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2001 A Space Odyssey…the cult film shot at the end of the sixties: ever since 1968 Stanley Kubrick made knowledge came down the earth in a menhir of black stone that appeared in the desert, before man laid down his feet on the moon getting down off the shuttle “Apollo 11” on 20th july 1969; it was a sort of radio transmitter connected with the future of the far galaxy Clavius, that was light years faraway, and that acted as a support with Jupiter. From where a man by then alone and immortal was trying to broadcast the elements of evolution to have the possibility to be reached one day by a spacecraft and by the only man that, survived to the same knowledge, could take him the necessary germs to bring him to death.
Menir, Zed , Djed
The menhir of black stone: monolith or benben for the ancient Egyptian, the origin of everything … in Heliopolys Ra enlivened it with primeval knowledge; the pillar Zed or better Djed, for the ancient Ur of the Chaldeans ( the present Iraq), that symbolized the highest knowledge, the apparent void… the black stone of Mecca.
Kubrik shows the Merkavah , God’s Chariott, on Jupiter’s sky
A parable named odyssey, of travel in the dangers, started in the vivid light of the desert where it had appeared the diorite stone to stem knowledge in the minds of the monkeys that began, to better overwhelm one another, to use clavicles … from which clubs… perhaps it could have a better input!!
During a warm summer in 1972 Roman Polansky had rent in Rome on the Appia Antica a big villa with a swimming pool, garden and small lake in japanese style with customary menhir of black stone set among the waterlilies.That very summer Paul Morrissey, directory from the Factory of Andy Wharol, had shot there “Blood for Dracula” the movie that saw the last appearance of Vittorio De Sica and the cameo participation of Polansky to fill the sudden absence of the leading actor Udo Kier….in the impossibility of repeating the shootings….the day following ended the period which the villa had been let out for……
play-bill of Morrissey’s movie
The principal residence, a two-storied building, gave hospitality at the upper floor to the actress Faye Dunaway, disintoxicating to better face up the shot of the film “Chinatown” , the scenarist Gerard Brach, his close friend , with his wife and the producer of the movie. Roman slept in the villa annex to secure himself that independence so necessary to him and so indivisible from his life style: the bedroom looked straight on to the garden and it was easy and prompt to reach the swimming pool set among the olive trees and to find relief swimming naked and free from heat. By the side there was a little sitting room and a dining room in the jardin d’hiver with a big central oval table. Here one morning at dawn I found myself entirely dressed up as a geisha, my feet covered with white stocking and slipped in black flip-flop sandals, a tight-waisted broad belt….
Vague memories, made even less clear by the popper that Roman had me smell breaking it under my nose while we was making love…a medicinal for heart attacks, a vasodilatative that protracted the moment of pleasure, widened the sensations of pleasure…you could feel pangs of orgasm even inside your head…and then you remained a little dim, having felt sensations so deep and satisfying, maybe a little surprised : still alive!
I think there is nothing better in life than a nice and prolonged natural sensation of pleasure, nothing more privy than be able to share such a great pleasure with someone.
I remained so helpless, then, not to know how and why Roman had begun to dress me with a ritual Japanese kimono. The silk made the skin cool at four o’clock in that hot summer night. A little light in the room…I never asked myself why anybody took care so much of me, it made me delighted the idea to be an object of so many attentions and…I let do.
Roman tightens the belt around my waist, it is a long piece of cloth, he must wind around me more times. Beneath I am naked, I feel it still palpitating of the reminiscence of the just ended love, soft and wet.
The bosom, source of life
I’ve always had nice breasts: I liked feeling them touched by a loving caress so as I liked looking at them reflected in a mirror.
At Roman’s I had learnt a new trick to feel more pleasure in the moments of intimacy. One evening, after playing chess in the central hall of the villa, as soon as the guests had retired,with a conspiratorial look he had taken my hand and had driven me in his room to resume the play with the musical background of Carmina Burana. How was childish longing to withdraw to have the possibility to carry on the plays left the dawn before. Here is the innovation: Roman had removed a big mirror from the wall, a mirror with mercury glass on a grey background, the antique frame fastened the image as if it arrived from a time forever unchanged. Set the mirror on the ground, he asked me to widen my legs putting my feet at the sides of the frame, he began to take me from my back, entering in my sex saying “regarde en bas , ma petite! ” “Just look down now Eli” he repeated in english and I …look and immediately loose my head …the image that I see reflected strikes my imagination: I look his sex entering mine and the pleasure I feel makes its way into my head while Carmina Burana beats the time of our play.
Carmina Burana’s work has been reassessed by the composer Carl Orff
But what’s the use of the geisha dress? Why in that incipient dawn ends that particular dressing? By whom and what has suggested it? I’m stunned, let do don’t feel worry, I’m well. He takes my hand, we cross the garden and then…. nothing more…I find myself alone in front of the black menhir, open my eyes…the dawn has begun, the air is clear and I am astonished at looking at me so similar to a geisha. An inner peace surrounds me on the edge of this pond in front of that black stone, I’m happy to be here, to learn the existence of a knowledge towards which I don’t feel desires or impulses of cognitive inquiry but only a feeling of peace, pure contemplation.
The ideograms that form the word “geisha” mean literally translated “person of art”…therefore me too an artist in my small way! I was really proud of it: geishas seek perfection in every single and small attitude, nothing is unimportant, is the sublimation of the art of knowing how to live!
around 2350 a.C. Diorite 120cm
Phoebe Hearst Museum of Anthropology- Berkeley
Now I remember my studies on the ancient egyptians: they used a material hard as iron, the diorite, to forge the worship instrument “to open mouth”…that diorite originated from a meteorite and was considered sacred…we must remember that mankind in that period didn’t know iron yet…it was still the Bronze Age…
Confuting with my guests how the geisha ritual dress wasn’t the most proper for me…maybe a see-through egyptian tunic, symbol of purity, would have been more consistent. But the sensation that I feel is such as to desire not to blame my guests: I fall on my knees in front of that magical black stone feeling only serenity. The meadow is dewy, I begin to shiver, wake up from that meditation and return home.
People I meet feel uneasy for my serenity this will cause a break! They have understood that I’m not like them, I don’t live of fears but let life leading me by the hand keeping my feet well firm on the ground. I’m different, so they’ll be afraid of me… this attending will finish soon, maybe I’ve had somebody feeling remorse for the way they behaved towards me. Unfortunately I couldn’t do much to help them…I think it is a good rule never use anybody for our plays without acquainting him of it: it shall always be a free choyce of his without ever misuse his will. Maybe it is this too, peut ètre, can be: it has been mistaked something towards me and now someone feel embarassment…my only presence is enough to recall it..
in Paris at Roman’s home
Years later in Paris at Roman’s, that had become a father of a wonderful child with the actress Emmanuelle Seigner, I came to know of the particular form of paranoia towards people of Gerard Brach and his wife, they didn’t come out home anymore for fear to be infected, touched by others… terrible….I was sorry to know the sad ending of their life.
play-bill of Tornatore’s fantastic movie
In that october of 1994 Roman was just through a complex experience of actor in the wonderful film by Tornatore ” Una pura formalità”, with Gerard Depardieu in the role of a suicide writer who found himself in an incredible police station where a temperamental chief constable ( Roman Polansky) subjected him to an exhausting interrogation to remember him the fact that he had committed suicide, a crime against life, and he was investigating him… but the lance-corporal was recording their conversation using an old typewriter without any sheet of paper, in the rooms of the police station was raining plentifully…slowly it results clear that all that interrogation is part of a mechanism to investigate the truth and remind it to the protagonist with the sole object of having him paying for it in the afterlife, in the Elysian Fields…Wonderful movie, incredible actors, lofty direction and screenplay…. I favour it as one of the film I loved most ….reforming till the last moment, if possible. Thank you!
Once in Venice, while we were shooting the film “Nero veneziano” I was frequently guest at the dinner of Hugo Pratt illustrators ,Alighiero Boetti ‘s close friends, they were responsible of the endearing colours of Corto Maltese.
Corto Maltese comix-strip
To reach at night their house I had to cross desert calles, towards the Coast, bridges hanging on motionless waters, runic signs on the walls of the palaces that overlooked as ghosts with their angled windows, memories of carpets of thousands colours hanging at the windows before the plague that had painted of black condolence the gondolas too…Yes, Venice remind me more than other town geishas’ culture: it’s a natural stage, surrounded by water, identical in time it’s ideally secluded from the noises of present-day world: it conveyes the idea of life as a space where we living beings, ideals actors shall perform a part at the best of our possibility.
Traditions can help us, we need eyes to see and ear to hear but above all memory to remember and…will to carry out too!!! Three thousands years before Christ the Egyptian culture, by me so beloved, reminded that the senses were only four: sight, hearing, speech and intelligence. The first two serve to increase the second two.
Homer in the cartoons “The Simpson” tells the following cue: ” I must only remember to be part of that tenuous blue line between world and chance: I adore receiving messages from there”
Stop thinking and start guessing, being transparent vehicle of the speech still unknown to us.
all trapeze artists: hold it, please !
“we all are trapeze artists of the nothing” from a quote of Platinette…and it is therefore that world belongs to enthusiasts, able not to loose calm… and grip……Will I manage????


As the 2019 general election draws nearer, political activities have been gathering momentum and in Oyo State some of the serving lawmakers may not have it smooth as they did in 2015.
One of the areas of interest is Ibadan South East/North East Federal Constituency where Hon. Dapo Lam Adesina is representing in Abuja. The son of the former governor of the state, late Lam has been empowering his constituent’s members and providing basic amenities for communities but in 2019, he is going to slug it out with Hon. Akeem Ademola Ige, a former local government chairman and now member of the state House of Assembly.
Ige, a grassroots politician is gradually warming himself into the hearts of people with his ambition to unseat Dapo from where he currently represents and that is one of the reasons he is working hard to deliver dividends of democracy to his people.


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Not everything you are destined to do is what you meant to do. This is the case with Lindenwood senior KJ Stubbs.
A native of The Bahamas, Stubbs was a sprinter in what he called, “the number one sport in my country,” track and field. Because of his success in his home country, Lindenwood University took an interest in him. He recalled, “Some of the track coaches actually flew down to come see me and then soon after I was offered a scholarship.”
Everything seemed to be going smoothly. Stubbs was on his way to America’s heartland to compete in the sport his homeland loves above all others. However, a roadblock was awaiting him. “I just kept getting injured. My hamstring and groin were always hurting it seemed like, and the rehab was wearing on me,” Stubbs said.
In addition to the injuries, Stubbs was getting burnt out with track. “Track wasn’t fun, ” he said. ” I didn’t like how the team was being coached or ran. The team was segregated with only small groups talking to one another, which made the practices and all that something I would not look forward to at all.”
Although his interest in track was waning, Stubbs had to keep going because a significant amount of his tuition was paid through a track scholarship. Stubbs said, “There wasn’t a way I could just quit track or I couldn’t afford school.” However, another sport soon caught his eye – rugby.
Stubbs said, “I had never played rugby before, but some guys on the team and Coach Ron would mention it to me about once a month, so that was always in the back of my mind.” Rugby coach Ron Laszewski recalled, “KJ would come and watch the games and showed an interest in our program.”
However, Stubbs could not just switch his sport from track to rugby and keep a scholarship due to certain restrictions dealing with the NCAA.
During the summer, Stubbs discovered a possible way to switch spots. “A resident director spot opened up in Guffey,” he remembered. “With that paying for full tuition, I told myself if I got the spot I’m going to try rugby and finally quit track.”
The position did end up going to Stubbs. He informed the track staff he was finished.
Laszewski, who also coaches the St. Louis Bombers, had Stubbs join that team for the summer to get used to the game and practice. “He makes a powerful first impression. The speed and athleticism were clear right away. He just kept improving throughout the summer every week,” said Laszewski.
Stubbs said of that experience, “I remember my first game. I didn’t even have the right shoes. Coach Ron had to bring me some. When I scored my first try in that game, it just was so exciting. It was something fun for a change.” Everything switched for Stubbs in terms of his attitude and state of mind
“Rugby was that ‘family feel’ track wasn’t. I finally realized that having fun was actually possible,” Stubbs said.
People took note of the change. Said Laszewski, “KJ has got that glowing personality and smile that make him a joy to have around. His teammates enjoy practice and games more with him around. That attitude and smile make you just feel good.”
The enjoyment that rugby brought into his life was noticed by more than just his teammates and coaches. His mood also was reflected in his relationships with his employees as resident director. Alex Rice, senior and employee of Stubbs said, “He’s easy to get along with and just has an upbeat attitude all the time.”
Rugby is something Stubbs does just for fun because he is not earning tuition money through his participation in this sport. Fun as it is, he still makes an impact on the field. His first try came in the game against Saint Louis University.
There are two types of rugby. Sevens, with seven players on each team and traditional rugby with 15 to a team. The sevens team, of which Stubbs is a player, has qualified for nationals in Dallas later this year.
Coach Laszewski said, “If KJ keeps on improving the way he has all summer and into this season, I envision him as a starter for our team next year definitely. He’s got the work ethic and the attitude to make that a realistic goal.”
Blend the vocabulary and playfulness of Willy Wonka with the business sense and love of sports of Jerry Jones and you can probably get a creation similar to Mike Veeck.
Veeck is the son of infamous baseball owner Bill Veeck, who once put Eddie Gaedel, a man with dwarfism, up to bat wearing the number 1/8. As they say, the apple did not fall far from the tree.
The younger Veeck picked up where his father left off in the family business of baseball ownership. One of his successes is the St. Paul Saints. Veeck discussed the genesis of the team, “The media and everyone thought it was crazy to have a team just seven miles from a major league team (Minnesota Twins).”
Passion is a central focus of his business model. In addition to his belief that, “fun is good,” Veeck noted that passion is vital to success. He advised, “Follow your heart, because if you love it, you’ll be great at it.”
Not much draws attention quicker than something that is unexpected. When it comes to typical baseball owners, typical is exactly what Veeck is not. The image that pops into many people’s minds when a sports owner is mentioned is a stodgy old man, who is set in his ways and often more focused on money than winning. Veeck, however, is far from this type of owner.
It is not exactly clear where Veeck fits in when it comes to owners. He holds outrageous team promotions, and as he said, “the Twin Cities’ humane society loved Mike Vick chew dog-toy night.” Veeck holds media attention as a key to success. He mentioned, “I’m guilty of everything they said I said.”
Disco Demolition Night was a creation of Veeck’s. He said, “My father told me we have a doubleheader and if you don’t come up with some idea for it, you’re fired.” Veeck later did come up with an idea; he wanted to blow up disco records in center field before the second of the two games in the double header.
In his words, “Sixty thousand people packed the place. The mayor called me and said we have gridlock. The city is handcuffed.” Comiskey Park had 10,000 more people inside than it had capacity for, with countless others waiting outside. The fans jumped onto the field and the second game had to be cancelled. Veeck recalled the ending, “It was only the fourth forfeit in Major League history. I was fired the next day.”
Veeck had a smile on his face while telling this story. He values the people around him and lets creativity thrive. Why? It is fun for him, that’s why. Veeck agreed he’s got a dream situation, doing what he has a passion for and getting paid to do it.
He described how he encourages risk, “every idea has the yin and the yang. The good and the bad come with everything.” In laymen’s terms, he believes that without risking for the good, you almost certainly can bank on the bad.
Summer of 1999, one of the most memorable celebrations in sports history took place. More than 90,000 fans packed Rose Bowl Stadium as millions around the world watched the World Cup penalty kick shootout. Brandi Chastain scored the winning goal for Team USA and ripped off her jersey in triumph. This all could have been fairy tale, had it not been for Title IX.
Forty years ago, an initiative was passed that brought about the rise of women’s athletics. Title IX was a portion of the education amendments of 1972 calling for females to have equal representation in both high school and collegiate athletics.
Now relate the passage of Title IX to sports at Lindenwood. This university has one of the largest, perhaps the largest, athletics programs in the nation. More than 20 sports have made the jump into NCAA competition. There is a pending question. How do Title IX and gender equity affect the school as they move into the NCAA?
For one, women’s athletics have more types of sports represented. Jason O’Dell, a Lindenwood staff member involved with athletics said, “It seems to me that there has been an increase both in participation and skill level by female athletes over the last two decades. At Lindenwood, there has been tremendous overall growth.”
Dr. Richard Boyle said, “The reason is we (Lindenwood) provide more opportunities for females is, in part, because of the large football roster.” Basically, there is no counter-balanced sport for football. On the other hand, there are both women’s and men’s soccer teams. Therefore, those rosters are balanced.
Larry Graham, a university teacher and former women’s basketball coach explained, “Cheerleading usually is the counter to the larger roster football has in high schools. However, here cheerleading is not an NCAA sport, so we adjust.”
Management of the numbers is a thorough process. Boyle explained the process, “There is a Gender Equity Committee that oversees to make sure that all female sports are treated equally with the male sports programs.” Lindenwood has a Senior Women’s Athletic Administrator in charge of overseeing the numbers.
That administrator, Chanda Jackson, commented, “Title IX is not limited to just an NCAA environment and several factors weighed into the decision of which sports to transition into the NCAA.”
Gender equity could be one of those factors. Ice hockey is one example. If Lindenwood would have made both men’s and women’s hockey an NCAA sport, the numbers may not have worked. As a result, ice hockey for men was kept a student life sport. Women’s hockey went NCAA.
Water polo is one of the sports that is NCAA eligible but remains unassociated. Senior Mike Rimkus explained, “The water polo team competes in the Collegiate Water Polo Association, which has nothing to do with NCAA or NAIA. It’s basically its own organization.” NCAA does have water polo; Lindenwood’s, however, just is a club sport.
The gender equity question affects the women’s programs as well. Women’s wrestling is currently in the student life sports category with its male counterpart competing in the NCAA.
NCAA does not have women’s wrestling as an official sport, so there was no choice to change the status of women’s wrestling. Jackson added that the university has an “equity plan in place to assist in the overall achievement of a gender-equitable environment.”
While wrestling remains non-NCAA affiliated, other sports are experiencing growth. Gymnastics was just added to the NCAA lineup for the university. Boyle mentioned, “It was the first gymnastics program added in the last 10 years in the USA. The last gymnastics program added prior to LU was at the University of Arkansas.”

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You All Meet in a Cell
"In Oblivion, you start off in a dungeon in the imperial palace. You're never told what crime you committed, I guess you're supposed to fill in that blank for yourself so I chose to believe I was in there for shagging the emperor's wife and daughter at the same time while playing a rock guitar solo on the desecrated corpse of God."
This is kind of like You All Meet in An Inn, except instead of the players beginning in a inn, they start off in some form of captivity for no apparent reason. Maybe they're the Noble Fugitive or Loveable Rogue types, or maybe they've been unjustly accused; important part is, the first time they're seen, they've been thrown in the slammer. The characters must then escape imprisonment, find out why, and possibly clear their names.
The theme in RPGs and writing is that imprisonment is instant motivation ("get out of here"), and that they can work out the details of why later. It also gives reason why people who wouldn't normally like each other are pulling together. Similar to a Closed Circle, and a common way to Gather Characters.
Can lead to the Great Escape, Boxed Crook, or Condemned Contestant. May be used to justify a No-Gear Level. In Tabletop Games, You All Meet in a Cell usually goes poorly, as the characters have no reason to stick together once they escape their confinement, and often don't. At least when You All Meet in An Inn, any character who isn't inclined to join up with the group will leave immediately, instead of one or two sessions in.
Anime and Manga
- In Record of Lodoss War, the team meets Woodchuck the thief in prison after they're arrested.
- In Overman King Gainer, Gain and Gainer meet in a cell. Gain's there because of a Batman Gambit he's running; Gainer's there because his name sounds like Gain's.
- Down By Law starts with Tom Waits' character being arrested. The other main characters soon end up in the same cell.
- The main characters of O Brother, Where Art Thou? meet in a chain gang.
- The Usual Suspects has the variant of "You all meet in a police line-up."
- One of the few things we seem to know for sure after the ending of The Usual Suspects is that the group of crooks met while they were all being held and questioned by the NYPD. This did include sharing a large cell/holding room where they began plotting how to strike back at the NYPD.
- The original The Inglorious Bastards has the heroes meeting as U.S. Army prisoners who escape and try to make their way to Switzerland.
- The Dirty Dozen are all in prison for various crimes, that's why they are picked for the suicide mission, it's their only hope to avoid a long prison term or death sentence. They don't meet there but we meet them there as the commander offers each one the mission.
- The Cube series has characters meeting after being mysteriously imprisoned for no known reason in a shifting death trap"
- Many times in the Saw-verse
- The Breakfast Club has a high school variant where a group of students meeting in a detention and becoming friends who otherwise would never have come together. It's practically lampshaded when one character confronts the two "popular" kids about how they will probably go back to treating the others like social outcasts again if they were to meet in the halls with their other friends around.
- Martin and Gonff meet this way in Brian Jacques' Mossflower.
- Alec and Seregil in Nightrunner.
- Five characters wake up in the title building of William Sleator's House of Stairs, which appears to have no way out.
- The protagonists of Raymond E. Feist's Shadow of a Dark Queen meet just before they're all sent to the gallows.
- The original cast of Blake's 7 (with one exception, introduced later) were all prisoners on a prison ship.
- Farscape: the main characters of all meet on a prison ship. They then make off with said prison ship and run around the galaxy.
- The Lone Gunmen: While Langly and Frohike were business rivals (they sold bootleg cable), the Gunmen only solidified into a unit once they found themselves in the custody of Baltimore PD for their failed attempt to expose a conspiracy to test a mind-control drug on the unsuspecting public.
- Dungeons & Dragons this is actually a good way to explain why the PC party first meets, assuming the DM doesn't want to use the older You All Meet in An Inn hook. Some specific examples:
- In the Advanced Dungeons and Dragons module A4 In the Dungeons of the Slave Lords, which starts out in, well, Exactly What It Says on the Tin. Somewhat justified in that the previous module ended with the PC party being captured by the Slave Lords.
- In Finder's Bane Joel and Holly who already knew each other met Walinda and Jasmine after being captured by clergy of Iyachtu Xvim and had to escape together.
- The epic 5th edition adventure Out of the Abyss starts with the low-Level PCs captured by drow slavers, at the mercy of the merciless Mistress Illvarta, a villain whom they do not have a prayer to overpower or defeat in a fight at their current level. The entire first chapter is devoted to the party figuring out a way to escape the small outpost (the slavers forcing them to do labor while waiting for their superiors to come pick them up, giving them a means to scope the place out), and there are other NPC prisoners they can befriend, each with many variables regarding who to befriend or trust. (One might be friendly and want to help, but have limited ability to do so, while another might have valuable information, but is likely to double cross them). When they do escape, the second chapter is spent evading Illvarta and her henchmen who are intent on recapturing them, more out of pride than any idea of profit.
- Deadlands example: In the Devil's Canyon adventure, the posse wakes up alone in a cabin in the back country, with no memory of how they got there. Doesn't seem like much of an example, until most of the way through the adventure. Turns out they're all dead. Their "dark half" was in control when they were captured, explaining the amnesia...and how this example fits being held against your will.
- Goblin Hollow, at the beginning of the D&D game storyline:
"You All Meet in An Inn -"
- Last Res0rt—it's about a bunch of criminals (and a few volunteers) on a reality show. Of course it's held in a prison!
- Jail Break starts off this way, not surprisingly. Problem Sleuth does, too, though it's not obvious at first.
- 1213, a freeware platformer by Zero Punctuation creator Ben Croshaw, opens with an amnesiac character being allowed to escape his cell.
- Arx Fatalis starts the player off in a cell in a goblin fortress with no knowledge of who you are or why you're there.
- In Baldur's Gate 2, finding out why you were imprisoned and experimented upon by the Big Bad is actually a major part of the plot.
- Most The Elder Scrolls games start off with this. As the protagonist is always an Featureless Protagonist (or rather Choose Your Own Age, Face, Gender, etc) whose actions and personality are entirely up to you and with the Elder Scroll games being so open-ended, your character's origins have to be open-ended, too. Your character might be a thieving murdering bastard who got caught, or they might be a paragon of righteousness who was wrongfully imprisoned, or they might not even know themselves.
- In The Elder Scrolls: Arena, your character is in prison because you had incurred the displeasure of the Big Bad.
- In The Elder Scrolls II: Daggerfall, your character suffered a shipwreck and found him/herself washed up in a cave that connected to a dungeon. Not technically a prisoner, but it amounts to the same thing.
- In The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind you start as a prisoner aboard an imperial ship, you are about to be released. The first spoken words in the game are the daedra Azura speaking to you in a dream, saying: "They have taken you from the Imperial City's prison".
- In The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion, you're just someone who apparently nobody recognizes in a prison cell for no reason ever revealed. It's implied you were teleported there by a god. Lampshaded when one of your first dialogue options is, effectively, "Why am I in prison?" (implying that not even the character knows how he/she got there), to which the response can best be paraphrased as "Who knows? Maybe it was the work of the Gods?"
- To the surprise of none, you begin your adventures in The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim as a prisoner... and you're on your way to be executed after being mistaken for a rebel. But don't worry about that, as you get saved by the big bad trying to kill you.
- Escape from Monkey Island began with Guybrush tied up to the mast of his own ship, while Elaine and the others repelled a pirate attack.
- Fallout 3: Escaping the previous idea of striking out from your Doomed Hometown, Black Isle's canceled game was going to start out with you held in a prison cell.
- The expansion Mothership Zeta starts off like this, and you have to team up with various other abductees who otherwise have nothing in common with you, or each other. One doesn't even speak the same language as the rest of you.
- In the original Fallout 3 (Van Buren) you started off as something tore a hole in wall of your cell.
- The original tutorial for City of Villains started with the player's character being freed from a Cardboard Prison by a Big Bad's Faceless Goons. It's long since been replaced with a unified hero/villain tutorial scenario, but if you still want to play it, it's available through the Oroborous flashback system.
- Rayman 2: The Great Escape begins with Globox freeing Rayman from a prison cell.
- Seiken Densetsu 3. You get your final party member while in a cell in Castle City Jad unless you chose Carlie to be third (in which case the fourth would-be party member will act as an NPC). Different in that you've already played long enough to beat the first boss before you end up in a cell.
- Interestingly, this trope gets mixed with You All Meet in An Inn within the same town, as every playable character except Carlie appears in that town for their own reasons at the start of the game, just in time for the beastmen to put the whole city on lockdown.
- Unreal begins with the player's character regaining consciousness after the ship, which was transporting him/her to a prison planet, crashes on Na Pali, killing (almost) every other passenger and conveniently enabling the player's escape.
- Exile/Avernum begins with the group being thrown into a gigantic underground prison complex together. In later games, the group apparently got together deliberately.
- You meet everyone in prison. The entire game takes place in that gigantic underground prison complex. Your party, however, was thrown in at the same time, although not necessarily because they were arrested at the same time, in the same place, or for the same reasons.
- In the second game, the PCs are part of the Avernite armed forces - whether they banded up themselves, or were assigned to each other by the military is left to imagination. In the third game, the situation is similar - only this time, they're the back-up surface explorers acting on behalf of the Avernite government.
- Legerdemain. You start the game in "The Jails of the Doobah Boogadah II", and the beginning of the game involves breaking out.
- In SaGa Frontier, Emelia begins her story in Despair, a supermax prison, wrongfully accused of her fiance's murder. She breaks out accompanied by Anne and Lisa. (Ironically, in anyone else's story, Anne would help you break into Despair during the Rune Quest.)
- Early on in Tales of Vesperia the main character, Yuri, is placed in the Imperial City's prison. The person in the cell next to him is a man named Raven, later revealed to be Schwann, a captain of the Imperial Knights. He helps Yuri escape, and several hours of gameplay later he becomes your last party member.
- Riven's gameplay begins with the player witnessing a struggle from withing a prison cell, after which the cell is opened.
- Practically the plot of the first Riddick game, starting off with our man in restraints being transferred to the game's titular prison planet in a drop shuttle. 'Course, he meets a lot of people, but none of them really stay alive, and guess how long he stays in the cell?...
- The Suffering opens with the main character being checked into his cell on death row at Abbot Penitentiary. Then an earthquake hits, and hideous monsters emerge from the woodwork and start killing people.
- The eponymous protagonist of the Sonny games wakes up aboard a research vessel out in the middle of nowhere with no memory of what happened prior to that point in time. Escaping the research ship is the first zone of the first game. The second game somewhat inverts this by having the player character and his partner break into a prison after a biker steals a cassette tape from the pair and enter the prison to escape them.
- Dark Souls has you start off locked away in the Northern Undead Asylum, where Undead such as yourself are locked away from the world, until a mysterious knight drops a corpse with a key on it into your cell.
- The whole point of the Action RPG Grimrock. Your four characters are literally tossed into the eponymous dungeon for unspecified crimes. If you can get out of the dungeon (in both meanings of the word) you are free to go. Too bad no one has done so yet...
- Ruby Quest starts with the protagonist waking up in a box in a mysterious facility, where she shortly meets Tom, who is in a cell.
- A Game of Gods starts off with the heroes trapped in a hotel.
- In Animaniacs, Rita and Runt first meet in the city pound.

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One of the architects of the Golden State Warriors’ fading dynasty will be around to see things through as the team relocates to San Francisco.
According to Marc Stein of The NY Times, Golden State has agreed to a multi-year extension with general manager Bob Myers.
A former player agent, Myers joined the Warriors’ organization back in 2011 as an assistant general manager. He was promoted to general manager after just a year.
Myers is responsible for building a Warriors squad that has earned five consecutive NBA Finals appearances and three championships.
The front office head has been named NBA’s Executive of the Year twice during his stint with the Warriors.
Myers has a huge few days in front of him with injured stars Kevin Durant and Klay Thompson set to hit free agency. At the very least, the Warriors have some more continuity within the front office.

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An evening of harmony. The mesmerising tunes of Adele, Amy Winehouse and other timeless hits. Featuring Hema on Lead Vocals, Piano & Guitar, Ferdie on Lead Guitar, Rhythm, Piano and Harmonies, Anup on Lead Guitar, Arko Das on Drums with Deeksha providing backing vocals.
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GOGN501. SITE INVESTIGATION AND CHARACTERIZATION. 3.0 Semester Hrs.
An applications oriented course covering: geological data collection, geophysical methods for site investigation; hydrological data collection; materials properties determination; and various engineering classification systems. Presentation of data in a format suitable for subsequent engineering design will be emphasized. Prerequisite: Introductory courses in geology, rock mechanics, and soil mechanics. 3 hours lecture; 3 semester hours.
GOGN502. SOLID MECHANICS APPLIED TO ROCKS. 3.0 Semester Hrs.
An introduction to the deformation and failure of rocks and rock masses and to the flow of groundwater. Principles of displacement, strain and stress, together with the equations of equilibrium are discussed. Elastic and plastic constitutive laws, with and without time dependence, are introduced. Concepts of strain hardening and softening are summarized. Energy principles, energy changes caused by underground excavations, stable and unstable equilibria are defined. Failure criteria for intact rock and rock masses are explained. Principles of numerical techniques are discussed and illustrated. Basic laws and modeling of groundwater flows are introduced. Prerequisite: Introductory Rock Mechanics. 3 hours lecture; 3 semester hours.
GOGN503. CHARACTERIZATION AND MODELING LABORATORY. 3.0 Semester Hrs.
An applications oriented course covering: Advanced rock testing procedures; dynamic rock properties determination; on-site measurements; and various rock mass modeling approaches. Presentation of data in a format suitable for subsequent engineering design will be emphasized. Prerequisite: Introductory courses in geology, rock mechanics, and soil mechanics. 3 hours lecture; 3 semester hours.
GOGN504. SURFACE STRUCTURES IN EARTH MATERIALS. 3.0 Semester Hrs.
Principles involved in the design and construction of surface structures involving earth materials. Slopes and cuts. Retaining walls. Tailing dams. Leach dumps. Foundations. Piles and piers. Extensive use of case examples. Prerequisites: GOGN501, GOGN502, GOGN503. 3 hours lecture; 3 semester hours.
GOGN505. UNDERGROUND EXCAVATION IN ROCK. 3.0 Semester Hrs.
Components of stress, stress distributions, underground excavation failure mechanisms, optimum orientation and shape of excavations, excavation stability, excavation support design, ground treatment and rock pre-reinforcement, drill and blast excavations, mechanical excavation, material haulage, ventilation and power supply, labor requirements and training, scheduling and costing of underground excavations, and case histories. Prerequisites: GOGN501, GOGN502, GOGN503. 3 hours lecture; 3 semester hours.
GOGN625. GEO-ENGINEERING SEMINAR. 1.0 Semester Hr.
Discussions presented by graduate students, staff, and visiting lectures on research and development topics of general interest. Required of all graduate students in Geo-Engineering every semester, during residence. Prerequisite: Enrollment in Geo-Engineering Program. 1 semester hour upon completion of thesis or residence.


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The oil pump can be changed without pulling the engine.
The impressive looking thing is the balance shaft assembly. These counter-rotating shafts balance out the inherent vibration of the engine. You can remove it, as long as you do not disrupt the gear placements relationship to each other. The balance assembly is set to a specific point.
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Your vehicle timing chain jumped a sprocket
spinning a bearing means that the bearing does not get enough oil between it and, it's rod; causing the "babbet" a soft slippery metal lining the bearing; to heat up and, weld it's self to the crankshaft or. piston rod
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Talk to an engine rebuild shop near you. They should be able to save your crank if it's not broken, and get you a set of bearings and piston or anything else you need. They'll be in the Yellow pages.
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mate u have to get ur crank shaft polished.very soon it will knock as soon as u start.dont start too much otherwise u have to change ur crankshaft.service every 5oookms and good expensive oil please
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The knocking noise has to be a deep knocking noise if its the crank bearings . If the oil is very gooey the oil was never changed properly at the mileage or months as required. Also if the oil is thick as you state it must have 15,000 miles or more on this oil. 10,000 miles the oil will still be thin if never overheated. I suggest this engine be completely disassembled and inspected if you plan to keep it. You will find wear to more to it especially the cam shaft, lifters, rocker arm as so on. for the oil never lubricated the engine enough to save this engine
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Keynote speaker: Michael Fehlings, University of Toronto: Repair and Regeneration of the Injured Spinal Cord: From Molecule to Man
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Dr. Fehlings received his MD from the University of Toronto in 1983. Following a surgical internship at Queen’s University in 1983-84, Dr. Fehlings entered the University of Toronto Neurosurgical Training Program in 1984. During his residency, Dr. Fehlings worked towards and received his Ph.D. in 1989 in the Institute of Medical Sciences for his work on experimental spinal cord injury. Dr. Fehlings became a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada in 1990 and a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons in 2006. In 1991, he undertook a post-doctoral research fellowship at NYU Medical Center under Dr. Wise Young. This was followed by a clinical spine fellowship under Dr. P. Cooper at NYU. Dr. Fehlings joined the Neurosurgical Staff at the Toronto Western Hospital in 1992. He is currently a Professor of Neurosurgery and Vice Chair Research in the Department of Surgery, full member of the Institute of Medical Sciences School of Graduate Studies, a Scholar in the McLaughlin Centre of Molecular Medicine, a Scientist in the McEwen Centre for Regenerative Medicine, a Senior Scientist at the Krembil Research Institute, Co-Director of the University of Toronto Spine Program, Head of the Spinal Program at the Toronto Western Hospital, and Gerry and Tootsie Halbert Chair in Neural Repair and Regeneration. Previously, he was the Director of the University of Toronto Neuroscience Program and Medical Director of the Krembil Neuroscience Centre at the University Health Network. His main clinical interests are in spinal neurosurgery, and his research focus is in molecular mechanisms underlying spinal cord injury.

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I recently moved into a house and heard a dripping noise coming from the airing cupboard. Worked out that a pressure relief valve was letting water through and had a plumber come out to look. He said the expansion tank and relief valve we'd to be replaced, the only snag is that having taken photos of the parts and gone away, he's been unable to source the valve because of the fitting it has, which appears to be a bayonet or similar. I'm going to contact the builders of the house to see if they can help out, but can anyone identify this part or tell me the name of that kind of connection? Haven't had any luck searching so far but I know little about plumbing yet.
The got water tank is an Ideal Thermstore and Ideal have similar looking 1.5bar valves, but all the ones I've seen have threads for both connections.
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As new technologies continuously wash floods of information over individuals via both personal devices and public ICT systems, it's becoming increasingly difficult for individuals to allocate their attention to the right things at the right times. Given this overabundance of information, attention management is of great interest to the pervasive computing community. The articles in this issue focus on understanding how attention is allocated and how information is perceived and shared so it can lead to informed decisions and behavioral change. Read article »
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Chinese leader Xi Jinping has promised Pakistani leaders he will continue to help his government stabilize Pakistan’s financial situation and inject “new impetus” into the strategic partnership.
President Xi Jinping made the remarks during a meeting with Pakistani Prime Minister Shebaz Sharif during his visit on November 2. Joint statement Commit to expanding socio-economic cooperation.
President Xi Jinping urged the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) to move forward and become a “model of high-quality Belt and Road cooperation.” statement Issued by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of China.
Prime Minister Mohammed Shabaz Sharif met with Chinese President Xi Jinping. The two leaders discussed, in particular, mutual cooperation in all areas of bilateral relations. #CPEC We agreed to implement the project and further strengthen our strategic partnership.#PMShehbazinChina pic.twitter.com/NdKp6nmkXW
— Prime Minister’s Office (@PakPMO) November 2, 2022
The two sides agreed to accelerate the construction of the Gwadar port in Balochistan, Pakistan, and the development of Pakistan’s Main Line 1 (ML-1) project and the Karachi Circular Railway project.
“China hopes that by working with Pakistani partners to advance industrial cooperation, we can support provinces with strong industries and provide a healthy business environment for the Pakistani side,” Xi said.
Sharif said Pakistan was ready to cooperate with China, saying, “The world cannot operate without China and China’s development cannot be isolated or contained by any force.”
The $60 billion CPEC is part of the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI, also known as “Belt and Road”) launched by President Xi Jinping in 2013. A trap for a small country”.
China proposes financial bailout
Pakistan’s Finance Minister Ishak Dar said after the summit that China had agreed to increase more than $4 billion in sovereign loans, $3.3 billion in commercial bank loans and about $1.45 billion in currency swaps. .
Dar also said Pakistan will receive $4.2 billion from Saudi Arabia, including a $3 billion financial package and $1.2 billion in stationary oil facilities, ARY News report.
“China and Saudi Arabia assured the Pakistani delegation during their recent visit that they would handle Islamabad’s financial demands until June 2023,” he told reporters on Nov. 5.
China’s foreign ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian commented on Dal’s allegations. said China supports Pakistan’s efforts to achieve financial stability “within our capabilities” and will continue to do so.
Pakistan’s external debt is Over $130 billion, of which $30 billion owes China. Pakistan has asked China to roll over her $6.3bn debt maturing within the next eight months, The Indian Express report.
The country was hit by unprecedented flooding last month due to heavier-than-usual rains from the monsoon that started in June. More than 30 million people were affected and crops and bridges were destroyed.
during an interview with financial times On October 19, Sharif said Pakistan needed “huge amounts of money” to rebuild flood-damaged infrastructure and his country wanted “additional funds” rather than debt rescheduling. said.
“There is a gap between what we ask for and what we receive, and a very serious gap is widening every day,” he told the press.

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Acclaimed journalist Charles Glass looks to the American expatriate experience of Nazi-occupied Paris to reveal a fascinating forgotten history of the greatest generation.
In Americans in Paris, tales of adventure, intrigue, passion, deceit, and survival unfold season by season as renowned journalist Charles Glass tells the story of a remarkable cast of expatriates and their struggles in Nazi Paris.
Before the Second World War began, approximately 30,000 Americans lived in Paris, and when war broke out in 1939, almost 5,000 remained. As citizens of a neutral nation, the Americans in Paris believed they had little to fear. They were wrong. Glass’ discovery of letters, diaries, war documents, and police files reveals as never before how Americans were trapped in a web of intrigue, collaboration, and courage.
Artists, writers, scientists, playboys, musicians, cultural mandarins, and ordinary businessmen—all were swept up in extraordinary circumstances and tested as few Americans before or since. These stories come together to create a unique portrait of an eccentric, original, and diverse American community.
Charles Glass has written an exciting, fast-paced, and elegant account of the moral contradictions faced by Americans in Paris during France’s dangerous occupation years. For four hard years, from the summer of 1940 until U.S. troops liberated Paris in August 1944, Americans were intimately caught up in the city’s fate. Americans in Paris is an unforgettable tale of treachery by some, cowardice by others, and unparalleled bravery by a few.
“A vivid gallery of expatriates animates this chronicle of Paris during the Second World War. Drawing heavily on primary source material, Glass narrates the Nazi Occupation year by year, unfolding stories of resilience and despair.... By focusing with exhaustive thoroughness on a relatively small group, Glass is able to capture the complex stories of ‘as diverse a collection of opposed beliefs and backgrounds as in any American metropolis.” (The New Yorker)
“Once upon a time, historians told stories about the brave and the cowardly, about heroes, villains, and the many whose lives lay somewhere in between. That’s what Glass…has done in this extraordinary narrative…This is outstanding popular history, well researched and told and never oversimplified. It’s difficult to conceive of anyone who wouldn’t enjoy this exceptional book.” (Library Journal)
“A fascinating treat.” (Telegraph, London)
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Sydney Convicts, History & The Rocks 2.5-Hour Walking Tour
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- Duration: 2.5 hours
Tour guide was an amazing storyteller. She did a fantastic job and kept us interested, in shaded areas while stopped (a nice bonus), and ended the tour with pleasant conversation and drinks. We never would’ve gotten to know the history and significance of the monuments and easily-missed sights in the Rocks. Thank you!!!
This is a great tour. April has great stories and is very enthusiastic. You can’t help but become enthusiastic as well. With the stories, I kept thinking “someone should make a movie about that”. On top of it, it rained the whole time and we still had a great time.
Anyone can get a lot out of this tour. It was great to find out how rich Australia's history really is. Max was nice and really enthusiastic. It was easy to see how passionate he is about history. It made the experience that much enjoyable. Definitely recommend.
Great tour with some excellent insights to our convict past. Max our tour guide was excellent! Ended the tour with a nice coldie at the Argyle. Thank you can’t wait to do my next tour$
The experience was great, Max is an excellent guide. Please GETYOURGUIDE remember the coeliac (celiac) people when you offer included drinks an food in some of your tours.

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Bobby Cannavale has joined Showtime’s dark comedy series Nurse Jackie. He will appear in all 10 episodes of the show’s upcoming fourth season playing a formidable hospital administrator sent by the new conglomerate that buys the financially beleaguered All Saint’s Hospital to improve efficiency and profitability, but his arrival is sure to shake things up. Production on Season 4 begins in September in New York for a 2012 premiere. Cannavale won an Emmy for his guest-starring turn as Will’s boyfriend on NBC’s Will & Grace.
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Political prediction markets predict VP choices
Political prediction markets are playing a greater role in gauging public opinion and political news by forming likelihoods of certain political events happening. These markets have become quite popular in this 2016 presidential election. Sites like Pivit and PredictIt.org staged markets for the vice presidential choices of Republican nominee Donald Trump and Democratic Nominee Hillary Clinton with remarkable accuracy.
Pivit’s prediction market for the Democratic VP nominee initially had Elizabeth Warren as the most likely to receive the nod. She reached a peak of 43% on Sunday, June 19. The chair of the congressional oversight panel was seen as the likely choice to be chosen as vice president, as she strongly denounced Trump and supported Hillary Clinton in recent months. As someone who famously confronted Wall Street interests throughout her career, Warren would have appealed to Bernie Sanders’ supporters, some of whom recently expressed dissent on the floor of the Democratic National Convention. Pivit’s chart shows Virginia Senator Tim Kaine overtaking Warren on June 22 and maintaining a lead over Senator Warren until the official announcement on July 22. The other candidates up for vetting remained consistently lower on the prediction market. United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Julian Castro remained at a 15% chance for part of the market before falling in late June. New Jersey senator Corey Booker, and US Secretary of Labor Tom Perez remained at very low levels for the duration of the market.
Pivit’s market reflects the changing political insight and knowledge into who Hillary Clinton was more likely to choose. Clinton’s top two choices quickly became clear; it was either going to be an all female ticket, the first in American history, or Clinton would opt for the stable and reputable political choice in Tim Kaine. Ultimately choosing the latter, Hillary’s choice could prove pivotal is winning over the Latino vote and appealing to disaffected republicans.
PredicIt.org had its own prediction market for the democratic VP choice between Senator Kaine, New York mayor Bill de Blasio, former Rhode Island governor Lincoln Chafee, and former governor of Maryland Martin O Malley. In this prediction market, Tim Kaine began the market at a share price of 20 cents with his competitors as about 1 cent each. This market accurately predicted Kaine would be the vice presidential nominee.
On the Republican side, Predictit had a prediction market which included Mike Pence, and three of Donald Trump’s primary election opponents: Senator Marco Rubio, governor of Wisconsin Scott Walker, and Ohio governor John Kasich. Donald Trump delivered public statements about how he was reducing the pool of who he was vetting, even giving numerical figures on how small the pool was. In this market, Kasich had the highest share price and percent chance at around 6% before late June, when Mike Pence had emerged as a clear favorite for the spot. Predictwise.com had a political prediction market as well, which focused on Newt Gingrich and Mike Pence. Former House Speaker Gingrich had the highest probability in this market until June 27, before Mike Pence overtook him and the percent likelihood for his vp chances dramatically went up.
Much like Hillary Clinton’s choice, Mike Pence is a competent politician with a clean record. The prediction markets were able to capture the indicating factors (ex. meetings between nominees and potential VP choices) and narrow the likelihood to the current VP choices. Prediction markets like those at Pivit and Predictit will continue to reflect the dynamic elements at play in the presidential process, and have shown the turns that defined the process the VP selection process.


text: Keep your bedside organized with the Rikke nightstand. Constructed from solid particle board, the Rikke showcases a two-tone grey and walnut brown finish for a cool, contemporary feel. One spacious drawer and one shelf provide room to store bedside essentials. Functional and stylish, the Rikke features metal drawer glides for smooth movement, as well as a long, vertical PVC handle for sleek appeal. Pair this stylish nightstand with the other bedroom pieces in the Rikke collection to complete the look. The Rikke nightstand is made in Malaysia and requires assembly.

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The facelifted Ford Kuga rival is now on sale, with prices starting from £27,160 for the petrol-powered car, £29,110 for the diesel and £37,530 for the PHEV. The new 3008 is available in three. ENHANCED EXPERIENCE. With the PEUGEOT top-of-the-range ergonomic driving position upgraded i-Cockpit®, the driving experience on board the PEUGEOT 3008 SUV becomes simple and intuitive. Equipped with a compact multifunction steering wheel, a 8" HD touchscreen, elegant chrome Toggle Switches and a head-up digital display panel, it offers.
Winner of over 65 International awards, including Carbuyer's Best Medium SUV 2019 and AutoTrader's 2019 'New Car Of The Year' the sleek PEUGEOT 3008 SUV combines technology with elegance to display strength and character. Enter a technological world and enjoy an amplified driving experience. 25 judges from 20 different countries. The 3008 follows the smaller 2008 in getting a bold new design featuring a massive front grille and LED headlights and tail-lights, plus there's a wider vari.
Peugeot's largest car offering is this 508, which is about the size of an Audi A4. We love its distinctive styling, and there's a plug-in-hybrid version that would fit in nicely with PSA's goal to.
2008. Discover the new PEUGEOT 2008, the compact and versatile SUV with an exhilarating design, offering the ultimate driving experience, the innovative PEUGEOT 3D i-Cockpit®, top-of-the-range technology and a choice of high-performance and efficient engines, both combustion and electric. TAKE A LOOK.
The sportier Peugeot SUV will share the underpinning and drivetrains with the 3008 and the same should be with the in-cab design. The model should offer a range of powertrain options including diesel and plug-in hybrid variants.. From the styling perspective, the new 2021 Peugeot 4008 SUV will build on the styling of the 3008 and 5008 models.
Focused on efficient technology, the PureTech petrol and BlueHDi diesel engines in PEUGEOT's SUVs offer low CO2 emissions. The PEUGEOT SUV range provides high performance and efficient fuel consumption. The automatic EAT6 and EAT8 6 and 8-speed automatic transmissions combine driving pleasure.
The 2021 Porsche Cayenne is an SUV by design but a sports car by nature. This largest of Porsches provides a diverse range of powertrains that include a pair of proficient V-6s, a modern plug-in.
Peugeot has revised the 3008 and 5008 SUVs for 2022, including a minor design refresh and revised equipment lists, similar to the update recently announced f.
French carmaker, Peugeot, has released pricing and some specification details for the new 2008 compact SUV ahead of its local launch in early February 2021. Taking design notes from the larger Peugeot 3008 SUV and the compact Peugeot 208 hatchback, this is the new 2008 compact SUV. It's a striking vehicle, both inside and out. A total
Prices include VAT. Peugeot 208 Active - R289 900. Peugeot 208 Allure MT - R349 900. Peugeot 208 Allure AT - R379 900. Peugeot 208 GT - R424 900. The Peugeot 208 is sold with Peugeot's 5-year/100 000km warranty and a 5-year/100 000 km service plan. Buy a Peugeot 208 on Cars.co.za.
Sedans, Hatchbacks, SUVs, Shuttle Minibus, and ComMiddle Eastrcial cars on the official Middle East website. Book a test drive to discover features & options. COVID-19 UPDATE READ MORE. Find peugeot dealer;. NEW SUV PEUGEOT 3008 PEUGEOT SUV 3008 HYBRID4 NEW SUV PEUGEOT 5008. LCV NEW PEUGEOT RIFTER New Peugeot Partner.
SUVs, or Sport Utility Vehicles, are raised cars with the appearance of an all-terrain vehicle but are not intended to overcome off-road obstacles. Generally, SUVs offer a capacity of between 5 and 7 seats. The use of SUVs is therefore rather family-oriented. Peugeot SUVs offer great comfort and numerous driving assistance technologies.
AN IMPOSING PRESENCE. Imposing and distinctive, the front of the PEUGEOT 2008 SUV features a recessed windscreen highlighting its lean and athletic shape. Its horizontal bonnet features a wide chrome-finished grille, outlined by the emblematic triple claw light signature and Full LED headlights that finish off its modern, feline aura.
Peugeot 5008. £27,690 - £40,730. Peugeot's largest SUV is a proper seven-seater with mega practicality, and post-facelift it looks far more stylish too. Read review See prices and specs. 8 10.
a zvolte pohon svého SUV PEUGEOT 3008. Rozhodněte se pro benzinový či dieselový motor nebo plug-in hybridní pohon s dojezdem v plně elektrickém režimu až 59 km Uvedené hodnoty spotřeby paliva, emisí CO₂ a dojezdu jsou měřeny metodou WLTP (nařízení EU 2017/948). Od 1. září 2018 jsou všechna nová vozidla homologovaná.
ENHANCED EXPERIENCE. Onboard the New Peugeot 3008 SUV, your driving experiences are upgraded with the signature Peugeot i-Cockpit®. Simple yet intuitive, the i-Cockpit® is equipped with a compact multifunction steering wheel, a 10" HD touchscreen with elegant chrome toggle switches, and a digital head-up display panel to enhance comfort and.
BATERIE DE ÎNALTĂ CAPACITATE. SUV-ul electric compact PEUGEOT e-2008 beneficiază de o baterie de înaltă tensiune cu o capacitate de 50kWh, instalată ingenios pentru a economisi spațiu în compartimentul pasagerilor și în portbagaj. Autonomia poate ajunge până la 345 km conform protocolului WLTP, cu emisii zero de CO2 pe șosea.
Az új PEUGEOT 3008 SUV elérhető HYBRID4 (300 LE, 4x4 meghajtás) és HYBRID (225 LE, kétkerékhajtás) változatban is, e-EAT8 automata váltóval. Ezek az alábbi motorok társításával jön létre: Egy 147 kW/200 LE PureTech benzinmotor a HYBRID4 és egy 132 kW/180 LE PureTech motor a HYBRID esetén.
THE PLUG-IN HYBRID. For more powerful sensations, the new PEUGEOT 3008 SUV is available in a Plug-in Hybrid4 300 e-EAT8 AWD version. It combines: A 147 kW/200 hp PureTech petrol engine. An 81 kW electric engine at the front and a second 83 kW engine at the rear.
PEUGEOT 3008 SUV GT. FROM: R739 900 incl. VAT. ACTIVE. ALLURE. GT. Visual for illustration purposes only. Options and specifications may vary between models and country availability. For the most up to date information, please contact your nearest Peugeot Dealer.
Published Jan 3, 2020. Peugeot has taken the time to reframe their mission and rebrand their vehicles to re-enter the American market. via: Google. French automobile maker, Peugeot, will make a reappearance in American markets with its midsize SUV, the 2020 Peugeot 3008, sooner than expected. After much market research to prepare for the launch.
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Andy Clarke has been promoted to the post of chief executive officer of Wal-Mart owned UK supermarket group Asda.
Clarke, currently Asda’s chief operating officer, replaces former-CEO Andy Bond who announced last month that he would scale back his involvement at Asda and take on the part-time role of chairman of the executive board.
Both appointments will take immediate effect.
In a statement released today (11 May), US parent Wal-Mart said Clarke will lead the supermarket’s efforts to become “an even better food retailer, a broader non-food retailer and a leader in e-commerce”.
Last month, Asda indicated that it intends to drive growth by consolidating its position as the country’s number two food retailer behind Tesco and becoming the UK’s largest non-food retailer over the next five years.


Preventing the spread of aquatic invasive species (AIS) is a priority for many ecologists and natural resource managers. Because some boaters pose greater risk to spreading AIS, targeted outreach to them may be strategic. This study used data from a Wisconsin boater survey and examined whether boaters who differ in transience level, a proxy for risk, differed in terms of compliance with AIS prevention behaviors and other factors that could inform policy and targeted outreach. Segmenting based on transience yielded differences in terms of behavior, knowledge and communication habits. The results indicate that outreach may need to clarify behaviors related to live bait. Partnerships with lake associations and interpersonal communication may help improve compliance and clarify bait disposal behaviors, as it was found that highly transient boaters discuss AIS more with family and friends, and they hear more about AIS from lake associations. Differences in the three groups confirm their distinctness, suggesting that representatives from each category should be included in public management discussions when inclusivity is desired.
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Witzling, L., Shaw, B. & Seiler, D. Segmenting boaters based on level of transience: outreach and policy implications for the prevention of aquatic invasive species. Biol Invasions 18, 3635–3646 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10530-016-1254-7
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95 year old Tony Liskutin has been reunited with the spitfire he flew in the Battle of Britain.
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Nyesom Wike, Rivers state governor, has warned kidnappers and cultists to leave the state or risk death sentence.
The warning is coming on the heels of the amendment of the state anti-kidnapping law prescribing death sentence for criminals involved in cultism, robbery and kidnapping.
The governor said this on Tuesday in Port Harcourt in a statewide broadcast on the killing of Johnson Igwedibia(Don Waney), a notorious cult kingpin who had been terrorising innocent citizens in Rivers.
He warned that the state government has zero tolerance for crime and criminal activities, adding that his administration will continue to adopt measures to protect lives and property in the state.
“We reiterate our zero tolerance for all forms of criminality and reassure all residents of our determination to be tough on those who choose to violate our criminal laws and undermine peace and security in the state,” he said.
“To underscore the seriousness we attach to the fight against violent crime, we shall be amending the anti-kidnapping law to prescribe the maximum sentence for engaging in cultism, robbery and kidnapping.”
He lamented that the amnesty programme of the state government, which enthroned peace and was largely successful, had been compromised.
“Our decision to offer amnesty to all repentant cultists, militants and criminals was done in good faith and in the best interest of the state,” he said.
“Regrettably, while the programme was on course, some opposition leaders in our state, unhappy with the successes recorded, dissuaded some armed militants and cultists from sincerely embracing the amnesty.
“This is the reason why we must thank the President for doing things differently and with the support of all, a different result has been achieved.”
Wike said the security challenges in Omoku started before the current administration took over office.
“For years the security situation in Omoku in particular, and Ogba/Egbema/Ndoni Local Government Area in general, have been most challenging because of the criminal activities of Don Wanny and his gang,” he said.
“We therefore wholeheartedly thank President Muhammadu Buhari for rising to the occasion and not politicking with the issue of security.
“We also commend the security agencies, particularly, the Nigerian Army and the Department of State Security, for swiftly rising to the challenge in the most professional manner.
“There is no doubt that this heroic success has proven what is possible when our security agencies are willing to discharge their constitutional duties with unadulterated commitment and professionalism.”
He said the decision of the state government on the amnesty offer was clear, adding that “those who genuinely embraced it were bound to fully, completely and perpetually renounce all forms of criminality to enjoy the terms of the amnesty or face the full weight of the law when they deviated from the programme.
“Consequently, based on reliable information by the security agencies, I hereby direct them to immediately arrest and prosecute the under-mentioned persons who have either reneged on the terms of the amnesty and or refused to embrace same by continuing with cultism, kidnapping and armed robbery in the state.”
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'05 Apogee Sport-Rear Shock Tuning Question
I'm a newbie to FS bikes and am looking for some feedback from anyone familiar with the Vector Focus Air shock on the '05 Apogee Sport. I just recently got two of them (one for me and one for my wife) and am just now getting to set them up. My wife's is dialed in pretty well straight out of the box, but I'm having a bit of a time with one of the adjustments on the shock.
After a short conversation earlier today with someone from Ibex, I was all set to follow their instructions on setting the negative and positive pressures on the Vector Focus Air rear shock. Setting the negative air adjustment (furthest from the lockout switch) is quite easy since the valve is easily accessible without any problems. The positive air adjustment (closest to the lockout switch) is quite a different story!!!
The valve for the positive air adjustment is partially tucked behind one of the right side pieces in the 4-link system making it impossible to attach the shock pump to the valve. It helps a bit when I sit on the bike, creating a bit more space, but it's still not enough room to fit the pump head over the shock's positive air valve stem.
I'm sure I must be doing something wrong but I can't figure out any way of getting into it without dissembling part of the 4-link system (which doesn't seem right!!!).
Can anyone help? Any info you might have would be greatly appreciated since I'm itching to take it out on a ride now that the Minnesota weather has returned to (slightly) above-freezing temperatures! I also plan on talking to Jack once he returns on Monday, just thought others might be able to get me some info before then.
Thanks in advance,
Adventures from NewbieLand!
Okay everybody, I'm replying to my own post...hope this doesn't rub anyone the wrong way...
After several more hours of searching the web, other MTBR forum threads, and many other Ibex forum threads (under titles that had little connection to suspension issues!!!), I came across passing mention of having to dissemble a bolt to tune a shock on a few other non-Ibex bikes.
Eureka!!! Hit the jackpot at last! Once I had the assurance of knowing that this is what is required on some (very few) other shocks, it was pretty much a piece of cake to do, even though I'm quite new to suspension on bikes. Although I'm still going to fidget a bit with it to dial in the exact positive and negative air pressure to achieve maximum "plushness", its already feeling like a dream compared to my old ride! (As a first-time Ibex owner, I'll soon be posting my initial impressions of the Apogee Sport here in the forum)
So, what are my thoughts about this whole experience with the shock and my initial thoughts about Ibex bikes? First, let me start this by saying that, despite this frustrating experience, so far I am still very glad that I took the Ibex plunge.
Second, I'm not sure if anyone else on this forum has had a similarly frustrating experience with this or a similar shock. But I suspect this is mostly b/c I'm a newbie to FS bikes and didn't know what I could and couldn't do with an air shock. Probably not even an issue with anyone that has had any familiarity with air shocks, but I didn't want to do something that could potentially damage the shock. I can certainly say now that my confidence level has bumped up a notch when it comes to maintaining my bike, something that I became complacent with on my old standard Trek/Shimano, etc. set up that I knew like the back of my hand after nearly 8 years!
Fourth, aside from a couple of annoyances I have with the (lack of) documentation on some of the components, the bikes already seem to be every bit as good as what I was hoping for and I suspect I will continue to be pleasantly surprised with just how good they are as we get used to them and get them broken in.
Fifth (and I really hope this is not taken as negative criticism, but rather constructive criticism), I think Ibex could do a much better job giving owners of bikes with the Vector Focus Air shocks a heads up about it's tuning and adjustment and general specs...especially for newby FSers like me that I assume is one of the target audiences for the Apogee Sport.
I realize it's a decent shock specially made for Ibex to keep the cost on the bike at a reasonable pricepoint (I did my homework on the shock before I purchased). But what surprised me was that despite two or three telephone calls with Jack before I purchased the bikes and a phone call with someone else at Ibex yesterday, nobody told me anything about needing to remove a bolt to properly set up and adjust the shock. There's not a single mention of the Vector Focus Air shock in any of the documentation either. In all cases, I made it pretty clear that I was a first time FS owner. Given what I know personally about Jack and Ibex's first rate customer service and the hundreds of other confirmations on this and other forums to that end, I was a bit surprised that they didn't mention anything about this to me...even when I called specifically to find out about setting up the shock.
So, I'm a big believer in not just crying about spilt milk and whining on and on about something without doing something constructive. My suggestion to Jack and Ibex, if it's even relevent anymore since I'm not sure if they're using this shock on any current or future models, is to simply put together a half-page insert describing the process of setting up this particular shock (including the need to dissemble a bolt to get to the positive air valve) and stick it in with the rest of the documentation. Situation solved, no need for hand wringing or any other extreme measures. Since Ibex has decided to not push for the manufacturer of the shock to put some documentation together, it would be very helpful to those of us that are purchasing FS bikes for the first time to have such an insert.
Lastly, lest anyone come away with the wrong picture...I am (and anticipate being for a long time to come) a believer in the Ibex product! Based on my first couple of rides on a combination of local roads and fire trail type conditions (only about 12 miles so far...trying my hardest to resist the trails nearby since their still real wet and too soft to ride without really ripping up) I am one happy hombre! I'm just a bit chapped about the somewhat stripped positive pressure valve stem I now have on my shock...but I suspect I'll get over it as the thrill of the summer rides sinks in and I bond with my new Apogee Sport!
Best to everyone, hope this post helps.
PS Sorry for the length, just had to get it off my chest...much cheaper than professional therapy!
That's great! What a great attitude! I love my Ibex as well. My only disappointment now is that I abused my knee on my last ski day of the season. Oh, well. When I'm able, my Apogee LX will be waiting!
Enjoy your riding!


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Fire is one of the greatest killers in the home, and an extremely dangerous risk to your property. The most common cause of house fires is cooking appliances and cigarettes.
Simple common sense measures, and being aware when it comes to cooking and smoking can prevent this type of situation.
Home insurance policies should certainly cover for fire damage to the buildings and the content. As a property owner you should ensure that you have a plan in action should a fire start. Smoke alarms save lives, and every floor should have one.
If you change your property, be aware that you should consult your insurance company first to see whether the extension will be covered. Insurers may not cover the total value of any extensions, or refuse to cover them altogether.
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My question is, can we really blame all our teen emotions on something are dire as an age boundary?
MHFA is timeless, it will be valid for the rest of your life. It helps you grow as a person but you will also learn to be more empathic to your friends and family, and even yourself.
I wholeheartedly believe my mental illness does cause some problems in our relationships. But you know what, I think every marriage has problems because we all have ‘flaws’.
The important thing to remember is the choice you made together and the choices you will continue to make.
She was my first real crush and I never thought much if it. I loved her friendship and I adored her as a person, both inside and out. I thought about her all the time, I embraced the smiles she bestowed on me and I just felt all warm and fuzzy.
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The Four & Twenty Blackbirds Pie Book: Uncommon Recipes From The Celebrated Brooklyn Pie Shop (2013)
The Four & Twenty Blackbirds Pie Book...
About book: I love to bake and I love a really great story, so this cookbook was perfect for me. The layout of the instructions and the amount of detail these two women put into the book are astonishing. If you aren't a baker and would like to be, I would start with this book solely for the guides and resources it provides. The only reason I didn't give this book 5 stars is because these recipes are truly "unusual". There are maybe three recipes in there that I would actually consider making and the rest are just pretty to look at. Other than that the book is great. Granted, so far I have only made two pies from this book - the Rhubarb Pie on page 76 and the Strawberry Balsamic Pie on page 80 - but both of those were very well received by my family. Frankly, they were super delicious and looked great. Furthermore, I would like to make almost every single pie recipe in this book, and since I borrowed it from the library and the time has come to return it, I think I will buy this one rather than just copy a few recipes. Although some of the recipes are not for the absolute beginner, and some of the ingredients are not readily available in everyone's pantry I am recommending this book for all levels of pie bakers because the instructions are well written and illustrated. Well, my kids keep asking when I am baking the next pie ...
This cookbook offers recipes by season and great chapters on techniques and sourcing.
This is a good collection that serves best the experienced baker.
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