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Il calcio a 5 in Brasile si diffuse immediatamente dopo la sua codificazione in Uruguay nel 1933 grazie anche ad un gioco simile già praticato nello stato sudamericano senza una vera e propria codifica.

Dalle origini agli anni '50
Fu il giovane João Lotufo, appena tornato dall'Uruguay, ad importare ed adattare il gioco alle esigenze dell'educazione fisica di cui era insegnante presso il Ginásios de Esportes presso Pocitos, un sobborgo di Montevideo. Lotufo, tornato in patria, stabilì il primo punto di educazione a questo sport nellA.C.M. - Centro de São Paulo. La diffusione in uno stato così grande e la sua fusione con il gioco precedente disputato in tante diverse modalità, diede luogo a una certa confusione e mancanza di uniformità nel paese, nei due decenni del trenta e del quaranta nelle ACM del Brasile si disputavano tornei di questo "calcio" non solo a 5, ma anche a 6 o a 7 giocatori per squadra. Nel 1949 il Segretario all'Educazione Fisica (Secretário de Educação Física) Asdrúbal do Nascimento, mise a punto un libretto che si proponeva di unificare le regole di questo sport, nel medesimo anno la ACM di Rio de Janeiro organizzava il primo torneo per ragazzi dai 10 ai 15 anni. Nel 1952 fu creato il torneo uniformato di tale sport presieduto dalla ACM per opera di Habib Mahfuz, in cui entrarono a far parte formazioni come il Tênis Clube Paulista e l'Associação Atlhética São Paulo, la prima lega fu chiamata Liga de Futebol de Salão.

Le prime federazioni
La creazione di un torneo unico per il calcio a cinque attirò anche un certo interesse dei media, in particolare dei giornalisti Raul Tabajara e José Antônio Inglêz, della Gazeta Esportiva, Inglêz è accreditato come il primo a coniare l'acronimo Fut-sal per definire il calcio a 5. Il 24 luglio 1954 venne fondata la Federação Metropolitana de Futebol de Salão, poi diventata Federação de Futebol de Salão do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, la federazione aveva sede presso l'América Futebol Clube. Si tratta della prima entità assieme alla Federação Mineira de Futsal fondata nel dicembre dello stesso anno. Nel 1955 fu fondata la Federação Paulista de Futebol de Salão. Nel 1956, Luiz Gonzaga de Oliveira, della Federação Paulista scrisse il primo libro delle regole, posteriormente adottato dalla FIFUSA (Federação Internacional de Futebol de Salão), nel medesimo anno veniva realizzato il primo Campionato della Città di Rio de Janeiro, che vedeva la partecipazione di 42 formazioni.

Verso la fine del decennio si costituirono altre federazioni statuali in Brasile quali la Federação Baiana de Futsal, la Federação Cearense de Futsal, la Federação Gaúcha de Futsal e la Federação Paranaense de Futsal (1956), la Federação Catarinense de Futsal e la Federação Norteriograndense de Futsal (1957).

Le dispute sul regolamento
Alla fine degli anni 1950 ancora non vi era uniformità sul regolamento, con le federazioni raccolte grosso modo attorno a due entità che rappresentavano due tipi di gioco: le federazioni di San Paolo e Rio de Janeiro. Nel 1957 di tale disputa si prese carico direttamente la Confederação Brasileira de Desportos che creò nel 1958 il Conselho Técnico de Assessores de Futebol de Salão onde dirimere la questione: il consiglio tecnico lavorò con mandato triennale, dando infine sostanziale ragione alla federazione paulista che vide accettato il proprio regolamento su tutto il territorio brasiliano. Nello stesso tempo i primi tentativi di fondazione di una Confederazione brasiliana furono ridotti all'interno della Commissione che rimase come dirigente di questo sport.

Nel 1959 fu anche indetta la prima edizione del Campeonato Brasileiro de Seleções, una manifestazione che vedeva opposte le selezioni dei migliori giocatori di ogni stato del Brasile. Disputata a San Paolo vide però la vittoria della selezione Carioca che fu la dominatrice di questa manifestazione sino alla metà della decade successiva.

Gli anni '60 e le prime esperienze continentali
Il Brasile, con la passione per lo sport del calcio a 5, già dagli anni '60 si pose come leader del movimento anche grazie al lavoro di Luiz Gonzaga de Oliveira Fernandes, poi segretario della FIFUSA. Nel decennio il Brasile fu uno dei fondatori della Confederación Sudamericana de Fútbol de Salón nel 1965, la delusione fu la sconfitta patita durante il primo campionato sudamericano a favore del Paraguay nello stesso anno.

Questo oscurò solo in parte la forza del Brasile, attestata dalla regolarità con cui fu disputato il Brasileiro per selezioni, affiancato nel 1965 dal Brasileiro Juvenil per selezioni, e nel 1968 da una delle manifestazioni nazionali per club più antiche del mondo ovvero la Taça Brasil de Futsal ancor oggi disputata, che pur non avendo l'attuale importanza economica della Liga Futsal, rappresenta senza dubbio la competizione dal maggior fascino e dalla storia più gloriosa, essendo stata vinta da tutte le migliori formazioni brasiliane da ormai quattro decenni a questa parte.

Dal 1969 in poi, nei tornei per nazionali sudamericane, il Brasile la fece da grande padrone, vincendo a ripetizione con un dominio che ha perdurato sino al 2003.

Il decennio del dominio in Sudamerica

Nel 1971 fu fondata la Federação Internacional de Futebol de Salão (FIFUSA), a San Paolo. La istituzione contava 32 paesi partecipanti che praticavano questo sport con la modalità brasiliana, il primo presidente fu João Havelange, il primo segretario fu appunto Luiz Gonzaga de Oliveira. Il Brasile si avviò a dominare il calcio a 5, con la sua squadra nazionale che vinse le successive edizioni del Campeonato Sul-Americano per tutto il decennio nelle edizioni del 1971, 1973, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1979.

A livello di club il Brasile espresse il massimo delle sue forze nella formazione cearense del Sumov Atlético Clube che vinse quattro coppe del Brasile tra il 1972 e il 1982. Il movimento cearense fu in generale un grande protagonista degli anni 1970 in Brasile: ai successi del Sumov si affiancarono quelli ottenuti dalla selezione della Federação Cearense de Futsal, che dominò la fine dei '60 e l'inizio dei '70 con tre titoli tra il 1967 ed il 1973. Ceará diede così alla nazionale brasiliana i suoi migliori atleti per i successi di una decade d'oro: il portiere Beto e il laterale Cacá per nominarne alcuni.

Nella seconda parte degli anni '70 il calcio a 5 in Brasile andò facendosi più organizzato ed articolato: nel 1979 a Fortaleza vi fu la nascita della Confederação Brasileira de Futebol de Salão, in data 15 giugno: ne facevano parte le federazioni degli stati di Ceará, Rio de Janeiro, San Paolo, Espirito Santo, Sergipe, Amazonas, Pernambuco, Maranhão, Bahia, Paraíba, Mato Grosso, Brasília, Acre, Minas Gerais, Rio Grande do Sul, Paraná, Santa Catarina, Rio Grande do Norte, Amapá, Alagoas e Goiás. Nello stesso tempo i riferimenti brasiliani in seno alla FIFUSA lavorarono al di fuori dei confini verdeoro per uno sviluppo del gioco: Waldir Nogueira Cardoso e dal 1980 Januário D'Alécio diedero seguito agli sforzi per rendere globale un gioco che in Brasile aveva trovato terreno fertilissimo.

Gli anni '80

Brasile panamericano e mondiale
In pratica tutte le manifestazioni internazionali anche nella prima metà degli anni 1980 furono a favore della nazionale brasiliana: i Campionati panamericani di calcio a 5 del 1980 e del 1984 furono vinti entrambi ai danni del Paraguay che non ebbe miglior sorte nel Campeonato Sul-Americano del 1983. La sfida tra Brasile e Paraguay, con tanto di scarto minimo di punteggio, fu il motivo dominante di molti degli eventi cruciali della decade per il calcio a 5: furono queste due squadre a contendersi il primo Campionato mondiale di calcio a 5 in Brasile nel 1982 dove i padroni di casa ebbero la meglio 1-0. Il risultato identico si ripeté tre anni dopo in Spagna quando i verdeoro estromisero dalla finale gli albirrojas.

Il Brasile fece suo anche il Sudamericano del 1986 quando la FIFA iniziava a sperimentare il suo calcio a 5. Il finalista Paraguay ebbe però di che vendicarsi due anni dopo in Australia quando strappò ai verdeoro il titolo di campione del Mondo battendolo in finale per 2-1. Se il Paraguay se ne rallegrò non poco, il Brasile già lavorava ad altre operazioni, tra cui lo sgancio definitivo dalla FIFUSA e l'ingresso nella FIFA ufficialmente sancito il 2 maggio 1990. Nel frattempo fece partecipare l'intera squadra del Bradesco al primo mondiale di calcio a 5 FIFA programmato appena due mesi dopo quello in Australia nel 1988, recuperando immediatamente il titolo di campione.

Tuttavia in Brasile si è continuato a giocare sino al 2006 con un regolamento ibrido che in parte contravveniva alle norme FIFA in vigore per tutto il resto del mondo, tra cui le fondamentali regole sulle dimensioni del campo e sui falli cumulativi.

I club sul tetto del mondo
Se la nazionale letteralmente compiva sfracelli, i club brasiliani non si fecero pregare per fare altrettanto: dopo il Sumov a fine anni '70, furono dapprima Bradesco e poi Perdigão a monopolizzare la scena di club sudamericana dal 1984 al 1990. All'interno del Brasile invece non vi fu una vera e propria squadra dominatrice, con Sumov e Perdigao che vinsero entrambi due titoli.

Verso la fine degli anni '80 si cercò di creare anche un campionato nazionale unico che raccogliesse le migliori squadre e superasse i campionati statuali: a partire dal 1988 sia il Circuito Nacional de Futsal che il Master Nacional de Futebol de Salão tentarono una via normalizzata solo verso la metà del successivo decennio.

L'era odierna e la sfida con la Spagna
Quasi tutto il periodo successivo all'entrata in vigore del calcio a 5 FIFA, ed in particolare dalla seconda metà degli anni 1990, è incentrato sulla fortissima rivalità sia a livello di club che a livello di nazionali, tra il Brasile e la Spagna. Se nella Copa America non vi furono mai problemi per i brasiliani, nei mondiali a partire dal 1996 il Brasile fu messo alle corde dagli iberici che lasciarono il titolo di misura e nel 2000 in Guatemala addirittura detronizzarono i verdeoro. La medesima sorte toccò alle squadre di club a partire dal 2000 con la vittoria del Caja Segovia FS e del Boomerang Interviu che riequilibrarono le iniziali vittorie soprattutto dello Sport Club Ulbra.

A metà anni '90 il Brasile terminò anche la ristrutturazione delle competizioni nazionali e riprese i campionati per selezioni statuali sospesi negli anni '90, in accordo con le grandi aziende del paese costituì la Liga Futsal anche per porre rimedio all'emorragia di talenti verso l'Europa. Attualmente la Liga Futsal conta venti squadre ed è in assoluto il più ambito trofeo brasiliano.

Il Brasile in questi anni effettua altri due grandi passi nel mondo del futsal: il primo è quello di ottenere un primo riconoscimento del calcio a 5 come sport di eventi multidisciplinari, in attesa che il calcio a 5 diventi sport olimpico, entra a far parte a partire dal 2007 dei Giochi Panamericani organizzati proprio a Rio de Janeiro. Il secondo punto è legato al regolamento: pur avendo aderito alla FIFA nel 1990, il regolamento brasiliano ancora differiva da quello della Federazione internazionale, con un ibrido tra FIFA e FIFUSA che ad inizio 2007 è definitivamente cessato, avendo recepito ormai in maniera definitiva il regolamento FIFA.

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Identifying new global opportunities has been a part of the history of Cash's. From its initial expansion to Australia in 1913, to the more recent establishment of operations in Hong Kong, China and India, Cash's is totally committed to supporting its customers globally.
Cash's is at the forefront of technological change as evidenced by our adoption of advanced tagging and tracking systems. State-of-the-art equipment for weaving, embroidering, printing, metal stamping and casting, laser cutting, computer graphics and design, all create an unrivalled product offering.
Today's chapter for Cash's sees the company poised to continue to deliver new products and services to a market that is growing in complexity and diversity. As technology becomes more sophisticated and security a prime issue, new ways of establishing and protecting reputations and assets are being developed by Cash's. Furthermore, as the market expands into new regions Cash's will continue to evolve and maintain its dedicated leadership of supporting brand owners where their supply chain needs us.
From security labelling and systems that rout thieves and counterfeiters to innovative badging promoting a corporate identity, Cash's focus is on dedicating resources in research and development and searching the globe to create new opportunities for the market.
Cash's track record for delivering innovation has been recognised by some of the world's leading companies whose brands form part of our stable of quality clients. Both traditional manufacturers who have relied on Cash's for decades, and new technology dependent businesses look to Cash's for their identification, protection and promotional needs.
Proud of our history, Cash's today is a multi-faceted business partnering with clients to create solutions which have long term applications to deliver sound results and returns on investment.


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Foreign aid reaches flooded Lankan capital, toll up to 71
International Sri Lanka
Foreign aid reaches flooded Sri Lankan capital, 71 dead
200,000 flee capital as Sri Lanka flood misery worsens
Death toll from Pakistan rains rises to 71
Rescuers race to reach people stranded by Pakistan rains
Sri Lankan navy personnel loading collected food and water for flood victims in the Kolonnawa suburb of Colombo yesterday.
AFP/Colombo
Foreign aid began arriving in Sri Lanka yesterday, bringing help to half a million people forced out of their homes by heavy rains and landslides that have killed at least 71 in a week of extreme weather wreaking havoc in South Asia.
As the heaviest rains in a quarter of a century battered Sri Lanka, Cyclone Roanu barrelled into the Bangladesh coastline leaving six people dead and forcing the evacuation of 500,000 as it unleashed winds as strong as 88km (54 miles) per hour and heavy downpours.
Torrential rains have deluged Sri Lanka since last weekend, triggering huge landslides that have buried victims in up to 50ft (15m) of mud and left 127 people missing.
As aid began to arrive yesterday on a military plane from India and a commercial flight from Japan, Sri Lankan authorities said their priority was now preventing diseases such as diarrhoea, with many areas still under water.
"We have sent a large number of doctors and nursing staff to ensure there is no outbreak of waterborne diseases," Health Minister Rajitha Senaratne said.
In Colombo, residents clung to ropes as they battled to cross torrents of water pulsing through the streets of the flooded capital, with some forced to take shelter in rickshaws.
The Indian government has provided inflatable boats, outboard motors, diving equipment, medical supplies, electricity generators and sleeping bags, officials said.
The first of two Indian naval ships arrived yesterday at the port in Colombo, while Australia and the United States have made cash donations to help victims.
Floodwaters in parts of the capital subsided slightly overnight, officials said, but heavy downpours on Saturday prevented many from moving back to their homes on the banks of the Kelani river.
"Colombo did not receive any significant rain last night and the water levels of the Kelani went down slightly," Disaster Management Centre spokesman Pradeep Kodippili said.
"But there were showers upstream and we are worried that the water levels can rise again in a day."
Nearly 300,000 people were staying in about 500 state-run relief centres yesterday, which also marks the Buddhist holiday of Vesak, while a further 200,000 people were staying with friends or family.
Officials said there was a fresh landslide in the worst-hit central district of Kegalle, but that no casualties were reported because the area had been evacuated.
The country's influential Buddhist clergy urged the faithful to divert at least half of the money spent on holiday celebrations to help flood victims.
"There are lots of people who have lost their homes, some have only the clothes they are wearing," top Buddhist monk Warakagoda Sri Gnanarathana said.
"Consider this your meritorious deed to celebrate Vesak."
Vesak celebrations were muted Saturday in Colombo compared with previous years when the entire city was decorated with lanterns and coloured lights.
President Maithripala Sirisena called on Sri Lankans to provide shelter and donate cash or food to flood victims as offers of assistance came in from overseas.
The accommodation booking website airbnb.com listed at least 29 places offering free lodging for anyone affected by the floods in Sri Lanka.
Disaster management officials said there had been a huge outpouring of sympathy for victims with donations of food, clothing and dry rations.
The meteorological department says the rains were caused by a depression in the Bay of Bengal, ahead of the arrival of the southwest monsoon.
Around 22 of Sri Lanka's 25 districts have been affected by the rains, according to disaster officials.
Almost a third of residents have been moved from the low-lying capital, which has a
population of about 650,000.
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Thisara Perera joins Lanka army as Major
Gotabaya to make inaugural parliament speech on January 3
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India offers $450mn to Lanka for economy and security


In order to provide an enriched academic experience for highly motivated students, the Department of Sociology participates in the College's Distinguished Majors Program (DMP). Students wishing to join the Program should be Sociology majors and have a cumulative GPA of 3.4 or higher. Students are strongly urged to have completed (or be taking) SOC 3120, Sociology Research Workshop, by the time they apply to the Program. Applicants to the DMP must secure the agreement of a faculty member that he or she will take on the responsibility of supervising the thesis. An application form and a copy of the most recent transcript should be submitted to the Sociology Office in the semester prior to entering the DMP. The DMP should be completed over two consecutive semesters, generally during the student's fourth year (Fall and Spring of the 4th year). However, students may wish to begin the DMP in their 6th semester instead. The choice of the timeframe should be discussed with a faculty adviser. In addition to the general requirements for the sociology major, students in the DMP are required to write a thesis, earning 6 credits over the course of two semesters. In the first semester of the DMP students should register for SOC 4980, Distinguished Majors Thesis Research. In this course, students design and conduct their research under the supervision of a faculty adviser. In the second semester, students register for SOC 4981, Distinguished Majors Thesis Writing, and produce a finished thesis under the supervision of a faculty adviser. A full draft of the thesis is due to the faculty advisor in mid-April. The final thesis is due at the end of classes and will be graded by a member of the Undergraduate Committee in conjunction with the faculty advisor. Students who successfully complete the requirements of the DMP can graduate with distinction, high distinction, or highest distinction depending on the following: (1) grade for the thesis, (2) overall performance in the sociology major, (3) overall College record. The Department annually awards two prizes: the Commonwealth Prize for the Best Undergraduate Paper in a sociology course, and the Prize for the Outstanding Distinguished Majors Thesis. For more information, or to petition for any exceptions to the requirements of the DMP, contact the Director of Undergraduate Studies.
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Students with a slightly lower GPA may be admitted, but their grades must be raised by graduation. Any student who completes the thesis but does not have the required GPA will receive a grade for SOC 4980/4981 but will not be able to graduate with distinction.
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To link up your blog post (or the web address where you're Christmas mantel/ledge/shelf photos are saved), just scroll down this page until you see the little blue "Add Your Link" button near the end of this post. Click that, and follow the instructions on the page you're redirected to. The instructions involve uploading a thumbnail image and creating a title for the image you're using. You may want to title it with the name of your blog, or with the title of your Christmas mantel post- it's totally up to you.
Note: Make sure to link to your Christmas mantel post (not to the main page of your blog) so folks who stumble onto this post later on down the line can still click through and see your Christmas-themed inspiration!
We sure do appreciate you e-partyin' with us, and we hope you and yours have a very Merry Christmas this year!
so fresh…and the third stocking…such sweetness.
prayers knowing that God knows the plans He has for you and Kevin..and they are good and will be perfect in their timing.
one of my friends adoped through Lifeline at New Day Foster Home in China…they were lovely to work with.
Hi Kevin and Layla! I'm excited to join in. I look forward to this link up each year. 🙂 Your mantel is so unique and beautiful!
So many pretty mantel ideas! Thank you for hosting!
Wowee! So many incredible mantels here! We're a tad late but still wanted to join in the fun. 🙂 Thanks so much for hosting!
Thanks for hosting this party!!! You and everyone else has created so much wonderful, beautiful mantels!!
Layla, I love your wreath and the simplicity of your mantle. So pretty and restful to the eye.
Wonderful party and great inspiring ideas. Congratulations on your new house. Can't wait to see all you do with it!
This is such a wonderful party! Thanks so much for hosting!
Thanks so much for hosting the party! I just linked up #354 our diy shelf mantel. I am probably the latest person ever to the party! ha.
This was such fun! Loved all the mantles. Thank you so much for hosting.
Your mantel is stunning! Thank you so much for welcoming all of us into your blogging home to host such a fantastic party.
thanks for the great party! I hope you can stop by for the house tour!!
Hello L & K….stopped by from JBiggs and must say I love your blog. I am now following you on fb . Happy Holidays!
Oh Gosh….I'm so behind in reading!
What about those of us who are mantel-less?
I'm a mantel wannabee……but in Florida…………no mantel in my home.
I have to say, this is the biggest Christmas party I have ever attended! Thanks for the hosting. What fun ideas to see.
Thanx for hosting! Hope you and Kevin have a fabulous holiday in your new home.
I love your mantle. Can you please tell me the name and brand of wall paint that you used on the wall around the mantle? I've been looking for that color for what seems like forever.
This is my first time linking to anything in a blog party…a little behind the times!! Hopefully I did it right! Loved looking through everyone's lovely blogs and Christmas preparations. Thanks for the party!
I'm really late but here's mine:http://mandystansberry.com/cottage/christmas-mantle.


There were two characters that inspired me to start this series, one of whom I've already written about on Eleven-ThirtyEight, about a minor Star Wars character. Around the same time I was writing that piece, I was asked to respond to the critique of Halo's Jameson Locke as a "boring" character.
My usual response would be to start quoting canon, pointing out the places that Halo's storytelling gives him depth. But in the end, my response turned wholly personal, an exploration of what Jameson Locke meant to me.
As such, it only seemed fitting that my first true post in the series Finding Myself in Fiction: The Good, the Ugly, and the Divine would fall to Jameson Locke.
There's this fantastic blog post about how a young girl related moreso to Bagheera in the 1967 Jungle Book than Baloo or Mowgli, because Bagheera was a rule-follower. A voice of reason. Dependable. Sensible. Not the "fun" stress machine that was Baloo who nearly got Mowgli killed a number of times due to his lackadaisical attitude.
I didn't write that blog post, but I feel it in my bones.
I am a very "by-the-book" sort of person. I don't let the "book" dictate every inch of my day, but it helps give me guidance. Whether that's policies at work or the values of my faith and the word of my God, these things help give me perspective on the world and understand what's happening around me. From that perspective, I can make better decisions, including how I do my duties, how to push my boundaries, where to draw my boundaries, how I treat people. The book gives me a structure on which I can grow to be a better me, like a stake that holds up a sapling.
Due to my "by the book" nature, I've had some people treat me as if I don't have my own opinion, especially when it comes to my faith. As if I'm just following what my parents raised me to follow and repeating what's told to me on Sunday. As if I'm not critically thinking through what these "rules" or "guidelines" mean.
Yeah, you can go ask a few specific pastors if I was content to just sit and listen. Or go ask that bible study where I dropped multiple f-bombs at due to a heated discussion (it's a lot less funny with context, so let's leave it at that). Or heck, even ask the Big Man himself whether or not I have a habit of screaming dramatically at Him on beaches in the dead of night. Wrestling with God and my own limited viewpoint is key to my faith. A big part of why I trust Him is because He lets me argue and question and seek out the answers.
Y'see, when I look at characters like Bagheera, Obi-Wan, and yes, Jameson Locke, I don't just see blank rule-followers. I see people who have dedicated themselves to a specific code, a specific worldview, and are willing to lay everything on the line for it.
And they're willing to look critically at it.
Locke especially has this. Throughout Nightfall, we see him defy ONI stereotypes while still working within their system. We see him reject certain mindsets (especially that "UNSC-first" mindset, if you will) while still using the system to work towards what is right. He uses his authority in a corrupt organization to bring justice to a situation. In Halo 5, we learn that he backed down from his original plan to assassinate Thel 'Vadam, a former genocidal warlord, because he was, again, looking critically at the world around him and noticing changes.
Locke choosing to work within the rules (mostly) and still be a driving force means something to me. It's a demonstration that I am not hindered by the codes I've chosen to define my life. That's important to me.
Same thing. That means something to me. A good-natured hero is important to me.
Because I'm not edgy. I'm bad at razzing people, except those who know me really well (and even then sometimes it really takes some doing on my part), because I don't want to hurt them. Even by accident. I apologize for being "snippy" with coworkers, but apparently I hide my frustrations so good in attempts to not take it out on them that they often look at me, bewildered and confused, because to them, I'm not acting snippy. I want people to know that they're valued, that they have intrinsic worth.
"Kind" is the greatest compliment I can give someone, including myself. "Unkind" is the harshest criticism.
Good-natured characters are important to me. Characters like Locke are a demonstration that victory can be achieved through respect, through preserving or honoring the dignity of those around you.
So for me, being "by the book" and good-natured is exactly what grounds Locke as a character for me. That's exactly why I attach to him. I can see myself in him. Moreso than any other Halo character, even Thel 'Vadam (my favorite fictional character ever) or Olympia Vale (a brown-haired Sangheili fangirl).
That which Locke represents is very personal to me.
And if people think those are bland and boring traits, well then, I guess I am bland and boring too. I'm not too upset by this. After all, I'm in some good company.
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Former jail inmate convicted of assaulting officers
He will serve probation for the offense.
By Leah Ward
WORTHINGTON — A Redwood Falls man was convicted in court last week of assaulting multiple correctional officers during his incarceration in Nobles County Jail in 2018.
Dustin Gregg, 31, had been arrested on an alleged drug offense, and while in jail, he was additionally charged with felony terroristic threats and gross misdemeanor fourth-degree assault of a peace officer after an altercation with jail staff. Video surveillance showed Gregg leaving his isolation room to attack a correctional officer, then continue to kick and resist other officers as they subdued him.
He later pleaded guilty to Count 2, with the felony charge dismissed in the plea deal. Fifth Judicial District Judge Sherry Haley sentenced him Friday to 360 days of local jail time with a stay of execution, meaning that if he successfully completes two years of supervised probation, he will not be required to serve that jail time.
He was also ordered to pay a $1,000 fine.
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Bocuse d' Or, Malaysian Representative Wins a Place to Compete in the Culinary Olympics in France!
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Chef Kenneth Loke – Malaysian Representative for the Bocuse d'Or Competition in France.
Words by Brooke KeelPhotos by The Yum List (Monica Tindall)
Scrumptious food, a competition, and a good cause? Sounds like a recipe for what's on the menu at the Berjaya Hotel's Samplings on the 14th, and a winning combination it is! We arrived for what was not simply a lunch and food/restaurant review, though the food was excellent and enough to write about in and of itself. The Yum List was lucky to have been invited to a Q&A session with the heads of the Bocuse D'or Academy here in Malaysia as they presented their medal winning chef, Kenneth Loke, who took home the bronze at the recent and much celebrated, Bocuse d'Or chef competition in Beijing.
Malaysia's chef representative, Kenneth Loke, shared with us his experiences in the Bocuse d'Or competition thus far, and explained the challenges that await him in Lyon, France at the world famous competition finale as competing chefs from South America, North America and Asia Pacific all head to Europe for their final test. Kenneth will be one of only 24 competing chefs faced with the task of preparing two dishes, one meat (lamb) and one fish (salmon), which will incorporate a balance of east and west. Specifically, he will be challenged with preparing a meal which is both pleasing to the European palate while representing his own culinary heritage by infusing a Malaysian twist through the infusion of traditional spices and flavorings brought all the way from his home country. Kenneth explains that this is no small feat, as Malaysian flavors can be overpowering to those not accustomed, and he must strike the perfect balance for the judges to be impressed.
Chef Jochen Kern – Promotion Manager for Bocuse d'Or Academy MalaysiaIn order to be successful in this venture, Kenneth, supported by his wife Bridget, has put in an incredible amount of time and effort to prepare and hone his talent. He has worked intensively both in Asia and in Europe with his mentor Jochen Kern, the well respected director for the School of Culinary Arts and Bocuse d'Or Academy promotion manager here in Malaysia. Kenneth is a prime example of how the academy has enabled and empowered youth to pursue their passion for cooking, even to the point of worldwide renown. The program at the Bocuse d'Or is unique in that it offers scholarships and financial support as needed to students who might not be otherwise able to follow their dreams of becoming chefs. These young chefs-in-training are subsequently able to enter into competitions, supported by the culinary program and fundraising efforts arranged on their behalf by the Bocuse d'Or Academy. Fundraising dinners are offered, and private scholarship donations are welcomed, as students and competitors are often in need of financial support. Kenneth's journey has been promoted thus far by the academy in its gathering of financial contributions as he goes forth to represent Malaysia in Lyon in a few months time, and the Bocuse d'Or will continue to raise funds on his behalf and to support the other would-be competitors in their training at the Institute.
When Kenneth goes to Lyon to compete, he will bring a small team of five to six peers to support and assist him behind the scenes, but when the heat is on he will be on his own in the kitchen, preparing 80 plates of food in precise intervals over 5
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The blonde Isabelle was sent to me by her husband to pay for a very grave feeling: racism. She is indeed very rightleft, whereas her husband is very leftist, what causes numerous quarrels in the couple. For her punishment, I took advantage of the presence of Anaconda, my butler boy from Africa, to proceed to an oral antiracist pedagogy.


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Environmental groups petition EPA to ban natural gas for home heating nationally
Gazette (Colorado Springs, Colo.) | Sep 8, 2022 | News | 18
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More than two dozen environmental organizations have petitioned the Environmental Protection Agency to ban the use of natural gas for home heating nationwide, arguing the federal agency must regulate "deadly pollution from heating appliances."
The petition, sponsored by the Sierra Club, claims fossil fuel-fired home furnaces, water heaters, clothes dryers and stoves emit enough nitrogen dioxide (NOx) and carbon dioxide (CO2) that they must be classified as "new stationary sources" of air pollutants, placing them in the same regulatory regime as power plants and factories.
The petition resembles — but goes beyond — Gov. Jared Polis' Greenhouse Gas Roadmap for a clean heat program, a key component of efforts to transition to a natural gas-free heating economy.
"Gas heating appliances, such as water heaters, furnaces, boilers, stoves, and clothes dryers represent about 80% of fossil fuel-fired heating appliances and emit the majority of appliance pollution, including both climate-disrupting GHG emissions and pollutants that directly impact human health," the petition says.
"The data is incontrovertible: heating appliances in residential and commercial buildings contribute significantly to pollution that endangers public health and welfare. The emissions from these sources are major drivers of the dual crises of climate change and unclean air," the petition adds.
Some critics described the petition as a sham and excuse to go after carbon dioxide emissions, with regulation of nitrogen dioxide as the vehicle to accomplish that goal.
The petition's reading would force the EPA to set NOx standards that would effectively ban the use of natural gas in all new construction within a year after the regulation is implemented. Even existing gas appliances would have to be replaced eventually — at the end of their life cycle or when they break down.
"Emissions from buildings have a harmful, and frankly scary, impact on human health and contribute significantly to the climate crisis," Amneh Minkara, the Sierra Club's Building Electrification Campaign deputy director, said in a news release.
The petitioners said policymakers "must act at the local, state, and federal levels to ensure that marginalized communities are among the first to benefit from the transition away from fossil fuel systems in favor of electric technology."
News of the petition prompted Sen. Jerry Sonnenberg, R-Sterling, to say federal agencies and state regulators are "out of control."
"Both our federal and state regulators are creating uncertainty by trying to move everyone to use anything electric, which we don't have enough electricity to power," he said. "Nobody wants that except for the regulators, who refuse to see the harm they are doing."
Sonnenberg added: "The power that these agencies want to exert over families trying to make ends meet with the high inflation is ridiculous. I trust the people to make the decisions that best fit their budget and needs, rather than government telling them they know what is best for these families. Eliminating consumer choices to one option is never a good policy."
The petition, if implemented by the EPA, would require homeowners to replace gas appliances when they break down or must be replaced with expensive new heat pump technology.
Critics said the mandate would also increase the cost of new homes, including multifamily housing.
"We just don't have enough resources to go around, especially when we start to look at how can we reach our most vulnerable Coloradans that are on the edge of solvency," said Peter LiFari, executive director of Adams County's housing authority.
Most heat pumps are installed in temperate climates, where indoor and outdoor temperatures are reasonably close together, and they are not certified to work in temperatures below 17 degrees, according to the U.S. Department of Energy.
Developer Tim Walsh, who won his Republican primary race for the legislature in June, told The Gazette that his industry has talked to manufacturers about developing advanced cold-weather heat pumps on a larger scale to bring their cost down, but there "just isn't a demand there to do that."
"So, it's fairly expensive," he said. "If your furnace goes out and you need to replace it with a heat pump versus a gas fired furnace, it's probably going to be $10,000 to $12,000. I think it's going to disproportionately hurt the lowest-earning people in Colorado."
The petitioners acknowledged that "financial assistance may be necessary for many consumers to make the transition from gas, oil, and propane appliances to non-emitting alternatives."
Other expenses they mentioned may add to the cost of owning a home, including additional insulation and weatherization, electric panel and service upgrades or replacements and "more basic safety and health upgrades before even weatherization can begin."
There are some newer heat pump technologies that work better at low temperatures, but the initial costs of installing ground-source heat pumps, which use heat-exchange coils buried underground, is more than twice as expensive as installing the more common air-source heat pumps, according to the U.S. Department of Energy.
Carrier, one of the largest heating and air conditioning manufacturers in the U.S., said high efficiency heat pumps in warmer climates "typically use less source energy on average compared to gas furnaces."
In colder climates, 95% efficient gas furnaces fare better than heat pumps, the company said, adding lifetime operating costs should be considered, particularly given the relatively lower cost of natural gas compared to electricity.
The Sierra Club petition calls the fact that home heating devices are not regulated like powerplants "a dangerous oversight."
U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert, R-Silt, balked at the petition, saying "unelected bureaucrats do not have the power to unilaterally decide major questions," such as how Americans heat their homes.
"We are facing the worst energy crisis since Jimmy Carter, yet these inflation-loving leftists are more worried about how to take away Americans' reliable heating than they are about creating viable solutions," she said.
The petitioners argued for stricter regulation by noting the EPA previously regulated emissions from wood stoves in 1987. The EPA regulation of wood stoves did not include limits on NOx — just on the amount of particulates they can emit.
In the news release, the Sierra Club also said fossil fuel-fired heating appliances "are allowed to emit with no limits or oversight by the federal government."
EPA regulations limit particulate emissions — but not NOx — from residential furnaces, and manufacturers must certify their products before marketing them.
Colorado Oil and Gas Association President and CEO Dan Haley described the petition as but the latest in a pattern of efforts by environmental groups to curb the use of natural gas.
"The Sierra Club is always looking for ways to ban natural gas, but Americans like natural gas because it's safe, affordable, and convenient," Haley said. "Consumers will not take lightly the Sierra Club taking away their gas fireplaces, stoves, and barbecue grills. This petition is going nowhere."
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Scruffy_USN_Retired on 7:51 am September 8, 2022 at 7:51 am
The petition, sponsored by the Sierra Club, claims fossil fuel-fired home furnaces, water heaters, clothes dryers and stoves emit enough nitrogen dioxide (NOx) and carbon dioxide (CO2) that they must be classified as "new stationary sources" of air pollutants, placing them in the same regulatory regime as power plants and factories. And cow farts.
ltuser on 2:42 pm September 8, 2022 at 2:42 pm
I say TURN OFF ALL POWER to every one of those 'environmental groups'. LET THEM SIT IN THE DARK and the un heated/non-air conditioned homes.. AND LEAVE IT off permanently..
joe23006 on 9:32 am September 8, 2022 at 9:32 am
I'm quite sure that Northern states from Maine across the continent to Washington and Alaska will certainly embrace the heat pump with open arms because they are so efficient in extracting warmth from -20 degree or lower temperatures! Do these people who make demands like this actually have practical knowledge of the physics, chemistry or general science on how these things work? We know the politicians they lobby for these things don't!
When the country freezes over will they call it H***?
NO they don't have any knowledge, NOR DO THEY CARE.
Leonidas on 9:49 am September 8, 2022 at 9:49 am
This is pure idiocy.
inluminatuo on 9:58 am September 8, 2022 at 9:58 am
Time to start declaring these Chinese, Russian and Iranian bought environMENTALISTS actual enemies of the state, who have done more to cripple America's economy, and divert American wealth and energy to our National sworn enemies than any 5th columnist entity on record, with the "Big Lie" that socially redistributes hundreds of billions of dollars into the hands of our enemies. Since the Democrats will not cease their American betrayal until every ounce of American produced petroleum is banned, intent on punishing People via Executive orders those who oppose them, it is coming to the point like right before the civil war they realized the nation could no longer exist have slave half free, nor as now half Petroleum based and half Electric. Those who would betray America will settle for nothing less than America being totally energy dependent upon unreliable energy providers, many our sworn enemies. Just what does someone have to do to convince America that these people are traitors bent on taking our county down rather that let THE PEOPLE figure it out on what mixture of Oil, Wind, solar or electric is best suited.
bearman1103 on 10:00 am September 8, 2022 at 10:00 am
The people in this country need to get together and launch a major class action suit against organizations like the Sierra Club and other Environmental groups for causing economic harm to the members of the Class Action Suit. We need to put these groups out of business by taking them to court and having them make restitutions to the American People for the economic damage they are causing to American households. It is about time that we the people start turning the tables on these radical groups.
AND NOT just those orgs, BUT EVERY ONE who has ever donated to them…
Mike Livo on 10:06 am September 8, 2022 at 10:06 am
Yes! let's all roll over freeze or melt to death and die. Those that are left please do not eat my dog but cook him human food with a mix of wet dog food from your gas stove.
inluminatuo on 12:13 pm September 8, 2022 at 12:13 pm
Canine Soylent Green, might give the Dogs indigestion when they grind up the Clintons and Probably go mad dog if given nourishment off a Biden ground up brain.
capricorn1 on 3:01 pm September 8, 2022 at 3:01 pm
that was a great movie by the way.
capricorn1 on 11:03 am September 8, 2022 at 11:03 am
these climate nazis need to be shut down now!
Dale Post on 11:07 am September 8, 2022 at 11:07 am
So, they want us to go electric? Those idots keep forgetting that most of out electric is produced by fossil fuels. And "green" sources (solar and wind) only produce a small percent of out electric. So they want us to get rid of gas powered furnaces, so we can use gas produced electric to heat our homes! Total morons!
Deacon on 11:20 am September 8, 2022 at 11:20 am
Not half as much pollution as what emanates from the mouths of these fools
Stiller Fan! on 4:04 pm September 8, 2022 at 4:04 pm
Hopefully this stupidity dies a quick death in the courts, or in Congress when the Republicans take over! Boy, they're gonna hate this house – we have gas fired:
– Heater
– Hot water heater
– Dryer
– Stove
– Fireplace
Somebody please put these climate lunatics back in the asylum where they belong!
ltuser on 1:08 am September 9, 2022 at 1:08 am
Better yet. REMOVE THEM from the gene pool, by exiling them from our entire planet..
Rating: 5.0/5. From 1 vote.
Son Of Thunder on 5:52 pm September 8, 2022 at 5:52 pm
Stupidity on steroids
Pam on 4:27 pm September 14, 2022 at 4:27 pm
These are rich terrorists groups who have no idea about energy. They think the American people should freeze to dead, burn to dead all the while they live high on the hog with taxpayers money. They deserve jail time just for being stupid and uncaring unamerican lowlife subcreatures.


Hello, blog readers, and welcome back to our ongoing series of Meet the Staff! Last time we met our faithful Admins, Amna and Demi, and today you'll get to know the Recruiting Officers (RO's) that help make Death Blossoms a wonderful community to be a member of. In this interview we spoke with SubLein and Trippid, both of whom are responsible for reviewing the applications of, inviting, and interviewing all potential DB members. They are also responsible for promoting recruits to full member status and removing inactive members of the community. The purpose of these interviews is to help our community members and blog readers get to know what it takes to be an officer in Death Blossoms as well as to learn more about our officers outside of their role as staff members. Read on to learn all about SubLein and Trippid, our favorite Gatekeepers at DB!
SubLein is a busy woman that recently graduated from Central Michigan University with her Master's degree. She is engaged to a fellow DB member, ColaDeTigre, and they are hoping to get married this February! She is a fan of Anime and enjoys playing Overwatch. She also tries to find as much free time to spend with her fiancée as she can. Her roommate, Alex, is 17-years-old and the fluffiest, goodest girl there is! Sub is a prized member of Team Wolfsbane in DB. Trippid is a busy woman herself, volunteering as a Girl Guide (the Canadian equivalent of Girl Scouts in the US), at her local zoo, and at the humane society. A life goal Trippid has for herself is to one day earn her degree in Astrobiology. Trippid is also a beloved member of Team Aris and is the resident baker who enjoys making mashed potatoes at midnight on occasion. You don't just stumble upon a group of people that have similar goals, values, and interests as you most times, however. So how did these ladies end up in Death Blossoms?
SubLein found Overwatch after seeing videos from YouTubers MelonieMac and Jesse Cox. The video from MelonieMac she saw was the same video that prompted our admins Amna and Demi to join! Cox posted videos of him playing the game himself. She fell in love with the layout of the game, the characters, and the way it was played. After MelonieMac responded to her, she joined DB. She purchased the game shortly after the beta phase ended, but she did not actually begin playing until the end of the third competitive season. She didn't have much experience with computer gaming, and the idea of PVP style gaming made her a bit uneasy, but once she began playing she found herself thoroughly enjoying the game. Trippid, on the other hand, is a FPS video game player. She watched her dad play the original Half Life game as a young 8-year-old, and when Half Life 2 came out in 2004 she played through it herself and has been hooked on video games ever since. She did not get into games that relied heavily on PVP style mechanics in the past, but she liked the idea of challenging herself, having the outcome much more heavily dependent on her ability to make the right choice alongside her teammates and against an unpredictable enemy. Overwatch was perfect for her in this sense, and she has enjoyed learning the game. Becoming this invested in a game, of course, leads us to join communities and groups with similar interests. For a community like Death Blossoms, that is blooming with each day that passes, that also gives way to the opportunity to help lead these communities as well.
SubLein and Trippid are members of Death Blossoms first, and officers second. They love being a part of the wonderful group of ladies that have come together to play video games in a toxicity-free environment and make friends along the way. Both agree that DB has an amazing staff that volunteers their time and energy to making this a fantastic place to be. They love getting to know the members and being Recruiting Officers provides them a unique opportunity to do so. As all members of DB know, part of the recruitment process involves applying to the community followed by an interview. What most applicants don't realize, though, is the RO's go through each application one at a time, and they do all they can to learn more about you as a gamer and person. Then they conduct the voice comm interview where they spend more of their personal time getting to know the woman behind the screen. They care about our members and they put so much of their time and effort into the recruitment process because they understand firsthand why DB is such an exciting place to be. As I was talking with these ladies, I realized being an officer doesn't just mean a shiny role in the discord. It also bleeds over into real life.
Sub and Trippid have both taken their experience as officers within DB and have applied them to their real lives as well. Both have secured jobs and volunteer opportunities by sharing with their potential employers the responsibilities and time they have invested in DB and used them as positive examples of their reliability and hardworking attitudes. In addition to being Recruiting Officers, Sub and Trippid have assisted in our Death Blossoms University program that we run monthly. Both have volunteered as instructors as well as helped shape the instructor guide that we give each of our teachers to help them streamline the process.
Everyone who joins any type of community will have things that stand out to them more than others. The work as a staff member in DB can be time consuming, detail oriented, and tiresome. We all have offline lives in addition to what we volunteer to do on the internet. But our faithful officers take their jobs seriously and reap serious benefits from doing so. As I previously mentioned, both of our RO's are members first and officers second. Being members of DB, they see just how much DB feels like a family. The discord community acts as a safe place to share your accomplishments, to ask questions, and to make friends that you can turn to when you are looking for company in-game. It doesn't matter where in the world you're located, you're welcomed and appreciated for who you are in DB. Trippid has a fun time sharing her "absurd rhymes" when writing announcements for the members of our community. She frequently rewrites a single announcement multiple times before deciding that she is happy with it and ready to share it with our members. She may feel tired after reading her own words back for the 20th time, but the reactions are what she lives for. Both SubLein and Trippid agree, the hardest part of being a Recruiting Officer is having to remove members from the community due to conduct mishaps or inactivity. We pride ourselves on being an active discord, and inactivity is a removable "offense". Both RO's have been members of DB for a long-time, and when they see their friends' names on the list, it is difficult to say goodbye. You don't have to have hourlong talks about your view on the universe or theory craft with them about the current meta for them to be sad to say goodbye to you. While we all understand priorities and interests change, and sometimes life just doesn't leave much room for chatting any longer, it will always be tough to part ways with those we have grown to care about as our friends.
On a less serious and heavy note, however, I asked these lovely ladies more about themselves. SubLein told me the story of how she found her battletag while on a family trip to Cedar Point, Ohio. She was taking German at the time and wanted to incorporate it into her tag. She was playing around with words such as "sublime" and ended up on SubLein (pronounced similarly). Most people know her simply as "Sub" and she's completely okay with that. Sub is a proud Mercy main that feels weakest when playing Doomfist. While she has many cumulative hours on Mercy and has plenty of experience healing, she is constantly learning new mechanics to make her a more effective main healer and player. Trippid also learned about Death Blossoms from MelonieMac, though she joined a bit later than the other members of our staff who joined from the same video. She found her current battle and discord tag from the days of playing World of Warcraft. She had a Tauren female she had named "Mirubela" but decided to change the name after a few years. She changed her character model to a male Troll and she hit the name randomizer until she got to "Tripie" which later evolved into "Trippid". She has a second username she uses often, "Tilted_Logic" that she uses interchangeably among gaming platforms. She's had it since a young age and will sometimes laugh when hearing someone say they're "tilted".
I asked both officers if they had any funny memories or stories they wanted shared on the blog and both had one to share! I hope you'll enjoy these as we wrap up this interview.
Thank you to SubLein and Trippid for taking the time to chat with me for the Death Blossoms blog, and thank you for reading all about our staff! We will be back next month to learn all about Jennos, our resident Event Organizer! Please check out Sublein on Twitter and Twitch, and follow Trippid on Twitter and YouTube!


One of the most famous hotels in Dubai, this is an iconic marine-themed resort on the tip of the world-famous Palm Island. A playground for holiday makers of all ages, this hotel is ideal for an extravagant beach escape with easy access to the buzzing city centre.
On the crescent of the Palm, around 45 minutes from the airport.
The lavish rooms reflect the hotel's unique nautical theme. Spacious Deluxe Rooms overlook the hotel, the Palm Island or the Arabian Sea from a private balcony. Upgrade to an Imperial Club Room and you'll enjoy access to an exclusive dedicated lounge with a huge range of additional inclusions. From a personal concierge service to access to the exclusive Imperial Club Beach, complimentary canapés to fast-track entry to Aquaventure Waterpark, and free entry to N'Dulge Nightclub to Atlantis Kids' Club for children – the list of extras is more than enough to impress.
Variety is the ethos at Atlantis The Palm, Dubai. There's a choice of over of 23 celebrity, speciality and casual dining restaurants, bars and lounges. As part of the Half Board meal plan, you'll be able to choose from 14 restaurants offering Arabic, Asian, Mexican, Thai and international cuisine (a supplement applies for some restaurants).
Thrill seekers will enjoy complimentary access to Aquaventure Waterpark with its world record-breaking rides and The Lost Chambers Aquarium, while those that enjoy a bit of socialising will love Nasimi Beach, home to some of Dubai's best beach parties at the weekend.
There is a kids club and a teens club. ShuiQi Spa & Fitness offers a range of treatments and modern facilities. Indulge in some truly relaxing therapies, from Sisheido to ESPA and Batien Gonzalez foot therapy.
2019 package holidays to the Atlantis The Palm Dubai Prices are per person based on two sharing.


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WHY EFFORTS TO RESURRECT THE MAMMOTH WILL NOT ONLY SAVE THE ELEPHANTS, BUT ALSO GUARANTEE THE CONTINUED SURVIVAL AND EXPANSION OF THE HUMAN RACE
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Review: Mad Max – Fury Road | The Daily Grail
wolvensnothere:
In which m1k3y says many of the words I want to say about this film. Spoilers at the link, after the first three paragraphs or so.
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Bot Benediction, 2015 – Features – Source: An OpenNews project
warrenellis:
"The metaphors are numerous—bots are homunculi, bots are witches' familiars, bots are daemons. And yes, the bots were inside us all along, and ultimately we make ourselves into Twitter bots in order to live. But really. Twitter bots are the imaginary friends that I love and cherish as much as the real-person relationships I've formed on Twitter (both with people and with other creatures with alleged human operators, whose true identities are best left unknown). They notice things we might not notice."
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CIA takes blame for more than half of UFO sightings in late 1950s and 60s
"Reports of unusual activity in the skies in the '50s? It was us."
High-altitude testing of the U-2…led to an unexpected side effect — a tremendous increase in reports of unidentified flying objects," the CIA wrote in the document, which it wrote in 1998. "In the mid-1950s, most commercial airliners flew at altitudes between 10,000 and 20,000 feet and [many] military aircraft…operated at altitudes below 40,000 feet. Consequently, once U-2s started flying at altitudes above 60,000 feet, air-traffic controllers began receiving increasing numbers of UFO reports."
Added the document, the CIA cross-referenced UFO sightings to U-2 flight logs. "This enabled the investigators to eliminate the majority of the UFO reports," the CIA wrote, "although they could not reveal to the letter writers the true cause of the UFO sightings."
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Arthur Max on The Martian, Prometheus 1 and 2, Blade Runner 2 and more | Film Divider
In Prometheus we were on a military research planet, not their home planet, it was a weapons factory. When we go to the home planet it will be more. I think you have to create a whole country for a planet like that, not just death machines and creatures. There will have to be a whole backstory of these masters of the universe. The assumption is that they've visited planets and species like us to give us these upgrades, from time to time, but how were they living? What is their culture like?
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William Gibson on sci-fi cinema | BFI
In his BFI Sci-Fi: Days of Fear and Wonder keynote lecture [CLICK THROUH FOR EMBEDDED VIDEO], acclaimed author William Gibson joins novelist Nick Harkaway to discuss cinematic cyberpunk and the origins of the term cyberspace. Gibson also reveals his love of District 9 (2009) and reflects upon his experience writing for The X-Files.
On how he came to invent cyberspace as setting for his fiction:
"by the late 70s I had a very jaundiced view of the last little while of popular imagined futures and I wanted… it wasn't resonant for me, if nothing else. I wanted to find something else that was more resonant, for me, of the possible."
* the goo of District 9's weapons as the future of interface to data via clarkean magix
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The Dark Extropian Report: PANSPERMIA SPECIAL EDITION
Welcome to a Special Edition of The Dark Extropian Report. It's been a bumper few weeks, months and years even in the world of astrobiology, and in particular in the area related to the theory of Panspermia – the idea that life came riding in on an asteroid or comet to our planet. This is one of the very core ideas of Dark Extropianism; that we are inextricably bound to the cosmos, on a grand scale that at the very least is inter-planetary. That our fate lies there as much as our origins do. That we are more than just star dust, but part of a living system that spans billions of years, who's distance is measured by the speed of light. That ecology is something that spans the galaxy. That we are not meant to stay here, that our destiny lies amongst the stars.
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Finally saw #Interstellar, and…
It wasn't so much a science fiction film as it was a call to arms.
Machine consciousness, Climate change, dark extropianism, extradimensional science, and some stuff i can't tell you until you've seen it. It was not perfect, in terms of either gender or…
DNA Can Survive Sub-Orbital Spaceflight And Atmospheric Reentry
coldalbion:
The discovery is a boost for the Panspermia Hypothesis — but it's a potential nightmare for scientists concerned about interplanetary contamination.
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zerosociety m1k3y
DEATH DEALER, LIFE GIVER… ASTEROIDS!!!
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Searching for the ruins of alien civilisations
The glow we see at the Milky Way's core began its voyage towards us at a time when prehistoric hunters were chasing mammoths across Europe's ice sheets. The galaxy itself spans 100,000 light years, and its nearest equivalent, the great disc of Andromeda, is 2.5 million light years away. We see it as it looked when humanity's ancestors walked the African savannah. When interstellar archaeologists tilt their telescopes to the sky, they are gazing into the deep history of the cosmos, but to find a civilisation more advanced than ours, they have to tilt their imaginations into the future. They have to plot out a plausible destiny for humanity, and then go looking for it in the cosmic past.
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At least, that was what was written on his report card in primary school. To keep him from hanging out in the streets, Kaluuya's mother enrolled him in a community theatre club. The Anna Scher Theatre school in north London is also the same school that fellow Brit and Bond girl Naomie Harris attended.
After winning the EE Rising Star award at the BAFTAs, the 28-year-old said, "I am a product of arts funding in the UK," thanking those who have contributed. The Get Out and Black Panther star grew up in an estate (the British version of the projects) in Camden, raised by Ugandan parents. "I'm in a Marvel film? Holy f*ck... This is a brother from Camden Town!" he exclaimed in an interview.
While Kaluuya's first taste of fame was from starring in Skins, the British cult drama about teenagers, by teenagers. Starting out as a contributing writer for the first two seasons, he also became the head writer for two episodes. Writing came early to him, from the age of nine when he won a playwriting competition. He's another Brit star who's made it big after Skins, following in the footsteps of fellow stars Dev Patel and Nicholas Hoult.
Kaluuya's performance in Fifteen Million Merits, a Black Mirror episode from 2011 showed off his emotional depth. It was only when Black Mirror came on board to Netflix that Charlie Brooker's show really took off, introducing American audiences to the show. Get Out's director and writer Jordan Peele was one such fan, who noticed Kaluuya in Black Mirror and saw him fit as his lead.
It's probably time for Daniel Craig to put up his Bond pants. After all that talk about Idris Elba filling in his shoes going bust, or the lack of suave gentlemen who look good in a suit being such a Debbie Downer, we don't mind waiting a few years for Kaluuya to break into his leather shoes.
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