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Ben 10: Race Against Time
"Ben 10: Race Against Time" has Ben back in his hometown of Bellwood. Even though he's back in school and leaving his hero adventures behind him, it seems that Ben will be facing his greatest challenge yet.
Genre: Action, Family, Science Fiction
Director: Alex Winter
Actors: Beth Littleford, Christien Anholt, Daran Norris, David Franklin, Don McManus, Graham Phillips, Haley Ramm, Lee Majors, Tyler Patrick Jones
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Welcome to another new challenge here at Crafty Catz. Thank you to everyone who joined in last week we loved seeing your cards and I will be back with a winner later.
This week I have chosen the theme of flowers for your cards, whether it be paper flowers, pretty flower papers, charms whatever takes your fancy just have fun.
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Good morning well it is Friday again so another challenge and it is my turn Aunty Sue. Firstly let me thank you all that entered Suzanne's Thank You challenge. We all enjoyed visiting you and hope you will join us again this week. Well I decided instead of using our new stamps we could look and find either a forgotten stamp or a stamp that you haven't used for a good while. It really is a shame to leave them lying in those boxes forgotten and lonely. It can be any theme so leaves you lots of scope.
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Hello. Thank you to everyone who has entered our challenges over the last few weeks, I now have some winners.
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Hello everyone. Time for a new challenge here at Crafty Catz again. Thanks so much to everyone who entered last weeks challenge. We hope you can all find time to join us again this week too. Suzie will be back later with the lucky winner.
It's my turn to choose a theme this week and since we should, by now, all be back to normality...I thought it would be nice to do some thank you cards. Just to say thanks for all those lovely gifts we got at Christmas, or thanks for the lovely dinner, or thanks for the babysitters at New Year, or even, just thank you 'because'.
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Happy New Year! and welcome back to the first challenge of 2011. I hope you all had a great Christmas and New Year and thank you to everyone who entered our last challenge over the holidays, I will announce the winner later.
This week's challenge is 'food and drink' so we want to see something yummy on your cards and we are very lucky to be sponsored by Blackleaf Studios who kindly gave the DT some images to play with and they have also given us this great prize this week.
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Here's the list of all the exes of Bollywood Diva Deepika Padukone
Deepika Padukone is one of the most talented and gorgeous actresses in Bollywood. Now she is married to B-Town handsome hunk Ranveer Singh. But do you know how many boys this Om Shanti Om girl has dated before she was taken forever by Ranveer?
Let's have a look at Deepika's all exes-
Ranbir was Deepika's last boyfriend before she met his soulmate Ranveer. Deepika and Ranveer even took it to the next level and started a live-in relationship. As per rumors, Deepika was more serious about Ranbir than he was for her. But they do go public about their relationship. The couple broke up in 2009 and according to some reports, it happened because Ranbir's mother Neetu Kapoor was not happy with this relationship and other reports suggest that entry of Katrina Kaif made things worse.
Deepika and Yuvraj were so much in love once. They dated for a couple of years and according to some reports, they were even planning to get married. Both of them were dead serious about it but no one knows why they suddenly broke-up. It left Yuvraj heartbroken for quite some time while Deepika also took time to heal from it.
Former Indian cricket captain M.S. Dhoni was totally smitten by Deepika's dimpled smile when he first saw her. He even asked Shah Rukh Khan to introduce him to her. Dhoni invited his love interest to a Twenty-20 match against Australia in Mumbai in 2007. But before anything went official, Deepika was linked to another cricketer Yuvraj Singh.
Siddharth Mallya
Deepika's relationship with Siddharth was one of her serious relationships. The lovebirds were very expressive about their links and often snapped kissing. Reportedly the two even got engaged but something went wrong and they parted their ways on a very sad note.
Upen Patel
Upen and Deepika's relationship was a brief one and the two remained good friends even after they broke up. As per sources, Deepika's stardom came in between their relation. However, it is also said that none of them were very serious and it was just a fling.
Muzamil Ibrahim
Recipient of two bravery awards Kashmiri model Muzamil came to Mumbai to become an actor. During his journey, he met and fell in love with the beautiful Deepika. It was a very short term relationship and reportedly the duo ended on a bad note. In a recent interview, when Ibrahim was asked about his relationship with Deepika, he said that he doesn't want to talk about her.
Nihar Pandya
Nihar was the first boyfriend of Deepika in Mumbai during her modeling days. Reportedly it was school friendship turned into an affair. Nihar was also a model and an aspiring actor at the time. The couple dated for almost 3-year. Now Nihar doesn't like to be referred to as Deepika's ex.

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Review: March 2009, and in Vermont a cargo ship captain, Richard Phillips (Tom Hanks) is preparing to set off on another voyage, bidding farewell to his wife (Catherine Keener) as he drives to the airport, and having a conversation with her about the way the modern world is progressing at ever faster rates, so you have to keep up if you're not going to be left in the dust. Someone all too aware of that is Muse (Barkhad Abdi), who lives in Somalia; he should have been a fisherman, but circumstances have dictated that he assist the local gang lords instead by taking to the seas off the coast for a life of piracy. These two men are about to meet with major repercussions for them both...
Captain Phillips was yet another of those films of the twenty-first century that took a real incident and constructed a story around it that could feature a star, in this case Tom Hanks, performing a showcase of acting to illustrate their way with behaving as a mere mortal would. Following hot on the heels of the likes of Argo and Zero Dark Thirty and indeed his own United 93, director Paul Greengrass added his accustomed social conscience to the mix, and before you knew it he had a hit on his hands, though quite how many audiences regarded it as a gung ho endorsement of American foreign policy and how many saw it as a valid criticism of the global problem affecting millions of impoverished who saw no direction out of their poverty than to turn to crime was debatable.
What was clear to all who watched it was Hanks giving another superb performance, and this at a stage in his career where he could have comfortably coasted through some light drama or middle-aged romcom. He was nothing short of brilliant at bringing to life a figure who in real life was the source of some controversy, as Phillips was sued for placing his crew in needless peril, and all for financial profit. Although you could see him as a hero in this movie context, this was by no means a whitewash; in early scenes he is shown to be none too popular with that crew thanks to a cavalier attitude to their peace of mind which bears bitter fruit when the cargo ship they are piloting off the Somalian coast is hijacked by pirates, led by Abdi's Muse.
Funnily enough Abdi secured a lot of the attention for his role, plucked from obscurity to command the screen as the pirate with mixed feelings, and more than up to the challenge of matching the far more experienced Hanks; he made it look so easy that in select points when you realise just how good he is it's enough to take you aback: "I'm the Captain now". His repeated phrase that everything is going to be all right rings ever more hollow as the situation grows increasingly dire, but interestingly Greengrass approached this as one of his action movies, so while there were scenes of tension, there were just as many sequences where the high octane direction more implemented in the kind of modern blockbuster that would allow an ageing star to strut their stuff as a man of action, except this had the added cachet of being based on a genuine incident.
In spite of warnings about the treacherous nature of the Somalian coast, Captain Phillips ploughs ahead - apparently in real life if he'd spent more of the company's funds on fuel and stayed further off that coast then the ship would have had far less bother with gun-wielding criminals trying to board them. Yet part of the theme of the film is how Phillips becomes a hero of sorts out of necessity rather than intent, and once the pirates have caught up he does orchestrate an almost successful way of getting rid of them: almost, as the second half details how the Captain was taken hostage and the much of the rest is set in the cramped surroundings of the lifeboat, a none too subtle allusion to the darkly ambiguous "We're all in this together" issues of globalisation. The pirates are depicted as victims of circumstance as much as they are masters of their own destiny, which you can channel into a sympathy for them as well as sympathy for Phillips' crisis, but one thing was for sure, that final act was so emotionally intense, even shattering, to suggest dark days ahead when force is the only solution. Music by Henry Jackman.
Reviewer: Graeme Clark
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It was because of spite. A former friend/acquaintance, let's call him Mark, screwed me over just out of spite and to have fun at my expense.
It was 2005. Doesn't sound that long ago? Well, George W. Bush was in the first year of his second term, Harry Potter had yet to defeat "he who shall not be named" in the books, and Eminem was topping the charts with Encore. It was also the fall when Microsoft released their new gaming system, the Xbox 360!
Being in my 20s at the time, I was much heavier into video games, Halo LAN parties and other all-night gaming sessions were a regular occurrence. Of course, that meant I headed to my local Electronics Boutique (remember them?) to preorder my console months ahead of time. EBGames had actually limited preorders, so I instead went 20 feet across the mall walkway to GameStop. Yes, there was a GameStop and EBGames straight across from each other! I put down my 50 bucks and smiled as I received my preorder receipt.
Well, one week before I was supposed to pick up my 360 at midnight on launch day, GameStop called to say they ran into supply issues and only about 20 units would be available at launch. I was 31st on the list. Say what?! I was 20 (something) years old, and I always love having the latest tech toys (yes, I own a 3DTV and the newest iPhone). I wasn't sure what to do at that point.
Sixty.stinkin.five. Two less than I needed to ensure mine. And, to tell us "not everyone might purchase one" was just idiotic corporate nonsense to keep shoppers in line. What else would people be there for? So, I left. After three-plus hours in the cold, I headed home with no shot at a 360 until my delayed system arrived.
Later that day, a friend of that former acquaintance called to see if I got one at BestBuy. "Nope! I missed it by two," I tell him. He replies, "What?! No way! Two? Please tell me you're kidding!" "I'm not. Got there at 2am and was number 67." "Duuuude. Mark went with his dad, brother and his dad's friend and they all bought one. He's just going to resell them, but he was about 15th in line and thought it'd be funny if he got an extra one, and you didn't get one at all. I won't tell him though." Let's just say I can't legally type out what I said next.
So, I was cheated out of fun just because someone got their kicks from screwing me over. But wait, isn't that what Fantasy Football is about during this time of the season? For more than half of the owners, the season is over. Playoffs are a forgotten dream. However, the fun isn't done. We've all been fighting to make the playoffs, struggling to get every win that we can, only to see a 2-10 team put up their best effort to give us a crushing loss and even knock us out of the playoffs.
Admit it though; when you've been the 2-10 team, you know that you have enjoyed playing the role of spoiler. Why is that? Is it because we're all as cruel and spiteful as Mark? Nah. We've just all felt the sting from a bottom-feeding team, and that makes it somewhat rewarding to do the same to someone else.
That's why you don't bail on your team now. Keep making waiver moves, put together the best team you can, and maybe – just maybe – you can spoil a team's chances at the playoffs. If nothing else, don't be the deadbeat team who leaves injured or demoted players starting for you. A cheap win for playoff contenders is no less aggravating; we've all been there too. But, in truth, being the backbreaker is a lot more fun, so go for it! Even create your own victory dance when you win.
ACES IN THE HOLE (Guaranteed a Good Week): Cam Newton, CAR; Arian Foster, HOU; Dez Bryant, DAL – That was the type of performance Cam can dish out any given week, and it's why his draft price was so high. It's just too bad games like that have been few and far between in 2012... Hi, my name is Arian Foster, I'm the best RB in Fantasy; I think we've met... Like Cam, Dez has the talent to do this more often than not, but inconsistency will continue to keep him from locked-in WR1 status.
RIVER RAT (Surprising Top Performances): Eli Manning, NYG; Bryce Brown, PHI; Chris Givens, STL – This is only somewhat surprising if you follow me (here or @allinkid, or even hear me on Sirius/XM with Scott Engel and Adam Ronis). I called for a bounce-back week for Eli and the GMen, yet some still doubted. Bet they don't doubt the bye week was a welcomed sight for both... We knew Bryce had talent, but not one person expected Week 12's leading RB to be LeSean McCoy's replacement... Hard not to be surprised by a Rams WR not named Danny Amendola and one that had one FP in the previous week.
GUT SHOT (Let Everyone Down): Carson Palmer, OAK; Marshawn Lynch, SEA; Randall Cobb, GB – Not only was Palmer in the Top 10 for QBs, he was facing his former team, which seems to up the ante for most players. Too bad Palmer posted his worst Fantasy Point (FP) total of the year... Sure, the Dolphins are strong against the run, but Lynch ran through a much tougher 49ers defense earlier this year... The Giants secondary is one of the weakest in the league; meaning Jordy Nelson and Randall Cobb should have had a field day. Nelson had one big-play TD, but Cobb was nowhere to be found – mainly because the Giants defensive line hounded Aaron Rodgers all day.
Robert Griffin, WAS (NYG) – My Ranking 6: Two things about the Giants defensive performance last week: they had Kenny Phillips back, and they were all over Aaron Rodgers. Two things about the Giants defense this week: Phillips aggravated his MCL injury and won't play, and that is significant because it severely weakens their three-safety setup. Second, and more importantly, RG3 already proved he could run away from the entire Giants defense. He also notched 22 FP in the first meeting and has just three games under 21 FP on the season. I wish I could have ranked him higher.
Eli Manning, NYG (@WAS) – MR 9: The Redskins pass defense can't stop anyone. They just let Tony Romo throw for 441 yards and finish with 27 FP in a game where Miles Austin left early due to injury. Manning threw for 337 yards last time, and he looked fresh and back on track after the bye in the win over Green Bay. He's back to must-start status.
C.J. Spiller, BUF (JAX) – MR 6: Apparently, the Bills want to increase Fred Jackson's share again. This team continues to baffle the mind.
Even with Buffalo limiting one of the NFL's most explosive RBs, it won't stop Spiller from posting big numbers against Jacksonville. Spiller has three straight weeks of 10-plus FP with an average of 121.3 combined yards per game, and that's on just 53 touches – good for a 6.9 YPT clip!
Bryce Brown, PHI (@DAL) – MR 15: Only one team hasn't seen their RBs reach the end zone versus the Cowboys since Week 4, and that was Cleveland who still had Trent Richardson rack up 144 total yards. The Cowboys have allowed seven running back TDs in the other six games and an average 16.6 FPPG since Week 4. With LeSean McCoy likely out again, Brown should dazzle us once more.
Beanie Wells, ARZ (@NYJ) – MR 24: I know, I know. He's always a risk to get hurt… even one play into the game. However, the Jets allow the sixth most FPPG to RBs (18.6 per game) and have only held two teams (PIT and IND) under 101 rushing yards. They've also allowed 10 rushing TDs, and as seen, Wells can still find the end zone with two scores last week. Given the RB landscape, it's hard not to like Wells as a solid Flex option.
Hakeem Nicks, NYG (@WAS) – MR 7: Due to an injury, and his long road back to 100 percent, Nicks took nine weeks to reach and eclipse his one-game total in Week 2. That said, Nicks has 14 catches, 152 yards and a score over the past two games. One of those games was prior to Eli reinvigorating himself with a week off. As mentioned earlier, Washington can't stop the passing game, and that means Victor Cruz and Hakeem Nicks are in store for a nice Week 13.
Cecil Shorts, JAX (@BUF) – MR 18: What does it say about you when Chad Henne is a significant upgrade at QB? I tried to tell people Blaine Gabbert wouldn't be any good when he came out of college. If only more had listened. In fact, I said, "Too often, Gabbert gets 'happy feet' and is rattled under pressure." In spite of that, Shorts put up good numbers before the QB change and now has great numbers with Henne at the helm. Buffalo has allowed a WR TD in all but two games and has let five teams top 20 FP. Rock some Shorts, even in November!
Ryan Broyles, DET (IND) – MR 27: You ever get that feeling after you've said something and everyone just stares at you? Like you said something outlandish, and everyone disagrees? That's sort of how I feel right now.
The point is... why don't more people like Broyles this week? Sure, Titus Young returned to practice, but the Lions are still on record saying his demotion is real, and that Broyles is the new starter opposite Calvin Johnson. On top of that, the Colts allow the fifth most FPPG to WRs and have let four teams top 30 FP! One just missed at 29 (JAX). After 12 targets, six catches and 126 yards against a strong Houston pass D last week, seriously, how can we not like Broyles as a WR3?
Aaron Hernandez, NE (@MIA) – MR 5: Hernandez looked a bit less than 100 percent last week, but he now has some extra rest and still no Rob Gronkowski to deal with. The Dolphins are a middle-of-the-pack defense against the TE, and that's with only facing one real top-end threat: Owen Daniels in Week 1. Hernandez busted up the Dolphins for 103 yards and a TD last season and is a good bet to match those numbers.
Dallas Cowboys (PHI) – MR 9: The Eagles are allowing the third most FPPG to opposing defenses and gave up 23 to Dallas just three weeks ago. That was also the game where Nick Foles took over for Michael Vick due to injury. Even if Bryce Brown plays like he did last week, the Eagles are too limited without DeSean Jackson and too turnover prone (second in the league only to the Chiefs with 27 turnovers).
Russell Wilson, SEA (@CHI) – MR 26: Let's try this again. I wasn't a fan of Wilson's last week given his poor yardage numbers all year, but he found a way to have a respectable day with two more TDs. That won't happen against Chicago. Why? The Bears have allowed just 10 passing TDs all year and just four in all six home games. I feel safe betting strongly against another solid Wilson Fantasy day.
Pittsburgh RBs not named Jonathan Dwyer – and maybe not even him (@BAL) – MR 32/45/46: So now it's back to Dwyer being the starter, and the team claims he'll see the majority of the work? Are the Steelers just throwing darts to come up with gameplans now?
Just recently, we were hearing Mendenhall would lead the way once back. So, after a game with eight RB fumbles, one lost by Mendy, Dywer and Isaac Redman each, we're to believe Dwyer is the man in Pittsburgh? Let's just say he really is. The Ravens defense has stepped it up again with an average of just 11.8 total FPPG to team RBs the last four weeks, and we know Dwyer won't carry the ball 22-plus times like in each of those games. Forget Mendy and Redman, and if you can, do the same with Dwyer.
LaRod Stephens-Howling, ARZ (@NYJ) – MR 49: Where I like Beanie, I certainly don't like "The Hyphen." Wells was supposed to be eased back into the gameplan, but LSH was held to one carry due to some sore ribs… and it cemented the changing of the guard back to Beanie. LSH would be lucky to touch the ball five times this week, and that includes the special teams opportunities.
Andre Roberts, ARZ (@NYJ) – MR 53: I wasn't a fan of Roberts last week with Ryan Lindley at QB, and even after 92 yards, I still am not. I just don't seeing the Cards A) letting Lindley throw the ball 52 times again, B) the Jets allowing the Cardinals offense much time to pass, and C) Roberts being able to haul in 69.2 percent of his targets again. Seriously, some of those Lindley passes seemed as though he was blind folded and spun around in preparation for a pinning a tail on a donkey.
Chris Givens, STL (SF) – MR 56: I simply can't recommend a WR who caught four balls for 19 yards and then five for 115 and a score, especially not against the 49ers. Givens is as "boom or bust" as they come and only Amendola topped three catches against the 49ers the first time. Feel free risking Givens, but I always get queasy asking for a hit with a Four-Two-Nine on the table (see what I did there? Four-T-Nine-rs? Yea, not that funny if I have to explain it, huh?).
Scott Chandler, BUF (JAX) – MR 24: I feel as though I say this every year, and yet owners continually ask me about Chandler. I even mentioned this same fact earlier this year. Chandler relies on TDs way too much for Fantasy worth. Without a TD catch, Chandler has not topped three FP this season. THREE. In addition, 46.2 percent of his entire FP total is due to TDs. You can't rely on that ratio. In fact, the Jags have only let one team score via the TE all year, and in the rest of their games, they've held team TEs to six FP or less.
Buffalo Bills (JAX) – MR 18: Remember, these aren't the Blaine Gabbert Jaguars anymore. In fact, the Jaguars forced the Texans defense into a negative four-point performance two weeks ago, and that defense is worlds better than Buffalo's is. Find your Week 13 defense elsewhere.
Jay Cutler, CHI (SEA) – MR 24: I could have easily slid Cutler in alongside Russell Wilson, and if you read Given Up, you know why. The Seahawks allow just 10.8 FPPG to QBs and seven of their opponents haven't cracked double-digits. Add in the fact that Matt Forte is likely out, and you have a situation where Cutler will be asked to do too much against a defense that is too good.
Vick Ballard, IND (@DET) – MR 36: At least 12 or more carries in six straight games. Okay, good. Four of those games were with Donald Brown playing. Alright, better. Just an average of 60 rushing YPG? And boom goes the dynamite.
The Colts just don't run enough, and Ballard doesn't do enough with his chances, especially score – his lone TD came via the pass. On top of that, only four teams have topped 12 FP for their RBs, and they include Frank Gore, Marshawn Lynch, Adrian Peterson and Arian Foster. Ballard would be lucky to carry any of their… well, you know.
Packers RBs (MIN) – MR 40/44: The Packers just don't run the ball much or that well. Green Bay has the 20th most rush attempts in the league and is tied for 23rd at 3.8 YPA. Not only that, when it comes to goal line rushing, many times it's Aaron Rodgers or John Kuhn getting the opportunity. Forget about James Starks and Alex Green. If the Packers are going to beat the Vikings, it'll be via the pass.
Jeremy Kerley, NYJ (ARZ) – MR 46: Hey Jeremy, Mark Sanchez is your QB. Enough said. Okay, well that and the Arizona pass defense is a decent group, and you haven't found the end zone since Week 3.
Kenny Britt, TEN (HOU) – MR 47: It's truly disappointing when one of your draft values disappoints so immensely. All we needed for Britt to explode was Britt to be healthy. Well, either that hasn't happened completely, or it's more than that. Britt has one game with over eight FP, and it may be the one game where he flashed a bit of his big-play ability. Oh, how I miss the late 2010 season and early 2011 version of Britt. Where have you gone?!
Dwayne Allen, IND (@DET) – MR 25: Coby Fleener is back, and while Allen has taken the lead role at TE, he didn't score once with Fleener out and totaled just 19 FP in those four games.


"Since her mother's death, fifteen-year-old Jem has kept a secret. When her eyes meet someone else's, a number pops into her head the date on which they will die. Knowing that nothing lasts forever, Jem avoids relationships, but when she meets a boy called Spider, and they plan a day out together, her life takes a new twist and turn. Waiting for the London Eye, she sees everyone in the queue has the same number - something terrible is going to happen."
This is one of the books given to me by the lovely people at Chicken House books. I wanted to make sure I read one of the books pronto & picked this one. Straight from the blurb I thought this sounded a very different & unique read.
The cover is really eye catching. I love the use of numbers for letters. The spine and the back cover of the book is covered in tiny numbers. You have to look really hard to see them, but I think it was genius to add that. That made me feel like Jem for just a moment!!
This is a London set book, which you don't find that often in my opinion so that made a good change. It was also set in the grittier side of London, where people don't speak with a plum in their mouth. The speech in the book was written, just like the kids talk in Eastenders. I could really hear their accents, coming out and it made it really easy to know what perspectives I was reading from or if it was the characters thoughts or the authors view. This was a brilliant idea and I really enjoyed getting into that side of the book.
Like with most books I found myself getting very frustrated at the characters for their lack of communication. I understand that books would be over far quicker if everyone did talk about everything, but still have that deep longing for characters to tell someone about their problems or fears.
Jem and Spider do some extremely silly things in the book, the sort of stuff you hear on the news nightly about kids in gangs, etc. Whereas once I may have just thought how ridiculous of people, this book possibly explained it a little & gave me an insight into why people go to the lengths they do. It did give me a feeling of sympathy for them, but still at no time glamorised what they do or make it seem like it is a good idea - it never is!
This is an extremely cleverly written book, that takes you on a whirlwind adventure. But for me it felt incredibly depressing & gloomy. It had an air of no escape from where you come from & obviously it wasn't the most uplifting message. Its horrible to think that these lifestyles are reality for some people & in a very selfish way I wasn't comfortable living it with them.
All this said the last words were an absolute OMG!! I was aghast to read them.
I would suggest this book to anyone that likes some harsh reality with their fiction!!
I really enjoyed their reaction the the country side, when theyd left London! I thought it was really good and the way they spoke and acted, just felt pretty real.. if you get me!


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Coalition delays disability inquiry vote
Scott Morrison has allowed the longest ever question time to head off a potentially embarrassing vote calling for a disability royal commission.
The Senate on Thursday voted again for a royal commission into the disability sector and Labor wanted to bring on a lower house vote it may have won.
But the prime minister, who usually promptly ends question time at the earliest opportunity, allowed it to run two and a half hours - well past the previous record of 126 minutes set under Kevin Rudd in February 2009.
He said a royal commission should be called in the proper way, not through an unexpected vote in parliament.
"I'm not afraid of losing a vote in this house, I lost one on Tuesday," Mr Morrison told parliament on Thursday.
He said the coalition was already reforming disability care with new safeguards against abuse, however it was not the end of the matter.
"I will remain open to every single option there is to provide support to people with disabilities," Mr Morrison said.
"I have already demonstrated my willingness to call a royal commission when it comes to the aged care sector."
Opposition Leader Bill Shorten said Labor decided two years ago to have a disability royal commission.
"People with disability are more likely to suffer violence than people without a disability," he told parliament.
"I make it clear that whatever happens in parliament today, Labor is committed to implementing a royal commission to protect people living with a disability from abuse."
To the coalition's surprise, Labor chose not to put a Matter of Public Importance on the day's agenda, instead aiming for an opportunity to bring on the royal commission vote before parliament rose for the week.
But Mr Morrison let question time continue well past the previous record in order to stop Labor bringing on the motion.
Mr Shorten accused the government of extending question time to avoid losing the vote.
"When has the leader of the opposition ever wanted to shut down question time when you've got a government that is happy to stand here and be questioned on our record?" Mr Morrison replied.
Greens senator Jordon Steele-John, who raised the issue in the upper house, came into the House of Representatives chamber and shouted "do the right thing" before being told off.
He later said it was "rubbish" that the coalition was open to a royal commission, given it voted against it in the Senate.
Almost two hours into question time, Speaker Tony Smith revealed the "message" about the royal commission had not yet arrived from the Senate and so couldn't be dealt with until Monday's sitting in any case.


In just over three months, Warner Bros. will unleash "Batman v Superman: Dawn Of Justice," maybe even in 70mm. It's going to be big in almost every sense of the word, as it bears the responsibility of launching the DC Comics movie universe. The marketing will be equally massive, so get ready, as it has barely just begun.
A new international spot for the movie from Germany has landed to show off some bits and pieces of new footage. It's nothing that will change your impression one way or the other about the upcoming movie, which is trademark Zack Snyder, for better or worse. But it's enough to tide you over until the next piece of advertising comes hurtling your way.
"Batman v Superman: Dawn Of Justice" arrives on March 25, 2016.


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Imagining the city- First Essay
The quote from de Certeau's "walking I the city" explores the notions, representations and experiences one may have in the city. Similarly through the comparison of Charlie Chaplin's "Modern Times" and the exhibition "Reckonings 2001" it becomes evident that these experiences and representations of urban life can be very different from one another. Although all of their experiences may seem to be so different at a first glance, when one takes a deeper look and "reads between the lines" one may conclude that all the experiences that occur to the Redfern community, Charlie Chaplin and de Certeau are actually quite similar.
The City can be referred to as "one face with many masks". Alienation, change, crowds and security all act as masks, which help to shape this special place, which gives us a sense of belonging and yet challenges us to withhold our own identities.
Charlie Chaplin's 'Modern Times' can be associated with the quote from de Certeau's essay "Walking in the city". They both depict the city as a 'thick' urban rush where the crowd seeks to swallow the individual.
However, From studding both "walking ion the city and "modern times" one can see after several studies on them, that this is not the entire picture. A sense of identity can be obtainable. This is represented by Charlie Chaplin.
'Modern times' illustrates to its audience how the city becomes a symbol of modernity- "a place of alienated subjects". It similarly, depicts the city as a machine with the introduction of factories and industries dehumanizing the workers and additionally portrays the individual being subjugated by the large crowds.
However the picture painted above of an unreal, dehumanized urban center is not the entire picture. Charlie Chaplin is the individual who is produced by the mass and thought this individuality by never 'quite fitting in'; he emphasizes the 'resistance' to various social forces around him.
We are first introduced to Charlie Chaplin while he is working in a factory in the city. It is evident from the opening scenes that factories and machines were fairly new and was gradually taking over. This can be represented by Charlie and his fellow workmate simply watching over the machines while they were doing all the work. The workers merely operate the machines and therefore already experience dehumanization. De Certeau reveals that " the practices organizing a bustling city were characterized by their blindness" which correlates with the picture of workers in a busy factory 'thinking' their job is of great importance but blinded by the fact that they have been alienated and the machines are doing all the work.
Similarly, Simmel explains that the city is a machine and humans are a small part of the dehumanizing system. This too can be seen through the 'feeding machine'. Charlie Chaplin was included in an experimental running of a food machine. This suggests two things. One being that all the workers have been dehumanized to such an extent they shouldn't have time off for lunch and therefore should be fed by the feeding machine and two, turns eating into another process to make work more efficient hence benefiting the city itself and alienating the people who make up the city.
The two examples of the workers in the factory and the feeding machine both suggest that modernity dehumanizes the individuals and attempts to collapse dominating humans over machines.
Charlie similarly, while working in the factory attempts to do "machine volt acts". These acts portray the dehumanization of the workers in the factory and create a resemblance between the workers and machines. One could propose from these symbolic acts that the workers adopting machine like characteristics represent a vast urban system sucking in the workers and throwing them out again when they are not needed anymore.
Although 'modern times' has so far represented a pessimistic, disapproving picture of the city, it more importantly, stresses the importance of individualism and the idea of the crowd being a 'safe haven' for its people.
The scene depicting a 'flock of sheep' has two very important connotations and suggest many conflicting ideas about the city. One idea identifies the flock of sheep as a crowd comfortable with its environment. This emphasizes that being in a crowd provides a sense of belonging and comfort to individuals. This comfortable surroundings is easy to be part off and can henceforth create feelings of togetherness and security. De Certeau describes the masses as "walkers- wandersmaenner whose bodes follow the thicks and thins of urban text they write without being able to read it." The picture portrayed of the masses by De Certeau suggests the same idea presented in 'modern times' by the flock of sheep.
However, It is important to note that, individuals are the products of the city and the masses. This can be exemplified by the individual (one black sheep) in and amongst the crowd (all the white sheep). This brings a completely new meaning to the picture. The black sheep stands out from the flock. It cannot integrate entirely because it is different in colour to the rest of the sheep. This indicates that there is some difference in the crowd. Charlie Chaplin is that black sheep in 'Modern times'. He is the individual in the masses.
Charlie Chaplin never really fits in. Charlie's walk is described as a pedestrian speech act. From the very beginning of the film, Charlie's peculiar walk is seen as different and confirmative. The way Charlie occupies the space of the city represents individuality trying to find his own voice.
Similarly, Charlie Chaplin becomes the leader of the communist rally. This was by accident and he was never really part of the crowded rally from the beginning. This scene also emphasizes that the masses produced this one individual (Chaplin) who was regarded as a communist leader and as a result of being part of an individualistic group protesting against communism, Charlie was put into jail.
Charlie occupies many different identities in 'modern times' and it is the city, which changes his identities. He is regarded as an outsider inside the city.
'Modern times' paints two very different pictures of the city. One pictures illustrates machinery dehumanizing its workers while the other picture illustrates the comfort of the masses and the individuals, which shine among them.
However, looking at the whole picture, one can see that we can share the same space in the city without becoming our neighbours- we all have individualism
The exhibition 'Reckonings 2001' also explores modernity and urban life in the Redfern community. The ideas portrayed in the exhibition are fairly negative as a result of the poor attempts at reconciliation that have occurred over the past fifty years. "Words don't work for us anymore because we have had to continually fight to survive the tyranny that has come with so many 'action' words". This quote was stated by Rea who was one of the collaborators of the exhibition. She strongly portrays through her various arts works how cruel the city can be if you are considered an outsider- they don't quite fit in.
Reconciliation is another issue that is powerfully illustrated throughout the exhibition. Rea interprets reconciliation to be a "big long line of white words that have caused all indigenous Australians to live each day, since invasion with indescribable amounts of pain and grief and loss".
The children of Redfern community did live in grief. They remained in their own community and could only find a small amount of comfort in the small school that they attended and in the little Lebanese shop down the road. This was the only suburb where she wasn't called an abo'.
'Reckonings' reflects on memories such as Rea's and emphasis that her community was never accepted into the 'crowd' because of the people living there- Aborigines, Lebanese and Greeks.
Similarly, 'Reckonings' re-images the place that was once known an "abo's ville" and attempts to answer questions such as "why is Redfern such as dangerous area?"
One of the exhibits in "Reckonings" consists of a six brightly coloured measuring sticks.
These measuring sticks represent different cultures and maximize one's communicative abilities. The measuring sticks can be seen as a warning tool for the disinterested and the indifferent in society, to reflect, to stop and think and to go back and forward. By this, it should be understood that the unknown must be addressed, and more importantly, for reconciliation to occur and the Redfern/city area to be once again seen as a more positive and inviting place we must address the hidden past of betrayal and adversity.
Similarly, Saad, Lewis and Jones', Oyster exhibit that consists of piles of oysters and bricks, question the very foundations of this city and more importantly of this nation. "For thousands of years the "Eora Gadigal" people used oysters as a sustainable exchange between nature and culture". In the process of building the colonial city of Sydney, Oyster shells were fired up and turned into lime powder to cement the cities foundations. As a result, a new form of occupation was inscribed over the landscape, which exploited and destroyed the land and its native peoples. This is a collective reflection and recognition of the history of Sydney, which reminds us that any claim of rights and ownership can have no legitimacy without the acknowledgment of the original owners of the land and their sufferings.
The 'Reckonings' exhibition captures the past memories of a futile, gray scale Redfern, where "reconciliation was just a dream and hatred towards the unfamiliar was reality" and in turn, redefines this area and community with colour, light, evocative images, and a lush landscape to bring reckonings of past and present to the 'masses' (the rest of Sydney).
At a first momentary look, both the quote from "walking in the city" and "Modern times" perceives the city to be a happy place for the crowds. It emphasizes the busy rush in the urban world and most importantly, the creation of the individual and the consequences that occur when you are that person who doesn't quite fit in.
Similarly, "Reckonings" perceives the city to be a negative place where outsiders cannot fit in and dreams of freedom are merely distant visions.
When it comes to study both these texts together, they seem so different, however they are not. They both represent the same picture- that being, a picture of a big city with a crowd which, on one hand creates the individual but on the other, attempts to swallow them up into the masses.
Similarly, all three texts communicate and suggest to the reader that it is hard the remain an individual in the city but if one is- and does not quite fit into the big urban mass then the individual may experience the gray, negative side to the city
In conclusion, by comparing "walking in the city", "Modern Times" and "Reckonings", they all suggest to the reader that without the busy, buzzing city life, one would only see the world in black and white. But wouldn't life be dull without colour.
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Spotlight On...Sean Pollock
Name: Sean Pollock
Hometown: Mountain Lakes, New Jersey
Education: Ithaca College, National Theatre Institute
Favorite Credits: That's so tough! I worked on like, six shows in a row this summer that were all fantastic so I'll just do my most recent ones so no one feels left out. I just finished up a one woman show I wrote called Jellybean Junkyard with Playlight Theatre Company at Under St. Marks directed by Colleen Hughes which was without a doubt, one of the most challenging projects I've done to date--and before that I designed costumes for the delightfully absurd Curse Of The Babywoman by Mike Wirsch and directed by Olivia Hartle at NYC Fringe which was pretty awesome.
Why theater?: As cliche as it is, there's just something so thrilling about a really authentic live performance. I believe when the right moments are cultivated on stage, theatre should feel like a living painting. When an audience can tap into a magical moment happening before them, it can be utterly transformative. For me theater is kinda like pizza: even when it sucks, it's still pretty freaking good.
Tell us about Hazelwood Jr. High: The show is based on the Shanda Sharer case in 1991 in Madison, Indiana. The plot follows Shanda, a new girl at Hazelwood Jr. High who finds herself in the middle of a love triangle between two older girls and things just go way out of control, and one girl ends up murdering Shanda out of jealousy and rage. I keep likening the play to Into The Woods. The first half is relatively light and carefree and characters making reckless decisions--and in the second half the characters are forced to grapple with the consequences of their actions. It's essentially a heightened docu-drama, since so much of the text is pulled from real notes and diary entries the girls wrote to one another. What the play does so well is capture the essence of what its like being that age. In a weird way, going to high school in the south as a gay teen I see a lot of myself in these girls. And my actors are exceptionally smart, which comes in handy when you're trying to bring and recreate real people like Hazelwood is. This is also the first revival of the production in NYC since the original at The New Group in 1998 which is super exciting--and we're bringing it back in style. It's going to be an immersive site specific production where the audience travels in between rooms (though audience interaction is discourage) and navigate themselves through the girl's' world.
What inspired you to direct Hazelwood Jr. High?: This has been a passion project of mine for a while. Through stalking the wikipedia page of Chloe Sevigny (Sevigny played Laurie in the original production) I read the play was so disturbing it made her go back to church. So naturally the horror and true crime geek in me was like, I have to read this play. I proceeded to fall in love with it and pitched it to a billion theatre companies which all said no until Cupcake Lady Productions finally took a chance on this play that's dark as soot. Laura, the managing director and Rich, the Artistic Director are some of the kindest most wonderful people in the biz. And they're cute and funny, which helps. I would be remiss if I left out Sean Morris who's my AD/SM, who has been a huge guiding hand in sculpting my vision for the piece. The original was done at PS 122 which used to be a high school auditorium, and I was so obsessed with trying to finally get my hands dirty with some new site-specific work that I refused to do it in a traditional proscenium theatre. And here we are, doing this crazy immersive thing. It's really exciting.
What kind of theater speaks to you? What or who inspires you as an artist?: I love so many different kinds of theatre: horror theatre, science fiction theatre, musical theatre, site specific theatre...Ironically, realism in theatre tends not to interest me--and yet here I am working on this hyper realistic play. But there is also another side of me that loves true crime, non fiction and autobiographical stuff. I love it when people just straight up tell the truth. That being said I don't believe any theatre can be as truthful as the daring, provocative, smart and sexy Neo Futurists. I'm high-key obsessed with them. They're my favorite theatre company in the city: I've seen Too Much Light Makes The Baby Go Blind like, four times--which in comparison to most diehard fans is nothing. The art of Neo Futurism is just be yourself on stage, doing what reflects you in that moment. There is no acting, only doing. It's so simple, it's brilliant. It's part docu theatre, part absurdist, part dada, part touching, part sadness, part hilarious--but it's also just the naked truth. No barriers, just pure honesty. Everytime I see Too Much Light I'm so inspired and happy to be living on the same planet breathing the same air as the Neo Futurists. They're the bomb.com. Also, I tend to be a very goofy person so I love absurdism and things that go really out there. I'm also a very dark weird person with a very dry sense of humor, so plays with gritty subject matter I'm always kinda drawn to as well. I'm also a huge fan of theatre that doesn't revolve around straight white people having family problems or falling in love. I tend to like plays that don't use those conventions more than I tend to like plays that do.
If you could work with anyone you've yet to work with, who would it be?: Well, the Neos are definitely up there but although he's not a theatre artist (yet!) John Waters is my idol and I would sacrifice a finger to work with him. David Macke and Daniel Talbott are some of the coolest guys I've gotten to know recently, and working with at least one of them is at the tippy top of my list. Lastly my playwriting mentor/artist extraordinaire Saviana Stanescu and I have never formally worked together and she's so talented that if she asked me to go to Mars, colonize it, leave everything behind and make plays all day I would do it without even thinking twice that's how badly I want to work with her.
What show have you recommended to your friends?: Even though it just closed, I saw Josh Gelb's The Black Crook and it was so much fun. So if he ever remounts it again, everyone should see it because it's so worth it. I've been really trying to see more indie shows and support my fellow artists more because they deserve my money more than bigger houses do, which means a lot of the shows I see have shorter runs unfortunately.
Who would play you in a movie about yourself and what would it be called?: "We Gotta Work With What We Got": The Sean Pollock Story. The tagline would be like, "The story of one man who could never get his sh*t together". I think Amanda Bynes should play me. We act very similar.
If you could go back in time and see any play or musical you missed, what would it be?: This is really, really hard. My answer on this changes on a day-to-day basis, but what I wouldn't give to see the original production of Rocky Horror at the Royal Court Theatre in London in 1973. Could you imagine how crazy that must've been?
What's your biggest guilty pleasure?: Eavesdropping on people on the subway or on the streets like a nosey weirdo. Especially when they're fighting. Love that raw slice-of-life kind of stuff.
If you weren't working in theater, you would be _____?: Richer, probably. Probably a journalist of some kind. I love Lisa Ling and documentaries, so something in that realm. I have a huge amount of respect for people who go to ridiculous lengths to tell the truth.
What's up next?: I'm co-directing a devised Theatre Of Cruelty production of Silent Night Bloody Night (based on the 1971 Christmas slasher film) with Drew Weinstein as a co production with One And Done Productions and the Blood Brothers present...on December 10th at the Hive. Hazelwood Jr. High plays November 11, 12, 13, 18, 19, 20 (11 & 18 at 8pm, 12, 13, 19, 20 at 7:30) at Mayday Space 2nd Floor Classrooms at 176 St. Nicholas Ave. Suggested donation of $10. Proceeds to benefit the Ali Forney Center. Hazelwood Jr. High is presented with permission from Samuel French, Inc.
For more on Sean, visit www.seanpollock.net. For more on Cupcake Lady Productions, visit www.cupcakeladyproductions.com
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Movie Review: Stallone is back on the beat with "Backtrace"
Posted on December 7, 2018	by rogerinorlando
We all have trouble managing that post-"Time to join AARP" card in the mail transition. The problem is magnified if you're a brand name action star. "Aging gracefully" is rarely in the (AARP) cards.
At 72, no amount of Human Growth Hormone is going to render Sylvester Stallone a convincing "I still got it" boxer, or police detective. Aged vigilante like Bruce Willis in "Death Wish?" Sure. Police chief or police captain, any number of authority figure roles? Give him the same shot at those that you're giving Schwarzenegger.
He's finally let go of Rocky Balboa, but there's no reason he should quit work if he doesn't want to. It's just a question of how you bill him, where you cast him and how much he can still command in salary.
All of which come to a head in "Backtrace," a Georgia tax breaks film project that has two big names — Stallone and Matthew Modine — and a hunky TV star (Ryan Guzman) in a supporting role, but top billed in the credits.
It's basically a Matthew Modine movie, casting the white-haired 50something star of "Full Metal Jacket" and recently, "Stranger Things," as the lone survivor of a big bank job, kidnapped from prison to recover his loot, chased by Stallone's long-in-the-tooth Savannah police detective.
But how can you sell that to viewers under 60? So, Guzman's film it is.
"Backtrace" opens with a heist gone wrong — murderous double crosses, a shootout in the coastal swamp forest outside of town. Mac (Modine) is a LOT older than the other hoodlums in his gang, but he's the only survivor — with a catch. He took a shot to the head and has lost all his memory.
"If I have to go to prison, I'd like to know why."
Too bad. To prison he goes, and seven years later, Det. Sykes (Stallone) and Savannah PD are no closer to "solving" the case (double-crossers made off with some of the money, murdering Mac's gang to get it) or recovering the missing millions.
That's when Lucas (Guzman) sidles up to Mac in the hospital cafeteria and offers to get him out. As Mac will never see freedom, thanks to his sentence, he grabs the deal even though he doesn't remember anything that would be of use to his "rescuers."
Not to worry. Lucas and Erin (Meadow Williams) and Farren (Tyler Jon Olson) got their hands on some new memory-jogging truth serum. A few treatments and Mac will remember all, right?
Christopher McDonald shows up as a Fed ready to take over the case (which the Feds would have managed the day the original bank robbery happened) with a "Captain…I'll expect full cooperation from your department."
It's not the first trite screenwriting cliche here. That might be "Nobody GETS HURT. THAT was the deal!" which came right after the opening credits. And it's not the last.
There are laughs aplenty in the dialogue, which has several characters spout nonsensical lines — "You told me the title was clear," Lucas says to Erin when the cops snoop around the repossessed "safe house" where they have Mac stashed.
A car has a title, Mr. Guzman. A house requires a deed. Guzman has so many of these boners you wonder if the screenwriter hated him.
A police dispatcher speaks of Savannah's Deep South Interstates in LA Traffic Reporter terms.
"He just turned onto 'The 95!'"
Technically, the memory-jogging sequences — tortuous injections followed by first person POV flashbacks — hazy, the way memory is always treated in the movies — are professionally rendered.
But the crooks trying to get to that loot are only marginally more interesting than the cops pursuing them. And neither half of the story has any urgency to it.
Stallone scowls, delivers a little gravitas and spars with the interloping Feds. But he can't hide the fact that he's biding his time for the final shootout.
Modine has the most to play and does what he can with this conflicted guy whose bad man past is a memory he maybe doesn't want back.
Guzman? Well, he looks good in a beard.
So what DO you do with a 72 year old action star who has lost a step or two, if not his growl? Not this.
MPAA Rating: R for violence and some language
Cast: Sylvester Stallone, Matthew Modine, Ryan Guzman, Meadow Williams, Christopher McDonald
Credits: Directed by Brian A. Miller, script by Mike Maples. A Lionsgate release.


After a two-day extravaganza, the winners of the Saboteur Awards 2018 were finally announced. A huge thank you to our volunteers, our venues, and our sponsors – Sacred Gin and the Arts Council. Without further ado, results below!


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Konkurransetilsynet > News > Blocks Prosafe's acquisition of Floatel
Blocks Prosafe's acquisition of Floatel
The Norwegian Competition Authority prohibits accommodation vessel operator Prosafe from acquiring Floatel. The Authority is of the opinion that the merger would lead to increased prices for customers of offshore accommodation services.
The transaction involves the two largest and closest competitors on the Norwegian market for offshore accommodation services. The Competition Authority's decision was sent to the parties today.
– The Competition Authority is obliged to prohibit acquisitions that harm competition. We fear that buyers of accommodation services on the Norwegian continental shelf would have few or no competing suppliers in future tenders if the merger was allowed to proceed, says Director General Lars Sørgard.
Prosafe and Floatel are the only suppliers of modern semi-submersible accommodation units on the Norwegian continental shelf. Accommodation units offered by other suppliers on the Norwegian continental shelf are not fully comparable to those offered by the parties. Other suppliers are therefore not able to compete for all contracts.
– Prosafe and Floatel are the two largest players on the market and there are few alternative suppliers. The Competition Authority is of the opinion that the parties only to a limited extent meet competition from other players, says Sørgard.
Future demand
Demand for offshore accommodation services has fallen since the fall in oil prices in 2014.
The parties claim that absent the merger the current level of supply of offshore accommodation services would not be maintained.
The Competition Authority has in the course of its investigation collected substantial information from the parties, customers and other market players.
– According to our market investigation, there will be a demand for offshore accommodation services in the coming years. The investigation has not revealed any convincing evidence suggesting that Prosafe and/or Floatel will withdraw from the Norwegian market if the merger is disallowed, says Deputy Director Marita Skjæveland.
– Our assessment is that the parties will continue to compete for future contracts on the Norwegian continental shelf in absence of the merger, she says.
During the investigation, Prosafe proposed remedies with a view to remove the negative effects on competition that would result from the merger. However, these remedies were not sufficient to eliminate the competition concerns identified by the Authority.
The Authority's decision can be appealed to the Competition Tribunal within three weeks.
Lars Sørgard, Director general.
Marita Skjæveland, Deputy Director.
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I am currently finishing my degree in Environmental Science with a focal area in Mathematics from North Carolina State University. I have been fortunate enough to grow up and live on the coast the majority of my life. Originally from New Jersey, I moved to the Outer Banks when I was very young. I am an avid surfer and love doing anything physical and outdoors. I started to grow passionate about water quality and environmental sustainability during my studies at NCSU. I look forward to learning more about ways to improve coastal water quality and assisting with the update of the Low Impact Development (LID) Manual for the Town of Nags Head as part of this internship.


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Study: People Check Their Cell Phones Every Six Minutes, 150 Times A Day
By Stephen Willard
While it seems as if people are constantly on their smartphones, it may not be so far from the truth, as new research suggests that people, on average, check their phones every six-and-a-half minutes.
The study, commissioned by Nokia, found that the first thing that most people do is check their phones, as many people use their phones as alarms.
The research also showed that most people look at their phone right before bed, to set alarms, check messages and put it on silent.
It doesn't take a genius to see how prevalent phone use is in between, as you're more than likely to see someone on theirs while in public.
In the 16 hours awake per day, the average person checks his or her phone a whopping 150 times.
This isn't just reserved for smartphone users, however, as people with less sophisticated phones are also just as likely to check their phones frequently.
It's time to unplug, smile at the person across from you on the train and have a face to face conversation. You never know what could come from it...
Hugh Everett | Elite.


Ask fellow campers about "Chestnut Ridge Park & Campground" and nearby attractions.
We stayed one night on our way to NY. The grounds were neat and clean. The eight pull-through sites did not have sewer. There were bees inside the electric box when we hooked up. The 30 amp electric tripped when we ran the microwave and coffee pot in the morning. There were some low hanging branches on one side of the road going out. We would not stay here again. We camped at Chestnut Ridge Park & Campground in a Motorhome.
Traveling on the I-80 we needed an overnight spot and this was perfect. Beautifully kept large grassy park with a lake and facilities to large gatherings, spots for long-term visitors, and a large grassy field for pull through overnighters like us. Perfect. Lots of elbow room and a friendly staff. The owners are working to improve the park and decided to not sell it to developers and keep it as a park. What a good thing. The WiFi doesn't work on site but our Verizon phone worked good and satellite TV on the roof came through so we were happy. We were charged $25 but asked that if we used our AC to come back to the office and pay another $5. That was fair. We will certainly stay here again for a night or two if traveling though the area. We camped at Chestnut Ridge Park & Campground in a Motorhome.
Lovely setting and friendly host. This was an excellent, quiet setting for an overnight stay in one of their pull thrus. The water and electricity functioned properly. We enjoyed our stay. We camped at Chestnut Ridge Park & Campground in a Travel Trailer.
They only have 39 sites with full hookups. They were rented to extended stay folks and none of them seemed to be there. This is a park like atmosphere with activities that would be found at a private lake. The poor rating is based upon the decline to use the dump station, and the worthless bath house facilities. I was told to use the dump station at Flying J truck stop back at the interstate because it was free. The bath house was made from old non stained wood and was black from water stain inside. You pulled on a chain and received cold water out of a pipe without a shower head on it. The floor was bare concrete that had not been cleaned in forever. There was an old locker in the entrance that has an animal nest in the bottom, where some kind of creature had spent the winter. It had not been cleaned in years. If you just want to stop and stay the night with water and electric, using your own self contained bathroom, this would be all right. The grass was mowed and the lake was a nice touch. We camped at Chestnut Ridge Park & Campground in a Travel Trailer.
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Since the 1980s, three-dimensional (3D) medical printing and bioprinting technologies have been influencing almost every aspect of the human life. Most people are, however, surprised at the kind of impact additive printing is having in the field of medicine. The technology is helping diagnose and treat complex illnesses ranging from cancer and heart disease to arthritis and infections. In recent months, several innovative 3D tools have also been created to overcome obesity. More than two-thirds of adults in the United States are obese or overweight. The prevalence of obesity has doubled in children and quadrupled in adolescents in the last 30 years. This has increased the risk of Type II diabetes, cancer and other serious conditions in men and women of all ages and abilities. Both government agencies and nonprofit organizations have spent millions of dollars creating awareness about the issue. Consequently, many people now understand the importance of healthy diet and exercise. They, however, lack resources that will help them accomplish such goals. Physicians are also looking for tools that will assist them in treating morbid obesity more effectively. Thankfully, 3D printing technology is offering some novel solutions to everyone, and researchers believe that it will ultimately bolster the efforts aimed at reducing weight and enhancing fitness levels. Liposuction Tools BioSculpture Technology, under the leadership of New York Downtown Hospitals and the Presbyterian New York affiliated plastic surgeon Robert Cucin, is relying on 3D printing to develop an innovative line of surgical instruments to perform liposuction. The technology is also allowing surgeons to create exact replicas of the patient's organs and practice the procedure before the actual intervention. Together, these products are making liposuction more accessible and safe. Liposuction is an invasive procedure that involves removal of excess fat from various parts of the body and is commonly used treat obesity. Close to 400,000 people underwent this surgery in 2015, as per the American Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery. Tracking Devices Exertion Games Lab in Melbourne, Australia, has created a simple device that can print 3D models of the user's physical activity time, sleep time, and heart rate during the week to motivate and encourage them to set new challenges. Unlike smartphones and pedometers, the Exertion Games Lab device caters to the needs of children as it helps them grasp complex fitness-related information with ease. Children can also hold these models in their hands and share their enthusiasm with their peers. The Potential These examples just form the tip of the iceberg. The impact of 3D printing on the fight against obesity is expected to go beyond creating mechanical devices and surgical instruments. Tamara Nair, a Research Fellow at the Centre for Non-traditional Security (NTS) Studies in the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies (RSIS), believes that the technology can also be used to create food products with higher nutritional value. Such foods may help obese and overweight individuals manage calorie intake according to their activity level. The 3D printing technology can also make nutritious foods more palatable, says Nair. These potential benefits may appear like science fiction to some readers. Nonetheless, if the recent advances in the 3D printing and bioprinting technologies are anything to go by, they may turn into reality very soon.


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By M. David Green
Scrum Artifacts: Product Increment
The following is an extract from our book, Scrum: Novice to Ninja, written by M. David Green. Copies are sold in stores worldwide, or you can buy it in ebook form here.
The final artifact of scrum is the actual product increment as it exists at the end of a sprint, with all of the stories in that sprint which met the definition of done incorporated. At the end of each sprint, the completed features that were worked on should be added to the product for the sprint demo. At that point, the product itself is an artifact of the scrum process.
A goal of the scrum process is to develop features in such a way that the product is in a completed state at the end of every sprint, so it could be released, demonstrated to clients for feedback, or used as a tool for testing. While it's not mandatory for an organization to release the product according to the schedule of scrum, this goal allows the state of the product to be part of the iterative process of development, testing, evaluation, and innovation that scrum encourages.
Ownership of the product increments should belong to the release engineers in most organizations, and should be fully available to the product owner. For web and mobile projects, often the product increment is a live demo branch of the product, maintained in a secure but accessible location.
For teams doing continuous integration, the live site may always reflect the latest work done by the team. In these cases, the public site or app will be the product increment.
These are a lot of new terms to become familiar with, but getting comfortable with the names and features of the scrum artifacts is a good place to start when learning about scrum. In this chapter, we've gone over stories, product backlogs, sprint backlogs, scrum boards, definitions of done, velocity charts, burndown charts, and product increments. And with that, we've covered the mechanics of scrum for web and mobile development!
Now that we have a handle on the roles, rituals, and artifacts of scrum, it's time for us to take a look at the scrum contract. What is someone agreeing to when they start to work as part of a scrum team? What does it mean to work transparently? How does iterative improvement change the way we approach problem solving? We'll be discussing all these issues and more in the next section.
M. David Green
I've worked as a Web Engineer, Writer, Communications Manager, and Marketing Director at companies such as Apple, Salon.com, StumbleUpon, and Moovweb. My research into the Social Science of Telecommunications at UC Berkeley, and while earning MBA in Organizational Behavior, showed me that the human instinct to network is vital enough to thrive in any medium that allows one person to connect to another.
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Farmville is a mix-use building conceived for a specific program that could (and did) change during time. The project is the outcome of a competition won by AND-RÉ in 2010. At the time the project brief described a mix-use program that included the Agricultural Cooperative administration building, an Incubator for design start-ups, 10 houses for designers and artistic residences, shops, a Biological Market, restaurant, bar and an two level underground parking.
The proposal aimed for a contemporary identity based in vernacular references translated to the design in the form of the icon archetype shape, thus promoting recognition and identification by collective memory. The separations between buildings open the building to the city, allowing pedestrian crossings and transversal permeability that ensures urban and social experiences of proximity.
The structural independence of the volumes allow future flexibility suited to contemporary programmatic uncertainty. The buildings are conceived as time resistant, longstanding envelopes. Like concrete shells, with zinc cladding, the resistant hull is extruded in the shape of the tilted roof archetype section. The interior allows a flexible space by the absence of pilars or structural elements. This way, the program is accomodated and divided in structural independent steel frame volumes, that ocuppy the interior void, and can be easly changed according to future needs.
When we, architects, are asked to conceive a building that will stand for, lets say, 100 years, we can antecipate that a program like the one on the brief, most certainly would become obsolete. Yet, an investment of millions can´t become so rapidly obsolete as the nature of the the program that it will acommodate in the first yers of the building life. Either we built temporary constructions, or we must have the responsability to create the strategy for the building to adapt to the unforseen and uncertain future program needs. In this case the program changed several times in the first years of the building life, naturaly accomodating new uses, adapting itself to changing needs, providing a shelter that will maintain its utility through time.
_ First image gallery: photos by Ricardo Oliveira Alves / 2018.
_ Second image gallery: photos by AND-RÉ / 2010.
_ Third image gallery: 3D competition images / 2010.


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Farewell, Bob Togasaki Back to Memorial Page
Bob Togasaki
Here's a memorial movie with photos from Bob Togasaki's life.
Born in San Francisco on Aug. 17, 1932 to Kikumatsu and Sugi Togasaki, Shinobu passed away peacefully at home in his sleep on Sept. 3, 2017.
He is survived by daughter Ann Togasaki, son John Togasaki (wife Nadja), and granddaughter Stefanie Togasaki.
He was predeceased by his wife, Toshiko, to whom he was married for 50 years.
He received a BS in Math at Duke University in 1954 and did post graduate work at Stanford 1954-56, where he completed most of the work for a PhD before accepting a job with IBM.
He worked for IBM (1956-1987) and H-P (1987-2004).
In addition to his work, Shinobu volunteered much of his time to organizations such as Friends Outside of San Jose (serving as president for a time) and the West Valley Chapter of the Japanese American Citizens League (where he often volunteered for the Daruma Festival).
He enjoyed playing tennis his whole life and got the whole family involved in the lifetime game. He also enjoyed playing the trumpet, piano, and trombone.
During his retirement, in addition to traveling with his wife, Toshiko, he enjoyed creating the perfect formulation of compost for plants.
Donations in lieu of flowers can be made in his memory to the "Japanese American Citizens League" (alz.org) or to the Alzheimers Association (https://jacl.org/donate/).
Bob and I occasionally got together to discuss technological and marketing issues and his perceptive insights and questions helped me learn a lot about observation, analysis and perspective in those areas. I missed those discussions after I left HP.


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Review: Landscape and Wonder (West Australian Symphony Orchestra)
Golijov's Three Songs for Soprano and Orchestra, with Sara Macliver as soloist, was the highlight of a wonderful concert that also featured music by Prokofiev and Sibelius.
Review: Queensland's Finest (Queensland Symphony Orchestra)
The QSO's Queensland's Finest program featured three of Queensland's brightest young classical artists – a composer, a conductor and a pianist – in a high quality and joyous program.
Dane Lam remembers Gianluigi Gelmetti
Dane Lam reflects on his time studying with Gianluigi Gelmetti Siena's Accademia Musicale Chigiana from 2003-06, and life as his assistant at the Sydney Symphony Orchestra.
Review: The Marriage of Figaro (Opera Queensland)
Mozart's glorious music wins the day in Opera Queensland's overly busy, contemporary interpretation of The Marriage of Figaro.
Review: Ode to Joy: Dane Lam Conducts Beethoven 9 (University of Queensland Vice-Chancellor's concert series)
The University of Queensland Music School reaches a new height of achievement with its performance of Beethoven's glorious Symphony No 9.
Review: La Clemenza di Tito (National Opera)
Canberra's new National Opera makes an impressive debut with a handsome production and some mouthwatering vocal artistry.
Australia's Great Dane
Based in London, Brisbane-born conductor Dane Lam had a diary full of international concerts, then COVID struck. He and his fiancée decided to return home – and it's turned out better than he ever dared hope.
Review: Jonny Greenwood & Saint-Saëns (Sydney Symphony Orchestra)
Dane Lam unveils Lyle Chan's new fanfare in a concert that spans chamber orchestra to organ symphony.
Review: Joyous Reminiscence (Adelaide Symphony Orchestra)
Welcome initiatives and fine music from the Adelaide Symphony Orchestra.
Review: QSO Favourites, Beethoven to Bolero (Queensland Symphony Orchestra)
QSO's 2021 season opener sparkles like a champagne pop.