Jun.11 (GMM) Pedro de la Rosa's last-minute Sauber race drive in Canada raised more than one set of eyebrows.
The team's official reserve driver Esteban Gutierrez was in Mexico when his countryman Sergio Perez reported ill in Montreal, disapprovingly revealing that he followed the saga of de la Rosa's move from McLaren on Twitter.
But another driver wondering why he wasn't given the call was Nico Hulkenberg, the highly rated Force India reserve who lost his Williams seat for 2011 to Pastor Maldonado.
"Did Herr Sauber not have my phone number?" the German is quoted as saying by Swiss newspaper Blick.
Auto Motor und Sport, however, claims that Hulkenberg is too tall for the C30 cockpit, while de la Rosa was an obvious choice because Sauber still has his seat mould.
Agrees Hulkenberg: "You don't just jump into a formula one car these days and drive it."
Peter Sauber confirmed: "He (Hulkenberg) is too tall for our car. He is also employed by our direct competition. Between us and Pedro's McLaren, on the other hand, there is no conflict of interest."
And de la Rosa, 40, is familiar with Sauber, having raced the C30's predecessor for much of 2010.
"It's a totally different car, but it speaks a similar language," agreed Sauber.
Even so, the Perez substitution came as a complete surprise to de la Rosa.
"I was just finishing lunch with ten minutes until practice and they told me to get in the car," he revealed to El Pais newspaper.
"I ran to get my gear and helmet and got in the car and they tried to adjust my seat. They also tried to move the pedals but couldn't.
"I feel bad for Sergio but this is a gift that I will enjoy," he insisted.
Boss Sauber admitted that he was grateful Perez alerted the team about his sickness rather than risk his safety by trying to drive through it.
"It's one thing to train, exercise or drive a kart and quite another to drive in formula one," said Perez's assistant Sallares Jaume.
"It shows his maturity. It's not just about him but also about the danger of injuring someone else," he added.


Last five ONI Index are FMA 2018 -0.6ºC, MAM 2018 -0.4ºC, AMJ 2018 -0.1ºC, MJJ 2018 +0.1ºC and JJA 2018 +0.1ºC. Latest Nino 3.4 SST is +0.04ºC and the calculated ONI JJA 2018 is +0.1ºC, though positive but in neutral zone. Hence ENSO neutral conditions continues to exist.
The 30-day Southern Oscillation Index (SOI) to 2nd September was -5.3 and is within the neutral range.
30 Days average SOI was -6.27 at the end of August 2018 and was -5.03 on 4th September 2018 as per The Long Paddock – Queensland Government and 90 Days average SOI was -3.4.
SOI Monthly graph up to August 2018 as per The Long Paddock – Queensland Government.
There is ~60% chance of El Niño in the Northern Hemisphere fall 2018 (September-November), increasing to ~70% during winter 2018-19.
All of the surveyed international climate models predict further warming of central equatorial Pacific sea surface temperatures (SSTs) over the coming months. All of the models suggest El Niño thresholds are likely to be reached by the end of spring, with the majority suggesting values will remain at or above the threshold into early 2019.
Using NOAA Criteria, a full-fledged El Nino event is rules out during the Indian Summer Monsoon. Enso Neutral conditions continue to prevail from May 2018 (MAM 2018) up to the latest 3-monthly season JJA 2018 at +0.1ºC.
Last five ONI Index are FMA 2018 -0.6ºC, MAM 2018 -0.4ºC, AMJ 2018 -0.1ºC, MJJ 2018 +0.1ºC and JJA 2018 +0.1ºC. The last three 3-monthly seasonal ONI Index indicates Enso Neutral conditions continue to prevail from May 2018. Latest being August 2018 SST anomaly for Nino 3.4 for is +0.04ºC.
The last two Nino 3.4 SST anomaly are July at +0.16ºC and August at +0.04ºC. Possibility for First 3-monthly season to reach El Nino thresh hold requires the ONI reaches +0.5ºC from the current +0.1ºC level. Possibilty of El Nino thresh hold to be reached in September is very low since the chances of Nino 3.4 SST anomaly crossing +1.0ºC at the end of September is dismally low.
Using NOAA criteria, a full-fledged El Nino event is rules out during the Indian Summer Monsoon, since there are now only one 3-monthly seasons left till end of September 2018, namely JAS 2018, and Indian Summer Monsoon normally comes to an end by then (September end). Full fledged El Nino requires El Nino thresh hold to continue for five consecutive 3-monthly seasons.
Similarly a full-fledged El Nino event is rules out during the year 2018.
NOAA માપદંડ મુજબ ભારતીય ચોમાસા દરમિયાન વિધિવત 'એલ નિનો' થવાની શક્યતા નથી. 2018 ઓગસ્ટ આખર ના ENSO ન્યુટ્રલ સ્થિતિ ચાલુ રહી છે.
છેલ્લા પાંચ ત્રી-માસિક સીઝન નું ONI ઈન્ડેક્સ આ પ્રમાણે છે: FMA 2018 -0.6ºC, MAM 2018 -0.4ºC, AMJ 2018 -0.1ºC, MJJ 2018 +0.1ºC અને JJA 2018 +0.1ºC. છેલ્લું ત્રી-માસિક સીઝન JJA 2018 નું ONI ઈન્ડેક્સ +0.1°C, એટલે NOAA માપદંડ મુજબ મે 2018. જૂન 2018, જુલાઈ 2018 ની જેમ ઓગસ્ટ નું ONI ઈન્ડેક્સ Enso ન્યુટ્રલ ઝોન માં છે. ઓગસ્ટ 2018 નું નિનો 3.4 નું SST ઍનોમલી 0.04ºC છે. અત્યાર સુધી એક પણ મહિના નું નિનો 3.4 નું SST ઍનોમલી કે છેલ્લું ONI ઈન્ડેક્સ એલ નિનો ના ઉંબરા સુધી પહોંચેલ નથી. છેલ્લા બે મહિના નું SST ઍનોમલી જુલાઈ +0.17ºC અને ઓગસ્ટ +0.04ºC છે. સપ્ટેમ્બર માસ ની આખર માં SST ઍનોમલી +1.0ºC થવાની શક્યતા હાલ નથી. માટે સપ્ટેમ્બર આખર સુધી માં નિનો 3.4 એલ નિનો ના ઉંબરા સુધી પહોંચશે નહિ. તેમજ ભારતીય ચોમાસા દરમિયાન NOAA ના માપદંડ મુજબ વિધિવત 'એલ નિનો' થવાની શક્યતા પણ નથી. કારણ એમ છે કે ભારત નું ચોમાસુ સપ્ટેમ્બર આખરે પૂરું થતું હોય છે અને હવે સપ્ટેમ્બર આખર સુધી ફક્ત 1 ત્રી-માસિક સીઝન બાકી છે, જે છે JAS 2018 અને એલ નિનો માટે ઓછા માં ઓછી 5 ત્રી-માસિક સીઝન જોઈએ. NOAA ના માપદંડ મુજબ 2018 માં વિધિવત સંપૂર્ણ એલ નિનો ની શક્યતા નથી.


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arrests of atheists
HRW hails acquittal of bathhouse defendants, denounces sentencing of 'atheist'
Courtesy: Human Rights Watch
Human Rights Watch described the acquittal of 26 men accused of debauchery and indecent public acts in the "Ramses bathhouse" case as a "rare success in protecting the rights to privacy and nondiscrimination," but called on the prosecutor to withdraw its appeal.
On Monday, the Azbakeya Misdemeanors Court acquitted 26 defendants who were arrested in a bathhouse in downtown Cairo's Ramses area in an unexpected verdict. Later that day however, the Azbakeya Prosecution appealed the verdict, Al-Ahram reported.
Boris Dittrich, HRW's lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender advocacy director, said in a statement that while the case is a "rare victory" for human rights, the prosecutor shouldn't have leveled these charges in the first place.
He also called on the prosecutor to "promptly withdraw its appeal."
The arrests were made on December 8 at the behest of television host Mona al-Iraqi, who filmed the ensuing security raid.
Iraqi, a presenter on "Al-Mestakhabi" (The Hidden), an investigative journalism show that broadcasts on the privately owned channel Al-Qahera wal Nas, wrote on her Facebook page that she and her team had been investigating the bathhouse, alleging it was a "den of illegal gay sex workers."
HRW said "the deliberate, public humiliation of these men" was a violation of their right to privacy.
The prosecution had presented forensic reports based on physical examinations of the defendants in an attempt to prove that the men have engaged in homosexual activity. HRW said these examinations violate international standards against torture and inhuman and degrading treatment.
The LGBT community in Egypt has long faced harsh oppression by both society and the state under former President Hosni Mubarak's regime, which has not been mitigated by the successive administrations that followed his ouster.
The Egyptian Penal Code has no explicit laws against homosexuality, but crackdowns on gay Egyptians have been carried out under the pretext of various vague laws such as "violating the teachings of religion" and "moral depravity."
In its statement, Dittrich called on Egyptian authorities to immediately stop detaining men suspected of homosexual conduct under charges of "debauchery."
"The criminal justice authorities should follow the court's lead and release the dozens more who remain imprisoned under this repressive law," he concluded.
In another statement on Tuesday, HRW condemned the recent sentencing of a university student to three years in prison for "contempt of religion."
The student, Karim al-Banna, was accused of insulting Islam after he made a series of Facebook posts about his atheist beliefs. HRW condemned the verdict and stated that it was part of a larger crackdown against atheists in Egypt.
They stated that Banna's conviction is part of "a wider government push to combat atheism and other forms of dissent."
Sarah Leah Whitson, HRW's Middle East and North Africa director, told Mada Masr that HRW believes the crackdown on atheists has increased because of "the number of cases that have been documented over the past year; there were very few such cases that we documented under the Morsi and Mubarak administrations."
The statement cited the recent police raid of an alleged "atheist café" in downtown Cairo on December 14.
The report also cited a recently issued survey by Egypt's grand mufti alleging to document the number of atheists in Egypt. According to the survey, there are 866 atheists in Egypt. The advisor to the grand mufti stated that this number "should ring alarm bells" across Egypt.
HRW stated that legally Egypt must protect the rights of atheists, as the Constitution states that, "freedom of belief is absolute."
Furthermore, Egypt is party to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and the African Charter on Human and People's Rights, both of which require that government to respect freedom of belief and freedom of expression, without discrimination.
However, the Egyptian Penal Code criminalizes insulting Abrahamic religions and Article 98(f) specifically forbids the propagation of atheism in words, writing or other means. The crime bears a sentence of up to five years in prison and/or fines of up to LE1,000.
"Atheists are one of Egypt's least protected minorities, although the Constitution ostensibly guarantees freedom of belief and expression. Egyptian authorities need to be guided by the constitution and stop persecuting people for atheism," said Whitson in the statement.
The HRW statement also documented the way that blasphemy laws are used to target other individuals. They pointed out that in June courts in the Upper Egypt Luxor governorate sentenced four Coptic Christians to up to six years in prison.
In her statement to Mada Masr, Whitson said that, "blasphemy laws are used not only against atheists, but against others whose views prosecutors have considered as 'insulting' to Islam or blasphemous."
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Investigative Reporter May Have To Testify Despite Journalist Privilege - Honolulu Civil Beat
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Investigative Reporter May Have To Testify Despite Journalist Privilege
A federal judge said Hawaii News Now's Lynn Kawano did not waive her privilege when reporting about a Maui police officer accused of sexual misconduct.
By Stewart Yerton / January 6, 2023
Despite laws generally protecting journalists under the U.S. Constitution's First Amendment, a Honolulu investigative reporter may have to provide deposition testimony and documents related to a story she reported about a Maui police officer accused of sexual misconduct in a civil lawsuit, a federal judge said.
The scope of information Hawaii News Now reporter Lynn Kawano would be required to reveal will be limited by journalistic privilege, which shields reporters from having to share information gathered through their reporting, U.S. District Court Judge Leslie Kobayashi said during a half-hour hearing.
In addition, any testimony by Kawano would be subject to an order limiting the range of questions she could be asked, Kobayashi indicated.
Still, Kobayashi's comments in a court hearing, which still must be memorialized as a written order, could widen the door for lawyers to use reporters as tools in litigation, hauling journalists into court and forcing them to testify or turn over documents.
U.S. District Court Judge Leslie Kobayashi potentially widened the door for lawyers to use reporters as tools in litigation. Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2022
Kobayashi on Thursday echoed what she had said the previous day in a document showing her inclination to hand a partial victory to each side of the dispute: Maui County on one side, and Kawano and her employer, KGMB/KHNL, on the other.
Kobayashi's tentative position was that Kawano hadn't waived her journalistic privilege but still could have to provide some information gathered outside the orbit of her work as a reporter.
"The Court is inclined to find that Kawano has failed to show good cause why a protective order should issue, except as to information covered by her qualified privilege as a journalist, and to find that the County has failed to demonstrate that Kawano waived her qualified privilege as a journalist," Kobayashi wrote. "Less clear is, as to information being sought that is not confidential, whether the County can show that the material is unavailable despite exhausting all reasonable alternative sources and non-cumulative."
Kobayashi's position didn't seem to change despite 30 minutes of oral arguments during a virtual hearing, in which lawyers reiterated key points made in lengthy briefs previously filed with the court.
Kawano's attorney, Bruce Voss, said courts shouldn't allow reporters to be used as weapons by parties in civil litigation.
"Ms. Kawano has no information other than what she gained in the newsgathering process," Voss said.
Keola Whittaker, a deputy corporation counsel for Maui County, argued that Kawano had waived her journalistic privilege by referring plaintiffs to Honolulu trial lawyer Michael Green, holding her story until the plaintiffs had retained Green and then interviewing Green for the story. The county also alleges Kawano "made an independent report to the FBI," which Voss denied.
The Alleged Golden Ticket Scheme
One thing not in dispute was that the allegations in the underlying case were – as lawyers on both sides put it – "wild."
According to the underlying complaint filed by Green against Maui County, in July 2019, then-Maui Police Department Officer Brandon Saffeels pulled over Alishia Constantino, charged her with driving under the influence and later tried to coerce Constantino into having sex with him in exchange for getting the DUI case dropped.
Constantino sued Saffeels and the county. Kawano later reported on the Saffeels-Constantino incident, documenting her story with portions of recorded phone calls and text messages.
Saffeels was later convicted as a sexual predator in a separate case. The former officer was sentenced to 10 years in prison in November after pleading guilty to a federal charge of attempting to have sexual contact with a someone he thought was a 13-year-old girl.
Hawaii News Now Chief Investigative Reporter Lynn Kawano broke stories about a former Maui Police Officer now in prison after pleading guilty attempting to have sexual contact with a someone he thought was a 13-year-old girl. Hawaii News Now
The problem with the Constantino case, Maui County lawyers allege, is that Saffeels was set up, in what Constantino and her friend Jennifer Boswell purportedly called "the golden ticket scheme."
The idea, according to Maui attorneys, was to get Constantino off the hook for the DUI charge and get money by suing the county.
"Boswell testified that she and Constantino prompted Saffeels to call Constantino, came up with a script, and recorded the call to get the evidence so that Constantino could get out of a DUI charge and file a lawsuit against the County," the county says in a court document citing Boswell's deposition testimony.
The women later went to Kawano to broadcast the story, Maui County asserts. That's when the county alleges Kawano started crossing a line and giving up her journalistic privilege.
"Rather than simply report the story, Kawano stepped out of the reporter's role and made herself part of the story," the county says. "Kawano recommended that Constantino hire her friend, attorney Michael Green for her lawsuit, and provided Constantino with Green's office phone number."
"Plaintiff Alisha Constantino and the two other Plaintiffs in a related case – Ronda Smythe and Lianna Kanno – also testified under oath that they hired Mr. Green at Lynn Kawano's suggestion," the county asserts.
On Thursday, Voss dismissed the idea that Kawano helped the FBI.
"Asking the FBI for comment is what a news reporter does," he said. He also denied insinuations that Kawano has a client-referral agreement with Green that would transform her from a reporter to a litigation consultant.
Kobayashi agreed that Kawano hadn't waived her privilege. But the judge said information Kawano had received outside the demands of her work as a reporter might have to be turned over, subject to case law that limiting such information to things the county hasn't been able to get through other means and that are relevant to the Saffeels case.
Jeff Portnoy, a Honolulu media lawyer, didn't comment on the specific case but said generally reporters can waive their journalistic privilege by doing things outside the scope of what reporters do. A reporter couldn't invoke the privilege to avoid testifying about those things, Portnoy said.
"In the abstract, not commenting on these bizarre allegations, if a reporter goes beyond traditional news gathering, such as advising a person of their legal rights or recommending a lawyer, there's a question as to whether the privilege can apply to those activities," he said.
The next steps will be for Kobayashi to issue a written order and for the two sides to proceed with discovery, including a deposition, in which Kawano's lawyers will be able to object to questions that fall under the journalist's privilege considered privileged or outside the boundaries of Kobayashi's limiting instructions.
Civil Beat's coverage of Maui County is supported in part by grants from the Nuestro Futuro Foundation and the Fred Baldwin Memorial Foundation.
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Q: Cannot access memory I'm getting a segfault, and when I debug it I get the following message:
Cannot access memory at 0x806d128
I attempted to set a watchpoint there to monitor the address, but the response gdb gave me was:

Cannot watch constant value '0x806d128'

However when I print the pointer containing the address it recognises the struct that I've got stored there:

(body *) 0x806d128

According to gdb the error occurs in addForce(), which is a bit odd since that address is accessed earlier in init()
Here's the relevant code:
#include <math.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <stdio.h>
#include <time.h>

#define prec float

prec gdt = 0.0001;

typedef struct {
  float Fx, Fy, vx, vy, mass;
  int posX, posY;
} body;

void addForce(body* a, body* b){
  int xa=(*a).posX, ya=(*a).posY;
  int xb=(*b).posX, yb=(*b).posY;
  float F=(*a).mass * (*b).mass * gdt /(pow(xa-xb, 2)+pow(ya-yb, 2));
  float v=atan((ya-yb)/(xa-xb));
  float Fx=cos(v)/F, Fy=sin(v)/F;
  (*a).Fx+=Fx;
  (*a).Fy+=Fy;
  (*b).Fx-=Fx;
  (*b).Fy-=Fy;
}

int newRandInt(int bot, int top){
  return bot + (rand() % (top++));
}

prec newRand()
{
    prec r = (prec)((double)rand()/(double)RAND_MAX);
    return r;
}

void init(int N, body* star){
  for(int i=0; i<N;i++){
    star[i].posX = newRandInt(0, 800);
    star[i].posY = newRandInt(0, 800);

    star[i].Fx = newRand();
    star[i].Fy = newRand();

    star[i].vx = newRand();
    star[i].vy = newRand();

    star[i].mass = newRand();
  }
}

int main(int argc, char* argv[]) {

    int N = 200;

body* stars = malloc(sizeof(body)*N);

init(N, stars);
for(int j1=0; j1<N; j1++){
  for(int j2=0; j2<N-1; j2++){
    if(j1!=j2){
      addForce(stars+sizeof(body)*j1, stars+sizeof(body)*j2);
    }
  }
}
return 0;

}

A: This call to addForce is not what you want:
addForce(stars+sizeof(body)*j1, stars+sizeof(body)*j2);

You don't want the sizeof(body) expression in this call to addForce. The call you probably want is:
  addForce(stars+j1, stars+j2);

stars is an array of body so you can reference individual stars with
body *p = &stars[i]

or just
body *p = stars + i

Both of these have the type body*

A: In this line:
addForce(stars+sizeof(body)*j1, stars+sizeof(body)*j2);

when you do sizeof(body) it evaluates to size of structure in bytes, then it is multiplied by j1. So you have some_nr*j1.
That value is added to stars, which is pointer to body.
Pointer arithmetics evaluate some_nr*j1*sizeof(pointer to body).
What you want to do is stars+j1 alone, which will be correctly evaluated as pointer to body and added to arrays.
The same happends in the second part of addForce.
What you missed is that with pointers arithmetics the second operand of '+' operator is recalculated to match size of pointee.

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Radiohead tour
Bear Hunting in Oslo
Radiohead played last night in Oslo, Norway, giving the crowd a treat by performing "Hunting Bears". Click here for the setlist, pictures, and reviews.
Vanilla Sky, the new film with Tom Cruise and directed by Cameron Crowe, features a song by Radiohead. What song? We don't know. Stay tuned… {thanks to Angelo & Jon}
What's My 20?
Radiohead will be included in the VH1 show What's My 20? Here are the dates:
9/19 – 11:00 pm ET
9/20 – 4:00 pm ET
9/23 – 12:00 am ET
{thanks to Seema}
Mercury Prize
This Wednesday, September 12, Radiohead will be appearing on the Mercury Music Prize 2001 program at 11:00pm on Channel 4 (UK). There will be live performances by all 11 short-listed nominees, including Basement Jaxx, PJ Harvey, Super Furry Animals, Zero 7 and of course Radiohead. The show will be repeated on September 15 at 11:45pm. {thanks to Stephen & Elaine}
Tags Hunting Bears, Mercury Prize, Norway, tour, Vanilla Sky
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I learned something important about cooking Thanksgiving dinner the first time I did so for a large crowd five years ago: be realistic and plan ahead. Deciding on a whim to make homemade eggnog the day of may not be the best idea, for instance. Want to brine your turkey? First make sure you have an appropriate container in which to do so. But with more than a week to go there is plenty of time to get on track for a delicious, stress free meal.
If you haven't already, finalize your menu and recipes this week. Keep in mind what you can find at the farmers market or co-op over the weekend. There is an impressive, beautiful selection of produce, desserts, wines, breads and more available right here in our county. Take advantage of these foods and producers; I've learned while traveling and cooking at the holidays that you can't find such quality and freshness everywhere.
Once you have your menu, recipe and ingredients set, you're halfway there. Now, just do a little prep each day leading up to the big dinner to avoid a mad scramble on turkey day.
Make a list of the tasks and recipes you might be able to prepare over the course of the next few days. Post the list in a visible spot in the kitchen so you can cross each item off as you go and see what still needs to get done.
Today, chop veggies. Look at your recipes and see what you're going to need. Divide them into resealable plastic bags based on each dish. While you chop, cook your cranberry sauce, which will do fine in the fridge for the next few days.
Combine everything in a small pot and bring to a simmer over medium heat. Once the cranberries start to pop, lower the heat, cook another 3-4 minutes, then remove from the heat and cool.
Focus on the stuffing – which if you ask me, is the next best dish after pumpkin pie. I don't stuff my bird, but rather divide it up into muffin tins for easy to serve, realistic portions. Check your favorite bakery for day old or even pre-cubed bread.
Melt the butter in a large pan. Add the celery, onion, apple, a pinch of salt and herbs or poultry seasoning. Cook about 5 minutes, until veggies have softened. Pour in broth and toss in the bread and cranberries. Cook another 5 minutes then stir in the egg and parsley. Divide among lightly oiled muffin tins. If preparing ahead of time, cover and refrigerate until ready to bake. When ready, bake covered with foil, for 20 minutes in a 375F preheated oven then another 20 minutes uncovered. They're done when browned and crispy.
If you're planning to serve turkey tomorrow, get that set now. Clean the bird, season and stuff with aromatics as you like, season the skin, tie it up and set in the roasting pan in the fridge. You want it ready to go in the oven without worrying about details tomorrow.
Then, if you have any sides you could prepare now, do so.
Cover the turnips, garlic and potatoes in a medium pot over high heat with the milk and just enough water to cover. Bring to a boil, reduce to a simmer, and cook until veggies are tender. Drain and with an immersion blender or food processor, purée until smooth. Alternatively, you could mash. Mix in thyme leaves to your liking and melted butter, if you choose. This reheats well in the oven.
The big day. Your bird should be the priority at this point. Be sure to let it come to room temperature before getting in the oven – this will reduce roasting time and help ensure even cooking. Plan to take it out of the oven at least an hour before guests arrive – giving it time to rest and you time to make gravy, heat up prepared dishes in the oven, and carve the bird. Finish off any quick cooking dishes today as well.
Over medium high heat, sauté the Brussels sprouts in the olive oil. Cook until just starting to brown, 3-4 minutes. Add ½ cup water to the pan with the lemon zest. Cook until the water has evaporated. Toss in the cheese and herbs.
Originally published in our Harvest Watch column in The Rutland Herald on November 19, 2013.
Happy December, folks. With cookie fests and holiday parties in full blast it's all too easy to indulge a bit too much. I believe we should enjoy these times without feeling overly guilty and yet, without waiting until next month to eat smarter. And yes, that is actually possible. Sometimes you just need to leave well enough alone – your grandmother's pecan pie, perhaps – but there are other times we can eat a little wiser while keeping in mind the foods still available to us locally during the colder months..
Hence, the kale and coconut salad. As you might have heard, kale and coconut are two powerful health foods of late we should all consider incorporating more of into our diets.
Kale, an excellent winter green, makes a great salad base while the more fragile greens are out of commission. With just 33 calories per cup and high amounts of Vitamin A, Vitamin C and Potassium, it's no wonder it has it's own marketing campaign.
Coconut, on the other hand, is equally as impressive. Coconut products – water, oil, milk, flour and even sugar – are beloved by food the health conscious in recent times, despite the high amount of saturated fat. Turns out, saturated fat, in moderation, may actually be good for us – helping do to things like lower bad cholesterol levels while improving the good. Coconut also contains a ton of fiber and a fair amount of minerals and b vitamins. The form in which you eat coconut regulates the degree of nutrition, however, so keep that in mind. For the salad, look for it unsweetened, dried and shredded or flaked.
It takes no time to put this together, making it great to work onto your dinner plate or bring to a holiday party in place of an out of season, less fresh, and nutritious garden salad. This recipe is from one of my favorite cookbooks – Super Natural Every Day by Heidi Swanson – I highly recommend checking it and her blog out.
Use any kind of kale, but I like the curly variety – which adds a good amount of crunchy texture after baking. Just rinse, then tear the leaves off the stems and into small to medium sized pieces. You'll be left with the stalks, which you can save in the freezer for your next pot of stock.
Toss in a bowl with the coconut and some olive oil, sesame oil and soy sauce or tamari.
Then spread it out over two baking sheets.
And put it in an oven preheated to 350F for 15-20 minutes, checking about halfway through. You want to bake it until the kale is crunchy and the coconut golden brown.
You can toss together with some more dressing at this point and serve. If you like kale chips, you'll really enjoy this salad – great as a side or topped with your favorite protein.
In a small jar, shake together the oils and tamari/soy sauce.
Toss the dressing with kale and coconut in a large bowl.
Spread the salad out onto two large baking sheets.
Bake for 15-20 minutes, checking and stirring about halfway through. Kale should be crispy and coconut golden brown. Toss with additional dressing if you'd like and serve warm or at room temp. Best enjoyed the day it's made.
This is the recipe – and cooking technique – that will change minds about Brussels sprouts. At Thanksgiving dinner it won over my girlfriend's mother, who previously insisted that the mini cabbage-like vegetable was gross. A short roast in the oven beautifully caramelizes the sprouts while locking in flavor and nutrition – unlike boiling, or even steaming. You don't want to miss out on the multitude of vitamins here. I also find that with roasting they're less likely to turn to mush and bring back unpleasant childhood vegetable memories.
Farmers sell Brussels sprouts either right on the stalk – which is kind of fun to take home – or already sliced off. Either way, you'll want to give them a trim off the bottom and if they look like they need it, a peeling of the outer layers. A quick rinse isn't a bad idea either. Personally, when I'm just making these at home, I don't go too crazy with cleaning and trimming. Do what makes sense to you.
What really makes this dish work though is that it has all five of the basic tastes at work. Sourness from the vinegar, sweetness from the sugar, umami from the Worcestershire, saltiness from the soy sauce and bitterness from the sprouts themselves.
A good flavor profile and a smart cooking technique will help make just about anything taste great. Try these sprouts as a side at your next holiday dinner.
Toss Brussels sprouts on a baking sheet with 3 tablespoons of the oil and salt and pepper, to taste.
Roast, 20-25 minutes, tossing halfway through, until softened, browned and caramelized.
Whisk vinegar, sugar, Worcestershire sauce, soy sauce, and remaining oil in a large bowl.
Add the Brussels sprouts and toss to coat. Transfer to a platter, top with rosemary, the pumpkin seeds and crushed red pepper. Serve warm or at room temp.
This is entirely un-American of me, I apologize, but apple pie does nothing for me. I've just never really cared for it. Maybe it's all that crust or the mushy texture of the apples after they're baked. I must have had a bad experience at some point that I don't recall. Though I'll admit that some melted cheddar cheese on top (a practice I only became aware of after moving to VT, of course) certainly makes it more appealing.
Baked and stuffed apples, however, are another story. The apples actually have some texture and a little crunch left to them. And since you eat the skins (at least you should) you get added benefits, like fiber. But they're also quicker to make. No crust. No hassle. It's a simple weeknight dessert, or even better – breakfast the next morning. Also, in this recipe I stuff them with oats, making this quite similar to an apple crisp – a dish I always looked forward to as a kid. Your pick of dried fruit and nuts only make things better and better for you.
Find yourself some good baking apples. There are many unique, Vermont grown varieties available well into the winter. This time I used Northern Spies and Granny Smiths. Here is New England Apple Association for identifying and learning more about apple varieties.
Preheat the oven to 350F. After you wash your apples, use a paring knife to cut out the stem and top.
And then a spoon to scoop out the seeds a just a little of the flesh. We just need some room for stuffing – no need to hollow the apples out.
This is a good sized cavity. Keep in mind that the apples will start browning quickly. If this bothers you then just coast them with some lemon juice, though it won't really be noticeable after filling and baking.
Set the apples aside and mix together the oats and brown sugar. Alter the amount of sugar based on how sweet you like things. I think as little as 1/4 cup would be fine.
Then add in the dried fruit. I used currants. I'm a big currant enthusiast and was thrilled to find red ones fresh at the farmers market in Rutland this summer. Raisins and cranberries work well too.
Chop some nuts to add to the stuffing mix. Walnuts, pecans, almonds, peanuts – you choose.
Lastly, get your spices together – cinnamon, cloves, nutmeg and ginger. I like my food to have flavor, so I tend to go strong on recipe recommendations. With the amounts I suggest below, you will certainly taste these flavors. Scale back if you need. The ginger can be powdered. I just happened to have fresh. It does make a big difference, however, as does grating whole nutmeg and grinding whole cloves, if you have those.
Mix everything together then getting stuffing. Really pack it in well.
Now pour some water into the bottom of the pan to prevent burning and to help speed up the cooking.
Top each with a teaspoon of butter before getting in the oven. They look good already, don't they? Bake for 30 minutes – you should be able to easily pierce the apples – and enjoy. You might not want to give up your apple pie traditions, but I don't think anyone would refuse one of these whether at the holiday table or hot out of the oven on a cold night – or morning.
Core your apples, making a good sized hole in the center. A paring knife and spoon work fine.
Combine the sugar, oats, nuts, raisins and spices in a bowl.
Stuff the apples with the filling, packing it in as much as possible.
Place the apples in a baking dish with the water in the bottom.
Top each with a teaspoon of butter.
Bake for 30 minutes, or until tender when poked with a knife, being careful not to overbake.
Cool slightly and serve, topped with yogurt or ice cream.
Like you, I'm sure, there are certain members of my family that are set in their ways – refusing to eat certain foods because they either don't know what they are or had them once, usually years ago, and didn't like them.
Regardless, I continue on this tireless crusade anyway, reminding myself that these family dinners are only an occasional happening these days. And introducing new foods can actually be quite simple.
I've served this extraordinarily easy rutabaga and potato mash at several holiday dinners now and, though I hate to play the "gotcha" game, almost no one notices the rutabaga unless I tell them. They just think they're eating really good potatoes.
The rutabaga, peeled, roughly chopped, boiled and mashed at the same ratio to potato, adds a depth and earthiness that most mashed potatoes alone lack. People love them. It's usually at that point that I tell them the reason why they love them is the rutabaga. Surprise! You like this fairly unpopular root vegetable and you didn't even know.
If health factors are a motivator to start incorporating rutabaga into your mashed potatoes, or any of your cooking, you'll be happy to know that they're full of antioxidants, fiber, zinc and more.
Heat a large pot of water over high heat and bring to a boil. While waiting, peel the rutabaga and potato.
Chop both vegetables into one inch pieces, keeping separate.
When the water is boiling, add the rutabaga to the pot. Cook for 15 minutes then add the potato and cook another 10 minutes or until tender.
Drain. Let sit for a couple of minutes then mash with the butter, salt and pepper. Serve warm.
Preheat oven to 350°F and transfer stuffing into a small baking dish. Place dish in oven and reheat 12-15 minutes, until warmed through.
Heat a pot over moderate heat and add EVOO. Add carrots. Add celery and onion and lightly season vegetables with salt and pepper. Add bay leaf and stock and bring liquid to a boil by raising heat. Add turkey and reduce heat to simmer. Simmer about 10 minutes. Stir in the parsley, and peas, if using.
Remove stuffing from oven. Using an ice cream scoop, place a healthy scoop of stuffing in the center of a soup bowl. Ladle soup around stuffing ball. Your soup will look like a chunky matzo ball soup. Pull spoonfuls of stuffing away as you eat through your bowl of soup.


No, it wasn't me joining ballroom dancing. It's Jo, she likes dancing very much until she would skip anything just for it. And me, would drive her to the dancing class every session. She will be joining the competition this coming November in PISA (Penang International Sports Arena) and Bayview Beach Hotel (if I'm not mistaken of the venue).
Jo went for dancing practice again last night, and me, as usual will be sitting there watching her practice. Actually am not interesting in watching her dancing (coz the dance she practice is not interesting at all), I'm there to watch her instructor teaching other dancing like Tango, Cha Cha, Salsa, Rumba, etc. John, is the name of her instructor, dance pretty good among all I have ever see thru my own eyes.
There are some others colleagues of Jo joining the dancing and competition as well. Pinky, the short little chinese girl (this Pinky is not the one in my office) and Azmi, the bumiputra from Sabah (I forgot about his races), are forming a dance couple for the competition. Everytime they were there, I will be laughing watching them dancing. You know why? Simple, I don't think they are dancing, I think they are there to do charity. This style of dance they practice would required them to swing their arm and hand toward their back with their palm facing down and fingers open like wanted to scratch something. When John teach them, John told them they have to do it like throwing stone away or throw to the back. Of course Pinky and Azmi are doing the same thing too, but they do it in a way like doing charity, like giving away free food or something (na, give you something). They were like being force to do it, or no mood and strength to dance. If you were there together with me, I think you will be thinking the same way too.
I wanted to laugh out loud everytime I see them doing this, but then I can't laugh at the scene. There are lots of peoples around who also practice dancing at the dancehouse or studio. I wish I could post the video I capture last night on this couple doing charity, but I think Jo will kill me before the video go live.


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Image:1764.jpg|[[J. C. Loudon]], A rustic seat, in ''The Suburban Gardener'' (1838), p. 467, fig. 173.
Image:0679.jpg|James W. Steel, Beech Hill, The Country Seat of R. Gilmor, Esq., in W. H. Carpenter and T. S. Arthur, eds., ''The Baltimore Book: A Christmas and New Year's Present'' (1838), pl. opp. p. 184.
Image:1420.jpg|[[J. C. Loudon]], "Covered Seat, of grotesque and rustic Masonry," Cheshunt Cottage, in ''The Gardener's Magazine'' 15, no. 117 (December 1839): p. 656, fig. 168.
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In the discourse of landscape design, seat possessed two distinct yet equally prevalent meanings, as indicated by Thomas Sheridan's 1789 dictionary entry. One sense referred to seat as a large estate, usually marked by a country house or mansion, for example, William Hamilton's Woodlands, near Philadelphia; or Gen. Charles Ridgely's Hampton, in Baltimore County, Md. A seat was also a garden structure for sitting.
Fig. 16, Anonymous, "Moveable Garden Seat," in Jane Loudon, Gardening for Ladies; and Companion to the Flower-Garden (1845), p. 369, fig. 49.
Loudon, Jane, 1845, Gardening for Ladies (pp. 369–70) [42]
"SEATS for gardens are either open or covered; the latter being in the form of root-houses, huts, pavilions, temples, grottoes, &c., and the former being either fixed, temporary, or portable. Fixed seats are commonly of stone, either plain stone benches without backs, or stone supports to wooden benches. Sometimes, also, wooden seats are fixed, as when they are placed round a tree, or when boards are nailed to posts, or when seats are formed in imitation of mushrooms, as in the grounds at Redleaf. Fixed seats are also sometimes formed of turf. Portable seats are formed of wood, sometimes contrived to have the back of the seat folded down when the seat is not in use; so as to exclude the weather, and avoid the dirt of birds which are apt to perch on them. Another kind of portable seat, which is frequently formed in iron, as shown in fig. 49, is readily wheeled from one part of the grounds to another; and the back of which also folds down to protect the seat from the weather. There is a kind of camp-stool which serves as a portable seat, imported from Norway, and sold at the low price of 2s. 6d. or 3s.; and there are also straw seats, like half beehives, which are, however, only used in garden-huts, or in any situation under cover, because in the open air they would be liable to be soaked with rain. There are a great variety of rustic seats formed of roots and crooked branches of trees, used both for the open garden and under cover; and there are also seats of cast and wrought iron, of great variety of form. There should always be some kind of analogy between the seat and the scene of which it forms a part; and for this reason rustic seats should be confined to rustic scenery; and the seats for a lawn or highly kept pleasure-ground ought to be of comparatively simple and architectural forms, and either of wood or stone, those of wood being frequently painted of a stone colour, and sprinkled over with silver sand before the paint is dry, to give them the appearance of stone. Iron seats, generally speaking, are not sufficiently massive for effect; and the metal conveys the idea of cold in winter and heat in summer. [Fig. 16]
"When seats are placed along a walk, a gravelled recess ought to be formed to receive them; and there ought, generally, to be a footboard to keep the feet from the moist ground, whether the seat is on gravel or on al awn [sic]. In a garden where there are several seats, some ought to be in positions exposed to the sun, and others placed in the shade, and none ought to be put down in a situation where the back of the seat is seen by a person approaching it before the front. Indeed the backs of all fixed seats ought to be concealed by shrubs, or by some other means, unless they are circular seats placed round a tree. Seats ought not to be put down where there will be any temptation to the persons sitting on them to strain their eyes to the right or left, nor where the boundary of the garden forms a conspicuous object in the view. In general, all seats should be of a stone colour, as harmonizing best with vegetation. Noting can be more unartistical than seats painted a pea-green, and placed among the green of living plants."
William Russell Birch, "China Retreat Pennsyla the Seat of Mr Manigault," 1808, in William Russell Birch and Emily Cooperman, The Country Seats of the United States (2009), p. 79, pl. 19.
Anonymous, Cliveden, the Benjamin Chew house in Germantown, n.d.
Anne-Marguerite-Henriette Rouillé de Marigny Hyde de Neuville, attr., Tomb du grande Washington au Mount Vernon [detail], n.d.
Jane Shearer, Brick House with Terraces, 1806, in Sotheby's New York, Important American Schoolgirl Embroideries: The Landmark Collection of Betty Ring (January 2012), p. 80.
Edwin Whitefield, Pokahoe, 1848-50.
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Theodemir, más írásmóddal Thiudimir (413 – 474) az osztrogótok királya 468 és 474 között, az Amal-dinasztia tagja.

Testvéreivel, Valamirral és Videmirrel együtt kormányzott, Attila vazallusa volt. Részt vett a catalaunumi csatában, ahol a római (Flavius Aetius), a vizigótok és egyéb népek (alánok, frankok, gepidák) szövetséges seregei harcoltak a hunok és azok vazallusai ellen. Ebben a csatában tört meg Attila legyőzhetetlensége, és egyes vazallus népek ezután fellázadtak. Attila halála után Theodemir folytatta a lázadást, mígnem 454 telén a Nedao melletti csatában döntő győzelmet aratott a hunok felett.

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A herulok, szkirek és gepidák ellen Pannónia uralmáért folytatott háború után Videmir az osztrogótok egy részével Itáliába ment 473-ban. Ott azonban a császár azt tanácsolta neki, hogy a rokonnép vizigótokkal együtt menjen Galliába. Videmir távozása után a legidősebb testvér, Theodemir Pannónia egyedüli királya lett.

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How to Create a Digital Lab With Limited Time, Money
As technology advances and educators get more opportunities to use digital media tools to supplement teaching, one educator in particular gives advice on how to create a digital lab in the classroom without stretching the budget.
Donna DeLuca became inspired to create the lab after trying to think of what to do with an old storage room in the school library. "My plan was to provide a space where students and staff could explore their creativity using digital media, and my hope was that they would use these tools to create authentic, curriculum-related projects," she said, according to an article on eSchool News.
Although it would seem like a large space would be needed, DeLuca insists simply a storage room or corner in the classroom or library would work. " Our newscasts appear to be set inside a spacious studio, but they are actually recorded in our 12-foot by 12-foot storage room," she said, according to the article.
As for the equipment, DeLuca purchased a green screen for under $20 and her only actual equipment is a Mac, but she says you really don't even need that: "If a Mac is out of your budget, don't fret: there are some great iPad apps that will do the trick."
And before you can start weekly projects, you need to first recruit willing students to try it out, DeLuca said. She says letting students use the new lab for experimentation during free periods will be a learning experience for you and them alike.
For DeLuca, the results have been everything she wanted and more.
"Our students are now creating weekly newscasts, commercials, book trailers, weather reports, and much more. They have become roving reporters, interviewers, editors, directors, commentators, producers, and musicians. They have become creators of content and not just consumers," she said, according to the article.
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These containers were often used to store wine, tea, water or other liquids. The narrow opening at the top of this jar would have made it easy to tie an animal skin around the top to cover it. The etching on the top section of jar add wonderful interest. Ching Dynasty (1644-1912). Imported from China.


President-elect Donald J. Trump will not be sworn in for two more months, but as of next week, the big gold letters spelling out his name will be removed from three large apartment buildings on the Upper West Side of Manhattan, tenants were told on Tuesday.
Hundreds of tenants at the buildings at 140, 160 and 180 Riverside Boulevard, which contain a total of 1,325 apartments, signed a petition to "Dump the TRUMP name," last month after Mr. Trump's provocative campaign statements had offended women, immigrants and liberals on the Upper West Side.
The buildings, between 66th and 69th Streets, along Riverside Boulevard, are owned not by Mr. Trump but by Equity Residential, a publicly traded company based in Chicago, which bought them in 2005 for $809 million.
Mr. Trump, a Republican, had been involved in the development known at various times as Riverside South and Trump Place. Equity Residential kept the name Trump Place on the exterior of the buildings and on their letterhead, signage and uniforms.
Tenants got a hint that change was afoot in late October when doormen told residents that they were being measured for new uniforms that would no longer bear the Trump name.
Linda Gottlieb, a resident who started the petition, was elated.
Mr. Zell said he and "Don" — as he called Mr. Trump — had talked about it a year ago. "We didn't want anything to happen while the election was going on," he said.
According to Mr. McKenna, Equity entered a "use of name contract" with the Trump Organization, which did not require it to pay Mr. Trump to use his name. That contract has now expired.


Black British-based actors like Clarke Peters, Clive Rowe and Sharon D Clarke have previously starred in the National Theatre's 1996 revival of Guys and Dolls as Sky Masterson, Nicely-Nicely Johnson and General Cartwright respectively. But in this co-production between Manchester's Royal Exchange and Talawa, director Michael Buffong goes one big step further and turns this magical Broadway fantasy into a world populated entirely by black actors.
The action has been shifted about 90 blocks north of its original Times Square setting to the heart of Harlem, at 135th Street and Broadway, a traditionally black neighbourhood. That relocation coaxes orchestrator Simon Hale to lend Frank Loesser's gorgeous and tuneful score plenty of jazz-age inflections. This sometimes feels a bit too emphatic and distracts from the melodies we know and love; there are times when they have to fight to be heard above the underscoring.
There are some further odd choices. A Bushel and a Peck, the show's hilarious first act nightclub number for Miss Adelaide, is replaced with Pet Me Poppa from the 1955 film version. This is a mistake, as is the rather bizarre rendering of Adelaide's Lament ("a person could develop a cold") as a fierce and defiant torch song, instead of a comedy number.
The show should be as mythical as it is magical, but taking Guys and Dolls out of Times Square – and away from the usual neon hoardings that designers typically try to recreate – also takes the show away from a fantasy version of New York and grounds it in somewhere more realistic. Designer Soutra Gilmour's set instead provides more gritty urban environments, losing some of the magic en route.
But even these unnecessary interventions can't entirely disrupt or extinguish the golden-hearted generosity and spirit of this quintessential Broadway masterpiece, the single greatest achievement of all the classic golden age musicals.
The cast are forced to push against a flawed concept, but there are some spirited and inspired performances nonetheless. Ray Fearon – a fine classical actor at both this address and for the Royal Shakespeare Company – is an imposing and formidable Nathan Detroit, a professional facilitator of gambling events who offers a perfect balance of strength and vulnerability.
As his long-time fiancee (12 years and counting) Miss Adelaide, Lucy Vandi is a striking presence and boasts a full-bodied voice. Ashley Zhangazha isn't the usual smooth operator that Sky Masterson is supposed to be, but his tentativeness is neatly offset by Abiona Omonua's buttoned-up Sister Sarah Brown.
There are also some delightful supporting performances, most especially Trevor A Toussaint as veteran missionary Arvide Abernathy who brings a tender gravitas to More I Cannot Wish You, and Ako Mitchell and Fela Lufadeju as Nathan's sidekicks Nicely-Nicely Johnson and Benny Southstreet.
Kenrick Sandy, best known as co-founder of Boy Blue Entertainment, puts the ensemble through some finger-clicking choreography that turns songs like Luck Be a Lady and Sit Down You're Rockin' the Boat into joyful explosions of music and movement.


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PC Games > Time Management Games > Jack of All Tribes
Help Jack travel to the past and rule a primitive tribe in Jack of all Tribes, a fun Time Management game! Search for artifacts from the future that Jack needs to return to his own time. Free the tribe from the oppressive domination of the Dumbheads and fulfill Jack's destiny. Introduce new technology to the tribe with help from the chief's beautiful daughter and make your way home!
Incredible gameplay
Fantastic storyline
Travel to the past!
Jack of All Tribes is rated 4.3 out of 5 by 45.
Rated 5 out of 5 by Ziggy_Zigster from More like Jack of all trades! This is your typical time-management game. You collect resources to build homes for your villagers as well as resource makers (farm, woodworker etc). You fight off invaders as you proceed through certain levels. What separates this game from your typical TM game is the added 'hidden object' element. The HO scenes are reminiscent of the 'Gourmania' games. You have pictures of items you have to find and you can also collect coins in the HO scenes. I like this take on TM games. This game has lots of variety to it, as I said above. It's challenging but not frustrating. Give the demo a try. It's worth it.
Rated 5 out of 5 by flashpepsi from awesome adventerous game i really enjoyed it. this game is really adventerous
Rated 5 out of 5 by andrewhow5 from Jack of All Tribes This is my first strategy game to review. For a start the only thing I don't like about these games is having a timer on because I tend to be a bit slow with some of the tasks but I still like playing them
Rated 5 out of 5 by kimberly7777 from One of my favorites Now this game is available as an iPad app. It's amazing!!
Rated 5 out of 5 by earthsalt56 from I recommend this game I enjoyed this game very much. Wish they would make more of this one.
Rated 5 out of 5 by bubblegum33101 from Jack of all Tribes This is a fun, fast paced game. One of my favorite time management games of all times. Try it.
Rated 5 out of 5 by TattooedFerret from Great Game Great game, addictive to play. Isn't difficult as such but its fun to run a few different things at the same time.
Rated 5 out of 5 by Llerolann from Loved this game...wish there was a sequel! Most of the time management games I see coming out are cafe this, mall that, fashion this.....yuck! I had a blast playing this game and have played it numerous times. Would love to see more games like this offered!!!
Rated 5 out of 5 by MrsLoha from Entertaining Game! I am rating this game because I came back to look for a sequel! The graphics are not very good, but the game is fun! basic resource gathering TM game with a fun story line! I have played it over and over, and will play it more! Nothing SPECTACULAR, but just an all around enjoyable game! Jack gets a "free" ticket to go on a prehistoric ride that dumps him in Prehistory! Very enjoyable game!
Rated 5 out of 5 by luveyfluffy from Good Fun strategy game Liked this game, fun to play, now wondering where the next one is.. has been awhile!!
Rated 5 out of 5 by easdalefamily1 from jack of all tribes fun from start to finish......
Rated 5 out of 5 by Chibi_Ninja from I love it! This game is so much fun, it's one of my favorites. It is a bit short though, but still awesome! The music / sound effects and characters are very enjoyable. I hope there will be a sequel to this game.
Rated 5 out of 5 by Scarlitlake from I loved this game! I don't like many Time management games but I loved this one. I just wish it was longer.
Rated 5 out of 5 by KalXan from Awesome Game What an awesome game. Worth playing!
Rated 5 out of 5 by csibelemez from Lot of fun I need more level to this game.
Rated 5 out of 5 by 3meme from Fun, fun time mangement game The characters are cute and gets more difficult as you progress. I own this game and wish they would do a sequel.
Rated 4 out of 5 by hannahmcg from Defintely fun, but a bit easy I liked the game itself, but it wouldn't say the game gets more challenging as you go along. The ending was kind of lame and the story didn't end well or make sense. I'm glad I got this game 70% off because I would have been pretty bummed if I payed 10$ for something like this. So it's fun and I'd recommend it, but not for more than a couple bucks.
Rated 4 out of 5 by Kelford2004 from love time management games I love these types of games, keep them coming please.
Rated 4 out of 5 by Lingx_86 from I want more... I loved it! Especially the cute little characters! It's a little too easy, and a little too short.. I've played it 6 times now :)
Rated 4 out of 5 by dalaenadm from Fun but Short! This was an excellent game, but it was a little bit too easy for my liking. I did not realize that I could finish the game and obtain expert stars in less than 6 hours. It's a super cute game. The graphics are polished, and the characters are likable. I just wish that they had taken the time to balance it and make it just a little bit more difficult at the end! I found the last two boards to be really easy. Still, I'm glad I bought the game. Just a warning that it's pretty easy!
Rated 4 out of 5 by rinacolada from Fun and relaxing game This is a fun strategy time management game. It is not incredibly challenging, but there were a few levels I had to replay to get an expert score. This can easily be beat in a day, but it was still a fun game if you just want a relaxing game in this style.
Rated 4 out of 5 by Goldgrl87 from Very fun but maybe too easy. I really enjoyed this time management game, it was cute and fun but I found it to be a little too easy and ended up finishing the game very fast. Another thing I did not like about the game was, I felt there was too much dialogue and help for a game that was so simple.
Rated 4 out of 5 by Pamster2011 from Cute game, not much strategy though If you like Royal Envoy or Timebuilder games, this is another variation to try. Very cute graphics and fun tasks, such as giving dino rides and baths (anyone else find it funny to see one of the guys sitting in the tub with bubbles over his head?). The workers actually stop building to get a drink at the bar or take a food break. Only complaints are that I couldn't skip the dialogues or turn off the tutorials, and I would have liked more levels and strategy (just took a couple hrs to complete), but overall a decent game and I would buy a sequel if/when it came out.
Rated 4 out of 5 by malibuhanna from Fun but short game I loved the gameplay on this game... There are some disadvantages though... the game is quite short, youre through the entire story quite fast and the levels themselves are also short. There are no expert lvls and there is no free gameplay mode. All in all, a nice game to own to play a couple of times...
Rated 4 out of 5 by Lazeedragon from Chief Jack i love this game have played it many times once you get the hang of it u get better some levels harder than others i like the fact u dont have to worry about the timer! yay! but to get the full flag u do need to make it in time. Is fun for all ages ^^ and ur character goes from stranger to legend :) and u get stuff to increase production. and there are a few hidden objects and coins in the hog scenes so dont forget to look for them :) i got it with game credit and i think 2.99 is a gr8 deal for this fun game and i am not that into tms so i definately say grab it!
Rated 4 out of 5 by mizmoose from Fun but limited This game combines time management with brief hidden object scenes. Overall the game is fun. You're stuck on an island and are both building or rebuilding areas and dealing with invaders, plus local "politics." There's an air of the supernatural to the plot. Plus points for not having a plot overgrown with piles of babbling exposition. The game moves along quickly. But that same quickness is part of the problem. Each scene/level is relatively short. Most are very simple to do, with the exception of a few which have some challenge to them. The hidden object scenes are trivially easy for anyone who likes hidden object games. Do not choose this game for the HO scenes. It's a cute game, and I don't disrecommend it, but I do recommend that you get it on sale. And like others, I'd love to see a sequel - preferably something longer, too.
Rated 3 out of 5 by CharlieFrog from Fun Game - Way too easy, though. I enjoyed bossing around a tribe of little guys and the villages we built were great with the bars, theaters, and baths. I had played the online teaser, so I was pleasantly surprised that there were mini-games in the full version. That said, they were all pretty easy hidden object games and those petered out after the first half of the levels. I was a little confused with the role of the dinosaur...why was he there sometimes, and not others? I also thought the levels were way too easy. I had to replay three levels more than once to beat the timer and had completed the entire game in less than three hours total play. Overall, I really liked the characters and campy exchanges with the time traveler, but was disappointed at how quick and easy it was. I think the game had great potential, but didn't live up to it. Not worth the price unless you're buying it for someone under 12.
Rated 3 out of 5 by shanasgarden from Jack of All Tribes/Time Management This game is visually BEAUTIFUL. Really fun but way too short. If you play time management games this may be too easy. If you are just learning how to play time management games, this is the game for you. I was annoyed with the many constant conversation pop ups. I need more of a challenge and less interuption.
Rated 3 out of 5 by JTgamer from Played better ... Maybe it was the dialogue before each village to work through, but I found the storyline forced. This guy goes to an amusement park to find himself in this other world where he becomes chief. Bleh. The objectives most of the time were easy to meet. There were two levels that I had to replay to get gold time. I really like Royal Envoy but this just didn't measure up to it. I think that for 6.99 or for a coupon code, this game is okay. I am not sure I recommend the game but I don't think it is awful either.
Rated 3 out of 5 by SwandaG from Not overly challenging I kept waiting for the levels to get more difficult. Disappointed to find I could complete each level in 5-10 minutes...I liked it..there just should have been more.
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Help Jack travel to the past and rule a primitive tribe in Jack of all Tribes, a fun Time Management game!


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1644: The Battle of Marston Moor begins during the English Civil War.
1645: The Battle of Alford begins during the Wars of the Three Kingdoms.
1698: The first steam engine is patented by Thomas Savery.
1776: A resolution that severs the ties between the United States and Great Britain is adopted by the Continental Congress. However, the wording of the formal Declaration of Independence won't be published for another 2-days.
1816: On this date, a French frigate named Meduse strikes the Banc d'Arguin and over 150 people had to be put on an improvised raft to save them from drowning. This event would eventually be immortalized in "The Raft of the Medusa;" a painting by Théodore Géricault.
1822: A being accused of a slave rebellion, 35 slaves are hanged to death in South Carolina. Among the hanged is Denmark Vesey.
1839: The slave ship the Amistad is takend over by Joseph Cinque and 53 rebelling African slaves just 20 miles from the coast of Cuba.
1881: United States President James Garfield is shot and fatally wounded by Charles J. Guiteau. Garfield would eventually dies from his wound on the 19th of September.
1890: The Sherman Antitrust Act is passed by the United States Congress.
1900: From Lake Constance in Germany, the first Zeppelin flight is launched.
1964: The Civil Rights Act of 1964 is signed by United States' President Lyndon B. Johnson.
1966: The French conduct their first nuclear test in the Pacific on Maruroa. It's code named Aldebaran.
1976: The Republic of Vietnam falls and is replaced by the Socialist Republic of Vietnam.
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IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE ELEVENTH CIRCUIT
D. C. Docket No. 95-387-CIV-ORL-22
TYRONE SMITH,
Petitioner-Appellant,
HARRY K. SINGLETARY, JR.,
ROBERT BUTTERWORTH,
Respondents-Appellees.
for the Middle District of Florida
(March 25, 1999)
Before EDMONDSON and BLACK, Circuit Judges, and RESTANISee footnote *, Judge.
EDMONDSON, Circuit Judge:
Tyrone Smith, a prisoner of the state of Florida, appeals the district court's denial of his petition for a writ of habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2254 on grounds of ineffective assistance of counsel. We affirm the district court's denial of Smith's petition.
In 1989, defendant Tyrone Smith was charged by information with one count of robbery and one count of obstructing or opposing an officer with violence. Before his arrest on these charges, Smith had at least one out-of-state felony conviction.See footnote 1
Before trial, the state prosecution offered Smith a plea bargain: "State would offer bottom half of whichever guideline cell that [Smith] falls within and no filing of the notice for habitual offender." After discussing the state's offer with his counsel, Smith declined the offer and decided to proceed to trial.
A jury later convicted Smith on both counts of the information, and the state filed its notice of intent to seek a habitual-violent-felony-offender enhancement under Florida law, Fla. Stat. § 775.084(1)(b). The Florida court determined that Smith was a habitual violent felony offender (based on his out-of-state conviction) and therefore subjected him to an enhanced sentence. He was sentenced to thirty-years' imprisonment, with a mandatory minimum of ten years, for the robbery count and a consecutive term of five years' supervised probation for the opposing or obstructing count.
After exhausting his state remedies, Smith brought this habeas corpus petition pro se. He contends that he is entitled to relief because he received ineffective assistance of counsel. Smith contends that he rejected the state's plea offer -- which would have resulted in a sentence between nine and twelve years -- because his trial counsel told him that if he were found guilty at trial he would not be subject to enhanced sentencing. Smith alleges that his counsel assured him that an out-of-state conviction could not serve as a predicate offense under Florida's habitual-offender law and advised Smith that the maximum sentence he faced if convicted at trial was seventeen years.
We accept that, while an out-of-state conviction cannot be used to establish habitual-felony-offender status under Fla. Stat. § 775.084(1)(a) (Supp. 1988),See footnote 2 it can be used to enhance a defendant's sentence as a habitual violent felony offender under Fla. Stat. § 775.084(1)(b) (Supp. 1988).See footnote 3 See Canales v. State, 571 So. 2d 87, 88 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1990). Smith contends that he would have accepted the state's plea offer if his counsel had properly advised him that the court could sentence him as a habitual violent felony offender.
The district court granted the state summary judgment. Smith appeals the district court's denial of his ineffective- assistance claim and seeks an evidentiary hearing.See footnote 4 No evidentiary hearing on Smith's claim has been held in either federal or state court.
Smith contends that his counsel was ineffective for advising him that his out-of-state conviction could not be used to enhance his sentence. Even though we accept that Smith's counsel gave him incorrect advice about Florida law, his claim still fails. To prevail on an ineffective-assistance-of-counsel claim, a habeas corpus petitioner must show that: (1) his lawyer's performance was deficient, and (2) "'a reasonable probability that, but for counsel's errors, he would . . . have pleaded guilty and would [not] have insisted on going to trial.'" Coulter v. Herring, 60 F.3d 1499, 1504 (11th Cir. 1995) (quoting Hill v. Lockhart, 474 U.S. 52, 59 (1985)). When analyzing ineffective-assistance claims, reviewing courts must indulge a strong presumption that counsel's conduct fell within the wide range of reasonably professional assistance. Strickland v. Washington, 466 U.S. 668, 689 (1984); Harich v. Dugger, 844 F.2d 1464, 1469 (11th Cir. 1988). Because ineffective-assistance claims present mixed questions of law and fact, we exercise plenary review. Rogers v. Zant, 13 F.3d 384, 386 (11th Cir. 1994).
A habeas corpus petitioner is entitled to an evidentiary hearing on his claim "if he alleges facts which, if proven, would entitle him to relief." Futch v. Dugger, 874 F.2d 1483, 1485 (11th Cir. 1989). A district court, however, need not conduct an evidentiary hearing if it can be conclusively determined from the record that the petitioner was not denied effective assistance of counsel. See Dickson v. Wainwright, 683 F.2d 348, 351 (11th Cir. 1982).
A lawyer's affirmative misrepresentation about the consequences of a guilty plea may, in some cases, fall below the wide range of professional competence. But ultimately, "[i]n any case presenting an ineffectiveness claim, the performance inquiry must be whether counsel's assistance was reasonable considering all the circumstances." Strickland, 466 U.S. at 688.
The clarity or lack of clarity of Florida law about the use of an out-of-state conviction to enhance a defendant's sentence under the habitual-violent-felony-offender provision, Fla. Stat. § 775.084(1)(b), is important in determining whether the advice given by Smith's counsel was reasonable when it was given. Ignorance of well-defined legal principles is nearly inexcusable. See Cooks v. United States, 461 F.2d 530, 532 (5th Cir. 1972) (holding counsel ineffective where controlling Supreme Court precedents, decided more than a decade before counsel rendered his advice, demonstrated unequivocally that counsel's advice was erroneous); 2 Ronald E. Mallen & Jeffrey M. Smith, Legal Malpractice § 17.4, at 502 (4th ed. 1996).See footnote 5 But, as an acknowledgment that law is no exact science, "the rule that an attorney is not liable for an error of judgment on an unsettled proposition of law is universally recognized . . . ." Id., § 17.1, at 497 (citing cases); Pitts v. Cook, 923 F.2d 1568, 1573-74 (11th Cir. 1991) (concluding that counsel's failure to raise Batson-type claim before Batson had been decided was not constitutionally ineffective assistance of counsel).
The giving of legal advice that later is proven to be incorrect, therefore, does not necessarily fall below the objective standard of reasonableness. See generally Cooks, 461 F.2d at 532 ("[C]ounsel's inability to foresee future pronouncements [by the courts] . . . does not render counsel's representation ineffective . . . . Clairvoyance is not a required attribute of effective representation.") (citations omitted); see also Cianbro Corp. v. Jeffcoat & Martin, 804 F. Supp. 784, 790 (D.S.C. 1992) ("[A]n attorney cannot be held liable for following the plain terms of a statute when there are not compelling circumstances to suggest [otherwise,]" even when a court later decides that interpretation is erroneous.).
In the instant case, Smith was sentenced under section 775.084(1)(b), Fla. Stat. (Supp. 1988), which was effective 1 October 1988. Section 775.084(1)(b) does not specifically say whether out-of-state convictions may serve as predicate offenses for an enhanced sentence.
The state made its plea offer in January 1990, and Smith rejected it the same day it was made. The earliest appellate decision to hold that the habitual-violent-felony-offender provision authorizes an enhanced sentence on the basis of an out-of-state conviction, Canales v. Florida, 571 So. 2d 87 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1990), was not decided until 13 December 1990.
The defendant in Canales argued that, because the habitual-violent-felony-offender provision does not specifically permit the enumerated offenses to have been committed outside Florida, the court should apply a rule of lenity and construe the provision in his favor, to exclude his out-of-state conviction. Id. at 88. The Canales court rejected that argument after determining that it was contrary to the intent of the Florida legislature, writing, "a careful reading of the entire statute shows that the legislature intended to treat habitual felons and habitual violent felons differently and elected not to require both felonies to be committed in Florida when dealing with violent felons." Id. at 88-89.
The reasonableness of Smith's lawyer's advice must be assessed in the light of the uncertainty in Florida law at the time the advice was given, that is, pre-Canales. Under the circumstances presented in this case, the alleged advice of Smith's counsel was not unreasonable. The version of the habitual-violent-felony-offender provision under which Smith was sentenced became effective less than a year and a half before Smith's counsel had to evaluate the state's plea offer. When the advice was given, there were no appellate decisions providing guidance to Smith's counsel. The later Canales decision evidences, that at the time pertinent to this case, the applicable law was not settled against Smith: it was a live issue in Florida law. See Mallen & Smith, supra, § 17.7, at 511-12 ("A commonly quoted view is that there is no [malpractice] liability for a judgmental error regarding a proposition of law 'which has not been settled by the court of last resort in the State and on which reasonable doubt may be entertained by well-informed lawyers.'" (quoting Hodges v. Carter, 80 S.E.2d 144, 146 (N.C. 1954)). Smith has not pointed to case law that existed when his counsel rendered his advice that was contrary to his counsel's conclusion.
Smith instead argues that the habitual-offender provisions are inherently clear. He says that a comparison of sections 775.084(1)(a) and 775.084(1)(b) shows the obvious error in his counsel's advice: the phrase "in this state" modifying the qualifying convictions is conspicuously absent from the habitual- violent-felony-offender provision, though it appears in the habitual-felony-offender provision. This comparison can give rise to an inference, one which Canales seems to accept. But, even if many reasonable lawyers, at the pertinent time, would not have interpreted the habitual-violent-felony-offender provision as Smith's counsel did, no relief can be granted unless it is shown that no reasonable lawyer, in the same circumstances, would have interpreted it as Smith's counsel did. See Rogers, 13 F.3d at 386; see also Waters v. Thomas, 46 F.3d 1506, 1512 (11th Cir. 1995) (en banc) ("'The [ineffective-assistance] test has nothing to do with what the best lawyers would have done. Nor is the test even what most good lawyers would have done. We ask only whether some reasonable lawyer . . . could have acted, in the circumstances, as defense counsel acted . . . .'") (quoting White v. Singletary, 972 F.2d 1218, 1220 (11th Cir. 1992)).
The statute is not so unmistakably plain that no reasonable lawyer could have misconstrued it. See Kimel v. State of Florida Bd. of Regents, 139 F.3d 1426, 1431 (11th Cir. 1998) ("Although we make no definite rule about it, the need to construe one section [of a statute] with another, by its very nature, hints that no unmistakable or unequivocal declaration is present."), cert. granted, 119 S. Ct. 901 (1999). The defendant in Canales asserted the same view that Smith's counsel allegedly held: that out-of-state convictions could not be used to enhance a defendant's sentence under section 775.084(1)(b). The Canales court never indicated that the defendant's contentions were frivolous or otherwise unreasonable, though it ultimately discounted them. And the Canales court does not use words like "plain meaning" or "unambiguous" in its opinion construing the pivotal statute.
Also, section 775.084(1)(b) designates specific offenses that will trigger an enhancement. Each of these offenses is defined by Florida law. See, e.g., Fla. Stat. § 806.01 (defining arson); Fla. Stat. § 794.011 (defining sexual battery); Fla. Stat. § 812.13 (defining robbery). It was not unreasonable for Smith's counsel to think, in the context of Florida's criminal law, that section 775.084(1)(b) referred to those offenses as they are designated by Florida law, in other words, that the Florida statute contemplated convictions under Florida law for the listed offenses. At the pertinent time, Smith's counsel (or more accurately, every reasonable lawyer) did not have to conclude that Florida intended to give some kind of extraterritorial effect to the criminal law of other jurisdictions.
Under the conditions existing in this case, Smith cannot show that the advice his counsel gave could not result from the proper exercise of skill and professional judgment. Because the record conclusively establishes that his counsel's performance was not deficient, we AFFIRM the district court's decision on that ground.
The district court's denial of Smith's petition is AFFIRMED.
Footnote: * Honorable Jane A. Restani, Judge, U.S. Court of International Trade, sitting by designation.
Footnote: 1 Smith was convicted of first-degree robbery in 1979 in New York.
Footnote: 2 A habitual felony offender is a defendant who "has previously been convicted of two or more felonies in this state." Fla. Stat. § 775.08(1)(a) (Supp. 1988) (emphasis added).
Footnote: 3 A"habitual violent felony offender" is a defendant who "has previously been convicted of a felony or an attempt or conspiracy to commit a felony and one or more of such convictions was for" one (or more) of a list of enumerated violent felonies. Fla. Stat. § 775.08(1)(b) (Supp. 1988).
Footnote: 4 Smith's petition to the district court also included a claim challenging the state court's use of his out-of-state conviction to enhance his sentence. Smith does not appeal the district court's denial of that claim.
Footnote: 5 Because a lawyer's performance must be evaluated under prevailing professional norms, see Strickland, 466 U.S. at 688, cases involving allegations of attorney negligence -- also evaluated based on an objective standard of reasonableness -- can be useful to our analysis. We do not even hint, however, that every act of legal malpractice amounts to ineffective assistance of counsel under the Constitution. We are certain that the civil liability standard and the constitutional standard do not exactly coincide. When we cite to malpractice treatises or precedents, this is our reasoning: ordinarily, at least, lawyers' acts or omissions that do not rise to the level of professional malpractice, a fortiori, cannot amount to a constitutional violation.


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July Cru newsletter – Larry and Betty Barr
"A Blast from the Past" – (From a previous Cru Staff Conference in Colorado several years ago)
Leaving Moby Gym after the morning session, we began weaving our way through the throng of fellow Cru staff members. Our friend and former Cru teammate Michele leaned close and whispered, "Betty, see that girl over there in the blue outfit? She is the one who first shared the gospel message with me using the Four Spiritual Laws booklet." Over lunch Michele shared the rest of the story.
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It was during Michele's freshman year at Louisiana State University (1976-77) that two Campus Crusade for Christ staff women gave an evangelistic presentation to Michele's sorority pledge group. After the presentation, simply by putting a check mark by her name on the 3×5 comment card, Michele indicated that she wanted more information.
Soon she had the opportunity to sit down with the Cru staff woman (the one dressed in blue mentioned above). Together they read through a little booklet entitled "Have You Heard of the Four Spiritual Laws?" Having attended parochial school from 1st through 12th grades, Michele was acquainted with the first 3 points in the "4 Laws" presentation (God's love, man's sin, and Jesus' sacrificial remedy).
But the 4th Law surprised her. She was not familiar with the concept of "receiving" Jesus, or "inviting Him into one's heart". In fact, Michele was somewhat offended by that 4th Law. After all, she had already done more than the average person to draw close to God by going to religion class every school day for 12 years.
So, she did not pray the suggested prayer in the booklet to receive Jesus. Instead, she continued to look for fulfillment through the same things she had done in high school . . . drinking, dancing, partying. But by February of her 2nd year in college, Michele admitted that all the things she had expected to bring fulfillment still left her totally empty.
It was at this point that Michele's sorority "Big Sister" invited her to attend an inter-sorority brunch sponsored by Campus Crusade for Christ. There, a fellow student (not just a Campus Crusade staff member) shared about her own experience with God.
While Michele had viewed God as a policeman taking all the fun out of life, the student speaker described God as warm and personal, One to whom she could relate closely in the 20th Century.
After the presentation, just as she had done the year before, Michele filled out a comment card requesting more information. This time, it was a different Campus Crusade staff woman who met with Michele and read through the "Four Spiritual Laws" booklet with her. But, this time, it all made perfect sense to Michele, even Law #4 which says, "We must individually receive Jesus Christ as Savior and Lord; then we can know and experience God's love and plan for our lives."
The first introduction to the "4 Laws" message the previous year had made no immediate impact in Michele's life. The gospel message simply lay like a dormant seed, out of sight, out of mind. But God was at work in Michele, and when that same gospel message was re-introduced into her life, the dormant seed burst open. At that point, Michele says, she couldn't pray to receive Christ fast enough!
Our Cru Resources office has shipped out more than 607,325 "4Laws" and related gospel booklets in the past ten months. Many of those booklets are being shared right now on Cru summer mission projects all across the U.S. and around the world.
Please pray with us that God will water the "seeds" so that in time many people will say "Yes!" to Law #4 and receive Jesus Christ as Savior and Lord. And thank you for partnering with us to share the Gospel far and wide!
(The "rest of the story" about Michele: She joined our Cru Hispanic Ministry team in Los Angles in 1981. Her heart continually has led her to serve in cross-cultural ministry. Currently she serves with the International School Project at Cru's international headquarters in Orlando, FL. We look forward to seeing her at our upcoming Cru staff conference in Colorado, July 19-26.)
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