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The Comics Show - New Documentary
The writing and drawing of comic books in New Zealand is the subject of a documentary at this year’s Film Festival. The Comics Show will have two screenings at the Academy Cinema as part of the Auckland season – on Saturday 14 July at 1pm, and on Monday 16 July at 1pm. In the Wellington Festival, the film screens (by itself) on Wednesday 1st August at 12.15 and at 1.45 pm, in the NZ Film Archive theatre at 84 Taranaki St.
The Comics Show surveys the history of local comics (including Eric Resetar, the 1950s anti-comic panic, and the arrival of Strips) then focuses on a number of contemporary artists (including Barry Linton, Karl Wills, Chris Knox, Jared Lane, Robyn Kenealy, Coco and Pretika, Jason Brice, Tim Bollinger, Grace Campbell, and Cornelius Stone, among others). It visits comic shops (such as Cherry Bomb and Gotham), websites, events (such as Armageddon, Craftwork and the Eric Awards), and groups (such as Funtime in Christchurch). It looks at comics’ links with animation (such as Ant Sang and Bro’Town) and with music (from Flying Nun to hip hop). It also takes a trip with Dylan Horrocks to the comic shops of Paris, confirming that comics from New Zealand have a growing reputation in the land of la bande dessinée.


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Thailand’s planned digital wallet scheme, aimed at distributing 10,000 baht (approximately $274) to citizens aged 16 and above, is facing delays and increasing scrutiny from critics who are calling for an investigation by the country’s electoral commission. Originally reported by the Bangkok Post, Thailand’s Deputy Finance Minister, Julapun Amornvivat, announced a delay in the launch of the new digital wallet, which was initially scheduled for February 2024.
Thailand offers programs to help citizens with finances
The purpose of this digital wallet is to provide eligible citizens with a financial boost to stimulate the local economy. Amornvivat stated that the delay is intended to allow more time for the development of the system and to ensure the security of the digital grant wallet. Despite the postponement, the government maintains that the launch will still occur within the first quarter of 2024. Reports from Thailand indicate that the sub-committee responsible for the program is currently deliberating over the source of funds for the scheme.
The digital wallet initiative, proposed by the Pheu Thai Party, is estimated to cost 548 billion baht, equivalent to $15 billion. The government initially anticipated that the scheme would boost economic growth by 5% in the following year. Amornvivat also suggested that increased economic activity resulting from the scheme would generate additional tax revenue, which could help offset a portion of the program’s cost. One of the vocal skeptics of the project is former Thai senator Rosana Tositrakul. She has raised concerns about the digital handout, prompting her to request that the election commission investigate the legality of the proposed scheme.
Tositrakul’s skepticism primarily centers around the funding of the initiative. The Thai government is considering using its national budget to fund the digital wallet program. However, questions have arisen regarding the adequacy of funding and the possibility of raising debt to cover the costs of the initiative. These concerns have led Tositrakul to challenge the legality of the entire scheme. The digital wallet initiative in Thailand, which aims to distribute financial support to eligible citizens, is facing a delay in its planned launch. Originally scheduled for February 2024, the launch has been postponed to allow more time for system development and to ensure the security of the digital grant wallet.
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Over the next few weeks, PSE&G will be making repairs to its natural gas facilities on Haddonfield Road in Cherry Hill. Work is scheduled in two different locations.
Work is currently underway in the first area, on Haddonfield Road between Dudley Avenue and Princeton Avenue, and will take place from 7 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Monday through Saturday. No work will be done on Sunday. This phase is expected to take about a week to complete.
A second phase is scheduled on Haddonfield Road between Maple Avenue and Church Road. Timing will be dependent upon weather and other factors; more information will be posted when it becomes available.
PSE&G has inspected homes and businesses near the work site and deemed them to be safe, and personnel will continue to monitor the area to ensure the safety of all Cherry Hill residents.
Cherry Hill Police will be on-site to assist with traffic control. Additionally, the Police Department and the Township will work together to ensure that any updates are provided to residents as soon as possible.
Residents with questions or concerns may contact PSE&G at (856) 573-2015 during regular business hours.
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Artist Charles Ray will curate a show of Renaissance and Baroque bronze sculptures alongside his own works at the Hill Art Foundation this fall. “I’m interested in dialogues as a way to show the influence of work,” collector J. Tomilson Hill says. “I want to create these dialogues that use the art of today to look back but also use the art of the past to inform the art of today.”
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35 years ago, gallerist Lisa Spellman opened 303 Gallery, a space that would stand as a cornerstone of the New York art world over the coming decades, and which still stands as an icon of distinctive artistic practices, conceptual rigor, and a little bit of New York style. Now, with the gallery celebrating its three and a half-decade milestone, it has launched a publication and exhibition culling together works and perspectives from the length of its run as a gallery.
Currently on at David Kordansky’s Los Angeles exhibition space, Shadows and Silhouettes brings together a selection of sculptures and paintings by Betty Woodman, the artist’s first solo show in a gallery since her death. Meandering through the last years of the artist’s live, the show takes particular interest in the technical issues of constructing the work, and how these moments and movements in space can work in conjunction with the artist’s hand to complete the object. Read More »
Having first shown the late Allan Sekula’s nuanced and incisive photographic and conceptual work at its London Gallery this spring, Marian Goodman has once again tapped the artist’s archive for a wide-ranging exhibition of his works at its New York space this summer, compiling works from a range of different projects the artist has embraced over the years, and moving between film, performance and photography. Read More »
“What is the weird?” queries Karma in the exhibition text for its summer group show, which brings together the work of Henni Alftan, Matt Hilvers, Ruth Ige and Andrew Sim. Quoting from Mark Fisher, the show’s press release seems to trace a subtle line around the show as a whole: “When we say something is weird, what kind of feeling are we pointing to? I want to argue that the weird is a particular kind of perturbation. It involves a sensation of wrongness: a weird entity or object is so strange that it makes us feel that it should not exist, or at least it should not exist here.” Read More »
Mining a unique fusion between graphic design, painting and other tenuously associated aesthetic fields, artist Harland Miller’s work, on view this summer at White Cube’s Hong Kong location, lends itself to a striking and detailed interrogation of the language of design, and the design of language. Miller draws on a wide range of cultural references, including ’60s and ’70s graphic design and the bold, upbeat covers of post-war psychology books, yet set these graphical icons in conversation with the language of American painting, explicitly drawing links between the energetic abstraction of the era and the graphic design that seemed to bubble up alongside it.
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Exploring the convergence of varied aesthetic concepts and interesting overlaps between their artists respective practices, Paula Cooper Gallery’s summer show has opened, presenting a selection of sculptures and installations by Sam Durant, Liz Glynn, Walid Raad, Kelley Walker, and Meg Webster. Titled Non-Vicious Circle, the show draws its title and conceit from the 2014 mobile by Sam Durant on view. Read More »
New York – “Painters Reply: Experimental Painting in the 1970s and now” at Lisson Through August 9th, 2019August 7th, 2019
In September of 1975, Artforum published a special issue on painting. In addition to articles such as “Painting and the Struggle for the Whole Self” and “Painting and Anti-Painting: A Family Quarrel”—in which Max Kozloff said “brush wielders were afflicted by a creative halitosis”—were the responses to a questionnaire polling 21 painters on the state and prospects of the medium. Decried for a distinctly fatalist bias towards the medium, the issue seemed to present the painted canvas as an object moving towards artifact, an icon of the post-war era that was swiftly losing its potency. Read More »
Artist Alex Katz is still painting daily at the age of 92, working at an impressively quick pace that sees the artist continuing to produce his elegant, smooth style of portraiture and landscape across a wide array of subjects and scenes. Acclaimed for his iconic portraits and impressionistic landscape depictions, the artist has inspired generations of painters. For his most recent exhibition at Gavin Brown’s Enterprise in Harlem, the Brooklyn-born artist has compiled an impressive number of pieces, exploring the expanding reaches of his world and his painterly abilities. Read More »
What more can be said of the work of Cindy Sherman? An artist who has consistently produced works that interrogate and rework the notions of image construction and understanding through the use of her own image, Sherman’s photographic output has moved through an exceedingly broad selection of focal points and interests. There’s her selection of film still works, placing her image onto prints in a manner that seems to reference some disembodied section of an unseen classic, while elsewhere, her collection of hyper-specific portraits mines the notions of identity construction and affiliation in the modern cultural landscape. Read More »
Taking over the impressively appointed former William Ulmer Brewery at 81 Beaver Street in Bushwick, local gallery The Chimney has initiated an impressive installation, taking over six large rooms in the building to present a series of large-scale installations and selections of works by nine American and international artists. Read More »


text: The Maine Equal Rights Center has three pieces of legislation it will be proposing in the next legislative session in Augusta. One is to repeal Common Core in Maine, the other is to eliminate the need to apply for a concealed carry permit and the third is to restore parental rights protecting girls aged 13 and under from sexual assault and abuse. You can learn more and read the language of the legislation on our website. We will be proposing additional legislation protecting our 15th Amendment right to citizenship as well. If you wish to support these changes to the law to protect and restore our rights please consider making a contribution to our Political Action Committee, Citizens For A Better Maine and thank you.

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Migrant Workers Top the List as Organ Donors
Since 2009, 61 people have donated their organs after their death. Most of the donors were migrant workers that has died from hemorrhage, brain damage and other injuries caused by car accidents as reported by the city’s Red Cross Association.
Other cities such as Dongguan and Guangzhou also reported that most of their organ donations were coming from migrant workers as well. Most donations are decided when families give up on treatment or if there is no hope for the survival of the patient. After discussions about donating organs, the family would then agree to donate them knowing that they can save someone elses life.
Regulations require the Red Cross Association to pay compensations to the donor, but most of the donor patient families refuse to accept any compensation with most saying to give the money to other families that are living harder lives. The Red Cross Association also hopes to further educate people to support organ donations and raise social awareness.
The Association will also ask for government assistance to simplify the process of donation.


'Awkward' Star Beau Mirchoff Cast in 'Gametime' Sports Film
He will play a young college basketball recruit in the feature, which will also include James Brolin and Romeo.
Beau Mirchoff, one of the stars of MTV's Awkward, has been cast as the lead in Gametime, a sports film that will also feature James Brolin and rapper/actor Romeo.
Gametime, which is being produced by S3 Entertainment Group, explores the business of college basketball -- revealed through the eyes of two top recruits. Larry August will direct.
The film also will feature former Michigan State basketball player Delvon Roe. Filming is slated to begin in November 2011.
Mirchoff's credits include I am Number Four, Scary Movie 4 and a stint on ABC's Desperate Housewives. On Awkward, a breakout hit for MTV, he plays Matty McKibben. Mirchoff will next be seen in the independent film The Secret Lives of Dorks.
Mirchoff is represented by APA, Vital Management Group and Ginsburg Daniels LLP.
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Celtic have 'huge confidence' ahead of title run-in, says midfielder Stefan Johansen
- Celtic won 2-0 away St Mirren on Good Friday in the Scottish Premiership
- Win moved Celtic eight points above Aberdeen having played a game more
- Stefan Johansen scored Celtic's second goal from the penalty spot
Celtic's title prospects 'look great' following their 2-0 win over bottom side St Mirren in Paisley on Friday night, according to Stefan Johansen.
The Norway midfielder clinched the points with a 79th minute penalty after wide-man James Forrest had finished off a well-worked Hoops move from close range to open the scoring.
It took the Parkhead men eight points clear of Aberdeen at the top of the Scottish Premiership with both clubs having played 29 games albeit the Dons can reduce the deficit against Partick Thistle on Saturday.
Celtic midfielder Stefan Johansen believes his side's title aspirations 'look great' after their 2-0 win at St Mirren
Ronny Deila's side have only lost one league game this year and take four successive victories into the home match against Partick Thistle on Wednesday night which encouraged Johansen, 24, to say: 'It looks great for us now. It's nine games left in the league and it's going to be difficult to take us now.
'This was another important win and we just need to keep focusing now on every game over the next couple of weeks.
'I don't think we're unbeatable but you can say there is a huge confidence in the team now.
'I think we are starting to look fitter and we have much more of the ball because we are playing with a higher tempo and that's the way the manager wants us to play.'
Johansen scored Celtic's second goal at St Mirren from the penalty spot on 79 minutes
Deila criticised the 'terrible' pitches in Scottish football after the game, claiming the surface at St Mirren was another that was difficult to master.
The visitors were certainly not at their best but Johansen was glad the international break had not upset the Hoops' rhythm too much.
The former Stromsgodset player said: 'Some of the guys have had a few days off and some of the guys were away with the international teams so it was good to be back together and be prepared for the rest of the season.
'St Mirren frustrated us for a while. They played well, especially in the first half and credit to them for that.
The victory for Celtic manager Ronny Deila's side now means they have won four successive league matches
'But we know that we had the ball so much that they would need to run. It was going to be difficult for them over 90 minutes so we knew it would open up.'
Gary Teale is hoping his St Mirren side, who ended the game still four points behind Motherwell, are not cut adrift before the split, which comes after they play the Steelmen on Tuesday night and third-bottom Ross County the following Monday.
He said: 'We need to make sure we're within three points of Ross County or Motherwell after the next two games.
'If we can do that then that will give us a fighting chance.'
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Saratoga National Historic Park preserves 3200 acres of battlefield where American revolutionaries, behind General Horatio Gates, prevented British control of the Hudson River in the Fall of 1777. In two battles, three weeks apart, the British suffered 1,000 casualties and General John Burgoyne, awaiting reinforcements that never arrived, was forced to surrender an army of 6,000 men. By thwarting the British initiative to split the Colonies in half, the Americans went a long way towards gaining their independence.Saratoga is one of the most famous and influential battlefields in the world and the National park Service maintains the ground much as it looked 227 years ago.
The WILKINSON-NATIONAL RECREATION TRAIL is a 4.2-mile loop across the property, much of which was farmland during the Revolution. The trail is named for the lieutenant who drew maps of the Saratoga Battlefield in 1777. Save for a single dip into the Great Ravine, this is easy canine hiking across rolling grasslands with islands of airy deciduous woods. The trail uses part of the roads British troops took to and from the two battles. Interpretive stops include British and German redoubts (outlined in red and white posts). The .6-mile FREEMAN LOOP visits the site of some of the fiercest fighting on John Freeman's farm. If you drive the auto tour road you will find additional short explorations, including a one-mile loop trail that passes the gravesite of Brigadier General Simon Fraser, the spirited core of the British troops. There is no water along the park trails so on hot days a canine canteen will certainly be in order.
Behind the Breymann Redoubt, Station C, on the Wilkinson Trail, is the unique Boot Monument. The boot in question belonged to American battle hero Benedict Arnold (before he switched sides to the British). Arnold rode through a cross-fire in front of the defensive position to secure victory and recieved a second wound in his leg. The marble boot monument does not mention the eventual traitor's name.
DIRECTIONS TO SARATOGA NATIONAL HISTORIC PARK:
Exit the Northway (I-87) at Exit 14 (from the North) or Exit 12 (from the South) and follow signs for Route 29 East to Schuylerville. Turn south on Route 4 and you will find the main entrance to the battlefield in eight miles.

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The ZEPA project raises interest, and is often presented as a ’case study’, either as an example of a cultural European project supported by structural funds (ERDF) or to highlight a specific aspect of the project.
On 16th and 17th June 2011 derniers, Mathilde Vautier, ZEPA Coordinator and Anne Le Goff, Atelier 231’s Administrator, one of the ZEPA members presented ZEPA as part of a seminar organised by the French equivalent of the Arts Council England, the DGCA (Direction Générale de la Création Artistique) themed around the current and forthcoming European funds. The audience was mainly made of French equivalent of Regional Arts Council Officers and Combined Arts and Visual Arts Officers, and various speakers were invited, such as Relais Culture Europe with examples of the projects funded through them, French Institute, ONDA, etc.
And this week, cross border cooperation programme Interreg IVA France (Channel) - England organises its annual Event, bringing together approved and future projects. Jean-Pierre Marcos, from Pole National Arts de la rue et cirque, ZEPA lead partner, will present ZEPA, and particularly the phase 2 of the project it is planning to develop beyond 2012.


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States of change: workers' compensation claims frequency has been coming down steadily, but medical costs are still on the rise, all but obliterating the possibility of getting ahead. Some states are using aggressive strategies to rein in costs.
In addition, NCCI says medical costs made up 57 percent of total losses in states in which it makes filings. Workers' comp medical costs grew more than 10 percent in 2004, the latest data available. Klingel says more states, as well as employers, are working to control health-care costs by "aggressively managing vendor selection and performance, and controlling prescription drug expenditures through generics, care management initiatives, and employee communication and engagement."
Keith Bateman, vice president of workers' compensation for the Property Casualty Insurers Association of America, says many states are trying to control costs by focusing on medical treatment standards.
"Texas and California will give us the chance to answer the question, 'Are the new networks better than the old ones in controlling costs?'" he says. "There are a lot of folks that are pushing their particular treatment. On the medical side, they are still trying to cope with the rapid pace in change of technology--most of which is high-cost technology. My guess is, based on what is likely to happen on the general health side, that people need to keep more of an eye on hospital costs than in the past. That's the area where you may see a larger cost increase than others."
A number of states have enacted or proposed reform legislation in recent years. While the savings and positive effects generated by these actions are beginning to take hold, several of these states are facing legal and legislative battles that threaten to derail reform efforts.
"Once the ink is dry (on the legislation), it is not over until it is over," says John Burton, professor emeritus in the School of Management and Labor Relations at Rutgers University. "The parties that lost something in the reform process are trying to regain what they lost in the court system."
Some of the states facing challenges include:
* California. The state Division of Workers' Compensation recently released a study indicating that reforms enacted in California have cut insurance rates for 2006 by 46 percent. The study, which was conducted by Bickmore Risk Services for the DWC, examined the effects of the 2003 and 2004 legislative reforms on insurance rates.
However, opponents say the implementation of the reforms radically changed the state's workers' comp laws, in effect shifting control to the employer and imposing significant restrictions on medical treatment and short- and long-term disability. A package of three ballot initiatives has been filed with the state attorney general's office and could go before the voters in November.
The main thrust of the initiatives is to restore injured workers the right to make decisions about their medical treatment and substantially increased benefits.
"California is such an important state to employers," Oxfeld says. "Right now, there are efforts at every turn to undo the reforms. This is a major concern of the national business community. The workers' comp system in California was totally dysfunctional prior to the reforms. In order to bring stability to the system and achieve the savings, we must let the reforms work. It must not be under constant attack."
Bruce Wood, assistant general counsel of the American Insurance Association, says the opposition to the California reforms represent one of the most significant challenges in the workers' comp industry. "There is an ongoing effort to turn the clock back," he says. "There is always the day-to-day regulatory warfare, but it is important we ensure that the reforms that have been adopted stay on track."
Burton says that if reforms are dissolved or altered, it will likely make workers' comp coverage more expensive nationwide.
* South Carolina. In June, NCCI recommended a 33 percent rate increase. That announcement led Gov. Mark Sanford to convene a special panel to address the rising costs and create a reform plan. The panel's recommendations, which included tightening disability definitions and eliminating the Second Injury Fund, are being reviewed by the governor.
In 2000, the state had the second lowest premiums in the nation. South Carolina's workers' comp premiums increased 17.3 percent in 2003, compared to a national average increase of 6.65 percent. Last year, they rose another 11.4 percent compared to an average decrease of 6 percent nationally. Experts say that South Carolina's problems are a result of sharp increases in medical and indemnity costs, attorney involvement and Second Injury Fund assessments.
Legislative efforts are being discussed that would lower workers' comp premiums for employers while making it harder for injured workers to collect benefits.
AIA says that reform of the South Carolina workers' comp system remains a top priority for the organization in 2006.
The group says it would support passage of a comprehensive package of reforms that will stabilize the market, reduce unnecessary costs and streamline operations of the system.
* New York. Workers' comp reform legislation introduced by New York Gov. George E. Pataki as a means of cutting employers' costs and boosting job creation has spawned a rising tide of opposition. The goal of the legislation, which is a follow-up to the governor's unsuccessful bid for reforms in 2004, is to halt the exodus of manufacturing jobs from the state. Pataki says his plan would cut premium costs by an estimated 15 percent per year.
However, as more details of the proposal emerge, attorneys and labor groups are mounting opposition efforts.
In question are sections that would end lifetime medical and cash benefits for workers with permanent partial disabilities and allow employers to require employees to have diagnostic tests from specific medical networks and obtain their prescription drugs from named pharmacies. There is also concern about the administration's drive to increase use of the conciliation process to settle claims.
"Our real belief is that very little is going on in workers' compensation," says Art Wilcox, spokesman for the New York AFL-CIO. "The governor has a reform proposal that we find unsuitable. The proposal blames the disabled (for rising workers' comp costs), and that is not a solution to the problem. Unless there is a move to put labor and management in a room and attempt to work out a solution, I don't think it goes anywhere this year."
* Missouri. Changes to Missouri's workers' comp law enacted by the General Assembly are being challenged as unconstitutional. A coalition of labor unions is seeking a declaratory judgment and injunction against the legislation. The nine-count suit alleges Senate Bill 1, signed into law on March 30, 2005, violates both the state constitution and the 14th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution. The counts range from deprivation of due process to violation of the supremacy clause of the Constitution.
Experts says the progress of the suit will be watched closely by other states interested in attracting more business and industry by reducing workers' comp costs through stringent regulations and tighter administration.
JOSHUA CLIFTON is a writer based in Chicago. He can be reached at firstname.lastname@example.org.
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Western Canada Continued
Brian Lowes started out washing cars and assisting with sales at a Nissan dealership in Edmonton in 2001 or 2002. Now, as president and general manager of Mercedes-Benz Winnipeg, he's just won one of the Canadian auto industry's most prestigious awards — the Canadian Automobile Dealers Association's Laureate dealer recognition award, in the retail operations category. The association receives hundreds of nominations, but only three people win, one for each category: ambassadorship, business innovation and retail operations. "This is a very difficult award to win — it means a tremendous amount," Lowes said when reached by phone. "It was funny. Time just kind of stopped for a moment — it took a few minutes for it to really sink in."
Allen Kilback says his customers will browse pot varieties at iPad stations.
Retailer has 15 Western Canadian stores, including nine locations in B.C., and the best selection of appliances in Western Canada, including over 50 brands and thousands of appliances to choose from.
A man wanted in connection with a three-month crime spree that targeted convenience and liquor stores across south Edmonton now faces more than 30 robbery and weapons-related charges.


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(We didn’t as we stocked up on snacks in Italy). I felt we could have hopped from one bar to the next, drinking beer, having fondue and just relax for a bit. Instead of packing our bags again, we decided to stay near Lucerne and take one of Switzerland’s scenic train journeys as a day trip. When you have less time, you really need to cut out some train journeys in Switzerland. How you get from A to B is going to be a major consideration in your trip planning. Yes, it was nice to rest a bit but as we’re not posh, we don’t ski and it was September, I felt quite bored in St. Moritz. It even rained a bit in the afternoon. How should you travel around? I didn’t really plan our trip from Basel to Lucerne as we just took a regular train. You are welcome to contact us by e-mail or by phone on +41 43 210 55 00. We left early in the morning, when the mountain dew was still visible, leaving a hazy blanket over the lakes and green hills we passed. Pros and Cons to take the Glacier Express vs local regional trains. Subscribe to be the first to know about our latest deals and get travel inspiration. Finding affordable places to stay was also mission impossible and making the mandatory train reservations was nerve-racking. If your arrival into Switzerland is by air, you’re most likely to fly into one of the two major international airports at Zurich and Geneva. You can also read our accommodation guides for specific Swiss destinations: When planning your Switzerland itinerary, it’s worth considering purchasing a regional transport and sightseeing pass. In our case, we arrived in Basel at 4 pm and had enough time to rest a bit, do a walking tour of the city, try our first cheese fondue of the trip and sleep in a bit. It was my boyfriend’s birthday so we enjoyed the day in the sun and indulged in a gigantic ice cream sundae. Or even via an agency or tour operator to help you along. Rates vary depending on the type of establishment (and the season of travel, in some cases) but generally range from CHF 2.50 to CHF 3.50 per person per night. Having your own car allows you to stop where you like, when you like and get off the beaten track and into smaller villages that are off the tourist trail. We had the whole train compartment to ourselves and enjoyed one of the most impressive views of Switzerland as we passed the Landwasser Viaduct. You don’t need a reservation to take the Pre Alpine Express and no extra fees apply except for a valid train ticket. Zurich 2 nights + Lucerne 2 nights + Interlaken 3 nights + Montreux 1 night + Zermatt 1 night + Lugano 2 nights + St. Moritz 2 nights. I’m calling them hills as they were definitely not mountains, but I’d rather not climb them as they looked pretty steep. Read more: Pros and Cons to take the Glacier Express vs local regional trains. In case you’re wondering if you should take the Glacier Express all the way to Zermatt, then I’d recommend you do. I recommend you purchase your insurance as soon as you’ve booked your flights so that should the unexpected happen and you need to change or cancel your flights, you are covered. Planning a Trip to Switzerland?Need help planning your dream trip to Switzerland? Built in the 14th century, it's known as the oldest wooden bridge in Europe. To give you an idea of accommodation costs, you should allow the following amounts: (The above prices are approximate and will vary based on location, date of travel, etc.). An open-jaw fare – where you fly into one city and return home from a different one – might work best for you, so keep that in mind, too. A train that brings you to a cheese factory and a chocolate factory. Subscribe to the newsletter and have a chance of winning 2x Eurail Passes for future travels! We first took the boat across Lake Lucerne to see all the little villages and enjoyed the sunshine on our faces. With one evening to spare, we continued to Zürich and explored the city for some dinner. The University of Bern is minutes away from the main train station. The water of all lakes is clean and begs for water related activities in the summer. Planning a trip to Switzerland can be overwhelming, though. We stayed at the Rheinfelderhof in Klein Basel. It will also guide you through the steps I follow when planning and booking my trips to Switzerland. Regardless of whether you prefer to have your entire route planned in advance or are more of a ‘go-where-the-wind-takes-you’ style of traveller, a self-drive holiday in Switzerland offers so many advantages. Instead, we took the bus! Next up: Staying Home. If you do plan to travel by train, it’s definitely worth considering purchasing a Swiss Travel Pass as this covers all public transport within Switzerland, free entry to over 500 museums, and 50% off most cable cars and funiculars. We traveled over 1.500 km (945 miles) by train and almost all of it in Switzerland, without backtracking a lot. It was spectacular.
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Mountain Dew AM Soda: It's What's For Breakfast!
Soda is often a lightening rod for heated discussions on sugar intake and obesity; New York City tried to ban large sizes of it, some schools nixed it from their vending machines, and the link between even diet soda and health problems remains a topic of debate. But just as well-intentioned folks are trying to keep soda out of your hands, Taco Bell has come up with a brand new way to incorporate it into your diet.
The Los Angeles Times reports that though consumers may not equate the fast-food chain with breakfast foods, Taco Bell is hoping to change that with its morning-time “First Meal” menu. In addition to offering a breakfast wrap, the First Meal menu now includes a drink called “Mountain Dew AM,” a mix of Mountain Dew and Tropicana. It’s soda―for breakfast.
The Associated Press reports that both Mountain Dew and Tropicana are owned by PepsiCo Inc. The company stated that Taco Bell will be the only restaurant allowed to mix the two drinks together and sell under the moniker of Mountain Dew AM.
Jon Sicher of Beverage Digest reported to the Associated Press that introducing drink options for the morning is an important power play for soda manufacturers because it increases sales and positive brand name recognition with consumers.
Taco Bell’s First Meal menu was rolled out beginning this year at 800 select locations. Though the chain expanded their higher-end offerings, it’s found the greatest success by appealing to younger men who thrive on junk food. The restaurant saw double-digit growth during the second quarter this year, which it attributes to new tacos featuring shells made out of Nacho Cheese Doritos.
If you go to Taco Bell for breakfast (seriously, what do you get?), and would you wash it down with some Mountain Dew AM? Let us know in the Comments.

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Christian Atsu discussing a last-minute loan move from Newcastle as Celtic make enquiry about winger who has also attracted interest from Blackburn, Nottingham Forest and Fulham
Newcastle United winger Christian Atsu is discussing a loan move away from St James’ Park, with Celtic and a host of Championship clubs showing an interest.
Celtic have made an enquiry about taking Atsu on loan from Newcastle but his wages are likely to be an issue.
Huddersfield and Nottingham Forest are also interested and the Magpies would be prepared to let the winger go were his salary to be covered in full.
Christian Atsu is discussing a last-minute loan move as the transfer deadline fast approaches
Fulham and Blackburn Rovers are also monitoring the 28-year-old.
Atsu has failed to score in 22 games for The Magpies this season, and has contributed four assists for his team-mates.
That sort of form has seen the winger become surplus to requirements under Steve Bruce and he is looking to seal a move away from Tyneside today.
Greek side Olympiacos have also shown an interest in Atsu after the Greek Super League champions sold star man Daniel Podence to Wolves for £19million on Thursday.
Atsu joined Newcastle in a £6.7m move from Chelsea in 2017, having spent the duration of his career on loan at Vitesse, Everton, Bournemouth and Malaga.
The winger has failed to score in 22 games and has attracted interest from the Championship


Cruisin’ Wild Released
For many fans, Cruisin’ Wild is one of the favourite songs from the album 555 and although it was presented as one of the 5 new songs, the fact that we had heard a demo 9 years before (with Manja’s voice back then) made this song a classic, a classic that deserved to be released as a single and to have some new version.
So we were overjoyed when in early November we found out that Cruisin’ Wild was officially the band’s next release.
The new radio version retains the sound of the 555 version on the one hand, but on the other it takes us on a journey through techno, darkwave, pop and dance from the 80’s and 90’s AND WHAT A JOURNEY!
That atmosphere of romantic nostalgia so typical of X-Perience cuts your breath like a passionate kiss in a neon sci-fi discotheque. And you listen to it again and again and you can’t get enough, if you close your eyes you can feel how the sound runs through your whole body.
This is X-Perience!
And if this is the line along which the sixth album is going to walk, Please! Don’t stop!
I don’t want to keep you any longer! time to read is over, it’s time to listen! carefully without any distractions!
from the following link you can access to several streaming services, so choose the one you like the most and enjoy!
The band has released a video for the song!


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450g/1lb Stewing Steak, cubed
1 Hare, jointed plus its blood
300ml/10fl.oz. Red Wine
1 Bay Leaf
6 Black Peppercorns
4 tbsp Plain Flour
Salt and pepper
1 Carrot, sliced
1 Turnip, chopped
1 Onion, quartered
A strip of Lemon Rind
12 Juniper Berries
1 Blade of Mace
1 tbsp redcurrant Jelly
3 tbsp Port
Place the steak and hare in a large mixing bowl together with the wine, bay leaf
peppercorns. Cover and leave to marinate for at least 4 hours.
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Stud each onion quarter with a clove.
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Pour in the red wine then cover and bake for at least 3-1/2 hours.
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Where do I register my business in Belize?
According to the Business Names Act, Chapter 247 of the Laws of Belize, every firm or individual having a place of business in Belize should register their business name. Responsible for “Business Names Registration” is the Belize Companies Registry located in Belmopan City.
How much does it cost to register a business in Belize?
Incorporation costs in Year 1 amount to US$1,800 and annual company costs in Year 2 and thereafter amount to US$1,100.
|Different Belize entity types||Cost||Draft invoice|
|Tax resident 250 company||US$10,350||View invoice PDF|
|Licensed forex trading company||US$27,700||View invoice PDF|
What are the requirements for the registration of a business?
The requirements for registration of business name are minimal and simply involve names and identification of the partners or proprietors of the business, where more than one person is to register the business name. The requirements may also include a partnership deed where necessary.
How do I set up a business in Belize?
Key Steps to Incorporate in Belize
Complete a Memorandum and Article of Association (M&A) and submit this to the Registrar in Belmopan along with the formation fee. A Certificate of Incorporation will be issued by the registrar and it should be displayed at the registered office of the company.
How do I start an LLC in Belize?
Establish an LLC in Belize in 5 Simple Steps
- Determine the Owner or Owners for Your Belize LLC. A minimum of one person, or one legal entity, is required to register an LLC in Belize. …
- Pick a Name for the LLC. …
- Choose a Registration Agent to Help You Register Your LLC in Belize.
Who owns Belize Central Bank?
Central Bank of Belize
|The building of the Central Bank of Belize was built to look like a Mayan temple.|
|Headquarters||Belize City, Belize|
|Established||January 1, 1982|
|Ownership||100% state ownership|
|Governor||Gustavo Manuel Vasquez|
Who needs a trade license in Belize?
If a business owner intends to operate in any municipality, whether Belize City or Belmopan, an application for a trade license is necessary. Trade licenses are obtained from the local city or town council.
What companies are in Belize?
|Belize Telemedia Limited||Telecommunications||Belize City|
|Central Bank of Belize||Financials||Belize City|
|Great Belize Productions||Consumer services||Belize City|
|Great Belize Television||Consumer services||Belize City|
Can I register my company myself?
If you intend to register a new company in India, you must submit an application to the Ministry of Corporate Affairs (MCA). You make the application online at the MCA portal remotely too. For registration, you’ll need a Digital Signature Certificate(DSC), and Director Identity Number(DIN), among other things.
Where do you register a company?
Four major steps to register a company/ startup in India:
- Step 1: Acquire Digital Signature Certificate (DSC)
- Step 2: Acquire Director Identification Number (DIN)
- Step 3: Create an account on MCA portal- New user registration @ mca.gov.in.
- Step 4: Incorporate or Apply for the company to be registered.
How do I incorporate in Nevis?
To incorporate your business into Nevis, you must first get yourself a registered agent who holds a Nevis Island Administration license and also has a registered office with Nevis.
How do I open an offshore company in Seychelles?
Assistance in opening an offshore company in Seychelles
- drafting and vetting the documents required for the company registration procedure;
- assistance in opening the corporate bank account for the IBC company;
- filing the documents with the Trade Register and registration with the tax authorities;


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Every year, hundreds of Canadian patients—and even more worldwide—wait for a life-saving blood stem cell transplant.
In Canada, their search for a donor may start with family members, but less than 25% of patients find a match within their family. Most of the time, patients must rely on unrelated volunteer donors from a registry, often with a similar ethnic background to increase their chances of finding a match.
If you're between the ages of 17-35 and are in good health, you could be the rare match for a patient in need.
Blood stem cells are immature cells that can develop into the cells present in the bloodstream, including:
Red blood cells, which carry oxygen throughout the body.
White blood cells, which fight infections.
Platelets, which help control bleeding.
Blood stem cells are not embryonic stem cells. They come from bone marrow, circulating (peripheral) blood or umbilical cord blood. When patients need a stem cell transplant, it means that their bone marrow (stem cell factory) has failed due to an illness.
Patients who undergo chemotherapy or radiation treatment may also need a transplant of healthy stem cells to help heal and re-boost their immune system.
Canadian Blood Services Stem Cell Registry-formerly known as the OneMatch Stem Cell and Marrow Network-is dedicated to recruiting and finding healthy, committed volunteer donors for patients in need of blood stem cell transplants. We belong to an international network of registries comprising over 80 participating countries, with over 40 million donors from around the world.
Canadian Blood Services Stem Cell Registry operates according to international standards established by the World Marrow Donor Association (WMDA), the international organization that promotes the ethical, technical, medical and financial aspects of stem cell transplantation. We coordinate searches in Canada and with other international registries to work towards a single goal: helping patients get the blood stem cells they need.
Previous registrants of the Unrelated Bone Marrow Donor Registry (UBMDR) or the OneMatch Stem Cell and Marrow Network are already part of Canadian Blood Services Stem Cells Registry and do not need to register again.

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Councilor Linda Miller often finds herself the sole dissenting vote when citizens are being asked to pay more money for services.
“It doesn’t bother me to be the only one voting no when I disagree with a decision because I’m there to serve the people and not please other council members or city staff,” she said.
Her first vote after assuming office in January 2013 was against a series of 3.44 percent sewer rate increases. She objected to residents, especially those on lower incomes, being asked to pay more when the city had not first streamlined its own budget to free up funding.
“Senior citizens across the country are being forced to sell the homes they own outright because they can’t afford the taxes and rising cost of utilities,” she said. “I see that happening here and it’s not right.”
On Monday, Nov. 10, she voted for the same reason against finalization of a 5 percent reduction in the 10 percent water rate hike for 2014. She felt the rate increases could be pared back further once the council has completed its in-depth review of the budget in December.
“I wasn’t on council when the rate increases were enacted but I have heard from plenty of families who are struggling economically and their utility bill has become part of the problem,” she said. “We’ve got to find a way to stop these increases altogether, or at least slow them way down.”
For the same reason, she voted last summer against a proposal to increase the city’s gas tax from 3 to 6 cents per gallon.
Miller, a professed fiscal conservative, has also weighed in consistently against “forced consent” for annexation or payments of fees for future utility upgrades when single-family homes are built.
She views these agreements as a “bullying tactic,” similar to those used by former School District 12 to get District 9 incorporated during her childhood.
“At that time, Harvey Alumuniun was in District 9 and District 12 wanted those tax dollars so they said students couldn’t come to their schools unless the districts merged,” she said. “That move led District 9 to create Wahtonka, a brand new high school. I think the city is using some of the same bullying tactics, which is causing a lot of pushback from citizens.”
As an example, the city requires people wanting to develop to commit in writing to pay for infrastructure improvements that might not take place until years later when the cost is much higher, if at all.
These documents work like a lien against the property, obligating future buyers, which Miller said has made some local properties difficult to sell. Especially when the price tag for utility upgrades is $50,000 to more than $150,000 — sometimes more than the value of the lot.
Miller has also opposed the city requiring that Randy Hager, an east end resident, sign an agreement to be annexed in order to divide his property into two lots (See related story, A1).
“The city has been using agreements to get more tax dollars but there is no commitment to giving these people what they are paying for,” she said.
She stands by her 2012 campaign statement that “citizens are tired of being bombarded by regulations and fee increases at every level of government.”
Miller said the city may have to make some changes in its expectations for improvements. She said curbs and sidewalks don’t need to be installed on streets at the edge of the city or those not heavily travelled by pedestrians.
“We need to find a way to be okay with that and concentrate on getting our dilapidated streets repaired instead,” she said.
Although much attention has been given to street upgrades on the east side of town, Miller said there are problems throughout the city.
“It’s not just one area, it’s the whole community,” she said.
Miller has been advocating since taking office that an in-depth look be taken at whether the city’s development fees are impeding economic development.
In 2013, she supported the protest by the Pepsi-Cola Bottling Company about the high cost of local development fees by voting against the $175,546 assessment levied against Pepsi for roadwork.
The company viewed its share of the cost for street improvements as excessive out of the belief there was not a need for curbs and sidewalks next to its First Street property.
At that time, Miller said Coca Cola, which once had a distributing center in The Dalles, had left town, as had Budweiser and the Mt. Hood Brewing Company. She said if Pepsi also decided to take its operations to a more “business friendly” location, then the local economy would be adversely affected.
“When one of these companies leaves town, we lose jobs and we lose money from the services provided to the company and its employees,” she said.
With so many of the city’s streets needing work, Miller would like to see Urban Renewal dollars invested into infrastructure upgrades of downtown streets. She said roadways and utilities need to be able to accommodate growth as it occurs.
Once that work has been completed, she said money should be invested in preservation of historic structures to help attract visitors and new businesses.
“We need to continue to clean up, fix up and maintain what we already have,” she said.
She has consistently voted against millions of Urban Renewal dollars being used to help Rapoza Development erect a hotel in the Granada block. Miller believes the private company should be responsible for more of the costs associated with the project.
Miller is optimistic about the direction the council will take next with the election of Russ Brown and Taner Elliott. She expects to find it a little less lonely in the vote department as both men have expressed some of the same concerns that she has.
“I think it’s going to take a while to get where we need to go,” she said. “Changes are not going to come overnight but, if people can be patient, we’ll get things done one issue at a time.”
Miller has been employed at the Wasco County Landfill since 1994 and currently works as the assistant to the site manager.


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Safe pill collection and shredding events
Madison County residents can dispose of their unwanted and expired medications and pharmaceuticals during the Safe Pill Drop Off, set for 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. on April 26 at the Madison County Landfill on Buyea Road. Residents can also bring vitamins, veterinary medicines, over the counter medications, and sharps for disposal. Sharps must be in red biohazard containers.
For more information on the Safe Pill Drop Off, call BRiDGES at 697-3947 or the landfill at 361-8408. The next drop off day event will be held in September.
Between 9 a.m. and noon the same day (April 26), county residents can have three boxes of personal and confidential documents shredded at the landfill. This event is sponsored by the Madison County Department of Solid Waste and Confidata of Utica. For details, call 1-800-721-2208.
Both events are for Madison County residents only. The landfill is located on Buyea Road, three miles south of the traffic light on Route 5 in Wampsville.


[PD] visca camera control in pd?
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Fri Jan 25 18:39:16 CET 2008
I'm looking at the specs for a Sony PTZ cam which uses Sony's ViSCA
protocol. The manual gives the commands for communicating with the cam,
but I'm not sure if it would work with an existing Pd external or not. The
control machine will be running OSX so a USB-RS232 adapter would figure into
the equation. I know very little about serial port programming and need a
little help determining if the cam is an option or not.
Cam manual (pp 19-37):
There is also an open source libVISCA for dealing with this, but I would
rather make abstractions around existing externals than code up a new one.
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Re: Hardware compatibility test: draft proposal
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As I mentioned in my blog, I kindof like the suggestion that Bdale
Yes, I find the talk very interesting.
So, after more than twelve hours of boredom on an airplane and half a
night of not-being-able-to-sleep-due-to-jetlag, which is certainly
enough to think about this problem, I came up with the following things
such a system could need:
- It should support a notion of what I'll call 'profiles'. A 'server'
profile should check for different things than a 'desktop' or 'laptop'
profile; e.g., it's usually okay if a server doesn't have graphical
support or wireless drivers, while the same isn't true for a laptop.
No. I don't think we should provide profiles.
The check should be:
"complete": test all hardware that it is installed on system.
If the system doesn't have the video-card or the wifi just it doesn't
test it, but it write a notice.
Listening the available hardware is pretty trivial (see i.e. my
Ok. What does the test do if it notices that a pecie of hardware exists, but
cannot identify it?
Should it warn about that?
The long list of hardware not found may be a problem. Let's picture a modern
"No floppy drive found."
"No touchpad found."
"No webcam found."
"No firewire found."
"No modem found." (This is common enough these days, but we would definately
want to test any found modem due to the proliferation of weird winmodems
"No physics acellerator found."
"No PC card slot found"
"No HD-DVD drive found"
"No Blu-ray drive found"
"No RAID controller found"
"No gigabit ethernet found"
"No EFI firmware found" (This theoretical PC is not a Intel Mac.)
"No fingerprint scanner found".
(The list could go on and on).
Perhaps a few of those could be merged into other tests, like a single
optical drive test, but in some of those cases it would then be important
that a list of hardware that was found is printed. That way the manufacturer
can be sure that both optical drives (in a two optical drive PC) were found.
If there is any hardware that cannot be tested with only a single test
script due to major implementation differences between all brands of
hardware (and no current unified software interface), we would want to avoid
having a notice printed for each possible manufacture of the device.


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We love photographing birthday parties and we’re pretty great with kids.
If you’ve got a birthday party event coming up in Brisbane and you would like some professional photos of the birthday person, the cake, their guests and some nice portraits, let us know.
For $495 including GST, we’ll:
- Call and chat with mum, dad or auntie to get to know you and the photos you want.
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- Capture images of the cake and other special details.
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- Hard copy prints are not included.
Are you ready to book us as your birthday party photographer in Brisbane? Contact us and let’s have a chat.
Looking for another kind of photography in Brisbane. Check out our pricing and then give us a call.


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Romain Wattel, Lee Westwood and Austin Connelly all feature in this week's Race to Dubai Podcast.
Romain Wattel captured a first European Tour title with a one shot victory at the KLM Open. Here we hear from some of the players pipped by the Frenchman at The Dutch.
The facts and figures behind Romain Wattel's KLM Open victory.
Kiradech Aphibarnrat will take a one shot lead into the final round of the KLM Open, but a host of players are hot on the heels of the Thai star at The Dutch. Here we hear from some of Aphibarnrat’s closest challengers.
Thanks to tournament sponsor ING Banking, fans at this week's KLM Open are getting the chance to, virtually, walk inside the ropes with Joost Luiten.

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Scrum makes work a Game.
You know, of course, that Scrum is named for the Scrum formation in rugby.
Generally, Takeuchi and Nonaka were inspired by the ‘rugby’ they saw in several great companies and how they created new product innovation. Sutherland and Schwaber read that article in HBR titled “The New New Product Development Game.” That was a key point to creating Scrum.
Here’s where we are, I think:
“Life is hard, life is confusing and I can never tell if I am making progress. It starts to be no fun, no real people to talk to usefully, no way to see if we are making progress. I am always late and it all seems never-ending!”
If some of your colleagues feel that way sometimes, you can imagine that is: Not Good.
So, Scrum changes it to a ‘game.’ It is still real, not a game in a sense that it is divorced from real life, but it is, as they say, gamified.
We have a two-week Sprint. We have some defined roles. We put a person on a team. We ask the team (not one person) to be successful. We suggest that they self-organize and work together (collaborate).
Allow them to make first downs (as in America football). They get feedback quickly (as in any game) … are they making progress?
Are the measures of progress that we have in Scrum perfect? Actually, I think they are very good, but not perfect. Fairly frequent feedback that is fairly accurate is far better than ‘nothing,’ or a couple of ‘at-a-boys’ that were said half-hardheartedly.
The key thing is we have made things ‘fun,’ in a way. The feedback is useful for course correction, although perhaps more useful as motivation.
- we get positive feedback
- we see other people care
- we can feel proud of ourselves with small wins
- we work together, and it no longer feels lonely
- usually the team starts laughing during the day (It is fun in that way, too.)
Let me remind you how games are seductive. As any behaviorist psychology major can tell you, games give intermittent feedback. To be honest, not always positive feedback, but the positive feedback is intermittent.
This, according to the research, is key to making the game ‘fun.’ Now, when playing the game, participants do not always have a smile on their faces, but they are engaged and typically more focused ‘giving their all’ rather than working ‘in their cube’ (often seen in waterfall).
As with any good game, we need to see frequently and transparently if we are making progress or not.
Managers need to talk about work as a game. A game to win.

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Article published in:Media Intertextualities: Semiotic mediation across time and space
Edited by Mie Hiramoto
[Pragmatics and Society 1:2] 2010
► pp. 234–256
Anime and intertextualities
Hegemonic identities in Cowboy Bebop
Cowboy Bebop, a popular anime series set in the year 2071 onboard the spaceship Bebop, chronicles the bohemian adventures of a group of bounty hunters. This paper presents how the imaginary characters and their voices are conventionalized to fit hegemonic norms. The social semiotic of desire depicted in Cowboy Bebop caters to a general heterosexual market in which hero and babe characters represent the anime archetypes of heterosexual normativity. Scripted speech used in the anime functions as a role language which indexes common ideological attributes associated with a character’s demeanor. This study focuses on how ideas, including heterosexual normativity and culture-specific practices, are reproduced in media texts in order to negotiate the intertextual distances that link the characters and audience.
Keywords: Japanese, anime, intertextuality, role language, naturalization, indexicality
Published online: 17 November 2010
Cited by 3 other publications
Ito, Rika & Megan Bisila
This list is based on CrossRef data as of 18 march 2021. Please note that it may not be complete. Sources presented here have been supplied by the respective publishers. Any errors therein should be reported to them.


This series covers all areas of research at Perimeter Institute, as well as those outside of PI's scope.
Weakly interacting massive particles (WIMPs) are excellent candidates
for cold dark matter. After the first millisecond, WIMPs have
decoupled from standard model matter, both chemically and
kinetically, they enter the free streaming regime and the formation
of cosmic structure begins. Another 40 million years pass before the
typical first structures enter the nonlinear regime and collapse to
the first WIMPy halos. Therefore, it has been assumed that structure
formation is insensitive to the WIMP field theory and can be
We consider the hypothesis that quantum mechanics is an approximation to another, cosmological theory, accurate only for the description of subsystems of the universe. Quantum theory is then to be derived from the cosmological theory by averaging over variables which are not internal to the subsystem, which may be considered non-local hidden variables. I will explain the motivation for this view, give some examples of theories of this kind and investigate general conditions for such an approach to succeed.
Conventional wisdom holds that the majority of high energy atomic nuclei ("cosmic rays") that continually rain upon the Earth originate in galactic supernova shock waves, although some different (likely extragalactic) origin must be invoked to explain the highest energy particles. Despite many decades of intensive research on the subject, only indirect clues to these ideas exist at present. Direct measurements of the spectrum and mass composition of high energy cosmic rays are needed to validate these notions, but are hampered by rapidly dwindling fluxes with energy.
Traditional quantum state tomography requires a number of measurements that grows exponentially with the number of qubits n. But using ideas from computational learning theory, I'll show that "for most practical purposes" one can learn a quantum state using a number of measurements that grows only linearly with n. I'll discuss applications of this result in experimental physics and quantum computing theory, as well as possible implications for the foundations of quantum mechanics. quant-ph/0608142
I will first argue that the notion of black hole entropy extends universally to causal horizons. Then I will deduce the causal dynamics of spacetime from the equilibrium thermodynamics of causal horizons. Specifically, it will be shown how the Clausius relation dS = dQ/T between entropy change, energy flux, and acceleration temperature for all local causal horizons implies the Einstein equation, with Newton's constant determined by the universal horizon entropy density. Implications, non-equilibrium processes, and relations to AdS/CFT duality will also be discussed.
How should we think about quantum computing? The usual answer to this question is based on ideas inspired by computer science, such as qubits, quantum gates, and quantum circuits. In this talk I will explain an alternate geometric approach to quantum computation. In the geometric approach, an optimal quantum computation corresponds to "free falling" along the minimal geodesics of a certain Riemannian manifold.
Not only general relativity but also quantum theory plays important roles in current cosmology. Quantum fluctuations of matter fields are supposed to have provided the initial seeds of all the structure of the current universe, and quantum gravity is assumed to have been essential in the earliest stages. Both issues are not fully understood, although several heuristic effects have been discussed. In this talk, implications of an effective framework taking into account the coupling of matter and gravity are discussed.
At low energy and small curvature, general relativity has the form of an effective field theory. I will describe the structure of the effective field theory, and show how it can be used to calculate low energy quantum effects.
Category theory is a general language for describing things and processes - called "objects" and "morphisms". In this language, many counterintuitive features of quantum theory turn out to be properties shared by the category of Hilbert spaces and the category of cobordisms, in which objects are choices of "space" and emorphisms are choices of "spacetime". This striking fact suggests that "n-categories with duals" are a promising language for a quantum theory of spacetime.


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Tel: (65) 6836 0012
Opening Hours: 5PM-3AM
marc and i knew that we were in for a treat when we were invited for a food tasting session at wa dining lounge. situated in river valley, this swanky yet cosy restaurant offers diners a wide array of delectable dishes. cooked to perfection by executive chef Darren Tai, i especially love the octopus marinated appetiser, lobster bisque & black cod. after dinner, we were brought to the outdoor bar for exquisite martini tasting prepared by award-winning mixologist Kumar. p/s: they only bring in DQ Vodka, which basically means its time to bid your goodbyes to nasty hangovers and what nots. thank you again for the experience!