1. Right-click the Web Site Traffic Cube.
2. Select Browse Data from the context menu that appears.
After a "Retrieving the Cube Data" message briefly appears, we see the actual data presented in the Browser, as partially shown in Illustration 38.
3. Drag the Time dimension from the data slicing pane (the button atop, and to the upper left, in the Cube Browser) to drop over the IP Address row dimension in the Data Viewing pane.
The Time dimension, Year summary level, now appears in the rows, as shown in Illustration 39.
Let's delve a bit deeper into the data through the Time dimension, by drilling down on the Years we see summarized.
4. Double-click the Year column label.
Years 2002 and 2003 are expanded, displaying monthly summaries of site interactions as depicted in Illustration 40.
Let's see what we can find out about the visitors themselves using the Cube Browser. We will nest the Source dimension within the Time dimension, meaning that it will share the row axis and allow further subanalysis of Time. The end result will be to give us a picture of interaction counts, by Month, by Visitor IP Address, at the lowest level of the display.
5. Drag the Source dimension button from the data slicing pane, to the right of the Month column, placing the cursor over the "white space" of the Measures column.
The cursor becomes a ghost-like icon, similar to that shown in Illustration 41, at the "drop point."
6. Release the mouse to drop the Source dimension within the rows axis.
The Source dimension appears nested within the Month levels of the Time dimension, all in the rows axis of the display, as partially shown (the representative month of August 2002) in Illustration 42.
Now we can use drillthrough to illustrate a means of investigating the values we see. Say we wish to see the detailed dates of interaction from a given IP Address (we'll use 137.144.139.74, which, as circled in Illustration 42 above, indicates a total of six interactions with the site during the month of August 2002).
7. Double-click on the value indicated above (the measure "6") to drill through to the source table details.
We are greeted with the details of the visits, directly from the source database table, that make up the total number of interactions (six) for IP Address 137.144.139.74, upon which we have drilled through, as depicted in Illustration 43.


If you haven't seen it already, here's the new Air New Zealand safety video featuring Bear Grylls, set in some gorgeous NZ scenery.
Couple of quotes from WILD INVITATION as we count down to the release date!
Grace's hand clenched on the edge of the door. "Mine?"
"You did challenge me tonight."
"Don't be a liar now." A slow tease. "I got the message."
- from "Declaration of Courtship"
Cupping her cheek, he bent his head until their foreheads touched. "I'm sorry--I know I'm being difficult," he said, and it was a comment heavy with things unspoken.
- from "Texture of Intimacy"
I was part of a great panel with chef Sarah Turpitt at the Hamilton Gardens Arts Festival yesterday (in Hamilton, New Zealand). The session was chaired by the lovely Denise Irvine, and held in the Indian Char Bagh Garden.
ARCs, Audiobook Sale, Psy-Changeling Readalong, and Reading Romance!
So much goodness to share today!
My agent, Nephele Tempest, is giving away two ARCs of WILD INVITATION. The giveaway ends Monday, so enter quickly! Full details on her blog.
The Psy-Changeling Readalong is in progress at Literary Escapism, with the discussion for SLAVE TO SENSATION posted today. (It does contain major spoilers, so I suggest not reading the post until you've read the book). If you've read the book, or would like to refresh yourself on it, swing by and join in the discussion!
And last, but not least, over on Twitter, we're discussing why we read romance. I said "Because no matter what, there is always hope".
What about you? Why do you read romance?
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First, some info: The February newsletter will go out Tuesday morning (U.S. time), and will include a Guild Hunter short story. I'll post up a note once it's been sent, so please check here first if you haven't received your copy.
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I did a TV interview last week (more details to come once the piece has been scheduled), and was asked if I could do some writing for a few shots. I started doodling randomly – and this fun little story is what emerged.
Note for aspiring writers: I did do some editing on this vignette to smooth out the original rough draft, fix typos etc. Editing is crucial, no matter how short or long the piece.
I hope you enjoy this foray into the Psy-Changeling world!
Hawke walked down the corridor, well aware he was being followed by stealthy little wolf paws—or paws that were trying to be stealthy in any case. Inside him, the wild predator who was his other half opened its mouth in a wolfish grin.
"She's just jealous because girls aren't invited." Grinning, he continued down the corridor, accompanied by the clicking of tiny claws on the stone of the den floor. They hesitated when he turned toward his own office and he could almost feel the keen disappointment that colored the air.
Popping in quickly, he grabbed his sleek black sat phone and walked out again, careful to keep his back to the tracker on his trail.The little paws scampered to keep up with him, stopping only when he ran into Riaz.
As they talked Pack business, Hawke was very aware of sharp little wolf ears listening in. Once he and Riaz were done, he carried on down the corridor and to one of the exits into the White Zone, the safe play area directly outside the den. Heading to the trees, he stashed his phone in his jeans, stripped, and shifted into his wolf form.
The paws behind him ran to follow as he shook his body to settle his new skin, the silver-gold of his fur rippling, then loped deeper into the forest. Aware the little tracker wouldn't be able to keep up with even a fraction of his adult speed, he kept his pace at one the other wolf could maintain.
Stopping at the edge of the waterfall nearest the den, he looked down at the froth of water, and after a moment, the owner of the stealthy paws padded up to stand beside him. The pup hadn't yet gained his adult color, was still a soft brown as he leaned his body against Hawke's, his small heart beating faster than an adult's.
Hawke growled a greeting before returning his gaze to the water.
When he turned away from the crashing fall after several minutes, the pup fell in with him as they ran the short distance back to the den. Shifting to human form, Hawke pulled on his jeans and watched the pup change in a show of light and color. A little boy stood in front of him seconds later.
"Okay. 'Bye!" Waving vigorously, Ben ran toward the doorway to the den, shifting halfway through into his pup form. Hawke's smile grew deeper. No doubt, someone else would soon find themselves "stalkeded".
Before we kick off the Friday Book Club, I have some info to share with you. First of all, for readers in Hamilton, New Zealand, I'll be appearing in the Hamilton Gardens Arts Festival.
If you'd like to discuss the Psy/Changeling series, Casey and Courtney from the Literary Escapism blog are doing a readalong of the series as they count down to HEART OF OBSIDIAN and inviting other readers to join in the conversation.
Even if you've already read the books, you might enjoy the discussion.
Just for fun, I've illustrated this blog post with a number of STS covers from around the world. Which one's your favorite?
And now the book club! What are you reading and loving this week?
Today's a catch-up day for me. Lots of small tasks that need to be cleared away before I can dive back into Archangel's Legion. I hope you're all having a fabulous week. What're you up to?
Psy/Changeling #12 Cover & Title Reveal!!
How much do I love this cover? Oh, let me count the ways!! Love, love, LOVE!!! Huge thanks to the brilliant people behind it!
Don't forget, the next Psy/Changeling relelease is WILD INVITATION in March! Excerpts from all four novellas now available on the website.


Update: We've warned you about a fast-spreading phishing text scam that looks incredibly believable, but it's not really coming from Apple. Read all the details below. But, before you do, here's a new warning from cybersecurity experts.
Make sure you carefully read the URL address in the text. It's not from Apple. It will most likely says something like, AppleIDLogin.com or SupportAtApple.com. Do not click on any link if you're not 100% sure who sent it.
Apple says: "Never send credit card information, account passwords, or extensive personal information in [a text] unless you verify that the recipient is who they claim to be."
Here's the original story: A brand new scam is going around that's targeting Apple users. Reports are coming in about a text message popping up that's actually a phishing tactic.
The message claims to be from Apple Inc., and informs users that their Apple ID is about to expire. But this message is fake and if you've received it you should immediately delete it.
Those who have fallen for the scam have been tricked into handing over the login details of their actual Apple ID account. The message addresses them by name, and says: "Your Apple ID is due to be expire today. Prevent this by confirming your Apple ID at [link] - Apple Inc."
Next page: But how do I know if it's a scam?
What will you do when Microsoft kills off the free Windows 10 upgrade this summer?


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(7014) Nietzsche es un asteroide perteneciente al cinturón de asteroides descubierto el 3 de abril de 1989 por Eric Walter Elst desde el Observatorio de La Silla, Chile.

Designación y nombre
Nietzsche recibió inicialmente la designación de .
Más tarde, en 1997, se nombró en honor del filósofo alemán Friedrich Nietzsche (1844-1900).

Características orbitales
Nietzsche orbita a una distancia media del Sol de 2,255 ua, pudiendo acercarse hasta 1,845 ua y alejarse hasta 2,666 ua. Su inclinación orbital es 3,158 grados y la excentricidad 0,1821. Emplea en completar una órbita alrededor del Sol 1237 días. El movimiento de Nietzsche sobre el fondo estelar es de 0,291 grados por día.

Características físicas
La magnitud absoluta de Nietzsche es 13,6.

Véase también
 Lista de asteroides del (7001) al (7100)
 Cuerpo menor del sistema solar

Referencias

Enlaces externos

Asteroides del cinturón principal
Objetos astronómicos descubiertos por Eric Walter Elst
Objetos astronómicos descubiertos desde el Observatorio de La Silla
Objetos astronómicos descubiertos en 1989
Wikiproyecto:Asteroides/Artículos de asteroides

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Q: bing wallpapers I want to change my app background randomly, and I know that Bing has great collection of backgrounds.
Is there any API that contains the bing wallpapers, and lets me download them with some kind of API like rss, or something similar? I want a wide collection, and not just to download the daily one

A: I do not know about bing but, You can use flickr API Flicker

A: You can check Bing Homepage Gallery (http://www.bing.com/gallery/), which is the official website about wallpapers on Bing Homepage.
And you can crawl/parse this website to download all the images. For example, URL of thumbnail for the wallpaper of Mar 24, 2017 is --
http://az619519.vo.msecnd.net/files/GrebesChick_EN-US11292928738_320x180.jpg

Its download version is --
http://az608707.vo.msecnd.net/files/GrebesChick_EN-US11292928738_1920x1200.jpg

So the pattern is http://az608707.vo.msecnd.net/files/{}_1920x1200.jpg, and works for the rest images on that page.

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Barbara Cortina
Fine Art Consulting & Art Brokerage
Giuseppe Capogrossi at GNAM in Rome: a life journey to abstraction
From tomorrow September 20, the Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Moderna e Contemporanea in Rome pays a tribute to Italian artist Giuseppe Capogrossi (1900-1972), major figure of the Italian Twentieth Century Art, with an exhibition curated by Francesca Romana Morelli and promoted by Fondazione Archivio Capogrossi on the 50th anniversary of the artist's death.
The Italian institution owns the most important collection of the artist's works, from the figurative and tonal season of the 1930s to the iconic Superfici of the Informal period, a new production that was presented for the first time at the Galleria del Secolo in Rome in 1950.
At Galleria del Secolo he was introduced by his friend and fellow artist Corrado Cagli with whom Capogrossi had initially shared together with a third painter, Emanuele Cavalli, an important part of his professional journey as a figurative painter. But Capogrossi's vision of the arts has always been very rigorous, strictly based - as he himself would later recall in the margins of the exhibition of 1968 Recent Italian Painting & Sculpture at the Jewish Museum in New York - on line, form and colour.
We find the painter Cavalli protagonist as well as Capogrossi of the Self-portrait of 1927, a composition of extreme formal synthesis, dominated by the strong light contrast between the dark tones of Capogrossi's shirt in the foreground and the brighter tones of the faces and of the background. These were the years in which the artist, divided between the frequent travels to Paris and the participation in the Venice Biennale (1934 and 1936) and in the two Rome Quadriennale Exhibitions (1935 and 1939), focused on the tonal quality of the painting, in the chromatic impasto, arousing both approval and disapproval from the art critic of the time.
As explained by Giovanna Bonasegale in 2010, "Colour, bent to the needs of space, become in turn form and assumes a symbolic significance".
Giuseppe Capogrossi, Autoritratto con Emanuele Cavalli, 1927 circa. Private Collection
The following decade saw the artist at work with a greater expressive freedom on a few themes such as female figures, still lifes and landscapes. Decisive in the process of geometrization of form and progressive abandonment of figuration was a stay in Austria in 1949, the year in which the oil and tempera on cardboard Surface 028 was executed in Salzburg, where the zero is meant to be a rebirth, a tabula rasa, but above all a new formal classification.
Giuseppe Capogrossi, Le due chitarre (verso), 1948. Credit: Galleria Nazionale
So if previously was the colour, after the war is the sign to develop the painting's vocabulary, as a repeated and recognizable, but always varied, half-circle shape: vertically and tightly arranged such as in Superficie 419 of 1950 or later, wider and dynamic such as in the extraordinary Superficie 600 of 1960.
In 1954, Capogrossi was exhibited again at the Venice Biennale: a personal room with eighteen paintings from 1950 onwards and presentation by Michel Tapié.
1954 is also the year in which Capogrossi experiments with the oval format, according to the critic Fagiolo Dell'Arco a proof that "even an external datum such as the support can structurally enter into the figuration".
Giuseppe Capogrossi, Superficie 419, 1950. Private Collection
Giuseppe Capogrossi, Superficie 600, 1960. Credit: Galleria Nazionale
Surface 188 from 1957, today in a private collection, is oval as well: the painting belonged to the London based art critic Roland Penrose (1900 - 1984), painter, patron and art collector. One of the leading figures of the British Surrealist movement, Penrose was the owner of the London Gallery and founder of the Institute of Contemporary Arts (ICA) where in June 1957 Capogrossi exhibited twenty paintings, fostered by Carlo Cardazzo.
The brilliant Venetian gallerist, owner of Il Cavallino in Venice and Il Naviglio in Milan, signed at the time an exclusive contract with the artist and started the promotion and market of Capogrossi's production on an international level.
The exhibition closes with a room dedicated to the Rilievi bianchi, colourless white reliefs of the 1960s, and the famous tapestry Astratto (1963), designed for the cruise ship Michelangelo.
Roma/New York, 1953-1964 at David Zwirner
Luxury Papers: Ugo Zovetti Senior (1879-1974)
Art Market#10: Auction Record for Max Beckmann and Carla Accardi
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Winter Holiday is quickly approaching! Lincoln students will be on holiday for two weeks starting 22 December 2014. School resumes at the normal times on 05 January 2015. Please also note there is no Saturday school until 10 January.


A high level of brightness and even illumintion makes LEDUP a champion among illuminated displays. Set up decorative focal points or combine several modules for larger illuminated displays – both allow you to create sophisiticated mood elements, even in big rooms.
With just a few easy touches, an impressive appearance is guaranteed. Compact design and sophisticated cardboard carrier allow for optimal storage and transport of both components and digital prints.
The systems multi frame LEDUP consist of single modules in two widths 85 and 100 cm and two heights 200/202 (incl. base) and 245/247 cm (incl. base).
LEDUP consist of just seven parts and can be quickly assembled without tools. Digital prints are easily changed – thanks to silicon lip/edging.
By using an innovative, unique and tool-less interlock system the frame is set up within seconds. Take the parts out of the case and slide them together without tools. Attach the fabric panels – finished.
These frames will be delivered in parts in a re-usable cardboard transport box. This safes transport costs and packing material. Assemble the frame, connect driver and cables – plug it in and finished.
See the product video on the right side.
One profile – profile dimension (depth) 80 mm / 3.2" is used for this display frame.
LEDUP is surprisingly light weight. One display system incl. LED lighting WxH 100×200 cm / 39.4"x 78.8" weighs 8,7 kg / 18 lbs. including the eco-friendly re-useable cardboard packaging (size 28 x 11 x 115 cm – extractable to size 40 x 11 x 115 cm). Both, system and panels fit into the packaging.
We are "proud" – the LEDUP packaging was awarded with the RED DOT AWARD for packaging design 2018. As one out of 8600 design projects LEDUP packaging was chosen for this honour. We thank the RED DOT committee for this distinction.
The modular design of the LED modules allow us to back light almost any frame size with an even, bright light with no hot spots. The perfect combination of LED and lens guarantees the absolute even lighting and brightness without any shadows.
A simple and almost invisible connection system allows to create endless combinations of systems.
The ALL in ONE display system includes four different frame sizes packed in one rollable ABS hard case WxHxD 39 x 30 x 116 cm / 15.4"x 11.8"x 45.7" with special protective foam lining, giving you the flexibility to adjust the size of your display on the show or fair site. Transport weight approx. 29 kg / 64 lbs.
The unique bracing design (patent pending) together with the OSRAM LED technique holds the fabric panel tight for a flat panel with even lighting.
The video on the left shows some more details of these products.
The frame depth is 120 mm / 4.7". Using the Plug & Play light technique allows for a quick and easy set up.
ABS hardcase WxHxD 39x30x116 cm with special foam lining, wheels and handle.
These frames will be delivered in parts in an ABS transport case. This safes transport costs and packing material. Assemble the frame, connect driver and cables – plug it in and finished.
Multi frame counter one is a mobile counter including an LED backlit front (100×100 cm / 39.4"x 39.4"). One shelf is also included.
The system comes with a durable ABS transport case, measurements WxHxD 39 x 30 x 116 cm / 15.4"x 11.8"x 45.7" with a special foam lining, wheels and handle.
Measurements of the counter incl. bases/feet WxHxD 100×101,5 x48 cm / 39.4"x 39.8" x18.9", weight approx. 30 kg / 66 lbs.


Reading a great book this morning, I stumbled upon the concept of code construction as a distinct activity in a software development project. If you're involved in a lot of development projects like me, you probably spend some time during your projects thinking of ways to describe what you're doing. Having a great vocabulary on your specific trade can go a long way to making communication clearer and easier.
construction is mostly coding and debugging but also involves detailed design, construction planning, unit testing, integration, integration testing, and other activities.
When you think about it, that's an awful lot of pieces to read about, practice and become expert on. No wonder I find this such a unique reference to have on my shelf. So many other books are great on particular technology or language. Few that I've found concentrate on programming and what goes along with it in a generic way that can benefit you no matter whether you are writing code for SharePoint in C# or for the iPhone in Objective C.
If you want to read more about the construction part of software development, I highly recommend picking up this book. Project management, requirements, design and testing are all important parts of software development. However, without great construction none of the other pieces really matter anyway, do they?
My dog-eared copy of the original CC (ISBN 1-55615-484-4) has been a staple item on my desk since it came out around '93 and I think should be required reading for any dev. CC2 improves further on the concepts. Enjoy!!
Thanks so much for reading and sharing your experience. I wish I could say I had been referencing it since '93 but for me it's been more like 2003. I only recently upgraded to the second version.
Way cooler than saying 'programming' or 'engineering' – more of a chance for those not in the trade to understand as well.
Will have to check out that book. Thanks for sharing.
@Like it – thanks for reading! I agree code construction has a certain ring to it, doesn't it?
The 'Like it' was from Chad S – who not used to being anonymous, which is also liked.
@Chad S – you are a funny guy! I'm glad to hear SPS VB went well from reading your blog. I just renamed the Title field to Name and the Body field to Comment. Still playing around with customizing this out of the box SharePoint 2010 Blog.


I'm not sure if this is a bug, a feature, or just something that needs some tweaking, but currently, calendar items don't seem to be completely connected to the actual assignments or quizzes they indicate. Specifically, there have been times when I have changed a due date for an assignment or quiz in its respective area of Canvas, and in the calendar, the icon representing the actual event reflects that change. However, the separate calendar item icon does not, and still shows the old due date.
I like to use calendar items so that students can see when major upcoming assignments or quizzes will be due without making those items available at the beginning of the semester, but more than once, students have seen two different due dates for a given assignment in the calendar due to this disconnect, because I didn't think to go into the calendar and make sure its date reflected the changed due date. It seems odd that I can change the due date for an assignment by moving the calendar item in the calendar (or, for that matter, actually delete an assignment by deleting the calendar item), but I can't change the due date in the calendar item by changing it in Assignments. And once I turn the assignment on, I end up with two different icons in the calendar for the same Assignment.
I just now tried an experiment: First, I went into an upcoming calendar item and changed the start time on the day the assignment is due. Then I went into Assignments and looked at the list of assignments; there, Canvas now indicates that the assignment is not available until the same day that it's due. However, when I click to edit the assignment, it still shows that it was available beginning on the date I created it a month ago. Finally, I went back into the assignment itself and changed the due date to a day later. Now, in the calendar, the assignment icon has moved to the correct date, but the corresponding calendar item has not.
One final observation is that, when there is both an assignment icon and a calendar item icon for the same assignment, once the closing date for that assignment has passed, the assignment icon is both "grayed" out and crossed through, but the corresponding calendar item is not. If they both represent the same assignment, shouldn't they both reflect the status of that assignment?
So, aside from actual problems with calendar items, I need to ask: What's the best way to have these problems corrected? Is it enough that I've called attention to them in the Community, do I need to call Tech Support and report this as a bug, or is this something I need to propose as a votable item?
(1) Created an assignment "placeholder" on the Calendar. This only allows me to enter a due date, so I set it for October 26 (the time defaults to 11:59 pm). I did not publish this placeholder.
(2) Navigated to the course and found the assignment in my Assignments list.
(3) Clicked on the assignment to edit the settings, noting that no Available from or until dates appear (which is correct, as I did not and could not not enter any from the calendar).
(4) Changed the due date to October 27, without changing anything else.
(5) Navigated back to the Calendar. The assignment placeholder now appears on October 27.
And just in case the publication status of the assignment was a factor, I repeated the same steps, but this time I published the placeholder before proceeding with steps 2-5. In this scenario, the date moved on the calendar as one would expect.
In other words, unless I misunderstood what you've described, I can't replicate your experience.
So to answer your ultimate question, I think your best course of action is to report this to Canvas Support and have them look at it first before we continue to troubleshoot here. Generally speaking, calling attention to something in the Community is what you'd want to do after Canvas Support has had a look at the specifics surrounding your case to see if the feature is working properly or is indeed a bug. Once the case has gotten past that point the Community can help you decide how to proceed. Please submit a ticket or call support, and take a moment to update us on the outcome!
Hello, George, we haven't heard from you in a while. Has this conversation resolved the issue for you? For now, I'm going to mark this question as Assumed Answered--but if you have a moment to let us know what Canvas Support discovered, please share the results here.
I'm going to call this resolved, because it appears the calendar items were apparently never linked to the assignments they represented (I created them several semesters ago and have carried them over from term to term, updating the dates each time). In the future, I'm going to avoid using calendar items as much as possible. That being said, it would be great if there were a way to show upcoming assignments and exams in the calendar without actually assigning them. For instance, I would like my students to be able to see at the beginning of the semester when each of the exams in a given course are scheduled, but without having to actually create each exam and publish it in order for it to appear in the calendar. If I create a separate calendar item for it, then later publish the exam, but with a different due date than what the calendar item indicates, I have to remember to go back into the calendar and either delete the calendar item (now that the quiz itself shows up there), or change the due date on the calendar item. I don't know if there is any easy answer to this situation, but would love to know what others do in this situation.
George, when you refer to "calendar items," are you talking about placeholders for assignments or events? If you create an event on the course calendar, it does not link to any assessment item; it stands alone as an event--even if you call it Assignment 1 due today. So if you subsequently create an assignment called Assignment 1 due on that date, it will have no effect on the Assignment 1 event. Assignment placeholders should always be associated with their assignment shells; they should change their position on the calendar when you edit the due dates, and they should carry over upon course copy.


Arrange orange, lemon and lime slices in layers in 6-cup glass bowl, slightly overlapping the fruit slices in each layer. Sprinkle pomegranate seeds and extracts throughout the layers. Pour enough water into bowl to almost reach top of bowl. (For clear ice, boil the water first then let stand until cooled.).


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Script Coverage Chronicles – August 2018: Why New Writers Actually Have A Huge Advantage
New writers often think the industry is biased against them.
In some ways that's true. Film executives are risk averse and love the comfort of banking on a scribe who already has a hit at the box office.
But new writers have one big advantage that pros often find unavailable:
Writers on assignment don't get nearly as much time to write.
But You Get At Least Fourteen Weeks To Write A Screenplay On Assignment, Right?
Sometimes you do and sometimes you don't.
On several low-budget assignments for Lionsgate, I was asked to turn around an entire feature film script in less than a month. I'm not talking about the first draft. I'm talking about done – "heading into production" done. That's barely time to come up with one viable storyline and execute as quickly as possible.
It's not even close to the ideal way to write a screenplay.
Ideally, you take a month or more just to brainstorm ideas, and then you carefully construct a treatment, and then you get feedback on that treatment and revise, and then you take your time crafting a first draft, and then you get feedback on that draft, and you revise, and you rinse and repeat and repeat, until you have a finely polished feedback-vetted gem.
This process takes months and months, so when you see a movie written on assignment and think "that could have been better" spend a moment wondering if the credited writer was given even close to enough time.
A few years back, I was working with a very successful and influential producer and was asked to rewrite the outline for half a feature film in one night and then walk into a studio the next day to pitch it. It was nuts, but I wasn't about to say no to that request. There's no saying no.
And That's The Great News For New Screenwriters
You've got all the time in the world to write your spec.
You can go through every step of the creative process.
You can get feedback on your story so you know what's working and what isn't.
You can take the time to remove a story element that just isn't playing to readers.
You can revise again and again until every moment is perfect.
Revision Isn't Easy
It takes a ton of time. But if you're willing to put in the effort, you can put together a compelling script, and that achievement will be your key to the industry.
All it takes is one writing sample that really works.
And you can get representation.
And you can actually make your way in.
And Once You Make It:
You're going to have to write a lot faster, but that's a great problem to have.


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2K releases XCOM: Enemy Within on iOS, Android, and Fire OS Thanks to Support from Virtuos
Game co-development
Shanghai, China – December 1st 2014 – Virtuos is proud to have had the opportunity to portXCOM: Enemy Within to iOS, Android, and Fire OS for Firaxis with support from 2K China.
The port of XCOM: Enemy Within from console/PC to iOS, Android, and Fire OS signifies another notable milestone in Virtuos' Co-development track record. The mobile adaptation has achieved a Metacritic score of 93, ranking it among the most well received ports to mobile platforms to date. Enemy Within features the core gameplay of the original XCOM: Enemy Unknown, plus more exciting content such as:
• New Soldier Abilities
• New Weapons and Equipment
• New Enemy Threats
• New Strategic Resources
• New Story Elements
• New Multiplayer maps, units, and abilities
Last year Virtuos successfully provided porting support for XCOM: Enemy Unknown from console/PC to iOS, which went on to post a 91 point cumulative score on Metacritic (including 100% "Positive" marks), win the 2013 Golden Joystick Award for "Best Mobile/Tablet Game of the Year", and was runner up for Apple's "Best Game of 2013" on iTunes.
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So on multiplayer since I can not sleep I always pick cat eyes, but it is still super dark when I pick cat eyes, to where I can not really see what I am doing. I looked at two of my other friends screens that were playing with me and they did not have this problem even though they are next to me on the same server. I have my brightness turned up on my screen and can not find any in game setting that affect this. It appears that the cat eyes trait is simply not functioning on my character for some reason.
Are you using any mods? For example the Hydrocraft mod allows you to wear glasses, and one of the glasses actually darken your vision. You can also ask the server admin to try to remove the trait and add it back, you should see the difference instantly and see if it works.
There are two options that affects darkness: Post-processing and Lighting quality, both in game options. Try to fiddle with them for a bit and check if it helps.
No mods, but thank you for the tip. I have gone through 2 characters with this problem now, so it seem persistent. I will try that though.
Thank you! I will try that out.


It's a great taste of the last days of the Civil war and its aftermath.
My reviews of the Big Finish Doctor Who adventure # 133 City of Spires Staring Colin Baker as the 6th Doctor and Frazer Hines as Jamie are available at Amazon.com here. And at Lunch.com here.
There is nothing so sad as a story that starts off so promising and end, well like this one did.
I haven't done a Doctor who review in a while so I'm glad to get back to it.


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Kerry Blackshear Jr. Javon Bess Ahmed Hill Tramaine Isabell Nickeil Alexander-Walker Justin Robinson D.J. Foreman Sports Men's college basketball College basketball Basketball College sports Men's basketball Men's sports NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship
Liberty Big South Saint Louis Atlantic 10 Virginia Tech ACC Monmouth Virginia
Va Tech beats Saint Louis 66-52 for 1st tourney in 12 years
By JOSH DUBOW - Mar. 23, 2019 01:29 AM EDT
Virginia Tech guard Justin Robinson celebrates during the first half of the team's first-round game against Saint Louis in the NCAA men's college basketball tournament Friday, March 22, 2019, in San Jose, Calif. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)
SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — After back-to-back years of first-round losses in the NCAA Tournament, Virginia Tech finally broke through.
Nickeil Alexander-Walker scored 20 points, Kerry Blackshear added 15 and the fourth-seeded Hokies earned their first NCAA Tournament win in 12 years by beating No. 13 seed Saint Louis 66-52 on Friday night.
The Hokies (25-8) had lost to Alabama and Wisconsin the past two years under coach Buzz Williams before using a fast start to advance to a second-round matchup against No. 12 seed Liberty in the East Region.
"It felt amazing," guard Ahmed Hill said. "We know there's still more work to do on our end, but getting the first one out of the way feels very good."
Virginia Tech got a big boost to go along with the lopsided win with the return of star point guard Justin Robinson. The Hokies had been without their floor leader the past 12 games because of an injured left foot but he came in off the bench and scored nine points in 27 minutes as he works his way back into game shape. He got a hug from Williams on the sideline after he came out of the game in the final minute.
"It was like riding a bike," Robinson said. "There was a little rust. I had three assists, four turnovers, I was 2 of 7 from the field. I don't think that's very efficient but the first game to get rust off and get back out there was good for me."
Javon Bess scored 14 points and D.J. Foreman added 12 for the Billikens (23-13), who lost in their first tournament game since 2014.
After three double-digit seeds won to start the day in San Jose, the Hokies wasted little time in imposing their will and making sure there wouldn't be another upset.
They used a 10-0 run early in the first half to open a 13-point lead and didn't slow down. Virginia Tech built a 40-18 lead at the half, forcing 12 turnovers and allowing the Billikens just one 3-pointer on nine attempts.
"I think seeing all those games we got like a feel for the environment of the tournament," Blackshear said. "We definitely didn't want to be one of those teams."
Saint Louis tried to make it a game with back-to-back 3-pointers from Tramaine Isabell Jr. to cut the deficit to 10 points midway through the second half. But that was as close as the Billikens got the rest of the way.
"We just got off to a slow start," Bess said. "We just relied on the fact that we had good second halves in the four games in the conference tournament. When you play a team as good as them, it hurts. It hurts you at the end."
Saint Louis: Coach Travis Ford fell to 1-7 all-time in the NCAA Tournament. He lost the opener in his only trip with Eastern Kentucky in 2005 and then again in his final four trips with Oklahoma State. His only win came in the first round against Tennessee in 2009 before losing to Pittsburgh.
Virginia Tech: The Hokies matched a school record with their 25th win and are in position to make a longer tournament run with only 12th-seeded Liberty standing in the way of the school's first trip to the Sweet Sixteen since making the regional final in 1967.
HE'S BACK
Robinson came into the game with 13:39 to play in the first half. He had a steal that led to a fast-break basket by Hill and then made his first shot he took, a 3-pointer that made it 26-8. He yelled "I'm back!" to the crowd after making that shot.
SECOND-HALF SLUMP
The Hokies won despite making just 4 of 19 shots from the field for the entire second half. Virginia Tech won the game at the line instead, making 17 of 21 free throws.
The Hokies will play Liberty in the second round in a rematch of a charity game in November. Virginia Tech won 86-70 in a game that raised money for hurricane relief.
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The California Penal Code defines the unauthorized entry onto another's land as trespass—a crime. However, open and obvious acts of trespass, if sustained for a long enough period of time, can establish property rights to the underlying land. Adverse possession is a weird kink in property law, with origins centuries old.
KEEP OUT : Landowners Ralph Covell and The Nature Conservancy closed this popular Cambria hiking trail earlier this winter.
Also centuries old is a 200-acre stand of Monterey pine forest on Covell Ranch just outside the limits of Cambria—the largest privately-owned forest of its kind. Owner Ralph Covell bought the property 14 years ago and sold a conservation easement on his entire 1,458-acre ranch to The Nature Conservancy for $5 million in 2000. The nonprofit conservation group got $4 million of the purchase price from a CalTrans Transportation Enhancement Activity (TEA) Grant. Still, long before any of these developments, Cambria residents began freely walking along a trail traversing the forest, which became known locally as the Hansel and Gretel Trail.
Public use continued until recently. A few months ago, someone strung a barbed wire fence across each of the forest trailheads and posted "no trespassing" signs. Now locals who have walked the forest for years are heaping pressure on owner Ralph Covell and The Nature Conservancy to reopen the trail.
Farmer is one of several Cambria residents talking about litigating the trail access issue. They call themselves Neighbors of Open Space. The Neighbors believe they can document their use of the trail back 39 years to when the Phelan family owned the ranch for several decades. If the group can convince a court that this recreational use put the ranch owners on notice that the Neighbors held an interest in the land, that's more than enough time under the California adverse possession statute to establish an easement right.
Mike Conner of The Nature Conservancy responded that he didn't know enough yet about Neighbors' claims to go on the record about a potential lawsuit. He did, however, comment generally that the organization lacks the legal authority to unilaterally reopen the trail.
Ralph Covell did not return multiple requests from New Times for comment.
Contributing to the Neighbors' beef with the trail closure is the fact that taxpayers helped fund the conservation easement. CalTrans contributed the $4 million TEA Grant using an amalgamation of state and federal transportation funds issued under the 1998 Transportation Equity Act. The program guidelines state that TEA Grant projects must enhance the transportation system in a way that provides a benefit and access to members of the public. Neighbors contend that The Nature Conservancy got what it wanted out of the deal and bailed on Cambria.
"Now The Nature Conservancy is out of there, and we're stuck with a problem that hasn't been resolved," Neighbors member John Kolgan said.
Neighbors and The Nature Conservancy disagree as to whether the grant funding is conditional on adherence to the program guidelines. The Nature Conservancy once organized docent-led hikes through the forest, but stopped about five years ago. The Neighbors see this activity as proof that The Nature Conservancy regarded the guidelines as binding, whereas the organization called it a voluntary effort at community outreach.
The third partner in the conservation easement, CalTrans, remains uninvolved in the controversy. The agency no longer keeps someone on staff to oversee the projects on a local level.
The reasons for closing the trail are multifaceted. Last spring, San Luis Obispo County approved a controversial plan by Cal Fire to create a large firebreak around the forest using a machine called a "masticator." The situation reignited long-held concerns that trail users could also be contributing to wildfire risk on the ranch.
The Nature Conservancy also worries about the spread of invasive flora that might jeopardize the health of the understory and leave the stand further susceptible to fire and parasites. In addition to Monterey pine, the forest also contains a few reproducing Douglas firs—a Pacific Northwestern giant that hardly ever survives this far south.
The other side to the story is that Covell placed his ranch on the market for $28 million in 2010, where it sat for 442 days before he withdrew the listing in January 2012. A proscriptive easement on the title record would certainly pose a problem for Covell if he tries to sell the property again.
Neighbors of Open Space contacted a public interest firm in Santa Barbara about taking the case, but the group has not yet formally retained counsel.


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Windows to Heaven
High on a hill in Singapore's city centre, sits a quaint and proud old house. Having seen many of its companions in over the 12 decades of its existence come and go, it is one of the survivors of a moment in time when one might have seen the setting it was in as Heaven in Singapore. The hill is one that would have commanded a spectacular view of the fast growing city around it, making it an ideal choice for the well-off to build homes that were worthy of their status. Much of that has disappeared through the ravages of time and urban development, and although it is still a fairly exclusive residential neighbourhood, it is in towering blocks of private apartments which now obscure that once magnificent view, that its residents now live in.
An early photograph of the House on the Hill on display.
An elevation off a copy of the original plans for the former Tower House. The quaint old building was designed by Crane Brothers' Architects and built in 1892.
The house, with an exterior of concrete decorated by its wood and wrought iron work fittings, speaks not just of a style from a forgotten past, but also of one that was built very much with the local climate in mind. It is certainly one that is hard to miss, standing tall across the entrance to the Old School complex on Mount Sophia that once housed Methodist Girls' School and apart from the developments that makes it seem like it is out of place. It is probably ironic that it owes its survival over the years to the buildings across the road whose own survival is now in question, having been owned by the Methodist Mission that ran the school for a good part of its later life during which time it was referred to as 'Tower House'.
The House on the Hill.
A window to the Old School complex with which the history of the old house is intertwined.
A patio-like space at the entrance to the house.
Beautiful ironwork grilles.
A view through the fence to the patio.
One of the features of the house's architecture is the generous amount of light and ventilation it is afforded through the generous amount of shuttered windows and balcony doors, and it is this that immediately catches the eye – not so much the tower it was named after that rises above the second floor. It was the doors and windows that were more often than not closed that first drew my attention to the house, imagining them to hide something sinister from a past that was not known to me which I often wondered about. And it was only through a recent exchange of correspondance with Mr Oliver Bettin, who has taken over the lease of the house and through his kind invitation to a party he held over the weekend that I was able to discover that it had a past less sinister that I might have liked to have imagined. Mr Bettin has not just done the place up beautifully, in preparation for its use as a pre-school 'The House on the Hill' which will commence operations next year, but also sought to find out more of its past.
I've often wondered what secrets the numerous shuttered windows and doors had hidden.
Windows and doors that would have once opened up to a view of what might have been called a piece of Heaven. A doorway through which the magical sight of Eu Villa would have once greeted the eye.
Inspired by what's he has read of the glorious past of Mount Sophia, Mr Bettin has sought to also find out more on the house he now leases, making headway with some of what he's found in the Methodist Church's archives. One of the things Mr Bettin has managed to establish, is that the house, designed by Crane Brothers' was constructed in 1892, on the basis of a copy of the original building plans he obtained from the archives. The Methodist Church he has also found out, bought the house in 1932, using it first as an extension of the growing school as well as to house missionaries before finally turning it to the Women's Society of Christian Service for its use until it was acquired by the Singapore Government in 1998.
Mr Bettin has managed to find out quite a bit on the history of the house.
I was certainly thankful to have an opportunity to see the insides of the beautiful house. It was indeed it was a wonderful place to spend a Sunday evening exploring. While there is probably very little left to connect it with its original state, it is not difficult to imagine how it might have been with large well ventilated rooms that open out to the garden or to a verandah or the expansive balcony through what would once have been shuttered windows and doors some of which might possibly have been the original ones when the house was built. It was in the shuttered doors and windows that I took most delight in, the carved venitilation openings at the top being very much a joy to behold. It is also in looking out of the windows and doors as well as from the balcony and the tower – probably opened originally but is now enclosed by more recently added glass louvered windows, that it is not difficult to imagine the view that the house had in its early days commanded of the growing city a hundred feet below and of the harbour in the distance. That view was certainly the motivation not just for the building of the house where it is, but also for how it had been designed with its balcony and tower. The view would certainly have been a magnificent one, overlooking not just the southern slope of Mount Sophia, Government House to the west, a growing city to the east, and Fort Canning Hill to the south, but also over the eastern slope on which first Adis' grand villa made its brief appearance, being replaced not long after by Eu Tong Sen's fairy tale like mansion. That must certainly have been a magical view, one which staring out towards, might have looked like it was a slice of Heaven that one was looking out into.
Possibly the original wooden shuttered windows?
And matching wooden shuttered doors.
The staircase.
Window Grilles by the staircase.
The spacious balcony.
A view from the balcony.
The generous space in the airy rooms make the house ideal for use as a pre-school.
At the top of the tower - glass louvered windows that would have been added later.
The view from the Tower.
A view through a ventilation opening.
Glass louvered windows where that might have been wooden shuttered ones.
More windows - again probably not the original ones.
A new window to the new world built over what had been Eu Villa.
A view of where Heaven might now be through glass louvered windows.
A verandah.
Doors to the balcony.
A view through to the balcony.
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Categories : Architecture, Forgotten Buildings, Forgotten Places, Reminders of Yesterday, Selegie Road Area, Singapore
One hundred steps to Heaven
If heaven was to be a place in Singapore, there would probably not be a better candidate for a suitable location than the Mount Sophia that previously existed. These days of course, Mount Sophia is associated more with sought after high-rise residential units in a prime location close to the heart of the city. However, back in the early part of the 20th century, it must certainly have been a truly magical and heavenly place, dominated by the magnificent Eu Villa that commanded a view of much of the surrounding areas of the fast growing city that lay on the areas some 100 feet below, and the many other grand bungalows and mansions, paticularly around Adis and Wilkie Roads. By the time I was going to school in Bras Basah Road and wandering curiously around the area, many of the heavenly places were still around, albeit in dilapidated condition – and mostly I guess crumbling to a point that it would have taken a monumental effort to preserve them. Still one could easily imagine how grand the area, which seemed a world apart from the rough and tumble of the mixed residential and commercial districts that lay below, would have been.
An aerial view of Mount Sophia and the surrounding area in the 1960s. It is easy to see why the well heeled would choose to build their magnificent mansions on the geographical feature which commanded an excellent view of the area around it. The Cathay Building can be seen on the south of Mount Sophia and the castle like Eu Villa to the top and right of it. The Istana and its grounds, which together with Mount Sophia and adjoining Mount Emily were part of Charles Robert Prinsep's huge nutmeg plantation can be seen on the left of the photo (Photo Source: http://www.singas.co.uk).
I was fortunate to be able to have seen all that I guess and place myself in that magical world, then accessible either via Sophia Road or by the so-called one hundred steps up from Handy Road. Given the choice of access options, the adventurous schoolboy that I was would certainly have chosen the latter route – after all, it was a shortcut we occasionally took to get to Plaza Singapura, then not accessible through Handy Road, which would involve climbing into the upper level of the car park at Plaza Singapore right next to western slopes of Mount Sophia, where Yaohan and a popular hangout for teens then, the Yamaha Music School run Do Re Mi cafe, beckoned. These days, much of that magic that I felt back then, is absent, with the manisons, most of which went in the 1980s and 1990s, with Eu Villa itself being demolished in 1981 after being sold by the Eu family for a princely sum of S$ 8.19M in 1973 to a property development company, having given way to a mess of monstrous apartment blocks, and it's difficult to return to that magical world that I once wandered around.
The fairy-tale like Eu Villa, once the home of Eu Tong Sen. It was built in 1915 at a cost of S$1M on the site of Adis Lodge which Eu had purchase from Nissim Nissim Adis, the owner of the Grand Hotel de L'Europe in 1912.
I had an opportunity to do just that, return to the magical world that is, taking a walk with the National Library Board around the area, and trying to transport not just myself, but also a group of 30 participants to that world that I once knew. It was good to have on board two ladies who attended two of the schools in the area, who were able to share their experiences as well of going to Nan Hwa Girls' School and Methodist Girls School (MGS). Both described ascending the one hundered steps to get to their schools, describing how it rose precariously up the steep slope from Handy Road with no railings to speak of and the steps being uneven in height – far different from the reconstructed steps in the vicinity of the original we see today. The ex MGS girl described how her schoolmates and her would race down the steps … something I am sure many would have not been able to resist in impetuosity of youth. We also confirmed that there were actually 100 steps – something I never thought of trying to establish in the many occasions on which I ascended the steps.
The one hundred steps offered a short cut for the adventurous to Plaza Singapura (seen here in its very early days - source: http://www.picas.gov.nhb.sg).
The walk started with a short introduction at the library, after which we were transported to the magical hill not by the one hundred steps, but by air-conditioned coach to the top of Mount Emily, I guess in keeping with the new age. What we saw were some remnants of there area that I loved, including the former Mount Emily Girls' home which for a while was used as the Japanese Consulate prior to the war, becoming a halfway house for underage street prostitutes before becoming the girls' home in 1969 and later the Wilkie Road Children's Home in the 1980s. There was also the location of the first public swimming pool in Singapore, built on the site of the waterworks on Mount Emily, a pool that I visited in my younger days, being one of my father's favourite pools, across from which we could see the hoardings surrounding the former bungalow of the late Major Derrick Coupland who passed away in 1991. Major Coupland was well known as a World War II veteran and the President of the Ex-Services Association heading it for some 20 years prior to his death from bone cancer in June 1991. I understand from a reader that the bungalow has been left empty since and the deterioration from 20 years of abandonment was evident before the hoardings came up some time at the end of last year – I suppose that the building is being prepared for demolition right at this moment.
The hoardings havve come up around the crumbling former residence of Major Derrick Coupland.
From the original coat of arms, used during the years of self-govenrment that can be seen on the structure at the entrance to Mount Emily Park, we made our way down Wilkie Road, past the Sri Guru Singh Sabha Sikh Temple. The current temple with its distinctive white dome, is a later one, built in 1983, next to an old house which as a plaque indicates, was purchased in 1932 (I was told from a Jewish gentleman), and originally housed the temple. Most of the magnificent mansions, including one owned by M J Nassim, that lined Wilkie Road have been replaced by apartment blocks … one that remains is the Abdullah Shooker Welfare Home at 81 Wilkie Road which is described in a previous post.
Wilkie Road used to be lined with magnificent mansions including one that still stands - the Abdullah Shooker Welfare Home, left by the late Abdullah Shooker, a Baghdadi Jew who died during internment by the Japanese in 1942, to the Jewish community.
Further down Wilkie Road, the participants were introduced to the Sophia Flats, once the home of the illustrious F J Benjamin, across from which we could once get a glimpse of the roofs of the magical Eu Villa over a retaining wall which marked the edge of the table on which the villa and its huge grounds once stood. Sadly the wall has come down, perhaps the last reminder of the villa that was left, along with the table which is being levelled for what is probably a commercial/residential project.
And the wall came tumbling down ... the last reminder of Eu Villa comes down - a retaining wall that marked the edge of the table of land on which the villa once stood (as seen in January 2011).
The last bit of the wall next to Peace Centre on Sophia Road.
At the corner of Adis and Sophia Roads, the excited chatter of a former student of Nan Hwa Girl's School was heard, as she reminisced about her schooldays. The building which was completed in 1941, before being used by the Japanese during the war and the British forces after before being returned to Nan Hwa in 1947, is now used as a student hostel – and as one participant on the walk pointed out, the flag poles in front of the basketball courts which also served as an assembly area were still very much in evidence. Besides this, we learnt of a popular ice-kacang stall that both the girls of Nan Hwa and MGS patronised after school which was at the corner opposite Nan Hwa.
The former Nan Hwa Girls' High School at the corner of Adis and Sophia Roads.
A former student at Nan Hwa Girls' School sharing her experiences of going to school outside the former Nan Hwa Girls' School.
The corner of Adis Road and Sophia Road at which the ice kacang stall that both girls of Nan Hwa and MGS patronised, was located.
Before we hit the new one hundred steps, we stopped by the Art Deco styled building which housed San Shan Public School which was built in the 1950s by the Foochow Association, which ran the school up to the 1970s when the running of it was handed to the Ministry of Education. The school after moving from its Mount Sophia premises in the 1980s has stopped functioning. Next was the former Trinity Theological College which was established in 1948. The cluster of buildings that belonged to the college including the church with the distinctive roof shaped to the Chinese character for people, 人 (Ren), were built in the 1960s. The college moved in the 1990s to its current location along Upper Bukit Timah Road – and the roof of the church there is identical to the one on Mount Sophia. Next to the college, the cluster of buildings (now Old School) that house MGS still stands. The former pupil of MGS spoke of how she could see the gardens of Eu Villa from her class window, and how the classes were organised, C being the best class and A for the weakest students, of the three classes that each form had in the 1960s.
A view of the former MGS.
From the hundred steps down, we made our way to the corner of what used to be Dhoby Ghaut and Bras Basah Road, now dominated by another monstrous piece of architecture which did not agree with most of the participants – one remarked that it "stuck out like a sore thumb". Where that building which is the School of the Arts (SOTA) stand, there was what had been Dhoby Ghaut, gone as a road that carried the name in an area that once was used by the Indian Dhobis to gain access to the fresh water stream that has since become the Stamford Canal. What survives of that Dhoby Ghaut which hold memories of the row of shops which included the Red Sea Aquarium and an A&W outlet that I frequented as a schoolboy and another row of houses up behind on Kirk Terrace which included a Sikh temple, is only the name of the MRT station in the vicinity.
The row of shops at Dhoby Ghaut next to Cathay Building was where the Red Sea Aquarium as well as the A&W was. Today the SOTA building stands on top of the area where Dhoby Ghaut was (source: http://www.picas.nhb.gov.sg).
We then walked up Prinsep Street, named after Charles Robert Prinsep, the owner of the nutmeg plantation which once included Mount Emily, Mount Sophia and Mount Caroline and extended to the Istana grounds (100 acres were purchased in 1867 for the Governor's House which became the Istana). There were suggestions that the three mounts were named after three daughters of Prinsep, but what is more likely was that when Prinsep purchased the land, Mount Sophia (which appears earlier as Bukit Selegi) would have already been named after the second wife of Raffles, modern Singapore's founder, Sophia Hull, and if anything, Prinsep named the two adjoining hills after two other daughters, having been part of the former estate of Raffles' brother-in-law and Singapore's first Master Attendant, Captain Flint.
Kirk Terrace over Dhoby Ghaut (source: http://www.picas.nhb.gov.sg).
It was then a leisurely stroll back to the library via Middle Road, where we stopped by the site of the former POSB headquarters facing Prinsep Street and the Registry of Vehicles (ROV) facing Bencoolen Street, where Sunshine Plaza stands, but not before introducing the former Tiger Balm Building, the David Elias Building and the former Middle Road hospital. At Sunshine Plaza, we saw a few signcraft shops – remnants of those that featured in the area when demand for vehicle number plates existed due to the presence of the ROV in the vicinity. Then it was past the former Middle Road Church (now Sculpture Square), used as a motor workshop when I went to school in the area in the 1970s, and the former St. Anthony's Convent, before hitting the site of the former Queen of the Mooncakes (Empress Hotel) – our destination where the Central Library building now stands.
Middle Road once featured sign craft shops serving the demand from the nearby ROV, including Rainbow Signs which I well remember from passing many times on the bus home from school (source: http://www.picas.nhb.gov.sg).
It was the end of a rather enjoyable walk for me, and I hope the participants had as good a time as I had. Before what was left of the participants dispersed, there was still time to exchange a story, one about the sighting of an Orang Minyak (translated from Malay as "Oily Man" – one that is said to be cursed to an existence as an dark oil coated being that possesses supernatural powers, but more likely as a participant Jeff pointed out, was a man coated in oil to ensure a smooth getaway), reputed as one that terrorises the fairer sex. I had heard about one which was reportedly known to lurk in the compound of St. Joseph's Church across Victoria Street, through a reader Greg Lim, who lived in Holloway Lane in the 1950s. My mother who boarded at St. Anthony's Convent in the 1950s could not confirm this, but did mentioned that there were rumours of one lurking in the stairwell. Jeff, who himself lived on nearby Cashin Street in the 1950s confirmed that there was indeed sightings reported, and he was in one of the crowds that had gathered to try to catch a glimpse of the Orang Minyak. Another participant, the mother of Ms Thiru (who is with the NLB and organised the walk), also confirmed that she was aware of the story. It was certainly an interesting end to the walk, one that took a little longer than anticipated, but one that was thoroughly enjoyable.
The Empress Hotel at the corner of Middle Road and Victoria Street which was demolished in 1985.
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The magical hill with a fairy-tale like mansion that was Mount Sophia
Taking a stroll through what were once the streets of the Mahallah, I was drawn to another area close by that I had been acquainted with in my younger days, Mount Sophia. Mount Sophia, back in the days as a SJI schoolboy was a place that I would occasionally visit with a few of my friends, not for the opportunities it presented for meeting the girls who went to school atop the hill, but as a means to get to Plaza Singapura, inaccessible then through Handy Road. The journey we took to Plaza Singapura would take us up the "100 steps" – a long flight of steps behind Cathay cinema which brought up to the top of the hill, also referred to by some as the "99 steps". This would bring us right up close with Methodist Girls' School (MGS), an area from where we would be able cross over to one of the upper floors of the multi-storey car park at the back of Plaza Singapura.
The rebuilt "100 steps" to the former magical world of Mount Sophia as it is today.
The former Methodist Girls' School atop Mount Sophia.
There were a few occasions that we chose to wander around the hill, the streets of which were lined with delightful villas and houses – many of which have since disappeared. I was of course previously acquainted with the area – my father had on several occasions, taken me swimming at Mount Emily Swimming Pool, Singapore's first public swimming pool, built on the site of a municipal reservoir in 1930 on adjoining Mount Emily, which has also since, vanished without a trace. The area where the pool was is now part of the extended Mount Emily Park. It was certainly nice then to re-acquaint myself with the area, which seemed in my childhood, to be a like a magical hill where a fairy-tale like mansion of a very wealthy man had stood.
Another view of the former MGS.
An old Singapore Coat of Arms appears at the entrance to Mount Emily Park.
Mount Emily Park offers a peaceful escape from the hustle and bustle of the city below the hill.
A lady in Punjabi dress stares into the space that was the Mount Emily Swimming Pool, the dome of the Sri Guru Singh Sabha Sikh Temple in the background.
An early timetable for Mount Emily Swimming Pool (c. 1930s).
Walking around Mount Sophia today, one is greeted by a mix of the old and new … the old seemingly overshadowed by the taller structures of the apartment blocks that have replaced the stately homes of which, many had belonged or had been lived in by the more successful Jewish immigrant families. It would have been convenient for these families to live in what was an upper and middle class area located just by the Mahallah, where many would have conducted their businesses and gone about their day-to-day activities. The girls' school, MGS, on top of Mount Sophia was also where many would have sent their daughters to.
New apartment blocks being put up against the backdrop of the older structures on Mount Sophia.
Of the buildings that still exist, several have had connections to this past. On Wilkie Road, at the corner of Niven Road, we can see a delightful apartment block, the Sophia Flats, built in 1930, on the edge of the old Mahallah. This is where one of the prominent members of the local Jewish community, Frank Benjamin, had lived after the war. Frank's father Judah had owned a thriving textile business and the family lived in a big house on Adis Road prior to the war. Returning from Bombay after the war, the Benjamin family moved to the more modest lodgings at the Sophia Flats. This was also where Frank set up an office to trade office stationery and photographic equipment in 1959, a business which has since grown into the international fashion retailer company F J Benjamin is today. F J Benjamin is associated with names such as Guess?, Banana Republic, La Senza, Céline, GAP and Girard-Perregaux, presently and had at one time held the license for names such as Gucci and Lanvin.
Sophia Flats, built in 1930, was where Frank Benjamin had lived in after the war and set up his first office in 1959.
At 81 Wilkie Road, there is also the Abdullah Shooker Welfare Home, housed in a bungalow once owned by an Iraqi Jew, Abdullah Shooker, who had come over to work in the offices of Manasseh Meyer, before opening his own successful business. Abdullah passed away in 1942 whilst being interned by the Japanese, bequeathing his bungalow for use as a home for the destitute in the community.
The Abdullah Shooker Welfare Home at 81 Wilkie Road.
There are also several other notable buildings that still stand, including several former schools: the buildings that were the MGS atop the hill alongside the former Trinity Theological College, the former Nan Hwa Girls' High School at the corner of Sophia Road and Adis Road, and the former San Shan Chinese School off Mount Sophia – just down from the former Trinity Theological College. A mansion that was once used as the Mount Emily Girls' Home, which is now Emily Hill, an arts centre, stands at the end of Upper Wilkie Road. One girls' school that is still functioning at Mount Sophia is St. Margaret's Primary School.
The buildings that used to be part of the Trinity Theological College on top of Mount Sophia.
The former San Shan Chinese School off Mount Sophia.
The former Mount Emily Girls' Home - now an arts centre.
There are several wonderful buildings, the stuff of fairy tales perhaps, that have sadly disappeared. One such building was the magnificent villa that belonged to Eu Tong Sen, Eu Villa that once dominated the landscape in the area – which as schoolboys we could get a glimpse of atop the high retaining wall just next to Peace Centre from where Wilkie and Sophia Roads met near the Sophia Flats. Eu Villa was in 1915, constructed on the site of Adis Lodge which, when it was built in 1907, was said to be one of the most magnificent mansions east of the Suez. Adis Lodge was owned by Nassim Nassim Adis, the owner of Hotel de L'Europe and sold to Eu Tong Sen in 1912. Another magnificent mansion that has vanished, was one owned by M. J. Nassim at 89 Wilkie Road.
Eu Villa - the magical home of Eu Tong Sen (Source: http://www.singapedia.com.sg).
Nestled amongst the magnificent buildings were several places of worship which still stand. These include the Church of Christ at the junction of Sophia and Wilkie Roads and the Sri Guru Singh Sabha Sikh Temple on Wilkie Road (the temple is now housed in a new building built in 1983 next to the older house next to it that was used as a temple from 1932). The buildings that we still see and those that now tower over the old mansions, schools and houses of worship, are certainly not the buildings that fairy-tales are made of. For that, I suppose, there is that fairy-tale like atmosphere that we can now find in Singapore – not up a magical hill, but on an island called Sentosa ….
The Sri Guru Singh Sabha Sikh Temple (1983) on Wilkie Road.
Old Building belonging to the Sikh Temple which was used as the temple from 1932 to 1983.
Information plaque of the building belonging to the Sikh Temple.
Afternote:
This photograph (click on link) on the Memories of Singapore site provides a good idea of the area in the 1960s. It would have been some time after Selegie House and Selegie School came up in 1963 as these are clearly visible in the photograph. Eu Villa stands out just to the right of Cathay Building and it is not hard to appreciate how the villa would have stood out on Mount Sophia before Peace Centre was built.
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Days of our Lives spoilers reveal that Sami Brady (Alison Sweeney) will be frantically searching for her husband, EJ DiMera, and with fall sweeps just ahead, fans could be in for some shocking surprises.
According to a recent report by Soap Hub, Days of our Lives viewers watched as Kristen DiMera (Stacy Haiduk) recently blew back into Salem to cause some major trouble at John Black (Drake Hogestyn) and Marlena Evans' (Deidre Hall) wedding. Kristen caused chaos with Sami, who ended up shooting her mother, Marlena, amid all of the controversy.
Kristen told Sami that if she fired the gun during the wedding, she would tell her where she could find her husband, EJ DiMera (formerly James Scott), whom she claimed was still alive and well out there somewhere.
Now, Days of our Lives fans will see Sami set out to find EJ once and for all. In addition, her twin brother, Eric Brady (Greg Vaughan), will go on a search of his own. After Eric's fiancé, Jennifer Horton (Melissa Reeves), told him the truth about why the love of his life, Nicole Walker (Arianne Zucker) left Salem, he'll set out to find her.
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Some Days of our Lives fans believe that EJ and Nicole could be together, which would be completely shocking. The characters do have a history together. Not only did they used to be married, but EJ once believed that he shared a child with Nicole, who tricked him into thinking she was pregnant with his child.
Meanwhile, if EJ DiMera was brought back to life with Dr. Rolf's serum, just like Will Horton (Chandler Massey), he may have lost his memory. If EJ can't remember anything, Nicole may have manipulated him to believe that they should be together, which could mean that he is also helping Nicole raise her daughter, Holly, who was fathered by Nicole's late fiancé, Daniel Jonas (Shawn Christian).
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Wojciechowo Wielkie – przysiółek wsi Zawada w Polsce, położony w województwie dolnośląskim, w powiecie oleśnickim, w gminie Syców.

W latach 1945-54 siedziba gminy Wojciechowo Wielkie. W latach 1975–1998 przysiółek należał administracyjnie do województwa kaliskiego.

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W 1295 w kronice łacińskiej Liber fundationis episcopatus Vratislaviensis (pol. Księga uposażeń biskupstwa wrocławskiego) miejscowość wymieniona jest jako Woyczechowo.

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Do wojewódzkiego rejestru zabytków wpisany jest:
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LA-based singer-songwriter INGLSH is extremely new to the music scene, but that didn't stop us from loving the new video for her single, "Russian Roulette," directed by Shiro Gutzie. The black and white visual is the first official release off of her forthcoming EP which is drenched in layers of vocals and glitchy synths, similar to BANKS and FKA Twigs. The video concept is simple. The heavy makeup and nothing else symbolizes her contrasting emotions, and although it's simple, it's most certainly not lacking in emotional depth.


New York World-Telegram and the Sun Newspaper/Library of CongressNew York City Deputy Police Commissioner John A. Leach, right, watches agents pour liquor into sewer following a raid during Prohibition, which lasted from 1920 to 1933.
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On Dec. 5, 1933, national Prohibition came to an end, as Utah became the 36th state to ratify the 21st Amendment to the Constitution. The amendment repealed the 18th Amendment, which had taken effect nearly 14 years earlier.
Prohibition would have the opposite effect, however. It led to a rise in organized crime and the establishment of a large black-market for alcohol smuggling and trade, a practice known as bootlegging. Many Americans ignored Prohibition laws, drinking alcohol at secret bars and clubs known as "speakeasies." Government agencies were unable to halt the flow of alcohol, due to a lack of funding and resources, and, in some cases, corruption. Prohibition cost the government hundreds of millions of dollars in law enforcement and lost tax revenue from the sale of alcohol.
By the end of the 1920s, even many prominent Prohibition advocates realized that Prohibition had failed and advocated for its repeal. Congress passed the 21st Amendment in February 1933. It was ratified by a series of state conventions rather than by state legislatures, which have been used to ratify every other amendment, as Congress felt that many state legislators remained beholden to pro-Prohibition interests.
Some states have already legalized the use of marijuana for medical purposes and some states have decriminalized it, imposing only small fines or drug education classes on those charged with possession. According to the Times Topics: Marijuana and Medical Marijuana overview page, however, U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder maintains that the federal government will continue to enforce its laws against marijuana even if they conflict with state law.
What similarities, if any, do you see between Prohibition and the federal ban on marijuana? What are some differences? Given the increasing public support for its legalization, do you think the ban on marijuana will be repealed in your lifetime? Why or why not?
I guess people are just getting dumber. With the booze war they looked at the facts and evidence and stopped what was obviously not working in about 15 years. With the drug war we have the evidence from alcohol prohibition and 40 plus years of evidence that the drug war doesn't accomplish what it was intended to accomplish and only creates some of the worst criminals the world has ever seen and still it goes on, and on, and on…….
people have the right to drink and its not gowing to woork people are gowing to drink enywaye god. dont violate are right. to drink.
I think that if people want to smoke marijuana, that authority should let them. Alcohol is far more dangerous than marijuana, thousands of people die each year from it. The only thing in my eyes which is bad about weed, is that it can lead to more serious, harmful drugs, which I strongly disagree with. I think that like alcohol, weed should be peoples own business, not the governments. Like the prohibition, weed is still regularly smoked, in teenage years, more than the use of alcohol. Just stating that it's illegal, doesn't mean that people wont smoke it.
There is a typo in the second paragraph.
Okay so on google I searched when was prohibition ratified and it came up with you guys talking about when prohibition ended. RATIFIED MEANS PASSED! NOT ENDED!