Several times each week, H. T. Williams will ease his car aboard the Spring Bank ferry and wait grimly while it pulls loose from the mud and makes for the opposite bank of the Red River, a few hundred yards away.
For the unwary traveler who stumbles onto this remote landing, where State Highway 160 comes to a dead end just above the riverbank, the little orange ferryboat is a pleasant surprise, a charming relic of another era.
But for Mr. Williams and his neighbors in this flat, sparsely settled corner of southwestern Arkansas, the ferry is also a ponderously slow and often unreliable inconveniece they would rather not have to endure.
In the 19th century there were hundreds of publicly and privately owned ferries in service on the waterways and rivers of the Southeast. According to historical records, there has been a ferry crossing at Spring Bank for 150 years. The Blanton family and its decendents operated the ferry as a private enterprise from 1836 until 1957, when the state took it over.
The Spring Bank Ferry is one of only four ferries that are still operated as a free public service by the Arkansas Department of Highways and Transportation. The state spends more than $687,000 a year to pay for pilots and crew members and to maintain the boats.
Like Mr. Williams, state highway engineers show little sentiment for the ferries, which they describe as slow, costly and potentially hazardous.
Over the years the state has worked to replace them with bridges. As recently as 1970, for example, the state operated more than 11 ferries in Arkansas.
But in this era of deficits and tight budgets, the money to replace the remaining ferries with bridges has been harder to find. And, under law, Federal highway funds can be used to rebuild only existing bridges, rather than to replace ferryboats.
Earlier this month, at the urging of Representative Beryl Anthony Jr., a Democrat from El Dorado in south-central Arkansas, the House passed a transporation appropriation bill that would specifically allow Arkansas to apply its share of Federal dollars to replacing at least three of its remaining ferryboats with bridges.
William Tyler, district engineer in southwestern Arkansas, estimated that it would cost about $6 million to build a bridge over the Red River at the Spring Bank crossing.
The Spring Bank ferry is scheduled to be replaced after the ferry at Moro Bay, near El Dorado, which is now the state's busiest. The Guion Ferry, in northern Arkansas, is third on the list, although it averages fewer than 30 vehicles a day. The fourth ferry crosses Bull Shoals Lake on the Missouri border, and the State of Arkansas intends to operate it indefitely.
In the spring the ferry sometimes has to shut down because of flood waters that carry debris and trees downstream. In the late summer and fall the problem is low water, when sand bars block the ferry landings.
There are sometimes other problems, too. Two years ago a drive shaft on the ferry broke as it was crossing the river, causing it to lose power. The current caught the vessel and swept it a quarter-mile downstream before the pilot managed to snag an anchor on the bottom and stop it.
In the summer months the Spring Bank ferry operates 16 hours a day, from 5:30 A.M. until 9 P.M. Last month the ferry carried 158 vehicles, often one at a time but sometimes as many as four, on its trips across the river.
The landing is on a remote stretch of the river, framed by sandstone bluffs and bordered by corn and cotton fields.
Crew members often see snakes, and sometimes, early in the morning, bobcats along the shore.


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Ancient Chinese drawings often show people in authority carrying a ruyi or a curved sceptre. During the Qing dynasty it was customary for the Emperor to present deserving generals and nobles with jade ruyis as a mark of favour. This last jadeite ruyi carved by renowned Wu Jin De of Zhengzhou was sold to Mdm Choi Ngo of Hong Kong in 1999 for an undisclosed sum. After her demise, it was moved to Singapore and held by Bill Chua, her nephew. It measures 100cm by 31cm by 30cm high on a wooden base 79.5cm by 9.5cm high, together weighing 32.3kg. Parties interested to own this rare artefact may email to billchua@yahoo.com.


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The first orange habañero pepper goes down easier than expected.
Maybe it's because I practiced eating one of the peppers—which is 30 times hotter than a jalapeño—on the Wednesday night before the competition. Or maybe it's just because I'm riding a high in my first competitive eating contest. After all, now I have a crowd and nine fellow competitors. Or maybe it's because a $300 prize is on the line in the Second Annual Bailey Farms Chile Pepper Eating Contest.
Either way, the burning isn't so bad this time. Not like in my practice round when I thought I was going to pass out. Nope, I'm ready for another round. And another. And another. Whatever it takes to claim that prize money.
But then it's time for the second habañero. Before I finish chewing, the first pepper starts to really kick in. I'm beginning to sweat. My chest is an incinerator. My mouth a flamethrower. To make matters worse—on what has thus far been an overcast day—the sun peeks out from behind a cloud and shines an unwelcomed extra ray of heat on this street corner in Oxford, N.C.
I scan down the line of contestants. They're starting to feel it, too. One of them has already dropped out. A woman wearing a Harley Davidson shirt says she's ready for some real heat, but it's clearly a defense mechanism. No one is immune to the pain from this blistering pepper.
No one except 60-year-old William Smith. He's the bald-headed contestant in a motorized wheelchair offstage. As I pace around the stage and fidget my hands, William seems perfectly content, showing no signs of discomfort. When he receives his third habañero, he holds it like a piece of candy, as if he cannot wait to eat it. I receive mine and study it with intense scrutiny. Where Williams sees a treat, I see a ticking time bomb.
As an average-sized guy with an average-sized appetite, I never gave much thought to entering an eating contest. But when I heard about the Bailey Farms contest, I knew that I had a shot. I've always loved spicy food and I have a pretty high tolerance for pain. Plus, the contest was only in its second year, so I expected that it wouldn't have much of a following. I couldn't even find official results from the first contest, so it had to be winnable.
And unlike most of my previous contests, this one required little training. It mainly consisted of eating Thai food, my practice orange habañero, and watching YouTube videos of other morons eating habañeros. Unlike most of the people in those videos, however, Bailey Farms did not allow its contestants to drink milk during the contest. All that would be allowed onstage was a single bottle of water, which any true pepper eater knows will only spread the pain around the mouth.
In one video, a college-aged guy ate nine of the orange devils. If he could do that with milk, I imagined that I could at least eat three or four without milk. I figured that would surely be good enough to win.
The Chile Pepper Eating Contest is actually just a sideshow at the North Carolina Hot Sauce Contest. In its inaugural year, the contest was held inside Stovall's Gifts on Main Street. Now in its fourth year, the North Carolina Hot Sauce Contest has grown so big that Oxford shuts down four streets to accommodate all the vendors vying for the honors of top sauce.
The Chile Pepper Eating Contest might be on a similar trajectory. When I arrive at noon, a representative at the Bailey Farms tent answers the question that had been on my mind for some time: How many habañeros did the winner eat last year? Actually, there were three winners. After eating two habañeros, they all decided to split the winnings. Perfect. I can easily stomach three, maybe even four habañeros.
Now I just need to meet the competition. It's a diverse group of 10 people including two women with ages ranging from lower-20s to mid-60s. I do my best to gauge their determination, asking several of them how they like their chances. All of them seem equally fearless. One of them even introduces himself with the nickname Straight Diesel.
Moments later, I'm standing onstage and the emcee asks me to introduce myself. Upon telling the crowd that I am from Raleigh, I hear a few screams of support. Then it hits me. I'm not just doing this for the $300. I'm representing my hometown. And I even have fans.
The contest begins with a Red Fresno pepper and a jalapeño. They're spicy, but barely even a shadow of a preview of what is to come. All 10 of us gobble them down with little hesitation.
With my third orange habañero in hand, I start to think twice about this contest. If I had been here last year, I would have been talking about a truce. Instead, here I am with eight other contestants. One of them picks up a trash can and nearly vomits, but only manages an offering of spit. He's going to be fine. And so is the rest of the field. I consider folding when I hear my fans.
I can't let them down. I pull the stem from the habañero and stuff it in my mouth, nearly gagging. The pain is present throughout my entire body. My fingers and toes are tingling. I'm struggling to breathe.
I hope to look down the row of contestants and see that someone else pulls out. They don't. Oh well, what's one more pepper going to hurt?
I bite into my fourth pepper and go to work—and I do mean work. The orange habañero is small compared to most peppers, but it's starting to feel like I've got a pepper farm in my mouth. And I feel like I'm licking the sun. And I want to vomit.
After I finish it, I look at Carie, who's filming me from the crowd. "Mind over matter," she says. I try to tell her to look at William, but she has a bad angle. From my perch onstage, I can see him clearly. If he was eating candy in the second round, now he looks like he's added ice cream to his feast. Except that it's not particularly tasty ice cream. He almost looks bored and he still hasn't flinched a muscle or broken a sweat.
Suddenly, I have a brief moment of clarity in my pepper-induced state of delirium—William came here to win and he will not be denied. He must have a steel-lined gut and no taste buds. Whatever his secret, however, there is no way he's going to lose and no way I'm going to beat him.
I look down at the next habañero. It will be my fifth. I think about the misery I'm already guaranteed to experience later on the toilet.
I decide to leave the stage.
The smartest thing I do all day, besides exiting the contest, was probably stashing a bottle of chocolate milk in a backpack that Carie was wearing. After I leave the stage, I bolt for the backpack. Chocolate milk never tasted this good. Even as a kid. But each sip only provides brief moments of relief. Fortunately, it's enough to help me keep my mind off the pain so that I can steal a seat on the ground near William. During the next 20 minutes, I watch him methodically eat his peppers while the field of contestants gradually dwindles to one other—a lip-ringed 20-something wearing a tie-dyed shirt named Randall.
By now, they've each eaten about 10 habañeros. I say about because everyone, even the emcee, has lost count. In an effort to end this madness, the emcee starts issuing time limits of 10 seconds per round. William eats his in 5 seconds and waves his hands as if to say, "Could you please make this harder?" Randall appears to be violently ill, but he presses on.
In an effort to wrap things up, the emcee hands each contestant a Naga Jolokia pepper (also known as the Ghost Pepper), an Indian pepper that is five times hotter than an habañero. (Until recently, the Ghost Pepper had been recognized as the hottest pepper in the world. That title now goes to the Infinity Chili, a pepper grown in England.) To be fair, they're each given a full minute. Again, William looks unfazed while Randall looks like his head is going to explode into a million pieces.
The emcee gives them the option of splitting the money. Randall appears ready to accept a deal, but William doesn't even consider it. Round 13, supposedly, begins and ends. Again, the emcee asks if they'd like to split the money. The crowd, now possibly worrying that they may witness someone die in front of them, nearly begs them to split the money. William won't have it.
Finally, in Round 14, Randall can't take it anymore. He spits out his pepper and William takes three $100 bills from the mayor of Oxford.
William rubs a tissue underneath his eyes. His first sign of weakness all day is a tear of joy.
Later, after William poses for pictures and has an interview with a local paper, I ask him about his secret. Does he have a bionic colon? A robotic stomach? What?
Despite a lifetime of unintentional training for this contest, William nearly made a crucial mistake. When he arrived in Oxford, he realized he was missing something.
I'm not sure he needed them.
Postlude: For those of you wondering what the hours and days after a pepper eating contest are like, I can assure you that it's obviously no picnic. With the proper preparation, however, it's not the end of the world. The night before the contest, I asked my local pharmacist for some advice. "I don't think they make anything for that," he said. But he did recommend that I take some Tums before the contest and grab some Pepto Bismol for the next day. I also picked up a box of wet wipes. Those things are lifesavers.
Me with pepper eating champion William Smith.
Training for my next event, a hot pepper eating contest, has taken me to a new level of discomfort.
Against my better judgment, I gave myself a preview of the final round of the contest by eating an orange habañero. If you've never tried one, imagine swallowing a box of fireworks.
Better yet, just watch my reaction.


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Francis de Sales (1567 – 1622) was a Bishop of Geneva and is noted for his deep faith and gentle approach to the religious divisions in his land resulting from the Protestant Reformation. He is also known for his writings on the topic of spiritual direction and spiritual formation, particularly the Introduction to the Devout Life and the Treatise on the Love of God.
As a nobleman, Francis took lessons in the gentlemanly pursuits of riding, dancing, and fencing. He was described as intelligent and handsome, tall and well built with blue-grey eyes, somewhat reserved and quiet, and a welcome guest in the homes of the nobility among whom his father had connections. In 1586 Francis de Sales attended a theological discussion about predestination, convincing him of his damnation to hell. A personal crisis of despair resulted. His great despair made him physically ill and even bedridden for a time. Finally, in 1587, he visited the old parish of Saint-Étienne-des-Grès, Paris, where he prayed the "Memorare" before a famed statue of Our Lady of Good Deliverance, a Black Madonna. He consecrated himself to the Blessed Virgin Maryand decided to dedicate his life to God with a vow of chastity.
This faithful devotion to God not only expelled his doubts but also influenced the rest of his life and his teachings. His way of teaching Catholic spirituality is often referred to as the Way of the Devout Life. In 1592, de Sales received his doctorate in law and theology and made up his mind to become a priest. Meanwhile, his father secured various positions for Francis, including an appointment as a senator. His father also chose a wealthy noble heiress as his bride as his father initially refused to accept that Francis had chosen the priesthood rather than fulfill his expectations with a political-military career. However, ater signing over to his younger brother, Louis, his title and right of succession, Francis was ordained in 1593. Because the Calvinists controlled Geneva, Francis met great opposition from the Geneva ministers who accused de Sales of being a sorcerer. He moved to Thonon, where more than once he escaped death at the hands of assassins.
In 1602, Sales was consecrated Bishop of Geneva. He resided in Annecy (now part of modern-day France) because Geneva remained under Calvinist control and was therefore closed to him. Sales founded the women's Order of the Visitation of Holy Mary (Visitandines) in 1610. In December 1622 de Sales was required to travel to Lyon in the entourage of Charles Emmanuel I, Duke of Savoy, for the Duke's Christmas tour of his domain. While there he suffered a stroke and died on 28 December 1622. Francis de Sales was beatified in 1661 by Pope Alexander VII, who then canonized him four years later. He was declared a Doctor of the Church by Pope Pius IX in 1877.
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Q: Getting the ID of a datetime_select field I have a Ruby on Rails web application in which I need to enable or disable a datetime_select field as a checkbox is checked or unchecked.  In order to do this quickly and dynamically, I need to have this done using javascript.
My problem is I can't seem to assign an ID to the datetime_select to have the javascript grab the datetime_select and enable it or disable it.
Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks in advance,
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Francisco Llantén, author and creator of Bieprem® Mental Reprogramming therapy, has built and developed his successful career in Metaphysical Sciences and Spirituality for more than 18 years to date, and has worked exclusively in this area of work delivering his metaphysical teachings and offering his services of Transpersonal Counseling, Energy Healing, Psychic Reading, Energy Cleansing for Homes and Businesses and Metaphysical-Spiritual Guidance to hundreds of people in Chile and in several countries around the world, such as the United States, Canada, Argentina, Peru, Bolivia, Australia and Spain.
Francisco Llantén is Chilean and was born in 1986 in Valdivia, Chile. Since his childhood, Francisco has had the natural gift of psychic and clairvoyant abilities to perceive and interpret the energetic reality of the universe and of the people, psychically see the past and predict the future, and to maintain a clear and divine communication with the angels and the Source-God. Since childhood, Francisco has had a deep interest in metaphysics, the mystical and the spiritual despite not being born in an environment with metaphysical-spiritual practices, and naturally he was driven towards metaphysical topics that he has developed for more than 18 years to date. From the age of 15 Francisco has performed a daily meditation practice of channeling the messages of the universe, the angels and the Creator Source-God, which has inspired him in all the new knowledge and exclusive spiritual teachings that he now possesses and teaches. He refers to his meditation of channeling as "a way of receiving the Intrinsic, Infinite and Divine Intelligence of the Universe." Also, at the age of 15 Francisco began his first job as a spiritual teacher. Later, Francisco was certified as "Angel Therapist (ATP)" (Angel Therapist) and Angel Intuitive (AI) by the world-famous spiritual teacher and Psychologist Doreen Virtue. Francisco Llantén has been one of the few spiritual teachers in the world who since childhood has chosen and prioritized for himself a full time non-religious metaphysical and spiritual career, and since then working continuously and professionally in this area.
Francisco graduated in Metaphysical Sciences and holds a bachelor's and a master's degree from the University of Metaphysics, the oldest most prestigious university in the area of metaphysics since 1976 in the United States. He is also an ordained metaphysical minister, having received his ordination and practitioner diploma from the International Metaphysical Ministry University Seminary, which grants Francisco Llantén to be an official and legal minister to deliver professional spiritual guidance for people, individually or in groups. Francisco also holds a Doctorate degree in Philosophy, Ph.D., specializing in Transpersonal Counseling from the University of Sedona. Francisco has professional studies in psychology from the University "Universidad Diego Portales", and also has studies in Neurobiology and Neuroplasticity. Additionally, Francisco Llantén is an official member of APA, "The American Psychological Association of the United States". Furthermore, Francisco has studies in the arts of Energy Healing and has been working for more than 18 years as a spiritual teacher, healer, and therapist, offering his services for physical, mental, emotional and energetic-spiritual health.
Francisco Llantén created Bieprem® Mental Reprogramming at the beginning of the year 2011. In 2012, Francisco invited and integrated Susana Ortiz to co-create and work together with the aim of engaging in the research of Bieprem® therapy, preparing and training her as a Bieprem® Mental Reprogrammer, and making her the second legal representative of the therapy. After developing an independent investigation together, Bieprem® therapy began to be offered by Francisco and Susana at the end of 2012, obtaining successful results in the mental reprogramming of beliefs, behavioral habits and thinking patterns in a 100% of their clients till the present days. Bieprem® Mental Reprogramming is an international brand registered under the exclusive authorship of Francisco Llantén.
Francisco Llantén is responsible for the creation of the entire structure of the therapy, its content, its modifications, updates, the structural and legal documentation of the therapy, and the more than 10,000 positive beliefs used for the 11 areas of life that can be treated. Bieprem® Mental Reprogramming has had incredible results in the treatment and complete healing of incurable mental illnesses for psychology and psychiatry such as bipolarity, psychosis, obsessive-compulsive disorder, endogenous depression, among many others, and in the transformation of other areas of the life, such as love relationships, physical health, and job success.
Only Francisco Llantén and Susana Ortiz have the right and legal authorization to perform Bieprem® Mental Reprogramming (formerly called Reenfoque®) and the use of both names in Chile and around the world. There are no other people prepared, certified, or authorized to do it, in Chile or in any other country in the world. The therapy is only performed by Francisco Llantén Ortiz and Susana Ortiz Caravajal, in Providencia, Santiago de Chile, in person. Bieprem® Mental Reprogramming has not been taught to anyone else, is not currently taught, nor will be taught to any other person in the future.
**Bieprem® Mental Reprogramming is only available in Spanish and held in person in Chile, and there is no one else representing Bieprem® around the world**
Francisco's International Services: Transpersonal Counseling – Energy Healing – Psychic Reading –Metaphysical Spiritual Guidance – Energy Cleansing for Homes and Businesses. Sessions are held through Skype Video Conference.
For more information, please contact Dr. Francisco Llantén at:
Email: info@FranciscoLlanten.com
Official Website in English: www.franciscollanten.com
Sitio web official en Español: www.franciscollanten.com/es/index.html


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When floodwaters rushed through the desert from heavy rains Feb. 14, those waters took parts of numerous desert golf courses downstream in the rapids.
While some desert courses were able to open within a day or two of the flooding, others are just now getting players back on the first tee. And a few others will take a little longer before they can open again.
"We did sustain a fair amount of damage during the flood on Valentine's Day, but we will rebuild as we have before," said Katie Myers, the general manager at Cimarron Golf Resort, which rests in the Whitewater Wash between Palm Springs and Cathedral City.
The storm hit Palm Springs with 3.70 inches, causing flooding in canyons and washes, including the washes where golf courses are often built.
Cimarron, which is built in the Whitewater Wash, was subject to flooding from not just the Palm Springs rain but by the more than six inches of rain that hit the Whitewater area. The flooding that often closes Vista Chino Road in the wash heads south onto the Cimarron property and through the two courses, the shorter Pebble Course and the regulation-length Boulder Course.
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Originally designed by John Fought, the golf courses are built above the floor of the wash, with channels designed to let water run through the course without impacting the holes. But the amount of water that rushed through the property earlier this month did significant damage, with erosion to holes and exposed irrigation pipes visible from the Ramon Road bridge at the south end of the course.
"We have already met with (Coachella Valley Water District) and Riverside Country Flood who have given us their full support to make all repairs needed to reopen at full strength as before," Myers said.
Myers said the driving range, putting green and restaurant at Cimarron are all open, and progress is being made on the golf courses.
"The back nine of the Boulder Course will open within the next week or so. We are just working on some irrigation repairs," she said.
Other courses have been working hard to make repairs and get their courses open again during the peak of the season.
"I had 700 discount card holders calling me saying 'When are we going to be able to play, when are we going to be able to play?", said Todd Connelly, general manager of the Indian Canyons Golf Resort in Palm Springs, where the South Course was closed by the rains. "I talked to my superintendent and asked what's the worst-case scenario. He said March 1. March 1 was the date we felt we could be open. But we worked and we worked and we were able to get the course up and running Monday."
Located near the base of the Indian Canyons in South Palm Springs, the South Course at Indian Canyons Golf Resort didn't suffer much erosion damage other than losing half a bunker on the second hole and a cart path on the third hole. There were other problems that caused the closure, Connelly said.
"A lot of water came through, but I don't know how many yards of silt came with that," Connelly said. "That all came across the fairways, and we had to scrape all of that out."
Connelly said the North Course at Indian Canyons never closed and never had much standing water on the layout from the rains.
Other courses have been opening in stages. The Legend Course at Tahquitz Creek Golf Resort in Palm Springs was closed by flooding but re-opened within a few days. The Resort Course at Tahquitz Creek remains closed, though general manager Brandon Alexander said he expects to have that course open soon.
At Cathedral Canyon Golf Club in Cathedral City, the course was shut down by rain and damage. But the club opened nine holes Feb. 19 and opened the second nine just one day later.
Like Cimarron, most golf courses are offering updates on their status on either social media or on their web pages.
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Salvation Army EDS Team Monitors Estill County Pipeline Explosion
January 2, 2012 /in News /by
Louisville, KY (January 2, 2012) – At around 7:10 this evening a natural gas pipeline exploded in Estill County, Kentucky.
Emergency response crews laboring under a Severe (winter) Weather Alert, are working to contain the situation. Local officials have said that no injuries have been reported related to the explosion or response.
Neighboring residents have been placed on standby for emergency evaluations.
"We're working with State and local emergence management officials to determine how best to respond to this need," said Joe Hughes, Divisional Emergency Disaster Services Coordinator for The Salvation Army's Kentucky/Tennessee Division.
Estill County is served 365 days a year by The Salvation Army's office in nearby Richmond, Kentucky. "We've placed the Richmond Corps on stand-by," Hughes added. Captains Mark and Sally Love, the leaders of the Richmond Salvation Army, are making preparations for any response deemed appropriate.
Stand-by means that their mobile kitchen (Canteen) is stocked and readied for deployment to serve hot meals, snacks, and drinks to emergency responders already on the scene.
The Salvation Army is actively surveying the situation and is prepared to respond to the needs of the citizens of Estill County.
For the latest news about Salvation Army Emergency Disaster Services or to make a donation in the support of those impacted by this explostion, please visit: www.disaster.SalvationArmyUSA.org. You can also call 1-800-SAL-ARMY (1-800-725-2769).
You may also help The Salvation Army now by texting "SAnow" 80888 to make a $10.00 contribution to the relief effort. The donation will appear on your next phone bill.
About the Salvation Army: The Salvation Army, an evangelical part of the universal Christian church, has been supporting those in need in His name without discrimination since 1865. Nearly 30 million Americans receive assistance from The Salvation Army each year through the broadest array of social services that range from providing food for the hungry, relief for disaster victims, assistance for the disabled, outreach to the elderly and ill, clothing and shelter to the homeless and opportunities for underprivileged children. About 82 cents of every dollar raised is used to support those services in nearly 5,000 communities nationwide. For more information, go to www.salvationarmyusa.org.
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BRITISH police have seized the world's first known "snuff" child abuse video in which a girl is seen strangled – but for more than a year they done nothing to identify her.
The existence of "snuff" pornography, in which the victim is killed on camera, has long been rumoured, but until last year no police officer had ever seen one.
A film seized during a raid on a Latvian man's house in Skelmersdale, Lancashire, shows a teenage girl begging a man not to hurt her before she is raped, then strangled with a wire causing her to foam at the mouth and her eyes to roll back into her head.
She is then wrapped tightly in a plastic sheet and dragged from the room. The police officer leading the inquiry was convinced she was murdered.
The judge who sentenced Andreas Bauminis, 22, (pictured above) to eight months in jail for possessing that film and other material in March also said she was probably killed.
Click this for full profile on: Andreas Bauminis – Skelmersdale
From her accent, police believe the girl to be American, but despite having images of her and her apparent killer for 15 months, they have done nothing to help trace them.
Neither Britain's Child Exploitation and Online Protection Centre (CEOP), which is part of the National Crime Agency (NCA), nor any US agency such as the FBI have yet been sent the video. Both CEOP and the US agencies have powerful facial recognition software.
Campaigning Labour MP Tom Watson said the revelations highlighted a serious failure in the UK's policing of child abuse images.
He is calling on the Government to establish a specialised independent agency similar to the successful Operation Predator in the US, which has arrested 8,000 paedophiles since it was launched in 2003.
Mr Watson said: "If the view of the judge and the police in this case is true, then Britain's police have sat on evidence of a child murder for over a year. "It's negligent and scandalous that the utmost urgency has not been applied with this case.
"The Americans should have been immediately informed and the NCA should have picked up the investigation." This case highlights the desperate inadequacies in our country's arrangements for investigating serious sexual abuse of children.
"The National Crime Agency is not taking child abuse seriously enough and regional police forces are ill equipped to act." The solution is simple: an independent, and properly funded national child exploitation investigation team similar to the US model.
"The Americans have had huge success in rescuing children from child pornography and in bringing offenders to justice. "That's exactly what we need."
The raid on Bauminis's house in February 2013 came after a tip-off from the Russian Interior Ministry, which had monitored an upload of child pornography from a UK-based computer address.
The Russian government contacted CEOP, which traced the computer to a house in Skelmersdale.
When Lancashire Police raided the home, they discovered an "enormous" computer that one officer said resembled "something out of a submarine".
Sick films, including Japanese cartoons depicting sexual abuse of children by adults and animals, were found.
However, it was the other 20-minute video featuring a white, blonde girl of about 14 years of age and made about two years ago that shook even hardened officers.
Detective Constable Edward Wenham, who led the investigation, said it was the "worst thing I had seen by a country mile".
He said: "My firm belief was this child was definitely killed. A man in his 40s was decorating; he had a goatee beard and you could see his face quiet clearly. The young girl came into the room and asked him for money to go to cheer leading camp.
"The girl was white.
It was apparent that the man was either her father or stepfather.
"The man began to shout obscenities, then he sexually abused her before strangling her and sexually abusing her again.
"After that he laid out a clear plastic sheet and laid the body in this, then wrapped it tightly around her.
"It took about three minutes for this. I was convinced this was not acting and that the girl was dead.
"If she had been play-acting when the plastic was wrapped around her face she could not have been able to keep so still. "If it was acting, it was better than an Oscar-winning performance: her eyes didn't blink or move at all.
"Other horrific videos showing even younger girls being abused were also found, which detectives believe were made in Russia."
Mr Wenham said: "It was very difficult to sleep at night after viewing them all. "I've got two little children myself." Bauminis was arrested at the factory where he worked.
He was living with his brother, his brother's wife and their two young children. At his arrest, he admitted downloading the videos from a "file sharing programme" but later refused to answer all further questions.
He later pleaded guilty to possession of child pornography. Sentencing at Liverpool Crown Court in March, Judge Dennis Watson QC said while it was difficult to be certain that the girl had died on camera "all the evidence points to the fact that she almost certainly did".
He imposed a prison sentence of eight months and Bauminis could be released this summer. Mike Hames, the former head of Scotland Yard's Obscene Publications Unit, described the seizure of the "snuff" video as "incredibly important" because it appeared to verify long held suspicions such material existed. He said it was vital to comb through Bauminis's contacts.
"You have to work on the presumption he'll be part of a wider network of paedophiles they'll be sharing child pornography between them.
"This is a worldwide problem and it requires cooperation between the police forces around the world. "In this case it's even more important the images of the abusers and victims are shared. This is a murder – and the murder must be stopped before he does it again."
Lancashire Police, like almost all regional police forces in Britain, does not have a specialist child pornography investigation unit. The Sunday Express understands that the general volume of work at Lancashire Police has caused the delay in contacting CEOP.
However, the video will now be sent, a force spokesman said. The eight month sentence for Bauminis was calculated after he was given a four month discount for an early guilty plea.
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Israeli music, much like Israeli society as a whole, is a tapestry of multiple influences, cultures and geographic origins.
Since the beginning of Zionism's footprint in the land of Eretz Yisrael, music has been a significant element of early Zionism, Jewish growth in the period before the state, and then in Israeli culture since 1948. Early folk songs of the Halutzim (pioneers), classical music of the Palestine Orchestra (now the Israeli Philharmonic Orchestra), Mizrahi music made popular in the 1970s, rock and roll, hip-hop and jazz are just some of the many pieces of Israeli music. Styles and genres reflect the origins of Jewish immigrants to Israel, Israel's experiences as a state, and then cross-pollination with cultural combinations and influences from elsewhere. Artists such as David Broza, Shalom Hanoch, Arik Einstein, Zohar Argov, Naomi Shemer, Ha'dag Nahash and Muki convey the depth and complexity of Israel through their music. These songs act as historical and social benchmarks as well as compasses, telling the unique stories of Israel and its history, society, culture, and population.


Kang Daniel has been voted #1 as a celebrity who would let themselves be fooled because they're too nice.
A mathematics tutoring service surveyed elementary, middle school, and high school students from March 22nd to March 31st on which celebrity was the most likely to let people fool them out of niceness. Kang Daniel gained 75.9% of the votes with 1149 votes.
Park Bo Gum took up #2 with 19.4% of the votes, Yoo Jae Suk took 2.2% of the votes, Kang Ha Neul took 0.7%, and Jung Il Woo rounded up the rest with 0.6% of the votes.
Do you agree with the votes?
Daniel is indeed a nice boy. I wonder how much LM paid the staff who's spreading rumors that Daniel is arrogant. Is it even right to call him delinquent?? Pssh. They dared to complain of Daniel's attitude not even thinking that he attended that shoot even when he's seriously sick. Isn't he allowed to sit when it's a breaktime? Stupid.


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Navi Config is a tool to set parameters and flags in various modules for navigation mode.

### usage

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python navi_config.py default.ini
```

*default.ini* file is the default navigation mode configuration, with following content:

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[PerceptionConf]
# three perception solutions: MOBILEYE, CAMERA, and VELODYNE64
perception = CAMERA

[LocalizationConf]
utm_zone = 10

[PlanningConf]
# three planners are available: EM, LATTICE, NAVI
planner_type = EM

# highest speed for planning algorithms, unit is meter per second
speed_limit = 5
```

In **PerceptionConf** section, the *perception* parameter is to specify the perception  solution. Currently there are three supported in Apollo Navigation Mode: mobileye based, camera based and lidar based.

In the **LocalizationConf** section, utm_zone need to be specified based on  location of the road test.

In the **PlanningConf** section,   three planner are supported: EM, Lattice, and Navi. Select one for the planner_type parameter. speed_limt, which is the planner upper speed limit, is also configurable in this seciton, which unit is meter per second.

Developers could create differet ini files for  different test scenarios/purposes or modified the default.ini based on needs.


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Liebherr LTM1150-6.1
The LTM 1150-6.1 made its UK show debut at Vertikal Days in June 2009, which took place between 24-25 June at Haydock Park racecourse, Merseyside.
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Liebherr's LTM 1150-6.1 has a 150-ton maximum lifting capacity at 3 metres radius and comes with a 66 metres telescopic main boom. It offers a lifting height of up to 93 metres and a working radius of 76 metres with the optional hydraulic adjustable swing-away fly jib. Liebherr mentioned that the crane offers the longest telescopic boom in its class.
The mobile crane is mounted on a six-axle carrier, which has a length of 13.5 metres, a turning radius of 11 metres and can carry up to 15 tonnes of counterweight. It is powered by a V8 turbocharged engine generating 544 HP.
One of the other special features is its Bluetooth technology, which can be used to control all functions on the crane's superstructure.
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Faith cometh by hearing and hearing by the word of God. Sorry you were not able to come and listen in person, so here is the next best thing. Listen to the service held at Life Mennonite Fellowship on March 2, 2014 featuring the sermon "How Does the Church Live" by James Beachy.


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The Autobiographical Writings of David Horowitz
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Article on The End of Time By David Horowitz
By David Horowitz The End of Time I. "When he was alive and I was still young, my father told me his version of the Fall. "We begin to die the day we are born," he said. What I think my father meant by this was that the cells, which are the invisible elements of our […]
Summing Up a Life: Review of You're Going to Be Dead One Day by Richard Baehr
By Richard Baehr June 16, 2015 Originally published at AmericanThinker.com In November 2014 I was invited to speak at the David Horowitz Freedom Center's conference in Florida. I had not seen David for a few years, and he walked a bit gingerly with a cane. David's latest book, the bittersweet and unusually titled: "You're Going to […]
Horowitz's Point in Time: A Review of "A Point in Time" by Bruce Thornton
A review of the conservative critic's latest book By Bruce Thornton September 20, 2011 A review of the conservative critic's latest book Those who know David Horowitz only as a fierce critic of leftist delusions and a champion of democratic freedom may be surprised to discover that he is also the author of three volumes of […]
My Vote for The Best Book of 2011: David Horowitz's A Point in Time–By Ron Radosh
By Ron Radosh December 30, 2011 Originally published at PJMedia.com There's still time to buy a 2011 book, and my vote for Book of the Year [1] is: David Horowitz's A Point in Time: The Search for Redemption In This Life and the Next. Many of you know Horowitz as a fearless fighter for conservatism, […]
A Cracking of the Heart: A Journey to Transcendence–Review by Cynthia Yockey
By Cynthia Yockey December 23, 2009 Originally published at PJMedia.com For those of us who didn't have the honor and pleasure of knowing Sarah Horowitz, her father has collected her work, insights into her spiritual journey, and his thoughts on his late daughter's life into a new book. David Horowitz's [1] A Cracking of the […]
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Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid is William Goldman's first original screenplay. A Western script written in the late-1960s, its style and format nevertheless has more in common with the continuities of the silent era than with other screenplays available from Goldman's period. This may not be coincidence.
Goldman's script fictionalizes the criminal careers of Robert Parker (a.k.a. Butch) and Harry Longabaugh (a.k.a. Sundance), focusing on the period between their infamous Union Pacific Heist in 1899 and their purported deaths in 1908, a period in history that also saw the birth of Western movies with Edwin S. Porter's The Great Train Robbery in 1903. The emergence of Western movies as popular entertainment is explicitly referenced in Goldman's script, where he depicts Butch and Sundance watching a dramatization of their exploits shortly before they die. Even the opening titles of the motion picture starring Paul Newman and Robert Redford uses a silent film motif.
Goldman's screenplay bears more than a passing resemblance to the continuity format perfected by Thomas Harper Ince in the mid-teens of the 20th Century. In his day, Ince was a famous writer, director, and producer of Westerns, and his surviving continuity for the one-reeler Satan McAllister's Heir, co-written in 1914 with C. Gardner Sullivan, offers an interesting study for comparison. Ince, of course, was a contemporary of the real Butch Cassidy (though 16 years his junior) and wrote Satan only six years after Cassidy's purported death. If Goldman wanted to write a Western set at the turn of the century, he'd have good reason to research the popular Westerns of the early silent era, including Ince's work.
Compare the opening sequence from Satan with the first page of Butch.
First Satan:
1.      CLOSE UP ON BAR IN WESTERN SALOON
A group of good Western types of the early period are drinking at the
bar and talking idly -- much good fellowship prevails and every man
feels at ease with his neighbor -- one of them glances off the picture
and the smile fades from his face to be replaced by a strained look of
worry -- the others notice the change and follow his gaze -- their
faces reflect his own emotions -- be sure to get over a sharp contrast
between the easy good nature that had prevailed and the unnatural,
strained silence that follows -- as they look, cut --
2.      CLOSE UP ON SATAN AT HITCHING RAIL BEFORE WESTERN SALOON
TITLE: "SATAN" McALLISTER, THE RICHEST, MEANEST AND MOST HATED RANCHER
IN THE WYOMING VALLEY
Satan is tieing his horse to the rail -- he finishes and looks brazenly
about him -- Satan is all that his name implies -- he is a sinister
gun-fighter, a man-killer and despite the fact that he is without fear,
a bully of the worst type -- he delights in hurting and abusing people
and dogs, and the more forlorn appearing they are, the greater his
delight in tormenting them -- everybody is afraid of him and hates him
-- he knows this and revels in it -- he exits, looking for trouble at
every step --
3.      CLOSE UP ON BAR: SAME AS 1.
Flash back to the men at the bar -- they show Satan is coming and wait
uneasily, none of them knowing but that he will be singled out for
Satan's abuse --
4.      EXTERIOR SALOON: WESTERN
Satan comes on from the sideline with a sneer -- have a lonesome
looking dog sitting before the saloon door -- Satan boots him off the
picture and smiles cruelly as he hears the dog yelp -- he looks about
for something else to abuse but finding nothing, exits into the
saloon --
Now Butch:
Is it possible that Ince's Western continuities directly influenced the style and format of Goldman's first screenplay? Only Goldman can answer that question (and I wish I could ask him). Both scripts narrate the action in explicit shots and cuts, both make liberal use of literary comment, and both offer asides for the crew to aid in or explain the execution of what is written into a filmed performance.
While this shooting script, dated July 15, 1968, is marked as the "final draft," it differs significantly from the published version found in Goldman's various books. In fact, the primary difference between the published version and this dated shooting script is that the latter offers more continuity-esque explicit technical instruction.
Take the following passage from the shooting script:
The first of these paragraphs is included in the published screenplay. The second is not. The reference to The Graduate, a recent hit film with a hit soundtrack, is particularly unusual in screenwriting. Numerous of these trims can be found between the two versions.
A significant change between the two is the closing image. In both versions, the narrative ends on a freeze frame of Butch and Sundance, but in the shooting script, the last image we see is Butch and Sundance lying on the ground. Whether Goldman revised this in a subsequent draft or director George Roy Hill simply improvised the famous closing image of Butch and Sundance bolting to their deaths, guns drawn, there is no question it offers the audience a more compelling final image. Indeed, that freeze frame shot was used in most of the film's marketing materials.
If Butch's style and format appears to be influenced by the silent continuities of Ince's era, its tone is wholly Goldman's own. Interestingly, it is this tone that Goldman has self-critiqued in his book, Adventures in the Screen Trade. "Some of it just makes me wince," he writes, citing several passages of dialogue.1 I'm inclined to agree with Goldman about some of the "smartass" dialogue, and that the script, at moments, "suffers from a case of the cutes."2 Those quibbles notwithstanding, Butch is one of the most quotable screenplays in the history of the form, while the personal touch Goldman gives his scene text narration and his penchant for hyperbole ("THE LONGEST TRAVELING SHOT IN THE HISTORY OF THE WORLD") has influenced subsequent screenwriters such as Shane Black.
Black, who wrote Lethal Weapon, no doubt also drew character inspiration from Goldman's successful handling of the buddy-film action/comedy genre combo. Goldman paints Butch and Sundance as a bromance for the ages, their deep affection and loyalty for one another buried beneath bravado and wit. While each can practically read the other's mind in a dangerous moment, neither one knows the most basic facts about the other. Who needs biography when you've shared spilt blood? Even in their dying moments, they cling to one another with their jokes.
At its worst, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid helped to liberate late-60s screenwriting from the monotonous voice of the objective narrator, even if it occasionally went too far. At its best, it turned the Western genre on its head and defined male relationships in the cinema for a generation.
Goldman, William. Adventures in the Screen Trade: A Personal View of Hollywood and Screenwriting. NY: Warner Books, 1983. Pg. 453. ↩
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Andrew Kenneth Gay is an independent filmmaker and visiting instructor of film at the University of Central Florida, where he has taught Script Analysis for several years, along with such classes as Foundations of Story, Writing for Film & Television, Screenplay Development, and Adaptation. He has also taught screenwriting with the New York Film Academy. He is an accomplished writer/director, having won awards for two of his short films, and is currently completing post-production work on his first feature film, A BEAUTIFUL BELLY. He has an MFA in Film & Digital Media, a BFA in Film Production, and a BA in English Lit and Philosophy/Religion.
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Over the past year, Chris and I have realized that knowledge of Mid-Century designers is an integral part of running a successful mid-century furniture business. During this time, we've amassed quite a collection of books about Mid-Century designers and furniture manufacturers in addition to constant research online. While evaluating goals for 2013 for Remnant, we really want to develop this blog and provide good Mid-Century design content. This led to the decision to start a new column: Mid Century Designers from A to Z. It's really a challenge to ourselves learn even more about the Mid Century era!
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After that I've started playing with the PiFace using the pifacecad library.
The initial test was just to show stuff on the screen, and then I wanted to use the buttons to do something with them, but…. apparently, I couldn't. It seems that the Linux kernel 4.1.6-v7+ on the latest Rasbian, has a bug with the epoll system call that causes it not to react to hardware interrupts on GPIO25 (RP pin 22).
More info and explanation can be found in this bug report.
Because of this, I'll put the piface on the side for now and continue to play with the GPS module.
I've yet to find a good battery that I can use, to make the RP portable.


On January 20, 2014, the commemoration ceremony on the occasion of the 24th anniversary of the tragedy of the 20th January of 1990 was held at the Embassy of the Republic of Azerbaijan to the Islamic Republic of Iran.
At the outset the praying session was held and the documentary on this tragedy was screened for the audience.
At midnight of 19th to 20th January of 1990 without any prior notification Soviet military entered the city and fired the civilians with machine guns and Kalashnikovs. That night 121 persons were killed by the Soviet army, more than 700 persons were injured in Baku. On subsequent days 132 persons in total perished; out of which 123 males, 5 female and 4 infants.
During the 20 January tragedy besides Muslim Azerbaijanis, other inhabitants of Baku, including 6 Russians, 3 Tatars, 3 Jews were killed. Among the killed there were 4 police men, 1 doctor, and 4 scholars (Ph.D). 25 females and 20 infants were among the registered 700 injured.
In late 80s socio-political situation was aggravated in Azerbaijan. Ongoing processes within the former Soviet Union, misimplementation of economic reforms, misconduct in national policy had triggered national-freedom movement in Azerbaijan. Another important cause of aggravation of socio-political situation in Azerbaijan, was the territorial claims of Armenia against Azerbaijan, bringing up the so called Nagorno Karabakh problem.
Shielded with an idea of preventing mass protests, the Soviet leadership had ordered military to enter Baku in January 1990. Decree of the Soviet Supreme Council dated 19th January on declaring emergency situation in Baku effective from the 20th January was announced to the civilians only at 6 a.m. on 20th January from the Soviet tanks.
In the evening of January 19th, the energy bloc of the Azerbaijan had been destroyed(bombed). Later the State Investigation Commission on 20th January proved that this explosion had been planned and implemented by the Soviet special services.
Azerbaijani nation commemorates the memory of its heroes annually on the 20th January, and this day is a National Mourning day in Azerbaijan.
Eternal flame complex on the memory of martyrs was constructed by the initiative of the National Leader Heydar Aliyev at the Martyrs' Alley lying on the highest hills of Baku. Honorary title of the Martyr of 20 January was awarded by the Decree of the President dated January 17, 2000 to the victims of that tragedy.
Official documents of subsequent years assessed the importance of 20th January as an exceptional symbol in fight for Azerbaijan's freedom, independence, sovereignty and territorial integrity.


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The Joe Zone Bureau of Science (JZ-BS) is all over this. Once again, the JZ-BS has contracted the services (and possibly the flu) of Dr. Miso Kooku, World Authority on Cosmic Knowledge and Ostentatiousness (WACKO). In the following interview, Dr. Kooku commented exclusively for our cameras (which are "audio only").
JZ: Welcome, Dr. Kooku. Can you explain what gravitational waves are?
If You Could Be Someone Else – Would You?
The Joe Zone is pleased as all poppycock to present the inaugural Joe-Pourri of 2016, and the tenth or eleventh in the series, depending on whether you use Common Core math. And they said it couldn't last. Actually, they said it shouldn't last. They said, please, no, anything but that! But when the news-scape is a vast and nasty veracity-starved wasteland, then Joe-Pourri is poised to step in through the straits of straight-scoop and lay the poop on you. Figuratively speaking.
Speaking of inaugural, a sigh of relief wheezed its way across the country as weary Americans rejoiced that the long presidential campaign finally ended. This was followed by a shriek of horror as Americans realized it only seemed like the campaign had been going on forever, but in reality the first caucus and primary had not been held yet. Calls to suicide-prevention hotlines skyrocketed.
On the sports scene, North Korea claimed to have scored on a long bomb of the hydrogen variety, but the United States threw the challenge flag and demanded the blast be reviewed by U.N. officials. During the confusion, Iran tried to sneak on the field with the hidden ball trick, but was thwarted by a mandatory self-inspection, which revealed they had been cheating, incurring a 15 yard penalty with loss of down.
El Nino continued to ravage the western states with floods and the eastern states with record high December temperatures. Panic ensued in Australia due to the intense heat, until cooler heads prevailed and pointed out it was summer there.
Financial markets are off to a good start for 2016, with the Dow only plummeting 900 and some odd points (I don't know why they're never even points) in the first four trading days. Boy, now those naysayers predicting a plunge look mighty foolish. The White Hose, I mean House, pointed out that the positive economic effects of the Affordable Care Act are largely responsible for the market staying as healthy as it is.
As Joe-Pourri likes to end with a good joke, we scoured the country (and boy, did it need it) for the best jokes, and found this the clear winner: Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump are still the leading presidential candidates. No, really. I'm not kidding.
Once again the hands on the digital clock show it's nap time in the Joe Zone, so join us next time when Joe-Pourri takes a look at the news in alternate universes, where we're hoping things are going better.
The Joe Zone proudly presents Joe-Pourri VII. Yes, against all odds and reason, the seventh installment in the semi-popular series (ranking just behind impacted teeth and rabies in popularity) is taking flight, assisted by the hot air currents emanating from the burgeoning field of presidential candidates.
Fans of political spectacles are salivating in anticipation of the Republican debacle – I mean debate. Only the top 150 candidates are participating. The stage is being reinforced due to the weight, and the walls are being let out due to the egos. Political pundits are eagerly laying down their bets as to who will trump the field. The remaining candidates booked a group tour of the White House, in anticipation of never again having the opportunity to see it.
On the solar system beat, scientists continue to search for asteroids that could threaten the Earth. Experts, however, believe an asteroid impact is unlikely in the near future. A poll revealed that a majority of Americans are disappointed with that assessment, as they were hoping for an asteroid hit before the presidential debates.


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Fringe - "Amber 31422"
Lincoln Lee (Seth Gabel), Olivia Dunham (Anna Torv), and Charlie Francis (Kirk Acevedo) go over a case with their superior Phillip Broyles (Lance Reddick).
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Review by Paul Steven Brown
'Fringe'
Season 3 - Episode 5
"Amber 31422"
One of the aspects of the third season of 'Fringe' that I've really enjoyed is the development of the Alt-Fringe world. Sure, the various historical differences are fun, but it's ways that day to day living is effected by the unique conditions and technology "over there" that I find the most compelling. Between things like the "Show Me" identification cards and abundance of public surveillance devices, there's clearly a more omni-present feel to that world's American police and military forces.
Then there's the amber. Due to our Walter Bishop's breaking of through the dimensional walls to steal Peter, the fabric of space occasionally suffers tears and holes that need to be sealed off. The amber was created by Walternate as a means to do just that. Unfortunately, innocent civilians have been caught within it on occasions, forever frozen in the hard transparent yellow material.
However, Walter's movement between worlds may not be the only cause of these spacial breakdowns, as we learned from "Amber 31422". The amber has been used to seal tears brought on by Joshua Rose's machine that allowed him to pass through solid walls. Still, Walter's altercation was the first event, but situations like Rose's high tech hiests didn't seem to be helping matters as far as the fabric of space "over there".
Rose's device and methodology is also a callback to the first season episode "Safe". Similar style bank robberies took place on our side of the divide, though. It wasn't until I began thinking about past Fringe cases that I remembered that we first saw the amber way back in season one's "The Ghost Network" when the ZFT used in on a bus. The ZFT and Mr. Jones' had been experimenting with different Alt-Fringe technologies and these revisits help tighten up the 'Fringe' mythology.
As far as the this week's case is concerned, it was fairly predictable. The twin swap and Joshua's need to punish himself were telegraphed, but how the case informed Olivia's own dilemma was where the real story laid. I have to admit, I'm growing fond of Lincoln and I've always loved Charlie Francis, no matter which universe he hails from.
Ghost Peter has been a nice way of including Joshua Jackson in the Alt-Fringe stories since he is the only version of the character left in either universe. Everything came together when "he" helped Olivia realize that everything he has been saying was actually from her own mind. "Peter" was just her minds way of trying to restore those recorded over memories.
Olivia's jumps back to our universe were incredibly exciting. First, this sets up the seeds for her eventual return to her own world, but leaves open the idea of her being able to come back. Once "Peter" helped her realize what she left behind, followed by her heartbreaking birthday phone call to Ella, we got our Olivia Dunham back. It's going to be fun watching her navigate the Alt-Fringe world with both sets of memories and a new agenda.
As I said in other reviews, this season of 'Fringe' has not been entirely new viewer friendly, but for those that have been following it since the beginning, it's been a hell of a ride. We're getting the best of both worlds with these episodes: regular Monster of the Week episodes but in the context of a continually unfolding arc. I hope that 'Fringe' can keep this kind of focus for the rest of the season.
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BCS alum, Ian Bezanson, Class of 2004
Even though Ian Bezanson (BCS'04) was enrolled in the Bachelor of Computer Science program, he actually had aspirations of being a local restauranteur in Halifax after graduation.
"When I was a student, I was exposed to the exciting sides of working in restaurants," recalls Bezanson. "Once I graduated, I became fully enveloped in the business, understanding the rate of failure in that industry and what it takes to make it. That wasn't the path for me at that stage in my career, though I do romanticize it from time to time."
In the years following, he decided to further advance his technical skills in roles as a systems administrator for a large multi-national corporation and a software developer for a sports company.
He, then, discovered marketing and his focus and interest very quickly shifted.
"I became really interested in using technology in creative ways to solve business problems," Bezanson says. It's been ten years since he entered the field, and he continues to love every aspect of what he does.
In 2000, he created and led his own marketing agency, Bits Creative Agency, a full-service creative agency that transformed brand aspirations into reality through marketing, branding, digital designs, and web creations. Recently - eight years into running this Halifax-based company - Bits was acquired by Halifax's Trampoline Branding Subsidiary, Twist by Trampoline.
Now, as Director of Technology for the newly-formed company, Twist & Bits, Bezanson is described as being "always focused on the larger picture, [he's] the calming force within the organization."
His approach is simple. It's client-focused. "First and foremost, we work to understand our client's business needs, goals, and gauges for success," he says. "Working within teams that cut across both creative and tech, we look to understand our clients' customers (both their existing and desired), we conduct research to understand their behaviour, and develop personas and hypotheses that drive our strategy for how we can help them achieve – and measure the success of – their goals."
Bezanson says that this kind of collaboration is really motivating. "It allows for a really well-rounded and inspired approach to any work we do. It forces us to always be open to different perspectives as well as look in unexpected places for valuable insights."
So how did an undergraduate degree in computer science help equip him for this success?
"Dalhousie's CS program did a really good job at helping me develop a strong foundation for proper software development," says Bezanson. "About five years out, I found myself with a strong level of critical thinking that I attribute to my learnings at Dal."
Although it's not exactly how he originally thought he'd be spending his days after university, he says he couldn't imagine it any other way. He's ingrained into the local marketing scene here in Halifax and loves that the sense of community he felt as a student at Dal has carried through in everything he has done since.
When not thinking about how to innovate and solve problem, he spends his time either running the streets of Halifax or cooking at home for his wife – and fellow CS alum! – and two young boys.
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