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First person in history to win 3 consecutive Olympic medals in the 1500m, of any colours (2 gold, 1 silver)
Most dominant male swimmer in an event in Olympic history - Only the 3rd man in history to win 2 gold and 1 silver in the same Olympic swimming event - both of the others were in the 100m freestyle, and until Perkins and Popov did it in 2000, no one had achieved the feat since 1924. However, of these 3, Perkins was the only one to leave still holding the world and Olympic records in his event.
Only 2nd person in history to win 2 consecutive Olympic titles in the 1500m freestyle.
Broke 12 world records
Held 5 world records for much of his career (400, 800 and 1500m freestyle, 800 and 1500m freestyle shortcourse.)
Retired from swimming still holding 3 world records, multiple Olympic, Commonwealth and Australian records...
Won every title, record and award possible in his sport, most many times over
First person in history to hold Olympic, World, Commonwealth and Pan Pacific titles simultaneously for the same event (the 1500m freestyle), and at the same time held the world record, Olympic record, Commonwealth record, Pan Pac championships record for this event...
Won every possible major title over 1500m freestyle from Aug 1991 - Olympics 1996 (7)
Won 22 medals at the most major international meets (Olympics, world championships, Commonwealth Games, Pan Pacs) 17 of them gold.
Unanimously credited with revolutionising Australian swimming and making it again a major sport and world power.
First person in 45 years to break 2 world records in the one swim (800 and 1500m freestyle, both still stand.)
Won the 400m freestyle at the 1994 world championships by what is still the largest margin in world championships history.
Only male swimming world record holder entering the 1992 Olympics to leave still holding his world record.
Still the youngest person to have broken 15 minutes for the 1500m freestyle (he swam 14:58.08 when he was 16.)
Holds oldest men's shortcourse world record in the book (800m freestyle) and 2nd oldest men's world records in the book, which he set both in the same swim (800 and 1500m freestyle)
Only person in history to win 200-400-1500 triple at one Commonwealth Games.
Broke countless Olympic, Commonwealth, Pan Pacific, Australian, Australian Open, and QLD, NSW, VIC and WA state records.
Broke the 15 minute mark for 1500m freestyle 13 times in his career (more than twice as many times as anyone else.)
At the end of 1996 held all time world rankings 1-5 for 1500m freestyle, 1-5 and 7-11 for the 800m freestyle, 1, 3, 4 and 5 for 400m freestyle
First swimmer in history to swim in the 14:40's for the 1500m freestyle (1992), remaining the only until 1999
First Australian since Dawn Fraser in 1964 to successfully defend an Olympic title, in any sport.
Owner of the fastest heat swim for 1500m in history (14:58.34 at Sydney 2000 Olympics.) In addition is the first person to break 15min for the 1500m twice in as many days (Sydney 2000 Olympics.)
Had an interesting habit of swimming the 1500m, breaking the 800m world record at the 800m mark, stopping and celebrating, then continuing to swim the next 700m and winning anyway :)
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Veterans of Guinea's world-renowned national company, Les Ballets Africains, Message From Guinea brings to life celebratory dance and percussion pieces that represent the traditions of several different ethnic groups. Featuring master Guinean drummer/dancers Manimou Camara and Abdoulaye Sylla, balafon virtuoso Naby Camara and special guest Madu Kone from Mali, tama drummer for Habib Koite. These artists light up the stage with a spirit of joy that will bring you to your feet.
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Sleater-Kinney – No Cities To Love
No Cities To Love is punk outfit, Sleater-Kinney's first album after a nine-year hiatus. No Cities begins with "Price Tag", a punchy anthem to consumerism. From minute one of the short thirty-three minute (ten song) album you're hit with the hard-driving tempo that carries it throughout. "Fangless" is a tad funkier than the rest with a more danceable tune. "A New Wave" conquers the dilemma of identity, as much of the album does, with some welcome harmonizing. "Surface Envy" is arguably the crowning jewel, featuring quite a bit of dual guitar play. No Cities To Love definitely follows on in the path of their previous work yet seems a bit more concise. There's no respite for the listener, each song gets straight to the point and before you can recover you're thrown back in.
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Viet Cong – Viet Cong
Death plays a major part in Viet Cong's composition. Aside from being the title of the epic final track on their debut album, it is death that initially brought the band together. After the tragic death of Women's guitarist Christopher Reimer, Bassist/vocalist Matt Flegel and Drummer Michael Wallace formed Viet Cong, continuing the creation of anxiety fueled post-punk. Since their Cassette Ep, Viet Cong have incorporated synthesizers and drones of Swans intensity, further expanding their sound. "March of Progress" begins with a repetitive drum rhythm over minimal synth chords and tape loops, leading to metallic arpeggiating guitars and a verse that builds with full intensity, highlighting Wallace's precise drumming and their ability to interweave guitars. The presence of Christopher Reimer lurks through each track, inspiring much of the content lyrically and musically. On Continental shelf, Flegel sings, "Don't want to reminisce" and "Don't want to face the world, it's suffocating", further revealing his emotional angst. On the album's closer "Death", Viet Cong play with driving force, exemplifying their greatest strengths and abilities. At just over 11 minutes, "Death" takes many forms, patiently building up into a throbbing drone until a sudden shift, changing the pace and playing at unusual time signatures similar to Women's "Heat Distraction". Viet Cong is an incredibly consistent album that stretches the boundaries of their previous work, blending familiarity with a certain freshness.
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Two health care wins Republicans can secure ahead of midterms
By Andrew Langer September 26, 2018
A Republican president who set liberals' hair on fire. A political and media establishment going to unprecedented lengths to bring him down. All while a crucial election looms.
Sound familiar? It might match our situation today, but the political landscape George W. Bush faced in 2003 was eerily similar. In the lead-up to the 2004 election, the Left, enraged over Bush's bold decisions in the wake of the September 11 attack, waged a fierce political war to bring him down.
Bush turned then to a campaign promise to bring prescription drug coverage to Medicare, resulting in the Medicare Part D program, signed into law in December of that year.
It was, and remains, wildly popular with the public, including conservative voters.
"It's hard to believe that Bush would have won Florida in 2000 … or that he would have won Ohio in 2004 without" Part D, National Review editor Ramesh Ponnuru wrote, adding, "he won both states by small margins, and through them the Electoral College."
It was less popular among the conservative intelligentsia, but their criticisms have not aged well. Part D has emerged as one of the major policy success stories in the last few decades, channeling free market competition to drive lower prices, better quality, and happy enrollees (read: voters).
But the key from a conservative vantage point is cost: More than 40% under CBO estimates, which is completely unheard of for a government program. For this reason, Part D stands as an example for how politically sustainable entitlement reform might someday be enacted.
"Now in its fifth year, Medicare Part D is costing 41% less than the Congressional Budget Office originally projected," Tevi Troy and Michael Leavitt wrote in a 2011 review for the Hudson Institute, a conservative think tank, "And program participants give it high marks — satisfaction percentages among seniors are in the high 80s, impressive for any government program."
As is plainly evident from the unfolding battle over President Trump's Supreme Court nomination, much is riding on the upcoming midterm election. For this reason, Republicans eager to provide themselves every available advantage would be wise to turn, as Bush is, to Medicare.
First, Congress should repeal a change secured in secretive negotiations over a stopgap spending bill earlier this year that threatens the integrity of Part D's incentive structure.
The change, widely regarded as a means to prop up insurance companies struggling to provide Obamacare coverage, arbitrarily (and with no public debate) shifted billions of dollars in costs from the insurance companies to the pharmaceutical drug companies.
This creates a significant problem: It severs the link between the product (drug coverage plans) and the costs. Under this policy seniors actually pay an astonishing five times more than their insurance providers. Companies selling a product they don't have to pay to produce aren't likely to do much to keep their costs low, which, incidentally, is the fundamental structural issue behind the dysfunction in the health care sector.
Secondly, there is a looming "coverage gap" created by Obamacare that will result in millions of seniors suddenly owing $1,250 extra to continue their current plans in 2020.
Saving seniors from a sudden spike in Medicare costs is an obvious political win, what golfers would call a "gimme."
But it also serves a policy end. The change in question was put in by Democrats to penalize drugs still under patent, an arbitrary and capricious distinction. Doctors, with many years of medical expertise, prescribe medications in this country, and in many instances newer drugs are simply more effective.
With the critical midterms looming, time is of the essence. These are two health care victories that serve important policy goals and would pay immediate political dividends. Congress should move quickly to enact them.
Posted in: Law and GovernmentTagged: drug coverage, entitlement reform, health care, Medicare Part D
Andrew Langer
Andrew Langer is President of the Institute for Liberty.
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By Rachel Lange | Published: November 25, 2019
It was a night of doom and black metal as veterans Electric Wizard made an appearance at the Fillmore Silver Spring supported by the barely contained black metal and punk energy of Midnight.
For the uninitiated, an Electric Wizard show involves slurping from a chalice of sludgy metal masterpieces, with lyrics touching on gothic literature and obscure horror films. In concert this is all set against a backdrop of '70s Satanic Panic exploitation films and bathed in orange and red lights. The guitars (Liz Buckingham with Haz Wheaton on bass) are raw, the drums (Simon Poole) pound, and Jus Oborn's vocals are tortured while blood and Satanic ceremony flash above the stage on the screen. It's hypnotic and intense, and a little unnerving if you're unaccustomed to it.
The fans gathered at the Fillmore were there for it, however. The usual roundup of black-clad metal fans came to see Electric Wizard on their brief jaunt through the East Coast, two years after their 2017 release, Wizard Bloody Wizard. The stop at the Fillmore Silver Spring was number three of six for the US this fall, so a special appearance indeed, and a treat for doom metal fans.
Led by vocalist and bullet-clad bassist Athenar, Cleveland black metal band Midnight (Athenar, Commandor Vanik, and SS) opened the gates of Hell with their mashup of punk and thrash metal. It's an arresting set: all three members wear full black face masks onstage while displaying an off-the-charts level of energy. Where Electric Wizard traffics in Satanism, Midnight spews lust and sleaze. It's a lot of fun to watch.
Electric Wizard wrapped up their fall tour of the US on November 22 in Worcester, MA. Midnight fits in a headlining show on November 23 on Syracuse, NY before heading to Germany for dates at the end of December.
ELECTRIC WIZARD SET LIST
Witchcult Today
See You in Hell
Hear the Sirens Scream
Incense for the Damned
Satanic Rites of Drugula
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Juana Molina, "Wed 21"
Juana is from Argentina. I usually drop this bit of information whenever I'm recommending her music, and it's polarizing. The person either warms up and wants to hear her, or they politely turn their nose. If they grow cold, it's probably due to bad memories of Putumayo CDs in college, or the too-safe stuff they play on the NPR world music hour. Maybe they don't speak Spanish and they just like music they can sing along to. But even the people who are into the idea are often greeted by something completely unexpected. Juana — while admittedly the NPR darling of late — makes truly transcendent music. Her sound is exotic, but not as some flavor of cumbia or tango or tropicalia. Yeah, she sings in Spanish, but the exoticism comes from somewhere else, from a corner of the subconscious. This stuff is beautifully bizarre. Largely electronic at the base, then embellished with acoustic guitar, gongs and mallet percussion, electric bass, more keyboards, and her breathy, supple voice on top, it's a psychedelic stew of discovery. If you're familiar with the records Juana's been pumping out for the last ten years, Wed 21 shows her changing gears a bit. It's her first record in five years, and she's obviously spent her downtime refining her approach. There's less acoustic guitar on this record, and she spends less time fiddling with her loop pedals. But the beats are riper. The layers are thicker, not in number but in content. Overall, it's a darker and heavier listen than the gentle stuff that defined the early part of her career. Also, every song has a pulse. It's dance music. Maybe more braindance for some, but everybody's got something up there that needs shaking.


Red did the Garth Brooks song well last night but I thought his others were boring including the one he did with Blake. I thought his original song was formulaic and boring. I hope he is the first eliminated.
I hope Chloe wins. She does seem a little precocious and I hope that doesn't turn people off. Like WorldKlas, I think her low voice is great. So many women sound like a cow lowing when they try to hit the low notes but Chloe's low notes have life and tone to them.
Brooke has a beautiful voice, but I can't imagine buying anything of hers except a holiday album. Not every day listening for my tastes.
So it looks like it'll be a recap show for the first hour, then the finale will last 2 hours.
I'm disappointed Brooke didn't win but between the top two I am glad Chloe did. She was my husband's favorite.
I think America chose wisely!
Not a spoiler, but crazy the top 2 were people that were steals from Team Miley.
Speaking of which, I found out the winner last night because the internet spoiled it when I simply looked at the headline on a completely unrelated article. The winner was in the headline directly below it. I'm really angry Don't they know there are many people who haven't seen the show yet? It was the same night the finale aired.
Well I watched a little when Craig and Sawyer won, but I didn't start watching a full season until Season 10 when I wanted Laith to win, then I wanted Billy to win...So the only winner I agree with so far is Chris Blue.
I was definitely a Laith fan too. This year, and it's always a matter of personal taste, I think 'they' got it right.
Did anyone else notice how Adam seemed like he knew Addison wasn't winning by the way he was talking to her both Monday and Tuesday??


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The Kelpies imprint is published by independent publishing company Floris Books, which is based in Edinburgh, Scotland.
Floris Books is the largest publisher of children's books in Scotland. We acquired the original Kelpies list – which included books from classic Scottish authors such as Kathleen Fidler, George Mackay Brown and Mollie Hunter – from fellow Scottish publisher Canongate in 2002.
In 2003 we published our first new Kelpie and have since launched the careers of many award-winning Scottish children's authors including Ross Mackenzie, Lari Don, Janis Mackay Victoria Williamson and Lindsay Littleson, as well as publishing books by such literary greats as Theresa Breslin, Joan Lingard and Cathy MacPhail.
Kelpies are Scottish books for children everywhere.
In 2010, our Kelpies list (for 8 to 12 year olds) was joined by the Picture Kelpies range of quality Scottish picture books for 3 to 6 year olds, allowing us to work with many talented illustrators as well as Kelpies authors.
We launched a range for readers aged 12+ in 2014, featuring Scottish books with attitude for older readers now called KelpiesEdge.
In 2015 we achieved our ambition of publishing books for tots to teens with the Wee Kelpies board books for 1 to 3 year olds, and the Young Kelpies range of illustrated early readers for 6 to 8 year olds.
In 2017 we also started publishing a range of fun and engaging Scottish activity books for children in our Kelpies World range.
All of our Kelpies books have a Scottish connection — be it the author, illustrator, characters, storyline or setting — which makes them very special indeed. But wherever in the world you are, you can always enjoy a Kelpie!
We are very proud that lots of our Kelpies books have won prizes and awards, including: numerous Scottish Children's Book Awards, the North East award and the Blue Peter Best Story Award, receiving further nominations for the Kate Greenaway awards, the Carnegie Medal and the LOLLIES.
Meet the Kelpies Team
Within Floris Books, the Kelpies Team is a small band of dedicated bookworms with a passion for all things word and picture related. However, we wouldn't be complete without our exceptionally talented Kelpies authors, illustrators and friends.
Join the Kelpies Team
We're always on the lookout for talented authors and illustrators to become part of the Kelpies family. You can find further details on our Become an Author page.
Work at Floris Books
For the latest on opportunities at Floris Books, including internships, please visit the Recruitment page on the main Floris Books website.
More about Floris Books
Floris Books – the Kelpies' parent company – publishes non-fiction books for adults, and fiction for children. Our non-fiction books look at the world a little differently and cover all aspects of holistic and alternative living, including Steiner-Waldorf education, biodynamics and organics, holistic health, parenting and child health and religion & spirituality.
For children, we publish board and picture books for 0-7 year olds, including international stories in translation and nostalgic classics from illustrators such as Elsa Beskow, and story books and anthologies for 6-10 year olds. We also publish a wide range of craft and activity books for children and adults of all ages.
To discover more about Floris Books, please visit the main Floris Books website.


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Q: three.js ParticleSystem creation gives INVALID_OPERATION: not bound BUFFER_ARRAY I am trying to create a three.js ParticleSystem with the below Code.
On my Chrome installed on a Linux host this works perfectly fine, but as soon as I am trying run run it on a Windows Chrome portable i get the following WegGL error on the first rendering call:

WebGL: INVALID_OPERATION: vertexAttribPointer: no bound ARRAY_BUFFER
  WebGL: INVALID_OPERATION: drawArrays: attribs not setup correctly

... snippet from the shader configuration: ...
    'particle' : {
        uniforms: {
            now: {
                    type: 'f',
                    value: 0
            },
            hitstart: {
                    type: 'f',
                    value: RADIUS
            },
            hitend: {
                    type: 'f',
                    value: RADIUS / 10
            },
            texture: {
                type: "t",
                value: 0,
                texture: THREE.ImageUtils.loadTexture( "img/particle.png" )
            },
            color: {
                type: 'v4',
                value: particleColorToVector(this.particleColor,this.particleIntensity)

            }
        },
        attributes: {
            longitude: {
                    type: 'f',
                    value: []
            },
            latitude: {
                    type: 'f',
                    value: []
            },
            longitude_d: {
                    type: 'f',
                    value: []
            },
            latitude_d: {
                    type: 'f',
                    value: []
            },
            created: {
                    type: 'f',
                    value: []
            },
            lifetime: {
                    type: 'f',
                    value: []
            },
            size: {
                type: 'f',
                value: []
            }
        }, vertexShader: [
            'uniform float now;',
            'uniform float hitstart;',
            'uniform float hitend;',

            'attribute float created;',
            'attribute float lifetime;',

            'attribute float longitude;',
            'attribute float latitude;',

            'attribute float longitude_d;',
            'attribute float latitude_d;',

            'attribute float size;',

            'attribute float height;',
            'varying vec3 vNormal;',
            'varying float age;',

... Creation of the Particle System ....
function buildParticles() {

    var shader = shaders['particle'];
    var longs = shader.attributes.longitude.value;
    var lats = shader.attributes.latitude.value;
    var destx = shader.attributes.longitude_d.value;
    var desty = shader.attributes.latitude_d.value;
    var lifetimes = shader.attributes.lifetime.value;
    var created = shader.attributes.created.value;
    var sizes = shader.attributes.size.value;

    particles = new THREE.Geometry();
    for (var i = 0; i < particle_count;i++) {

        particles.vertices.push( new THREE.Vector3(0,0,0));
        longs.push(degree_to_radius_longitude(0));
        lats.push(degree_to_radius_latitude(0));
        created.push(tic);
        destx.push(degree_to_radius_longitude(0));
        desty.push(degree_to_radius_latitude(0));
        lifetimes.push(0);
        sizes.push(0);
    }

    var material = new THREE.ShaderMaterial ( {
            uniforms: shader.uniforms,
            attributes: shader.attributes,
            vertexShader: shader.vertexShader,
            fragmentShader: shader.fragmentShader,
            transparent: true,
            blending: THREE.AdditiveBlending,
            depthTest: true
    });

    particleSystem = new THREE.ParticleSystem(
        particles,
        material
    );
    scene.add(particleSystem);
}

I have no idea why the VBO is not bound or cannot be bound.
The issues i found so far that were related to this topic:

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*https://github.com/mrdoob/three.js/issues/1985

*https://github.com/mrdoob/three.js/issues/2073
But both seem not to be applicable in my case.
Any help would be highly appreciated ;)

A: Just for the record:
Removed the "varying vec3 vNormal" from both vertex and fragment shader as it was not used which fixed the problem.
However I am curious what makes the behaviour so different on various platforms.


Okavango river flows for over 1000 miles from the Angolan highlands through Namibia before entering Botswana where it bursts into the formations of the Okanvango Delta, an exhuberant display of green swamps spanning around 250 miles. The Okavango Delta is a shifting web of crystal clear channels, lagoons and palm studded islands.
What Wildlife is Found Here?
The best way to explore the islands is by mokoro – a traditional African dug-out canoe. The vast waters lie on the edge of the great Kalahari Desert, which just shows that Africa is a continent of extremities. It is often called a swamp, although it is actually a winding broad channel concealing other tiny water channels, behind a wall of papyrus reed. These tiny networks of passages form a succession of lagoons, islands and islets, grasslands and flooded plains. Depending on rainfall locally and in the Angola region where the river flow starts, anything between half and all of the Delta can be flooded during any season.
The water in the delta is amazingly clean and pure and is a great place for fishing. The deeper water of the fishing camps in the Panhandle region in the north of the Delta is your best bet for bigger, meaner fish. August to February is the best season to fish.
But the Delta is most famous for its birds and game, home to 350 species of birds year round. Spring and summer are great times for birdwatching, and October to March is the time to see the birds of Europe prior to migration. There's plenty of large game to see in the Delta, and travelling on horseback is a great way to get closer to the wildlife than on foot. Canter alongside giraffes and you will hear the cry of the fisheagle, hyena screams and hippos grunts.
The Delta boosts three main habitats: The "Panhandle" around the river is one of the biggest river in South Africa during the flooding and an amazing site for birds. Lush riverine forests line the river with papyrus and phragmites dominating the flora. In the Panhandle you can see many species, like the Bat Hawk and Carmine Bee-eater to name a few, or you can follow a "barbel run" from August to October when the barbels swim upstream to breed followed by numerous birds stalking them!
The permanent waters of the Delta are situated in the North and are characterised with fast flowing rivers and islands. Waterlife to spy includes crocodiles, hippos, red lechwe, buffalo, elephant, lion, leopard and antelope. Birds include the pinkbacked pelicans, brown firefinch, western banded snake eagle, swamp warbler, pygmy goose and the slaty egret.
The drylands are around many of the areas and border the Delta. The regions are a combination of grasslands, rich forests, mature woodland and palm fringed islands. Chiefs Island is a large arid island in the centre of the river. These islands are great spots to view birds from. Here you can see birds including the Wattled Crane, Rufous bellied Heron, Chirping Cisticola and theRedwinged Pranticole.
Many dams are being proposed by the Angolan government to water a thirsty population inWindhoek, which threatens the future of the Delta, although sustainability environmental projects have been started to protect the nature in the region.


Registration has now opened for the 2015 FINA World Masters Championships.
The 2015 Championships will be held alongside the FINA World Championships for the first time in the event's history and will take place in Kazan, Russia from 5 – 16 August.
Events will be held across the five aquatic disciplines of swimming, open water swimming, diving, synchronised swimming and water polo.
The Registration and Individual Events Deadline is 15 June 2015.
The Sports Entries (correction for individual events & submission of team events entries) Deadline is 2 July 2015.
Anyone wanting to compete in Kazan will need to register through the FINA General Management System (FINA GMS) Public Portal.
British participants will also need to have filled in an international permit to swim at least 28 days before they leave the country. This allows the ASA to know who is swimming where, and gives added insurance.


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Biografia
Di origini giapponesi, ha inizialmente ricevuto popolarità come membro degli Hello Saferide. Nel 2007 è stato pubblicato il suo album di debutto Though, I'm Just Me, che ha raggiunto il 9º posto nella classifica svedese degli album. È stato promosso dai singoli And I Found This Boy e The Worrying Kind, arrivati rispettivamente al 56º e al 9º posto a livello nazionale. Il secondo disco GBG vs STHLM è uscito nel 2009 e si è classificato al 12º posto in madrepatria. Nel 2011 ha pubblicato un album eponimo, mentre l'anno seguente è stata la volta di We Got It. Sempre nel 2012 è uscito What I Saw, arrivato 9º in classifica svedese.

Discografia

Album in studio
 2007 – Though, I'm Just Me
 2009 - GBG vs STHLM
 2011 - Maia Hirasawa
 2012 – We Got It
 2012 – What I Saw

Extended plays
 2006 – Songs & Pictures
 2010 – Dröm bort mig igen
 2011 – Boom!

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Altri progetti

Collegamenti esterni

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'The air could get let out of the balloon very quickly.' What experts say you should know about investing in GameStop
Signage stands in a GameStop Corp. store in Peru, Illinois.
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It's the stock rally no one quite predicted.
In recent years, GameStop, a video game retailer, has been shrinking its retail presence by closing hundreds of stores. Yet this week, its stock popped dramatically.
On Wednesday, GameStop shares climbed more than 100% during trading, and closed at $347.51 per share.
The action was encouraged in part by Tesla CEO Elon Musk, who tweeted "Gamestonk!!" on Tuesday along with a link to a thread posted by investors on Reddit.
The stock's climb was prompted by retail investors who decided to take on hedge fund short sellers who had bet against the company. Shares of AMC Entertainment also jumped more than 300% when markets opened on Wednesday driven by similar bets.
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The action has been fueled by several influences: new trading apps and zero commission trading; social media companies like Twitter, TikTok and Reddit; and a corresponding flow of information.
"We've equipped people with the tools to be able to do something," said certified financial planner Douglas Boneparth, president of Bone Fide Wealth in New York. "And they did."
Feverish interest in a single stock is nothing new. Some experts have said it may be time to brace for a pullback after last year's market surge prompted investors to clamor into names like Tesla or Apple.
But this week's behavior is also unique, namely because of the attention it has been able to attract from retail investors due to the Covid-19 pandemic, said Dan Egan, managing director of behavioral finance and investing at Betterment.
Many people are unable to go to a movie theater, ball game, restaurant or bar, and are feeling isolated due to a lack of social surroundings.
At the same time, social media companies use algorithms designed to keep people engaged by giving certain content more attention.
"I tend to think about these as adding in an accelerant or jet fuel into a normal car engine," Egan said. "All of these things amplify the psychology here in a way that we've not seen before."
How the rally could end
The excitement could end just as quickly as it started — and investors need to be prepared.
The quickest way that could happen would be if the Securities and Exchange Commission were to say it was investigating unusual activity such as market manipulation.
As soon as that happens, it could cool everything off, according to Egan.
"The air could go out of the balloon very quickly with a very light regulatory communication," Egan said.
Alternatively, interest could fall off more moderately as the news cycle changes directions and attention on these companies diminishes.
Once vaccines are distributed and people start to return to more normal pre-pandemic routines, this substitute for normal contact will start to go away, Egan predicts.
"It will still be there, it will just be much, much smaller," Egan said.
Risks to watch out for
Admittedly, in order to get big rewards, you have to take big risks.
That is one reason Boneparth said he doesn't discourage his clients from dabbling in individual stocks.
The best time to incorporate those kinds of holdings is after you have done your financial planning, secured your cash flow, identified your goals and aligned your core assets you help you achieve them, he said.
"Once you get through all of that and you've done all of that hard work, it can be okay to take 5%, maybe 10% of your investable assets and go try and find some opportunities," Boneparth said.
Take stock in your personal situation before you risk your own capital in these kinds of bets, advised Sarah Newcomb, director of behavioral science at Morningstar.
If you're new to investing, and don't understand the difference between market price and fundamental value, or you're thinking of risking money you need for your financial security, reconsider, she advised.
"Just like you wouldn't take your rent money to Vegas, don't put your life savings on the line trying to guess what the herd will do next," Newcomb said.
To reduce risk, you may want to try well-diversified funds or large cap stocks that will be less vulnerable to these kinds of market fluctuations, she said.
One way to capture the upside if particular names do well is to invest in broader index funds, Egan said.
"You can just say, 'I want to invest in everything, so if it goes up, I know I've invested in it,'" Egan said. "There are very easy, low-cost ways to do it without causing any stress or really large tax bills at the end of the year."
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Discussion in 'Dermatology' started by Egyptian Doctor, Oct 13, 2013.
1- Applying Thick Creams: When your skin is dry, you tend to think that applying a thick cream will moisturise and nourish your skin. Well, this is just a myth as thick cream blocks the skin pores which in turn can make your skin look dark and dull. So, avoid applying thick creams or moisturisers.
2- Avoiding It After Bath: Most of the people make this mistake and this in turn leads to dry skin. You must ensure that you apply body lotion or a moisturiser after bathing. The skin pores open after a bath, and moisturiser will provide the essential moisture required to prevent dry skin.
3- Skipping Sunscreen: Sometimes you tend to skip your sunscreen. Sunscreen protects the skin from getting damaged. The UV rays of the sun dries the skin and also tans it.
4- Over-Exfoliation: Exfoliating is required for proper skin care. But some people over do this process and all the essential natural oils are lost from the skin. This makes your skin dry and rough. Make sure you do not over-exfoliate your skin and are always applying a moisturiser after exfoliation.
5- Not For Oil-Free Skin: If you think that body lotion or moisturiser is not required for oil-free skin, then you are wrong. Even oily skin needs some moisturising. If you have oily skin, use oil-free body lotion or moisturiser that moisturises the skin and prevents it from becoming more oily.


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Bad Journalism
Y'know sometimes how a story or a situation can just sit in the back of your mind all week? Well, it's been one of those weeks. In this case, the thing that's been pinging around my cranium for the last few days has been this article from the Guardian.
It's the worst piece of journalism I've seen in a while, and whilst two of those comics who have been misrepresented have been afforded a right-of-reply (Richard Herring's can be read here and Brendon Burns' can be read here) this is still too little too late in my book.
I've long been troubled by the idea of how the press can deliberately misrepresent a person, and to take an avowedly and outspokenly anti-racist such as Herring and use out of context quotes to portray him as the opposite is fundamentally depressing but nothing new.
Here's a fun game to play. Take a look around your house, and see what items could be misrepresented in some way by the tabloids were you ever to stand accused of a crime. Granted, my own house is full of a great deal of amassed paraphernalia from years of shooting straight-to-DVD splatter movies, so I have a head start. I've got an awful lot of bloodstained wedding dresses, gimp masks, surgical tools, cheerleader outfits and chainsaws sitting in my loft, which would pretty much mean that the tabloids would hang me without trial if they ever found the need to. But what about beyond that? Ok, let's have a rummage through a typical loft.
"Films feature full-frontal footage of naked children, and real-life death and mutilation"
That'd be Superman: The Movie, Good Morning Vietnam and JFK..
"Publications featuring underage sexualised nudity"
That'd be back-issues of the tabloid newspapers themselves (!) from a few years ago before they raised the minimum age for Page 3 from 16 to 18.
"Audio recordings detailing mutilation, rape and murder"
That'd be the Eminem albums.
"Books detailing black magic rituals"
Harry Potter stand up and take a bow.
It sounds like I'm exaggerating for comic effect here, but I'm really not. The cumalative effect of listing a whole bunch of stuff completely out of context is a very powerful thing. If I'd never heard of Richard Herring prior to that article on Monday I would, frankly, have assumed that he was at best an idiot and at worst a fascist. The fact that he's actually one of the best stand-ups in the country and has strongly held and frequently articulated anti-racist views makes the article both incredibly irritating and also rather dangerous.
I still can't work out Brian Logan's motives, and in a way I'm past caring. If it was an article in the Daily Mail I'd be able to shrug it off easier (frankly, if you read that piece of shit and expect it to be anything other than incoherent lies then you deserve everything you get), but The Guardian turns up on my mat most mornings, and I'd credited them with a little more. Not a lot, just a little.
As Beck once so beautifully put it..
"Don't believe everything that you read,
You get.."
(Coughs.. Squints at lyrics sheet)
"..a parking violation and a maggot on your sleeve"
The Devil's Music Release
We're delighted to announce that The Devil's Music has signed with the excellent Lono Entertainment for US DVD release. Check out Lono's homepage at http://lonoentertainment.com/ and, while you're over there, order yourself a copy of James Eaves' fantastic movie Bane which Lono are also distributing.
We're hoping that the DVD will hit in time for Halloween, so I'd best stop typing this blog and get back to preparing our delivery list.
Hopefully we'll be making an announcement regarding a rather unconventional UK release in the next few weeks.


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What to look out for, plus how to get the best deal, when signing a new lease for your space.
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Hurt: Private sector jobs are Job No. 1
By Roger Piantadosi October 23, 2014 Agriculture, Business, Elections, From the Rappahannock News, Health and Healthcare, People, Politics/Government Comments Off on Hurt: Private sector jobs are Job No. 1
That's the No. 1 issue Republican Rep. Robert Hurt says he is hearing about from constituents across Virginia's vast North Carolina-to-Northern Virginia 5th District.
Hurt is a 45-year-old lawyer born in Manhattan who returned to his Southside Virginia roots to raise a family, and to continue a political career that began locally, moved to Richmond and then went national with his successful 2010 challenge to Democrat Tom Perriello in the 5th District (which has since been redistricted to include Rappahannock County). He easily won a second term in 2012, and now he's focused on jobs — and keeping his own ("I'm taking nothing for granted," as he put it) — in the Nov. 4 race against Democrat Lawrence Gaughan.
Libertarian Paul Jones and Independent Green Party candidate Ken Hildebrandt are also on the ballot.
Rep. Robert Hurt (R-5th)
Actor and voter-turnout activist Gaughan, 47, who hails from Perriello's Albemarle County but moved to Danville — Hurt's stomping grounds — before the campaign began, has raised just shy of $70,000 for his campaign. As of this week, Hurt's campaign, according to OpenSecrets.org, has raised $1.14 million.
Hurt spoke to the Rappahannock News on a brief visit Tuesday to Washington, part of his last-two-week push "to see as many people as we can."
Rappahannock News: In his interview with us this summer, your opponent Lawrence Gaughan pointed to your opposition in your first two terms to various federal job-creating initiatives — mostly in the areas of building transportation infrastructure, health care and education.
Robert Hurt: On the issue of jobs . . . there's no question that that's the No. 1 issue facing the district, which . . . if you look at it as a whole, it's 23 counties and cities, from the North Carolina line all the way up to Fauquier County. But especially when you get to the southern part of the district, we have places with unemployment as high as 10 percent.
It strikes me that we as policy makers need to be doing everything that we can, whether it deals with tax code, or trade policy, or health care policy, education policy, labor policy, environmental policy, or especially energy policy. . . . We need to remember that all those have a direct impact on those who, in the private sector, are creating jobs. And that's been . . . my policy has been that the job growth that we want to see, across the 5th district, are private sector jobs. And I think the way to promote that, private-sector job growth, is to have policies that make it easier for those small mom-and-pop businesses to succeed, for small farms to succeed.
And if you look at the balance sheet of the spending that goes on in a small business, especially on a farm, energy is, if not the largest, one of the largest inputs into their business . . . . One of the things we've seen on the southern side of the state is there's been an interesting growth of plastics-oriented businesses. They're very excited about natural gas opportunities . . .
I'm very proud of [my] record on voting for bills that promote job growth. If you look at the House bills that I would say are jobs-related, there are literally dozens, if not hundreds, of bills that we've passed in this Congress that we've sent to the Senate [where they] haven't been acted upon.
RN: These are initiatives meant to create private-sector jobs.?
RH: The bottom line is, we spend $3.5 trillion a year, we borrow 15 cents on every dollar that we spend to support that $3.5 trillion, so all we're doing every year is adding to the debt, a debt that right now stands at $18 trillion. I think we need to have a robust private sector — a growing, thriving private sector — to help grow us out of this deficit spending, as well as ultimately pay down this debt.
Seems to me that government jobs cost tax dollars, whereas private sector jobs contribute tax dollars.
RN: What do you think about the president's health care law? The political dynamic could change; if the current polls prevail, there may be a Republican House and Senate. Would you vote to repeal it?
RH: I go on the record very clearly as being against the president's health care law. I would vote to repeal it, but I'll make a couple of points. No. 1, as I've traveled over the last six months, and particularly, interestingly, in the last couple of weeks, every single day I hear a new story from somebody who says, "I got a notice in the mail, my policy's cancelled, I was told I could keep what I wanted, I'm now being told that I can't have what I had," and also those who say, "My policy has gone from $700 to $1400 dollars."
I mean, those are the real impacts of that law, in terms of those that are really hurting jobs, and they're really hurting people. Now, I'll be the first to say about the president's health care law: He rightly identified that health care costs are driving up government spending . . . . I'd be the first to say the health care system and the cost of health care need to be reined in, and reformed. I just disagree with the way that he did it . . . And so, I would vote to repeal it but I think it's extremely important to say, in the same sentence . . . that I also believe we need to have market-based reforms . . . like the ability of insurance companies to sell policies across state lines. My philosophy is, if you want to drive down the cost of anything, we need to have more competition.
RN: Have you seen a system that you think would work?
RH: I believe there are a couple of dozen proposals that, in toto, would comprise a reform package. I'm not saying it's going to be easy. It will be difficult. But at least two cornerstones that I think could certainly be the basis for it, would be, again this idea of allowing health insurance companies to compete across state lines, and the second one would be certainly tort reform — having significant tort reform, because the cost of defensive medicine, and the cost of the doctors doing tests just so they can testify in a deposition that they did a test, whether it's necessary or not, those things add real costs to the health care. A third one would be encouraging Americans to use HSAs, health savings accounts, which I think are very forward-thinking in terms of giving a little more skin in the game to the patients who make the decisions and use those dollars, and encouraging them to use those dollars wisely.
RN: You haven't heard from any constituents with (Obamacare) success stories?
RN: It's hard to say. . . . I guess the answer is, I really haven't. I'm not saying there aren't people who aren't very happy with the subsidized policy that they've gotten, maybe many people who haven't had policies in the past, I'm not saying they don't exist, I'm sure they do, but . . . I guess they're not the ones you hear from . . . you often hear from people who are very upset that they've lost their policy or . . . the rates have gotten jacked up. Or their employer has cut their hours from 40 to 29. Or the employer has just cancelled, and said, "I can't afford to do any more health care."
RN: Other issues besides jobs and health care that voters talk to you about?
RH: Jobs is the biggest one, no question. The second, I would say, is the spending in Washington . . . That is a long-term, tragic future for this country if we can't get that straightened out. . . . It's predicted that the unfunded liabilities for Medicare and Social Security . . . are approaching $100 trillion. So the long-term prospects for strength in this country, and opportunity and prosperity, are dimmed by this outlook. I think people are very concerned about that. What we have done, in a bipartisan way, not an easy way, or a pleasant way . . . we managed to get discretionary spending down to 2008 levels, which is actually kind of remarkable.
And so the answer to your question is, I hear concern about the long-term future for our children and grandchildren, and I think there really is a desire for Congress, in a bipartisan way, to reform these programs, and have a serious, adult conversation about how we reform them, and frankly, there doesn't seem to be the appetite to discuss Medicare reform in the White House, or in the Senate. And we have offered up on the House side a proposal, the Paul Ryan proposal. We voted on it three or four times since I've been there; I've supported it every time. It doesn't have to be the end-all, be-all, just a starting point, but we can't get the other side to even engage on it, because it's considered the third rail of politics. Well, you know, we need to get over that. I mean, it may be the third rail of politics, but it's the future of our country.
And the third thing, it really is a catch-all, is what I hear concern about, and that is . . . frankly, the President's refusal — in many cases — to enforce the law, like Obamacare, when those laws have provisions in them, like the employer mandate, that don't . . . you know, I just think Democrats and Republicans together should be outraged that he just changes things in a way, in my own opinion, that he doesn't have the power to do. And that's a threat to the liberty of each of us, when you have any branch of government exceeding its authority. I hear about that, and I think you sort of see that theme in the health care law, you see it in immigration issue, you have him stating that he's not going to enforce certain laws, and then obviously . . . Ebola, ISIL, I mean all the things that we've been reading about, all those things are . . . a grave concern.
RN: And what agricultural issues are you hearing about?
RH: There's a farmer in Nelson County that one time expressed it this way, he said, "You know I've been growing peaches on the side of this mountain here, our family has, for generations." He says, "On my farm I have the Corps of Engineers, I have the EPA, I have the DEQ, I have the USDA, the FDA, the IRS, the Department of Transportation, the Department of Labor . . . and all I'm trying to do is grow a peach."
And I think that's sort of the way a lot of farmers view it, you know, "Look, we have the highest interest in having clean water, and clean air, and having a clean environment, because our products depend on it, our families depend on it, our customers depend on it, and our employees depend on it."
And so I think that's sort of the philosophy that I started with. Energy prices again are huge . . .
RN: What about the Farm Bill subsidies?
RH: I've read your-all's opinion on that. And I agree with very much of that philosophy — that we need to get the subsidies out of the Farm Bill. And we did a lot of that in this last Farm Bill. I voted against the first one, when I first got elected. Because there weren't reforms — it was just kicking the can down the road. And there weren't reforms on the farm side or on the food stamps side . . .
I voted in favor of this last one not because it's where we want to be, but because we moved the ball . . . forward in terms of streamlining programs, reducing costs and getting rid of some of these, you know, direct payments to farmers. Because they are offensive, and so that's why I ended up supporting it. And there are also reforms, welfare-to-work programs, that were built into the food stamp program that I think are really, really important.
The other reason, people say, "Why would you vote for the Farm Bill at all?" And I guess one of the things that I do believe is really important is a government program that supports the crop insurance program. You have to have that. . . . I'm not saying it shouldn't be reformed or that you shouldn't seek to always have the private sector and the farmer absorb as much of that risk as possible, but I don't think those policies would be written if you didn't have some kind of government subsidy or government backing. That's something I hear about all the time, from our production farmers.
RN: Is there going to be any debate between you and your opponent?
RH: We don't have anything on the schedule, and certainly in the early part of the campaign, we were not contacted by our opponent to engage in one, and we're sort of running out of time. We'd not been engaged by him, but in the last day or so, that's changed. He's actually asked for [a debate]. Prior to that, he hadn't. But it's 15 days out. We're running a campaign. We want to reach as many people as possible in that time, and we have 15 days.
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Former Rappahannock News editor Roger Piantadosi is a writer and works on web and video projects for Rappahannock Media and his own Synergist Media company. Before joining the News in 2009, he was a staff writer, editor and web developer at The Washington Post for almost 30 years.
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End Note: STATUS OF RUSSIAN LANGUAGE AGAIN THREATENS UKRAINIAN-RUSSIAN RELATIONS
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ANTI-PRESIDENTIAL PROTESTS OVER MISSED JOURNALIST RESUME IN KYIV. Following the holiday break, several hundred people gathered in front of the parliamentary building in Kyiv on 10 January to demand the resignation of President Leonid Kuchma and Prosecutor-General Mykhaylo Potebenko, Interfax reported. The picketers blame Kuchma for ordering the kidnapping of journalist Heorhiy Gongadze and Potebenko of impeding the investigation of Gongadze's disappearance. Some 100 people staged a pro-Kuchma picket at the same time. Meanwhile, Communist Party leader Petro Symonenko told the parliament that the authorities organized demonstrations "of support to the regime" throughout the country on 10 January. According to Symonenko, the authorities resorted to compelled "children, students, and budget sector employees" to attend those demonstrations. JM
STATUS OF RUSSIAN LANGUAGE AGAIN THREATENS UKRAINIAN-RUSSIAN RELATIONS
On 3 January, the Russian Foreign Ministry again raised the question of the status of the Russian language in Ukraine, an issue that has bedeviled bilateral relations since Leonid Kuchma's re-election for a second term as president in November 1999. The Russian Foreign Ministry claimed that the Ukrainian State Committee for Information Policy, Television and Radio Broadcasting (Derzhkominform), led by long time leading Rukh member and writer Ivan Drach, is insisting that all television and radio in Ukraine be aired only in the Ukrainian language. Two days later, Derzhkominform issued a counter statement that its intention has never been to totally remove Russian from Ukraine's media.
At issue is Derzhkominform's insistence on implementation of Article 9 of the law "On Television Broadcasting," which states that programs broadcast throughout Ukraine be only in the state language (Ukrainian). The exception to this is in regions where national minorities "live compactly." Derzhkominform has submitted changes to the law to the Ukrainian parliament (Rada) that define what "compactly" means and whether that designation can be applied to a linguistic group (i.e. Russophones), as opposed to only national minorities (Russians are only in a majority in the Crimea).
Derzhkominform's insistence that all-Ukrainian programs be broadcast only in Ukrainian is supported by the National Council for TV and Radio (Natsrada), Derzhkominform's joint executive-parliamentary oversight body which is headed by a Kuchma appointee. The policies of Derzhkominform are, moreover, enthusiastically endorsed by center-right Prime Minister Viktor Yushchenko and his government, in particular by Mykola Zhulynsky, Deputy Prime Minister with responsibility for the Humanities and Director of the National Academy of Sciences Institute of Ukrainian Language. Zhulynsky is also Chairman of the Council for Language Policy attached to the president which is helping the National Orthography Commission to return to 1920s Ukrainian language rules that were replaced in the 1930s by Josef Stalin to make Russian and Ukrainian closer in style and syntax.
In February 2000, the State Committee for Information Policy and the State Committee for TV and Radio were amalgamated into Derzhkominform, and Drach was appointed its new head. Natsrada has been dominated by three parliamentarians from pro-Kuchma oligarch factions and one anti-Kuchma representative since the left lost control of parliament in early 2000. Yuriy Pokalchuk, a well known writer and former member of Rukh, represents the United Social Democrats on Natsrada.
In October 2000, Derzhkominform issued a warning to newspapers from Russia registered in Ukraine, such as "Komsomolskaya Pravda v Ukraine," to abide by their registration documents; that is, publish material on Ukraine, open offices in Ukraine and use some Ukrainian language in their editions sold in Ukraine. Another complaint rested upon advertising revenues which Ukraine is losing because Ukrainian and Western companies located in Ukraine prefer to place their adverts in Russian newspapers sold in Ukraine, rather than Ukrainian ones, as they then reach both the Ukrainian and Russian markets.
Also in October, the Natsrada issued a warning to Ukrainian TV and radio stations that they must obtain a license if they wished to re-transmit programs from Russia. Yet, Natsrada had stopped giving out licenses on the eve of the Ukrainian presidential elections in October 1999. The Russian Foreign Ministry's complaints were based on the fear that TV and radio programs from Russia would no longer be available in Ukraine (the Russian Foreign Ministry purposefully ignored the large number of Russian-language TV and radio programs produced in Ukraine). Under Ukrainian law, 50 per cent of programs on TV and radio in Ukraine should be in Ukrainian, a point that is only now being enforced by Natsrada.
Derzhkominform refused to register "Kommersant-Ukraina" and forbid further newspapers from Russia registering in Ukraine. Beginning in January 2001, all medicines sold in Ukraine have to have instructions only in Ukrainian. Derzhkominform also sent a draft law to the Rada calling for modifications to the legislation on media that define henceforth Ukrainian newspapers as only those written and published in Ukraine.
President Kuchma's draft law in June cutting taxes on Ukrainian-language publications was adopted by parliament on 15 September. At the large book bazaar in Kyiv's Petrivka region, 80 percent of books on sale are from Russia, a reflection of this unfair competition. In 1999 18 million books were published in Ukraine, while 25 million were imported from Russia. In November Kuchma also issued a decree providing financial assistance to Ukrainian book publishing.
These moves by Derzhkominform and Natsrada are likely to be supported by Ukraine's parliament and executive because of the catastrophic decline in newspapers published in Ukraine since 1995, when Russia removed all taxes on Russian publications, thereby giving them a big financial edge over those published in Ukraine. Newspapers from Russia circulated in Ukraine and elsewhere in the former USSR are also subsidized by the Russian state budget, meaning they are cheaper to buy. Of the top thirteen newspapers in Ukraine according to print runs, five are from Russia ("IzvestiyaUkraina," "Trud (Ukraina)," "Komsomolskaya Pravda v Ukraine," "Argumenty i Fakty v Ukraine" and "Moskovskii Komsomolets v Ukraine." Of the remaining seven national newspapers published in Ukraine, only three are in Ukrainian, two are in Russian and another three have separate Russian and Ukrainian editions.
Kuchma's support for these moves against the Russian media, which are backed by the pro-presidential oligarchs, are not due to any patriotic support for the Ukrainian language. Kuchma has been a strong opponent of independent media in Ukraine, which he has been accused of undermining. Printed media from Russia are more independent and beyond his control and therefore their removal from Ukraine would be in his interest, particularly as they have been extensively reporting on the "Kuchmagate" scandal since November. Thus, the cultural-linguistic concerns of the national democrats coincide with the financial and authoritarian demands of Kuchma and the centrist oligarchs.


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Bay Country
The Armchair Sailor
New tournament is a fall classic in the making
Chris Landry
Rob Miller has been fishing the rips off Chatham, Massachusetts, and Nantucket for 15 years. "These are amazing, beautiful waters, and I've had some terrific days," Miller says. "It's a great way to fish with light tackle and catch active, feeding striped bass."
Miller has won at least 10 local tournaments during the past several seasons, including this September's inaugural Nantucket Classic. His four-person team caught and released 72 striped bass aboard his 33-foot Southport center console Summer Place to take the $3,000 first-place prize. The two-day tourney, held Sept. 23-25 at the Nantucket Boat Basin, was presented by Soundings and produced and managed by the magazine's parent company, Active Interest Media. Anglers fished for stripers, bluefish, false albacore and bonito.
"I'd say our average fish was about 36 inches," says Miller, who lives in Centerville, Massachusetts, on Cape Cod. "We caught all of the fish in the space of about five or six hours on the first day. It was crazy, nonstop action. The stripers had to be at least 28 inches, and we had to measure and photograph every fish." Miller's team, which included David Rose, Les Schwom and Bob Lewis, fished St. Croix Mojo casting rods with Van Staal reels and 30-pound-test fluorocarbon line, throwing Tady lures.
Miller enjoys competitive fishing, but he really gets a charge out of teaching novice anglers — kids, in particular — how to catch fish in the rips. Handkerchief Shoals and Bearse Shoal off Monomoy and Old Man Shoal off Nantucket's southeast tip are some of his favorite haunts. "It's more about the people in the boat than the fish," Miller says. "I like to make it really fun for them, and to me this type of fishing is ideal for that. There's nothing better than when they get hookup after hookup on every pass through the rip."
Miller fished a 1985 32-foot Blackfin flybridge before taking delivery of the 2016 Southport 33 FE in June. Powered by twin Yamaha F300s, the Southport puts him closer to the fishing action, and on a center console that can be anywhere from bow to stern. "I love to hear the laughter of the guys and squeals of the girls," says Miller, who is part owner of an insurance company.
He's thrilled with the speed and fuel economy of the center console, which he refers to as his little rocket. "I would cruise at 24 knots in the Blackfin, but I can cruise at 31 knots in the Southport and still get better fuel economy," Miller says.
Rhode Islander Craig DaPonte cruised into second place fishing his 26-foot NorthCoast center console with twin Suzuki DF250s. He and his crew caught and released 40 bluefish in two days to take home a $2,500 purse.
The weather was pleasant on the first day of fishing, but the action was slow, he says. A 12- to 15-knot wind greeted the anglers on the second day, and DaPonte's crew fared better, catching and releasing more than 30 blues. "The rip was standing straight up, and we started casting into it," DaPonte says, referring to Bonito Bar, just outside Madaket Harbor. "We figured if we can get a ton of blues to win, we'll do it," he says. "We had double and triple hookups a couple times. We fished until the slack hit and the rip sat down." (Bluefish had to measure at least 21 inches.)
DaPonte's family owns C&C Marine in Bristol, Rhode Island, the builder of NorthCoast boats. The 26 has a huge cockpit for a boat of its size, DaPonte says. "There's 5 feet from the transom to the back of the leaning post, so there's never any congestion in this area," says DaPonte, 23, who is the floor manager at the family business.
DaPonte's team caught the blues on a combination of Deadly Dick lures and Daiwa Salt Pro minnows. "Two of the SP minnows seemed to be outperforming the rest," DaPonte says. "I was throwing the blue mackerel pattern. The blues were so keyed in on the blue and silver colors that when I lost my blue mackerel minnow on a cast, I tied on a green mackerel, and the blues wouldn't touch it."
DaPonte's team, which included Gregg Weatherby, Keith Olsen and Brian Patterson, caught most of their fish on spinning gear with braided line, including Van Staal VM Series, Quantum PT 40s and Penn Battle reels; almost every spinning rod was a Tsunami Five Star.
Team TinMan, with owner Nicholas Gault aboard his 27-foot Mako, released four false albacores and 18 bluefish to win third place and $1,500.
He'll Be Back
In addition to Southport Boats, the sponsors of the Nantucket Classic included Nantucket Boat Basin, Cisco Brewers, Sudbury Boat Care Products, Anglers Journal magazine and Ocearch, an organization that generates scientific data and biological studies of great white sharks and other marine species. "We were very fortunate to have the Nantucket Boat Basin work with us and have Southport Boats sign on as our exclusive boat sponsor," says Soundings publisher Paul Smith. "Friday night's welcome party on the Ocearch shark research vessel added a positive cause to our event, and catering sponsors Slip 14 restaurant and Cisco Brewers made the weekend complete. We all agreed we should do it again next year."
If they do, Miller will be back in the rips, looking to repeat.
This article originally appeared in the December 2016 issue.
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Watching a performance from a band has always been the best experience because so many people enjoy live music with instruments. If you have not had that experience you need to come and watch Yozowo at the next Varcity PikNik.
Yozowo is a band that consists of four young energetic men who met back in high school and decided to form a band.
The band name was triggered by how they interacted with people in a given Whatsapp group where they had a different way of saying hi to people. It started by one saying Yo, then the next person would respond with Zo, and another one with Wo and this became a trend which finally led to the name YOZOWO.
The band consists of Twitch, the guitarist, Kahuti, the vocalist, Alex, the producer and song writer and finally Vanon, vocalist.
Yozowo will be performing at the Varcity Piknik 6th edition that will be happening on 9th of February at our offices in Kileleshwa, Othaya Road gate 25.
The four of them are students from different universities and are taking different courses from their various universities.
They have performed at various events and if you want to listen to the magical voice as they perform, then the place to be is the Varcity Piknik.


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Q: Show phone number on page to load call in Lync I have an application, which contains a web page which will show Phone Numbers for people.
eg. 0115 987 6543
What I would like to do is show the phone number as a link which automatically loads Microsoft Lync client to do so.
Is there any way I can do that?
Thanks,
David

A: I managed to find the answer in a thread about how to disable such a thing.
There is a standardized way to markup a phone number for compatibility with VOIP/dialing programs. It uses a standard A anchor with a tel: protocol. This has the dual effect of not only disabling Lync's intrusive markup, but also providing better support for anything that knows how to dial a number (Skype) and mobile devices (both iOS and Android).

For help, please call 1-800-555-1234.

Now Lync users can still click the link, which will prompt them to "open" it with Lync, regardless of the browser they use (I've confirmed compatibility with IE9, Firefox and Chrome). This strikes me as the best of both worlds: compatibility with users' telephony application, without trouncing all over your markup and layout.


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Homalophis est un genre de serpents de la famille des Homalopsidae.

Répartition
Les deux espèces se rencontrent sont endémiques de Bornéo. .

Liste des espèces
Selon  :
 Homalophis doriae Peters, 1871
 Homalophis gyii (Murphy, Voris & Auliya, 2005)

Publication originale
 Peters, 1871 : Über neue Reptilien aus Ostafrica und Sarawak (Borneo), vorzüglich aus der Sammlung des Hrn. Marquis J. Doria zu Genua. Monatsberichte der Königlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin, ,  (texte intégral).

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Homalopsidae
Genre de serpents (nom scientifique)
Faune endémique de Bornéo