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Lookout Mountain Engagement // Allie + Cole
I am SO stoked to finally be able to share this styled shoot that was recently featured on White Magazine! I had a vision for this shoot but I can honestly say it came out 50 million billion trillion times better than I ever could have imagined. The vendors that contributed (tagged at the end) did such a killer job and made this tiny room with white walls into an explosion of texture and color.
20's Inspired Seaside Wedding // Jessica + Patrick
Theseeee detailsssss. Not only are Jessica + Patrick a total babe couple, but they also did such an amazing job at creating a day that was sentimental, fun, and super cool. From the venue to their favors (matches), this 20s inspired wedding was packed full of thought that obviously came from the heart. Congrats you two, so so honored to have documented your day!
Colorful Urban Engagement // Rae + Michael
Shooting in the city was something a little different for me because when I think of emotional, romantic photos, I picture the setting being in the wild somewhere but man was I wrong. Rae + Michael were so fun and easy to shoot with it kinda felt like we were all just hanging out but they also brought the heat and passion for their photos. They have such a deep connection that made documenting their love effortless. Can't wait to party it up with these babes in Palm Springs for the wedding next summer!
Emotion Filled Colorado Wedding // Lisa + Currey
I love the way these two wear their hearts on their sleeves and are so expressive with their love and emotion towards one another. Their wedding day was full laughs, cries, and deep love. The day itself was gloomy (which I loved because Lisa had previously told me that some of her best days had been when it was raining) but they both completely embraced it and it made for a beautiful setting. Congrats you two, you'll have a wonderful life together!
Romantic Snow Day Elopement // Angelica + Alex
Angelica + Alex were originally planning a big wedding in Houston, Texas but when hurricane Harvey hit, they had to make a few changes. They were still able to get married but most of their guests and vendors couldn't make it (including me). These two were are so inspiring to me because of how they chose to see the good in such a devastating and scary time. I remember talking to Angelica on the phone and trying to imagine how upset and discouraged I would have been but she was so calm and steady. She was just so ready to marry Alex that everything else came second. For their photos, they wanted to do something a little more adventurous than Houston and flew up to Colorado for this beautiful mountain setting. I love the way these two love each other and bring light to those around them.
Lake Brainard Engagement // Lisa + Currey
Beers, your pup, and your best friend all in the place where you got engaged... what could be better? Seriously loved this shoot and how personal Lisa + Currey made it. Lake Brainard is a place Lisa + Currey frequent for camping and hiking and was the exact place Currey proposed to Lisa. They brought an ice chest of beers and their faithful companion Boon and we basically just hung out, it was great.
Foggy Mountain Top Elopement // Jana + Joseph
Jana + Joseph came all the way from Texas to do an epic elopement style vow renewal for their 5 year wedding anniversary. It was such a perfect, gloomy day up in the mountains for this romantic + intimate session. I loved the joy that these two had as they spoke their vows to each other and as they were reminded of how their marriage began.
HISTORIC SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA WEDDING // Dani + Eoin
Dani + Eoin met by chance (she's from California + he's from Ireland) but there's no question they're meant to be together. From the undeniable connection they have to the crazy amount of love and support they have from their friends and family, it's a sure win kinda love. Their wedding was jam packed with loved ones from near and far and it was a celebration for the books. Congrats you two!
St. Mary's Glacier Engagement // Claudia + James
Claudia + James are such a fun, generous, down to earth couple and the kind of people you want in your corner. I'm honored to be their friend but also so excited that they asked me to take their engagement photos! If you live in Colorado, St. Mary's Glacier is a MUST (especially in spring). It's shoots like this that make me forget this is my job.
This day was something straight out of a movie. Hannah and Luca are artists, people that have a love and zest for life like no one else I've ever met, this day was such an amazing representation of that. The small Tuscan town of Cortona has been the setting for their love story and I couldn't think of a more perfect or romantic place. Congratulations Hannah and Luca, your love is magic.


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Thursday's vote came just as the U.S. Army's top prosecutor for sexual assault cases was suspended for alleged sexual assault. Lt. Col. Joseph Morse is accused of groping and trying to kiss a colleague at a legal conference on sexual assault in 2012. Morse is the latest in a series of Army officials involved in sexual assault oversight accused of committing some of the very same crimes they're tasked with punishing. Meanwhile, an Army general accused of sexual assault has pleaded guilty to three lesser charges. Brig. Gen. Jeffrey A. Sinclair has admitted to adultery, asking junior female officers for nude photos and possessing pornography while deployed in Afghanistan. Sinclair will continue to fight assault charges and says he wants to face his accuser in court.
A second probe has been confirmed in the dispute between the CIA and a Senate panel over a report on the agency's torture and rendition program. Members of the Senate Intelligence Committee say CIA officials illegally monitored their staffers' work as they compiled the panel's exhaustive report on CIA torture. The report has yet to be released but reportedly documents extensive abuses and a cover-up by CIA officials to Congress. The CIA inspector general is already investigating whether agency officials monitored computers that Senate aides used while conducting research at CIA headquarters. Now the FBI has launched a probe of the Senate staffers for potentially removing classified material from the CIA during their investigation. The documents in question reportedly included an internal CIA review that sided with the Senate's finding that the CIA committed widespread torture while yielding little in valuable intelligence.
President Obama is facing increasing calls to stop his record deportations of undocumented immigrants. Obama granted a reprieve in 2012 to undocumented youths who came to the U.S. as young children, but critics want that extended to their parents and all those who would be spared under the proposed immigration reform Obama has endorsed. In statements this week, three Democratic senators who helped draft the bipartisan immigration reform bill — Robert Menendez of New Jersey, Dick Durbin of Illinois, and Chuck Schumer of New York — have called on Obama to stop the deportations. Speaking at the group's annual gala, the head of the National Council of La Raza, Janet Murguía, called Obama the nation's "deporter-in-chief."
Janet Murguía: "For us, this president has been the deporter-in-chief. Any day now, any day now, this administration will reach the two million mark for deportations. It's a staggering number that far outstrips any of his predecessors and leaves behind it a wake of devastation for families across America. … The president says his administration does not have the authority to act on its own. All we hear is no—no from Congress, no from the administration. But here's the thing: We won't take no for an answer."
Responding at a town hall event on Thursday, Obama called himself the "champion-in-chief" of comprehensive immigration reform and repeated his claim to have done all he can within the confines of the law. House Republicans have all but ruled out an immigration reform vote until after the mid-term elections. Obama also came under criticism from immigration advocates this week over priorities in his 2015 budget. The request seeks funding for speedier deportations, expanding immigration courts, and the controversial "Secure Communities" program involving local law enforcement in deportations. In a statement, the National Day Laborer Organizing Network said: "The administration cannot hide its own record behind Republican extremism when it continues to propose funding for extremely cruel enforcement."
The energy giant Duke Energy has been ordered to stop groundwater pollution at its 14 coal-fired plants in North Carolina. On Thursday, a state judge reversed a North Carolina Environmental Management Commission ruling that left Duke off the hook for immediately cleaning up contaminated groundwater. The decision comes just weeks after Duke spilled over 35 million gallons of coal ash into the Dan River, one of the worst such spills in U.S. history. A coalition of environmental groups had brought the case to challenge what they called lackluster state oversight. In a statement, the Waterkeeper Alliance said: "If the state had exercised its authority to require cleanup of those ponds previously, the catastrophic coal ash spill could have been prevented. The time to use this authority to require cleanup at other plants around the state is now, before another disaster occurs."

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You know Scott Metzger from Joe Russo's Almost Dead? Well when he wants to get his rock on, he plays in a killer trio called Wolf! We're thrilled to have them back to our room for a second hit. You loved them last winter so we knew a repeat was in order.
Taking their cues from a soul, blues, boogaloo, country and rock background, Wolf! seamlessly merge styles to create a party where everyone's welcome...one that you don't want to miss! This Brooklyn-based trio continue to find new and exciting ways to evolve and push what's possible with the classic guitar, bass, and drums formula while maintaining a fundamental groove that's both irresistible and undeniable. Wolf! strives to make great music, and life is too short to listen to bad music.
And sharing the stage on this night we're thrilled to have a trio from Doobie Decibel System! These guys played a terrific show here a few months back and we're thrilled they are coming through again. Don't miss this very special night of music.
Jason Crosby: guitar, fiddle, keyboards, vocals (Susan Tedeschi, Robert Randolph, Bob Weir, Phil Lesh, Carlos Santana, Pete Seeger, Eric Clapton, Bruce Springsteen & Dave Matthews and more).
Roger McNamee: rhythm and lead guitar, bass, vocals (Moonalice, Guff, The Engineers, Random Axes, Flying Other Brothers and more).
Dan "Lebo" Lebowitz: guitar, steel guitar, vocals (ALO (Animal Liberation Orchestra), Lebo & Friends, Jack Johnson, Phil Lesh, Steve Kimock Band, Brokedown in Bakersfield and more).


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(Live Wasp)
Skin and female symptoms marked. Indurated feeling. Vasomotor symptoms of skin and mucous membranes.
Dizzy, better lying on back. Fainting. Numbness and blindness. Nausea and vomiting, followed by creeping chills from feet upward. Cramping pain in bowels. Axillary glands swollen with soreness of upper arms. Perspiration on parts laid on with itching.
Painful and swollen. Erysipelatous inflammation of lids. Chemosis of conjunctiva. Swelling of mouth and throat, with violent burning pains.
Burning with micturition; also itching.
Menstruation, preceded by depression, pain, pressure, and constipation. Left ovary markedly affected, with frequent burning, micturition; sacral pains extending up back. Erosion around external os.
Erythema; intense itching; burning. Boils; stinging and soreness, relieved by bathing with vinegar. Wheals, macules and swellings with burning, stinging and soreness. Erythema multiforme, relieved by bathing with vinegar.
Compare: Scorpio (salivation; strabismus; tetanus); Apis.
Antidote: Sempervivum tector, locally.
Third to thirtieth potency.
(VESPA VULGARIS, the Wasp; VESPA CRABRO, the European Hornet; and VESPA MACULATA, "Yellow-jacket," the American Hornet. N. O. Hymenoptera (Sub-order Vespidæ). Tincture of the living insects.)
Clinical.─Abscesses, multiple. Alopecia. Chemosis. Enuresis. Fainting. Flushing. Glottis, spasm of. Indigestion; with flushing. Edema. Ophthalmia. Ovary, left, pain in. Quinsy. Tongue, swelling of. Uterus, ulcerated. Vertigo.
Characteristics.─Vespa was introduced into the materia medica by Hering. The symptoms of the Schema Are mostly the results of stings. Berridge proved Vesp. crabro 30 on three persons. Low spirits; pain in right ear; nausea with faint feeling and trembling; pain in left side of the neck on waking─these were the chief symptoms experienced by them. Berridge demonstrated that the poison of the hornet and the wasp may answer to each other's indications by curing with Vesp. c. cm. (Fincke) a symptom produced by Vesp. vulgaris, namely, chemosis of the right eye. Mr. X., 66, had had his right eye inflamed for six days. When seen there was redness of right lower lid; baggy swelling of conjunctiva partly covering the cornea when pressed upward; lachrymation of right eye < in open air; right lids adhere in morning. Vesp. c. thrice daily cured in a few days (Org., ii. 319). E. T. Blake (M. H. R., xxii. 370, quoted Org., i. 320) cured with Vesp. 1. the following group of symptoms: Face swollen and puffy, skin transparent and blanched; scalding urine followed by itching; itching of right arm. Blake also related (M. H. R., xix. 418, quoted by Allen) the case of Miss C. J., who at the age of thirty-one was stung on the left thumb, through some calico, and was never well after, dying at the age of thirty-eight. She was prone to constipation all her life, and at twenty-three had had "congestion of the left lung." Most of the abdominal, urinary, ovarian, and uterine symptoms were hers. Among the latter was an irritable ulcer surrounding the os tincæ. W. Rowbotham (Org., ii. 79) was stung on the right cheek. Next day, about 4 a.m., was suddenly awakened by burning, stinging pain in cheek, "as if pierced with red-hot needles," and soreness and smarting along the lymphatics. After bathing the face he got to sleep and was again suddenly awakened by the pain two hours later, which recurred periodically, in paroxysms, throughout the day. Burnett observed a case of sting on the tongue in a woman. The tongue entirely filled the buccal cavity. The patient's appearance was exactly like one suffering from severe cynanche. The swelling was diffuse and deep-seated. There was not much redness. Peculiar Sensations were: As if a harpoon were sticking deep in and were drawn on. Cold, chilly sensation round sting. As if pierced with red-hot needles. As if about to suffocate. As if left shoulder-joint were sprained. As if a cutting instrument were piercing all joints like an electric shock. As if dying. The symptoms were: < By motion. Cold water applied, first >, then <. Open air < lachrymation. Feet were cold except in summer, when they burned uncomfortably. < After sleep. < After eating (indigestion with flushes).
Relations.─Antidoted by: Apis, Led., Camph., Salt-water, Vinegar. Incompatible: Arg. n. Compare: Pains as if pierced with red-hot needles, Ars., Apis. Ulcers around os uteri, Mitch., Eu. pu., Apis., Hydrocotyle.
Mind.─Terrible anxiety.─Low-spirited.─Insensibility.─Unconsciousness, with inability to move.
Head.─Fainting and loss of consciousness.─A violent heat came over him, felt sick; then turned giddy and spun round and round like a top till he fell; staggered to the house, got into a chair, in a moment, fell out of it, almost fainting; dashed water into his face, at length was able to lie down on his bed.─Headache.─Face and head swollen and inflamed.─Alopecia.
Eyes.─Injection of r. conjunctiva.─Itching of r. lid in evening, with swelling, afterwards pain in lid and ball, erysipelatous inflammation of lid, whole side of face painful and swollen, almost complete chemosis of conjunctiva, it being raised up on the sclerotic membrane, more than half over eye to border of cornea, as if fatty matter were under it, caused by effusion of lymph, an abscess opened upon inside of upper lid about its centre, later the chemosis became reddish.─Inflammation of r. eye, with baggy swelling of conjunctiva.
Ears.─Sticking deep in r. ear.─Purulent catarrh of middle ears.
Face.─Face livid.─Face smooth, dark red, bloated.─Anxious expression.─Face and eyes edematous, face, mouth and throat appeared as in severe cynanche (after a sting on tongue).─Pain in cheek (part stung) as if pierced with red-hot needles, suddenly awakening him from sleep, and recurring periodically.
Mouth.─Tongue: swollen and tense, swelling below chin, between that and hyoid bone, pain in a point in middle line of tongue, 3/4-in. from apex; swollen, red, rounded, filled the mouth, immovable, could not speak, only mumbled, swallowing was painful and difficult.─Swelling of palate, with inflammation, so preventing respiration that he died.─Swelling of mouth and throat, with burning pain, nausea, vertigo, after two hours fever, delirium, face, neck, arms, and chest swollen and shining red, respiration impeded, swallowing difficult, pulse 126, heart's action irregular and tumultuous (cured by Camph.).─Peculiar taste, a combination of palatal and nasal sensation, as when a nest of wasps is disturbed, < heat.
Throat.─Swelling of throat; soreness; heat of throat.─Difficulty of swallowing.─Hypertrophied tonsils which secreted a cheesy matter.─Pharyngeal varicosis.
Stomach.─Eructations.─Nausea: in evening after coming indoors, with weight in stomach; with faint feeling and trembling.─Vomiting, with swelling of head.─Cold feeling in stomach.─Heat in stomach.
Abdomen.─Uneasiness in abdomen.
Urinary Organs.─Marked tenderness to deep pressure in renal region.─Incessant enuresis (after five years).─Burning micturition in women.─Remittent dysuria with backache.─Hæmaturia.
Male Sexual Organs.─Swelling of scrotum and penis.
Female Sexual Organs.─(Valuable in affections of l. ovary, with tenderness, frequent micturition, pain in sacrum extending up back.).─Pain in l. ovarian region.─Menses: intermittent; sometimes brown; always accompanied by pain and flatulence, preceded by mental depression, pain, pressure and constipation.─An irritable ulcer surrounded os tincæ.─Irritation (< in groins), passing into pudenda = ulceration.
Respiratory Organs.─Hoarseness.─Voice lost.─Spasm of glottis (after application of diluted ammonia to tongue), face pale, drops of sweat on forehead, arms thrown out to gasp for air, he got out of bed, sank back on bed, face livid, breath and pulse stopped.─Dyspnea.─Respiration hurried.
Heart and Pulse.─Aching in heart.─Slow beating of heart, almost imperceptible.─Pulse: rapid and small; rapid and feeble; rapid with violent beating of carotids.
Neck and Back.─Pain in l. side of neck, waking her at night, preventing her from turning it to l. side, felt least when lying on back, best on r. side.─Pain in scapula (place of sting), with soreness.
Upper Limbs.─Pain in shoulder, in region of stings, axillary glands swollen.─Sprained pain in l. shoulder-joint on moving it, < lifting arm or twisting it.─Aching in hand and arm.
Generalities.─Trembling, quaking, with chattering of teeth.─Nervo-muscular excitement.─Stinging piercing deeply, as if a hook were pulled out.─Sudden stinging and burning in cheek waking me at 4 a.m. (after a sting on the cheek).─Burning of the part, then swelling, red, with burning pain.─Sudden tearing.─Cutting like electric shocks through all joints, arm, head and face swollen, eyes red and twitching, red lines along absorbents, itching over whole body, insensibility, vomiting, pulse slow, heart's action scarcely perceptible.─Feeling as if dying at night.─Weakness; with enuresis somni, heat esp. overpowers him.─Faintness; all day with trembling and nausea.
Skin.─Redness of hands, feet, and chest.─Swelling: of face, body, and limbs; of cheek, skin soon became bright red, the redness spread over head and down neck, shoulders, back and front of chest, with pain and tenderness; of the stung part (r. side of neck), with aching, redness, and burning, the burning > then < by cold water.─Swelling of thumb and face, soon became red as if covered with scarlet rash; restlessness at night, heat, irritation, and wherever he scratched himself there arose spots like nettle-rash, swelling and redness of l. arm and hand, after forty hours edema of lids (esp. lower), face pallid and puffy.─Prurigo-like, pinkish, lentil-shaped spots on hand and forearm, on neck, and all over, down to feet.─Ulcer.─Desquamation of whole surface.─Abscesses over whole body, causing emaciation.─Itching: of whole body; of the part every day about 3 or 4 a.m., slightly > by application of vinegar, always burning after scratching; also the same every day about 8 or 9 a.m. and at 3 p.m., the itching > by applications of salt and vinegar.
Sleep.─Night restless.─Sleepless all night.
Fever.─Heat, with sick feeling, vertigo, almost faintness.─Burning (after the sting) as if something were sticking and drawing out, the part stung was bright red, elevated, with hard swelling, the redness surrounded by a circle of chilliness, soon changing to a general chill, intermittent, extending in waves over whole body.


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Estación de esquí de Alto Campoo
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Alto Campoo Ski and Mountain Resort
Apartado 36
39200 Reinosa, Cantabria (Cantabria)
Alto Campoo Ski and Mountain Resort
Tel.:+34 942779222
Tel.:+34 942779223
"Q" for Tourism Quality, a mark that represents quality in Spain's tourism sector.
Alto Campoo is a ski resort with a full range of facilities, set on peaks at over 2,000 metres above sea level. Located in the Campoo Valley, it has excellent ski facilities and stunning surrounding landscapes.
Skiable kilometres : 32.175 Km (27.775 Km Alpine skiing - 4.4 Km Cross-country skiing)
Maximum height: 2.125
Minimum height: 1.650
At the resort
Car park. Information office. Lockers. Ski equipment hire. Ski schools. SOS Service. Healthcare services. Play park – exterior and interior. Hotel. Bars. Cafés. Hostels. Public telephone. Disco. Sauna. Chapel (with services on Saturdays).
In the surrounding area
Hotels. Restaurants. Bars. Pizzerias. Cafés. Discos. Pubs. Gyms. Solariums. Post office. Tourist office. Exhibition rooms. Bus and railway station. Petrol stations. Banks. Heated swimming pool. Shops. Sports centre. Climbing wall. Churches. Hospital. Doctor service. Supermarkets. Cinemas. Libraries. 18-hole golf course.
Ski school
No. of ski schools: 5
No. of ski instructors: 100
Comments: For more information, check the official website: www.altocampoo.com
Piste information
No. of blue runs: 9
No. of red runs: 9
No. of green runs: 4
Total no. of km: 23,6
Total runs: 22
Cross-country ski trails: 1
Snowparks: 1
Competition stadiums: 2
No. of accommodation units at the resort: 5
No. of beds at the resort: 330
No. of beds in the surrounding area: 1971


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Next target: the NRA
Rod and gun in hand, and backing the Second Amendment right to own firearms, President George W. Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney have won the hearts of America's sportsmen. Yet the two men have failed to protect outdoor sports on the nation's public lands. With deep ties to the oil and gas industry, Bush and Cheney have unleashed a national energy plan that has begun to destroy hunting and fishing on millions of federal acres throughout the West, setting back effective wildlife management for decades to come.It's a strong editorial and outdoorsmen and women should read it and get angry. There are too many outrages to keep on top of everything at once, and that's let the environmental record of the last few years go relatively unexamined. But the effects will last for generations.


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Here comes The WheelieDealer. More sophisticated Trading Tricks and focus on Psychology. Enforced Discipline.
- Those first 5 years or so of my Retirement were generally very enjoyable and productive and no doubt accelerated my knowledge of the Markets and freed me up to address things I never really had the time for when working - such as taking my time to write down a detailed breakdown of my Approach and Rules and stuff (something I see as essential for anyone taking on the Markets - whatever their Style). However, things were not by any means perfect and after some years I was starting to get a bit, well, bored. This manifested itself as a lack of motivation and a feeling of 'Going through the Motions' and I sort of lost energy and drive and just got a bit deflated. This is a huge danger when you Retire and everybody leaves Work with lots of Plans for things they intend to do but after a while all those Jobs are done and the boredom and lack of enthusiasm can creep in.


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text: taynichaf 5 Report post Posted May 30, 2013 Two times my blood tests came back negative. I recently had a biopsy that came back negative, but they found GERD and a hiatal hernia. For some reason, my doctors will not test the full panel and I just don't get why! Being gluten free for just a few days I can already start to see changes.... I have MANY symptoms of celiac, and now i'm just starting to think that I'm an early celiac... So I am going back to the doctors tomorrow and pleading that they test the full panel for my own sanity! Along with my thyroid levels and to see if im hypoglycemic... Any advice/tips? I know I might just have NCGS but I will not let this go until they run the full tests... And I want to quit eating gluten already! Are there any other tests that I should ask for??? Thank you. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites


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I keep wondering what Bob Reuter would have to say about the recent violence and civil unrest in St. Louis. He would have a lot to say, no doubt. He always had a lot to say.
That was probably my favorite thing about him: how he could go on and on about any old thing. The man could spin a yarn. Most of his stories seemed to be exaggerated for effect, but that was part of his charm. In any case, Reuter seemed incapable of keeping his mouth shut. In a world where many commentaries are muted or diluted for a potentially disapproving audience, Reuter would've been talking and commenting all over the Internet and losing Facebook friends left and right. He would've been blabbing, and it would've been entertaining, at least, and possibly infuriating. Or it might have been insightful and wise. He was unpredictable, that Bob.
Reuter died on August 3 of last year in a tragic elevator accident. His passing punched a big fat hole into the heart of the St. Louis music scene, not just because he was gone but also because his death felt avoidable. Reuter was a leader (and much to his chagrin, an elder) of all of the beautiful musical and artistic weirdness that flourishes in south city. He was a musician, a DJ, a photographer and a writer. By extension, he was an accidental St. Louis historian and photojournalist, quietly and slowly documenting decades of St. Louis bands and characters.
On August 3 of this year -- exactly one year and one hour after Reuter passed -- I found myself sitting beside his ashes. I went to the home of Chris Baricevic to interview him about Reuter's legacy and his grand plans for the future.
Baricevic was written into Reuter's will as the executor of his estate. In a strange generational role reversal, Baricevic and Reuter mutually mentored each other. Reuter showed Baricevic the ways of the old-school St. Louis musicians, and Baricevic worked to help Reuter acclimate to new ways of doing things. Reuter once told me that he owed Baricevic for a "life turn-around."
It's an easy scenario to imagine. In all ways, Baricevic is a man who gets things done. As the founder of Big Muddy Records, he is an essential piece in the local music scene puzzle, and his specialty seems to be digging up and promoting worthy local talent. He will use whatever limited resources he has to somehow manage not only to complete his goals, but to thrive. He's calm, smart, hard-working and the kind of guy who seems to just naturally press coal into diamonds.
After doing his best to wrangle Reuter when he was alive, Baricevic now has the unenviable (and everlasting) job of managing Reuter's posthumous affairs. A month or so after Reuter's death, he hosted a memorial tribute concert at the Casa Loma ballroom. It was, by all accounts, a successful endeavor both spiritually and financially. Aside from being one of the most impressive, talent-packed and touching things that many in the local music community have ever seen, it funded the initial donation into a piggy bank that intends keeps Reuter's work available to the public for generations to come.
Baricevic has many projects up his sleeve. First of all, Reuter's band, Alley Ghost, is still touring and playing his music, and the men of Alley Ghost are scheduled to record even more Reuter-penned music soon. Recordings of his old band, the Dinosaurs, are currently being mastered by St. Louis expatriate Mario Viele (of Sex Robots fame) and will be eventually released to the hungry public. And Baricevic has big plans for his Cowboy Angel Foundation, an organization set up to ensure Reuter's legacy and contribute to the local music community.
Tomorrow night at the Ready Room, Bob's bandmate family will host a show in honor of his birthday. Alley Ghost is headlining, of course, and supporting acts include Johnny Walker (Soledad Brothers), James Leg (Black Diamond Heavies), the Defeated County and Jack Grelle. Joseph Sulier will be reading some of Reuter's writings, Ashley Hohman is spinning Bob's Scratchy Records after the show, and there will be merchandise for sale and a silent auction of items donated by local bands and organizations.
Read on for more about Reuter's legacy, legalities surrounding his death and the massive potential for the St. Louis music community through the Cowboy Angel Foundation in the interview below.
Jaime Lees: Tell me what's been going on in the past year.
Chris Baricevic: Well, what's been going on with Bob's stuff in the last year is this: Most of it is hung up in bureaucracy. We're still waiting for probate to stamp the will, you know, and so it's all kind of hung up in the legal process and probate court and all of that.
I've been trying to find a spot -- like, a public spot, to put the bulk of his ashes in. I've been talking to the woman in charge of the park that's going in next to Mangia and -- fingers crossed -- they'll let us put them in there. But that's in the same kind of process. They told me they have to, like, write policies and stuff. So I don't know if that's a for sure thing or not, but that's what I'd like to do: have him on South Grand somewhere where people can visit. I mean, he was a public figure. So we'll see what happens with that. I don't really have a backup plan.
As far as his music goes, Mario [Viele] took a bunch of reel-to-reels up to New York. He's been mastering them over the course of the past four or five months, and he's got enough that we'll be putting out two full LPs of original Dinosaurs recordings from 1978 to 1979. There will be one album of home-studio recordings -- they had a four-track machine, it seems -- and one album from a live reel. They used to play three- or four-hour gigs at these different bars in town, and they recorded a few of the shows, and we have one full concert which they play pretty much all of their originals, and it sounds really good. So we're going to put out a "live at the no-name disco" LP, as well.
As far as going through Bob's past work, that's as far as we've gotten is the Dinosaurs. And other than that, Alley Ghost is going to be recording a new record in a few weeks here at Native Sound. Mario is coming into town to get behind the board, I'm going to be producing it and Brice [Baricevic] is doing most of the vocals. Mat [Wilson] does a song or two. And Alley Ghost as Bass Amp [Maysam Attaran], Brice, Mat, Adam [Hesed] and Dan-O [Daniel Lawless] have been touring about once a month pretty much since the beginning of 2014. Next week they're doing a five-day run down to New Orleans. So they'll continue to be touring with the Bucket City booking agency, and we'll be doing that record.
And as far as when that stuff will come out? I don't know. Because I think I have to wait for the will to go through probate court first.
When do you expect that?
[Laughs] You can't expect things from the legal process. You're just kind of at their mercy.
You've had good, proper legal advice, right?
I've definitely had legal advice, but I don't know what legal advice is good and proper! [Laughs]
So has someone argued that the will is invalid for some reason? Is that's what is taking so long?
No, it just takes a long time to process. It took me about four months to get his death certificate. It was so ridiculous. Because you can't even start the probate process until you get the death certificate, so I was just calling every few weeks and ask if it was done. They'd say, "No, it's not done yet." I would call the, you know, the coroner's office. And then one day in December I called them and this lady was like, "I don't know what you're talking about. We've had this thing done since September." So just more bureaucratic fun. [Rolls eyes] I don't know what happened. I just got the feeling that it was some kind of filing-cabinet error. Who knows.
Before you can advance with the Cowboy Angel Foundation, all of this has to be done first, right?
OK, so here's what's up with the foundation: That all seems like a somewhat far-off vision. All of the money that we made in the month after Bob died with donations and income from the concert, pretty much all of that is going into records: into the Dinosaurs records, into the Alley Ghost record. All of the money made from those will go back into it. It will all have the Big Muddy boat label on it, but financially, all of Bob's recordings are separate. The money we made was enough to start putting out records, basically.
But not enough to keep putting out records?
Well, we'll keep putting them out if they sell. But to do anything on the scale of what I'd like Cowboy Angel to be is, like, a way bigger endeavor that would require a lot more start-up cash, so all we can afford to do is start putting out Bob's stuff. And then eventually, hopefully, we'll have enough money to start putting out all of his photography, his writing and stuff as well. And until we find a buried treasure somewhere...
I mean, you're open to benefactors, right?
Oh yeah! Totally, totally. But until then we'll just keep putting our energy towards that. The band wants to keep doing their thing so they'll have all of Bob's merchandise with them. It's been going really well with them on the road.
Alley Ghost has really been touring every month?
Just about. At least a weekend or two. I know that they've done a lot of the cities that they went to with Bob. I think they're still just doing the same kind of stuff: small shows and small venues and bars that a band starting out on the road would play.
I think it's great that Bob can get new fans without even being there.
Yeah! They've been saying that it's going really well.
So, with the terrible stuff concerning that elevator and all, you can't legally do anything about that until...when?
Everybody tells me that I can't do anything legally about it at all. At all.
At all?
At all.
Because Missouri says you have to be a blood relative to sue. It's a rare thing. Missouri is, like, one of two states where the executor of the estate doesn't have any stake to sue on stuff like that.
Well, that's disappointing.
Yeah, if this were Illinois it would be an open and closed case. It would probably be so obvious that it would be settled out of court.
So, there's no hope that there's a giant check coming your way still from stuff like that?
Well, that's not even the point, though. From what I understand, the person that's responsible... [trails off] Honestly, it's all just so crazy. It needs, like, a Nick Fury-type detective to come in and pull all of the shadows away. It's all very blurry. The city tells me that the investigation is ongoing. All I know for sure is that I don't have the power to sue. Everybody keeps telling me that I, personally, can't.
Well, it would be nice to have the option even if that's not the path that you decided to take. What's the point of an executor if you can't execute?
And also, it just seems like somebody is getting away with some very extreme criminal negligence here. Somebody or multiple people, you know. The city is ignoring it. The people whose names are on the building are ignoring it. So it's all pretty frustrating.
Because you knew him so well, what do you think that Bob's fans could to as the best tribute to him? What do you think that he would like for them to do?
Just to listen to his music, read his books and look at his pictures. That was pretty much what he cared about: his art. I think that Bob would just want people to get into his stuff, honestly. He'd want them to get into his stuff and to get into themselves in the same way; to be a creative spirit.
So what are your ideas for the future?
I do have somewhat of a vision for what Cowboy Angel should be. I've really only tried to vocalize it once or twice before. But the idea would be -- in a land of infinite possibility with no financial or resource restraints -- there's this building. And it's a center for artistic and creative people in St. Louis. It would provide them with living resources. Like, for example, it would be a place where you go to get help finding a job, finding a place to live, finding medical help, psychiatric help, life coaching, counseling. Also, the center would also be a place where music lessons are taught and organized. For example, we would have musicians from the city going out to teach people with the focus being on underprivileged people who don't have these resources normally.
It would be a place for people who don't have the environment to craft not only their art, but also their life so that it is allowing them to continue making their art. Which is pretty much what I did with Bob -- I was working with him to help him get his life to a place where he was working on his art and still getting by without any kind of frustration in that cycle.
So the center would focus on that idea and kind of web out into all the things that an artist or an aspiring artist would need to survive with their art. That includes work spaces, education, etc. It would be a community in which people can support themselves and each other in ways that are just kind of up to their imagination. And the idea is that it's this thing that exists with Bob's spirit and some of the money would be funneled into it, but the bulk of that money will stay towards the continuing production of his music. It's such a grand notion that eventually it would have to have separate fundraising. But the basic idea is just that it's a center for south-city freaks and weirdos and creative people to just kind of make their lives better and to contribute to and be a part of the community.
It's nice because there's already a lot of that in St. Louis but on smaller levels.
It's something that happens naturally, for sure. The community aspect of this is just a forward-movement of all of that.
Like an extension of it?
Right, exactly. But the focus would be more on the things that all of these people struggle with, you know? Which is a lot of times just help getting by or help finding resources that they don't know are available to them. And maybe situations will improve with health care changing, but honestly poor people are still going to need financial help.
Yeah, a new health-care system doesn't change the gas bill.
Right. So the idea is just to have this place where people get together that is just helping the artist to get by and live better lives. But, like I said, it's a grand vision for the moment, unless somebody wants to step in and throw down to make that more of a reality.
Or hand you a building?
Right! Or hand me a building! It's just kind of a far-away vision. Right now my focus is on what Bob's legacy is going to be, on Bob's band still doing their thing and on the production and distribution of his art.
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Ivan Vera Mathiri Review
Based on a real-life incident, M Saravanan has itched a story for his latest movie Ivan Vera Mathiri. It is a commercial movie with a social message. Vikram Prabhu, who had a great debut in Kumki, seems to have made a right choice again as the film has given him a good opportunity to showcase his skills.
Ivan Vera Mathiri stars Vikram Prabhu and newbie Surabhi in the lead roles. Ganesh Venkatraman has played the role of a cop and Vamshi Krishna is the bad man in the film. It has Shakhti's cinematography, C Sathya's music and Sreekar Prasad's editing.
M Saravanan is inspired by an infamous real-life incident. The crisis takes the central stage after the college atmosphere turns violent with the murders of three students.Media focusses the issue and starts debate on the same.
This is when the hero Gunasekaran, a common man, decides to fight for the cause and to punish the law minister. On the other end, he falls in love with Malini (Surabhi). But baddies kidnap her. How he fights the injustice? Will he be able to save his girlfriend? You should watch the movie to get answers to all the questions. Director Saravanan has tried hard to write a screenplay to churn out a message-oriented movie with commercial ingredients.
His screenplay manages to win audience appreciation for his attempt. Though there are minus points in the narration, well-written scenes and dialogues effortlessly make audience sit till the end. If you compare the first and the second halves, the latter part is more engaging than the former. But let me warn you, there are times when you would feel like the director is beating around the bush! But the quality of the overall product make us to forget all those flaws in the storyline. Continue reading the story on the slideshow...
The drawback of the movie is that the story is predictable in the later half of the film. In the end, it turns out to become a routine fight of a baddie and a hero. The love story portions isn't engaging due to repetitive scenes.
Vikram Prabhu
Vikram Prabhu shows the strong signs of becoming a star. His role in the film is brilliant and he has done complete justice to it. But his dancing ability could be questioned.
Newbie Surabhi has not got a bigger role in the movie, but she makes the best out of her limited role.
Ganesh Venkatraman
Ganesh Venkatraman impresses audience in the role of a cop. He mouths a few punch dialogues in the film. Vamshi Krishna is good in the role of a baddie.
Tech Departments
Sathya's 'Enna marandhaen' and 'Thanimayilae' songs are good. His background score intensifies the proceedings. Shakti's cinematography is praise worthy, but editor Sreekar Kumar could have removed some dragging scenes to give a better look to the film.
The highlights of the movie will be action scenes, and the film has turned out to be fairly different kind of action movie.


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In 2015, a massive earthquake devastated Nepal.
I'm sure you saw the dramatic headlines and heartbreaking photos of destruction in the news. But what you might not have known is that prior to the earthquake, Nepal was already an impoverished country struggling to survive. Nepal FREED was formed in 2009 to address Nepal's lack of economic development directly caused by lack of access to education. Since the earthquake, Nepal FREED is even more dedicated to bringing hope to Nepal through education and rebuilding communities one project at a time - and we need all the help we can get. Join us in rebuilding schools, filling their classrooms with qualified teachers, and bringing together a community in need. -Founder & President, Jay Tamang
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Founder Jay Tamang grew up in Nepal, and was forced to walk ten miles each way to school, often through treacherous conditions. He formed Nepal FREED in 2009 because he knew many children would not or could not make this journey. Our primary mission is to make education more accessible for the children of Nepal.
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Any contribution of time, money, or awareness helps. Spread the word to friends or organizations who might be interested in working with us or donating to our cause. If you want to get even more involved, we host trips to Nepal to help build schools and improve the infrastructure that has been destroyed in the earthquake.
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We raise funds to build schools, hire teachers, provide supplies, and ensure an effective and safe education for the children of Nepal. We also make trips to help build the schools and rebuild the community after the 2015 earthquake.
Life in Nepal
Nepal is an impoverished country whose lack of economic development is directly related to the lack of access to education. Many Nepalese survive by performing manual labor or subsistence agriculture, and live off the most basic necessities in rural areas. Political instability, lack of access to advanced medicine, and poor infrastructure all affect the children of Nepal.


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Emmitsburg, Md. (February 17, 2012)--Mount St. Mary's University will honor the 1962 Men's Basketball National Championship team at halftime of tomorrow's game against Monmouth.
The ceremony caps the Mount's season-long celebration of the 50th Anniversary of the 1962 National Championship team. The first 1,000 fans to the game will receive a 50th Anniversary Rally Towel and commemorative pins.
The 1962 team defeated Sacramento State, 58-57, in overtime, on March 17, 1962, to earn the NCAA College Division National title. Dick Talley led the Mount with 23 points and eight rebounds in the victory while Ed Pfeiffer added 13 points.
The Mount won its final 10 games of the year, including a 67-64 quadruple-overtime win against Albright in the NCAA East Regionals. Mount St. Mary's finished the year with a 24-6 record.
Fourteen members of the team, including head coach Jim Phelan, players and managers, will be present at the game.
Tip-off against Monmouth is set for 7:00 p.m. at Knott Arena.
June 18, 2012 Dave Matturro Joins Men's Basketball Staff
May 3, 2012 The Mount's Kelvin Parker Awarded Scholarship
April 13, 2012 Mount St. Mary's Men's Basketball Announces Pair of Recruits
February 24, 2012 Men's Basketball Closes Out Season at Bryant on Saturday Afternoon
February 23, 2012 Mount's Playoff Hopes End with 78-63 Loss at Central Connecticut State
February 22, 2012 Vote For The Final Mount Basketball Plays Of The Week
February 22, 2012 Men's Basketball Looks to Keep Playoff Hopes Alive at CCSU on Thursday
February 18, 2012 Mount Drops Nailbiter to Monmouth, 68-66
February 17, 2012 Mount Hosts Monmouth for Senior Night
February 15, 2012 Head Men's Basketball Coach Robert Burke Placed on Administrative Leave
February 11, 2012 Wagner Downs Men's Basketball, 74-57
February 10, 2012 Mount Men's Basketball Heads to Wagner for Rivalry Week Rematch
February 9, 2012 Vote For The Mount's Basketball Plays Of The Week
February 8, 2012 Wagner Pulls Away from Mount St. Mary's in Second Half
February 7, 2012 Mount Men's Basketball Hosts Wagner on Wednesday Night
February 6, 2012 Kelvin Parker Named Northeast Conference Rookie of the Week
February 4, 2012 Mount St. Mary's Edged by Robert Morris, 67-62
February 3, 2012 Men's Basketball to Face Robert Morris Saturday Afternoon
January 27, 2012 Men's Basketball Completes Road Trip at Sacred Heart on Saturday
January 26, 2012 Mount Falls Short in 69-66 Overtime Loss at Quinnipiac
January 25, 2012 Mountaineers Continue Road Swing at Quinnipiac on Thursday Night
January 21, 2012 Mount St. Mary's Knocked Off by St. Francis (N.Y.), 79-60
January 20, 2012 Mount Continues Road Trip at St. Francis (N.Y.) on Saturday
January 19, 2012 Mountaineers Fall at NEC Leader Long Island
January 18, 2012 Men's Basketball Visits NEC Leader LIU Brooklyn on Thursday Night
January 17, 2012 Vote For The Mount Basketball Top Plays Of The Week
January 14, 2012 Mountaineers Down Bryant, 64-60, on Saturday Afternoon
January 13, 2012 Men's Basketball Welcomes Bryant on Saturday Afternoon
January 6, 2012 Mountaineers to Battle Fairleigh Dickinson on Saturday Afternoon
January 5, 2012 Mount St. Mary's Loses at Monmouth
January 4, 2012 Vote For The Mount Basketball Top Plays Of The Week
December 31, 2011 Mount Clipped by Albany, 65-64, on Late Three-Point Play
December 30, 2011 Mountaineers Host Albany for New Year's Eve Matchup
December 29, 2011 Mountaineers Make Key Plays Down the Stretch in 49-42 Win over American
December 27, 2011 Mountaineers Open Two-Game Homestand vs. American on Thursday
December 22, 2011 Mount Drops Hard Fought Game at Savannah State, 45-41
December 20, 2011 Mount Men's Basketball Heads to Savannah State for Thursday Game
December 18, 2011 Big Second Half Dooms Mount St. Mary's in Loss at Penn State
December 16, 2011 Mount St. Mary's Returns to Action at Penn State on Sunday Afternoon
December 14, 2011 Vote For The Basketball Plays Of The Week
December 10, 2011 Mount St. Mary's Falls to Rival Loyola, 65-54
December 9, 2011 Mount St. Mary's Set to Retire John O'Reilly's Number on Saturday
December 7, 2011 Mountaineers Edged by Maryland, 77-74
December 7, 2011 Mount St. Mary's Senior Guard Lamar Trice Dismissed from Team
December 7, 2011 Vote For The Basketball Plays Of The Week
December 6, 2011 Men's Basketball Back in Action Wednesday Night at Maryland
December 3, 2011 Mountaineers Downed by Long Island, 85-76
December 2, 2011 Mountaineers Host Defending Champion Long Island on Saturday
December 1, 2011 Mountaineers Drop NEC Opener to St. Francis (N.Y.)
November 27, 2011 Mount's Second Half Rally Falls Short at Navy
November 26, 2011 Mount Men Head to Navy on Sunday Night
November 21, 2011 Minnesota Tops Mount, 85-56
November 20, 2011 Mountaineers Head to Minnesota for Monday Night Matchup
November 19, 2011 Mount Drops Home Opener to Siena
November 18, 2011 Men's Basketball to Host Siena for Home Opener on Saturday Night
November 16, 2011 Josh Castellanos and Danny Thompson lead Mount to 63-50 Win at Hartford
November 15, 2011 Mount St. Mary's Visits Hartford on Wednesday Night
November 11, 2011 Men's Basketball Falls to #22 Marquette in Season Opener
November 11, 2011 Mount St. Mary's Men's Basketball Announces Suspensions
November 10, 2011 Mount Basketball Signs Two for 2012-13 Season
November 1, 2011 Men's Basketball to Hold Blue-White Scrimmage Today
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Nexus Changes in Washington
Posted Friday, July 23, 2010 by Michael A. Larson
In the last legislative session Washington adopted "economic performance" as the nexus standard for certain apportionable service activities. However, Washington retained its "physical presence" nexus rules for all other B&O taxes, retail sales taxes and other excise taxes.
"Economic performance" nexus rules provide that a company with $50k of Washington based payroll, $50k of Washington based property or $250k of sales to Washington customers of certain apportionable services (or have 25% of the total of either their payroll, property or sales in Washington) will be subject Washington B&O tax on that apportionable income. Companies with less than these amounts of property, payroll and sales in Washington are deemed not to have nexus with Washington in spite of the physical presence that they maintain within the state, but only with respect to the taxation of these apportionable services.
Meanwhile, "physical presence" nexus continues as the standard for retail sales tax, B&O tax on other activities and other excise taxes. "Physical presence" nexus as interpreted by the Washington DOR requires an extremely limited amount of physical presence satisfied by as little as 2-3 visits by an employee or independent contractor.
Another recent change is that Washington has eliminated its notorious 5 year nexus rule, for Washington B&O tax. This rule provided that a taxpayer was presumed to have nexus in Washington for the year in which nexus was established and for each of the next four years unless the taxpayer could prove that the nexus creating activity was not a factor in making the sales in the future years. This proved to be a difficult, if not almost impossible, burden of proof to sustain with almost all Washington auditors. The recent legislative changes reduce this "trailing" nexus to one year, but only for Washington B&O taxes, not for retail sales tax collection.
These changes could lead to some bizarre situations where taxpayers have nexus for B&O tax for some sales, but not for others and still different nexus for retail sales tax. Let's look at the following hypothetical.
In year 1 Taxpayer sells $4M of retail goods to Washington consumers over the internet. Taxpayer also provides $200k of training and support services to Washington customers, of which $20k are performed in WA on four separate days in Year 1 by an independent contractor hired by Taxpayer to teach four different customers how to use the retail products. This is the only physical presence in WA for the taxpayer ever. Taxpayer has -0- Washington payroll for any of its employees and -0- property in Washington during years 1 through 5. Taxpayer has total sales over $12M everywhere, which includes 2M of training and support services. Taxpayer provides no training services in WA in years 2 through 5, but provides $200k of online support and training for WA customers in year 2, $300k in year 3, 200k in years 4 and 5. Otherwise, Taxpayer continues to make similar online retail sales and service sales throughout the remainder of the five year period.
Year 1 - Taxpayer has nexus for retail sales tax (RST) and Retailing B&O tax (RBO) because the temporary physical presence of the independent contractor trainers creates physical presence nexus, but taxpayer does not have economic presence nexus for the apportionable services which consequently are not subject to services B&O tax (SBO) as there is only $20k of WA payroll, -0- WA property and $200k of WA apportionable service sales and less than 25% of totals for WA payroll, property and sales.
Year 2 - Taxpayer has trailing physical presence nexus for RST & RBO, but no nexus of any type for SBO.
Year 3 - Taxpayer has trailing physical presence nexus for RST & economic performance nexus for SBO ($300k of sales of apportionable services), but no nexus of any type for RBO.
Year 4 - Taxpayer has trailing physical presence nexus for RST & trailing economic performance nexus for SBO, but no nexus of any type for RBO.
Year 5 - Taxpayer has trailing physical presence nexus for RST, but no nexus of any type for RBO & SBO.
How is that for complicated?
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Thanks for all the supportive comments about us not finding out baby's sex. You'd be amazed how many people make it clear that they think we're crazy lol. To each his own, right? Oh, and Jessica asked about names. So far we have Lucas and Emma in first place, but knowing Tony and me, we could change our minds at the last minute... we did with Chloe! We didn't know her sex either and had decided she would be Maya if she were a girl. Well, at the last minute, we changed to Chloe, and poor Noah was so confused. For the first few weeks of Chloe's life, he was calling her baby Maya!!
Happy Friday, everyone! Had a great day here visiting with old friends with high school that I haven't seen in years. So much fun! Hope you all have a fantastic weekend :-)


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Here we go guys. A completely re-imagined server. We are here to announce the launch of Dark Heaven Online. We on the Dark Heaven team wanted to bring to those that remember the original SRO and the feeling of community, yet add spice to the game and focus on the major things that made Silkroad, the game that we all loved.
- Our goal of creating such game server is to establish a decent, stable, fun and self sufficient server for those who are seeking to get back to the original feel to the game, but with a few new elements to keep everyone entertained.
- When we started to plan for this server, we agreed to keep it very similar to the original. The second, if not first thing brought up was the need for complete FAIRNESS. This is why we, as GM's will be playing along side everyone, not to mention earn our own gear!
- Since the server is a LONG TERM server then we decided to add some known events and features which will meet the needs of different and several players who have different point of views concerning having fun in a Silkroad server. Some of these events are completely independent from the GM's, meaning they events that take care of themselves!
- Our team is a grown up team. We hate corruption and we are not keen of favoring players over other players by any means or ways. We are seeking equality between players even between those who might donate and those who won't. And donation for us only means a way to keep the server online.
- Finally we really just want people to TRY the server. We know once people experience it, they will fall in love with it.
- With out further adu, the details of the server!
Server Stats
Cap: .......................................110
Degree: .........................11
Degree Mastery: ..................................300
Exp: .......................................100x
Party Exp: ..............................120x
SP: .........................................100x
Job Exp: ...................................40x
Item Drop: ...............................20x
Gold: ........................................15x
Races: ................Chinese and Euro
IP Limit: ..................................None
DDOS Protection: .....................Yes
Website Protection: .................Yes
Backup Dedicated: ...................Yes
Server Location: ......................USA
Start Items
Included are the Auto Equipment Scrolls that we have added into the game. These will give you amazing gear at the said levels below. All you have to do is achive these levels and click on the scroll and you get new gear!
Fortress Wars
Currently Jangan Fortress is open.
Fusing Weapons
We thought that when a player got a huge + on a weapon or item, they should be acknowledged! That is why we have implemented a system to where after +8 on your items, your name will show to the whole server for you accomplishment.
God Bless Effect
We have created a twist for those that like getting Premiums. Introducing the God Bless effect. Has some awesome particle effects and not to mention the buffs.
Trading Skills
Our server is focused around jobbing. There for we have created some fun new skills to experiment with, adding a new dimension to how you thief, hunt, and trade. Below is just a peak at the skills for jobbing.
First 250 Players to Reach Max
To reward those that jump into the game first and get max level to start their adventure as traders, hunters, or theifs, will receive a little gift from the Dark Heaven Staff. Ill let the pictures speak for themselves.
For those that are not with in the first 250 players to reach max level, don't worry. We will be giving you a little something too just for hitting 110.
Jobbing and Academy Buffs
While its fun and great to level others, we have seen that this system gets abused quite easily. For this reason we are changing how you get these buffs. For any job, get 10 kills of a enemy player and get the first buff. Get another 10 kills being the count of 20 and get the second academy buff! And so on....
We didn't want to make the Arena is completely useless so we have added some items that can really help with jobbing and some cool things that you can buy with the coins.
Title System
When players kill different uniques, they will drop scrolls that will give them the title of that unique. For example, if you kill Tiger Girl, you get the title Tiger Girl Slayer. Once you click the scroll that drop you will automatically be teleported to town and have that new title. However, there titles are limited to one per person, so once someone else kills the next Tiger Girl, they will get the title, and the player with it before will lose the title. The uniques that will drop scrolls will be: Tiger Girl, Urch, Ivy, Lord, Demon, and Isy.
We also have included some Unique boxes that will include some items!
GM Killer Event
We have created an event that allows players to challenge the GM's to a fight! If said player beats the GM, then they get 50 Silk! Yeah I said silk. Enjoy!
I will update with an image soon.
Wanted System
When a player achieves a count of 20 kills of an opposite jobber, you will get the title Wanted! You will have this title till you are killed! The title for hunters and traders, as a slight variation. We also forgot to mention that when kill an enemy, YOU GET 2 SILK. Yes I said that right. Enjoy killing each other!
The highest tier weapons available will be similar to the wakening system but have a slight twist. See below:
Here is the guide for getting said tokens:
Token of Treasure: 20 Units (Non trade-able) - Dropped by Treasure box @ FGW
Token of Serenes: 1 Unit (Trade-able) - Dropped by Sereness @ FGW
Token of Uniques: 100 Units (Trade-able) - Dropped by All Uniques @ World Map
Token of Temple: 20 Units (Non trade-able ) - Dropped by only Temple Uniques
100 Job coins : Jobbing!!
Here is also a look at some of the weapons and there glows:
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It tough times, we continue the search for good, inexpensive wines with a baker's Five Wines Under $15.
Five Wines Under $15 - April 2013
Washington Wine Round-up April 15th to April 21st 2013
A round up of stories on Washington wine from April 15th to April 21st. Read previous round-ups here.
From around the country...
The Coloradoan.com writes Happy Hour: Charles & Charles red blend a great table wine to keep on hand.
From around the blogosphere...
Paul Gregutt shares Eric Asimov raids my cellar part two – the winner.
The most important thing in the tasting room isn't always the wine
The following article was written by Ryan Messer. Read other articles from Messer here.
Over the years, I have stepped foot in hundreds of wineries, tasting rooms, or co-ops in Washington State. Each time, the person working at the tasting room truly makes or breaks the experience and can even impact perceptions of the wines. Here are three people who have stood out for positively influencing my experiences over the years.
The first person I think of is Steve Wells of Gramercy Cellars. Appropriately titled "Director of Awesome" on the winery's website, Steve is one of those people you are instantly drawn to. He was a sommelier in New York City before moving to Walla Walla to dive into the other end of the wine business. Steve is knowledgeable but is also down to earth and seems as comfortable sharing stories about family and friends as he is describing the leather, white pepper or citrus in the glass. His polished dome and bearded face remind me of a white Isaac Hayes - and he's cool enough to probably pull off his own rendition of "Shaft".
Tonight! April Virtual Tasting - 2012 Renegade Rosé Columbia Valley
The April Virtual Tasting wine is tonight! The wine is the Renegade Wine Co. 2012 Rosé. This wine retails for $10 and is widely available. The tasting will take place from 7-8pm Pacific.
What you need to do to participate is:
1. Buy this month's wine from a local retailer or from the winery.
2. Tweet your comments about the wine on Twitter between 7 and 8pm Pacific using the hashtag #renegadewine. For those on Twitter, follow me @wawinereport.
Sonoris Wines focuses on family
The Washington wine industry is all about small, family wineries, and one winery that puts a particular emphasis on this point is Sonoris Wines.
Sonoris winemaker Hillary Sjolund started out as a premedical student at U.C. Davis. One of the prerequisites was to take a class in the agricultural division. Sjolund's choice? Introduction to Winemaking. It would be a fateful decision.
Tasting Note Database Updated
The Tasting Note Database has been updated to the present date. See an explanation of the fields here.
Washington Wine Round-up April 8th to April 14th 2013
A round up of stories on Washington wine from April 8 to April 14. Read previous round-ups here.
From around the country...
The Western Farm Press reports on the quest for the perfect wine serving temperature.
From around the blogosphere...
Paul Gregutt writes an opening farewell. He also writes that it's time to wake up and smell the rosés and Eric Asimov raiding his cellar.
April Virtual Tasting - 2012 Renegade Rosé Columbia Valley
The April Virtual Tasting wine is the Renegade Wine Co. 2012 Rosé. This wine retails for $10 and is widely available. The tasting will take place on Wednesday April 24th 7-8pm Pacific.
What you need to do to participate is:
1. Buy this month's wine from a local retailer or from the winery.
2. Tweet your comments about the wine on Twitter between 7 and 8pm Pacific on the specified date using the hashtag #renegadewine. For those on Twitter, follow me @wawinereport.
JM Cellars Moves Toward Screwcaps on High End Reds
For years, many Washington wineries have shied away from screwcaps and other alternative closures. While some, including Hogue, Syncline, Northwest Totem Cellars, and Dusted Valley Vintners have gone all in, others have steered clear or only put their white wines or lower end reds under screwcap. Count winemaker John Bigelow at JM Cellars among the few who have taken the leap.
Bigelow first began thinking about using screwcaps after meeting with writer Paul Gregutt back in 2008. After estimating his rate of corked wines at one to three percent, Bigelow was asked by Gregutt if that was an acceptable level. "I told him the answer is definitely, 'No," he recalled. Bigelow soon began to consider alternatives.
Washington Wine Round-up April 1st to April 7th 2013
A round up of stories on Washington wine from April 1 to April 7. Read previous round-ups here.
From around the country...
Wines and Vines writes about the Northwest focusing on wine profiles.
Bloomberg writes that Washington wines pack a high alcohol wallop and little else (read my response here).
Beverage Daily.com writes that US wines talk to the Chinese, with an American twang: Maryhill Winery.
Pic of the Vine - April 2013
Pic of the Vine is a monthly image taken by contributor Richard Duval. See previous Pic of the Vine images here.
April's Pic of the Vine is part riveting image, part 'welcome to the neighborhood' from photographer Richard Duval as another Walla Walla winery opens a Woodinville tasting room. Last month, Castillo de Feliciana Vineyard & Winery took over the former mead distiller building situated between Hollywood Hills and Matthews Estate.
Castillo's Walla Walla home is a favorite photo subject of Duval. "Capturing the vineyard against the stark white of the Spanish styling makes for a strong image," he notes. "I got lucky here – a hazy day that provided soft light on the early spring vines just inching toward their full green." Click on the picture for a larger image.
Washington Wine Round-up March 22nd to 31st 2013
A round-up of stories on Washington wine from March 22nd to 31st 2013. Read previous round-ups here.
From around the world…
Journal UK writes that Washington is a happy place for grapes.
From around the country…
Wines and Vines writes about development heating up at Red Mountain.
Savannah Morning News writes that Washington is homed to skilled winemakers.
Bud break in eastern Washington
The 2013 growing season is officially under way this week with bud break across vineyards in eastern Washington. Sagemoor Vineyard (Chardonnay) in the Columbia Valley, DuBrul Vineyard in the Yakima Valley and Seven Hills and Windrow vineyards in the Walla Walla Valley have each reported bud break. This picture of a Nebbiolo vine comes from Windrow Vineyard courtesy of Jan Roskelley at Tero Estates. Let the season begin!
Old school! Recent print publications
The latest issue of Seattle Metropolitan magazine has an article I wrote on sparkling wines with a shout out to Treveri Cellars. Find it on newstands or read an e-copy here.
Bloomberg Bloviates About A Few Washington Wines, Little Else
On April Fool's Day (coincidence?) Bloomberg writer John Mariani published an article titled, "Washington Wines Pack High Alcohol Wallop, Little Else." Mariani notes in the article that his impressions came from a recent visit to Seattle, and he mentions about a dozen wines and brands, some of which he apparently tried on said visit.


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When the actress of the moment, Emma Watson, proclaims DHC Perfect Pro Double Protection Mascara is her favourite mascara to wear on set, then I'm all ears. If there's a mascara that won't smudge, won't run when my eyes water and stays put all day, then I want to try it out.
As you might imagine from this Japanese brand, the packaging is simple, the product looks simple but performance is excellent. I absolutely love the brush, I can't bear mascaras with big brushes, this one is perfect and allows me to grab every individual lash with ease.
So what's so amazing about this mascara? In essence, it's a tubing mascara, one coat wraps each lash in a water resistant tube. It does not clump, flake or smudge and nor does it run. You won't need fancy make up removers, this removes with ease with just warm water. I've tried, it comes off easily. Cold water won't remove it, just warm, so you don't need to worry about the rain. And most amazingly for me it doesn't transfer at all to my upper eyelids. I not only have hooded eyes, but in addition they are starting to sag with age. Eye liners and mascaras always seem to transfer on me, but this doesn't move a single bit. Amazing.
The finish might not be for those who want huge amounts of drama, but I find the finish is perfect for me. Every single lash is coated, black, and elongated, no clumping. I can add length easily by applying one or two coats as normal and then a final coat just to the tips (if needed!). As I've previously mentioned my left eyelashes are shorter and straighter than those on my right eye but its very easy to make them look equal with this mascara. I'm absolutely delighted with it.
In my personal opinion I much prefer this to the mascara I featured in my last post, with that one, as time goes on I'm more and more disappointed with my purchase. This however, is absolutely brilliant and I would go as far as to say one of the best I've ever tried. It's easy to apply, doesn't transfer, is easy to remove and gives me separated, natural looking lashes.
You can purchase the DHC Perfect pro Double Protection Mascara here for £15.90.
*product received free of charge for review purposes
It looks beautiful, and that price is so good, especially with an endorsement from Emma Watson.
That mascara gives a lovely natural look but enhances your lashes too. Looks great


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Before I explain why I answer in that way, let me tell you why I didn't name two other answers I could have given. I didn't name "provide basic public health services" like WIC, Family Planning, Children's Special Health Care Services, etc. The reason is that we are not the only source of these services. If we disappeared, people would still be cared for, although it would be more cumbersome and fewer people would be served. But the truth is, if WIC disappeared, moms would get food from food pantries; if our Vision program were not available, kids would get glasses from the Lions Club. So those services, while important, aren't the MOST important. Another program I didn't name was the On-Site Sewage program in Environmental Health. There is a great argument for naming it the most important, and that is how poor surface water quality was before modern septic regulations. Before our sanitarians could enforce modern regulations many of the beautiful lakes and rivers of Mid-Michigan were essentially open sewers. The only reason I didn't pick On-Site is because I think what I did pick—reducing the cost of health care—is where we will find the money to continue to work on improving environmental quality.
I think everyone knows the cost of health care in the United States is out of control. It costs nearly twice what it costs in most other countries to deliver comparable health care services. But because so many Americans are uninsured (which is not true is other, similar counties), lack of access to care means we actually have worse health outcomes than other places with similar economies (Click here for more information http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rundown/2012/10/health-costs-how-the-us-compares-with-other-countries.html). The cost of health care hurts us in other ways, too. For example, employers have to spend more on health insurance for their employees, or else they drop it altogether. It is well known that workers without health insurance are less productive. Either way, it makes their businesses less competitive than similar businesses abroad. Poor competitiveness cuts employment and reduces profits. The cost of health care also makes government expensive. Medicare and Medicaid cost too much, bloating the national budget. The cost of providing health insurance to government workers means we are faced with a choice between cutting programs or raising taxes.
I think there is a crazy feedback loop in there, too. It's pretty easy to show that one of the strongest drivers of health is the economy. The most affluent communities are the healthiest, and vice-versa. By dragging down the economy, the cost of health care is probably making us sicker.
That's huge: if we could control the cost of health care, we'd be healthier and wealthier. But is there a role for public health in controlling healthcare costs? Is there are role for a local health department?
Obviously there is. For example, because WIC supplemental nutrition programs are available for moms, more babies are born full term and neonatal intensive care costs are avoided. Food and water programs prevent the spread of gastrointestinal illness and prevent emergency room costs. It's easy to show that wherever bans on smoking in public places, bars or restaurants went into effect, emergency room utilization dropped the next day (http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm6019a5.htm).
However, the cost of healthcare is still going up! So however great public health's contributions have been, we haven't done enough to get the outcome we want.
Many people in public health think that we are going to reduce the cost of health care by explaining this situation to our neighbors and elected officials. When they get the bad news people will clamor for tax increases to fund an expansion of public health services. Look, if we did that, it would work; and it would cost a lot less than what we are going to do, but the public won't there. Sadly, our polity seems content to inadequately fund law enforcement, schools, mental health, other critical services and public health, too.
The place in the system where there are still resources for innovation is healthcare. Public health needs to accept this state of affairs, and to figure out how to partner with the healthcare system to improve outcomes and reduce costs. The tools we need to reduce costs are being developed in the healthcare system and that's where we need to go.In fact, thoughtful people have already anticipated this and have laid out a road map for us. The Affordable Care Act, for example, contains specific incentives to connect the provision of health care services to community-based preventive services. Under the ACA the Centers for Medicaid and Medicare Services are encouraging states to stimulate collaboration between prevention providers and care systems through State Innovation grants.
In the State of Michigan, Governor Snyder and the Director of the Michigan Department of Community Health, Jim Haveman, have landed a State Innovation planning grant and have funding to support three pilot sites in Ingham County, Saginaw and Muskegon. They are interested in promoting a model of collaboration developed by Mark and Sarah Redding of Ohio called Community HUBs. The HUB model is local, connecting human service providers, mental health and public health to local physicians and hospitals. Under the model, prevention providers demonstrate the return on investment of the services they provide and market these services to health plans, health care providers and hospitals. It is said that the HUB model is already working in two dozen sites across the country.
I'm very excited by the HUB model, because it promises to reduce the cost of health care locally, and use part of the savings to sustain existing public health services and even expand them, not just in health departments, but in other community agencies. I know the HUB concept is not self-explanatory and I'll write more about it in a subsequent post.


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I've been meaning to play with my two Raspberry Pi's for a while now and with the advent of the new Intel Galileo I decided to setup one of my old machines for some play time. No word on price as yet for the Galileo but I'm hoping it's under $200.
I could have used my Macbook Pro but I decided that if I was going to seriously geek out, I should geek out all the way down the stack. I wanted a Debian distro that was light and easy to use and no Ubuntu doesn't light any fires for me so I when I came across crunchbang linux I decided to give it a go.
Download the ISO and burn to a USB drive. The ISO is around 730MB so a small USB stick will do. I followed the guide here to do this.
The install was painless and the initial boot time was 40s which was impressive. It has a great post-installation script which will help you through all the little things you should get done.
I think I'll stick with it and start hacking now…


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LA Galaxy 2, Vancouver Whitecaps 0 | MLS Match Recap
CARSON, Calif. – The LA Galaxy didn't waste any time Saturday night against the Vancouver Whitecaps.
A fifth-minute goal from Landon Donovan sparked a complete performance for LA in a 2-0 victory at StubHub Center – augmented by a 32nd-minute goal by Marcelo Sarvas.
Quickly leaving behind any doubt following their 4-1 loss last weekend to the Columbus Crew, the Galaxy (11-5-7) have now won two straight and climbed within two points of Western Conference leading FC Dallas, Real Salt Lake and Seattle Sounders.
The fifth-place Whitecaps (7-5-12), who had shut out their three previous foes, missed an opportunity to climb closer to the top four in the West, remaining nine points behind the leaders and seven back of the Galaxy. The loss ended their six-game unbeaten streak, in which they drew five times.
The Galaxy made two changes from their midweek lineup against Colorado, with A.J. DeLaGarza returning at left back and Baggio Husidic in midfield for Stefan Ishizaki, who skipped the game with a minor toe injury.
Mehdi Ballouchy got his first start for the Whitecaps since July 19, in for the suspended Matias Laba, in midfield next to Russell Teibert, who again got the call for the injured Gershon Koffie. Pedro Morales was back in his familiar spot, behind forward Darren Mattocks, and Kekuta Manneh stepped in for Erik Hurtado for his first start since July 12.
Mauro Rosales, acquired Thursday in a trade from Chivas USA, came on at halftime for Vancouver and Hurtado entered with about 25 minutes to go, to no avail.
The Galaxy controlled possession for much of the game, patiently connecting passes through midfield and above and around the Whitecaps' box. They first prospered when Robbie Keane's touch betrayed him.
Sarvas chipped a ball from the right flank into the middle of the Whitecaps' box. It bounced toward the top of the box, and Keane ran onto it and half-volleyed a shot that bounded through traffic to the far post, where Donovan stepped up to poke it into the ceiling of the net.
It was a welcomed departure for LA, who had conceded the first goal in their past four and five of their past six games, to end Vancouver's shutout streak at 325 minutes.
Sarvas scored on LA's next good chance, nearly a half-hour later.
Donovan sent a ball from the left into the box for Sarvas, who back-heeled it centrally to Keane. The Irishman set up to shoot, but he nudged the ball too far with his right foot and whiffed when he tried to hit it with his left.
The ball slowly rolled past two defenders toward the left post, and Sarvas fired under goalkeeper David Ousted and inside the far post.
Vancouver's best chance came in the 81st minute, when Mattocks forced a diving save from Jaime Penedo. The Panamanian goalkeeper also went to the ground to stop Manneh after a long run to LA's box in the 55th.
Whitecaps defender Johnny Leveron was red-carded in the 90th minute for a harsh tackle on Alan Gordon.
The Galaxy are home again Wednesday night against D.C. United, a game postponed from March, then have their final SuperClasico of the season against Chivas USA next Sunday. The Whitecaps start a three-game homestand next Saturday against Portland.
MLSsoccer.com Men of the Match
|What We Saw
|Robbie Keane
|Even if it was by accident, he set up both goals and was the most dangerous man on the field with 11 shots
|Landon Donovan
|His goal was a bit of a gift, but his overall play has been fantastic as the farewell tour continues on
|Kekuta Manneh
|He had Vancouver's best moments in what was a dreadful night for the 'Caps