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I used my pass over Snake Pass
Monday 26th October 2020
Today's date, 26th October, will for ever resonate for those of us involved in the bus industry back in 1986 as the anniversary of the birth of deregulation. And here I am, 34 years later, marking the launch of a pioneering new bus route filling a gap in the network over the infamous A57 Snake Pass which hasn't seen a bus service for a good many years.
Nicholas Ridley would be delighted.
Image courtesy Hulleys of Baslow
Hulleys of Baslow has begun running a new Snake X57 bus route between Sheffield and Manchester every two hours via Ladybower Inn, Snake Pass Inn, Glossop and Hollingworth. It actually started yesterday with today the first weekday operation.
First departure from Sheffield is at 06:05 (Sundays 09:40) and last journey back from Manchester is 19:10 (Sundays 17:25) with two late evening return journeys on Fridays and Saturdays at 21:10 and 23:45 from Manchester, the latter giving an 01:00 arrival into Sheffield. It's certainly ambitious.
Journey time is 90 minutes and the timetable is coordinated between Sheffield and Ladybower with Hulleys' tendered route 275 to Bakewell (now renumbered 257) to provide an hourly frequency.
Similarly at the Manchester end another new route from Hulleys (X56) runs 2-hourly between Shirebrook Park Estate, Glossop and Manchester to provide another coordinated hourly frequency.
On Sundays there's no 257 or X56 and the two hourly Snake X57 double runs twice to serve Bamford railway station as well as the Derwent Fairholmes Visitor Centre adding 10 minutes to the journey time but making it attractive for Peak District visitors.
I gave Hulleys a call last week to enquire whether the launch was still going ahead in view of Greater Manchester and South Yorkshire both being put into Tier 3 restrictions and was reassured the new service would be on the road as planned and available for those making essential journeys.
When I queried how such journeys were being made now (ie last week) it became clear Hulleys have got one eye on the rail market as a way to attract passengers over to the X57 as 'the train' was the reply. The Hope Valley line has both TransPennine Express and East Midlands Railway (each hourly just stopping at Stockport) taking 50 minutes between Sheffield and Manchester and Northern's hourly stopping service takes 77 minutes providing three trains an hour between them.
Hulleys are charging £8 single and £10 return from Sheffield to Manchester with Railcard holders able to take advantage of discounts aimed at students at £6 single and £7.50 return. The £10 return ticket also acts as a Hopper ticket giving unlimted travel on all Hulleys' routes (except the X71 to Alton Towers). The train by comparison is £22.60 single and £33.10 return (£23.70 off peak) with some cheaper options for Northern or TPE only fares, but Hulleys' fares appear to compare well.
Concessionary passes are valid throughout the X57 making it particularly attractive for passholders not least because like the Hope Valley railway line, the A57 Snake Pass is a very scenic route to take, and how lovely that it's now available after all these years for passengers to enjoy on a bus route.
I'd also been irritated that Government, in the form of the Treasury, had been insisting the DfT mandate train operators not to issue refunds on advance purchase rail tickets even if purchased many weeks ago (mine were bought online on 14th September even before the Tier system was devised) and guidance on travel subsequently changes.
Ironically Grant Shapps tweeted out yesterday afternoon this rule was now being relaxed with the £10 administration cost to change dates on advance tickets once again waived and the option of exchanging tickets for vouchers. No indication was given when this would apply from and I suspect train operating companies are not applying it with immediate effect from today.
What a way to run a railway. A detailed policy change of this kind being communicated by a tweet personally from the Secretary of State on a Sunday afternoon. Quite extraordinary.
Anyway the upshot was I journeyed up to Sheffield and back courtesy of East Midlands Railway on two Meridian trains which were both so filthy on the outside you could barely see out of the windows and on one the soap dispenser in the accessible toilet was broken. So much for #cleansafereadytogo.
I was a bit apprehensive entering Sheffield Interchange (as the city's sparsely used bus station is called) whether it would be easy to find the correct departure stand for the X57 – having doubts whether the PTE would have updated displays – but my plan B was to look for the former route 275 and wait there.
'He of little faith'. I'm delighted to report Travel South Yorkshire have excelled and everything has been updated even including both the A-Z destination index and the 'stands by service number' posters.
Stand D3 had the updated departure times too. Well done TSY. Very impressive.
Even better, the normal leaflet-less enquiry desk in the Interchange had supplies of Hulleys timetable leaflet including copies to help yourself to as well as racked on the back wall.
And a good leaflet it is too, although it only includes the X57 without referring to the 257 or X56 as the integrated timetable does on Hulleys' website (shown above). No doubt it's to keep it simple and emphasise travel between Manchester to Sheffield.
It was also impressive to see posters up promoting the new service, and all along the route bus stop flags now include the Snake X57 purple logo as an additional plate – even in the middle of nowhere.
Someone's been very busy and it's good to see the effort that's been made.
Photo courtesy of Hulleys
I caught the 11:30 from Sheffield which was due in from its previous journey from Manchester st 11:15. I'd seen comments online about the potential tightness of the 90 minutes running time and so it didn't surprise me the bus arrived ten minutes down at 11:25.
Two or three passengers alighted but it was just me boarding as we left spot on time.
The Optare Versa bus (originally with Travel de Courcey) gives a very comfortable ride helped by the superb driving of my driver Jane.
A poster, timetable leaflets, network map and sanitiser dispenser were impressively available behind the driver.
Soon after leaving the Interchange we were heading out of the city on the A57 and after about twenty minutes of urban Sheffield we hit the open road and aside from the Ladybower Inn and the (now closed) Snake Pass Inn, it's reservoirs, forests, moorland, rivers, waterfalls, gorgeous landscapes and autumnal colours all the way for the next half hour until we dropped down into Glossop.
It really is a fantastically scenic ride which cannot be captured effectively in photographs and I strongly recommend a trip to enjoy it for real.
It was a surprise to have a rucksack carrying passenger board at the isolated Snake Pass Inn. He took advantage of the new route to travel to Glossop. Hopefully he hadn't been waiting there for however long it's been since a bus last ran!
In Glossop I was a bit surprised the bus performs a time consuming loop around Norfolk Square by the main crossroads in the westbound direction which adds vital minutes to the schedule as these very busy traffic lights have to be negotiated twice.
As we headed into Manchester there were long eastbound queues forming at traffic lights through both Glossop and Hollingworth and I could see how the running time could be challenging.
Having said that we passed the second bus on the route heading back to Sheffield as we approached Glossop and it was close to time despite the traffic
Having enjoyed a spurt along the M67 we arrived into Manchester's Chorlton Street eleven minutes late although a few minutes of that was Jane trying to master the brand new upgraded ticket machine for our Snake Inn boarding passenger. I'm told it's a TransmachTM500 which is a new one on me.
The machines mean Hulleys can now take contactless. It was the first time I'd encountered the new Wayfarer and made a change not to see a Ticketer ticket machine.
So, with Travel South Yorkshire having come up trumps in Sheffield, and bus stops throughout the remoteness of Derbyshire's Peak District all Snake-ified I had high hopes TfGM would similarly have sorted the Chorlton Street departure point so passengers would be aware of this new service.
Alas not. Nothing at all. Not a single mention. Nothing. Shame on TfGM.
I left Jane to enjoy her well deserved lunch break in Manchester before she returned to Sheffield on the 13:45 departure. This is due into Sheffield at 15:15 but having seen the eastbound traffic queues towards Glossop I had my doubts it would make it in time for my advance ticket booked on the 15:29 EMR London bound departure so I decided to switch allegiance for the return ride from Manchester to the train and enjoy the Hope Valley.
Using the National Rail website to see the time of a suitable train offered me an advance single (with Raikcard) for £6.25 even though it was only in 'advance' by an hour. This was by booking through Northern Railway's website for the 14:18 departure operated by TransPennine Express. What a muddle! But a very competitive price to Hulleys Student or Railcard £6 single especially as the train takes just 50 minutes. Mind you lovely as the Hope Valley by train is, it's not nearly as good as the Snake Pass by bus.
But, as Transdev Blazefield found with their CITYZAP venture from Leeds to Manchester across the Pennines, the train is a formidable competitor and moves thousands of passengers in quick time.
I truly wish Hulleys all the very best for their new venture. I do hope it can survive the winter as it'll offer an unrivalled scenic bus journey in the better weather of spring and summer all the more so as Tier 3 restrictions will hopefully have been eased by then.
I don't know if TSY, Derbyshire and TfGM have given their support to this new venture thereby enabling Hulleys to obtain Covid Bus Service Support Grant, but if not, this really is an odd time to be launching a service of this kind. I can't see passenger numbers being anywhere sufficient during the upcoming winter months and I do hope this doesn't mean it won't be around for next spring and summer. It'll need a good twelve months investment and ideally would begin that with the better months.
It is a very ambitious initiative. It's just its introduction now, after decades of no service, that seems questionable. But I hope I'm wrong, as I'm already looking forward to a return trip next spring; it'll be on my to do list many times over. It really is a fantastic bus route.
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An interesting read as usual but a small point – the ticket machine is in fact a TransMach TM500 – see http://www.transmach.co.uk/tm500.html
How interesting – thanks. Will update.
I had a reason to use this service today, returning a hire vehicle to Sheffield. Caught the 17:30, I was the only passenger but genuinely the most enjoyable bus journey I've had in years. Navigating the Snake Pass in the dark with rain in a 12 metre bus is no easy task, but doing so with a cheery, customer-oriented attitude is fantastic. I agree the 'back of house' team are most pleasant; even after office hours they updated me via Facebook Messenger and even followed up to make sure I caught the service OK. Wishing them all the best.
What else would you expect from TfGM? Constantly bleating about "greedy Bus Barons" (i.e. sowing the seeds to take back political control over buses without a clue as to the costs), withdrawal of once excellent maps now making Greater Manchester as hard to navigate as Greater London and nudging buses further and further away from City streets (I gather parts of Piccadilly are now to be bus-less in some new "exciting" plan with the Cover epidemic been used as cover). Sadly, one of the best new route initiatives for many years will die before it has a chance in the current climate, and perhaps next Spring would have been a better time for Hulleys to commence the route.
Should we deduce there has been at least a 12 year gap since a bus last served the Snake Pass route? Is that why the Derbyshire County Council flags still display the Traveline phone number replaced in January 2008?
Gareth Cheeseman says:
I think the last bus over the Snake was the 901 Sunday service from Huddersfield.
As for TfGM, no surprise that the reality does not match the rhetoric. In their defence, I think it is Manchester city council that are trying to banish buses.
The 901 did not go over the snake pass it was the 395 and the 460
DAVID HAMMOND says:
I keep seeing this bus pass thru Glossop and its always empty – what a shame – why didn't they wait for the Spring . This service could be dead by the end of Winter – such a shame
if I had time i would use it just to support it BUT where can we go right now
try to keep it going Hulleys until the Spring then it should pay off especially in daylight hours
Thanks for the in-depth report! Seen "Snake 57" go past where I live in Manchester on numerous occasions lately (and as David said it's always empty sadly), but as a regularly visitor to the Peaks in my dirty diesel I'll be supporting this service in the near future considering it's only £10 return. It'll certainly pick up more business in the spring/summer…
A good and informative read thank you. Yes very sad to see it passing my home in Brookfield Glossop empty due to covid. As we lost our only bus service last year that was a big blow to me personally . I truly hope now we are coming out of lockdown this service can puck up and servive. Good luck to Hully staff.
Well today I took the bull by the horns and ventured out on my first bus trip since covid on the Snake 57 . To say I enjoyed would be an understatement. The sun was shining I was happy to see a few more passengers getting on in Glossop also a few along the way. I have never been into Sheffield city before so as an 80 year old travelling alone it did feel a little intimidating. The bus driver when I was ready to alight at the terminus interlink was more than helpful going above and beyond so hope the bus company will continue successfully into the future.
Regards .
William Eyre says:
I know the X57 stops at the Snake Pass Inn but do you know whether there's also a stop a little further along at the entrance to the Snake Woodland (where there's a car park opposite)?
There's definitely a stop there in the eastbound direction but I'd check for sure with the bus company re the westbound – their number is 01246 582246
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During my years on science forums and in the #science chatroom, I have come across a wide variety of those characters which the internets have to offer. It can be both fun and infuriating (not unlike grad school), but in the past year or so it felt like these places were inundated by people with a particular agenda. In general, I refer to them as sci-haters, but they are a fairly diverse group. There's these types:
Some of whom you can reason with, many of whom go into a toddler-esque tantrum rage at the mention that maybe they're wrong and people who have spent a lot of time studying these topics just might know better. Then there's the types who simply want to bash science and/or scientists as wrong, heartless, elitist, biased, a waste of space, etc.
I felt like I was glimpsing into the heart of a country (and perhaps a world) that was deeply suspicious and distrusting of science, and it saddened me very much.
But then I realized that I was making a very n00b scientist mistake - I was assuming that these ornery people were a representative sample of the rest of the country. And apparently it's a mistake that many scientists and science hobbyists make. Enter Matthew C. Nisbet and his blog, Age of Engagement.
Matthew C. Nisbet wrote: [Pundits and commentators] proclaim a "growing disconnect," "a dangerous divide," a "widening gulf" and use other metaphors that are representative of what sociologists might label as a moral panic. This traditional fall from grace narrative about science argues for the need to return to a (fictional) point in the past where science was better understood and appreciated by the public. In the U.S., this point in the past is often referred to as the years just after the launch of Sputnik and leading up to the Apollo moon landing.
Yet you would be hard pressed to find this type of rhetoric in the peer-reviewed literature examining public opinion about science, the role of scientific expertise in policymaking, or the relationship between science and other social institutions. ... Indeed, if there is a "dangerous divide" in society it is between the conclusions of experts working in these areas and the extraordinary claims that are often made by some journalists and pundits.
http://bigthink.com/ideas/22714
In 2009 the Pew Research Center released results from a comprehensive survey of Americans and how they view science. 2009! Even before I started developing my own personal fall-from-grace narrative about sci-haters. Man, I am behind the times.
Matthew C. Nisbet wrote: In the U.S., scientists and their organizations enjoy almost unrivaled respect, admiration, and cultural authority. Americans overwhelmingly trust scientists, support scientific funding, and believe in the promise of research and technology. Among institutions, only the military enjoys greater admiration and deference.
Consider that according to the Pew survey, 84% of Americans agree that science is having a mostly positive effect on society, and that this belief holds strong across every major demographic category, including 88% of Republicans and 83% of Evangelicals.
When asked to evaluate various professions, roughly 70% of Americans answer that scientists "contribute a lot" to society compared to 38% for journalists, 23% for lawyers, 40% for clergy, and 21% for business executives. Only members of the military (84%) and teachers (77%) rate higher in public admiration and esteem.
Long story short, what has been flooding into my little corners of the internet are the people who are extreme enough and angry enough to come search out my compatriots and I, and attempt to give us the what-for. Isn't that always the way?
This has made me much more optimistic about the state of science, at least in the USA. But I still worry about the state of science communication, and the potential damage that these loud mouths and heavy typers could inflict on a public that many scientists address only occasionally and awkwardly. But that's a topic for another post.
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by Anonymous on October 26th, 2011, 10:49 pm
Where would the world be without science? In darkness and uncomertability that's where. I for one can appreciate the logicalness that scientists often bring to arguements, the same logic that often gets them unnecessarily labeled as heartless or unfeeling. You have my vote ;)
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by zetreque on May 16th, 2014, 1:41 am
This was in the news again recently. Not sure how biased the poll was though, never looked into it.
http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/a ... ng/360976/
I often think back to imagining times of paradise in our history like when the Greeks sat around with food abundant just exploring science and math day in and day out, or the renaissance era of art and science, or the library of Alexandria with people from all over coming together to learn. Then I realize that even back then, things might have not been the paradise we like to imagine them to be, and they struggled with many issues. Just look at what happened to the Library, and great cities all being burned and destroyed.
I still like to try to imagine times like those being paradise though, where they had all the support of the city, and their biggest problem in life was figuring out the circumference of the Earth :)
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Anything but an incompletion.
That, to put it simply, is the position the Denver offense found itself in facing a third-and-10 with two minutes remaining in regulation Sunday against division rival Las Vegas.
The 58 minutes leading up to that point had been anything but pretty, but here the Broncos were, with the two-minute warning providing a moment to figure out the best way to salt away a three-point lead and end a five-game losing streak to the Raiders.
Third-and-10, ball at their own 34, Las Vegas drained of its timeouts.
What do you do? Run the ball and concede to likely punting, but milk 40-plus seconds off the clock before booting the ball away? Or put it in the air in an attempt to end the game with a first down, but also accept the risk of stopping the clock?
It's the kind of situation NFL coaches face every week. It's the kind of situation Broncos coach Nathaniel Hackett likely had in mind when he addressed his team on Saturday night and told them he was handing play-calling duties to quarterbacks coach Klint Kubiak. It's the kind of situation that determines games.
Since the opening two weeks of the season, Hackett and the Broncos have had plenty of issues to be sure, but he had smoothed out his game management operation at least. When this first stress test arrived for his newly organized offensive staff on Sunday afternoon, however, it cracked, and the Raiders gladly played the beneficiary in a 22-16 overtime win.
The trouble started when the Broncos decided to put the ball in the air on that third-and-10.
"You've got to keep the clock running one way or another," Hackett said, though the play called made that more difficult. … "We communicated that we wanted to be able to take a shot down the field and we knew what kind of coverage they were going to be in, but if something happened in the pocket or anything like that, that's one of those situations where you can take a sack or you can just run the ball. But we obviously didn't want the clock to stop in that situation."
Anything but an incompletion was fine.
Quarterback Russell Wilson rolled to his right and eventually fired toward undrafted wide receiver Jalen Virgil, who was covered and working back toward Wilson along the right sideline. The ball sailed out of bounds with 1:53 remaining.
"They kind of covered it up pretty good," Wilson said. "I was trying to get outside the pocket and then Virgil was coming scrambling down and I thought I had him. Tried to take a shot to him and the ball just kind of went away a little bit."
Denver punted, the Raiders marched for a game-tying field goal and then won the game in overtime on the first possession.
Anything but an incompletion, and perhaps a different ending unfolds. After all, the Broncos scored on each of their first two possessions and at times captured the kind of rhythm that has been all too rare this fall.
"I thought Coach Kubiak called a great game," said Wilson, who completed 24 of 31 passes for 247 yards. "Even with the big transition of it all, I thought he was really sharp, communicated well. I thought (offensive coordinator Justin Outten) was great on the sideline, too. It was smooth in that sense."
But many of the same problems hampered Denver.
Quinn Meinerz (77) of the Denver Broncos recovers a fumble by Melvin Gordon III (25) as Amik Robertson (21) of the Las Vegas Raiders defends during the second quarter at Empower Field at Mile High on Sunday, Nov. 20, 2022. (Photo by AAron Ontiveroz/The Denver Post)
The offense converted just 3 of 12 third-down tries. After 192 first-half yards, they were held to 128 in the second half. That pesky third quarter, which has produced only 10 offensive points this year? Another zero.
"The frustration is through the roof," defensive lineman Mike Purcell said. "I think you can see it on everybody's face. If not then, if there's anybody that's OK with this (stuff), then they're OK with losing. I don't think there's anybody like that in this locker room."
There may not be, but the Broncos have done a lot of it recently after a sixth defeat in their past seven games. A second straight week of leading 10-0 and then losing. A third overtime loss this fall. A sixth loss by one possession. A fourth time scoring exactly 16 points. A perfect 10-for-10 in failing to score more than 23 points. Another failure in an autumn full of them.
"I want to do everything I can to help this team win," Hackett said when asked again about his job status moving forward. "We've been so close, had so many opportunities. We've had a lot of things happen this year that are unfortunate, but we have to continue to find ways to win. That's my sole purpose and that's all I'm looking to do. Whatever happens, those things I can't control."
The Broncos had control Sunday but lost it late in the fourth quarter.
As Raiders wide receiver Davante Adams waltzed into the end zone and walked off the Broncos, he waved goodbye to the Empower Field crowd.
Davante Adams (17) of the Las Vegas Raiders waves goodbye to Denver Broncos fans after scoring a touchdown during overtime of the Raiders' 22-16 win at Empower Field at Mile High in Denver on Sunday, Nov. 20, 2022. (Photo by AAron Ontiveroz/The Denver Post)
See ya next year, when the silver and black attempt to run their winning streak against Denver upward from six.
What will the Broncos look like then?
Will they be better equipped to handle Maxx Crosby, who once again lived in Wilson's backfield? Will they have a way to slow Josh Jacobs, who powered to yet another 100-plus rushing yard outing and had 160 total offensive yards? Will they have the same head coach? Another injury-riddled roster held together by back-ups and undrafted rookie wide receivers and practice squad call-ups?
To put it more plainly: Will anything be different, even if there is change?
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The survey questions, which were collaboratively written by Birchbox's editorial, marketing, and analytic team, focused on fun queries for customers, but also subjects that could be applied to the company's business model. Based on subscribers' answers, future product samples and full-size products in the Birchbox shop will be influenced by the survey.


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In his homeland of Alagaesia, a farm boy happens upon a dragon's egg -- a discovery that leads him on a predestined journey where he realized he's the one person who can defend his home against an evil king.
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Casey H. (Gnives) from BALDWYN, MS
Reviewed on 6/7/2011...
I have no idea what is going on, is he going to sleep with that Dragon?
1 of 3 member(s) found this review helpful.
Samantha K. (entilzah) from OSCODA, MI
Love the books hated this movie. They moved plots out of one part and condensed them into a place that left you going "huh?" And the end hello the second book was out and they ended this movie flat no second one coming no way. The end isn't even like this in any of the books.
I hate it hate it hate I couldn't even sell my copy at the yard sale. Had to donate it to the goodwill.
If you love these books do not I repeat do not watch this movie. It will tick you off. A book this long you have no need to make up stuff for a 90 minute movie grrr
Susan D. from STATESBORO, GA
Reviewed on 2/18/2009...
Excellent fantasy. Quality acting--Jeremy Irons no less.
This could have been a masterpiece.
S. Ulrich | Lancaster, PA | 03/14/2007
"Honestly, I wanted to cry as I sat there in the theater watching this movie. What a waste of ten bucks. If you have read the books, and excitedly waited out the release of the movie, you are undoubtably as disappointed as I am. The books had such scope, like a Lord of the Rings junior. There was no way to get everything important shoved into an hour and a half movie. Why not go ahead and make a 2 and a half hour epic? I'd have watched it!!
Here is what you'll miss in the movie:
-The relationship between Brom and Eragon is very underdeveloped, so much so that when Brom dies, you're like, whoopdeedoo.
-Saphira ages from a tiny dragon into just about full grown in one ridiculous moment.
-Eragon's journey with Murtagh is like, 5 seconds long. No Hadrac desert, no bonding. Again, you could care less about Murtagh in the movie.
-The Dwarven kingdom was UNBELIEVABLY disappointing. If you read the book, you probably had quite a vision workded up in your head, with the Star Rose and all. The movie pretty much annihilates all that. And the dwarves themselves are stupid-looking. You can't slap some armor on a guy with a beard and call them a dwarf.
-Arya is an ELF. Did they really go over on the budget that they couldn't even give her POINTED EARS???
-The battle between Eragon and the Shade is like nothing. I was so bored.
Over all, this movie takes a perfectly paced book and puts it into hyperdrive, taking all the wonder and fun right out of it. You'll sit down to watch this movie and all you'll be able to do is watch in horror as they slaughter it. It is a terrible shame. Had they had a larger CGI budget, blatantly copied some LOTR stuff, and had Mr. Paolini perhaps overseen the novel-to-script process, well, maybe he did, but they just shoved some more money at him and he said, "Whatever, I'm alright with you destroying my cool book. Go for it."
Now, if I were to choose one or two things from the movie that didn't totally and completely suck, I will say this:
Saphira, for the amount of CGI that was spent on her, is perfect. She was totally real. The voice of Rachel Weisz is perfect as well. Eragon, Edward Speelers, he was great too. Too bad he had to over-act in order to compensate for the crappy, crappy dialogue and lack of character development.
If they happen to make a sequel, Lord help us. The second book is even more complex and wide-scoped than the first. It will not translate well based on it's predecessor. I say they scrap the first movie, and make it all over, with a bigger budget, and the fans of the book get all editing priveledges. Then we'd have our Eragon come to life, rather than this horrible, mess of a mutilated movie!!
Crashes and burns
E. A Solinas | MD USA | 02/22/2007
""Eragon" wants to be "Lord of the Rings." It really, really wants to be. In a pinch, it'll settle for "The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe" with a dash of Harry Potter.
But those hoping for a spectacular PG-rated epic shouldn't hold their breaths, because the adaptation of Christopher Paolini's bestseller is a massive bellyflop. The direction is stilted and plodding, the acting is on par with tree stumps, and the whole thing is uninspired -- it never moves beyond "quick cash-in."
A young woman is being chased through the woods by a band of evil soldiers, trying to recapture a bright blue stone she stole from evil King Galbatorix (John Malkovich), but she magics it away. It's found in the woods by a young farm boy, Eragon (Edward Speleers), who unsuccessfully tries to trade it for food. But the stone turns out to be a dragon's egg.
When his home and uncle are destroyed, Eragon escapes with his now-grown dragon Saphira (Rachael Weisz) and a mysterious stranger named Brom (Jeremy Irons), who knows a lot about the Dragon Riders. Now Eragon and Saphira may be the only hope for the land, not to mention the captive elf princess he's dreaming about, and whom he has to rescue from the evil king.
Dragons, damsels in distress, magic spells, an evil king and his evil wizard, and a Young Hero in the Luke Skywalker mold... well, "Eragon" had a lot of obstacles in front of it from the start. It sounds like the love child of "Star Wars" and "Lord of the Rings"... except it's infinitely more clumsy than either of those movies.
And the director doesn't help -- Stefan Fangmeier is horribly crude and clumsy in his directing, with a style that manages to be both stilted and choppy. The scripting is even worse. Expect the most pompous, cliched fantasyspeak imaginable ("It is your fate to be a Dragon Rider. The Varden need a Rider if they are to defeat Durza and the king." "I didn't ask for any of this!" "But you were chosen, nevertheless!").
It's not surprising, since Fangmeier has never even directed a short film before. His only prior movie work has been for visual effects, which might explain why the CGI for Saphira the dragon is so beautifully detailed and fluid. Wonderful work there. But not enough to make you forget the rest of the movie.
Speleers looks like a deer in the headlights, while Sienna Guillory has all the elegance and magic of hobbit feet, and Malkovich is given the most 2-D villain role of the 21st century. The supporting actors give the only solid performances, miscast as they are -- Weisz gives a wonderfully nuanced performance, while Irons is solid as the mentor figure.
"Eragon" has the occasional good performance or moment of excellence -- usually from Weisz as Saphira. But the rest of the time, it's an amateurish example of how NOT to make a fantasy movie."
Star Wars meets Dragonheart
G. M. Handlon | Colorado Springs | 12/27/2006
"I am the only member of my family who didn't read the books. That said, we all saw Eragon the movie together. It was noted beforehand that I alone had no expectations. The rest of this review is a spoiler, so proceed at your own risk.
I'm sorry to report that none of us enjoyed the movie. It was all about the animation. The story was recycled. The dialogue was inane. They repeated one line at least three times, and I'm told it was never in the books..."One part brave, three parts fool."
This project had the depth and imagination of Ralph Bakshi's "Lord of the Rings", meaning not much. My family (the Eragon fans) were intensely disappointed, outraged and offended. They said it was like taking a novel and condensing it to a four-frame comic strip. I wonder what the author, Christopher Paolini thought? There is mention of elves and dwarves, but you never see them...or so I thought. I was told afterward that the female lead character, Arya, was an elf. The movie never revealed that. At the end, I thought she was Minnehaha the Indian princess.
Personally, I did not hate Eragon as much as the others in my family, but I would not recommend it. I thought that as presented, this movie was a bold-faced rip-off of Star Wars; the king is a dragon-rider who turned against his brethren to gain ultimate power...there is a secret encampment of rebels, waiting for a leader to appear...that leader has no idea he is the chosen, or why...the hero's adoptive family is slain in the search for him by the evil king...the hero's mentor is slain by the evil king's more evil minion. Sound familiar? On and on it goes, a regurgitation of the same old thing. Even the dragons are reminiscent of the worms in Dragonheart and Dragonslayer, nothing innovative.
The computer graphics are very good, but that's about all you'll get in this offering. Given that, even the best of the CGs will remind you of Lord Of The Rings, but not as good."
Star Wars! Erm, I mean...Eragon!
Kevin Ryan | Ithaca, NY USA | 01/06/2007
"Have you ever wondered what Star Wars would be like as a Fantasy movie? Go see Eragon.
We've got Eragon (Luke Skywalker) who lives with his uncle (Uncle Owen). His friend Roran (Biggs) leaves to go on an adventure and Luke, I mean Eragon, is left all alone on the farm on Tatooine, I mean, random farm village. There's even a scene where he watches forlornly as the sun sets, though, unlike Tatooine, there's only one sun. Now Eragon finds a dragon egg and learns the way of the force, I mean magic, from Brom (Obi Wan) who happens to live in the same village. Together they set off and have to save the princess (Leia) from being killed by the evil King's (Palpatine) right hand man, Darth Va - I mean Durza. Now they have to find the Rebel Base and protect it from the Death Star before it's too late! Well, they do go to the Rebel Base but instead of the Death Star we have the forces of Mordor attacking. Good thing Luke and Leia are there to save the day!
Besides the severely unoriginal storyline serving huge helpings of both Lord of the Rings and Star Wars, the movie is just awful. There is no sense of distance or time - characters seem to travel across the continent in a matter of minutes or hours. We have no idea how many days pass (if any) and from the looks of things the entire evil army is able to march to the rebel stronghold in a day - the same for Jeremy Irons and his remarkable ability to show up halfway across the world in a few hours. How could this movie have passed screening tests? The good Varden people have waited 1000 years for Eragon and his Dragon who can't seem to hold three people even though a horse can hold two? How about the fact that Eragon just happens to know new spells at convenient times with no prior knowledge? How about the fact that we don't care about the Varden because they are just people in shiny outfits to the viewers?
The only good thing about this movie is seamless visual effects when Eragon rides Saphira, and even that won't get me to purchase it on DVD.
Kevin's Review: D-"
You'll love it...if you loved the book
Haley | West of the Horizon | 12/21/2006
"But I didn't love the book. I LIKED it. Very big difference. Though this movie has perhaps two good actors in its cast (Brom and Murtagh, the others are gag-worthy. Especially Galbatorix -- his soon-to-be infamous line "I suffer without my stone!" still makes me laugh as I write this. Except it wasn't a comedic line) and Saphira has the cheesiest and most stilted lines on the planet, and though they cut immensely from the book (the book wasn't exactly the Masterpiece of the Year, but still, even if I hated a book I like the movie to stick to it. Odd preference, I know) it was still mildly enjoyable (maybe because of the aforementioned hilariously awful "stone" remark, and others.)
SOON-TO-BE INFAMOUS AWFUL LINES:
"I suffer without my stone!" (I've already gone into this.)
"I have skills!" (Is this Eragon or Napoleon Dynamite I hear?)
"Into the sky, to fight or die!" (The scriptwriter was probably quite proud of this little corny stupid rhyme that made an otherwise decent scene another laugh-fest for Haley.)
"ARE WE ONE NOW?" (I think that's how it went. I won't explain this one. It's not made any less hilarious by Saphira's cry of "We are one!")
So see it, rent it, buy it if it's in the bargain pile (it will be, this movie is not destined for greatness). I'll probably buy it, to watch when I'm having a bad day so I'll laugh reeeeeaaaally hard, and to enjoy the performances of two actors, who happened to be my favorite characters in the books. But two good actors out of such a huge cast...
It is kind of sad.
Rating: Average, but worthwhile because it's funny. Oh-so-funny."


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Guidelines for diagnosis of cystic fibrosis in newborns through older adults: Cystic Fibrosis Foundation consensus report
J Pediatr. 2008 Aug;153(2):S4-S14. doi: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2008.05.005.
Philip M Farrell 1 , Beryl J Rosenstein, Terry B White, Frank J Accurso, Carlo Castellani, Garry R Cutting, Peter R Durie, Vicky A Legrys, John Massie, Richard B Parad, Michael J Rock, Preston W Campbell 3rd; Cystic Fibrosis Foundation
Cystic Fibrosis Foundation:
Philip M Farrell, Terry B White, Garry R Cutting, Leslie Hazle, Michael Michael Knowles, Bruce Marshall, Mark Montgomery, Clement Ren, Robert Wilmott, Cynthia Adams, Andrea Waterman
1 Department of Pediatrics and Population Health Sciences, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WI, USA.
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2008.05.005
Newborn screening (NBS) for cystic fibrosis (CF) is increasingly being implemented and is soon likely to be in use throughout the United States, because early detection permits access to specialized medical care and improves outcomes. The diagnosis of CF is not always straightforward, however. The sweat chloride test remains the gold standard for CF diagnosis but does not always give a clear answer. Genotype analysis also does not always provide clarity; more than 1500 mutations have been identified in the CF transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR) gene, not all of which result in CF. Harmful mutations in the gene can present as a spectrum of pathology ranging from sinusitis in adulthood to severe lung, pancreatic, or liver disease in infancy. Thus, CF identified postnatally must remain a clinical diagnosis. To provide guidance for the diagnosis of both infants with positive NBS results and older patients presenting with an indistinct clinical picture, the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation convened a meeting of experts in the field of CF diagnosis. Their recommendations, presented herein, involve a combination of clinical presentation, laboratory testing, and genetics to confirm a diagnosis of CF.
Chlorides / analysis
Cystic Fibrosis / diagnosis*
Cystic Fibrosis / epidemiology
Cystic Fibrosis / prevention & control*
Cystic Fibrosis Transmembrane Conductance Regulator / genetics
Data Interpretation, Statistical
Foundations / standards*
Genetic Testing / methods
Genetic Testing / standards*
Neonatal Screening / methods
Neonatal Screening / standards*
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PROJECT SHEBA was started in 2002 in Los Angeles California by Miri Hunter,Ph.D. It began its non profit work in 2007. Dr. Hunter did her doctoral work at the California Institute of Integral Studies in San Francisco. Her graduate work focused on pre- monotheistic religions in East Africa and Yemen with a focus on the matri-focal tradition found in the legends of the Queen of Sheba. Through her research, teaching, writing and performing she connected with her ancient ancestral roots by tapping into streams of genetic memory. Taking the Wisdom stories of the Queen of Sheba as well as studying various other Wisdom traditions throughout the world, she re-searched and developed an oracle/meditation system, aptly named the Queen of Sheba Wisdom Oracle.
She moved to the Hi-Desert in the Spring of 2013. The desert gave her time and energy to focus on her main work of developing programming for Project Sheba. Since then she has produced concerts, spoken word events and theatre events.
In 2017 Project Sheba started its own theatre company called Thought Theatre. Its purpose was to promote theatre experiences that led to community discussions regarding local, national and global issues. Its tag line is "entertainment for the mind." In its first year the company received seven Desert Theatre Nominations in the categories of acting, writing, direction and overall production. In its second season (2018-2019), Thought Theatre continues to produce cutting edge productions. The second season, in addition to its theatrical productions, Thought Theatre has added programming for writers called Play by Playwrights, in which playwrights get to hear their words performed by seasoned actors before moving on to actual production.
The summer of 2018, was the first year of the Hi-Desert Fringe Festival. Under the auspices of Project Sheba, it was founded by Dr. Hunter and two colleagues from the theatre community of the Hi-Desert. The festival brought together performers from the Hi and Lo Desert areas as well as from Los Angeles, Las Vegas and Arizona. It was a three day festival featuring performances, guest lectures and workshops. The idea was to create a community theatrical event that presented "theatre on the edge." The festival was diverse and inclusive. It presented a model of cultural equity in programming and in community involvement. The second festival is scheduled for the summer in 2019.
The Americana Band, Hunter and the Wick'd performs throughout the region. They play various venues that promote the arts and that incorporate opportunities for learning such being asked to host one of the official 100 concerts around the globe in a celebration of what would have been Nelson Mandela's 100th birthday. In addition, the band has been a part of several Daniel Pearl World Music Days.
Project Sheba continues to grow in community involvement, and in addressing the needs of the community.
As the organization grows, it looks towards to having its own dedicated building and creating its own institute for in-depth study and learning, The focus will be on using the arts as a bridge towards developing self awareness and spirituality. Tentatively called the Institute for Cultural and Spiritual Studies (ICSS), the programming will focus on four areas: education, arts, spirituality and travel. Dr. Hunter believes that these four elements are crucial to the development of the individual, leading the individual to becoming self-authored. Being self-authored ultimately leads to a better understanding of self and of others.
The Mission of PROJECT SHEBA is to use the arts as a portal to access to personal wisdom for the betterment of the individual, the community and the planet.
The Vision of PROJECT SHEBA is focused on the integration of body, mind and spirit using embodied learning and embodied knowing in order to facilitate the psychological and spiritual development of the individual. Through its general programming which encompasses theatre education and performance via Thought Theatre and the Hi-DeF Fringe; music via the Americana band Hunter and the Wick'd; and Spirituality through the Institute for Cultural and Spiritual Studies; PROJECT SHEBA instills not only a love of learning, but a varied and unique learning experience. It is oriented and structured for individual achievement within the context of group experience. Its innovative program, the Institute of Cultural and Spiritual Studies offers a program that deepens one's awareness of multiculturalism, while creating an environment for the student to delve into the complexity of their own stories. This approach allows the student to understand the lens with which they view the world and offers a safe and encouraging environment where one's personal stories can be explored. This creates empowered and empassioned individuals.
PROJECT SHEBA is a 501 c 3 non profit corporation. Your donation helps to promote the work. Click below to donate!
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Miami Heat vs. Washington Wizards Game Preview: New Faces, New Places
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By Elijah Abramson
(Miami, FL) — The Miami Heat (0-0) begin their first regular season game in the post-LeBron James era at home against the Washington Wizards (0-0) on Wednesday, October 29 at 7:30pm EST.
While many are already saying Miami is destined for a sharp decline in their Eastern Conference prowess, center Chris Bosh is optimistic where the team is headed. "I'm excited to hit the ground running," he articulated after Monday's practice.
"We have some proving to do. For us, it doesn't matter what we say. It's about other people's perception. In other people's perception we're an underdog but we're trying to be an elite team. It's going to take work."
John Wall's Washington Wizards are expected to perform at a high level after nearly earning a trip to the Conference finals in the 2014 NBA playoffs, so Miami will see its first test on opening night. With the off-season acquisition of former Brooklyn Net Paul Pierce, Washington has added some veteran leadership to a young squad that already has playoff experience.
Bosh and Dwyane Wade are expected to take expanded leadership roles of their own in the absence of the game's greatest superstar. Bosh did not mention the Wizards directly on Monday, but did hint at the strength of two other Eastern conference powerhouses.
"Chemistry-wise Chicago's ahead. Talent-wise, Cleveland is ahead."
Bosh's relationship with his former teammate, James, has withered away this off-season. Earlier in October, Bosh told reporters that he hasn't spoken with James since his decision to leave Miami.
"If guys aren't in this locker room, I don't have much time for them – if any."
This chip-on-the-shoulder mentality could lead to a career year from the 30-year-old Dallas native who, this off-season, turned down a chance to play alongside Dwight Howard of the Houston Rockets. With an expanded role in the offense, Bosh could surprise pundits and come surprisingly close to 50-40-90 shooting numbers in 2014-15. Head Coach Erik Spoelstra will certainly be challenged as a head coach to create an offense with effective and efficient ways to score.
"We haven't been making as many threes as we have in the past, but that doesn't make us any better or worse," Spoelstra said at practice on Monday.
Miami certainly does not have three-point specialists like they have had in previous years. They have seen the departure of three-point specialists like 2012 Finals Game 5 hero, Mike Miller, who hit 7 of 8 threes in the game that won Miami the championship, and 2013 NBA Finals Game 6 hero, Ray Allen. Grantland's Bill Simmons wrote earlier this year that there has never been a greater NBA shot than Ray Allen's Game 6 three that sent the game to overtime.
"Hopefully we find a real consistency with how we want to play and get guys comfortable in their roles," Spoelstra said on Monday. "We're going to have to play Norris [Cole] and [Mario Chalmers] quite a few minutes and I want them playing aggressively and confidently. I want them continue to get more comfortable leading the team."
Washington was the eighth-best defense last season, giving up less than 100 points per game to opponents. With Marcin Gortat and Nene clogging up the paint, and outside perimeter defender, Trevor Ariza lurking, Spoelstra will get early feedback as to whether or not his offensive game-planning is effective with this new roster.
The addition of Luol Deng, a fan-favorite during his tenure with the Chicago Bulls, will be one to monitor closely as the season progresses. A career 16.0 PPG, 6.3 RPG, and 2.5 APG player, Deng is one of the league's most well-rounded perimeter players. "[Deng is] a hard player, one of the best cutters in the league," Bosh told the Miami Herald. "He makes the game a lot easier for a lot of guys just based off of his length, his talent."
Bosh knows his team is fighting an uphill battle, but also left some room for optimism on Monday. "I think we have the chance to be a very, very good team."
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Elijah Abramson is a Bay Area sports journalist and University of California, Berkeley graduate. His work has appeared on various sports websites including Bleacher Report, HoopsVibe, and LA Times. He founded Bases and Baskets, which now has over 25,000 likes on Facebook. He has interviewed NBA Hall of Famer Clyde Drexler and is excited to contribute to Heat Nation. He is an ardent supporter of Dwyane Wade, LeBron James, and Shaquille O'Neal...but is a Warrior fan first. You can follow him @ElijahAbramson.


Preheat oven to 375°. In a large bowl, cream shortening and sugars until light and fluffy. Beat in egg and vanilla. In another bowl, whisk flour, salt and baking soda; gradually beat into creamed mixture (dough will be crumbly).
Set aside about 1/2 cup dough for ears. Shape remaining dough into 1-in. balls; roll in additional sugar. Place 3 in. apart on ungreased baking sheets. Flatten to about 1/2-in. thickness. Roll reserved dough into 1/2-in. balls; roll in sugar. Place two smaller balls about 1 in. apart touching each flattened ball (do not flatten smaller balls).
Bake 10-12 minutes or until set and edges are lightly browned. Remove from oven; immediately press one kiss and two baking bits into each cookie for nose and eyes. Cool on pans 5 minutes. Remove to wire racks to cool completely. If desired, pipe with colored icing.
I made a double batch of these adorable cookies for my niece's baby shower and they were definitely a hit! Since everything's better with butter, I did use half butter and half shortening, instead of all shortening. The cookies were delicious!
We use this recipe all the time! It's perfect to just make round cookies and push m&m's into them.


U.S. #1061 highlights the 100-year anniversary of the Kansas Territory. Acquired as part of the Louisiana Purchase, Kansas Territory experienced several years of civil unrest, from 1854-56, over whether to be admitted to the Union as a free state or a slave state. In 1861, Kansas finally became the 34th state of the Union, as a free state.
Congress passed the Kansas-Nebraska Act on May 30, 1854, in an attempt to avert civil war. The act divided the former Nebraska Territory into two new territories – Kansas and Nebraska.
The act also allowed residents of Kansas and Nebraska territories to decide for themselves whether to allow slavery within their borders. The act repealed the Missouri Compromise of 1820, which had banned slavery in most northwestern regions of the country.
The Kansas-Nebraska Act outraged many Northerners. They considered the Missouri Compromise to have been binding. Many in the pro-slavery South supported the new act.
Rather than stem the tide of war, the Kansas-Nebraska Act led to immediate hostilities. As the vote on slavery approached, abolitionists and pro-slavery factions rushed to the territories to influence the outcome.
In the first election, Kansas residents voted to allow slavery within their territory. Anti-slavery settlers alleged the vote was marred by fraud and rejected the results. They held a second election, one in which the pro-slavery faction refused to vote. Each group established their own legislature within the territory, operating in direct opposition to the other.
Violence soon erupted, led by abolitionist John Brown. The death toll rose, leading to the phrase "Bleeding Kansas." To support the pro-slavery settlers, President Franklin Pierce ordered Federal troops into the area to stop the violence and remove the abolitionist legislature. A third election was held. Pro-slavery supporters prevailed and voter fraud was alleged once again.
As a result, Congress rejected the constitution adopted by the pro-slavery settlers and statehood was denied. In Kansas, anti-slavery settlers eventually outnumbered pro-slavery residents, and statehood was granted shortly before the start of the Civil War. Kansas was admitted as a free state. Nebraska, whose residents chose to ban slavery, was admitted as a state in 1867.


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Can Singaporeans Bolster Work Performance Through Music Learning?
Research has proven that playing music can be a major factor in improving executives' work performance and problem-solving abilities. What can Singaporeans do to to benefit from this?
says Dr. Joseph Guan, the Clinical Director and Founder of the Brain Enhancement Centre based in Singapore.
Further inspection also reveals that the benefits of learning music seem to be far greater than most of us would assume.
According to Daniel J. Levitin, professor of psychology and behavioural neuroscience at McGill University in Canada claims that although listening to music engages our verbal and audial cortices simultaneously, playing an instrument activates all areas of the human brain. The act itself combines communicative and mathematical precision in the left hemisphere with creativity and originality handled by the right, all while processing motor skills and stimulating memory throughout.
Musicians tested in 2014 by the Harvard Graduate School of Education have also been discovered to possess substantially higher levels of executive function, a set of cognitive processes that include reasoning, analytical thinking, attentional control, and strategic planning.
These are tied directly to concepts valued within the corporate workplace, such as decision-making, organization, and diplomacy. In fact, in a set of top ten core skills projected by JobsDB as the most desired skill sets in top global industries by 2020, eight of these skills are directly related to executive function, and include creativity, cognitive problem-solving, and people management.
However, while the benefits of music are apparent, numerous myths surrounding the limitations of the adult brain can cause working individuals to be dubious of their ability to learn new skills in the first place.
These myths include the perception that adult brains cannot form fresh neural connections to process unfamiliar fields of learning, and that brains lose their plasticity, the ability to change and adapt, after puberty.
Multiple studies by the American National Center for Biotechnology Information have proven that neurogenesis, the formation of new neurons, continuously occurs in the adult brain, meaning that memory and learning capacity are still intact when one reaches adulthood.
Leading music training centre Believer Music has observed this during its operations, and aims to show the public that when it comes to learning music, age is just a number.
Gerald explains that in the past 18 years, the vast majority of Believer Music's 20,000 clients were adults over the age of 21, and that all of them graduated from their respective courses and made achievements beyond their expectations.
He further adds that working clients attend lunch-time, after-work or weekend classes to get a stimulating boost of energy and inspiration during their heavy workdays. With these convenient timings, executives are able to balance recreation and enrichment within their busy schedules without missing a beat.
"Singaporeans tend to work hard, and that contributes to a lot of mental strain. Our clients come to us to remedy that issue and further augment their minds.
Currently aged 38, Mr. Lim is a Senior Engineer and continues to sing in his free time and at his leisure. He encourages other working adults to give music its place and pursue it while they can, pointing to the mental refreshment and alertness that it brings, as well as it being an avenue to relax in preparation for the next full week of work.


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Sean Stemaly's 'Last Night All Day' Video Is Flirty Fun Just in Time for Valentine's Day [Exclusive Premiere]
Sean Stemaly's new video for "Last Night All Day" is perfectly timed for a release on Valentine's Day (Feb. 14), but fans are getting to see it a day early in this Taste of Country exclusive.
The country music newcomer is signed to Big Loud, and he's been working on his debut tracks with Nashville super-producer Joey Moi, whose credits include Florida Georgia Line and Morgan Wallen. The Kentucky native was raised in Indiana, and he comes by his country credibility honestly, counting Brooks & Dunn, George Strait, Alan Jackson and Jason Aldean among his influences.
Now based in Nashville, he's synthesized all of those influences and more into his own pop-and rock-influenced brand of contemporary country music, which juxtaposes clean, snappy production with strong pop-influenced melodies and progressive instrumentation for a sound all his own.
Stemaly worked on the very cleverly shot and edited video for "Last Night All Day" in Nashville with director Justin Clough, and he's pleased with the results, which you can view by clicking on the clip at the top of the story.
"I always look forward to making music videos," he tells us. "I'm still new to it, so I just I embrace that and have fun with it."
"The day we filmed was freezing cold in Nashville and my fingers were numb during all of the outdoor scenes, but it was worth it," Stemaly recalls. "I'm pumped to put this one out because it shows a different take on the story behind the song, something I didn't expect when we recorded it. 'Last Night All Day' is so special to me because it sounds different from anything else I've done – which is also what I love about it. You can listen to it in the truck and on the dance floor, it's one of those songs to crank up loud and have a good time to. I want to thank Justin Clough and his team for killing it on this shoot, my team at Big Loud for always being top notch, and most of all thank the fans that have been listening. This one's for y'all."
Stemaly has also been spending time developing his live act on the road, sharing stages with artists including Riley Green, Hardy, Lanco, Chris Lane and Wallen, among others. For more information about Sean Stemaly, visit his official website, or keep up with the latest via Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.
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Rhonda Joyce is one of the most enthusiastic sailboat racers you're likely to meet. A former aircraft maintenance engineer, she's only been in the sport since 2009, but already she's had a significant impact. Joyce was recently elected to the International Audi Melges 20 Class Association board, and for several years prior served as fleet captain in the class for the Toronto area. During her tenure, participation in that fleet grew from four active boats to nearly 15.


Rolling Stones, Grrr! Greatest Hits Vinyl Deluxe Gift Box Set SIGNED by Mick Jagger & Keith Richards to inner book as shown. Limited Edition NUMBERED BOX AND SIGNED INSIDE. Rolling Stones DELUXE LIMTED EDITION SIGNED BOX SET. This extraordinary Deluxe Limited Edition Box Set, features 5x LP vinyls and accompanying book in a special custom issued box. Signed to book by Mick Jagger & Keith Richards as shown. Each of the 5xLPs are premium quality 180g 5xLP set. The entire package comes housed in a full solid box featuring exclusive artwork. The set is HAND SIGNED by Mick Jagger & Keith Richards. Full contents.... Exclusive 32 page book signed by Jagger & Richards. BRAND NEW ITEM IN ORIGINAL PACKAGING & SIGNED BY THE BAND.Housed in the original outer brown cardboard box shipping crate. Shipping quotes available on request as this will not be standard shipping costs. This box set is signed by Mick Jagger & Keith Richards. Original Rolling Stones autographs. All rare and signed Rolling Stones autographs are 100% authentic and include an original letter of authenticity. Buy genuine signed Rolling Stones autographs from the no.1 Rolling Stones memorabilia experts here at RARE AND SIGNED.


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Q: Where is lldpd package for Fedora 20? I used to apt-get install lldpd on Debian but now I can't find same package for Fedora. Needed command line tool is lldpcli. Usage example:
lldpcli show neighbors

Does fedora has this tool too?

A: Fedora and RHEL use lldpad rather than lldpd.
yum install lldpad

A: Yes, it does.
The project website's installation page explains that you must use openSUSE's repository since the packages are not present in the official repositories, or you can build from source.
The instructions for using openSUSE's repository are here.

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The table is a great way to represent the data in tabular format. Some website display their services or product or pricing chart in tabular format, you may see it in many web hosting as well as in e-commerce site. So it is required to represent it in a more professional and elegant way to engage more visitor. As far as web hosting and eCommerce sites are a concern they are providing comparison prices of product or services or features of the product, so it is essential to showcase these data in a very attractive way in a table, so visitors can get their required information with ease. Today I am going to listing down some sorts of Price Table HTML Template which you can use in your site to give visitors a nice and stunning experience to check their desired information.
It is an awesome table template html css which you can use in hosting company website or ecommerce website to display pricing or other service related data in a very elegant manner.
It is a free responsive Price Table HTML Template which is developed using bootstrap framework.
This one is a simple price table html template which consist of modern looking column structure.
It is has been developed using HTML5 content editable and jquery.Using the power of HTML5 content editable and minimal jquery you can make editable table.
This one is well suited for your web hosting website and it is a dazzling and simply has professional look and feel. Some flat colours has been introduced here and it is responsive in nature.
This one is flat and elegant and nicely placed element bold in nature which ensure easily readable in any devices.
This is built using CSS3 and HTML5 and cleanly it will display your service related information using tabular format in a very professional manner.
It is built using SASS, it is a dazzling looking price model to display related information nicely.
It is a mini version of price table html template which will display extra information related to addons etc which need to be sold.
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A modern pricing table which is built on HTML and CSS.It is primarily is built using photoshop and can be transformed using HTML and CSS.
This one is sleek and modern with striking hover effect.It is responsive in nature to scale down to any resolution of devices.
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It is an elegant and stunning pricing table which display title, price, list of features, and purple sign-up button.


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Q: Multiple association on same entity with hibernate Criteria I would like to use this query in Hibernate criteria
SELECT a.a_id, b.b_id, b.b_description, sum(c1.c_score) AS score1, sum(c2.c_score) AS score2
FROM b, a, d, c

LEFT OUTER JOIN c AS c1 ON c1.c_id = c.c_id AND c1.c_comment = 'good'
LEFT OUTER JOIN c AS c2 ON c2.c_id = c.c_id AND c2.c_comment = 'nogood'

WHERE b.b_Id = d.d_id
AND d.d_id = c.c_id
AND c.c_foreignkey_a_id = a.a_id

GROUP BY a.a_id, b.b_id, b.b_description

My problem, in this case, is the 2 associations on the same entity ( C => C1 / C => C2).
And I want to know if there is a way to do this with criteria ?
Thanks ! - EZ

A: It's a serious limitation when using Hibernate Criteria (Now Deprecated).
You can try one the two "solutions" :

*

*You can map the association twice ( in read only) ... not really clean

*You can try to express you request with criteria subqueries. Example


Constitution Day was celebrated in the college today. Ms Pam Rajput- a prominent social activist and retired Professor from Panjab University, Chandigarh delivered a lecture on the importance of constitution. The students and faculty members from departments of Political Science, Public Administration and the NSS volunteers read the preamble together and pledged to work hard to protect and propagate the spirit of the constitution.


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We will be at the Bay Area Pet Fair & Adoptathon both days – October 5 & 6, 10AM – 5PM at Marin Fairgrounds in San Rafael.
PLUS: Activities for pets and kids, face painting, balloon twisting, digital caricatures, giveaways and much more!
It will be the largest pet adoption fair in Marin history, with dozens of local rescue groups participating with adoptable dogs, cats and small animals.
Visit bayareapetfair.org for more information.


Big Apple Circus presents Play On!
Surround yourself with cotton candy as trapeze artists fly through the air. Enjoy music, and performances by talent from all over the world including Chinese acrobats doing ballet on top of each other and much more.
One of Natures most beautiful creatures takes flight in the Museum of Natural History. Celebrate the 11th annual return of this re-created tropical forest environment. Features over 500 live butterflies.
This not-for-profit, on the spot, group of storytellers will simply amaze you. Brilliant creativity as they pick people out of the crowd and do what they do best, tell great stories.


ATLA - Alternatives to Laboratory Animals is an international, peer-reviewed scientific journal, publishing articles on the latest research relating to the development, validation, introduction and use of alternatives to laboratory animals.
ATLA reports on the latest news and events, reviews publications and products, and lists the most significant recent research papers.
ATLA has been a leading journal in the alternatives field for more than 25 years and encourages informed debate through its editorials and comment section.
Proceedings of conferences held by societies such as the Scandinavian Society for Cell Toxicology are regularly published in ATLA.
Its current impact factor is 3.014.
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The Lodge and Spa at Breckenridge is hotel located 110 miles from Denver International Airport. An outstanding and inviting property, this hotel is the best place to call home while traveling on business or pleasure. The great number of amenities, facilities and extras this hotel features makes it an enjoyable place to stay. An overall atmosphere of serenity will delight guests when they check in, for this hotel is well attuned to the individual needs of all its visitors. In addition, area attractions and venues that guests will want to experience are within the vicinity, making it fun to get to know the area.
When it comes to the hotel's accommodations, guests will find everything they want and need. With tastefully appointed guest rooms that are well stocked with the modern amenities travelers expect today, the hotel goes a long way to make sure everyone enjoys their stay. Adding to the overall pleasure of a stay here is the attentive and friendly staff. Always professional, the knowledgeable staff is on call for every guest's needs and requests.
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Blogger Templates created with the Designing of Pinterest.com. So your blog look like Pinterest.com. The home page layout has gallery and masonry looks like pinterst. Girls and fashion designers mostly liked this templates. Download blogger templates for your gallrey blogger blogs.


Mary Lou Springstead (°1970, Brooksville, Florida, United States) makes paintings and drawings. With the use of appropriated materials which are borrowed from a day-to-day context, Springstead tries to increase the dynamic between audience and author by objectifying emotions and investigating the duality that develops through different interpretations.
Her paintings are based on formal associations which open a unique poetic vein. Multilayered images arise in which the fragility and instability of our seemingly certain reality is questioned. By examining the ambiguity and origination via retakes and variations, she tries to develop forms that do not follow logical criteria, but are based only on subjective associations and formal parallels, which incite the viewer to make new personal associations.
She creates situations in which everyday objects are altered or detached from their natural function. By applying specific combinations and certain manipulations, different functions and/or contexts are created. By choosing mainly formal solutions, she presents everyday objects as well as references to texts, painting and architecture. Pompous writings and Utopian constructivist designs are juxtaposed with trivial objects. Categories are subtly reversed.
Her works never shows the complete structure. This results in the fact that the artist can easily imagine an own interpretation without being hindered by the historical reality. Mary Lou Springstead currently lives and works in Middlesbrough, UK.


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Q: Android Spinner showing transparent screen with distortion of data,but items are selectable I have a spinner and i have an arraylist  having the names of the states which I am setting to the spinner using array adapter.I think there is some issue with  the layout of the dropdown_item of the spinner and it is taking the style of the app. Since i have used material style in my project, the same style is getting applied here.
The items are visible the items are selectable also, but the dropdown list is not being displayed properly
Can anybody please help me out.

This is how im setting my arraylist to the spinners.
    mArrayAdapter_userType = new ArrayAdapter<String>(RegistrationActivity.this, R.layout.spinner_text, aArrayList_userType);
    mArrayAdapter_userType.setDropDownViewResource(android.R.layout.simple_spinner_dropdown_item);
    mSpinner_userType.setAdapter(mArrayAdapter_userType);

A: Add this dependencies in build.gradle file
 compile 'com.github.rey5137:material:1.2.2'

In Xml write this code.
 <com.rey.material.widget.Spinner
                    android:id="@+id/spinner_label"
                    style="@style/LightSpinner"
                    android:layout_width="match_parent"
                    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
                    android:gravity="center"
                    android:minWidth="128dp"
                    android:padding="8dp"
                    app:spn_label="Spinner with arrow" />

In Java class write this code.
 Spinner spn_label = (Spinner) findViewById(R.id.spinner_label);
 String[] items = new String[20];
   for (int i = 0; i < items.length; i++) {
          items[i] = "Item " + String.valueOf(i + 1);
       }
 ArrayAdapter<String> adapter = new ArrayAdapter<String>(MainActivity.this, R.layout.row_span, items);
 spn_label.setAdapter(adapter);

Create row_span.xml in your layout folder.
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<com.rey.material.widget.TextView xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
    android:id="@+id/row_spn_tv"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="48dp"
    android:gravity="center_vertical"
    android:paddingLeft="16dp"
    android:paddingRight="16dp"
    android:textDirection="locale"
    style="@style/LightSpinner"/>

When you run the below output is generated.

for more detail visit this : https://github.com/rey5137/material
Without using Any Library :
Write this in your xml
<Spinner
    android:id="@+id/planets_spinner"
    android:layout_width="fill_parent"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content" />

Create Array data in your resources file
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<resources>
    <string-array name="planets_array">
        <item>Mercury</item>
        <item>Venus</item>
        <item>Earth</item>
        <item>Mars</item>
        <item>Jupiter</item>
        <item>Saturn</item>
        <item>Uranus</item>
        <item>Neptune</item>
    </string-array>
</resources>

And use this in Java
Spinner spinner = (Spinner) findViewById(R.id.spinner);
// Create an ArrayAdapter using the string array and a default spinner layout
ArrayAdapter<CharSequence> adapter = ArrayAdapter.createFromResource(this,
        R.array.planets_array, android.R.layout.simple_spinner_item);
// Specify the layout to use when the list of choices appears
adapter.setDropDownViewResource(android.R.layout.simple_spinner_dropdown_item);
// Apply the adapter to the spinner
spinner.setAdapter(adapter);


Regarding the subject matter above, when I open the JSP page that have the selectItems component looping the collection object, it generates error that says that the content of the Collection object is not instanceOf SelectItem.
Looking at example no. 1 above, the Person class was compiled and bundled into GuestBook.jar and the PersonBean class was compiled and copy into WEB-INF/classes. 'person' was a name for backing-bean PersonBean class. JSF libraries was in WEB-INF/lib.
That sort of configuration will generate error that says that the content of the Collection object is not instanceOf SelectItem.
I've tested the content of the Collection object (in PersonBean) and I successfully display it in System.out.println.
If I move the getGendersList method into PersonBean, the JSP page load successfully.


I've been reading some things about repsonsibnle adult males taking charge of less responsible and less mature men. Administering discipline as they see fit when required. This includes spankings and other punishments and the accompanying humiliation which accompanies such treatment.
I don't need a daddy or anything. More like an executive boss or coach type.
I don't have major issues. I'm employed, etc. I just have some bad habits I need to correct. I need to take care of my responsibilities a little better.
There's a difference between how I present on the outside and what I feel like on the inside.
I have experimented a little with spanking because I was curious, but it wasn't true discipline or anything ongoing.
Anyway, if you understand what I'm talking about, please contact me. Your looks aren't important. I just want someone real who is mature and knows and understands discipline of somewhat immature men. I'm serious about this.


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Most people have a general physician or a family doctor they call on when they are not feeling well, or need a checkup; however, there are very few that have an Eye Care Specialist in Inver Grove Heights MN to call their own. There are more than enough to choose from, and the same advice for finding a general physician applies to locating a quality eye specialist. The following tips will help you find the very best eye doctor for your needs.
There are sub-specializations in the eye health field. There are ophthalmologists and optometrists. Optometrists are a general type of eye care provider and typically seen for the diagnosing of eye disease, along with a number of other eye issues. These individuals are responsible for providing you with regular eye exams, contacts and glasses and help you get what you need to improve your vision. If you have a serious eye issue, then your optometrist will likely refer you to the ophthalmologist to address the issue.
This is one of the very best ways to find a quality optometrist. Your physician can refer you to a specialist that will be able to provide you with great services. Additionally, you likely already trust their opinion and will be able to rely on the information they provide.
You can get insight about a great Eye Care Specialist in Inver Grove Heights MN by asking people you know. They will be able to tell you what they liked, and disliked, about the services they received. While you should not rely on a recommendation alone, it will be a great jumping off point to seek more information.
There are certain credentials that an eye specialist should have in order to provide quality services to patients. You can check through a number of resources, such as the BBB and the doctor's website.
Taking time to do your homework, will help you find a quality eye specialist for your and your family's eye health needs. You should also ensure you are comfortable with the individual, which will help you find your family's long-term eye care provider. Using these tips will put you on the path to finding that person.


This section lists the tags often used with HTML tables: <table>, <tr>, and <td>.
width: This specifies the width of the table. Can be specified in pixels or in relative terms (for example, 100%).
border: This specifies whether the table will have a border. The number indicates the thickness of the border.
cellspacing: The amount spacing between the cell wall and the cell border. The area enclosed by the cell walls are the maximum amount of area that text can be displayed in a cell.
cellpadding: The amount padding between cells and the each cell wall in a table.
bgcolor: This specifies the background color for this table. The color value may be specified as the color name or the six-character color code.
bgcolor: This specifies the background color for this row. The color value may be specified as the color name or the six-character color code.
height: This specifies the height of the row.
rowspan: This specifies the number of rows this particular row occupies.
valign: This specifies how the text is vertically aligned inside the column. Common values include "top", "middle", and "bottom."
width: This specifies the width of the column. Can be specified in pixels or in relative terms (for example, 50%).
bgcolor: This specifies the background color for this column. The color value may be specified as the color name or the six-character color code.
colspan: This specifies the number of columns this particular column occupies.
Example 5: cellspacing and cellpadding attributes.
Example 6: cellspacing and cellpadding attributes.
Example 7: cellspacing and cellpadding attributes.