to myself.
When I would go out with friends and they would say, "Let's have a cheeseburger," I would really want a cheeseburger. But I would want something else more. That's what every choice became. I tell people now that I eat what I want, but I changed the concept of what I want. What I want more than the cheeseburger or the chocolate is to feel good physically and emotionally.
You discuss "comfort" vs. "deprivation." Tell us more about that.
We are all hard-wired from an evolutionary point of view to want to avoid deprivation because it's dangerous for us. That's why people who lose weight by feeling that they're depriving themselves not only gain back the weight, they usually gain back more than they lost. So it's really important to think about what comfort and deprivation mean. In the book, I talk about the comfort food circle of hell. It goes like this: I want a cookie. I have a cookie. Feeling like a shark tasting blood, I want three more. I have an argument with myself about it. Eventually, I probably succumb and have several more cookies, after which I'm disgusted with myself, after which I feel sorry for myself, after which I want to comfort myself. So I have a cookie.
Now, I have reframed the concept of comfort and deprivation. Physiologically, when we eat sugary, fatty, salty, processed foods, it makes our brain happy. Those are comfort foods. But only for a few minutes. Then we start to feel dull, sleepy, maybe irritable and anxious. That comfort is so short-lived. So now I think of deprivation as being that which deprives me of good health and feeling good about myself. I just changed the paradigm. I want a comfort that is more long-lasting and healthier.
A lot of your success seems to be linked to customizing your diet by getting to know yourself — writing lists about what you want to do, why you want to do it, how you're going to do it.
It's not customizing the diet. The diet is very simple. The book has 27 chapters. Only one or two are about what to eat. What to eat is basically this: a lot of plant-based food, very little meat, more fish.
The customized part has to do with strategies, and that's why I like lists. If I say that I want to lose weight so that my mother will stop nagging me, how long do you think it will be before I say, "To hell with what my mother thinks"? I want reasons that matter to me — so that my diabetes will be better controlled, so my knees won't hurt so much, so I can fit into the beautiful blue dress I bought last year. Write them all down. It's motivating to look at the list.
And then make lists of strategies — what works, what doesn't, what you might want to try next. So much of unhealthy eating has to do with habits. You come home from work. You're tired. You're hungry. You see some chips in the pantry. You grab some and turn on Netflix. How about changing the habit? I come into the house. I've gotten rid of the chips. I grab an apple. I put on my sneakers and go out for a half-hour walk. I have made my den a no-eating zone unless it's a fruit or a vegetable.
This brings me to my third list, which is probably the most important: a list of successes. Every time you make a good decision, write it down. It gives you something to build on and be proud of yourself about. If you ordered a salad instead of the cheeseburger, give yourself credit. If you didn't feel like going to the gym that day but you did anyway, give yourself credit. It gives me incentive to keep going and to not feel deprived.
Finally, although dieting a la Janice Asher isn't really about quick tips, how about a few anyway?
These are tips that have helped me and many of my patients.
Don't wait until you lose weight to respect and take care of your body.
At mealtime, eat all your vegetables first. When you do that, you're eating the healthiest, least-calorie-dense food first. You're also giving your stomach and your brain time to register fullness.
Plan ahead. I am never ambushed by food. Let's say it's Thanksgiving. I don't want to be sitting in a corner munching on a celery stick. But I also don't want it to be a food orgy after which I'll feel awful. So I plan ahead. If I plan to have a piece of pumpkin pie, fine. If I plan to have three pieces because what the heck, it's Thanksgiving, fine. But I don't have this back-and-forth discussion about what I will and won't eat.
Get support, whether that takes the form of a running buddy or explaining to your family why there's not going to be ice cream in the house anymore. Part B is, don't accept shaming as a form of support. If someone says something to you like, "I thought you said you weren't going to eat that," you have a right to say, "Ouch, that hurts, it doesn't feel like support at all." Don't go back into the self-blame and shame space.
sandybauers10@gmail.com
Posted: January 15, 2020 - 6:00 AM
Sandy Bauers, For The Inquirer | @sbauers | sandybauers10@gmail.com
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Boston Post-Boy (April 28, 1766).
Advertisements did not always serve a single purpose in the eighteenth century, as we saw last week in a notice that seemed to squeeze two separate advertisements – one for a sloop and the other for an enslaved woman – together into a single square. Neither seemed to be the primary purpose for the advertisement; instead, an auctioneer placed relatively equal emphasis on both sales.
Lazarus LeBaron, however, did have a purpose when he placed his notice. He proclaimed that a thief had stolen "two Beaver Hatts" from his shop and warned readers against "any suspicious Person" selling similar hats. LeBaron was agitated and he wanted justice, offering a reward to "any Person that can give Information so that the Person who took them may be convicted." His indignation was apparent.


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Barberitos:
Celebrate the 'Colors of Summer' with Fresh Veggies and Vibrant Tie-Dyes at Barberitos
By: Barberitos | 1,023 Shares 24 Reads
Burrito chain encourages guests to eat healthy entrees and wear tie-dye shirts with ESPN broadcaster and health fitness fanatic David Pollack
June 29, 2020 // Franchising.com // ATHENS, GA - Barberitos, a fast-casual burrito restaurant wth 50 locations throughout the Southeast, has launched several initiatives to 'Celebrate the Colors of Summer' by serving its guests healthy, colorful food. Along with offering its farm-fresh ingredients, Barberitos is launching tie-dye shirts, offering vegan options and letting guests order David Pollack's go-to meal all summer long.
"We always take pride in serving healthy, farm-fresh ingredients that we purchase from local farmers wherever possible," said Barberitos Founder & CEO Downing Barber. "The warm weather is the perfect time to encourage people to eat fresh food and celebrate the 'Colors of Summer.'"
The 'Colors of Summer' campaign includes:
Vegan Menu Items - Tofu, which is made in-house daily, is available along with numerous fresh vegetable toppings, beans, tortillas, chips and salsas.
Order David Pollack's Favorite Meal - Guests will have a chance to guess Pollack's go-to Barbs order on social media. Barberitos will reveal his order for fans to enjoy the healthy and hearty option for themselves.
Tie-Dye Shirts - Guests can purchase red, green and pink tie-dye t-shirts throughout the summer at www.barberitos.com/merchandising. The shirts are a collaboration with Grubbwear, an apparel company founded by a University of Georgia student.
Barberitos is a Southwestern Grille dedicated to serving farm-fresh, high-quality food in a fast-casual restaurant environment. Many of the restaurants' menu items are prepared or cooked in-house daily, including hand-smashed guacamole, homemade salsas, fresh-cut vegetables as well as chicken, steak, turkey, tofu, pork, fish, rice and beans.
About Barberitos Southwestern Grille and Cantina
Barberitos has a mission to serve others with a focus on Food, Community and People. Through exceptional service, Barberitos aspires to become the market leader of the quick-serve burrito industry. The chain is dedicated to serving fresh, high-quality food in an efficient manner. With a focus on farm-fresh food, many of the restaurants' menu items are prepared or cooked in-house daily, including hand-smashed guacamole, home-made salsas, fresh-cut vegetables as well as chicken, steak, turkey, tofu, fish, pork, rice and beans. Founded in 2000 by Downing Barber, Barberitos has grown to nearly 50 locations in seven southeastern states. In 2017, Nation's Restaurant News included the chain in its "Next Restaurant Brands" list.
SOURCE Barberitos Southwestern Grille and Cantina
Barberitos
Barberitos has a mission to serve others with a focus on Food, Community and People.