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Bronn saved Jamie! We didn’t have to wait long for that but still not the biggest reveal in this episode. They jam-packed this episode with tidbits. Lord Randell and Dickon Tarley refused to bend the knee and were burnt leaving Sam the last living Tarley. We find out he doesn’t know while he tries to convince the Grand Meister to do something about the White Walkers which he the quickly dismissed. This angers him causing him to leave and go on a scroll stealing spree. He takes a look at the chandelier one last time which looks suspiciously like the objects seen in the opening credits giving further into the theory that Game of Thrones is written by Sam Tarley and we are hearing the tale later. Theories aside the biggest reveal involving Sam however is when Gilley ask him what an annulment means. Prince Ragger was given an annulment by the High Septer and married someone else in a secret ceremony in Dorne! Sam dismisses this but we the viewers now almost certainly know Jon is legitimately the heir to the Iron Throne! Couple this with the fact that Drago allows Jon to pet him, a feat only ever done by herself and Tyrion (I’m guessing also Targaryen) and we are definitely heading down that path. Will Dany bend the knee to Jon once she finds out, join forces with him and share the Throne or become the Mad Queen? Only time will tell.

Speaking of a mad Queen, Cersei still thinks there is a chance to fight the Dragons while Jamie tells her it was a slaughter and that was with only one, she has three of them! He wants to surrender while she believes they can either give up and die or fight and die, she knows her choice and so should he. More importantly a big reveal that a lot of viewers may have missed is Cersei is pregnant and plans to tell the people that Jamie is the father! I don’t know about you but somehow it feels more gross than the three existing children they already had together. Mormont is finally back in Daenerys service y’all! Did anyone else catch the looks she was giving him? We all know that Jorah Mormont was in love with her but is it possible that she loves him back? This certainly does eliminate a Dany and Jon romance but I think we are good on relatives hooking up on the show anyway. Besides Jorah is an everyman and I for one am rooting for him to get the girl. I think it would be a much sweeter love story than just putting her together with Jon because they are both fan favorites.

Arya is starting not to trust Sansa and Littlefinger is definitely playing into it trying to turn them against each other. In case you couldn’t read the letter it was Sandra’s letter to her brother Robb trying to get him to surrender to Cersei, way back from when she was married to Joffrey. She was trying to save him but Arya doesn’t see it that way. I’m very excited to see the situation come to its climax and see how the writers take this. I’m hoping it ends with Arya putting the Catspaw Dagger right into Littlefinger though. Bran wargs a bit because he can, this time into a murder of crows, showing he can control large objects maybe a dragon is next. He was told he’ll never walk again but he will fly. What better way to fly than by being a dragon! He sees the Army of the Dead and its freaking huge! Jon gets wind that Arya and Bran are alive and wants to return home. This prompts trying to show Cersei that the walkers are a threat and they come up with a plan to bring a white walker to Kings Landing to form a truce to fight their common enemy. Tyrion sets up a secret meeting with Jamie to have this done but Cersei already knows because why not. Davos grabs Gendry while back in Kings Landing. Gendry and Jon meet and discuss bastard things. Jon head back to the wall with Mormont, Gendry and Davos to discover Tormund has captured The Hound and Bernice. Jon releases them and they head out North of the wall. I love that they made everyone start to tie together an everything has a purpose. Great job Game of Thrones, well-played.

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Butler International President and CEO Edward Kopko and Senior VP Jim Beckley recently spoke with Airline Procurement about the company's global expansion, engineering staffing experience and outsourcing activities. (Edited for clarity and length.)

AP: Can you please provide a glimpse of Butler's business activities and engineering expertise in the aviation industry?

Kopko: We are involved in the design and engineering of basically anything that flies. We provide significant support for parts, components and other features of aircraft to many of the leading manufacturers and suppliers. Some of our bigger clients include Boeing, Airbus, Lockheed, United Technologies and Northrop Grumman. We are involved in both commercial and government programs. We do some design work and modification on airplanes as well. We also get into the aftermarket and do work for other service providers. We're growing as a company. We have about 4,000 employees and accrue about $350 million in sales. We have people stationed all over the world. In some cases they're working in a client's venue or on behalf of a client. We have sites in the US and India and we're about to open a facility in Moscow.

AP: The global shortage of aerospace engineers has been a pressing concern. How is Butler trying to help?

Kopko: The engineering workforce in the aircraft industry is getting old and retiring and there haven't been enough young people coming into the industry over the past 15-20 years to have the supply of engineering talent as readily available for companies. Many engineers say they consider this one of the biggest growth times for aerospace engineering work that they've seen in their lifetime. There's a lot of design work on all kinds of different fronts going on, but there is a shortage of talent and we face big challenges in getting the right workers. Butler is trying to help solve some of these types of problems by locating talent across the globe. Airbus and Boeing are looking at engineering talent needs that are quite substantial. The question is where are we going to find it and how are we going to get it? How are we going to be able to accomplish it in the time-cycles that we'd like? They're saying 'I want it fixed yesterday.' They want to move their products through their development cycle as quickly as possible. But most of these design programs have a finite life to them. It doesn't always make sense to go hire a few extra thousand engineers for a three-year heavy work period and then have nothing else for them to do until the next big design phase comes down the path years later.

AP: How is Butler positioning itself in the global marketplace?

Beckley: Butler has been in business for over 50 years. Our experience in the domestic marketplace makes us a top-tier player in the aircraft market and our continued success will require us to translate this to other regions worldwide. We position ourselves as 'The Better Offshore Solution.' We will use strong domestic domain expertise at the front end in dealing with the customer and will manage the offshore resources, taking responsibility for knowledge transfer and the offshore interface, which often saves the client from sending a team of their people offshore for extended periods of time. The shortage of skilled aircraft personnel in the US is forcing all companies to find alternate ways to get the work done. This global model has been working quite well for the last five years and Butler has already become very well positioned with offices in India and partners in Canada and Russia.

AP: What do you think are the biggest drivers and challenges of the engineering outsourcing industry today?

Beckley: Competency and cost are two of the biggest drivers in engineering outsourcing. The overall demographics of an aging domestic workforce in the aircraft industry combined with projections of strong growth for the next several years provide a challenge for many of our customers. They also have challenges in a multinational environment complying with ITAR regulations and meeting the demands of foreign governments for offset requirements and technology transfer. Finding suitable foreign nationals along with the knowledge transfer necessary to successfully build offshore centers are challenges that all of us in the outsourcing industry are facing. Once the knowledge transfer does take place, retention becomes another challenge facing all of us in a consistently more competitive environment.

AP: Where is the middle ground between back-channel investment and long-term partnerships?

Beckley: Unless you see the size of your offshore development center being a consistent 200 or more person group, you should use partners to accomplish your offshore tasks. If you anticipate the need being bigger than 200, you may want to consider starting with an offshore partner, unless you have had significant offshore experience to validate the viability of your ability to transfer the tasks that you are looking to outsource. Another way to enter into the offshore market would be to enter into a build/operate/transfer arrangement with an offshore supplier who will build the group and competencies and over time transfer the ownership back to you. Butler has its own offshore center for smaller or peak needs for our customers. We also entertain a BOT opportunity with strategic partners.

AP:How efficient do you think the aviation supply chain is today?

Kopko: There's no question that the design, construction and ultimate delivery of an aircraft in any spot of the world has become more global and more complex. But I think we're seeing that the collaboration aspect is a lot easier than it was 50 years ago. So it enables other things that before were unfeasible. Markets are driven by supply and demand. I can help create and build teams. I can bring some people from out of country into country and develop them so we have a better chance at building more competencies in some of these other venues that aren't as strong from a legacy standpoint. I think the overriding message is that the world is going global and getting more and more sophisticated. The markets are also developing that way. You look at some of the market reports of, say, a Boeing or an Airbus that project where they think they're going to be selling aircraft and you'll see that most of those markets are not in North America.

AP:What are some of Butler's latest initiatives and technologies?

Beckley: The newest innovation is inflight Internet. Our technicians are installing antennas on the lower side of commercial aircraft that can pick up a ground-based station to provide full-access Internet to passengers while they are on transcontinental flights. We also have technicians providing the latest in structural assembly for a business jet that involves what is called friction stir welding. This process provides a much stronger and lighter frame and does not use rivets.

AP: In what areas do you think Butler needs to improve the most?

Beckley: We are playing in a large marketplace, while among those that do know us, Butler has a good reputation--with over 90% customer satisfaction and a 67% best-in-class provider rating among our customer base. But branding will be important as we grow. We are not a household name and we need to make sure that we are a well-recognized brand to the decision-makers in the industries that we focus on. We are also looking at expanding into multiple countries and there will be challenges in having the right people leading our entry into those markets. Strengthening the next level of management can take us to a bigger frontier.

AP: What is the company's overall growth and management strategy as well as its vision moving forward?

Beckley: Our overall growth strategy is to be focused on our primary industry verticals, aircraft and aerospace, communications, consumer products, federal defense and manufacturing. We have structured the company to focus on and grow in these vertical markets. Our vision continues to be our desire to be the number one client rated company in the industry.

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Makkum Records – MR17 / Platenbakkerij Pb 006 – 17th November 2016

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In these times of accelerated media and an exponential growth in the volume of mew works being cast out into the world, it’s often easy for lesser-known items from the past to be lost to history, to be buried and forgotten. And yet the archive is an eternally rich source of gens which so deserve rediscovery. This album – released simultaneously on 10”vinyl, CD and download – is very much a labour of love. The origins of its existence lie in the past: Komitas Vardapet penned a cycle of pieces for piano – Six Dances – based on Armenian dances, in 1906.

Makkum Records’ Arnold de Boer writes how, on hearing Keiko Shichijo perform Vardapet’s compositions, he fell in love with the music, and how Internet searches revealed other performances of Six Dances but none which touched Keiko’s. and so he made it his mission to capture Keiko playing the pieces, and how it came to pass that Keiko played them on a Steinweg Nachf piano, built in 1880, in the Geelvinck Hinlopen Huis in Amsterdam, a 16th Century house along the city’s canals in December 2014.

In using such a vintage instrument, the recordings are imbued with a deeply ingrained and palpable sense of the origins of the work. ‘Unabi’ sounds like a child learning ‘London Bridge’: the notes are not so much tentative as prone to wandering, but there’s something compelling about the seemingly innocent disjointedness which sometimes creps into the refrain.

The looping motifs of ‘Shushiki’ are delicately charming, and draw the listener’s attention with their easy grace. The heavy timbre of the low notes at the beginning of ‘Het u Araj’ is compelling, and Kieko captures the spirit of the composter’s direction to perform the final piece ‘Shoror’ .The performances are wobbly, wonky, yet delicate and sincere, and this is an integral part of their mystical, dust-coated appeal.

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Every 18 months or so, I get contact from Rick Senley. This has been happening for a good few years now. I like him, and I like his work. There’s a pattern of sorts. He seemingly hibernates for a while, then emerges with a brace of albums, one each from his main projects, Music for Voyeurs and I Am A Man With A St Tropez Tan. Both different sides of the same coin, they tend to be contrasting but complimentary.

So this latest arrives came as something of a surprise: not an album but a single, and representing a new project. Made in Minks sees Senley return to the fold of a band-orientated project after many years operating in a solo capacity, and the international quintet, which initially coalesced in 2014, they’ve been honing their sound before declaring that ‘now is the time’.

Citing influences from Pixies to The Cure, Kate Bush, Black Sabbath and Aztec Camera, Made in Minsk claim to ‘sculpt a unique sound of psychedelic indie thrash folk’. If that sounds deranged, well, yes, it is.

‘Where the Truth Lies’ starts with darkly atmospheric muttering that calls to mind the Cure’s ‘Pornography’, before breaking out into a muscular riff that builds on a thunking bass throb and insistent rhythm that contains elements of The Fall but combines it with the snaking reverby bleakness of The Cure circa Faith and the fiery goth favours of Skeletal Family. It’s retro as, and it’s all the better for it: whereas so many contemporary acts play post-punk through a post-millennial filter of Interpol and Editors, MIM return to source to deliver something that feels authentic in every way, from the sentiment to the production.

Dark, stark, and angular, it’s also hypnotic and catchy, and a really strong song.

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Rick Senley doesn’t do things by halves. Invariably, when I receive mail from him, it contains not one, but two CDs released in close proximity. His two solo musical vehicles, I Am A Man With a St Tropez Tan and musicforvoyeurs reflect quite different facets of his creative bent, and this has never been placed in sharper relief than on his two latest releases. I Am A Man With a St Tropez Tan’s The Tattooed Aunts and Mice on Speed is an abrasive, at times harrowing affair; its counterpart, musicforvoyeurs’ Encounter, which emerged off the back of a film project of the same name for which Senley created the soundtrack, is altogether lighter and softer, and as such, represents an almost polar contrast. That isn’t to say it’s a happy-clappy skip through summer meadows. Encounter explores the spaces between ranging depths of shade in a moving and thought-provoking way.

The eight tracks drift and flow into one another, as brooding strings forge cinematic sonic vistas over which samples pass, creating not so much a narrative, but a sense of meaning, however submerged or allusive. Death provides the primary focus of the snippets of dialogue, and while Encounter is a deeply melancholy work, its tone is ultimately reflective and contemplative rather than dark or depressing.

It begins softly, vaporous ambience washing beneath an extended sample. It concludes dramatically, with a flourish. In between, there is undulating movement and turns of atmosphere.

A humming, thrumming low-end buzz hangs heavy for a time on the second track, before majestic light and choral sweeps cascade forth. The frantic, agitated raised voice which cuts in toward the end changes the perspective and raises the tension, but Senley brings it down with a delicately picked guitar that’s dainty and soothing. Notes ripple and cascade in mellifluous glissandos. But burred edges and rumbling tones lurk just a little way beneath the surface. However pleasant and mellow any given segment of the album is, there is always a nagging reminder of an underlying tension, an insistent sense of doubt that refuses to dissipate or be shaken off. It’s this dynamic which renders Encounter such a compelling album.

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Sidestepping any comparison of the title to Chocolate Starfish And The Hot Dog Flavored Water and perhaps clocking a nod to Cinema Cinema’s Manic Children and the Slow Aggression, The Tattooed Aunts and Mice on Speed stands not only as one of the most intriguing juxtaposed item album titles I can think of, but is probaby one of the best you’ll hear all year.

It’s been some time in coming, but Rick Senley’s fourth album under the I Am A Man with a St Tropez Tan guise. He has many, including musicforvoyeurs, alongside his work as a photographer, journalist, writer, teacher, actor and guitarist in a number of bands. I Am A Man With a St Tropez Tan is – according to Senley himself – ‘the sound of aggression borne of death, mental health struggles and addiction. It’s also a project centred around one man and his Dictaphone, a magpie-like approach to lifting and combining snippets of sound to create a nasty, messy and quite abrasive collage.

The biographical context to The Tattooed Aunts and Mice on Speed is genuinely harrowing, and I shall quote without abridgement: ‘After the death of his girlfriend and an accident left Rick housebound for months he channelled his rage and despair though electronic sounds and screams – a Chemical Brother nightmare put to sleep by Apex Twin’s downers, a bed-bath by Depeche Mode with Nine Inch Nails glaring through the keyhole and The Prodigy banging on the door.’

It’s a challenging mess of splintered noise, fragmented and disjointed, with pumping technoindustrial beats and dark club-orientated grooves pounding insistently beneath it all.

The whole thing has a nightmarish quality about it. Warped vocal samples taper in the way for a juddering beat and warping bass groove on the first track, ‘Killing Seals’, and thins become only more challenging from hereon in. the second Senley seems prepared to offer an inroad, an accessible structure centred around a solid rhythm and consistent bassline, he tears it to shreds and throws it all up in the air.

Senley pitches the album with the summary ‘Bursts of Burma, Thai ladyboys, Egyptian dogs and kittiwakes from Iceland join forces in equally disturbing measure.’ It’s perhaps a slanted perspective of the actual contents of The Tattooed Aunts, but it does give some indication of the wide-ranging sourcing of material Senley has engaged in in order to formulate this near-Burroughsian cut-up collage of sound. It’s disruptive, disturbing, a soundtrack of dissonance and dislocation. And it very much captures and conveys a mood of a difficult headspace, making for an album that’s at times tough, but ultimately rewarding.

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This delightful business is situated in the beautiful Church Walks area in the centre of the seaside town of Llandudno, Conwy. This property being built in the late 1860’s is Grade Il listed with many outstanding original features.

Mostyn House is situated within two minutes walking distance from the town centre of Llandudno and the main promenade, making this an ideal base for visitors to the town. There are sea views to the award winning beach and pier, directly from the bedrooms.

The Great Orme and Little Orme, one of Llandudno's most visited attractions can be accessed by foot and the beautiful views over the North Wales mountains are exceptional. Many bars and restaurants are on the doorstep, as is the main historic shopping centre with quaint tea rooms, gifts and souvenir shops.
The area is accessible from the town's railway station and from the A470 or from the scenic Colwyn Road (coastal road). Car parking is available outside the property and in the immediate area.

Prominent Grade Il listed premises spread over 5 floors with lovely south facing seating area to the front of the hotel with well stocked flowerbeds.

Front of the basement: is a newly refurbished room facing south with a large bay window, which is currently used as the lounge area for the owners but there is scope to include more tables and chairs for afternoon teas or evening dining. There is a new separate bathroom with bath/shower over, hand basin and w.c. Plenty of under stairs storage, coat racks and a small office. Centre of the basement: is a commercial kitchen with a 6 burner range, bespoke extraction unit/fan, fridge, 2 bespoke stainless steel sinks/work tops, hand wash sink and laundry dyer.

Through arch to store room with lots of storage racking for dry good and clean laundry etc., 2 freezers and an ice machine. There is a utility room housing 2 washing machines and a dryer. Stable door leading to: -

Outer Basement
Lower storage room housing 2 hot water cylinders with emergency immersion heaters. Large vegetable fridge and under stairs storage. Stairs to a private conservatory and upper store room, which houses a Worcester Bosch boiler, more storage/racking and stable door leading to outside.

Front porch with inner door to hallway, with doors leading to dining room and lounge area. Access doors leading to wash up area and stairs to basement.
The main feature of the dining room is the large sash/cord original bay window with views and fireplace, making this pleasing to the eye.

Ground Floor
To the rear of the lounge area is a service area for storage of crockery and glasses and for serving tea, coffee, drinks, etc. There is a stainless steel fridge and freezer and room for extra under counter fridge/freezer and dishwasher. Through archway to service kitchen with 6 burner range cooker, 2 double under counter fridges, electric oven, grill, bespoke extraction unit/fans, chest freezer, kitchen pans/stand, microwave and utensils.

Archway leading to wash up area, with extensive plate/crockery storage racks. Bespoke double stainless steel sink, with dishwasher, with room for another dishwasher and stainless steel table. To the rear is a private conservatory for the owners with stable door leading outside.

First Half-Landing

Newly refurbished Ladies & Gents toilets for restaurant/tea room customers.

First Floor
2 Double bedrooms both individually styled and shower en-suite. Both rooms have comfortable double beds and quality furniture, colour television with Freeview, a complimentary beverage tray, free broadband connection and sea and Orme views.

First Floor Landing
Small store cupboard housing item used in room i.e. bottled water, hand soap, toilet rolls etc.

Second Half-Landing
Double access door to large store room housing laundry in roof space.

Second Floor
2 Double bedrooms both individually styled and shower en-suite. Both rooms have comfortable double beds and quality furniture, colour television with Freeview, a complimentary beverage tray, free broadband connection and sea and Orme views.

Third Floor/Attic
Owners accommodation flat with lounge, bedroom and shower room, hand wash sink and w.c. Four Velux windows with outstanding views.

As of 2017 a new roof has been installed at the rear of the building and outrigger.

The business is offered on a long ground lease arrangement with 1,904 years left on the lease.

The business opens all year round.

The business is owner run and managed with the assistance of 2 part time.

Financial Profile
The business reports this financial year’s turnover at circa £40,000.

Our client ran a 20 seater Restaurant at Mostyn House until his pre-retirement in May 2015. There is scope to re-open this restaurant for evening dining or open in the day with Tea Rooms, as it is on a good area for passing foot trade.

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When i open the program it says that all the features are off and when i press the hotkeys shown in the post they dont change.

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I launched the ahk script and then a screen pops up like this http://prntscr.com/9k3klh

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I copied and pasted to notpad then saved as: script.ahk under: all files with coding of: utf-8 it says the top of the code is invalid, I removed the credits and everything thinking those were causing errors but still says not valid code... what exactly should I put in the doc to make it work

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I am pleased to present a guest post from my good friend, RoseAnne Mussar. She hails from Ottawa, Ontario, Canada and trains in Modern Arnis at the 6Tigers Academy in Barrhaven (Ottawa) under Renshi Janet Heffernan. She also trains in the American Cane System, often traveling to New York for training.

“It is all the same!” – my story in three acts and finale.

Act 1:

Lately, I seem to be having a lot of “light bulb moments” in stick class. Times where I feel I have gained an important insight, and say to myself “gee I never thought of it that way”, or “that makes so much sense!” Maybe it’s because I’ve been doing this a while and am starting to get a clue, or I’m just better a focusing in class and being in the moment.

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Professor Presas traveled the world for decades, teaching Modern Arnis as “the art within your art”. He was known to say “it is all the same!” This is truly a profound insight into the world of martial arts training and practice. The more I think about it, the more gobsmacked I am at its brilliance and profundity. Gobsmacked I tellz ya!

Act 3:

I am very fortunate to train not only with my dear hubby Gary, but also with our son Cameron, who is both unbelievably brilliant AND good looking (sorry – just fulfilling my contractual parental obligations here). He has an encyclopedic memory for Modern Arnis techniques, and often corrects me when I forget the proper sequence, or use the wrong version of a particular disarm or whatever. He also has a knack for making connections that I would never have thought of. This kid is my external hard drive of knowledge.

In a recent class, we were doing a basic block-check-counter drill against all 12 angles of attack. This is basic, basic stuff, but that doesn’t mean you can’t learn from it or apply more advanced techniques. I have done this drill many times with a basic “slice” block – an introductory level block that gets you used to blocking a stick with your stick and following through with a counter attack. But now that I am a brown belt student, it’s time to step it up. The blocking technique is changed to have more power, speed, and efficacy. But after doing the simpler block a bajillion times, I sometimes have a hard time remembering to do the more advanced version, especially on the lower #8 and #9 strikes.

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So Renshi Janet reminded me: “It’s like a down block and a golf swing.” Block the #8 strike as if you were doing a down block (or low block in karate), but with a stick in your hand. It is exactly the same (and for the record – way more power and speed than a beginner-style slice block).

The #9 side is like a golf swing (or tennis forehand if you prefer). It is also the same motion used in reverse sinawali boxing – except with a stick in your hand. Or the reverse double sinawali stick drill for that matter. So many connections – IT IS ALL THE SAME.

Then my handsome and brilliant son offered this gem: “Mom, just meet the 8 and 9 with an 8 and 9.”

WhaBAM! The connection comes full circle! Connections within connections! CONNECEPTION!

I love nerding out about martial arts. This is the kind of thing that keeps me jazzed and coming back for more. For me it’s as much an intellectual exercise as a physical one. Modern Arnis is unabashedly, SHAMELESSLY, honest about its connections to other arts. I think this also provides a strong foundation for the student to make connections between various techniques within the art. Plus, I think it speaks to the commonality of human experience. We all have the same basic physiology: our arms and legs all have the same joints; our nerves run along the same pathways; our muscles do the same things. We all have the same wants and needs: to live a happy life; to keep ourselves and loved ones safe.

It IS all the same, because WE are all the same.

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Looking north from the top of Number Nine Mountain, 8 miles west of Bridgewater. EDP Renewables proposed expanding its 119-turbine Number Nine Wind Farm project in a bid to southern New England states seeking to contract for renewable power generation. Only a company that proposed five solar projects, including two in Maine, made the final cut.

PORTLAND, Maine — Two major electricity transmission proposals lost out in bidding to deliver wind power to southern New England utilities, but a Yarmouth-based solar company will enter contract negotiations.

A panel from Massachusetts, Connecticut and Rhode Island announced Tuesday that it picked Ranger Solar among its winning bidders, though it’s not clear whether the company’s two projects proposed in Maine will be part of negotiations.

The three states selected about 460 megawatts of generation as part of joint procurement to help each state meet renewable energy purchasing goals.

The company proposed a 50-megawatt solar array at the Sanford Airport and an 80-megawatt array on 250 acres in Farmington.

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Many other bidders who had proposed projects in Maine did not make the cut.

Notably, that includes two massive transmission proposals to access wind farms in western Maine and in Aroostook County.

In total, Maine wind developers had bid in about 2,140 megawatts of capacity into the process, which is about 3.5 times the state’s wind power capacity at the end of 2015.

The bulk of that wind power was offered together with a western Maine transmission line proposed by Central Maine Power Co. and a northern Maine line proposed jointly by Emera Maine and CMP.

The northern projects that would have connected to that line include the massive 600-megawatt King Pine wind proposal initiated by the now-bankrupt SunEdison. It also included proposals from EDP Renewables to expand its previously announced Number Nine Wind Farm and to build a new 250-megawatt wind farm at Horse Mountain in southern Aroostook County, between Stacyville and Sherman.

Katie Chapman, the project manager for the Number Nine project, said the company will continue to pursue it.

“Although Number Nine wasn’t selected for the [New England] RFP, the project is still one of the best, most mature clean energy projects in New England,” Chapman wrote in an email.
“We believe that the project is more competitive than ever and will continue to pursue a power purchase agreement.”

The western line proposed connecting to another 461 megawatts from projects proposed by NextEra Energy Resources and 85 megawatts of capacity from SunEdison’s Somerset Wind proposal, which included 26 turbines spread across the townships of Johnson Mountain, Chase Stream and Misery Township.

James Torgerson, CEO of CMP’s parent company Avangrid, said in an earnings call Tuesday that the company still sees value in the projects and will likely put those proposals to Massachusetts again during a renewables procurement in 2017.

“We’re very optimistic about those two projects,” Torgerson said. “They’re good projects that should get developed, and we’ll be bidding those into the Massachusetts RFP, as I said, in combination with some hydro providers, it looks like. We’re working with them now.”

A number of other projects proposed for Maine also didn’t make the cut, according to an announcement posted to the clean energy RFP’s website Tuesday.

Developer EverPower proposed a 250-megawatt wind farm in the Washington County towns of Cherryfield and Deblois, and SunEdison proposed its 72-megawatt Hancock County project, Weaver Wind.

Patriot Renewables also had asked the three southern New England states to buy power from its 23-megawatt Canton Mountain wind farm.

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Democracy is not an absorbing state; transitions to autocratic rule have been frequent throughout history and often followed periods of instability under democratic rule. In this paper, we ask whether autocrats can win support among voters by showcasing their ability to restore order and to “get things done.” We analyze a famous case – the building of the highway network in Nazi Germany. Highway construction began shortly after Hitler became Chancellor, and was one of the regime’s signature projects. Using newly collected data, we show that highway construction was highly effective in boosting popular support, helping to entrench the Nazi dictatorship. These effects are unlikely to reflect direct economic benefits. Instead, highway construction signaled economic “competence” and an end to austerity, so that many Germans credited the Nazi regime for the economic recovery. In line with this interpretation, we show that support for the Nazis increased particularly strongly where highway construction coincided with greater radio availability – a major source of propaganda. The effect of highways was also significantly stronger in politically unstable states of the Weimar Republic. Our results suggest that infrastructure spending can win “hearts” for autocracy when “minds” are led to associate it with visible economic progress and an end to political instability.


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Hailey Kinsel rode DM Sissy Hayday to the Round Seven win in 13.61 seconds at the Wrangler National Finals Rodeo.

December 12, 2018 — Las Vegas — Hailey Kinsel rode DM Sissy Hayday to the Round Seven win in 13.61 seconds at the Wrangler National Finals Rodeo. This round win marks the Cotulla, Texas, pair’s third go-round buckle of the 2018 WNFR. The 7-year-old mare by PC Frenchmans Hayday and out of Royal Sissy Irish by Royal Shake Em has been performing in top form, picking up a total $120,212 at the WNFR alone. This year, the dynamic duo has been performing just as strong, and Kinsel says she’s been lucky enough to keep the mare sound, healthy and happy.

“I nicely had a good year, so I got to get off of her after Labor Day and give her an early break, so that was nice, because she was really fresh and strong coming into the early fall and I have just been conditioning her getting her ready to come here,” Kinsel said. “She feels great. My shoer and my vet have helped me a lot keeping her healthy. Legs are key—they are your wheels—so before and after she gets some linaments, some poultice, ice boots, stuff like that and lots of walking to make sure everything stays loose.”

With the victory, Kinsel cushions her lead in the Women’s Professional Rodeo Association world standings with $313,046. Amberleigh Moore and CP Dark Moon (Darkelly x SRQH New Highs x On A High) trail Kinsel and sit second  in the world with a total $193,473. NFR first-timer Jessica Routier holds her top  spot in the average with 96.52 on seven runs aboard Gary Westergren’s 7-year-old mare Fiery Miss West (Firewater Frenchman x Frenchmans Bo Dashus x Royal Quick Dash).

Round Seven:

1. Hailey Kinsel, DM Sissy Hayday, 13.61, $26,231
2. Jessie Telford, Famous Cool Whip, 13.64, $20,731
3. Ivy Conrado, KN Fabs Gift Of Fame, 13.72, $15,654
4/5. Taci Bettis, Bogie Is A Smash, 13.74, $8,885
4/5. Kylie Weast, Hell On The Red, 13.74, $8,885
6. Stevi Hillman, Slick By Design, 13.77, $4,231
7. Jessica Routier, Fiery Miss West, 13.81
8. Lisa Lockhart, An Oakie With Cash, 13.87
9. Kelly Bruner, Fabulous Zone, 13.94
10. Carman Pozzobon, Ripn Lady, 14.07
11. Amberleigh Moore, CP Dark Moon, 18.64 *
12. Brittany Pozzi Tonozzi, Ima Famous Babe, 18.84 *
13/14. Tammy Fischer, LK Sheza Hayday, 18.94 *
13/14. Tracy Nowlin, DJG Madison, 18.94 *
15. Nellie Miller, Rafter W Minnie Reba, 24.44 **
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Aggregate on Seven Runs:

1. Jessica Routier, 96.52
2. Carman Pozzobon, 97.91
3. Hailey Kinsel, 100.76
4. Jessie Telford, 101.61
5. Ivy Conrado, 102.02
6. Stevi Hillman, 102.38
7. Tammy Fischer, 102.76
8. Amberleigh Moore, 105.55
9. Lisa Lockhart, 106.98
10. Brittany Pozzi Tonozzi, 107.39
11. Nellie Miller, 108.18
12. Taci Bettis, 111.45
13. Kylie Weast, 111.84
14. Tracy Nowlin, 121.85
15. Kelly Bruner, 102.82 on six runs

World Standings:

1. Hailey Kinsel, $313,045.98
2. Amberleigh Moore, $193,472.79
3.  Ivy Conrado, $185,808.56
4. Jessica Routier, $179,358.08
5. Nellie Miller, $167,825.96
6. Brittany Pozzi Tonozzi, $160,805
7. Lisa Lockhart, $159,745.96
8. Jessie Telford, $154,188.10
9. Kylie Weast, $147,253.46
10. Stevi Hillman, $142,020.31
11. Taci Bettis, $140,345.82
12. Kelly Bruner, $129,707.70
13.  Tracy Nowlin, $116,149.64
14. Tammy Fischer, $101,276.75
15. Carman Pozzobon, $101,177.36

Ivy Conrado wore Celie Whitcomb Ray’s specially made Salamander  shirt 35 years after Celie Whitcomb Ray wore it at the National Finals Rodeo and Conrado placed third in round seven.

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Queen's Landing in KitchenerWhile getting started in my new job at Desire2Learn, I enjoyed an extended stay in the Kitchener/Waterloo area to get oriented to the company and meet some of the hundreds of new employees (new to me, anyway). Rather than tell you about the great corporate culture that they have developed at D2L (here’s a recent story (May 2012) about that), I want to tell you about where I stayed while I was there. This isn’t the normal kind of post that I make at this site, but it may prove interesting for other remote D2L employees as well as anyone else who might be traveling to Kitchener.

Queen’s Landing Guest House is a great Bed & Breakfast and only about a 20 minute walk from D2L Headquarters in the Tannery Building. Your hosts are Wilma and Brian Skipper. They share their beautiful home with people like me who enjoy a home away from home. This home was built in 1920, and “features ten foot ceilings, large porches, stained glass windows, etched french doors, hardwood floors and walnut trim.”

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DeVonte and Kingsley

DeVonte, 14, was matched with his Big Brother Kingsley in December 2014. “The first time I met my Big I felt amazed because he looked like a smart guy. I thought he could probably get me into some sports,” says DeVonte. Although he wasn’t a fan of sports at first, DeVonte’s match has opened his eyes to many new experiences. His mother, Adell, says that Kingsley has encouraged DeVonte to try new things, has helped him with academics, and has built his confidence.

Kingsley and DeVonte have an incredible bond built on fun and dependability, and even have their own handshake. “Kingsley helps me with stuff that I don’t get, and he really likes to hang out with me,” says DeVonte. “He taught me how to shoot a basketball and gives me hints on bowling, and they are good hints!” “DeVonte is very easy going, just like me,” says Kingsley. “He has a chill personality and likes to try new things. He teaches me about new music and video games all the time.”

Adell has her own favorite memory of DeVonte’s match with Kingsley. “Kingsley has made a lasting impact on DeVonte through his patience and kindness,” she says. “Kingsley taught DeVonte to tie his shoes, so when DeVonte did it on his own for the first time, the first thing we had to do was send Kingsley a picture of his tied shoes.”

Even as long as they have been matched, DeVonte and Kingsley still look forward to all the new things they will do together. “I hope DeVonte accomplishes all of his dreams,” says Kingsley. “I want him to know that he is capable of doing whatever he sets his mind to.”

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I am often struck by the lack of self-control that I see among todays Christian women. Whether it be lack of control of the mouth or what goes in the mouth; or lack of self-control over anger or desires for worldly pleasures, todays Christian woman is in danger of slipping into the pit of worldliness. There are times when it is difficult to tell Christian woman from their unsaved counterparts.

Proverbs 25:28 says, “A man (or woman) without self-control is like a city broken into and left without walls.” The idea behind this verse is that self-control is a protective measure for us. It is to keep us from various harmful influences and vices as well as to keep us from plowing headlong into sin.

We dare not think that we are too wise to be seduced by things of this sinful age. King Solomon was the wisest man who ever lived and even with all his wisdom he still fell deeply into sin due to a lack of self-control. Anything that Solomon wanted he took; women being the greatest of his desires. He had over 700 wives from all different tribes including many from outside of the nation of Israel. Solomon did not govern his emotions and desires.

We women struggle with different things than our male counterparts. The things we wrestle with are a lack of self-control are in the areas of the tongue, food, spending, use of time and the like. Women can spend too much time watching television or reading books, and sad to say that much of the entertainment we indulge in is not godly.

We are to be self-controlled in all our dealings. This means we must have control over our desires, passions, wants, cravings, and our emotions. Everything in moderation is the key. Paul said “All things are lawful for me, but not all things are profitable. All things are lawful for me, but I will not be mastered by anything.” (1 Corinthians 6:12) This requires self-control.

To be successful in the area of self-control, every aspect of our lives is to be governed by the Holy Spirit because being self-controlled is not a part of out normal make-up. We love ourselves so much that we are willing to sin to get what we want, to go to any lengths to make it happen.
We must remove ourselves from places that tempt us to indulge our desires. If you tend to indulge your desire for “things” then a shopping mall may not be the place for you. If you indulge your desire for food than you must be very wise in where you eat. Perhaps a buffet is not the best place for you to have a meal! It is not that shopping or buffet meals are bad or evil they are inanimate objects; but what is evil is the heart and the heart wants to be indulged. What I have found is that what I start out controlling usually winds up controlling me! Sin always takes me further than I ever wanted to go…

Our hearts are naturally self-centered and self-indulgent and we do not want to be denied anything our flesh craves. This battle is ongoing and will be with us until we leave this earth! Gal. 5 says the Spirit is at war with our flesh, and our flesh is at war with the Spirit.

To be on the winning side of this battle daily we must daily expose our minds to the Word of God. We need daily reminding of what God says about who and what is to be controlling us and the dangers of journeying too far into the world.

The heart needs to be reoriented from one that loves and serves self to one that desires to glorify God more than anything else! As we pour God’s Word into our hearts and minds changes will begin to take place within us. Protective walls will begin to be built around our hearts, walls of self-control. We will find that due to the power of the presence of the Holy Spirit working through the Word of God we have the ability to say “no” to our passions and desires. What once seemed so important will no longer pull so hard at our hearts and we will find new strength in Jesus Christ.

We will realize the victory that we have in Christ and that we are no longer captive to the desires of the flesh unless we want to be captives. We have been set free by Jesus’ death and resurrection and the chains that once bound us to sin have been broken. You and I have the freedom to say “no thanks” when the sin of self-indulgence comes knocking on our door. We have the ability to be self-controlled.

Let’s begin today renewing our minds in this area, and then let’s begin to apply what the Word of God says and build self-control into our lives.

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  • MLS® #: R2334066
  • Sub-Area: Cypress Park Estates
  • Style: Apartment Unit
  • Area: 2018 sqft.
  • $/sq ft: $1035
  • Beds: 2
  • Baths: 2
  • Maintenance Fees: $880.36
  • Taxes: $4,947
  • Year Built: 2005

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LIKE NEW condo in the beautiful Stonecliff complex offering outstanding views to the east from almost every room in this spacious condo that LIVES LIKE A HOME. Also westerly water/sunset views & peaceful treed setting in back. Open concept great room, plus a den & an office make this an IDEAL DOWNSIZER’S FLOORPLAN.Bring your home’s precious furniture–it will show beautifully here! Entertainers' ideal layout w gourmet kitchen. Luxurious master&ensuite. PRIVATE DOUBLE GARAGE, gorgeous clubhouse/workout fac & GUEST SUITES. PET FRIENDLY w lovely walking trails on property. Min. frm Park Royal & Ambleside shopping, W Van seawall, skiing and hiking. Quiet neighbours, no rentals & 3 units per floor gives this complex an EXCLUSIVE FEEL. Meticulously maintained w onsite caretaker.

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MLS® # R2334066
Taxes $4,947 / 2018
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Dwelling Type 1 Storey
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Culinary Fight Club is bringing the heat to the kitchen! “Here’s the Beef” challenges 4 remarkable chefs to plate up the most gourmet bit in 60 minutes, and you won’t want to miss one delicious moment.

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Kicking off at 6:10 p.m., chefs will have a 45-second pantry run before the 60-minute Cook Off to create the perfect plate. All components on the plate matter, and judges will be looking for a symphony of tastes and flavor!Judges will critique for Judges’ Choice, and ticketed guests won’t miss out on the flavor either – Sample these creations to vote for  Tasters Choice. Award ceremony to follow.
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The movie fulfils the promise of this image.

The movie fulfils the promise of this image.

There are two types of B-movie – the big, brash and bold, and the simple idea followed through until the end – and this double bill provided me with one of each.

White House Down is the second ‘terrorists take over the White House’ movie this year and if you’ve been taking notes you’d know I didn’t see Olympus Has Fallen, the Gerard Butler led version that was first out of the gate. By all accounts, that movie took itself far too seriously, a problem which afflicts too many films with entirely preposterous set-ups. White House Down does no such thing. It’s knows it’s a big dumb action movie from the start and goes out to have some fun with it.

After the latest mishap, this time Obama really means it - he will give up smoking.

After the latest mishap, this time Obama really means it – he will give up smoking.

It also knows it’s going to be labelled “Die Hard in the White House” and seems hell-bent on being a Die Hard cover version featuring, amongst other things, elevator shafts, walking barefoot, vest-wearing, rocket launchers being fired at armoured vehicles, helicopters being shot down, a bespectacled computer geek employed to break some codes, and a fair few other key images or ideas from what I believe to be the greatest action movie of all time. And this is no bad thing. White House Down always maintains a sly wink to the audience and is more than happy to accept its own ludicrousness, be it in a White House lawn-based car chase featuring the president firing a rocket launcher or an aside from the lead terrorist that he doesn’t want cake because he’s diabetic.

It is, like almost everything, too long, clocking in at over 2 hours, but it is bloody good fun throughout and it’s difficult to exit the cinema without a big broad beaming smile on your face.

Halle Berry does Madonna at the Warner Bros Christmas Karaoke Party

Halle Berry does Madonna at the Warner Bros Christmas Karaoke Party

The Call is a very simple idea looking at a side of the emergency services that is all too often overlooked – the emergency call operator. Halle Berry plays the operator and we’re quickly brought up to speed on the kind of pressures and situations an operator has to deal with. The people on the other end of the phone can be in pain, in fear of their lives, and the operator must remain calm and try to ensure the caller’s safety until the police or an ambulance can arrive. As the trailer gives away, Berry takes a call from a girl afraid of someone attempting to break into her house and does everything almost perfectly, but her one small and instinctive mistake ultimately leads to the girl’s death. Shaken, Berry becomes a trainer rather than an operator, until a tour of the ‘hive’ leads her to taking the lead on a kidnapping in progress. The caller is in the boot of the kidnapper’s car and Berry has to try to track her down.

The film keeps your nerves on edge the whole way through and asks the audience what they would do in the same situation, before ruling out each of those options. It’s taut at a little over 90 minutes and is the kind of claustrophobic thriller you wish came along a little more often but without the big effects there’s little to draw people in at first glance. Hopefully word of mouth will lead to a good life on DVD as this is a film which deserves a bigger audience than the one it appears to have found at the cinema.

One note, the ending, ultimately, is ridiculous and you can go with it or you can walk out feeling let down. I’d say just go with it. It’s playing up to some generic conventions and what has gone before earns some leeway and artistic licence.

White House Down – B – Length: 2hrs 11 mins – Feels like: 2hrs 10 mins

The Call – B – Length: 1hr 34 mins – Feels like: 1hr 30 mins

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EU funding and Cornwall

Marco Di Cataldo, ‘The impact of EU Objective 1 funds on regional development: evidence from the UK and the prospect of Brexit’, Journal of Regional Science 57(2017), 814-839.

Marco Di Cataldo notes that the ‘scarcity of research on the effects of Cohesion Policy in the UK’ is ‘surprising’. He sets out to remedy this by asking how effective the EU Objective 1 programme has been, using Cornwall and South Yorkshire as examples. The existing literature on EU structural funding has reached no consensus. Some studies suggest it has been beneficial; others conclude it has been detrimental.

Cornwall & Scilly received 145 euros per inhabitant in the 2007-13 round of funding, over three times the level of the next highest British region. This was on top of the 138 euros per inhabitant during the previous round of funding from 2000 to 2006. Yet Di Cataldo begins his article by noting how the high Brexit vote in regions receiving EU spending implies that EU Cohesion Policy has not succeeded in ‘triggering greater development’. The possibility that the ‘greater development’ has itself been a factor spawning discontent is not explored in what is a quantitative study of the effectiveness of EU funding.

‘Effectiveness’ is defined in quite narrow terms of the levels of unemployment and GDP per capita. The performance of Cornwall and South Yorkshire since 1992 is subjected to a comparative analysis and the broad conclusion is that EU funding has been successful in reducing unemployment levels and raising GDP per capita. However, the experience of South Yorkshire suggests the effects may be short-term, as that region has done less well since funding ended in 2006.

The article begins with a useful summary of the EU’s structural funds programme and continues by discussing the changing map of eligible regions in the UK. Di Cataldo notes how ‘the ”devonwall” political concept promoted by the UK Conservative Party from the 1970s’ lost Cornwall funding in the first round from 1994 to 1999.

He adds that ‘requests for separation were complicated by the presence of political elites and stakeholders in Cornwall believing that the unity between Devon and Cornwall was best serving their interests’ through a stronger lobbying voice. However, his summary of the unlinking in 1999 is based on the fairly superficial secondary literature rather than new empirical research and overestimates the role of the Lib Dems after 1997. It’s more likely that the change in the regional map was due to technical rather than political factors, as the ONS was looking to maximise EU funding before the 1997 general election.

The article then moves on to the data. A sophisticated analysis of unemployment and GDP per capita is undertaken at the level of regions and wards. This is done through constructing ‘synthetic’ regions and wards. These combine non-eligible (or ‘untreated’) regions and wards closest to Cornwall and South Yorkshire in terms of factors including labour force typology, levels of education, % of fixed capital formation and the like. The performance of Cornwall and South Yorkshire is then compared with these synthetic regions.

The unemployment rate in Cornwall fell faster than in its ‘synthetic region’.

The results at both spatial levels are consistent. Cornwall was one of the top performing regions in terms of unemployment reduction. Unemployment dropped faster than in its synthetic region after 2000, although running in parallel before then. The difference in GDP per capita was less marked but still ‘marginally significant’. Similarly, South Yorkshire saw a (smaller) improvement over its synthetic region from 2000 to 2006. But this was lost after 2006 when performance deteriorated.

The article notes that the fastest catch-up for Cornwall was in the early years from 1999-2002. Since 2006 the picture has been fairly static in relation to the synthetic region. This has occurred despite an increase in the proportion of EU funds devoted to employment promotion, so policy has been ‘only partially successful’.

The gap between Cornwall and its ‘synthetic region’ in terms of GDP per capita has narrowed, but mainly in the early years of EU funding.

Nonetheless, Di Cataldo is still able to conclude that ‘Cornwall has made good use of Objective 1 funds’. However, Objective 1 effectiveness may dissipate when funding ends, as in South Yorkshire. In what reads like an afterthought, the article concludes that Brexit means that ‘a region like Cornwall which has benefited from Objective 1 policies for a long period of time, faces the highest risks’.

What is needed now is more research on the wider effects of EU structural funding, involving more measures than merely unemployment and GDP with some more convincing linkage between funding and performance. Ultimately, this article shows there is a correlation but does not prove causation.

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