January 24, 2019: Singapore – From limousine pick-up, butler services to roses on arrival and luxurious afternoon teas, couples celebrating the season of love can look forward a romantic dining experience with their loved ones this Valentine's Day in the Lion City at AccorHotels.
Choose from a fine selection of exquisite Japanese fare, hearty Italian indulgences and a delicious afternoon tea experience at Fairmont Singapore. Savour authentic Italian classics at Prego with a lavish selection of six rustic and traditional Italian signatures, including artful starters of French Oysters Spiced Mayonnaise or all-time favourite Heirloom Tomato with Burrata Cheese. Delectable mains include the succulent Grilled Norwegian Blue Lobster and Braised Wagyu Australian Short Rib and Seared Foie Gras with Green Bean Ravioli and Pecans, as well as our homemade Fettuccine with Spring Vegetables and Courgette Flowers. End the evening with a classic Almond Orange Blossom Sponge and Vanilla Ricotta Cream sprinkled with Crushed Pistachios. The Valentine's Day menu special is available from 8 to 15 February with prices start at $14++ Tattinger Brut Réserve/Tattinger Rosé is available at $128++/ $148++.
For a romantic afternoon tea, head over to ANTI:DOTE with award-winning Head Chef Tryson Quek's delicious creation that include the popular Braised Abalone and Beetroot Tart and the 63ºC Organic Egg with complementing flavours of Purple Cauliflower and Crispy Foie Gras, an assortment of desserts include Crémeux Sudachi with Ruby Chocolate and Beetroot Almond Sable as well as a delightful Raspberry Rose Velvet Cheesecake. Priced at $55++ per person, the luxurious afternoon tea set is available from 1 to 15 February.
For those looking for a Japanese indulgent, delight in a 6-course Kaiseki menu showcasing the freshest produce of the season at Mikuni with a Slow-cooked Whole Abalone with Snow Kyoto Turnip, a curated selection of sashimi as well as Mikuni's Signature Slow-cooked Miyazaki Wagyu served with Winter Truffle Sauce priced at $220++ per person. Mikuni's special Yuzu cocktail is available at $15++ per glass and a bottle of Japanese wine – Arugano Vento or Tatsumigura Junmai Ginjo Sake is available at $100++.
Famed for his distinctive French Chinese fusion cuisine, Executive Chef Jean-Charles Dubois of Racines at Sofitel Singapore City Centre has curated an exquisite six-course menu that includes Malt Whisky Foie Gras Espuma served with Carpaccio of Cured Duck Breast and Berries Vierge as well as mains such as Slow-Cooked Grain Fed Veal Loin Topped with Butter Chervil or Steamed Lemon Sole Roulade with Crayfish Ragout Ravioli. Priced at $188++ per person or enjoy a glass of Duval Rosé Champagne and complimentary freshly-shucked French Tabouriech Oysters at $228++ per person. Couples will also stand a chance to win a romantic getaway with a 3 day 2 night stay at Sofitel Bali Nusa Dua.
Enjoy a romantic candle-light seven course dinner at The Cliff in Sofitel Singapore Sentosa Resort & Spa complete with a limousine pick-up or drop-off to the hotel, a private butler service and a signature Valentine's cocktail on arrival at $686++ per couple.
Indulge in sky-high romance at the contemporary SKAI restaurant the overlooks the city skyline on the 70th floor at Swissôtel The Stamford with Executive Chef Paul Hallett's five-course set menu at $248++ per person inclusive of a glass of champagne. Showcasing the finest produce infused with delicate Japanese accents, highlights of the menu include Black Pearl Oysters garnished with Dashi, Fuji Apple and Caviar; Rich Scallop and Uni Risotto and Sake-glazed Alaskan Cod with Pumpkin and Sage to name a few. End the night on a sweet note with delicious Ruby Chocolate dessert with Pickled Cherry, Meringue and Raspberry Ripple.
Relish in a luxurious eight course degustation menu specially created by Michelin Star Chef Kirk Westaway at JAAN with decadent highlights including Majestic Oysters with Pomelo and Ponzu; Scottish Scallop in a rich Smoked Iberico Broth and Scottish Lobster served with Burrata and Tomato, and Iberico Pork Loin with Parsley Root and Quince Remoulade. Enjoy a glass of a pre-dessert Champagne Blackcurrant Granité before Chef Kirk's rendition of Pineapple Tarts, and signature sweets. Priced at $399++ per person inclusive of a glass of Krug Grand Cuvée, the menu is available from 14 to 15 February. Premium wine pairing is available at $220++ per person.
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Fortune Sound Club is a nightclub, established in 2009, which is located in Chinatown, Vancouver, BC.

Origins
Fortune originated as a nightclub with a very niche-oriented demographic. What was once considered the 'hipster' nightclub of Vancouver, Fortune hosts multiple cultural nights each week, and supports events catered towards the alt-underground community and the local scene. Fortune Sound is known for not only club nights & concerts but unique community gatherings such as art shows, pop up shops, food fairs, mental health seminars & much more. Previously, its building served as the location of the infamous Ming's Restaurant before closure.[.

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Nightclubs in Vancouver
Canadian companies established in 2009

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Optimum will release a Special Edition of Nic Roeg's cult classic The Man Who Fell To Earth on DVD on January the 29th.
It will feature a new interview with Nic Roeg, in addition to the Watching The Alien documentary from the previous DVD edition. Despite Special Edition status, Optimum's new disc pales alongside the feature-packed version released in the US by Criterion (which includes a commentary track, and several new video interviews). Optimum is promising that their new disc will be "digitally restored", one aspect which may better the Criterion disc.
The film's Incoming record has been updated. Note that Benson's World is currently offering the £17.99 RRP disc for pre-order for £7.49 - click here.
The bonus features for Nucleus Films' release of the 1980 video favourite Death Ship have been confirmed, and the Incoming entry has been amended accordingly.
The release has been re-scheduled, and is now due on March the 26th.
The film will be presented in newly re-mastered anamorphic 1.85:1 format, with a choice of PCM 2.0 mono and Dolby Digital 2.0 mono audio tracks, with optional HoH subtitles. The RRP is £15.99.
Australian label Madman Television have three DVD sets which might interest UK-based customers next month.
The first is the Midsomer Murders - Season 6 set, which features the five feature-length episodes (A Talent For Life, Death and Dreams, Painted in Blood, A Tale of Two Hamlets and Birds of Prey) on a three disc set, which will also feature textless titles and photo' galleries. Release date is 7th February, with am SRP of AU$59.95.
The second, which was released in October last year, contains the first season (thirty episodes) of the Emmy-nominated, Golden Globe-winning sitcom That Girl. The episodes, which include the original un-aired Pilot, have been digitally re-mastered. Four episodes will feature commentary by star Marlo Thomas, and series creator Bill Persky. The set will also feature rare promo's, original location footage; a featurette "and more". The five-disc set has an SRP of AU$49.95.
The That Girl - Season 2 set will be released on March the 7th. The four-disc set will feature thirty episodes, with bonus features including four episodes with commentary by Thomas and Persky; the original un-aired pilot for Thomas' un-sold sitcom Two's Company, and a new featurette about the making of the series. The SRP is AU$39.95.
Full details of the Borat: Cultural Leanings of America For Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan DVD have been added to the disc's Incoming entry.
Anchor Bay will release the recent animated Hellboy film, Hellboy Animated: Sword of Storms (a sequel to Guillermo del Toro's 2004 film) on DVD on March the 5th.
The disc will also feature several behind-the-scenes featurettes: To Hell And Back (how Mike Mignola created Hellboy), A New Breed (creating the new Hellboy), Conquering Hellboy (the actor's role), A View From The Top (the "Heads" sequence), Keepers of Hellboy (Comic Con 2006 Panel Discussion), Hellboy Goes East (a look at many of the inspirations, back-stories and secrets of Hellboy Animated: Sword of Storms). There is also DVD-Rom content, including weblinks, storyboards and more.
The disc will also be accompanied by a thirty-two-page limited edition Hellboy comic book, by Mignola, in the "deluxe limited edition" slipcase. The RRP is £14.99.
Metrodome will release Wim Wenders' cyberpunk road movie Until The End of the World (Bis ans Ende der Welt) on DVD on February the 26th.
The film, which stars Wings of Desire's Solveig Donmartin, William Hurt, Max Von Sydow and Sam Neil, featured an iconic soundtrack, featuring new material from artists including U2, R.E.M, Talking Heads, Lou Reed, Depeche Mode and Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds (who were asked to imagine the kind of songs they'd be producing eight years hence).
The disc will include a theatrical trailer, and an essay on Wenders from film scholar Jason Wood. No technical details were announced. The running time is quoted as 155m, suggesting that this is the shortest version of the film (not the three-hour edit, or - as claimed by an earlier press release - the 280m Director's Cut). The RRP is £19.99.
Lions 3D: Roar of the Kalahari, a compelling giant-screen 3D film by Tim Liversedge for National Geographic, opens at the BFI IMAX on 9 February. Filmed entirely in the wild and made possible in part by the support of the Republic of Botswana, Lions 3D carries the audience deep into the stark expanse of Botswana's Kalahari Desert where the life-and-death struggle between a real lion king and a fierce, young contender determined to oust him from his throne unfolds. Viewers will be shaken in their seats by one of nature's loudest sounds - the roars of duelling lions - delivered by the most powerful cinema sound system in the world.
"Lions 3D is set around an isolated watering hole teaming with wildlife" says Liversedge. "Powerful, close-up images and a complex sound design put the audience right there at the site. Zebra herds trot by close enough to touch. An elephant trumpets thunderously from the screen. A soaring flight is taken over vast and harsh landscapes.
The BFI IMAX is located at South Bank, London SE1. Nearest tube/railway is Waterloo. Tickets can be bought in advance from the ticket desk or by telephone on 0870 787 2525 or online from www.bfi.org.uk/imax. Tickets for Lions 3D are priced as follows: Adults £8.50, Children (up to and including age 14) £6.25, Concessions £6.25. The reduced rate for groups of 10 people or more is £700 for adults and £5.25 for concessions. Tickets will be on sale shortly.
There's a new review on the site today. It's of BBC Audiobooks' The War of the Worlds CD, which was released earlier this month, as part of their Classic Radio Sci-Fi collection. Click here, or on the image, left, to go to the review.
I've updated the Hammer DVD Guide, adding the individual Optimum titles which were previously only available in their Ultimate Hammer Collection box set, and updating various other bits and pieces with information that's become available since the last update.
Revolver Entertainment will release a two-disc Special Edition of Terry Gilliam's Tideland on DVD on the 29th of January.
The film, which Gilliam has described as "Alice in Wonderland meets Psycho", is about the surreal fantasy world created by a young girl, played by Jodelle Ferland.
Disc one will feature a "personal" introduction by Gilliam, and a commentary track by Gilliam and scriptwriter Tony Grisoni. Disc two will feature an interview with Gilliam; a sixty-minute behind-the-scenes documentary called Getting Gilliam; an interview with producer Jeremy Thomas; a behind-the-scenes featurette; deleted scenes (with Gilliam commentary); Green Screen (with Gilliam commentary); a Q&A interview with Tideland author Mitch Cullin and Terry Gilliam, filmed at the Guardian Hay Festival; a theatrical trailer; and an Easter Egg.
No technical specifications were announced. The RRP is £19.99.
Paramount will release Nickelodeon's 3D CGI-animated movie Barnyard on February the 19th.
Bonus features include a new animated music video, Barnyard Bop (created especially for the DVD); a commentary track by director / writer / producer Steve Odenkirk, producer Paul Marshal, animation supervisor Todd Grimes and animators TJ Sullivan and Dimitri Joannides; a music video, Mud, performed by the Mississippi All-Stars; a featurette focussing on the film's music, Boogying In The Barn; one on the voice talent (which includes Kevin James, Courtney Cox, Wanda Sykes Andie MacDowell and Sam Elliot), titled Utter Talent; a look at how one of the stars bonded with the cows in Method Acting with Kevin James; seven deleted scenes (at various stages of production, with optional commentary); a behind-the-scenes look at An Animator's Life; an alternate opening sequence, Stomp; and Nick-on-Air campaign spots.
Pasolini - Volume 2 box set - Hawks and Sparrows, Oedipus Rex, Pigsty - bonus features include archive Italian TV footage and Pasolini's book, A Violent Life.
Metrodome will release Richard Glatzer and Wash Westmoreland's award-winning drama about young woman from a Mexican-American family Echo Park L.A. on DVD on February the 26th.
The film, which won the Dramatic Grand Jury Prize and the Audience Award at the 2006 Sundance Film Festival, will be presented with Dolby Digital 5.1 audio. No other technical details were announced.


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KV squad has a Wonderful ending
By	Kern Valley Sun	/	December 11, 2019
By; Ray Conner
The Lady Broncs soccer team finally got a chance to play a match.
The weather has played havoc on their schedule to start the season.
Kern Valley entertained Wonderful College Prep Academy (Delano) where the teams battled for the victory. Kern Valley was able to collect the 2-1 win in their first match of the year.
The Lady Broncs took the lead for the first time as they scored in the first half. That would be it as the two squads went into halftime with the 1-0 score.
Kern Valley added another goal in the second half to make it 2-0. The Lady Wolves would get one goal back to put it at 2-1.
It stayed that way the rest of the way and Kern Valley got the victory.
Kern Valley would pepper the Wonderful goalie with 16 shots on goal. Two would find the mark. Olivia Wagner with an assist from Brooke Jeans scored one of the Lady Broncs goals. Kylie Weeden scored an unassisted goal in Kern Valley's victory.
The Lady Broncs saw two players share goal tending duties in the match. In the first half it was Molly Watson. She would earn five saves in the first half action. Lexi Baker took over in the second half and also got credit for five saves. Baker would allow the one goal for the Lady Wolves.
With one game under their belt, this will be a busy week for the Kern Valley team. According to head coach Paul Armes they will play six matches this week, including competing in the Garces Tournament which starts

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Flags festoon the bay windows and the grown-ups buzz like bees and, the little girl thinks, they are laughing too much. It's all very worrying.
Something is certainly up today. There are even tables and chairs in the street with dishes of jelly and mounds of sandwiches. On old man is sitting on a low wall squeezing songs from the wireless out of his accordion, a bottle of beer by his side.
Everyone is dressed for Europe. This little girl is Holland. Her clever mother had transformed one of her nurse's caps into a Dutch-girl cap with turn-back white wings. Her sister was a dressed for Spain with a flamenco skirt and her brother was dressed for America with a cowboy hat.
Yesterday she fell off her own low wall and broke her arm. Today they crowd around her and try to sign her plaster. One man writes V for Victory on the underside. A woman writes V for Victory May 8 1945.on the top.
Somehow she's feels frightened by all this laughter, this strong feeling. It's all very worryong.
About that time this little girl began to know she was a writer.
'A little girl of three in a Fair Isle cardigan, playing outside a house in Lancaster. With her head of Shirley Temple curls she's winsome, prettier than she'll ever be in the many years to come. She's chalking on the sill of the big bay window.
She stands back and looks at the zig-zag scribble. That looks right. It looks just like her mother's writing, when she writes her letters. But then the little girl frowns her characteristic frown. Are the squiggles all in one or are there breaks in the line? She runs inside and climbs up to the mantelpiece where she knows there are letters. Letters and envelopes are big in her house these days. There are letters from her Daddy who's making aero engines in another city. Mammy reads these out to them all, the four of them sitting round the table. The letters always end with Love, Bill.
The little girl likes the way her mother smiles as she reads them. But there was one letter that made her mother cry, about someone called Jimmy, whose plane crashed in America. There's a photo of Jimmy in uniform on the mantelpiece, a sharp face with smiling eyes under a peaked cap.
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THE Oratory Real Tennis Club will be hosting the first of the World Championship eliminator matches, between World number five Nick Howell, an Old Oratorian, and 2016 to 2018 World champion, Camden Riviere.
The winner will go on to challenge the current holder, Rob Fahey, for the World Championship title.
The eliminator match will be played over two days on Monday, January 27 and Wednesday, January 29 at The Oratory School.
Real tennis is an entertaining sport for both players and spectators and is the game on which modern lawn tennis is based.
There has been a real tennis court at The Oratory School in Woodcote since 1989 and it flourished as one of the major courts in the world, hosting the World Championship in 2006.
There will be a series of events and activities for juniors and adults to engage with the players and to have a go on court in the run-up to the event, with various opportunities to meet the players, hit some balls with them and get some useful comments and tips.
The club has recently enlisted the help of the hugely successful real tennis team at Radley College, led by former World champion Chris Ronaldson.
Ronaldson and his team are rolling out a programme to enliven the club; solo and combined training and 'taster' sessions, exhibition matches, ladies' groups, opportunities for older players as well as activities for children keen on racquet sports.


Something of a departure, this. I don't think we've done anything book related before, have we? TADAAAA.. the first, and a special one it is. 'Rock Legends at Rockfield' charts the history of this famous rock studio – famous for its successes and excesses. Interviews with said legends crammed in to give a glorious insight to something we never see, and several things we might not ever want to! The place that looks like the décor is unchanged from the 70's, and probably unchangeable. Where the vibe in the studio makes you shiver, whether you thought it existed or not. Detailed and exclusive, photos aplenty, this is something you need to have. It's plain that author Jeff Collins loves his subject, knows bucketloads, and his heroes are all here too. His history and Rockfield's are intertwined, being almost of an age… Watch out for the TD extract at the bottom.
Out 15th September, links to Amazon, Waterstones, W H Smith and Welsh University Press at the bottom. £13.99, a snip.
Jo: You've got a lot of journalistic experience, of which I'm very jealous. It's predominately on the presenting side, not the written form. Was this project always going to be a book, or is there a documentary in the offing as well?
Jo: I think the commissioners were mad… but we're gonna get something greater than an article! How long has it taken to get this far, from the original idea?
Jeff: I started in October 2005 with the Lemmy and Tokyo Dragons interviews and then slowly starting carrying out more and more interviews over the Christmas and New Year period. The problem with this book is that as it was not about a single subject, it involved loads of interviews. I ended up doing about 60 in the end.
Jo: You've not done too badly in the time, really.
Jeff: I didn't want to rehash any interviews already done so the only interviews to appear in my book have been done my me so I know for sure that was said was geniune and that i was not repeating stories second hand. So by the time the manuscript was handed in in January 2006 it had taken 14 months or so to research, carry out interviews and write.
No i think things went along pretty well. One of the biggest challenges was structuring the book.
Jo: I can imagine sorting it all out was a bit of a task.
Jeff: It started out as a history of Rockfield but turned into a behind the scene look at how various Rock Icons worked and played there, so in the end I'm telling the story of the major bands and records as much as the story of Rockfield.
Jo: Lots for the price of one, then. Is it easier to work with the rock gods on something like this, or the producers and engineers? Are the rock gods less reticent about their adventures?
Jeff: Well I decided to take a different approach to this book.You're right. Sometimes bands can be very reticent about their past or what they've been up to.As a news and then sports reporter, I discovered that sometimes the best people to speak aren't always 'The stars' but often friends who were with them and witnessed whatever event or moment of history you're covering. So for example, with Black Sabbath the main interview is with one of their roadies, Graham Wright and one of his colleagues at the time Les Martin. The stories they had to tell from the band's time at Rockfield were hysterical. With Oasis, I spoke to their manager, Marcus Russell, who I knew from my sports reporting days when he owned Ebbw Vale Rugby club. But, the focal point is the band's photographer Michael Spencer Jones. He followed the band on tour and in the studio for five years becoming really close friends with them. As an eyewitness he was superb and again the stories are amazing. Much better than the band would have given.
Jeff: Sometimes the bands memories can be a bit fazed. There was a lot of drinking and drug taking at Rockfield especially in the seventies which is why the initial title of the book was Drugs, Drink, Music and farmyard animals: Rock legends at Rockfield. But I decided to keep the title simple!!!
Jeff: In some of the chapters I got much better stories from the producers such as Roy Thomas baker with Queen and The Darkness, but Richie Edwards was also very helpful in fleshing out some of the eccentric behaviour of RTB.
Jo: Now that's interesting… can't wait to read that one! So the stars of the book aren't always the front men. Or even human, I gather.
Jeff: No. Geddy Lee of Rush was quite concerned when his bandmates were chased by cows across the field outside the studio (that was weird picking up the phone at home and hearing the guy say "Hi It's Geddy Lee from Rush here. Is that Jeff Collins?") while Budgie were also preoccupied with the horses living outside their accommodation (as was KT Tunstal who swears the horses in the stables were talking… to each other!) But whilst Roadies, photographers and producers can often provide the best and most frank eyewitness accounts I was still fortunate to have tracked down and interviewed the likes of Lemmy, Geddy Lee, Phil Collins, Robert Plant etc.
Jo: They might have been! The cow issue may not have been influenced by drugs/alcohol, but horses talking..
Jeff: Well who knows what they fed the horses!!! Particularly with the likes of Ozzy Osbourne stalking them!
Jo: *snicker* if I was a horse in that situation, I'd have been on the phone.
Jeff: Or in Alcoholics Anonymous!
Jo: I think the other addicts may well have freaked!
Jo: Your own fault, mister!
Jeff: There were only two I tried for and didn't get. With Black Sabbath I managed to speak to three or four ex members but I didn't get Tony Iommi because while I was emailing his management at work with the BBC (I was juggling about six things at the same time) I accidentally typed 'Tommy" Lommi instead of Tony. Just a typo. I didn't even spot it. But his management took the hump and decided that if i didn't know his name (as if – I'm a huge Sabbath fan) then they wouldn't pass on the request.
Jo: That's a shame, about Brian.
Jeff: First he was going to answer questions by email while on tour with Queen and Paul Rodgers. Then he said he'd try to make time on the phone or in the flesh but time just ran out. Roger Taylor on the other hand said he didn't want to talk about the past (I hate that) and had no photos from his time at Rockfield in which he thought he looked nice.
Jeff: So I merged the Queen chapter with the band Ace (fronted by Paul Carrack) who had the hit single 'How Long' which sold around 7 million worldwide.
Jo: …….has this been going on?…………. sorry singing to self…..
Jeff: So that chapter became about the year of the hit single for Rockfield. 1975 when Queen had 'Bohemian Rhapsody' and Ace had 'How Long' – both dominating the UK/US airwaves. It was a big time for Rockfield! Exactly – its a song everyone knows. And it almost didn't get done. The band spent two and a half of their three weeks at Rockfield just playing football.
Jeff: Then on the last two days their producer forced them all in the studio (as they'd recorded nothing) and made them record the whole album including How Long. Football also seems to have played a big part at Rockfield. There's a few stories about Ozzy being the worst football ever, and Sepultura vs the irish rock band Kerbdog.
Jo: Some boys together, and… now THAT i'd like to see. I once saw a Crew vs the Fall game.Mark E Smith is the worst ever.
Jeff: That sounds good. There's also a story about Oasis playing a select nigel Kennedy 11.
Jeff: The band met the cockney violinist at a party at Rockfield (where Nigel was also recording). They challenged each other to a game on the field at Monmouth – Nigel's team turned up in a bright pink strip!!
just how much stuff have you got that hasn't been published?
Jeff: There's a far amount that didn't fit in. But a lot of it was very technical stuff talking about the genesis of songs or recording procedures. Or stories that people thought were funny but weren't!! Overall I kind of knew what i was looking for and tailored interviews to that. I guess that was an overhang from my time as a radio and tv newsreader. If I knew someone was only playing a small part in the chapter then I wouldn't interview them for half an hour , but just get the five to ten minutes I needed.
Jo: Good practice, aye. I must say you look dapper on the screen, Mr Collins.
Jeff: I did enjoy my stint presenting on BBC Wales.
Jeff: Damn! We lost 4-3. I was in goal and conceded the 4th in the last minute of the game.
Jo: It was the defence, of course.
Jeff: It was a great match. Ralf Little played for England while we had former Welsh international David Giles.Nationwide bank sponsored it.
Jo: i should think so!
Jeff: But the stuff I did in the book at Rockfield about The Darkness, it sounded like they had major problems throughout and just about held it together at the end because the music was so good (better than the first album I personally think).
Jo: There are issues that I'm semi – aware of, and I'm sure many I'm not.
Jeff: It all seems a happier camp now.
Jeff: But apart from the last chapter in which the darkness feature, Richie also gets a mention in the Queen chapter because he was such a Queen fan and he expalins his feeling on being at Rockfield where Queen did their best work. And also in the Rush/Gillan and Judas priest chapter. Thats because one of the producers, John David, was explaining how Rush took three weeks just to find the right bass sound and said The darkness did a similar thing with the drums where Roy Thomas Baker took two weeks to find the right drum sound.I spoke to Richie and he confirmed that for me saying Roy would have him moving mike stands around the drums by just a millimetre at a time for a fortnight looking for the right sound — before shouting "Eureka!" after two long monotonous weeks.
Jo: Now, hands up who wanted to smack him one?
Jo: I might have had something to say, but I'm a mere mortal.
Jeff: The Darkness were such a good band but for some reason lacked a certain credibility in some quarters. I remember Zane Lowe saying on MTV2 that "When Matt Bellamy of the Muse does falsetto it's wonderful. But when Justin Hawkins does it, its wrong" That kind of attitude seemed to grow stronger as the band progressed for some reason. I don't think that "jokey' stigma will be attached to the new band though.
Jo: No, it won't. It only was to Justin (unfairly), I think. And maybe Frankie at the beginning. Richie and Dan are far less flamboyant.
Jeff: It's difficult but I think they'll have an easier time being accepted by the rock community (most of whom probably secretly loved The Darkness but won't admit it).
Jo: That's the damn trouble! Yeah, they will. There's nothing wrong with their skills, that's been admitted. The new sound is a lot harder, apparently. It'll please the diehards.
And with that, Jeff had to go. Please check out his myspace page, buy the book when it comes out. Legends about legends – who could want more?
ROCK LEGENDS AT ROCKFIELD — Extract from chapter 11 — the 2000's.
For the band's (The Darkness) much anticipated follow-up they recruited leg-endary producer Roy Thomas Baker.
It was his idea to return to the place where he'd scored such creative success with Queen: Rockfield.
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Q: How to disable auto-maximize/resize window (aero-snap) when near screen edge? Whenever I drag or resize a window near any edge or corner of either monitor, Windows wants to maximize or resize the window for me in several different ways:

*

*dragging a window near a corner offers resize to full-screen

*dragging directly to the corner offers half-screen maximize

*resizing to top or bottom edges offers a vertical maximize (one long strip from top to bottom)

Actually, now that I think about it the 3rd one isn't so bad, its just the full and half-screen maximize features that drives me mad.
Is there a registry hack to disable these settings, preferably independently?

A: I'll add an answer here because a similar behavior can also happen due to a certain third party application called Dell Display Manager. This software can cause a similar behavior to Aero Snap, or at least when searching for solutions, this post comes quite high in Google, so because I struggled to fix this, I'm going to post the solution for future victims of this program :D.
The problem is solved by opening the application and disabling "easy arrange" by selecting a no-layout icon (as in the second picture below).
This is how the behavior caused by Dell Display Manager looks like (when you drag a restored window around the screen).

and this is how you fix it:

I got this application together with my Dell monitor. Like most software made in China it is quite buggy (actually it's among the best such programs I've used, much less buggy & horrible than others). Usually, hardware manufacturers have terrible software but this one is quite useful due to auto-setting of brightness level based on running application.
The problem can be fixed if you open Dell Display Manager. You will see that it has some example window layouts in the lower part of the window. You can also access these if you go to "Configure" (that is available when it's in "Auto mode"). There, you have a tab called "Easy Arrange" and that's where the problem is. In "easy arrange", the Dell Display Manager tracks window movements and attempts to reorganize them based on various available layouts. Depending on the layout you selected, it will draw yellow boxes on the screen. I had one where my screen was split in two: one thin vertical yellow box on the right and a larger one on the left. When the window was in one of the boxes, the border became red.
I posted this on the Microsoft Forum where somebody actually had the exact issue I was having:
http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windowsrt8_1-desktop/disable-automatic-split-screen-when-moving-apps/7420e90e-ecdf-45da-a776-50521448d626?rtAction=1426355414495

A: This Windows 7 feature is called Aero Snap. Here's the easy way to disable it completely:

*

*Go to Control Panel.

*Click on Ease of Access link or Ease of Access Center icon.

*Select Change how your mouse works or Make the mouse easier to use option.

*Tick the check box for Prevent Windows from being automatically arranged when moved to the edge of the screen with the mouse under "Make it easier to manage windows" section.
And here's the roundabout way via the registry:

*

*Run Registry Editor (RegEdit).

*Navigate to the following registry key:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop

*In the right-pane, double click (or right click and select Modify) on WindowArrangementActive, and set its REG_SZ value to 0 to disable ; 1 to enable.

*Close Registry Editor.

*Log off and log on again, or restart computer for the change to take effect.
Hope this helps! I haven't found any way to retain functionality for a single edge - it's either all on or all off.

A: I had the same problem in Windows 10.  I had set all the settings in Settings/System/Multi-Tasking to disable everything to do with "snap" and the problem still happened. By coincidence, I noticed that when I was editing documents, the selection of text with the mouse was erratic. I decided to use a different mouse and to my surprise, this cured both the text selection and the window auto-maximize problems. Somehow, the mouse must have been sending a double-click when I did a single click. So, if you have the same problem and nothing else cures it, try using a different mouse.

A: If you are using Dell Easy Arrange you can also hold down shift while dragging to temporarily disable snapping.

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Bridges is offered both in the morning and afternoon sessions. Bridges focuses on something more basic than content, it focuses on how students think and learn. Thinking and reasoning are the foundation for all education. If students don't know how to process information, it doesn't matter what you teach them or how you team them.
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#include <sys/types.h>

#include "settings.h"

#include <stdlib.h>
#include <string.h>
#include <errno.h>
#include <stdio.h>
#include <fcntl.h>
#include <assert.h>

#include "fdevent.h"
#include "buffer.h"
#include "log.h"

#include "sys-socket.h"

static fdevent_handler_info_t fdevent_handlers[] = {
	/* - poll is most reliable
	 * - select works everywhere
	 * - linux-* are experimental
	 */
	{
		FDEVENT_HANDLER_LINUX_SYSEPOLL,
		"linux-sysepoll",
		"epoll (Linux 2.6)",
#ifdef USE_LINUX_EPOLL
		fdevent_linux_sysepoll_init
#else
		NULL
#endif
	},
	{
		FDEVENT_HANDLER_POLL,
		"poll",
		"poll (Unix)",
#ifdef USE_POLL
		fdevent_poll_init
#else
		NULL
#endif
	},
	{
		FDEVENT_HANDLER_SELECT,
		"select",
		"select (generic)",
#ifdef USE_SELECT
		fdevent_select_init
#else
		NULL
#endif
	},
	{
		FDEVENT_HANDLER_LINUX_RTSIG,
		"linux-rtsig",
		"rt-signals (Linux 2.4+)",
#ifdef USE_LINUX_SIGIO
		fdevent_linux_rtsig_init
#else
		NULL
#endif
	},
	{
		FDEVENT_HANDLER_SOLARIS_DEVPOLL,"solaris-devpoll",
		"/dev/poll (Solaris)",
#ifdef USE_SOLARIS_DEVPOLL
		fdevent_solaris_devpoll_init
#else
		NULL
#endif
	},
	{
		FDEVENT_HANDLER_FREEBSD_KQUEUE,
		"freebsd-kqueue",
		"kqueue (FreeBSD)",
#ifdef USE_FREEBSD_KQUEUE
		fdevent_freebsd_kqueue_init
#else
		NULL
#endif
	},
	{
		FDEVENT_HANDLER_FREEBSD_KQUEUE,
		"kqueue",
		"kqueue (FreeBSD)",
#ifdef USE_FREEBSD_KQUEUE
		fdevent_freebsd_kqueue_init
#else
		NULL
#endif
	},
	{
		FDEVENT_HANDLER_UNSET,
		NULL,
		NULL,
		NULL
	}
};

const fdevent_handler_info_t *fdevent_get_handlers() {
	return fdevent_handlers;
}

const fdevent_handler_info_t *fdevent_get_defaulthandler() {
	const fdevent_handler_info_t *handler = fdevent_get_handlers();

	while (handler->name) {
		if (handler->init) {
			return handler;
		}
		handler ++;
	}

	return NULL;
}

const fdevent_handler_info_t *fdevent_get_handler_info_by_type(fdevent_handler_t type) {
	const fdevent_handler_info_t *handler = fdevent_get_handlers();

	while (handler->name) {
		if (type == handler->type) {
			return handler;
		}
		handler ++;
	}

	return NULL;
}

const fdevent_handler_info_t *fdevent_get_handler_info_by_name(const char *name) {
	const fdevent_handler_info_t *handler = fdevent_get_handlers();

	while (handler->name) {
		if (strcmp(name, handler->name) == 0) {
			return handler;
		}
		handler ++;
	}

	return NULL;
}

fdevent_revent *fdevent_revent_init(void) {
	STRUCT_INIT(fdevent_revent, revent);

	return revent;
}

void fdevent_revent_free(fdevent_revent *revent) {
	if (!revent) return;

	free(revent);
}

fdevent_revents *fdevent_revents_init(void) {
	STRUCT_INIT(fdevent_revents, revents);

	return revents;
}

void fdevent_revents_reset(fdevent_revents *revents) {
	if (!revents) return;

	revents->used = 0;
}

void fdevent_revents_add(fdevent_revents *revents, int fd, int events) {
	fdevent_revent *revent;

	if (revents->used == revents->size) {
		/* resize the events-array */
		revents->ptr = realloc(revents->ptr, (revents->size + 1) * sizeof(*(revents->ptr)));
		revents->ptr[revents->size++] = fdevent_revent_init();
	}

	revent = revents->ptr[revents->used++];
	revent->fd = fd;
	revent->revents = events;
}

void fdevent_revents_free(fdevent_revents *revents) {
	size_t i;

	if (!revents) return;

	if (revents->size) {
		for (i = 0; i < revents->size; i++) {
			fdevent_revent_free(revents->ptr[i]);
		}

		free(revents->ptr);
	}
	free(revents);
}

fdevents *fdevent_init(size_t maxfds, fdevent_handler_t type) {
	fdevents *ev;
	const fdevent_handler_info_t *handler = fdevent_get_handler_info_by_type(type);

	ev = calloc(1, sizeof(*ev));
	ev->fdarray = calloc(maxfds, sizeof(*ev->fdarray));
	ev->maxfds = maxfds;

	assert(handler && handler->init);
	if (0 != handler->init(ev)) {
		switch(type) {
		case FDEVENT_HANDLER_POLL:
			ERROR("event-handler poll failed %s", "");
			return NULL;

		case FDEVENT_HANDLER_SELECT:
			ERROR("event-handler select failed %s", "");
			return NULL;

		default:
			if (0 != fdevent_linux_rtsig_init(ev)) {
				ERROR("event-handler '%s' failed, use 'poll' or 'select' instead", handler->name);

				return NULL;
			}
		}
	}

	return ev;
}

void fdevent_free(fdevents *ev) {
	size_t i;
	if (!ev) return;

	if (ev->free) ev->free(ev);

	for (i = 0; i < ev->maxfds; i++) {
		if (ev->fdarray[i]) free(ev->fdarray[i]);
	}

	free(ev->fdarray);
	free(ev);
}

int fdevent_reset(fdevents *ev) {
	if (ev->reset) return ev->reset(ev);

	return 0;
}

static fdnode *fdnode_init() {
	fdnode *fdn;

	fdn = calloc(1, sizeof(*fdn));
	fdn->fd = -1;

	return fdn;
}

static void fdnode_free(fdnode *fdn) {
	free(fdn);
}

/* Unix file descriptors begin at zero for each process, but not so win32.
The fdevent system uses the file descriptors as indexers into the fdarray, but we can't
just do that on windows. Lazily, this is O(n) on the number of file descriptors/sockets, but
with select's limit of 64 events, this is not really a bottleneck. For the sake of win32,
it would be nice if all file/socket descriptors were references to IO devices in our own
global table, instead of just using the system-provided fd directly.
*/
#ifdef _WIN32

size_t fdevent_find_free_slot(fdevents *ev, int fd) {
	size_t i;
	for ( i = 0; i < ev->maxfds; i++ )
	{
		if ( ev->fdarray[i] == NULL )
			return i;
	}
	SEGFAULT("no more free fdevent.fdarray slots: %s", "");
	return -1;
}

size_t fdevent_find_slot(fdevents *ev, int fd) {
	size_t i;
	for ( i = 0; i < ev->maxfds; i++ )
	{
		if ( ev->fdarray[i] && ev->fdarray[i]->fd == fd ) return i;
	}
	DebugBreak();
	return -1;
}

#else

#define fdevent_find_free_slot( ev, fd )    (fd)
#define fdevent_find_slot( ev, fd )         (fd)

#endif

int fdevent_register(fdevents *ev, iosocket *sock, fdevent_handler handler, void *ctx) {
	fdnode *fdn;
	size_t fda_ndx;

	fda_ndx = fdevent_find_free_slot(ev, sock->fd);

	fdn = fdnode_init();
	fdn->handler = handler;
	fdn->fd      = sock->fd;
	fdn->ctx     = ctx;

	ev->fdarray[fda_ndx] = fdn;

	return 0;
}

int fdevent_unregister(fdevents *ev, iosocket *sock) {
	fdnode *fdn;
	size_t fda_ndx;
	if (!ev) return 0;
	fda_ndx = fdevent_find_slot(ev, sock->fd);

	fdn = ev->fdarray[fda_ndx];

	fdnode_free(fdn);

	ev->fdarray[fda_ndx] = NULL;

	return 0;
}

int fdevent_event_del(fdevents *ev, iosocket *sock) {
	if (ev->event_del) ev->event_del(ev, sock);

	return 0;
}

int fdevent_event_add(fdevents *ev, iosocket *sock, int events) {
	if (ev->event_add) ev->event_add(ev, sock, events);

	return 0;
}

int fdevent_poll(fdevents *ev, int timeout_ms) {
	if (ev->poll == NULL) SEGFAULT("ev->poll is %p", (void*) (intptr_t) ev->poll);
	return ev->poll(ev, timeout_ms);
}

int fdevent_get_revents(fdevents *ev, size_t event_count, fdevent_revents *revents) {
	size_t i;

	if (ev->get_revents == NULL) SEGFAULT("ev->get_revents is %p", (void*) (intptr_t)  ev->get_revents);

	fdevent_revents_reset(revents);

	ev->get_revents(ev, event_count, revents);
	/* select() reports more events, as it counts per event and per fd (e.g. READ+WRITE on one fd == two events) */
	/* assert(revents->used == event_count); */

	/* patch the event handlers */
	for (i = 0; i < revents->used; i++) {
		size_t fda_ndx;
		fdevent_revent *r = revents->ptr[i];

		fda_ndx = fdevent_find_slot(ev, r->fd);

		r->handler = ev->fdarray[fda_ndx]->handler;
		r->context = ev->fdarray[fda_ndx]->ctx;
	}

	return 0;
}

int fdevent_fcntl_set(fdevents *ev, iosocket *sock) {
#ifdef _WIN32
	int i = 1;
#endif
#ifdef FD_CLOEXEC
	/* close fd on exec (cgi) */
	fcntl(sock->fd, F_SETFD, FD_CLOEXEC);
#endif
	if ((ev) && (ev->fcntl_set)) return ev->fcntl_set(ev, sock->fd);
#ifdef O_NONBLOCK
	return fcntl(sock->fd, F_SETFL, O_NONBLOCK | O_RDWR);
#elif defined _WIN32
	return ioctlsocket(sock->fd, FIONBIO, &i);
#else
	return 0;
#endif
}


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Commonwealth Day Council
The Australia Youth Trust
Commonwealth Day 2021
Wishing all our Commonwealth Friendly Societies and Friends of the Commonwealth all the best for the new year.
We are working to hold the annual Commonwealth Day lunch on Monday 8 March at The Four Seasons Hotel, George Street, The Rocks.
The change of venue is due to the refurbishment of the Stranger's Dining Room at NSW Parliament House.
Our guest speaker is Shane Fitzsimmons AFSM, Commissioner for Resilience NSW and NSW Australian of the Year (2021).
Booking form: https://www.commday.org.au/events/booking-forms-for-lunch/
The Tom Harvey and Pat Keill OAM awards will take place at the lunch.
We look forward to celebrating Commonwealth Day next year on Monday 8 March 2021.
Janet Stewart
Commonwealth Council of NSW


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LendingPoint Secures Facility of up to $600 Million
LendingPoint announced today that it has closed on a credit facility for up to $600 million, arranged by Guggenheim Securities. The direct consumer lender secured a facility in September 2017 for $500 million, bringing its recent combined credit facility to $1.1 billion, in just nine months.
LendingPoint Chief Marketing Officer Mark Lorimer told deBanked that he was thrilled about the new facility for a number of reasons.
"But what I'm most excited about is the fact that we need it," he said.
In the first quarter of 2018, LendingPoint processed more than 850,000 applications from borrowers requesting more than $9.2 billion in loans. These numbers are up from a year ago and also up from the fourth quarter of last year.
This rapid increase in demand has mostly been for the company's primary loan product, a consumer loan for people with credit scores between 580 and 700, which LendingPoint calls "near prime." These loans are between $2,000 and $26,500 with terms of 24 to 48 months.
"While our competition will occasionally dip down [to our level], they tend to be more comfortable in the 680 and up type of range, and that means that many of [the near prime] customers will come to us."
With LendingPoint's acquisition of merchant onboarding company LoanHero in December 2017, LendingPoint started offering a point of sale product to merchants at the begin of 2018. This loan product offers between $500 and $15,000 to consumers making specific purchases and these loans (with terms from from 12 to 60 months) have also been in very high demand, according to Lorimer.
This product has only been offered for six months, but Lorimer said that he would not be surprised if it becomes the larger contributor to overall originations within the next few years. For now, though, the company's direct consumer loan product is responsible for the lion's share of originations.
Since company issued its first loan in 2015, LendingPoint has originated more than 50,000 loans totaling more than $500 million. Headquartered in Kennasaw, GA, outside of Atlanta, the company employs about 160 people.
Category: Industry News, Online Lending
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FAST5 Netball World Series – Day One Summary
New Zealand's FAST5 Ferns are the only unbeaten team after the opening day of competition at the FAST5 Netball World Series at Auckland's Vector Arena.
In a dream start for the defending champions, two wins from two against arguably two of the tournaments' toughest opponents; Jamaica and Australia will help settle the nerves.
Australia and Jamaica had the tougher draw on Day One with three matches, the remaining four teams Malawi Queens, England Fives, FAST5 South Africa and FAST5 Ferns playing two matches.
The Sunshine Girls opened proceedings with a strong 35-28 win over South Africa, followed by an impressive first outing for Australia defeating England's Fives by 40-19.
By the time the FAST5 Ferns entered the stadium for their first match against Jamaica, the expectation was palpable and they didn't disappoint.
Shooter Maria Tutaia had the crowd on its feet sinking four three-point shots from five attempts to comfortably win the match 43-22.
When play resumed following a seamless Opening Ceremony, it was Malawi's turn to take the court against the Australian Flyers, the match close and intense. The Queens don't often get the chance to topple one of netball's powerhouses, and they threw everything into it, falling short by just five goals 42-37.
England were then given the opportunity to restore some pride after their earlier heavy defeat and they played with pride to defeat South Africa in another close match 36-29. South African shooter Chrisna Bootha was named player of the match despite the narrow defeat.
The penultimate match of the evening featured two crowd favourites Jamaica against Malawi in the day's most thrilling encounter. It was a physical battle which came down to the final few seconds with ANZ Championship star shooter from Jamaica Jhaniele Fowler, breaking Malawi hearts 37-35.
The only two unbeaten teams, New Zealand and Australia, faced off in the final match of the day, buoyed by an enthusiastic crowd.
Lifting to the atmosphere in the stadium the Flyers and Ferns played a final-worthy match to set the tone for the rest of the weekend, the Ferns victorious 39-26.


Principal photography is underway on New Line Cinema's comedy "Horrible Bosses". For Nick, Kurt and Dale, the only thing that would make the daily grind more tolerable would be to grind their intolerable bosses into dust. Unfortunately, quitting is not an option. So with the benefit of a few-too-many drinks and some dubious advice from an ex-con, the three friends devise a convoluted and seemingly foolproof plan to rid themselves of their respective employers permanently. There's only one problem - even the best laid plans are only as foolproof as the brains behind them. Read on to find out the cast and crew behind "Horrible Bosses".
Seth Gordon ("Four Christmases," "The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters") directs "Horrible Bosses" from an original screenplay by Michael Markowitz, with revisions by Jonathan Goldstein & John Francis Daley. Brett Ratner and Jay Stern are producing the film, with Richard Brener, Michael Disco, Sam Brown and Diana Pokorny serving as executive producers. John Cheng, John Rickard and Mary Rohlich are co-producers. The film stars one hell of a cast with Jason Bateman, Charlie Day, Jason Sudeikis, Jennifer Aniston, Colin Farrell, Jamie Foxx, Kevin Spacey, Julie Bowen and Donald Sutherland. Bateman, Sudeikis and Day play the three hapless workers while Spacey, Farrell and Aniston are their unbearable bosses. Foxx appears as the con whose street cred is priced on a sliding scale.
"Horrible Bosses" is slated for release starting July 29, 2011. It will be distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures, a Warner Bros. Entertainment Company.


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Join us at The Ridge for a Good Friday service as we come together to remember the ultimate sacrifice that Jesus made for us on the cross. This special service will be different from the rest of our Easter programming. We'll sing some songs led by our band, hear a message from our teaching pastor, and take communion together as a church.
Ridge Kids will be available at both campuses for kids ages birth through 2nd grade.
Continue the celebration of Jesus's resurrection by joining us for Easter at The Ridge.


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This guy exploding a Peep with potassium chlorate is exactly what we needed today
Grant Thompson, "The King Of Random" / www.youtube.com
Are you all ready for Easter? The big holiday is this Sunday. And, what better way to celebrate than with a video of a guy blowing some Peeps up with potassium chlorate? If that sentence took you right back to high school chemistry class (or at least an episode of Bill Nye the Science Guy) you're not alone.
Sadly, Bill Nye isn't the one with the fiery Peeps. But Grant Thompson, also known on YouTube as "The King of Random," is a solid choice instead. In the video experiment, Thompson melted down potassium chlorate that he got from a pyrotechnics store. Uploaded just yesterday, the video already has well over 661k views.
We love the fact that Thompson chose a few different varieties of Peeps. Not only did he use a few new flavors to help celebrate Easter 2017, but he put a few fun "traditional" Peeps in there. They didn't change his experiments, but they definitely made the experiments a little more colorful.
Grant Thompson, "The King Of Random" / YouTube
For the first experiment, Thompson melted down the potassium chlorate, which looked a little bit like powdered sugar, up to 700 degrees Fahrenheit.
When the chlorate was molten, Thompson transferred it into a glass — which he, himself, was a little worried about. Remember, kids — when it comes to melting Peeps in fiery chemicals, you always want to put safety first.
When Thompson melts the first Peep, it's definitely a sight to see.
I can't believe how quickly that took off. That was like, instant reaction," Thompson said. "Just burst right into flames, like, the second it made contact.
From there, he tries it again — and breaks a lot of glass in the process.
While we prefer to eat our Peeps — and not blow them up until they turn to ash — we can definitely appreciate Thompson's fun approach to science. It just goes to show that even as adults, we're learning something new every day.
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 * This file is part of the huangro/laravel-payment.
 *
 * (c) robin <robin@v5club.cn>
 *
 * This source file is subject to the MIT license that is bundled
 * with this source code in the file LICENSE.
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/**
 * LuckyMoney.php.
 *
 * @author    robin <robin@v5club.cn>
 * @copyright 2016 robin <robin@v5club.cn>
 *
 * @link      https://github.com/huangro
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Some of you may know that our main shop is through the Storenvy portal so when you click our big SHOP button on our home page the behind the scenes stuff is run by the cool cats in Cali from Storenvy. They do a great job managing the functionality of the shop so we can present all the variations of our designs and allow customers to easily checkout online.
We love Storenvy because we can set up our own store and at the same time be part of a very cool marketplace.
When you shop through Storenvy, directly, as they say: "it is like going to a mall only cooler". There are loads of amazing shops from other small business owners making outstanding items.
I constantly covet the items listed in the shops from so many of the Featured Brands so I thought it would be cool to share some of them as we announce being added to the elite list.
Here are some of the items and shops that I think are outstanding on Storenvy.
This ring is amazing as is literally every piece in this shop.
I just love the concept behind this shop, totally my style….…to the point cards and notes, a little dark, a little sarcastic and makes me giggle in such a good way.
These are on my gift list for my husband as are so many other things in the shop.
My sweet friend owns this shop and her hard work shows in every piece she designs. Her items are eco-friendly, fashionable and functional = trifecta!
When I saw the profile to this shop I was totally blown away, amazing concept and stunning work, in awe!
I think the story for these makers is lovely and using tea for soap is genius! Being totally truthful one of the reasons this shop jumped out at me, outside of the lovely story and branding, was the last name of one of the partners… can't blame a girl for loving anyone who is a Lorenzo.
Here is the cute factor. Totally adorable items, handmade, itsy bitsy knit items and my favorites are the drawings. This type of art is fantastic and always makes me smile.
A couple that works together … well works really hard together! I love that this is a husband and wife team. And anyone who references Game of Thrones in their product titles is aces in my book!
Please be sure to visit our shop, "Watch" us which means you like our shop on Storenvy and all the other great small businesses on Storenvy.
If you visit these shops tell them SariBlue® sent you along and let us know what items you love in your favorite handmade shop below.


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⬅ The Twilight Zone Episode 27: The Big...
The Munsters Episode 6: Low-Cal Munster ➡
Star Trek Episode 11: The Menagerie Part I
Director: Marc Daniels
Writer: Gene Roddenberry
Cast: William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, Jeffrey Hunter, Susan Oliver, Malachi Throne, Majel Barrett, Peter Duryea, John Hoyt, Adam Roarke, DeForest Kelley, James Doohan, Nichelle Nichols, Sean Kenney, Hagan Beggs, and Julie Parrish
Composer: Alexander Courage
Stardate: 3012.4
Production #: 6149-16A
Upon arriving at Starbase 11, Spock kidnaps the disabled Captain Pike (Jeffrey Hunter and Sean Kenney), hijacks the Enterprise, and plots a course for Talos IV. When brought to trial for his actions, Spock defends himself with video testimony from eighteen years prior—with an ominous explanation.
Winner of the 1967 Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation, "The Menagerie Part I" should be commended for building an original story around recycled footage from "The Cage." Especially worth noting is the mystery aspect of this episode, which alludes to a past relationship involving Pike, Spock, and the Talosian race.
Featuring scenes from "The Cage" inside a framing narrative, "The Menagerie Part I" will appeal to fans of the first Star Trek pilot. Specifically, when Commodore Mendez (Malachi Throne) convenes a hearing to determine Spock's fate, the Talosians broadcast visual evidence through an Enterprise viewscreen. As a result of this, Pike's initial visit to Talos IV, abduction by the Talosians, and relationship with Vina are presented as historical events within the context of this episode—a clever method of establishing "The Cage," which would remain unreleased until 1986, as series canon.
While discussing General Order 7 with Kirk, Mendez reveals that to visit Talos IV would incur the death penalty. Of course, viewers may question why Starfleet—the military branch of a humanist, utopian society in the 23rd century—would execute citizens for traveling to a forbidden planet.
Forcing the main characters to choose between duty and honor, "The Menagerie Part I" deserves praise for its compelling ethical dilemma. Despite his logical nature and impeccable performance record, for example, Spock puts his own life and career on the line in order to assist a friend in need. Faced with a similar problem, Kirk must decide between following his heart and condemning his first officer to death. Though resolved peacefully in "The Menagerie Part II," the conflict of this episode offers a captivating, in-depth study on how personal feelings can influence even the most professional of men.
"The Menagerie Part I" benefits from a surprising character twist, an exciting cliffhanger, and a fascinating science fiction theme (i.e., advanced aliens using the power of illusion to dominate inferior lifeforms). Star Trek enthusiasts will therefore enjoy this offering, which, along with "The Menagerie Part II," earns its status as a series classic.
Overall Quality: 10/10
Posted on Wednesday, November 25, 2015
Categories: Season One, Star Trek


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Second Presbyterian Church Youth Ministry exists to create an environment of love and acceptance where youth (Grades 6–12) learn, worship, fellowship, and serve together, and a spiritual foundation is developed that will inspire them to lead a life-long commitment with Christ.
Christ-centered
We create opportunities to know Christ and follow His example of love, humility, acceptance and compassion.
We create a fun, engaging community where youth experience joy through Christ-centered relationships and service to others.
We create consistent, reliable, stable programming that honors our tradition and develops lasting relationships.
Each week we'll send out an email via Constant Contact with announcements, registration information, news, and more. Check your inbox each Wednesday.
Annual Forms
Medical Release 2022–2023 / PDF
2PY Expectations 2022–2023 / PDF
Personal Information Form 2022–2023 / PDF
All 2PY participants need to complete a covenant and medical release form only once during the year. You will have an opportunity to fill out the forms during Kick-Off each year.
2PY Calendar
2PY Calendar PDF
2PY Google Calendar
Below is a list and description of youth programming throughout a typical year. Please contact Jordan Akin, Associate Pastor for Formation & Mission, at jakin@2ndpreslou.org.
Breakfast for youth and their families is offered each Sunday at 10:30am. This is a time for fellowship with some faith elements sprinkled in. Youth are then encouraged to sit together in the balcony during the 11:00am worship service.
On the 3rd Sunday of the month, 2PY travels to the Bellewood campus, an organization that works with abused and neglected KY youth, to play games and love the youth, from 4:30 – 6:30pm.
HS Girls' Bible Study
Throughout the school year, HS Girls gather to read the Bible and learn what it means to follow Jesus together.
Youth Worship Arts Team meets on scheduled Sundays from 12:15–1:15 p.m. in the Youth Suite. Lunch is provided at 12 p.m. The Team will prepare to lead worship through drama, music, and other arts. For more info, contact Jim Rittenhouse, Director of Worship and Music at jrittenhouse@2ndpreslou.org, or call 895-3483 ext. 212.
7:00–9:00pm
Every Tuesday from November–March the gym is open to all youth.
You are invited to come to the Great Hall to hang out, shoot hoops, and play some games. There will also be a time of prayer and devotion. It's a great way to get some exercise while drawing closer God all and the youth of 2PY. Keep an eye on the calendar for the ultimate Reunion Open Gym, and any holiday cancellations.
Our confirmation program is an opportunity for youth to confirm the baptismal vows of the Church. All 7th & 8th graders graders are invited to join the confirmation program that meets on the 2nd Sunday of the month at 9:45am. There will be a "parallel" Confirmation Class for the parents of Confirmands.
Trips and Retreats
Winter Retreat, January 13–16, 2023
Registration and deposit of $100 due October 2, 2022 (Total Cost — $450)
Montreat Youth Conference, June 11–17, 2023
Registration and $100 deposit due January 22, 2023 (Total Cost — $600)
Montreat MS Retreat in Maryville, TN, July 19–23, 2023
Registration and $100 deposit due February 5, 2023
NOTE — To register and pay deposits and fees for all trips, please visit the Giving page.
2020 Confirmation Class


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SKY GUY ALERT!!!! NEUTRON STARS MERGER DETECTED
Do you remember what you were doing at 8:41 a.m. EDT August 17, 2017?
At that moment two Gravitational Wave Observatories in the U.S. called LIGO http://www.ligo.org/ were detecting a ripple in space time caused by gravitational waves. LIGO had already discovered several black hole mergers https://wtop.com/science/2016/02/breakthrough-scientists-detect-einstein-predicted-ripples/slide/1/ but this signal was far different in that it lasted 100 seconds and indicated a merger of two less massive objects had occurred.
LIGO had just detected the merger of two neutron stars https://www.nsf.gov/news/news_summ.jsp?cntn_id=243382&org=NSF&from=news
This animation captures phenomena observed over the course of nine days following the neutron star merger known as GW170817. They include gravitational waves (pale arcs); a near-light-speed jet that produced gamma rays (magenta); expanding debris from a "kilonova" that produced ultraviolet (violet), optical and infrared (blue-white to red) emission; and, once the jet directed toward us expanded into our view from Earth, X-rays (blue).
Credit: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center/CI Lab
Two seconds after LIGO's gravitational wave detection NASA's space based Fermi Gamma Ray Telescope https://www.nasa.gov/press-release/nasa-missions-catch-first-light-from-a-gravitational-wave-event and shortly thereafter the European Space Agency's INTEGRAL spacecraft also observed gamma rays.
An alert went out to the worldwide astronomical community. Teams of astronomers scrambled to try and find the source of the gamma rays thought to be associated with the gravitational waves. A team of four Carnegie astronomers https://carnegiescience.edu/news/new-era-astronomy-begins-first-observation-neutron-star-merger
along with colleagues at UC Santa Cruz https://news.ucsc.edu/2017/10/neutron-star-merger.html used the Swope telescope at Las Campanas Observatory to be the first to discover the light produced by the merger.
This was the first-ever glimpse in visible light of two neutron stars colliding and pinpointed the origin of the gravitational wave signal less than 11 hours after it was detected by LIGO. This team also obtained the earliest spectra - or chemical fingerprints - of the merger, which will help astronomers explain how many of the universe's heavy elements were created.
Their observations and others using the Italy based VIRGO gravitational wave observatory, 70 telescopes both space and ground based, 100 instruments and thousands of astronomers and physicists resulted in the birth of "Multi-Messenger Astronomy".
For the first time ever observation of gravitational waves and light across the entire electromagnetic spectrum had been conducted. The source of this neutron star merger was in a galaxy called NGC 4993 located 130 million light years from Earth in the southern constellation Hydra http://www.spacetelescope.org/images/heic1717c/ .
These two neutron stars were created by two supernovas https://www.nasa.gov/audience/forstudents/5-8/features/nasa-knows/what-is-a-supernova.html just two billion years after the Big Bang https://spaceplace.nasa.gov/big-bang/en/ and had been orbiting each other for eleven billion years. They were only 200 miles apart when 100 seconds later they merged to emit gravitational waves and create a Kilonova https://caltech.app.box.com/v/20171016/file/237329479556 that was 200 million times the brightness of the Sun.
During the media telecon sponsored by the National Science Foundation I asked if astronomers knew what the new object was resulting from the merger and subsequent kilonova. The panel responded that, "No firm knowledge of the end state (yet) but X-ray observations suggest it should be a very light mass black hole or the most massive neutron star. More observations will help us determine the answer".
What astronomers do know is that the kilonova produced heavy elements, especially gold, platinum, uranium. Stars during their lives and deaths manufacture all of the natural elements we see on the Periodic Table of Elements other than Hydrogen which was created by the Big Bang. This process, called nucleosynthesis https://helios.gsfc.nasa.gov/nucleo.html continuously seeds the Universe with the elements necessary to create planets and life.
According to Dr. Edo Berger, an astronomer at Harvard University and part of today's panel, the observed kilonova showed "The direct fingerprints of the (creation of) heavy elements for the first time ever, producing 16,000 times the mass of the Earth in heavy elements and tens of times the mass of the Earth in gold and platinum".
This groundbreaking discovery was made possible by the 30-plus years of LIGO-gravitational wave funding provided by NSF. Dr. Frances Cordova, NSF's Director, was kind enough to respond to my email questions about this discovery.
As an astrophysicist, what are your personal feelings about this discovery?
An as astrophysicist and director of the National Science Foundation (NSF), I couldn't be more excited knowing that on any given day a wondrous discovery is waiting to be found. Each discovery is unique and serves as a beacon to keep searching, to keep seeking, and for NSF, to keep investing in fundamental research. One of my early engagements as a young astronomer was to further multiwavelength astronomy, or linking together telescopes around the world and in space to observe transient phenomena. This was the same theme as today's announcement, but there weren't gravitational waves then. We had no idea at that time how much more information could be derived by opening the gravitational wave window on the universe.
As a follow up, what is the scientific significance of this discovery?
This discovery is the first verification of a "kilonova" explosion, confirming binary neutron star collisions as one source for the universe's heaviest elements, such as gold and uranium. The fact that we can still learn about the universe is worth its weight in gold, or should I say uranium. It is also confirmation that binary neutron star infall is one way to produce short gamma-ray bursts, whose origin has been a mystery.
The significance for the National Science Foundation is LIGO demonstrates the value of funding basic research by doing extraordinarily hard engineering projects that can have profound implications for our understanding of the nature and evolution of the universe. LIGO is one of the largest experiments the agency has ever funded and researchers at NSF's twin LIGO detectors and the Virgo detector located GW170817 with unprecedented precision, allowing telescopes on the ground and in space to rapidly turn their attention towards the area of sky where the neutron stars collided.
What do you think will be the "Next Big Discovery" in Gravitational Wave Astronomy?
Not sure! Could be witnessing gravitational waves from supernovae, or the imprint of gravitational waves on the microwave background formed during a very early epoch in the formation of our universe. We didn't know what the first results would be from LIGO, and we can't truly foresee what the next results from this or other gravitational wave experiments operating at different frequencies will be. That's the whole point of fundamental research -- it can lead to new and surprising results that transform our understanding of nature and the cosmos.
What is the future role of the NSF as to LIGO/Gravitational Wave Astronomy?
This was the first event in a new era of "multi-messenger" observations, a new window on the universe. Moving forward, LIGO-VIRGO will be making many more observations. With multi-messenger astronomy, scientists will observe the most powerful events in the universe from the first gravitational-wave pulse to the cascade of particles and electromagnetic energy that streams toward Earth, offering new and more complete insights into nature's biggest explosions. The role of NSF is to keep moving ahead to increase the volume of the universe sampled, and hence the number and perhaps kinds of sources detected; this can be done by steadily increasing the sensitivity of the gravitational wave facilities.
This was a fortuitous discovery as the LIGO observatories were due to be shut down for a year to undergo major upgrades in sensitivity that will greatly expand their capabilities. Not only that, but just nine days later the Sun would have blocked the signal.
Observations will continue and more science papers will be written about this historic event. But as explained by Dr. Cordova the future is bright for "Multi-Messenger Astronomy" - all you have to do is look at whatever gold you own for proof.
I can hardly wait.
Labels: Gravitational Waves, NEUTRON STAR MERGER


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Q: Problem with crash with ItemizedOverlay I have been trying for hours to figure out why I can not use an Itemized Map overlay without doing this before adding it to the ovelays of the map:
GeoPoint point;
OverlayItem overlayitem = new OverlayItem(point, "","");
MarkerOverlay.addOverlay(overlayitem);
If i try to do this without the MarkerOverlay.addOverlay(overlayitem); command then when i try to add a new overLay like so:
public boolean onTap(GeoPoint point, MapView mapView)
{
    if (mOverlays.size() > 0)
        mOverlays.remove(0);
    OverlayItem overlayitem = new OverlayItem(point, "", "");
    mOverlays.add(overlay);
    populate();
    return true;
}

Inside my ItemizedOverlay class then i Just get a null reference exeption (I have no idea when or why - It says its no source code available when in debug)
Any Ideas?
EDIT:
This is what I can find in the logcat :
09-20 22:36:22.164: WARN/dalvikvm(311): threadid=3: thread exiting with uncaught exception (group=0x4001b188)

and this is what I believe to be the infamous exception:
   09-20 22:36:22.293: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(311): java.lang.NullPointerException
09-20 22:36:22.293: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(311):     at com.google.android.maps.ItemizedOverlay.getItemsAtLocation(ItemizedOverlay.java:617)
09-20 22:36:22.293: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(311):     at com.google.android.maps.ItemizedOverlay.getItemAtLocation(ItemizedOverlay.java:586)
09-20 22:36:22.293: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(311):     at com.google.android.maps.ItemizedOverlay.handleMotionEvent(ItemizedOverlay.java:498)
09-20 22:36:22.293: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(311):     at com.google.android.maps.ItemizedOverlay.onTouchEvent(ItemizedOverlay.java:572)
09-20 22:36:22.293: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(311):     at com.google.android.maps.OverlayBundle.onTouchEvent(OverlayBundle.java:63)
09-20 22:36:22.293: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(311):     at com.google.android.maps.MapView.onTouchEvent(MapView.java:625)
09-20 22:36:22.293: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(311):     at android.view.View.dispatchTouchEvent(View.java:3709)
09-20 22:36:22.293: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(311):     at android.view.ViewGroup.dispatchTouchEvent(ViewGroup.java:852)
09-20 22:36:22.293: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(311):     at android.view.ViewGroup.dispatchTouchEvent(ViewGroup.java:822)
09-20 22:36:22.293: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(311):     at android.view.ViewGroup.dispatchTouchEvent(ViewGroup.java:822)
09-20 22:36:22.293: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(311):     at android.view.ViewGroup.dispatchTouchEvent(ViewGroup.java:822)
09-20 22:36:22.293: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(311):     at com.android.internal.policy.impl.PhoneWindow$DecorView.superDispatchTouchEvent(PhoneWindow.java:1659)
09-20 22:36:22.293: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(311):     at com.android.internal.policy.impl.PhoneWindow.superDispatchTouchEvent(PhoneWindow.java:1107)
09-20 22:36:22.293: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(311):     at android.app.Activity.dispatchTouchEvent(Activity.java:2061)
09-20 22:36:22.293: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(311):     at com.android.internal.policy.impl.PhoneWindow$DecorView.dispatchTouchEvent(PhoneWindow.java:1643)
09-20 22:36:22.293: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(311):     at android.view.ViewRoot.handleMessage(ViewRoot.java:1691)
09-20 22:36:22.293: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(311):     at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:99)
09-20 22:36:22.293: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(311):     at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:123)
09-20 22:36:22.293: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(311):     at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:4363)
09-20 22:36:22.293: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(311):     at java.lang.reflect.Method.invokeNative(Native Method)
09-20 22:36:22.293: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(311):     at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:521)
09-20 22:36:22.293: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(311):     at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(ZygoteInit.java:860)
09-20 22:36:22.293: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(311):     at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:618)
09-20 22:36:22.293: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(311):     at dalvik.system.NativeStart.main(Native Method)
09-20 22:36:22.394: ERROR/dalvikvm(311): Unable to open stack trace file '/data/anr/traces.txt': Permission denied

A: I recently came across this problem. The issue is outlined in this bug report.
To fix it you should call populate() in your ItemizedOverlay before any data is populated. I added it to the constructor:
private class MyItemizedOverlay extends ItemizedOverlay<OverlayItem> {

    private Context context;
    private ArrayList<OverlayItem> mOverlays = new ArrayList<OverlayItem>();

    LocationItemizedOverlay(Drawable defaultMarker, Context context) {
        super(boundCenterBottom(defaultMarker));
        this.context = context;
        populate(); // Add this
    }
}

A: The itemized overlay needs the 2nd 2 paramters because it uses them for click events. When you click one of the itemized overlays, it has a title and a description associated with it, which are the 2nd and 3rd parameters in your overlay item

A: if you make important changes on your ItemizedOverlay you have every time to do

*

*delete_usrer_Marker_from_Overlays(myitemizedoverlay);

*create_user_Marker(myitemizedoverlay);

*mapView.getOverlays().add(myitemizedoverlay);

with
private void delete_usrer_Marker_from_Overlays(MyOverlays myio){

    List<Overlay> mapOverlays = mapView.getOverlays();
    if (mapOverlays != null)
        {
          for (int i = 0;i< mapOverlays.size();i++)
          {
              Overlay x = mapOverlays.get(i);
              if (x.hashCode() == myio.hashCode())
              {
                  mapOverlays.remove(x);
              }
          }
        }
    }


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.@jteeDC: I already answered one of your questions, sorry you didn't pick up on it. The others are irrelevant. Feel free to ask policy Qs.
.@jteeDC: whatever you say. I'll just continue to point out to anyone duped by Dara Lind that she can't answer questions. Carry on dimly.
@24AheadDotCom You issue a lot of orders. Why would I want to prove you wrong? Of what value is that to me?
.@jteeDC: US #immigration policy affects >300 million people. Childish cutesy doesn't fly. Why can't @DLind answer any of my questions?


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These are the rules that you shall set before them.
Why is this section dealing with the "civil laws" placed immediately after that commanding the making of the altar?
now the Torah speaks about laws governing the concrete nature of tangible matters belonging to your fellow man.
The Holy One, Blessed Be He, has no place in this world but the four cubits of halakha.
I have built for You a residence, a place for You to dwell forever.
Will God really dwell on earth? Even the heavens and highest reaches cannot contain You. how much less this House that I have built!
Wherever you find the majesty of the Holy One, Blessed Be He, there you will find His humility.
…Torah sees things in a way that is often different from our usual way of thinking. The Torah is not a philosophical text that finds grandeur in metaphysical treatises. Rather, the Torah finds majesty precisely in the worldliness and in the details. At Sinai, we look up, toward the heavens above, toward lofty, uplifting things. But immediately thereafter our view tilts downward, to the earthly, crude matter and, perhaps surprisingly, we are able to see holiness there as well.
Contrary to our expectations, the most exalted things can be found not above, but below. … He can reveal Himself equally in heaven and on earth, even in the smallest earthly details. After the exalted experience at Sinai, after the people look heavenward and see the thunder and the lightning and the smoke, comes the real revelation, that one that truly touches upon the most exalted of all.
Rashi notes that "just as those preceding are Torah [so too are those that follow]." [The Ten Utterances and Parshat Mishpatim]. In fact everything comes from Torah, and she is the one who blesses both that which comes before her and that which follows her, since all the world was created for the sake of Torah. It was the generation that received the Torah who brought this potential into realization, but the work of the preceding generations served as preparation for Torah. … These rungs are always present in everyone who serves God. It is as we straighten our paths that we come to attain Torah. Afterwards, by the power of Torah we are able to straighten our ways even more properly. And thus it is forever.
A person has to set aright his conduct in matters concerning the relationship with God in order to merit the written Torah. But to merit Torah, we have to concern ourselves with the relationship with others. And this latter is the higher rung … It is of greater merit to repair one's ways with regard to fellow humans.
The LORD said to Moses, "Come up to Me on the mountain and wait there.
Translation Rabbi Leib: Come up to Me upon the mountain and be there.
In the name of the holy rabbi of Kotsk … The guarding of holiness has to be within the realm of human deeds and activities.


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