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Jeff Vespa, the official photographer of the Sundance Film Festival since 2003, on Monday unveiled his Verge List of emerging talent with movies at this month's festival in Park City, Utah.
Francesca Eastwood, Ben Schnetzer and Markees Christmas are among this year's selections, featured in the new issue of Vespa's digital magazine, Verge.
"Shooting actors at festivals for so many years," Vespa told TheWrap. "I have developed an eye for discovery interesting new talent."
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Vespa has shot stars like John Boyega and Nick Robinson, who went on starring roles in "Star Wars: The Force Awakens" and "Jurassic World," respectively.
He also shot Rebecca Ferguson long before she landed the lead opposite Tom Cruise in "Mission Impossible: Rogue Nation." Boyega used one of Vespa's shots on his various social media accounts for years.
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"I started this magazine to support emerging talent, and wanted to do something that wasn't being done." Vespa told TheWrap. "The idea is to really find these people before the festival starts, and to be a resource to people in the industry to say, 'Here are the people you should be paying attention to at the festival."
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See Vespa's 2016 list of up-and-coming talent below.
Francesca Eastwood, "Outlaws and Angels" "It is absolutely nerve-wracking that the movie is now going to be seen by the Sundance audience. When I shot this movie, it was such an intense experience that I forgot it was something that was going to be seen. I really bared my soul."
Andre Hyland, "The 4th" "I wrote and directed my film 'The 4th.' It wasn't like, Oh, I'll make myself a star! The intention never came from that place. It was more like, OK, I want to get this thing done and I know what I need out of this character. And if I can get this ball rolling then others will join in."
Ben Schnetzer, "Goat"
"My character in 'Goat' is a college student who is pledging my brother's fraternity. He is a young guy who is searching for something that a lot of young men find themselves searching for at his age — late-teens, early twenties. And he is doing so in the face of really difficult circumstances. I don't want to give too much away, but he discovers that identifying yourself is not always a conscious decision. It's not always a choice. A lot of times what we do is what defines us as a person rather than how we want to be seen — or who we want to be seen as — if that makes any sense."
Dylan Gelula, "First Girl I Loved"
"I play a girl who is really smart and cool in 'First Girl I Loved' — the kind of teenager who is going to have the most awesome adult life and just the shittiest adolescence. Which is the best kind of person. You know when people are ahead of their high-school selves? That is how I would describe her."
Kate Lyn Sheil, "Kate Plays Christine"
"Interestingly, our film is one of two playing at Sundance that is about Christine Chubbuck. There is a narrative film about her as well. My film is a documentary/narrative hybrid. There hasn't been much exploration into Christine's story since the mid-seventies, so the fact that there are two movies about this woman coming out in 2016 is notable. I play myself preparing to play the role of Christine Chubbuck. She was a news anchor in Sarasota, Florida, who committed suicide live on air in 1974: She shot herself in the head. 'Network' was loosely based on her."
Markees Christmas, "Morris from America"
"This is my first movie. And this will be my first time seeing snow. It's going to be my third time getting on a plane. My first time hearing about the festival was when the director was like: 'What if the movie goes to Sundance? This could be big.' I was like: What's Sundance? I don't know what is going to go down there. But I am proud of the work. I worked to the limit of every day and I feel like I have achieved something to a certain level."
Royalty Hightower, "The Fits"
"I was raised to think I was a star. Because if you don't, then who will? But it still feels weird. Now everyone is going to know who I am. But before, I was just a regular person. This film has gone so far, so fast — and much further than I thought it would go."


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What a couple of days! Coming off of yesterday's NorAm win I was psyched and ready to go for today's U.S. National Championship race. High winds forced the organizers to move the start down to the Super G start, which shortened the course by close to 30 seconds. Then the start was delayed by 45 minutes with most of the top guys stuck at the start while course work was being done on a super rough gate on the pitch.
But when things finally got under way they couldn't have gone much better for me. As I was in the gate with 25 seconds to go before I started, our start coach franticly pulled me back out of the gate yelling that I had the wrong bib. Turns out Kelby and I had been given the wrong bibs and he was 5 and I was 6, instead of vice versa. We ended up sorting it out but had JF not noticed and pulled me back, this could be a very different posting!!
I skied the pitch the best I have all week, made a mistake in the middle section, then ripped the bottom like I've been doing all week, and walked away with the win.. by 2/100s of a second! Talk about a close race, from 1st to 3rd was a difference of 0.03 seconds. What a ridiculous sport!
National Champ!
I also have the honour of winning the Roche Cup, an award that has been presented for the past 65 years. Past winners include: Peter Mueller, Todd Brooker, Brian Stemmle, Marc Girardelli, Carey Mullen, Pirmen Zubriggen, Stephan Eberharter, and Ivica Kostelic. Some pretty incredible skiing history on that trophy!
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Every time I wear this 80's dress that I found in the wonderful town of Solvang, CA, I feel like those bitches from Heathers, except this time, sluttier.
Usually I wear it with or knee socks or tights to keep that country club-prudish bitch demeanor, but it was just too hot and I'm addicted to my Pollys, aka the most comfortable and sexy high heel ever. The dress also had shoulder pads originally, but in a fit of Italian rage I ripped them out and stuffed my bra with them. Just kidding…maybe.
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The Galapagos Islands consist of a rare and unusual group of 18 islands which are 973 kilometers off the west coast of Ecuador. The islands are a UNESCO World Heritage site and a national park.
Of the 18 islands only five are inhabited by a total of about 23,000 people. They are part of the territory that belongs to Ecuador.
This archipelago of volcanic islands is geologically young. They sit on top of what is called the Galapagos hotspot, where a mantle plume melts the Earth's crust to form new volcanoes.
The most recent eruption happened in 2009 on the island of Fernandina. You'd never guess looking at pictures of all those serene animals sunning on the shores that such fury brews beneath the surface of the area.
The islands are famed for their vast number of endemic species. But times and conditions are evolving rapidly.
About 30 years ago a friend of mine went on a photo tour of the islands. The activities of the group were tightly controlled.
The group was herded along, not allowed to wander off, not even off the paths. And they definitely couldn't disturb the wildlife. Great effort was taken to protect the priceless and delicate environment.
Now property is being sold. Foreigners can buy houses. Developments are going up. I have to wonder how much this will impact the fragile ecosystem as radio waves and microwaves meet sea lions and ocean waves.
The islands were studied by Charles Darwin during the voyage of the Beagle. His observations and collections contributed to the inception of Darwin's theory of evolution by natural selection.
The first crude navigation chart of the islands was done by the buccaneer Ambrose Cowley in 1684. He named the individual islands after some of his fellow pirates or after the English noblemen who helped the privateer's cause.
The government of Ecuador gave most of the islands official Spanish names. This list of Galapagos islands, along with their Spanish/Ecuadorian and common names and major species is compiled from Wikipedia's Galapagos Islands.
The 18 main islands are:
Baltra (South Seymour) Island
Bartolomé (Bartholomew) Island: green turtles
Darwin (Culpepper) Island: fur seals, frigates, Marine iguanas, swallow-tailed gulls, sea lions, whales, marine turtles, red-footed and Nazca boobies.
Española (Hood) Island: oldest island, large number of endemic fauna, marine iguanas, waved albatross, Espanola lava lizards, hood mockingbirds, swallow-tailed gulls, blue-and red-footed boobies, Nazca boobies, Galapagos hawks, finches.
Fernandina (Narborough) Island: youngest island, volcanic eruptions, marine iguanas, flightless cormoranat, Galapagos penguins, pelicans, Galapagos sea lions.
Floreana (Charles or Santa María) Island: flamingos, green turtles, Galapagos petrel (patapegada).
Genovesa (Tower) Island: the bird island-frigate birds, swallow-tailed gulls, red-and blue-footed boobies, noddy terns, lava gulls, tropic birds, doves, storm petrels, Darwin finches, Nazca boobies.
Isabela (Albemarle) Island (Ecuador): largest island. Galapagos penguins, flightless cormorants, marine iguanas, pelicans, Sally Lightfoot crabs, Darwin finches, Galapagos hawks, Galapagos doves. The only island with the equator running through it.
Marchena (Bindloe) Island: Galapagos hawks, sea lions, marchena lava lizard.
North Seymour Island: blue-footed boobies and swallow-tailed gulls, sea lions, marine iguanas, pelicans, Nazca boobies, blue-footed boobies, frigate birds.
Pinzón (Duncan) Island
Pinta (Abingdon) Island sea lions, Galápagos hawks, giant tortoises, marine iguanas, dolphins, Galapagos hawks and was home to the last living Pinta tortoise that died in June 2012.
Rábida (Jervis) Island: flamingos, finches, white-cheeked pintail ducks.
San Cristóbal (Chatham) Island: first island visited by Charles Darwin. Frigate birds, sea lions, giant tortoises, blue- and red-footed boobies, tropicbirds, marine iguanas, dolphins, swallow-tailed gulls.
Santa Cruz (Indefatigable) Island (Galápagos): has the most humans. Tortoises, flamingos, iguanas, sea turtles.
Santa Fé (Barrington) Island: swallow-tailed gulls, red-billed tropic birds, land iguanas, lava lizards, shear-waters petrels.
Santiago (San Salvador, James) Island (Galápagos): marine iguanas, sea lions, fur seals, land and sea turtles, flamingos, dolphins, sharks, fur seals, Galapagos hawks, Darwin finches. Pigs and goats are harming the native species and have been removed from the island.
Wolf (Wenman) Island: fur seals, frigatebirds, Nazca and red-footed boobies, Marine Iguanas, sharks, whales, dolphins and swallow-tailed gulls, vampire finches which live on blood pecked from other birds.
It often rains in the islands because of cold water brought by the Humboldt Current. El Ninos bring warmer weather and heavy rains.
Garua season is June to November in Ecuador. This is a unique climatic condition during which cold winds and misty rains occur almost all day, enveloping the islands with thick fog. The warm season is December to May with an average temperature of 25° C or 77° F. and almost no wind.
March 10, 1535, Tomas de Berlanga, fourth bishop of Panama, who was on his way to Peru to settle a dispute with Francisco Pizarro, landed in the islands. He was off course for his proposed destination.
In 1952 Thor Heyerdahl and Arne Skjølsvold ascertained that the islands were visited by South Americans before the Spanish. They found pieces of pottery and other remains on several islands.
The islands were first mapped in 1570 and named, "Insulae de los Galopegos" (Islands of the Tortoises). The English didn't arrive until 1593 and after that the islands were used to hide treasure stolen from the Spanish by the English.
The wildlife of the islands was first written up in 1793 by James Colnett. Whalers and fur traders killed or caught thousands of Galapagos turtles to use as food on voyages because they could last months without food or water. Many animals became extinct.
The Galápagos Islands became part of Ecuador on February 12, 1832 as the Archipelago of Ecuador. Convicts, artists and farmers were brought to Floreana to populate it.
The HMS Beagle brought Charles Darwin to the Galapagos on September 15. He made a scientific study of geologic and biologic study on 4 islands and left October 20. He noticed that mockingbirds and tortoises were different on different islands. His discoveries on the islands helped him develop his theory of natural selection written in The Origin of Species.
In the 1950s action was taken to control the disturbances of native flora and fauna. In 1957, UNESCO and Ecuador sent an expedition to study the situation and choose a site for a research station.
In 1959 Ecuador declared 97.5% of the archipelago's land area a national park, with the exception of areas already colonized. The Charles Darwin Foundation (CDF) was founded the same year.
In 1986 27,000 square miles of ocean around the islands was declared amarine reserve. In 1990 the archipelago became a whale sanctuary. In 1978 UNESCO named the islands a World Heritage Site and in 1985 a Biosphere Reserve.
Foreign species have been brought to the Galapagos islands and have killed many species, reducing and even exterminating native species, which are easy prey because the islands formerly had no predators. These foreign species include pigs, goats, cats, cattle, rats, dogs, donkeys, mice, sheep, horses, poultry, ants, roaches and parasites.
Harmful foreign plants are guava, avocado, cascarilla, balsa, blackberry, citrus, and elephant grass.
Other environmental problems include illegal fishing, harvesting of sea cucumbers out of season, land development, irresponsible tourism, high human birth rates, illegal immigration and the grounding of an oil tanker in 2001.
Tourists can visit the islands through a choice of tours — cruises that begin from Quito or Guayaquil airports and fly to Baltra or San Cristobal islands in the Galapagos. From there you are taken to your ship for the cruise. There are cruise ships that range from economy and luxury to fishing boats.
Most Galapagos tours take you to typical sites but special tours can be arranged. You can go scuba diving, snorkeling, swimming, hiking or beach-hopping.
The source for much of this article comes from Wikipedia: Galapagos Islands.
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Following Fox's premature cancellation of Firefly several years ago, Dollhouse fans were lucky enough that the network even granted the little-viewed series with a second season. Luckier still is the fact that year two was mostly a critical success, dropping outrageous twists and turns week after week for one of the most entertaining final strings of episodes I've ever seen delivered by a television series. In many respects, a third season of Dollhouse wasn't even needed — but that doesn't mean there weren't ideas for one last year in the pipeline.
Dollhouse writer and producer Tim Minear spoke with Assignment X about the directions the short-lived series would have pursued in season three, had it survived that far:
What I think we came to was, by having Echo become this sort of superhero and having her become the sum of all these different imprints, of all these parts, and allow her to become this sentient being with [all of this incorporated into her], we found a way to make her a character. I think the problem in Season One was, you had this concept that sounds great when you're pitching it, but when you sit down to write it, it's, "Okay, so now we're writing a show about a main character who can't remember what happened last week." Which I think was a little boring for the audience, because they're so far ahead of her. So when we started allowing her to remember things, and then started taking the concept and making it into what her superpower was, it started turning into something else. I think what you would have seen in Season Three is [a series] a lot more embracing of its mythology and turned into more of a superhero show. It would have been a little bit more like BUFFY in some ways.
But Minear agrees that the show's cancellation midway into season two provided the writing staff with an opportunity to end Dollhouse on a mostly satisfying note:
I think one thing that helped Season Two was that we got canceled, because remember, we got canceled before we finished that run, so we had to take the last four or five episodes and cram a lot of what would have been in Season Three into Season Two, and what that ended up doing was, it gave it a certain amount of momentum in the second half of Season Two that I'm not sure it would have had had we not had the axe dropped on us prematurely, or maybe it wasn't prematurely – it's hard to say.


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Franciacorta Golf Club was planned by Pete Dye and Marco Croze, two veritable authorities of international golf who once again created twenty-seven specially designed holes. In the heart of the best champagne-producing area in Italy, the Franciacorta golf course covers an area of almost 150 acres, reclaimed from land which was at one time tended as vineyards, but then fell into disuse. Prudent landscaping recreated the old rural atmosphere of the uplands with the farmhouses set among the hillside vineyards. For golfers who love anything new, the Franciacorta golf course is the only course in Italy created on typically American lines. There is, however, a familiar face: Peo Tadini, a former national player who was appointed green keeper to superintend the new course, calling on his considerable experience to take it to maximum competition levels.
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This week, two companies joined in an unfolding race to provide ever more generous paid parental leave. Netflix said it planned to offer unlimited leave in the first year after a child's arrival to many (though not all) of its employees, while Microsoft said it would substantially increase the paid leave that it will provide.
Both companies are playing catch-up with the likes of Facebook, which offers four months of paid leave. Its chief executive, Mark Zuckerberg, had his own announcement to make in recent days: He and his wife are expecting their first child.
For all the good that may come from the new policies at Netflix and Microsoft, Mr. Zuckerberg may have the biggest opportunity to help members of the paternity fraternity by using every last day of his leave. Without prominent men in high-performing organizations making parental leave the default choice, the mainstreaming of paid leave for fathers will take a lot longer.
Paid paternity leave is an incredible privilege for employees in the small number of companies that offer it, and keeping the paychecks coming helps a lot. Cultural hurdles, however, are far harder to clear. Taking a lengthy paternity leave in a company where few, if any, senior men have ever done so requires a fair bit of courage. And while some employers believe that generous maternity leave more than pays for itself in retention, there is little proof that male employees won't experience a career stall immediately afterward if they dare to step out for a while.
This evidence cannot emerge without employers offering paid paternity leave in the first place, and most of the people (generally older, often men) who sign off on these policy changes generally haven't seen fit to do so. Only 17 percent of the employers that the Society for Human Resource Management surveys provide fathers with the benefit.
Employers that do so tend to be clustered in industries like technology, finance and professional services. Yes, the rich get richer, though it stands to reason that employers who already pay generously would lead the pack here. There are real productivity losses and recruiting costs they would otherwise bear in having bleary-eyed employees roaming the halls and others quitting altogether to stay home with new children. California, New Jersey and Rhode Island require some paid parental leave to all new parents; payroll taxes provide the funds.
Netflix and Microsoft are on the outer edge of generosity, as you can see from the chart accompanying this column. There, I list the most generous employers I could find. If I missed yours, please post a comment and let me know because I'll be regularly updating the chart.
The unlimited leave at Netflix appears to be unprecedented among large employers in the United States, though it's anyone's guess as to what the average length will turn out to be. The company did not try to model it out before its announcement.
Employers that consider offering unlimited vacation time tend not to go through with it, according to their consultants. "Their concern is that if they don't tell their employees two weeks or four weeks, then it will be fuzzy and usage will go down," said Rich Fuerstenberg, senior partner for Mercer's health and benefits business.
New fathers at Microsoft will now get 12 weeks of paid leave, identical to what mothers get (though the women may also be eligible for an additional eight weeks of disability pay). This equality stands in contrast with an odd requirement at other employers, where they ask you to declare yourself the "primary" caregiver before you qualify for the most generous paid leave. The secondary parent gets less paid time off.
No in-home audits are required, but every expert I spoke to disapproved of classifying commitment in this way. "I find it to be a very weird rule," said Kenneth Matos, senior director of research for the Families and Work Institute. "It goes back to this concept where there is someone who is doing the work and someone else who is hanging out and on vacation."
The Best Paternity Leave Policies
Here's our working list of the United States employers that offer at least 10 weeks of paid parental leave to new fathers.
Whatever the label, there's no escaping the fact that the small number of men taking paternity leave at most employers so far means that many colleagues will remember their absence long after they return. So what's the upside to paternity leave, besides the bonding time (which is essential for single parents of either gender)?
For men with spouses, it means that the couple is learning to raise their new child together, as opposed to there being one parent (usually the mother) figuring it out and then instructing the other. "Having men be more engaged means that they don't have to do it all themselves," said Mr. Matos, who added that taking equal leave is also an investment in your relationship with each other.
Academic research, set mostly in Europe, provides additional evidence of how paternity leaves help mothers. In Norway, women are absent from work less because of sickness if their husbands take longer leaves. In France, mothers are less likely to experience depression. Among the Swedes, each month of parental leave appears to increase mothers' earnings by 6.7 percent, perhaps by helping her focus completely on work once she returns.
Widespread, lengthy paternity leaves also have the potential to help female colleagues. Mr. Fuerstenberg of Mercer points out that some bosses may look at a woman and a man of childbearing age and favor the male for a promotion because of concern about the woman taking a six-month maternity leave. "If you provide the same benefit to both people and encourage both to take the leave, there is no opportunity for bias," he said. Yes, there are plenty of opportunities for gender bias elsewhere, but the expectation of equal length leaves could only help.
Selflessness aside, however, what happens to a father's career after a lengthy paternity leave? In Europe, women who take long parental leaves may suffer career consequences, as my colleague Claire Cain Miller reported last year.
In the United States, we don't know all that much yet about men specifically. Google has had generous parental leaves for several years and crunches plenty of its own human resources data. The company would not tell me whether it had specifically matched up men who took long parental leaves against otherwise similar men who did not, to see whether the leave-takers suffered financially in the years afterward.
But Roya Soleimani, a Google spokeswoman, did offer some encouraging words. "I can assure you that all levels of analysis are rigorously done by our team to ensure that there isn't bias," she said. "We see no sign of bias in our people processes, which includes compensation, promotion, performance."
Your employer may be nothing like Google, so there's no denying that paternity leave requires bearing some risk. But it is also something that you can do for your fellow man, literally. If people don't use the leave, employers will take it away or cut it back or not extend it.
Moreover, bias against leave-takers probably won't go away entirely until there are men in positions of authority who have taken it themselves. Right now, most new fathers are left to hope that their bosses won't grumble (rightfully) about the fact that they didn't get to go on a long, paid leave or (rightfully again) about the fact that they probably aren't getting 12 weeks of paid time off to take care of an aging parent.
Employers can try to head off any such resentment by ordering managers to meet with fathers planning a leave the same way they do with pregnant women. "We encourage them to adjust their goals for that period of time," said Mary Tavarozzi, North America practice leader for absence and disability management at Towers Watson. "Then, employees don't feel like they're going to get dinged on performance reviews because they had the same goals as a guy who had been there all 12 months with no leave." Initiate that discussion yourself if no one at your employer does.
Still, the normalization of paternity leave can only happen when larger numbers of men publicly declare their intention to take one and then shout from the rooftops about how spectacular it was. So let me do my part right here: My byline will be scarcer in the coming months as I take my own paternity leave. I've done it before, and I feel intensely lucky that I'm able to do it again.
As for Mr. Zuckerberg, he is a busy man, and who knows how Wall Street would react if he sat out a quarterly earnings call or two? Here's hoping, though, that we'll get to find out.


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The fragility of white people is massive, and under a microscope. This is good. It's not persecution, racism or reverse racism, which doesn't actually exist.
All the work I do in my keynote speaking areas, Path Consulting, organizational design and stakeholder engagement consulting, intriguing new green energy projects, and Health and Wellness for Teachers–all of these encounter this underlying theme of white entitlement being challenged and white people digging in to protect themselves.
That's why everyone needs to read this:
Why White People Freak Out When They're Called Out About Race
Not only is the Good Men Project an inspiring, grounding group of wise folks, but calling out racial privilege is essential for any kind of social, political, economic or environmental progress.
From a perspective of a white person, the world looks a certain way. And it's easy to assume everyone else sees the world like us. But they don't. It is impossible for us to fully understand how others see it. But it's our job to do all the work we can to truly hear how others see the world, and the place of white folks in it.
For many people, Eddy Murphy helped start defining white privilege on Saturday Night Live when he dressed up as a white man in 1984, just to see the other side. It was hilarious, partly because it was not exactly so factually accurate [in my experience], but it was profoundly true.
White folks who reject the idea of white privilege/fragility, or minimize it, or try to exempt themselves personally from it all, undermine our overall mission to create a society of equality and justice. Without that shared frame, we cannot accomplish any kind of social, political, economic or environmental progress. We have no common understanding of the issue.
In all of our social, economic, political, environmental activities we need to seek out understanding of how our actions and inactions contribute to injustice. We are seeing this in a clunky fashion in #MeToo versus #NotAllMen and #BlackLivesMatter versus #AllLivesMatter.
Refusing to engage in conversations about privilege and entitlement makes US the impediment, even if we're nice guys and nice white people. Because in the end, we have no idea the extent of how white or male entitlement got us to where we are, or surrounds all of our actions, inactions and work.
The onus is on us to open up and listen and to encourage our fellow white/male folks to do the work too. It pays off, in ways impossible to predict, but in necessary ways for real change to happen.


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We're delighted to be showcasing one of our brand new Shepherds Huts at Wroxham Barns for the second year running! It hardly feels like a year since we were sat in our Retreat model hut, Lola, with the stove crackling and doors wide open for visitors to come in and warm themselves.
Today we delivered Betty, our most recent hut from our 2014 Glamping range to stand in pride of place in the courtyard as our next showroom. She features a side stable door and end windows with our new chunky timber shutters, a solid oak floor and a wood burning stove- come see her now!
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1: The Snake Chronicles Book one The Wave
2: Character Pages
3: Jeremy
4: Viper
5: Leo
6: Sarah
7: Map
8: Chapter 1 The Rock
9: Jeremy don`t forget your lunch. Ok mom. Jeremy was walking to school when he saw his friend Viper then she said hey Jeremy I found two more people to join are group their names are Leo and Sarah. Awesome Jeremy said back hey when you see them tell them to go to the park ok meet you at school Viper yelled slithering faster than ever
10: before.After school they all met and introduced one another they became great friends.Three years Later. Jeremy can you come out no i`m taking care of my little brother just leave him here for a few minutes uh ok. so lets get to the park Leo`s got to show us something said Viper they finally got to the Park with the others Leo had a drape
11: over something, right then he took it off and their was a projector he said i have something cool to show you. he also had a electric generator to plug it into then out of nowhere the light shone and it looked like a life like meteor was falling out the sky and Viper,Sarah,and Jeremy said cool then .Leo turned around and saw what they
12: were calling awesome immediately he said thats not the but it was to late it landed right in front of them they stumbled back woozily and looked at the half meteor something white ,blue,red,and yellow glowed inside the light slowly lifted and shot towards them on Leo was a blue circle on his tail, on Jeremy there was a white oval,on Viper
13: their was a red octagon on her head band and her tail,on Sarah there was a yellow square on her hair and tail also. Whoa i feel different and stronger I think it`s these colored crystal feeling shapes that are making us feel this way Sarah said. Well it`s a good feeling for me said Jeremy looking up in the sky, wait are those other
14: four coming from the projector. Hey let us see said Sarah and Viper who were now looking up. Awesome they all yelled then Leo looked at what they were calling awesome immediately he said that`s not but it was to late. The first one landed right in front of them after that they all started slithering trying to get away.
15: After all of the meteors had fallen they took a look there were four giant machines one was white, one was blue, one was red, and one was yellow hey look said Leo and Viper on the sides of the machines the red one said Tyranno Shield Liger, the yellow one said Snake Liger, the blue one said Tricera Shield Liger.And the white one said Triassic
16: Shield Liger then they all said these must be what they are called. Wait do you feel that Sarah said what Jeremy said then the ground rumbled and the machines plumaged through the ground being covered by dirt and then the soil fixed it`s self. Wait! i have to get back to my brother checking his belly watch he slithered away it was midnight and
17: he gonna be in trouble later at the park Viper left and Sarah helped Leo carry his stuff home.
18: Chapter 2 The Missing Familys
19: Jeremy why didn`t you come to school to day asked Viper read this said Jeremy "if you want your brother and parents back meet me at growl gristle cove in 7 days or they die and also bring the crystals to me for the trade" a couple hours later ok I say lets take this guy on plus we would have the advantage we have more strength and may have
20: super powers and we have those machines to rely on but how are we going to dig them up said Jeremy we don't said Sarah. The crystals may be the answer maybe we could call upon them so were going to go. yes. lets go pack and then meet back here in 30 minutes said Leo ok lets do this 30 minutes later Jeremy we got the same note at our
21: also said Sarah,Viper,and Leo except it said to tell your friend to go to the beach and you also as well it said six days so one days up Sarah said. Well lets go its a 5 day trip and we might run into traps and I don't want to be late and if the person knows about the crystals he might have super powers too and might have minions to slow us
22: down. I brought two maps one is regular the other one i wrote were we had to go in numbered order theres 6 numbered and there the quickest way to our family's. First stop Nagi Forest and they slithered away. On the way Sarah felt that someone was watching them, then the feeling went away but she still was cautious now they
23: were at the edge of Nagi Forest when they heard something in the bushes but it turn to be a snurle (a mix between a snake and a squirle). well the found a lake half way in Nagi Forest they tried to find a way past it with out having to go through the water but they knew that was the only so they slowly started toward the lake when a crocodile
24: wearing armor came out of the water and shot a blast of lightning at all of them then the crystals shot out beams of light and sucked the energy of the blast right into them and they all felt more powerful than ever before Jeremy said I`ll handle this and touched the crystal on his head and yelled fly and then yelled heat blast and a stream of
25: fire blasted from his mouth and broke the armor on the crocodile then the crocodile opened its mouth to spit a water ball at Jeremy right when the crocodile opened its mouth Jeremy open his mouth and yelled poison spit and spit a huge wad of poison in the crocodiles mouth it swallowed it then it gaged and disintegrated
26: then Leo,Sarah,and Viper all said awesome whens my turn then Jeremy said hey we`ll take turns Leo next Sarah you after and Viper you last ok lets go we`ve got to get to shonka passage to camp and in a flash they were of slithering again and made it to shonka passage and after they set up camp they went to the center and Jeremy said put your
27: hands in they all did then said focus on the energy of your crystal every time it absorbs energy it gets stronger now think about a barrier around the camp ooommmppphhh now open your eyes whoa a barrier now think of a warm fire,tent,and a roasted chicken on a plate with forks and knifes for your selfs ooommmppphhh awesome eat and go to
28: sleep because at any minute we could be attacked just like with the crocodile just in case im putting my own little barrier just encase if the other one broke he took his stuff went in his tent and put up a barrier


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I am getting asked more about security these days than in the previous decade - perhaps there is renewed focus on this area as we hear about hacker groups taking what they want from organisations and companies in the News every day. Below is an answer I gave to a recent email question on what AIX offers on the security side, spotting vital files being changed and what parts of PowerSC to use for quick wins. For AIX security the three big hitters for "out of the box" AIX hardening are: Ditch telnet/ftp in the entire computer room... [More]
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It has bee a long few weeks traveling to Dublin, Las Vegas, Slovenia, Germany and Sweden to give lots of presentations. Six Weeks and five countries and the expenses are piling up on my desk. I was presenting a core set of topics like POWER7+ announcement summary, VIOS Shared Storage Pools (SSP3), Workload Partitions (WPAR) and Versioned WPARs to run AIX 5.2 and AIX 5.3, quick introduction to PowerSC (security tools), a Techie "what you need to know about" Systems Director for AIX, and Quick Dips in to Active Memory Deduplication... [More]
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Just completed the move of the POWER and AIX Hands-on Movies to YouTube videos - after pruning we have 97 of them. This means you can watch them on your mobile Smartphone and Tablets in addition to your workstation/personal computer. You can find them all here: YouTube look for my "Nigel Griffiths" Channel http://www.youtube.com/user/nigelargriffiths This should mean they are simpler to find, search for and view. During the transfer I pruned out a few of the older ones particular Systems 6.2 as we now have a set of Systems... [More]


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Honestly I didn't know what to call this thread and before people jump in and expect this to be a whining session, it isn't. I love the game and have played it too much since I started in 2016. Coming up on my 3 year anniversary and with massive changes since I started from Loot 2.0, a big camera change and new Moon. We have more and more items, deeds and still an increasing problem of less and less players.
Honestly with many Vu's of changes in my 3 years here one thing that hasn't changed is the common theme of players coming and going. They join with expectations of some fun in an RCE and leave faster than perhaps any game screaming to anyone they know to never try this game. I always wanted this game to grow as a avid gamer and reduce it's turnover and thought that Loot 2.0 would get us there but the theme is the same. No increased growth in hunters, pissed players, broken promises. Since MA doesn't market, the word of mouth on what people think of this game isn't the best, so obviously we can work on changing that.
I continue to play cause of the core concept of the game in an MMORPG which is to get skills and progress my Avatar completing missions around the Universe. I love endless progression and grinding in games to build the most powerful character possible. It's a fantasy world and well you want your character to be Uber!! However when that challenge is met with a never ending Negative one after another. It well makes many people say why am I doing this? Why am I getting skills? Why is the "down period" so long. Is there any point in building a powerful avatar? Which this last one is bad because that is the core concept of the game. Remember it is a game first and RCE second. Always will be a game first and the reason why we lack growth despite some changes that are positive we aren't there by a long shot. If the game is great people will play.
So there is a problem with loot 2.0 and gameplay. To deny it is blasphemy because if there wasn't a problem then this game would be thriving and new hunters, miners and crafters would be joining, streaming and making videos on how awesome Entropia is.
Smilgs Hunting log of an established Uber to see what one of Top End Hunter gets and last month 96.21% TT return
Lets objectively look at hunting and professions in general and ask ourselves what is acceptable? Obviously 96.21% is not even for a new character. To objectively look at Loot 2.0 lets take an extreme stance to look at the growth of the game. What if hunting was free? You always got 100% TT! MA wouldn't lose any money. Hear me out because this is how most games function. The profession itself isn't where people should be spending money. Money is spent on resto chips, guns, armor, plates, tiering, land deeds, shops, ships, rings etc etc....etc.... That is the price for playing the game! This is how all Free to play games that are successful work. The game is FREE!! The webshop and items is where you makes millions on players that are dying to log in and have fun. You establish a large player base and make money on people buying stuff to play. Which our webshop could use an overhaul on packs, armors, items etc.
When the actual profession and act of playing this game is a constant loss you lose players before they ever get started. They never deposit to buy that 5k resto chip, they don't buy the Moon deeds on the webshop, they don't deposit to purchase that awesome FEN item to enjoy the gameplay. This is the problem. Professions shouldn't be draining anyone's wallet. That is what the fun toys to play this game and pills, buffs are for.
The toys in this game are expensive and if hunting was free MA would make more money off more player that would be buying strong boxes, beginners packs, resto chips and get items to enjoy the game. We just would have less turn over and people investing in more items and either land or housing etc etc. ( lets not forget the housing market that needs an overhaul, and the gardening flop, gardens were dead before it got started as a project ) These towns and land plots should be thriving with people and their cars. However when you spend so much to just play how can you actually develop and invest in this market or Deeds? The few with deep pockets hold MA treading water instead of new player growth driving numbers through the roof.
What am I trying to get at? Hope I covered some of it and yes I did have 22 Negative hunts in a row and some will say "Down periods can last months" well hate to break it to you that isn't how a successful game is run. A down period shouldn't even last days! There are just other games to play if every time you log in you lose. However this isn't about my Negative hunting it's just an example of what everyone can experience. Something that no one should experience and how can we actually stop this ever happening in the next Loot 3.0 Honestly 5 negative runs in a row is completely not ok. You will lose the interest of new hunters and never get them to use the Webshop and invest in a game that looks like it is a constant loss to play.
Then when we look at the top hunters who have the most efficient gear, highest looter level and still only get an unacceptable 96.21% which isn't ok for anyone. Why would they stick around? Why would they buy CP or Moon Deeds? What is their drive to get to that level and deposit 10,000 of dollars? It becomes clear why this game has no growth and isn't successful.
What would be successful? I am the type of person to provide solutions instead of point the finger without explanation. If we had 3,500 active hunters last year on EL then this year the goal should be above 5k. Next year it should be 7,500. The year after that would be 10k Hunters and so forth. We need next to Zero turn over and to create excitement in Entropia. We need growth and way more players with the extreme size of this Universe. That is successful instead of more items, deeds, moons for less and less players.
We are at a tipping point where there is an overwhelming amount of Deeds and with CP coming it creates more of problem than solution. More to invest in with less players and money to do so. That is why the Ark Moon still has Deeds for sale and they should of sold out a long time ago. This is a problem. We need more players not more Deeds! We need better gameplay and transparency on loot and how to improve it to KEEP players that decide to download Entropia!
I am not angry at 22 Negative hunts in a row however I won't deposit just to keep hunting and I stopped that in Jan. I am merely addressing that when are we going to actually make hunting returns stable? So that way people can play and enjoy the game from Noob to Uber! If a new players joins and gets 5 bad hunts in a row they probably will be gone before they reach level 10. We need to get players immersed in the game and thrilled to play and invest. That knowing there aren't going to be unbearable periods of bad loot and they can utilize the webshop and splurge on fun things. ( also think webshop needs to add better armors and weapons for new players ) The fact is this game should be fun to play, cheaper and the money wasted on losing all the time should be spent on the webshop buying fun things to enjoy the game more. You keep players around and get positive word of mouth instead of the constant negative rep that this RCE has always had.
Think the looter profession is interesting and as a skiller a step in the right direction but it just isn't working well enough and there are logs showing that. It is lack luster and more fluff than effect. This is the truth and it needs to increase returns more than it currently does. That is undeniable!! They need to tack on another 3-4% increased return at least!
The average return of the common players should be 97-98% If players are getting below 97% than that is a failed game design for growth in the game. Just how it is for the reason I listed. However these new players should know that once they skill, invest in items, looter level they should have 100+ TT months. They should be constantly around 99%. It shouldn't be unheard of. This isn't breaking the bank as I kindly stated why since this money should be used on tiering, boxes, housing, land, deeds etc etc...
Also this game needs more positive press anyways of players making money!! Remember it is an RCE 2nd after being a game and if players aren't making money, winning prizes and events for items that are worth 10,000's then that is also a big problem.
I don't want to ramble and I write this because of my love for the game and hoping that the players that stuck around get to see this game grow and move towards a better future. That some day each planet will have 1,000s of active players on it. That housing will be flourished with players heck Id love a block party and the social aspect of the game to increase. I only hope that my thoughts and love for the game was put into words that construe we need changes and we need them sooner than latter!! Lets keep the players we have happy and more importantly lets get many many new ones to join!!
I wish everyone luck out there
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I'm considering to go to Holy Ship 2013 but am wondering what your impressions are about it.
So has anyone been there and how was it?
I'm considering to go to Holy Ship 2013 but am wondering what your impressions are about it.
So has anyone been there and how was it?
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I watched the videos. honestly to me, it looked like too much. I'd get sick and tired of djs music party after being locked up in a boat full with it every day
everyone that performed said it was the shittttt Super sick line-up, on a mf boat, 3 days of non-stop musical bliss. I plan on being on it next year fo sho, sounds like the bee's knees to me
I know one of the dj's that played there, Doorly and he said it was amazing. He's going back next year even if he's not playing it was that good.
I'm definitely looking into it even if it will be a bit pricey
We've got something similar here in Stockholm called "Monday Bar", where they take a boat and pack it full of clubbers, although due to various connections of the event crew, 75% of these people are straight out Ravers, which is pretty awesome. It seems like a lot of fun, and I've considered going myself, but never really gotten around to it.
I'd go if only for the private beach party with Fatboy Slim and the rest.
i would go just to push hipsters overboard.
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I've only heard good things. It's an expensive trip, but it's a vacation on a boat with some awesome music.
I'd love to go. It's on my "list" if you will. Don't know if I will next year or not, but would love to honestly. We shall see. Right now I'm focusing on worrying about this summer's big festivals, and I can't plan "that" far ahead. Though something like this might need it.
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At the end of the 2015 legislative session, there was a great deal of confusion and competing information regarding Governor Hogan's proposals around pension funding. Rather than release $68 million in school funding that the General Assembly overwhelmingly voted to appropriate to our schools, on May 14 the governor announced that he would instead redirect that money to the pension system. But there's a catch: the governor lacks the authority and ability to do this.
Confused? Read on for an explanation.
The governor lacks authority to do what he proposes
Gov. Hogan argues that instead of providing $68 million in funding for schools he wants to add another supplemental payment to the state pension system. While his talking point is intriguing, he has no power to unilaterally make this happen, according to the nonpartisan Department of Legislative Services.
The school funding he has chosen to ignore can only be used for education funding, as outlined in budget language adopted by the General Assembly. The governor has decided not to use it for schools. As a result, the money cannot be used for any other purpose. At the end of the Fiscal Year (June 30, 2016), if the money is not used for education, it will move to the state's reserve fund and be available to be used for future budget issues or address any deficiencies in the FY16 budget (for example, a budget category is overspent and the state needs to use reserve funds to backfill).
The best case for the governor's thinking is that we have no budget deficiencies in any category (which rarely if ever happens) and this unspent education money is now subject to end of fiscal year accounting. The end of year accounting requires the state to look at all funds in the reserve account, set aside $10 million for the Rainy Day Fund, and then split the balance of the reserve account between the State Pension Fund and more for the Rainy Day Fund to protect against future emergencies. That split is subject to a cap where no more than $50 million of any reserve fund split could be moved to the pension system through this end of year accounting.
All of this is complicated background to say the best the governor could do with this unused education money is move $50 million to the pension fund in July of 2016. He has no authority to do anything with that money today...and today is when that money is needed in school districts to prevent layoffs, protect programs, and meet the needs of students and schools.
MSEA is fighting to protect pensions
Educators make up the majority of members of the state pension system, so we certainly have a vested interest in making sure that schools have the resources they need and our pensions are funded at levels that are sustainable and will not compromise pension benefits. If our pension benefits were truly being put at risk by the General Assembly, we would be the first ones to fight back. But this is not the case.
It is worth setting the record straight on where things stand with the pension system, and that requires a little history. Back in 2002, the state adopted a pension funding approach called "corridor funding." They did that when the pension system was funded at 102% of needed funds. The corridor approach allowed the state to reduce the pension contribution the actuaries recommended the state should make. The actuarial recommended contribution is the gold standard for what states with healthy pension systems should be making in order for the fund's benefits to be sustainable for current and future employees. The state's use of corridor created a continuous underfunding of the employer (state) contribution, setting the stage for the 2007-8 stock market crash to have a huge impact on the pension fund, dropping it to about 60% funded status.
The consequently larger unfunded liability created a negative political environment in 2011 that encouraged the General Assembly to increase the contributions of employees and slash benefits for new hires. The Assembly's goal was to make payments in addition to the corridor payment until the system reached 80% funded status (a high standard of health for public pension systems). They estimated that would happen in 2023. Over the last few years, this additional payment to corridor, known as the supplemental payment, has been a political football because the state has been digging out of a sluggish economy while trying to keep commitments to things like education funding and still reaching the funded status goal of 80% funded.
Luckily, we have had a few good years of stock market returns and the pension system has now reached 67.7% funded status. The General Assembly took major steps to build on this growing strength this year and create even firmer footing for the pension fund by agreeing to get out of corridor funding next year. That is huge. MSEA—along with bond rating agencies—has been fighting to get out of corridor and to use actuarial required contribution (ARC) levels since corridor was adopted in 2002. Making the ARC payment will ensure that benefits are not at risk with this new funding approach. It is a big win for pension sustainability. And, in addition to the ARC payment, the state is still agreeing to make a supplemental payment.
Pension funding by the numbers
Instead of that supplemental payment being $200 or $300 million (as was the plan when it was a supplement in addition to corridor), the General Assembly set the ARC supplemental at $75 million. It was scheduled to be $150 million. That is the number the governor still wants to hit. But the drop from $150 million to $75 million is what generates the governor's talking point of a 50% cut in the pension payment in the coming year. However, that really fails to recognize the significant policy and funding commitment made by shifting to ARC payments—not to mention the raw dollar realities. The state's pension payment in this year's balanced budget is $1.52 billion instead of $1.59 billion. It is less, to be sure, but hardly matches the rhetoric you may have heard.
When Maryland makes ARC plus a supplemental payment of any kind, we will be the only state in the nation with a AAA bond rating that adds to their ARC payment. That continuation of the supplemental is still the state showing their commitment to reach the 80% funded status by 2023, and that's what the budget plan approved by the General Assembly still does, regardless of the governor's interest to use classroom dollars as a secondary supplemental payment.
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The Good, the Bad... the Ex
Oh, old fling, how you serve us romance writers. Might you be the experience from which our hero learned invaluable lessons in love? The romantic foil, who steps in during the blossoming stage of the new romance to offer some romantic tension? Or might you be the story's hero, emerging fully developed from the shero's past, ready to admit your historic idiocy and woo her back into your manly arms?
No doubt about it: the old fling is a powerful stock character for us romance authors. And like most stock characters, The Ex™ should be used sparingly.
Although all of the incarnations of the ex deserve extensive discussion, it's the last trope I wish to address. To put us in the mood, imagine this: We're introduced to our shero (it could be our hero, but the male ex is more common), whose life is all right but, you know, inevitably bereft in a few ways. She tries not to think of the ex, whose long-ago betrayal sent her spinning out of his arms and into the cold embrace of a him-less future. And then… He re-enters her world. She hates him, spurns him, closes the door in his handsome, repentant face. But no, he shan't be thwarted in his pursuit of redemption. The beat of their unresolved romantic tension pounds throughout the story until the very last chapter, in which the hero reveals the true circumstances behind that long-ago betrayal. His past victimization laid bare, his heroic sacrifice of their love for selfless purposes exposed, the couple rejoices in their transcendent love. They zip to the closest major department store to start a wedding registry.
I have deep respect for literary archetypes. They form the basic outline of our craft, much like notions of closed bottoms and open tops help potters shape their wares. But, well, is it just me, or is this one just the slightest bit overused?
I get the purpose of it. This trope packages up a whole host of literary conventions in one small character. Thanks to the ex, the romance comes largely developed (we need to just clear away that little misunderstanding from twelve years ago) and the plot's source of tension arrives ready-made. The rest of the book practically writes itself!
As a reader, though, I have to admit to usually feeling a little cheated when the book uses the straight-out-of-the-box Tragic Betrayal incarnation of The Ex™. Perhaps I'm in the minority, but I honestly wonder what romantic could find it satisfying to read through a romance that appears before us fully formed. I don't know about anyone else, but I like seeing the romance blossom. I dig the internal dialogues as characters wrestle with what love means to them. I cherish the awkwardness of the first kiss.
In short, I want to see them fall in love, and introducing a prepackaged romantic couple only separated by misunderstood and tragic circumstances robs me of that.
As a writer, I find myself frequently exasperated with this trope because it requires little creativity. I think of it as one of those tubes of chocolate chip cookie dough; just because you're the one that scoops the goop onto the baking sheet and slides it into the oven doesn't necessarily equal homemade chocolate chip cookies. Plus, the story often lacks, since the major source of tension, that unresolved act of betrayal, is one small, rather transparent curtain separating the pair; we readers wait with (if you're me) impatience while the characters remember how to unblock a window. One little conversation, and the entire book's dance of evasion and impassioned anger (probably, but not requisitely, including heaving bosoms) becomes pointless. The day is won.
I can understand authors of novellas, those travel-sized novels, strategically employing this trope in hopes of saving some space. And perhaps some talented authors can breathe fresh life into the archetype. But the rest of us might benefit from veering away from these ready-made, boxed, and sealed characters. If not for our own creative sakes, out of respect for our readers.
And hey, maybe a little for our characters, too, who just might like a little more room to grow and breathe.


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Modafinil is a prescribed medication that was originally manufactured to help with fatigue and tiredness throughout the day. The aim to help people that suffer from conditions such as narcolepsy and those that struggle to sleep due to shift work. Users soon discovered it could also help with cognitive functions as well.
By using Modafinil you may be able to see benefits such as;
- Reduced Fatigue
- Improved Ability To learn
- Increased Concentration and Focus
- Improved Overall Mood
What is Modafinil?
Modafinil is sold under a number of different brand names, Alertec, Modavigil and Provigil. Here in the United States it is a controlled substance because of the potential risks of getting addicted to it. It is this reason why it is a prescribed drug and not a simple over the counter solution.
As mentioned when it was originally manufactured it was aimed to be a treatment for a number of sleep disorders. These included Narcolepsy, which is when you fall asleep suddenly. Its also used to help with Hypersonina, a condition when continue to be tired and fatigued throughout the day. During trials patients that used Modafinil had noticed their alertness during the day had increased.
It was during these trials that it had been discovered that it could also be used as a nootropic. Patients that used it had noticed that their focus and concentration had increased, as well as their ability to learn. Initiialy Modafinil was used by those that had sleep deprivation and those that did not, both types had noticed an improvement in cognitive function.
Modafinil Side Effects
It has quite a lot of potential side effects, although some are more uncommon than others. It's important to remember that it does have addictive properties, why you do need a prescription to get it. Some of the minor side effects may sort themselves out on their own, although I would recommend consulting a medical professional.
Minor side effects include;
- Anxiety
- Headache
- Nausea
- Nervousness
- Dizzyness
- Diarrhea
There are potentially some more serious side effects to using Modafinil (Alertec, Modavigil and Provigil). If you do experience any of these then you MUST stop taking it and consult with your doctor straight away.
These side effects could include;
- Vomiting
- Blistering with peeling and red skin rash
- Bruising, numbness, weakness of the muscles and tingling
- White sores on the lips or in the mouth
- Hallucinations
- Depression
- Agression
- Chest pain/Uneven heartbeats
As you can see there are a lot of potential side effects. Some of them are terrible and quite serious! There are however some really good alternatives that are natural nootropics. I would recommend checking these out, more info on them below.
Modafinil Dosage
The dosage of Modafinil does vary depending on the treatment. Should you take 50mg, 100mg, 200mg or even 400mg? The correct Modafinil dosage should be stated on the prescription given by your doctor. With a pill such as this, you should never increase the dosage unless stated by a medical professional.
From what I can see from research, the dosage is one 200mg pill to be taken once per day.
Modafinil FAQ
I have received a number of questions regarding Modafinil so wanted to put together this FAQ. If you do have any questions please post them in the comments below and ill answer as quickly as possible.
Modafinil and Alcohol is it safe?
If you was to ask a medical professional, they would advise not to drink whilst taking Modafinil. There has however been no known serious interactions. It would be advised to take Modafinil in the morning and then by the time you have alcohol in the evening it should be out your system.
Bear in mind that the two can increase the side effects of each other as they do both dehydrate the body. Resulting in a hangover that is potentially much worse, as well as risk of not being hydrated enough. Make sure you do drink plenty of water whilst using.
I would advise against combining the two and any concerns please do consult a medical professional.
How Long Does Modafinil Stay In System For?
Modafinil and other brands should last a full day. You would therefore take it in the morning and it should keep you alert and awake during the day for a full 8 hours. 2-4 hours after that you may notice the results lessen as it leaves your system.
It should be completely out of your system for when you are ready to sleep.
Is Modafinil Legal?
As mentioned before, Modafinil is a controlled substance. Therefore the availability of it is restricted. You are not able to simply buy over the counter. It is only possible to get Modafinil legally by prescription from your doctor.
Can I Get Addicted To Modafinil?
Initially it was believed that it it was not possible to get addicted to Modafinil. Recent research does however show that it could potentially be. In a study 10 men took brain scans after using Provigil and a placebo. These scans did actually show that it blocks dopamine transporters. Addictive drugs such as cocaine and methamphetamine also does the same thing.
Where to buy Modafinil
It is not possible to buy Modafinil online or in any stores such as Amazon or eBay. If you do see it then I would recommend to stay well away, you don't know what you are taking! Legally it is a controlled substance, if you are wanting to order Modafinil then you should consult your doctor and discuss it with them.
Our Final Verdict On Modafinil
To be honest I don't really have any great comments to say about Modafinil. I suppose it has been proven to be effective since it is FDA approved. Its been manufactured to be more of a way to keep you alert and keep you awake. The cognitive benefits are only a by product of that and I don't think that is enough. If you are looking for a product to improve brain functions, I would buy something that has been formulated to do just that.
The fact that it is prescription only also puts me off. Its expensive to see the doctor, never mind getting it on prescription as well! If we ignore the cost element of it, I also feel very nervous about seeing the doctor about things like this.
The final thing that REALLY puts me off are the potential side effects. I have usually been pretty good with pills and not really noticed any side effects, however some of the Modafinil side effects could potentially be really serious. Which is not something I would want to risk!
Safe Alternative to Modafinil?
It's understandable why you might be interested in this, Alertec, Modavigil and Provigil. It has seem some impressive results and has had a lot of exposure. I personally would prefer to try a safe alternative to it. Something that I know is going to give me the same results if not more. A safe alternative that is not going to have the potential side effects that Modafinil has.
Choosing a natural alternative, also means I do not need a prescription. I can therefore order a good alternative online and receive it, without having to see my doctor.
There are however a lot of different Nootropic supplements, it's not that easy to know which one to get. I have done a lot of research on the ingredients used and which ones are effective. I have also tested a number of the products and therefore feel I know which ones do and do not work.
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I really do hope you have found this Modafinil review useful, if you do have any questions please do feel free to comment below.
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From Imperial Nation-States to European Union: Discussing European History in an International Context with Anne-Isabelle Richard
Where does "Europe" stop, and where does the world outside Europe begin? It's a question that's engaged inhabitants of the peninsula of the great world continent for centuries, if also one that has assumed newly tragic dimensions as refugees from Balkan states, refugees from countries such as Syria, Iraq, Eritrea, and Afghanistan, and migrants from Sub-Saharan Africa test their chances in crossing the seas, boarding the trains, and hopping the fences that separate Europe from an ostensibly more dangerous, more cruel, and more hungry outside world. Seemingly freed of its old morally burdensome entanglements in its African, Asian and Caribbean colonies, a reformed, European Union-ized Continent faces the challenges of how it wants to interact with the world of former colonies, mandates, and other possessions that it once ruled and still, of course, holds a dominant trading relationship with.
Can history contextualize some of these debates? The work of Dr. Anne-Isabelle Richard, currently an Assistant Professor at the Institute for History at Leiden University, The Netherlands and the latest guest to the Global History Forum, unambiguously demonstrates that it can. In her work, Richard seeks to show how many of the activists in European countries – in particular France and the Netherlands, countries with big empires and interested both in European integration and the politics of colonialism – juggled the two projects of Europeanism and relations with its colonies throughout the twentieth century.
Moving beyond just a narrow diplomatic history focus, Richard's work mines both state and non-state archives to show how an army of diplomats, pressure groups, anti-colonialists, socialists, and bureaucrats in international organizations such as the League of Nations represented part of a broader, decades long-conversation about the relationship between "Europe" as an ideological and institutional project, on the one hand, and colonial empire on the other. One part of her broader research agenda, this work – the fruits of her PhD at Cambridge University, a Fulbright Scholarship at Yale, and time as a Max Weber Post-Doctoral Fellow at the European University Institute in Florence, Italy – is currently being revised by Dr. Richard to become a book.
Recently, one of the Toynbee Prize Foundation's Editors-at-Large, Columbia History Department PhD Candidate Lotte Houwink ten Cate, had the chance to sit down with Dr. Richard to discuss the latter's ongoing work and her observations on the fields of European and international history today.
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Jeremy Paxman has said he "seriously considered" quitting Newsnight after the Jimmy Savile and Lord McAlpine scandals dealt a hammer blow to the reputation of BBC2's flagship current affairs show.
"I thought about it, of course, but in the end I decided that there were several bad decisions, they were individual bad decisions and I felt that loyalty commanded that I stayed," he told BBC Radio 5 Live. "I did seriously consider it."
He said he went as far as discussing his potential resignation with a colleague, but would not elaborate on whether this was with senior BBC management.
Newsnight executives were heavily criticised for deciding to scrap an investigation into Jimmy Savile's sex crimes – ITV's rival current affairs show Exposure eventually broke the story – and for running a separate piece that led to McAlpine wrongly being accused of child abuse.
The scandal resulted in the BBC director general, George Entwistle, being forced to resign after 54 days in the job.
Paxman said that the scandal had damaged Newsnight's reputation, but he hoped it was not still viewed as tarnished. "Of course it was damaged, it was certainly damaged at the time," he said, adding that he was back to enjoying presenting Newsnight and would stay "as long as somebody asks me".
Paxman said several executives at the BBC Trust, which governs the corporation, had floated the idea of scrapping the show in the wake of the scandal. "It is my belief – I've never checked this out – that there were a couple of people on the BBC Trust who thought, overreacted, who felt that it should be shut down," he said. "I have never checked it out but that was the story at the time."
He said he "wouldn't be surprised" if it were true that the idea of scrapping Newsnight had been floated, but considered that it was "never a serious possibility". "I do know that for a fact," he said.
The BBC has spent more than £5m of licence fee payers' money on internal investigations and inquiries relating to the Savile scandal. This includes paying McAlpine £185,000 in damages over false child abuse allegations by Newsnight. The legal costs of BBC staff who appeared as witnesses in the inquiries – including Entwistle, the former BBC News director Helen Boaden and the former director general Mark Thompson – ran to almost £300,000.
Since the scandal, Newsnight has maintained a lower profile – bar the media meltdown caused by discussion of Paxman's decision to sport a beard to present the programme, and a Twitter gaffe by its new editor, Ian Katz.
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