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Is the Left anti-Semitic?
Sadly, it is heading that way
Brendan O'Neill
The Telegraph
29 July, 2014
Brendan O'Neill is editor of the online magazine spiked and is a columnist for the Big Issue in London and The Australian in, er, Australia. His satire on environmentalism, Can I Recycle My Granny and 39 Other Eco-Dilemmas, is published by Hodder & Stoughton. He doesn't tweet.
There has been a lot of talk over the past two weeks about whether it is anti-Semitic to oppose Israel's attack on Gaza. Radical Leftists and liberal commentators have insisted (perhaps a bit too much?) that there is nothing remotely anti-Semitic about their anger with Israel or their fury on behalf of battered, bruised and bombed Palestinians. And of course they are right that it is entirely possible to oppose Israel's militarism without harbouring so much as a smidgen of dislike for the Jewish people. Some will oppose the war in Gaza simply because they are against wars in general, especially ones that impact on civilians.
However, it seems pretty clear to me that much of the left in Europe and America is becoming more anti-Semitic, or at least risks falling into the trap of anti-Semitism, sometimes quite thoughtlessly. In the language it uses, in the ideas it promotes, in the way in which it talks about the modern world, including Israel, much of the Left has adopted a style of politics that has anti-Semitic undertones, and sometimes overtones.
The key problem has been the Left's embrace of conspiratorial thinking, its growing conviction that the world is governed by what it views as uncaring "cabals", "networks", self-serving lobbyists and gangs of bankers, all of which has tempted it to sometimes turn its attentions towards those people who historically were so often the object and the target of conspiratorial thinking – the Jews.
Yes, one can hate Israel's attack on Gaza without hating the Jews. But there's no denying that the hatred being expressed for Israel's attack on Gaza is different to the opposition to all other acts of militarism in recent times.
Just compare the huge 2003 Hyde Park demo against the Iraq War with the recent London demos against Israel's attack on Gaza. The former had an air of resignation; it expressed a mild, middle-class sense of disappointment with Tony Blair, through safe, soft slogans like "Not In My Name". The latter, by contrast, have been fiery and furious, with screeching about murder and mayhem and demands that the Israeli ambassador to the UK be booted out. Some attendees have held up placards claiming that Zionists control the British media while others have accused both London and Washington of "grovelling" before an apparently awesomely powerful Israeli Lobby.
This is a recurring theme in anti-Israel sentiment today: the idea that a powerful, sinister lobby of Israel lovers has warped our otherwise respectable leaders here in the West, basically winning control of Western foreign policy. You see it in cartoons depicting Israeli leaders as the puppet masters of politicians like William Hague and Tony Blair. You can hear it in Alexi Sayle's much-tweeted claim that the "Western powers" kowtow to Israel because they are "frightened of it… frightened of the power that it wields". You can see it in the arguments of John Mearsheimer and Stephen Walt in their popular book The Israel Lobby and US Foreign Policy, which holds an apparently super-powerful pro-Israel lobby in the heart of Washington responsible for the Iraq War and all other kinds of disasters. The claim is often made that Israel has corrupted Western officials, commanding them to carry out its dirty work.
Sound familiar? Yes, this has terrible echoes of the old racist idea that Jewish groups controlled Western politics and frequently propelled the world into chaos – an idea that was especially popular in the early to mid-20th-century Europe. Very often, anti-Israel protesters treat Israel not just as a nation at war – like Britain, America or France, which also frequently launch wars that kill huge numbers of civilians – but also as the warper of policy and morality in the West, as a source of poison in global affairs, as the architect of instability across the globe. Indeed, a few years ago a poll of Europeans found that a majority of them view Israel as "the biggest threat to world peace". So Israel is undoubtedly singled out by Leftists and others, and even more significantly it is singled out in a way that the Jews used to be singled out – that is, as a sinister, self-serving corrupter of nations and causer of chaos.
Much of today's anti-Israel protesting has a conspiracy-theory feel to it, with its talk about powerful lobby groups designing wars behind closed doors in order to isolate Israel's enemies and boost Israel's fortunes. And this is in keeping with Left-wing politics generally, today. The Left has increasingly embraced a conspiracy-theory view of the world. It is now very common to hear Leftists talk about the "cabals of neocons" who control world affairs, or the "cult of bankers" who wreak havoc on our economies, or the Murdoch Empire that "orchestrates public life from the shadows" (to quote Labour MP Tom Watson). All seriously analytical and nuanced readings of international trends and political dynamics have been elbowed aside by contemporary Leftists, who prefer instead to argue that dark, hidden, mysterious forces are ruining politics, plotting wars, and enriching themselves at the expense of the poor. And, as history shows us, there is a thin line between railing against wicked cabals and cults and wondering out loud whether the Jews are secretly running world affairs, or at least wielding a disproportionate influence.
Indeed, some of the most influential trends in Left-wing politics over the past five years – including the Occupy movement and the Wikileaks movement – were both given to conspiracy-theorising and both also had a bit of a problem with anti-Semitism. So Occupy was kickstarted by Adbusters, a magazine convinced that powerful corporations control the masses' fickle minds. In 2004, Adbusters published a disgustingly anti-Semitic article titled "Why Won't Anyone Say They Are Jewish?", which listed the neocons in the Bush administration and put a black mark next to the names of those who are Jewish. Not surprisingly, Occupy itself, which was obsessed with the baleful influence of small cliques of bankers and other faceless, evil people, often crossed the line into anti-Semitism, as the Washington Post reported. And Wikileaks, too, which is also a borderline conspiracy-theory outfit, what with its obsession with the "conspiratorial interactions among the political elite", has had issues with anti-Semitism: one of its key researchers, Israel Shamir, was exposed by the Guardian as being "notorious for [his] Holocaust denial and publishing a string of anti-Semitic articles".
It is not an accident that the three key planks of the Left-wing outlook today – the anti-Israel anti-war sentiment, the shallow anti-capitalism of Occupy, and the worship of those who leak info from within the citadels of power – should all have had issues with anti-Semitism. It is because the left, feeling isolated from the public and bereft of any serious means for understanding modern political and economic affairs, has bought into a super-simplistic, black-and-white, borderline David Icke view of the world as a place overrun and ruled by cabals and cults and sinister lobby groups. And who has always, without fail, been the final cabal, the last cult, to find themselves shouldering the ultimate blame for the warped, hidden workings of politics, the economy and foreign turmoil? You got it – the Jews.


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The Definitive Ranking of Twin Peaks Coffee
It's official, agent Dale Cooper will return to the town of Twin Peaks when Showtime resurrects the series in 2016. The network recently revealed that Kyle MacLachlan will reprise his role as the one of the best agents ever to work at the FBI.
A coffee connoisseur long before it was cool, Coop sampled the offerings from all over Twin Peaks. As best we're able to tell, this is how he would rank his coffee drinking experiences there, in reverse order.
8. Pete's house
There was a fish in the percolator, so it may not be entirely Pete's fault. Still, we wouldn't trust anything that comes out of his kitchen.
7. The Black Lodge
Your soul will most likely never escape and the coffee seems to be actual motor oil, but it's still better than that fish-flavored crap at Pete's.
6. The Bookhouse
Harry said the coffee's free. Apparently that's best thing anyone could say about it. Not exactly a ringing endorsement.
5. The Palmers' House
Considering it was made by someone who is mentally unstable or by an actual demon, the coffee from the Palmer's house holds up quite well.
4. The Police Station
It keeps Coop working plenty of late nights. It does the job, but that's about all.
3. The Woods
Lucy's coffee seems to get better when it's on the go. In the station it's fine, but when she brews a pot and takes it on the road it becomes elevated to the "damn good" level. Perhaps the travel time helps the extraction process.
2. Double R Diner
Easily the most popular cup of coffee in town. Clearly reliable, but it can't quite stand up on its own. It almost always needs a piece of pie to go with it. The pie though, is worthy of an epic poem.
1. The Great Northern
We don't know where they source their beans or what their brewing method is, but it is the only cup of joe to earn the honorifics of both "incredible" and "damn fine." And from Agent Dale Cooper, that's saying something.
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Normalizing a crosstab table
SQL expert Rudy Limeback explains how to use a UNION query to normalize a crosstab table.
ColA ColB 2001 2002 2003 ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- vala valb 12 10 11
I need to transform this into a new table like this:
ColA ColB Year Value ---- ---- ---- ----- vala valb 2001 12 vala valb 2002 10 vala valb 2003 11
How can this be done?
Before we jump into the answer, let's take a moment to discuss those column names. Names which are reserved words or which contain special characters are a problem in most database systems. In particular, names which consist entirely of numbers can easily be confused with numeric literals. Therefore, these names need to be quoted or escaped. The standard SQL method is to use doublequotes around the name. Your database system may vary from this method. MySQL, for example, uses backticks (e.g. `2001`), while SQL Server uses square brackets (e.g. [2001]).
The UNION query uses one subselect for each column being extracted. The year value for the new table's Year column is hardcoded as a numeric literal in each subselect.
SELECT ColA , ColB , 2001 AS "Year" , "2001" AS Value FROM daTable UNION ALL SELECT ColA , ColB , 2002 , "2002" FROM daTable UNION ALL SELECT ColA , ColB , 2003 , "2003" FROM daTable
Notice carefully the difference between a numeric literal and a column name. The column alias "Year" has been quoted because YEAR is usually a reserved word (it's a date function). VALUES is a reserved word, but "Value" isn't, so it does not need to be quoted.
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An American space tourism company that arranges multimillion-dollar treks to the International Space Station for the ultra-wealthy has struck a new deal to offer suborbital spaceflights for nearly half the going cost. The price is still steep, though: $102,000 for the works.
Virginia-based firm Space Adventures has signed an exclusive deal with Armadillo Aerospace, a Texas-based company founded by computer game entrepreneur John Carmack, to sell space tourist seats on new suborbital rocket ships that are currently in development at Armadillo.
Flights aboard Armadillo's vertically-launched rocket ship in development will depart from a spaceport in the United States and take passengers to regions above 62 miles (100 kilometers), where space begins. After the engine is shut down, those aboard will experience up to five minutes of weightlessness and will have the opportunity to gaze out at 360-degree views into space and Earth's horizon below.
The time in space will be a few short minutes, but the complete experience, including training, will last a few days.
And while the $102,000 price tag for one of Space Adventure's suborbital spaceflights may seem hefty, it is nearly $100,000 less than rival company Virgin Galactic's asking price for a seat on SpaceShipTwo, which is undergoing captive-carry tests at the moment.
"I am very pleased to announce Space Adventures' agreement with Armadillo," said Eric Anderson, president and chief executive officer of Space Adventures. Anderson said he planned to release more details about the deal next month at the International Space Development Conference in Chicago.
"We envision this as a critical turning point for public access to space," Anderson said.
Space Adventures is the only company that has booked private flights to the International Space Station. The company brokered those deals with the Russian Federal Space Agency, charging customers about $35 million for a ride on Russian-built Soyuz spacecraft. The most recent flight occurred last October and sent Canadian billionaire Guy Laliberte on an 11-day space excursion.
"A decade of research and development has gotten us to the point where we can credibly talk about commercial passenger experiences," said John Carmack, president and chief technology officer of Armadillo Aerospace. "Everything is coming together — there is enough clarity in the technical, regulatory and market factors that it is the right time to form a solid partnership with Space Adventures to help us take things through to commercial operation."
Armadillo Aerospace, a leading developer of reusable rocket-powered vehicles, also produces rocket engines for the X-racer aircraft to be used by Rocket Racing League for aerial races.
The company has built rockets that launch and land vertically for competitions for prize money from NASA. Last November, Armadillo Aerospace took home second place and $500,000 in the NASA-sponsored contest to fly privately developed rockets on mock moon-landing missions.
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What would be the best way of removing the leading and trailing whitespace of some given html without using explicit replace? Attached an example report with some HTML as an example, showing the spacing that I want to get rid of.
As you can see the purple cell holds the html, and the spacing above and below is what I want to remove, but if there is spacing within (multiple paragraphs for example) then I don't want to remove that spacing. Only the leading and trailing whitespace.
Any help greatly appreciated
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The paragraph (p) tag is adding the extra space, so I changed it to div. The table will be placed inside the document body, so I also removed the html and body tags.Jeff F.
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The problem with changing it manually is the report will be pulling in html data from a database, so I need to be able to remove the paragraph spacing at runtime.0
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You need to parse the values from the database. You can do that in the query, or you can create a computed column in the data set. In a computed column, you would use JavaScript String methods like slice(), substr(), and replace() to remove or modify the tags returned in row["column_name"].Jeff F.
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Speaking yesterday, Insp Gary Lee of Warwickshire Police said: "Two items, believed to be historic World War One devices, were handed in at Leamington Police Station this afternoon.
"As a precautionary measure, the devices were removed from the station to a safe area where the Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) team attended.
"The devices were safely removed and there were no reported injuries.
"At this stage, the incident is not believed to be linked to terrorism."
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The Veloflex Master 23 is an all-purpose open tubular that offers more than expected from a clincher tyre. Designed with the same 320 TPI casing of Veloflex's tubular tyres, the Corsa 23 delivers low rolling resistance and simple mounting of a clincher tyre.
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Great looking tyre and surprised at how much grip they have, highly recommend
I purchased a pair of velowflex master 23 x 700 on 8/1/16 . I only have about 50 miles on these tires so we will have to see how they hold up in the long term. But as of now they are great. A very fast tire for sure. .You can pump them up to 10 bar wow. I didn't pump them up that much but I did go up to 125-130 lbs. They are very supple and give a nice smooth ride. I got them here at pro bike kit for a reducalis price. My lbs carrys them but at pro bike kit I got them both for what my lbs sells one for.they corner great.i do all city driving so they seem pretty puncture resistant so far . I would recommend them along with pro bike kit.
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((To avoid misunderstanding) I am also application engineer.)
Application engineer tends to ignore HW characteristics. But, without HW, SW is useless. Even application engineer in embedded software, would better to know basic stuffs about low-layer. Here are some examples about considering these low-layer characteristics. These examples are to appeal to application engineer.
* Each assembly code line may spend different number of CPU clocks. So, counting assembly code line is useless to check CPU performance.
* Optimized code for "2 CPU + 1RAM" is totally different from the one for "2 CPU + 2 RAM for each". Besides, DMA, Bus arbiter etc may also affect to code.
* In some cases, using compressed data is faster than uncompressed one. For example, using highly-compressed-RLE data on the platform which has very-fast-CPU but slow NVRAM. In this case, dominate factor of performance is "performance of accessing NVRAM". So, compressed data has advantage on this. Besides, overhead for uncompress is very low in case of RLE.
Point in here is, "In embedded environment, even application engineer needs to know about it's HW platform where software runs on."
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In Mexico during Dia de los Muertos sugar skulls are made as an offering to their dead loved ones.
Sugar skulls are decorated to look bright and colourful. To capture the personality and spirit of the deceased loved ones. Isn't that a lovely sentiment 😊
They decorations also give us an insight into the personality and likes of the person.


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Drawn by promises of more,
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Tales of love and lore,
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Obama Tees Off on Martha's Vineyard
The president reportedly played today with S.C. Democratic Rep. James E. Clyburn, UBS Investment Bank president Robert Wolf and White House aide Marvin Nicholson. He has been rumored to have Tiger Woods as a playing partner later this week, but the White House has denied that is in the works.
Below you can see some video of his swing off the first tee from Plumtv.com, which was able to film from the pro shop. The video also includes a little bit of a tour of the course from the club pro and a peak inside a gift bag the club is going to present to the first family.
Plumtv.com bills itself as "an insider's guide to some of America's most treasured communities," such as the aforementioned Martha's Vineyard as well as Miami Beach, The Hamptons in New York and Colorado ski resorts Aspen, Telluride and Vail.
In addition to today's golf video, the site has several more videos taking a look at the scene of the first family's vacation and talking with locals about what Mr. Obama and his family could do while they are there.
Here are links to some of those videos:
• Views of Blue Heron farm where the Obamas are staying
• Island Captain Buddy Vanderhoop and Henry Louis Gates Jr. (of "beer summit" fame) on fishing
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Freddie and Stuart expect a long-awaited guest at their anniversary party. When Ash accidentally mentions the party to Stuart's mother, Stuart decides, finally, to tell her that he and Freddie are a couple. The whole clan comes around to celebrate a typically awkward and eventful evening. Freddie is excited about the arrival of a celebrity actor guest he invited, but Stuart doubts she'll show up.
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Carrots 2
Cumin seeds 1 tsp
Red chilli flakes 1/2 tsp
Fresh chopped coriander
Idlis with chutney
1 Cup Urad Dal
4 Cups Rice
2 tbps fenugreek
2 tbps Salt
Soaked all ingredients separately for a minimum of 3-4 hours and then ground
Wash all the ingredients in the beginning and then soak it in water. Wash the rice 3-4 times .
Grind the soaked fenugreek seeds in a cup of water for 3-4 mins.
Grind all separately with water required Once ground, transfer the batters in big bowl.
And add salt to the batter before fermenting.
Usually the batter needs to ferment for 8-12 hours.
Once the time is up, the batter should have increased in volume. Take a ladle and mix it well. Your batter is ready.
For the idlies : Steam the idlis as per your apparatus. I steamed in M/W full power for six mins.. Serve hot with your favorite chutney .
Tomato chutney
Ripened Tomatoes 6-7
Red onion 1
Dry red chillies 3
Corriander seeds 1"tsp
Cumin seeds 1 tsp
Garlic cloves 6-7
Olive oil 3 tbsp
Chaat masala 1 tsp
Lemons 2
Mustard seeds 1/2 tsp
Cut tomatoes and onion roughly.
Peel garlic cloves.
In a pan put oil and heat on low flame.
Add cumin seeds and corriander seeds. When crackle add onion , dry red chillies, tomato and garlic cloves. Saute till tomatoes softens and onions become pink.
Add salt and chaat masala.
Switch off gas and let it cool.
Transfer everything from pan to blender bowl.
Grind to make a smooth paste.
In same pan with little oil, heat at low flame and add mustard seeds. When splutter add mixture to tomato chutney.
Add lemon juice and enjoy with idli, dosa, prantha or anything.
Refreshing tomato smoothie
2 ripened tomatoes
1 small cucumber
1 lime - juiced
Rock salt
1 pinc black pepper
1 cup water
1 cup ice.
Wash toms and cucumber. Peel cucumber. Cut both veggies in pieces. Blend everything in a blender. Srain it . Pour in serving glass . Add crushed ice and sprinkle crushed bkack pepper . Smoothie is ready.
Chana Pakwaan
This is actually a Sindhi recipe of dal pakwaan. Pakwaan is a crispy deep fried bread. A hybrid of poori and matthi.
1 Cup white Chana (Soaked overnite)
2 tblsp Tamarind Chutney
1/2 tsp Garam Masala
1/2 tsp Red chilly powder
1/2 tsp Cumin Powder
1/2 tsp Amchur Powder
1/4 tsp Turmeric powder
Salt to taste
2 tblsp Desi Ghee
For pakwan
1Cup Refined Flour
1 cup wheat flour
1/2 tsp Salt
2 tblsp Desi Ghee
Water to knead the dough
Ghee for frying
Boil the chana in 3 cups water by adding salt and turmeric powder.Boil it till tender.
Add tamarind chutney. Mix well. In wok add ghee put Chana and all masalas . Simmer till all water evaporates.
To make the pakwan mix salt and ghee in the refined flour. Knead a soft dough.
Divide in small equal balls and roll into thin pooris. With fork prick poori allover.
Deep fry till brown.
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The best way to relish mangoes .
Mango and Malai
You need
Mango pulp
Full fat cream
Sugar granules
Just put pulp in individual serving bowl.
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Refrigerate for 1 hour and gallop
Potato Frittata
One big potato
3 tbsp oil
1 small onion thinly sliced
5 large eggs, well beaten
2 Green chillies chopped
Coriander leaves bunch
Red chilli flakes.
Peel and cut potatoes in cubes . Roast to brown or fry. Keep aside
Heat oil in deep sauce pan. Cook onions till translucent.
Add potatoes and make a base by spreading them in pan.
Season with salt and red chilli flakes
Mix together eggs, green chilli and chopped coriander. Beat well. Add salt to taste. Reduce heat to medium.
Pour egg mixture into pan and cover all potato base. Cook until edge is set, about 2 minutes.
Carefully place a plate over pan and take out the frittata over it. Simply slip the uncooked side in pan again and cook it further two mins.
. Invert frittata onto a plate. . Serve warm
I love it with sour cream.
Soya kababs
Soya chunks 1 cup soaked in water for one hour
Capsicum deseeded chopped 1
Onion chopped 1
Green chilli 2 chopped
Zeera 1tsp
Red chilli flakes 1 tsp
Besan. 2 tbsp
Oil to fry
Squeeze soya chunks from water well. Put every ingredient in blender with soya chunks except besan
You will get a courses mixture .
Add besan and with wet hands make kababs and fry till golden in hot oil.
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... in charge of a henhouse?
A rhetorical question, but it appears that this is what Defra have done with allocating the quango known as 'Natural England' control of the two pilot badger culls, which our Secretary of State is 'strongly minded' to allow.
We explored 'Natural England's somewhat un-natural armlock over this project, with links to their various policy protocols in this post.
But today, Farmers Guardian publish an overview of this organisation's views on the concept of controlling tuberculosis in badgers by culling. And it is illuminating. NE state that it has
a 'low level of confidence that the predicted benefits can be delivered consistently' under the proposed policy.But while FG's strap line illustrates a decidedly luke warm response to the idea, it fails to point out that via its overall responsibility for monitoring any cull, Natural England may dictate both its progress and outcome.
"This stems from the lack of evidence that a farmer-led cull can replicate what has only previously been undertaken by government (and even then on a smaller scale) and the complexity of the regulatory regime required to ensure successful outcomes,"
The full consultation response from Natural England can be found in this pdf.
A comment from fellow architect of this cull, NFU's Kevin Pearce on his blog;
We have known from day one that many within Natural England have strong reservations about this policy. However, what worries me more is that Natural England is an advisory body that provides advice to ministers. This submission makes public their advice to ministers before the end of the consultation period. There can be only one reason for this; Natural England is playing a political game trying to influence wider opinion before ministers have had chance to consider all the responses to the consultation.
Perhaps it's time to recreate a wildlife unit within Defra to deal with this issue because it's clear Natural England do not believe in the policy, don't want to do it and will do everything it can to frustrate the proper process.
Quite. And that much has been clear to us for some considerable time.
And our opinion? Why would Defra put a fox in charge of the hen house other than have its plan 'designed to fail'?
Control of a notifiable zoonosis does not belong with Natural England. It should be returned back where it belongs, with AHVLA.


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Sprint finally showed up to the Windows Phone 8 party about a month ago, announcing both the HTC 8XT and the Samsung ATIV S Neo. At the time, the carrier wasn't ready to divulge just when each of these phones would become available. In the time since, we've seen the carrier announce a date for the 8XT, and even get started with sales. All the while, the situation's been quiet for the ATIV S Neo. We still don't have any official word, but a new leak may finally fill us in on when this handset will first go up for sale.
According to this, Sprint expects to make the ATIV S Neo available on August 16, three weeks from this coming Friday. The carrier already announced pricing for the WP8 smartphone, going for $150 on-contract and after rebates.
The ATIV S might be the most interesting phone mentioned here, but it's not alone. The BlackBerry Q10 is seriously late, but it's still nice to see that Sprint intends to get it on August 30, before selling in-store a couple weeks later. That red HTC One on August 16 sounds pretty nice, too.
Have any Sprint WP fans been holding out for the ATIV S Neo to arrive, or did this one just take too long for its own good?
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NICE clinical guidelines advise the NHS on caring for people with specific conditions or diseases and the treatments they should receive. The information applies to people using the NHS in England and Wales.
In April 2018, we updated the advice in the guideline with warnings about sodium valproate. Sodium valproate must not be used in pregnancy, and only used in girls and women when there is no alternative and a pregnancy prevention plan is in place. This is because of the risk of malformations and developmental abnormalities in the baby.
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The fire has burned through some private and historic mining land. No structures are threatened. Jane LaBoa is with the Forest Service.
"What is causing the most problem is that we are generating a lot of smoke, this is a very smoky fire and we are impacting people with breathing problems over a very wide geographic area," said LaBoa.
LaBoa says people are feeling the effects of the smoke in Tahoe and Reno. There is no estimate for containment.
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I've vowed not to start any reviews this January or February with a lament about what a horrible time of year this is for movies.
After all, no month -- nay, no weekend -- is exempt. You're as likely to get a stinker during the so-called Oscar season (hello? Little Fockers? Gulliver's Travels?) as you are in January - or June or October.
And you're just as likely to get a movie like The Green Hornet around, say, Memorial Day or July 4 as you are for the Martin Luther King weekend or Valentine's Day. There is no season for mindless comic-book influenced super-hero movies.
The pedigree for The Green Hornet is mixed, at best. On the one hand, you've got a script by Seth Rogen and cowriter Evan Goldberg, whose last two efforts were the enjoyable Superbad and Pineapple Express. And, for a curveball, you've got Rogen himself playing the title role, which gives it an oddly interesting spin.
On the other hand, the film is directed by the incredibly overrated Michel Gondry, whose last outing was the virtually unwatchable Be Kind Rewind. Gondry is also responsible for one of the decade's most unjustly praised films, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind.
And, true to form, The Green Hornet is a mixed bag -- not an abject failure, but still, not a film that recognizes its own strengths. It gets away with a lot - and is often more entertaining and enjoyable than it has any right to be. That's mostly about the loopy, loose-limbed performance by Rogen and the way he uses costar Jay Chou as a foil -- and vice versa. Still, there's a difference between comic-book action and cartoonishness, a distinction that Gondry doesn't seem to recognize. The Green Hornet suffers as a result.
Rogen plays Britt Reid, playboy scion to a media empire overseen by his stern father (Tom Wilkinson), crusading editor of the L.A. Daily Sentinel. But when daddy dearest dies mysteriously, Britt is forced to man up and step up to take control of the newspaper - a job that couldn't interest him less.
Then he meets Kato (Chou), his father's driver and mechanic -- who blows Britt's mind with both his mechanical prowess and, later, with his martial-arts skills. The two of them initially team up to go out and pull a masked prank -- stealing the head off the new statue of Dad.
But mid-vandalism, Britt comes across a gang of toughs attacking a young couple and, without thinking, challenges them. Suddenly he's surrounded by thugs and in danger of having his face rearranged. Kato comes to his rescue, revealing his previously unseen kung-fu chops to save Britt's skin.


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Home Depot 10% off Coupon - How to Svae 10% at Home Depot on Every Purchase
I wrote another article that went into some depth about key things to do and not do when you are working on any type of a project where you need to go to Home Depot or Lowes. Many people have mentioned that they just wanted a more direct answer as to how to get discounts at the two Big Home Improvement stores and I decided to do a cliff notes version of my other article. Here you go!!
Step #1 - You need a 10% discount coupon for both Home Depot and Lowes. You will want both of them and I will explain why later. These are easy to get, you just need an e-mail address (or several.)
Both stores give out 10% discount coupons for people who are moving or have moved. They just need your address and e-mail.
Home Depot 10% Coupon Registration
Step #2 - After you have received your 10% coupon in youre-mail, print out SEVERAL of each of these. Even though they say that they can only be used once, please print out several of each. All of them have a unique bar code that allows them to only be used once. HOWEVER, since each store will accept the others coupons, you can just make as many copies as you want of one and use it at the other since they would have no way to verify it had not already been used!!
Step #3 - When you go to Home Depot, take one of your 10% off Lowes coupons with
you, at checkout, just hand them the coupon and say "I was told you
would honor this from Home Depot." Do the opposite for Lowes. Copy and
repeat as often as needed.
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George Washington
|George Washington
|1st President of the United States
|In office
April 30, 1789 – March 3, 1797
|Vice President
|John Adams
|Succeeded by
|John Adams
|Personal details
| February 22, 1732
Westmoreland County, Virginia, British America
| December 14, 1799 (aged 67)
Mount Vernon, Virginia, USA
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George Washington (February 22, 1732[1][2][3] – December 14, 1799) was the first President of the United States (1789–1797), the commander in chief of the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War,[4] and one of the Founding Fathers of the United States.
Early life
His mother was Mary Ball and his father was Augustine Washington. They owned a plantation with slaves in Virginia. George studied at local schools in Fredericksburg, and was also homeschooled for part of his life. George's father died when he was 11. After the death of Augustine Washington, his brother Lawrence took him in, seeing his mother was not fit to. There is a well known story about honesty, that Washington cut down his father's cherry tree. Although it is a very good example of what Washington was like, the story is not real.
Before the Revolutionary War
Washington became a farmer like his father. His large plantation was called Mount Vernon. He also worked as a surveyor, someone who measures land. Washington always wanted to be a soldier. He was active in the French and Indian War. His first military actions were a defeat at the hands of the French and their Indian allies at Fort Necessity in 1754, and again of the Braddock Expedition the next year. By the age of 23, he was a colonel in charge of all the soldiers in Virginia. They fought the Indians. In 1759, Washington married a widow named Martha Custis. They did not have any children.
The Revolution
- See also: American Revolutionary War
Washington was a delegate to the First Continental Congress, which was created by the Thirteen Colonies to respond to various laws passed by the British government. Washington was chosen by the Second Continental Congress to be the commanding general of the Continental Army. Washington led the army from 1775 until the end of the war in 1783. After losing the big Battle of Long Island, and being chased across New Jersey Washington led his troops across the Delaware River on Christmas Day, 1776, in a surprise attack on Hessian mercenaries at the small Battle of Princeton and Trenton, New Jersey. The British had more troops and more supplies than Washington. However, Washington kept his troops together and won these small battles.
Overall, Washington did not win many battles, but he never let the British destroy his army. With the help of the French navy, Washington made a British army surrender at Yorktown, Virginia in 1781, in the final major battle of the war. The war officially ended with the Treaty of Paris in 1783. George Washington used to say, after he acknowledged that defeat was to come upon his troops, his mythical phrase "Let us drink the stick!", in order to command his men to retreat as quickly as possible, to prevent a certain death.
After the war
When the Revolutionary war ended, Washington was a national hero. He was offered what would basically be a dictatorship over the colonies. In a move that surprised everyone, however, Washington said no, quit the army and went home to Mount Vernon. He wanted the colonies to have a strong government, but was tired of leading. He also did not want the U.S. to be run by a tyrant.A few years later, Washington was called over to host the discussions for the new government. He was voted president of the Constitutional Convention in 1785. Washington wanted the states to ratify the Constitution of the United States and they did, largely thanks to the Federalist Papers, which were written by Alexander Hamilton, John Jay, and James Madison.
In 1789, Washington was elected president without any competition. Washington was the first President of the United States. Washington helped the government get started. While Washington did not belong to any political party and stayed neutral, he agreed with Federalist policies such as the country having a standing army and a national bank. He was re-elected to a second term. After his second term, Washington decided not to run for reelection even though he was popular enough to probably win in a landslide. His decision set a precedent that every president followed until Franklin D. Roosevelt broke it in 1940.
In Washington's farewell address, he warned the country not to divide into political parties and to not get involved in wars outside of the United States. Washington's non-intervention foreign policy was supported by most Americans for over one hundred years. His advice concerning political parties was completely ignored, as parties were already forming at the time of his speech.
Washington went back home to Mount Vernon after his second term ended in 1797. He was very happy to be home. He died on December 14, 1799, in Mount Vernon at the age of 67. Washington, D.C. and the state of Washington are named after him. Many schools are named after him. His face is on the one dollar bill and the quarter coin.
From his 20s, George Washington owned a lot of farm land. He grew tobacco and wheat and vegetables. Washington also owned more than 100 slaves. He made them free when he died. However, he did not have much money in cash. He had to borrow money while he was president. At his death, Washington's estate was worth over $500,000.[5]
Wooden teeth?
Many people think George Washington had wooden teeth, but this is not true.[6] He tried many different ways to replace his teeth, though: for instance, he tried having teeth carved from elk's teeth or ivory.[7][8] George Washington's teeth started falling out when he was about 22, and he had only one tooth left by the time he became president.[7][8] It was hard to talk and hard to eat. At one time, he had fake teeth with a special hole so that the one tooth he still had could poke through;[7][8] he tried to keep them smelling clean by soaking them in wine, but instead they just became mushy and black.[7][8] In 1796, a dentist had to pull out George Washington's last tooth, and he kept his tooth in a gold locket attached to his watch chain.[7] When the time came for the president to have his portrait painted, cotton was pushed under his lips to make him look as if he had teeth.[7][8] But the cotton made his mouth puff out too far, as is seen on the picture on the dollar bill.[8]
- ↑ Engber, Daniel (2006).What's Benjamin Franklin's Birthday?. (Both Franklin's and Washington's confusing birth dates are clearly explained.) Retrieved on June 17, 2009.
- ↑ The birth and death of George Washington are given using the Gregorian calendar. However, he was born when Britain and her colonies still used the Julian calendar, so contemporary records record his birth as February 11, 1731. The provisions of the Calendar (New Style) Act 1750, implemented in 1752, altered the official British dating method to the Gregorian calendar with the start of the year on January 1.
- ↑ "Image of page from family Bible". Papers of George Washington. http://gwpapers.virginia.edu/project/faq/bible.html. Retrieved 2008-01-26.
- ↑ Under the Articles of Confederation Congress called its presiding officer "President of the United States in Congress Assembled". He had no executive powers, but the similarity of titles has confused people into thinking there were other presidents before Washington. Merrill Jensen, The Articles of Confederation (1959), 178–9
- ↑ Richard Shenkman; Kurt Reiger (1980). One Night Stands with American History. Morrow. pp. 39. .
- ↑ Associated Press. "George Washington's false teeth not wooden." January 27, 2005. Retrieved from http://www.nbcnews.com/id/6875436/#.USNzu1ptUow
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 7.4 7.5 Felton, Bruce. One of a Kind. New York: William Morrow and Co., 1992
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 8.4 8.5 Gray, Ralph, ed. Small Inventions That Make a Big Difference. Washington, D.C.: The National Geographic Society, 1984
Books to read
- Pamela Hill Nettleton and Jeff Yesh. George Washington: Farmer, Soldier, President (2003) for grades 1-5
- Laurence Santrey. George Washington, Young Leader (1982) * T. M. Usel. George Washington (Read & Discover Photo-Illustrated Biographies) (1996)
- Washington's White House biography
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- Presidents of the United States
- 1732 births
- 1799 deaths
- Deaths from infectious disease
- American deists
- Chancellors of the College of William & Mary
- American revolutionaries
- American military people
- Politicians from Virginia
- Founding Fathers of the United States
- Freemasons
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Also known as Wall Street and FiDi, the Financial District is comprised of urban canyons among luxury high rise buildings in both modern and pre-war European design. Residential development in FiDi began in the mid-1990s, and many of the properties benefit from modern construction and amenities. Rental buildings and condos are popular for their luxury services and amenities as well as their proximity to many residents' places of business.
In addition to access to South Street Seaport, and the piers that attract millions of tourists all year round, you will also find financial institutions such as the New York Stock Exchange, government facilities such as City Hall and the New York City Supreme Court; outdoor recreational areas such as Battery Park and the South Street Seaport; alternative transportation to New Jersey and Staten Island from the Battery Park Ferry Terminal. Fine dining abounds at restaurants including Cipriani, Delmonico's or Haru.


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UK broadband not fit for purpose, says business group
UK broadband is not fit for purpose and a major government rethink is needed, according to a business lobby group.
The Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) says that the UK's broadband target is simply not ambitious enough when compared to other nations.
It is calling on the government to commit to delivering a minimum of 10Mbps (megabits per second) for all homes and businesses by 2018/19.
It would like to see this rise to 100Mbps by 2030.
"If small businesses are to thrive and prosper and contribute to a growing economy, they need universal access to what is now considered the fourth utility," concludes an FSB report on the current state of broadband.
However, the government and BT have said that the FSB's findings do not match reality.
Slow speeds
The report indicated that:
•94% of small business owners consider a reliable internet connection to be critical to the success of their business
•45,000 UK small businesses are still on dial-up speeds
•Only 15% of firms say they are very satisfied with their broadband provision.
Other recommendations include:
- prioritising the delivery of fibre-optic broadband to new and existing business parks
- a new ambitious national broadband strategy
- reform of the broadband market
"The fact that we have around 45,000 businesses still on dial-up is unacceptable and many more throughout the country, even in London, are receiving poor service," said John Allan, chairman of the FSB.
"Evidence from our members shows this clearly is a problem affecting all corners of the UK, rural areas and cities alike. While progress has been made with the residential market, businesses have not enjoyed the same benefits, which is holding back their growth."
But BT suggested the picture was not as bad as the FSB had suggested.
"73% of UK premises can access fibre - including some businesses who say they can't in this report - and that should rise to 90% in under two years," said a spokeswoman.
"Having said that, we know that many businesses are waiting for fibre and it may be they're prominent among the 4% of FSB members that replied to this survey.
"The good news is that fibre should reach the vast majority of that 4% in the coming months or next couple of years under existing plans."
The Department for Culture, Media and Sport added that the report "doesn't reflect the real picture, but rightly highlights the growing importance of broadband to businesses in the digital age".
"In rural areas, more than 600,000 businesses and homes across the nation are already reaping the benefits of superfast access, and we're reaching 30,000 more every single week.
"In our cities, more than 1,000 SME's (small and medium-sized businesses) have already made use of our vouchers to boost their connectivity and free public wi-fi is being rolled out in city centres and on public transport across the UK."
It said that the government would publish a digital communications infrastructure strategy by the end of 2014. to consider broadband infrastructure plans over the next 10-15 years."
Harsh criticism
Finland plans to have a baseline speed of 100Mbps by 2015 while South Korea wants to see citizens equipped with 1Gbps connections by 2017.
By contrast the UK government's ambition is to provide 95% of the UK with speeds of 24Mbps or higher by 2017, with the rest having a minimum speed of 2Mbps.
"This is not sufficiently ambitious," says the report.
It also questions the way broadband has been rolled out in the UK.
BDUK, the group set up to spend £530m of government money allocated for rural broadband, has come in for criticism for delays in distributing funds to councils and for awarding every contract to former monopoly BT.
The harshest criticism was delivered by a Commons Public Accounts Committee report that concluded the government had "ripped off" taxpayers.
The FSB report found that coverage in rural areas was "either very poor or non-existent".
"Small firms located in these areas are at a competitive disadvantage," it says.
Higher prices
Although the problem is worse in rural areas, businesses in towns and cities can also struggle with low broadband speeds, the report finds.
It highlighted a business park in Greater Manchester which is located a four-minute walk from a cabinet enabled with fibre-optic broadband. While residents enjoy good speeds, the park is not part of current broadband rollout plans.
Furthermore, the businesses based there have to pay a lot more for their leased lines than consumers pay - a typical installation charge of £500 and an annual rental of £5,200 plus VAT.
Andrew Ferguson, founder of broadband news site ThinkBroadband, explains: "In terms of the failure to get superfast broadband to the many industrial estates around the UK, with the original Openreach commercial rollout the issue was often that the cabinet serving the 40 to 50 businesses was likely to bring in less revenue than a residential cabinet serving 200 to 300 homes.
"There is the option of leased lines, which you can get practically anywhere in the UK if you are willing to pay the price but for many small businesses this cost is far too high.
"The best advice if no faster option is available to businesses is to pester their local authority, particularly if the BDUK project for the area has some EU funding too, since a condition of the EU funding is that it is used to help businesses."


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This is an incomplete guide based on CrimsonLily's journey into the Cube of Fate.
Table of Contents
Cube of Fate is one of the many standalone events in PWI. The Cube composes of 50 rooms and each room has a unique challenge. The difficulty level of each challenge ranges from easy to extremely hard. This event is similar to any board games. The "Cube" refers to the dice (or die since there is only one). The system will automatically roll the die after completing each challenge to determine the "Fate" or the room where the player will be sent next. Failing the challenge will punish players by transporting them back to room #1. Players can restart or exit the Cube of Fate. No experience is lost during the time spent in Cube of Fate.
To enter the Cube of Fate, talk to the Adventure Assistant or Khatru Pup (the huge wolf) located in every major city (City of Lost, Etherblade, City of the Plume, Archosaur, Thousand Streams, or Dreamweaver).
To exit the Cube of Fate, talk to the Exit Watcher located in room #1 near the door on the West side.
- Player must be at least level 40 to enter the Cube of Fate
- 1 Daily Badge = can be obtained by talking to the Adventure Assistant or Khatru Pup (only 1 per day)
- Dice Tickets = each room requires ticket(s) to continue playing
Additional Items to Carry
- Mirage Stones = can be traded for Dice Tickets. Should carry enough just in case you run out of dice tickets.
- Coins = some room requires payment of 100k-200k to continue playing.
- 1 Robber Card = room# 18 requires 1 card to get a die. Cannot be taken outside of Cube of Fate.
- 1 Bully Card = room# 46 requires 1 card to get a die. Cannot be taken outside of Cube of Fate.
- Do-All Cards = room# 14 and 34 require certain number of do-all cards to get a die. Can be taken outside of Cube of Fate.
Cube of Fate Rewards
- 300K+ experience, 70K+ spirit = based on player's level upon reaching room #50.
- Mystery Chips = can be traded for legendary mold and TT mats @ the Mystery Merchant in Thousand Streams.
- Sadness Card = can be sold to NPC for 1 coin.
- Ecstacy Card = can be sold to NPC for 1,000,000 coins.
- Mirage Stones = random gift from a box you paid for 200k.
- Dice Tickets = from room #19 and/or random gift from a box you paid for 200k.
- Do-All Cards = random gift from a box you paid for 200k.
General Instructions
- Upon entering a room, talk to the NPC (usually the TeleportMaster or TM) to obtain the room's challenge.
- If the NPC or TM is nowhere to be seen inside the room, kill the mob first (i.e. room# 6).
- Dice Ticket is required before the NPC could issue the challenge.
- After completing the challenge, the die will be rolled automatically.
- Some room gives a life or death mark instead of a die. They work similarly to a die except the life mark moves forward and death mark moves backward.
- Open your inventory and right-click on the die or mark to move to the next room.
The Challenges
Room #1. Fate's Beginning
This is the lobby of the Cube of Fate.
- Talk to the TM located in the middle of the room.
- Select option #2: Cube of Fate to start. You may need to talk to him 3x or until he gives you a die.
Room #2. Chest of Mystery
The TM will challenge you to open 5 chests to get 5 nectars.
Room #3. Slaughter House
The TM's challenge is to slaughter 5 mobs.
Room #4. Mice Bashing
The challenge is to kill 10 mobs.
- Note to Venomancers: This room is the best place to level your land pets.
Room #5. Count the Apples
For some reason, others have a hard time with this challenge so I will share what I normally do to successfully complete this challenge.
- Talk to the NPC. Keep talking to him until he tells you what color you need to count.
- After learning the color of orbs (or apples) to count, click the back option or close the window. As long as you dont accept the challenge, the timer will not appear.
- Run towards one of the corners of the room. Adjust your screen so you could see the floating orbs. Make sure you could see all the floating orbs.
- Count ONLY the color for your challenge. Count it 3x to make sure you got the right number.
- Talk to the NPC again. Accept and complete the challenge.
Room #6. Open Sesame
The NPC in this room is hiding.
- Kill "Axis of Fate" first. Axis has a lot of HP but not difficult to kill. Just make sure you have plenty of HP and MP remedy powders or charms.
- The NPC will appear soon after Axis is killed. Talk to him immediately to finish the challenge and get the die. If you dont, he will disappear once more and Axis of Fate will resurrect.
Room #7. Have a Listen
The TM is located on the other side of the room. To get to him:
- Talk to the NPC to issue the challenge. The challenge is to get pass the mobs blocking your way to the TM.
- Turn off the game's background music.
- Turn up your speaker's volume until you could hear your player's footsteps.
- Approach a mob slowly (try 'walk'), if the mob makes a noise, quickly walk away from the mob and approach the next mob. If not, continue walking pass him.
- Repeat until you're on the other side of the wall, then approach the TM to get the die.
Room #8. Try Your Luck
The NPC will require 100k before issuing the challenge. After completing the challenge, which is to open 10 chests, you will be given a gold box along with the die. The gold box contains a sadness or ecstacy card. See Cube of Fate Rewards for more info on the cards.
Room #9. 100 Seconds Stand
The challenge is to stay alive for 100 seconds. Unless you're a barb with huge HP, its recommended to have HP charms and HP remedy powders. Might be a good idea to have powders that reduces damage taken.
- After accepting the challenge, you will be teleported into another room full of aggressive mobs. Do not attempt to kill them, they are immune to damage.
- Run around the place to avoid the mobs chasing you.
- If you're still alive after 100 seconds, you will be teleported back to room #9 with a die in your inventory.
Room #10. Bomb's Away
The challenge is to diffuse the bomb before it detonates in 10 minutes. Only certain NPCs, such as the TM in room 17, could diffuse the bomb. Always check the NPC for option to diffuse the bomb after leaving room #10. Other NPCs, not only the NPC in room 17, could diffuse it.
Room #11. Bored…
After accepting the challenge, you have 3 minues to stay alive before you are release from jail. In this jail (room #11) is a free-for-all PK room. It matters not if you're on PK mode, anyone can be targeted by other players. The only way you will fail this challenge is if you're killed by other players.
Room #12. Choices of Fate
After talking to the NPC, you will be given a life or death mark instead of a die.
Room #13. Squad of Six
Just like the name of the room implies, the challenge is to be part of a squad of six. There is a catch however, all six members of the squad must be in room #13. The bypass this challenge, pay 3 dice tickets to get a die.
Room #14. I Don't Wanna Leave
The TM is hiding. There are two options to get to the TM:
- Option #1 is to give 4 Do All cards to the Do-All Merchant.
- Option #2 is to kill another player inside the room. If there is no other player inside the room with you, wait until someone appears. Immediately attack the other player upon teleporting in. By instinct, the other player will attempt to run away from the attacker for a better view. However, by running away, the monsters will start attacking the other player. Make sure to keep behind the Do-All Merchant.
If the above options are not available to you, use Town Portal (TP) to return to room #1.
Room #15. Mystical Messenger
This is a bonus room. The NPC will give you a bonus challenge to kill the Rhinos. Each rhino killed will reward you with 1 Mysterious Chip. There are 5 Rhinos to be had in this room. Also, the bonus round is only available once every 24 hours (24-hour duration is 12:00am - 11:59pm PST or -8 GMT).
If the bonus challenge is no longer available, simply speak with the NPC to get a die.
Room #16. Demonic Bout
The NPC will give you 2 options:
- Option #1. Kill the monster to get a die
- Option #2. Give the NPC 3 dice tickets to get a die
Smartest and fastest move is to pick option #2.
Room #17. Ecstacy or Sadness
To initiate the challenge, the NPC requires a payment of 100k. After paying the fee, open the required number of chests. In addition to a die, you will be rewarded with a gold chest. The chest may contain an ecstacy or sadness card. See Rewards for more info on the cards.
Room #18. Not Enough Yet
Upon entering the room, you will be given 9 Robber cards. However, to get a die from the NPC, you need to give him 10 Robber cards.
Room #19. Happy Hold-Up
The TM will reward you with 5 dice tickets and a die by simply initiating a conversation with him.
Room #20. Life Divergence
Instead of a die, the NPC will give you a life or death mark.
Room #21. Beast Hunter
The challenge is to kill 2 'specific' mobs within 2 minutes.
Room #22. Mystical Messenger
See Room #15 for description.
Room #23. Real or Fake
After accepting the challenge from the TM, you will be teleported into another room. Speak with the NPC to start the challenge. Kill one of the monsters to get teleported back to room #23 with a die.
Room #24. Consequence
The Lucky Messenger will challenge you to open an "x" amount of tricky boxes. After opening the boxes, talk to the TM for a die. You will also be given a choice to set the challenge for the next person entering room#24. The choices are 5, 20, and 100. If you were asked to open 100 boxes, that means the player before you have chosen 100.
Room #25. Dragon Gate
Get the quest from the dead body and head to the other end of the room. Avoid the exploding hands. Very easy task if you have patience.
Room #26. Death Judge
The challenge is to open 5 chestswhile avoiding the guardian. The guard is immune to damage so it's no use trying to kill him first. The mob moves very slowly so attempt to lure him away from the chest. When the mob is far enough, quicky dash to the chest and open 1. Repeat until 5 chests are opened.
Room #27. Have a Listen Ex
See Room #7 for description. Same trick applies.
Room #28. Count the Apple Ex
See Room #5 for description. The only difference is that the orbs doubled in numbers.
Room #29. Slaughterhouse Ex
See Room #3 for description, only you need to kill more mobs.
Room #30. 100 Second Stand Ex
See Room #9 for description.
Room #31. Mystical Messenger
See Room #15 for description.
Room #32. Very Bored
See Room #11 for description, except the wait is now 5 minutes.
Room #33. Monster Trapper
The challenge is to kill more monsters.
Room #34. Steadfast
See Room #14 for description.
Room #35. Life Diverged, Again
See Room #20 for description.
Room #36. Crazy Chest
Opening the chests are very challenging.
Room #37. Great Luck
Cost 200k to get a die.
Room #38. Dragon Gate Ex
See Room #25 with the exception of mobs (immune to damage) patroling the area.
Room #39. Consequences
Open the number of chests set by the previous player.
Room #40. Sadness or Ecstasy
Cost 100k to get a die. Open 10 chests.
Room #41. Squad of Three.
Need to be in squad of 3…in the same room. Wait for more players to appear or pay 10 dice tickets.
Room #42. Mystical Messenger.
Same as other MM rooms.
Room #43. Take Down the Demon.
Fight the mobs or pay 10 dice tickets
Room #44. Bomber Mania
You have 10 minutes to reach room #50 to diffuse the bomb.
Room #45. Open Sesame…Please?
Kill Fate Spirit to summon npc.
Room #46. Still Not Enough
You need 1 Bully card to get a die.
Room #47. Final Stand
Same as 100 Second Stand or pay 8 do all cards to get a die.
Room #48. Chest of Memories.
Open 15 chests to get a die.
Room #49. Prize Raid.
Kill the mobs and talk to the NPC before the timer runs out.


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In July, Facebook took the popular Scrabble-clone Scrabulous off of the network, after the rightsholders to Scrabble complained that the game was infringing on their copyrights and trademarks. But a court in New Delhi sided with the Agarwalla brothers and told Mattel that the game doesn't infringe on any copyrights, AllFacebook reports.
But, at best, it's a moral victory for the brothers. The game has been long gone from Facebook, and their new game, WordScraper, is doing well, but it's not at Scrabulous levels yet. It's also a moral victory because Mattel doesn't hold the rights to Scrabble in the U.S., Hasbro does. So even if the rest of the world was to go along with the Delhi court's ruling, the Agarwallas would still have to fight to get the game turned back on for Americans.
See Also:
Scrabulous Is Officially Gone Everywhere In The World – Except India
New Facebook Metrics Show What Users Really Like – And It's Not Scrabble
Scrabulous Returns…As Wordscraper
Facebook Pulls Plug On Scrabulous


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Easy Yoga is a little book of yoga postures with five different sessions:
Each posture is shown on one double-page with instructions on the left hand page and a hand-drawn illustration on the right. The first two sequences include rather disturbing images of how one's internal organs should be positioned in the various postures. The rationale given for this is that it shows how the postures massage one's organs, and the text for each posture gives additional information. For example, the pelvic tilt stimulates the thyroid and expands the lungs and the locust stimulates the liver, kidney and intestines. I'd have been happy to have only the text with the information about the internal organs. The sequences themselves seem good, and it is possible to follow each since they are printed as a whole on the inside of the book cover which one can unfold. The information in the book matches that available in other yoga sources. Easy Yoga might be useful for someone travelling who would like to have some sequences to follow when it would be inconvenient to use a larger book or follow a DVD.
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The historical battle epic set in 8th century southern China was supposed to open in cinemas today, which was unusual to start with, since most movies are released on Thursdays in Thailand.
But with the red-shirt political protesters occupying the Rajprasong shopping intersection, prompting the surrounding malls and big multiplexes to close or curtail their hours, Kantana obviously felt the time wasn't right to release the film.
I've been told that the release has been shifted to April 28 or 29.
It's ironic that the film's release is being postponed due to the political protests because the movie's main message is one of "united we stand, divided we fall" as it depicts the six ancient tribes of the Tai people failing to pull together so they could defeat the invading Han forces. According to legend, the Tais eventually migrated south from China to the land we know today as Thailand.
The "Thais love Thais" message was echoed in another blood-soaked historical battle epic, Bang Rajan 2, which was released two weeks ago.
Kong Rithdee addressed the trend in an article in yesterday's Bangkok Post. He quotes the directors of both films:
Our message is clear: we have to love our country and end this conflict,'' says director Nirattisai Kaljaruek of Kon Tai Ting Pan Din [literally "Tai people leaving their land"] "I didn't plan to coordinate the film's release with the current protests, but I realise that what the movie is saying is very topical."
Bang Rajan 2 director Thanit Jitnukul is more blunt: ''My intention in making the movie is to criticise today's society,'' he says. ''In the past when people fought, they had a reason _ they were protecting the land. Now we fight for no reason. We're destroying what our forefathers died to preserve.''
Read the rest for more from the directors as well as comments from a political scientist who puts the current movies in historical context and contrasts them with 1941's King of the White Elephant, which is perhaps what cinemas ought to be showing instead.
By the way, I've actually seen Kon Thai and had a review in The Nation on Thursday. It's behind the paper's experimental paywall now, but a bit closer to the release date, whenever that is, I'll cross-publish it here.