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Fiji is currently undergoing policy and institutional reform that involves the updating of existing legislation and policies, and the development of new legislation and policies. The focus of the reform is to ensure sustainable economic and social development and thereby improve the livelihoods of all communities in Fiji. Policies have been developed in the areas of agriculture, land use, forestry, fisheries and water. They focus on the sustainable management of Fiji's natural resources and the establishment of appropriate institutional arrangements for effective implementation and monitoring.
A major component is the incorporation of environmental management in order to address issues that emanate from natural hazards and unsustainable resource management and utilisation. These policies play an important role in supporting efforts to reduce adverse impacts of climate change on Fiji's economic and social development. Climate change constitutes one of the greatest barriers to sustainable development. It puts Fiji's biodiversity and ecosystems, particularly marine and coastal, at risk. This has severe implications for Fiji's economic growth, as the country relies heavily on its natural resources for economic development; fisheries, forestry and agriculture are its primary industries. The effects of climate change are widespread and cross-sectoral. Effective co-ordination of a multi-disciplinary approach and a well-established government position on issues and policies are required to address the impacts of climate change. In 2007, Cabinet endorsed Fiji's National Climate Change Policy Framework, which defined the position of government and other stakeholders on issues of climate change, climate variability and sea level rise. It also defined the various responsibilities of each stakeholder in the short and long term. The framework underwent review in 2011 to reflect current and emerging climate change issues at the local, national and international level. The reviewing and updating of the framework led to the development of this National Climate Change Policy, in accordance with the 2011 Corporate Plan of the Department of Environment under its Climate Change Programme. The policy provides a platform for coordination among sectors, and direction on national positions and priorities regarding climate change mitigation and adaptation.
The policy recognises the need for constructive co-operation among all relevant sectors. This interdisciplinary and multi-sectoral approach is emphasised in Agenda 21 of the 1992 United Nations Conference on Environment and Development held in Rio de Janeiro. In the Pacific region, intergovernmental organisations such as the South Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP), the Secretariat of the Pacific Community (SPC) and the University of the South Pacific (USP) are implementing regional climate change programmes that support the development of national programmes and policies. I express my sincere gratitude to the many stakeholders, which include non-governmental organisations, development partners, community-based organisations and of course the various government sectors, for their commitment and assistance during the development of this policy. The contribution of these stakeholders ensured that the policy is coherent, comprehensive, feasible and appropriate.
The development of the policy was made possible through the financial support provided by the SPC/ GIZ Coping with Climate Change in the Pacific Island Region programme and the UNDP/GEF Pacific Adaptation to Climate Change project. We gratefully acknowledge the assistance provided by the two programmes. As climate change will affect all sectors, this policy will serve to provide over-arching guidance to all sectors on climate change issues. I urge all stakeholders to foster partnerships and collaboration for the successful implementation of the National Climate Change Policy.
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I am soooo excited to announce that I am officially going to be a Design House Decorator. Basically this means that I will be on the official Creative Team for the new website. I will get the amazing opportunity to work with products from all of the amazing designers, and I will also get to host a few challenges and chats. I truly feel honored to work with these designers and scrapbookers. I know this new site is going to be a huge success and I am absolutely thrilled to be a part of it!This is our official Decorator badge. Isn't it awesome!!!
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With this online exhibition, the Lyman Allyn Art Museum showcases important recent acquisitions to the permanent collection, highlighting new gifts of modern and contemporary art. In late 2015 and early 2016, the Museum was the fortunate recipient of four gifts, most notably an outstanding group of 114 modern and contemporary objects from the collection of Anthony and Elizabeth Enders.
The Enders gift is one of incredible breadth, offering an overview of the contemporary art market over the last 35 or so years, with works by Matthew Barney, Nan Goldin, David Hockney, Sol LeWitt, Chris Ofili, Robert Rauschenberg, Andres Serrano, Cindy Sherman, Kiki Smith, Lorna Simpson, and Darren Waterston, among many others. The Enders gift greatly expands the Lyman Allyn's holdings in Modern and Contemporary art, adding works by 76 artists not previously represented in the Museum's holdings. While the Enders gift extends the breadth of the Lyman Allyn's collection, recent gifts by donors Karen Metzger Ganz and Sheldron Seplowitz add depth with smaller, focused groups of objects.
Karen Metzger Ganz, Connecticut College Class of 1965, has donated a portfolio of contemporary photographs to the Lyman Allyn every year for over a decade, building and strengthening the Museum's collection of contemporary photography. The 2015 gift is a portfolio of ten striking black-and-white photographs of Brazil by the New York-based photographer Kristin Capp. Drawn from Capp's most recent project "Utopian Fragments," the portfolio contains beautifully composed images from São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, and Salvador de Bahia, photographed between 2002 and 2005 with a rolleiflex twin lens camera. Capp, the recipient of a 2007 Rockefeller Foundation Fellowship (among other awards), writes that photography "is the language that best articulates how I experience light, space, and my relationship to the human condition. It is a passport which takes me to distant places and new ideas, allowing intuition and perception to work in tandem."
Sheldron Seplowitz of Stamford, Connecticut donated five Salvador Dalí lithographs to the Lyman Allyn Art Museum in December 2015. Two colorful and evocative religious pieces comprise Dalí's New Jerusalem suite, while three lithographs illustrate segments of the History of Don Quixote, all from 1980. Prior to this gift the Museum had only a single work by Dalí, a color block print illustrating Dante's Divine Comedy from the early 1960s. Dalí's Don Quixoteprints extend this literary emphasis and speak to the artist's Spanish heritage, with the story's absurdist elements aptly suggested by Dalí's surrealist style.
Literary subjects and surrealism can also be seen in several objects in the Enders gift. The French surrealist André Masson, a friend and contemporary of Dalí's, used automatic drawing and erotic imagery to evoke the story of Ariadne from Greek mythology in his 1973 print Le Fil D'Ariane. Likewise, William Kentridge's 2010 the Nose , which illustrates a scene from Dmitri Shostakovich's opera, connects to the absurdist strains in Don Quixote with the satirical tale of a man who has lost his own nose. Many thematic links can be made between these recent acquisitions and pieces in the Lyman Allyn's existing collection. The Enders gift helps expand and enrich the museum's contemporary art holdings and is particularly strong in minimal art, conceptual art, and photography. Many newly acquired objects engage issues of gender, politics, culture, race, and class, allowing the Lyman Allyn Art Museum to better reflect the complex multiplicity of our contemporary world. A photograph from Iranian artist Shirin Neshat's 1999 installation video Rapture, for example, deals with gender politics in contemporary Islam, while objects by African-American artists Carrie Mae Weems, Lorna Simpson, and Willie Cole utilize text (and some images) to explore issues of race, gender, and power.
In addition to modern and contemporary art, the Museum received an important group of 18thand 19th century New London county objects from Lance Mayer and Gay Myers. Acclaimed conservators and technical art historians, Mayer and Myers retired from their long and accomplished practice (based at the Lyman Allyn) at the end of 2015. To mark this occasion, the couple generously gave the Museum objects of regional importance, including two Chippendale side chairs attributed to the Norwich maker Felix Huntington, and a Windsor side chair by the New London furniture maker William Harris, Jr., one of only two known Windsor chairs labeled by a New London maker. The gift also includes a drawing by John Warner Barber, a study for the wood engraving South View of New-London & Fort Trumbull, in Barber's Connecticut Historical Collections (1836).
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Pulla is a village located in Western Godavari district which is home to world renowned Jagannadhapuri temple. It is situated 29 km in the East direction from Eluru, the District head quarters. It is further located at a distance of 7 km from Bhimadole and almost 360 km from State capital Hyderabad. Tadepalligudem, Eluru, Bhimavaram, Nidadavole are the nearby cities to Pulla.
Places to Stay
Athidhi International Hotel (Tariff- Rs. 1,100) is one of the most preferred hotels located at Gubbalavari Street in neighbouring town Eluru along with Hotel Grand Aarya (Tariff- Rs. 1,300).
The official language of Pulla is Telugu. Official co-languages include Hindi and Urdu.
Some of the prominent festivals celebrated in Pulla village are Deccan Festival, Telugu New Year, Bhishma Ekadasi, Ugadi and Vinayaka Chaturthi.
Places of Interest
Pulla is famous for its magnificent landscapes, lavishing coconut grooves, artistic temples and architecture. Attractions in nearby Rajahmundry (129 km) are Sri Gowthami Grandhalayam, Draksharamam Temple, Sri Arthur cotton Museum, and Iskon Temple.
How to Get There
The nearest airport to pulla is the Rajahmundry Airport (70 km).
Pulla has a railway station located on the Kakinada Tirpuati route with Tirupati Passenger (Train number: 574578) halting here for approximately 60 seconds.
APSRTC runs a number of non-AC buses at regular intervals. Kaveri Kamakshi Travels and Sai Anjana Travels operate private AC semi-sleeper buses from Hyderabad. The average ticket price is Rs 400-650 per passenger. Utilising the bus ticket coupon while booking your tickets can save you a lot of money.


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The cost in human life, property destruction, and societal disruption when large earthquakes occur in populated areas can be very great. Understanding the cause of these catastrophic events, to the extent of developing means for predicting them in time for evasive action to be taken, had been almost totally unsuccessful despite several decades of geophysical research toward this goal.
The realization by 1970 that most major earthquakes are produced by erratic movements of the dozen or so tectonic plates, which comprise the crust of the Earth, provided a means of long-term prediction when backed up by a century of extensive earthquake records. Buildings, dams, bridges, etc., could then be built to withstand the heavy vibrations in threatened areas. However, these data say nothing about just where and when the next shock will strike. Short-term prediction—up to a month, say—is essential for enabling evacuation and other defensive measures. For this purpose it is necessary to identify one or more precursors: ongoing environmental measurements that can signal when an earthquake is about to be triggered. Despite several decades of research throughout the world, only a few inconsistent and unreliable precursors had been found, with many false alarms. No practical means of shortterm prediction was forthcoming.
This unsolved problem appeared to be a fine candidate for intuitive inquiry. CAI's experiment in 1975–78 employed eight expert intuitives and attempted to understand the geophysical earthquake triggering process well enough to identify one or more useful precursors.
A strong and detailed consensus agreed that there is no single cause of earthquake triggering. Rather, several multiple, interdependent factors come together and combine in various ways to create the trigger. Twelve candidate precursors were described, along with their most important features and inter- actions. Some were already known possibilities, others were known but never explored, and five were totally new.
Most unexpected was the statement that the ionosphere, the multilayered curtain of charged particles 100 to 500 km above the Earth's surface, undergoes measurable changes above and just before major earthquakes. Such a relationship had never been suggested in seismology or even suspected by geophysicists, for their attention was focused entirely on the Earth proper. Moreover, there was no conceivable mechanism by which such a connection could exist, whether causal or merely an incidental indication.
The consensus was also clear that several unrecognized processes within the Earth, starting very deep, produce ionic particles that bleed through the crust, induce electrostatic and electromagnetic modulations in the earth's atmosphere, and subsequently rise upward toward the ionosphere depending upon weather conditions. It was claimed that these and other electromagnetic variations occur throughout the atmosphere at different levels, frequencies, and intensities, somewhat similar to the production of lightning.
At the same time these ionospheric changes are affected by a cascade of extraterrestrial influences, initially from the heavier planets that modulate internal solar activity, thence the solar wind, thence the Earth's magnetosphere, finally disturbing the ionosphere. The stages of this complex scenario, which are now partially and qualitatively understood (except the planetary contribution), are not directly and fully connected causally, but each adds its own dynamic influence and amplifies the overall effect. The final confluence of these internal and external ener- gies triggers the earthquake.
This intuitive description was generally credible and did not obviously contradict anything already known with certainty, but it certainly went well beyond what was already known about the individual physical phenomena that were said to intricately interact in earthquake triggering. Indeed they ranged from well below the ground to all the way into outer space.
Confirmations began to appear in the mid-1980s when earth satellites detected several anomalous shifts in the lower ionosphere, thermal "hot spots" on the earth's surface and unexpected bursts of electromagnetic energy in the loweratmosphere, all during the hours just preceding some large shocks and in their vicinity. The three decades to follow brought further confirming evidence and initiated a new phase of earthquake research, principally a space program. It also stimulated a new geophysical search for pre-earthquake elec- tromagnetic activity in the lower and upper atmospheres and innerearth processes that also appeared to play a part.
It was obvious that, if this intuitive information had been heeded when first given, much time and effort could have been saved by directing geophysics research into the areas most likely to yield useful precursors.
A summary of this intuitive inquiry on earthquake triggering was prepared and published in the Journal of Scientific Exploration in 2012, citing the extensive accumulated evidence that had appeared in geophysical journals since 1978 for each of the 12 potential precursors. These professionally published reports confirmed at least qualitatively the novelty and accuracy of most of the intuitive insights arising in the study.
Several precursors turned out to be useless for prediction, e.g., abnormal animal behavior, eclipses and earth tides, and visible weather patterns, though research on these precursors continues. The remaining, still not fully explored today, are attractive candidates for further research on earthquake trig- gering. No direct contradictions with solid geophysical findings were encountered when the original questions had been clear and unambiguous.
Recall that the expert intuitives who participated in this study had no relevant background (or particular interest) in the subject and were not even familiar with the technical terms that sometimes arose. Nevertheless, the inquiries provided new and correct information obviously unknown to them at the time or beforehand.
Clearly, we were dealing here with an information reception process that greatly transcends traditional science and other familiar means of acquiring new knowledge. The main factors for this success appeared to be (1) the participation of intuitives who were tested and found to be expert (not so rare, as it turned out), (2) the careful inquiry protocol employed, and, of course, (3) reliance upon the natural intuitive capacity itself. Our continual preference to seek useful information rather than evidence and proof (which came only later) also distinguished this effort and may have played a positive part in making it work as well as it did.
It may be concluded that the method of intuitive inquiry is a viable option for obtaining new, accurate, and applicable scientific knowledge in the area of earthquake triggering, in geophysics as a whole and very likely in other scientific disciplines as well. Read further.


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Sometimes I feel like I haven't seen or done enough. Like I've spent too much time in the same place, doing the same old same old. Days when those thoughts start creeping into my head are days that I have to remind myself that, even though I'm not the most well traveled person in the world, I've been to some awesome places and done some pretty exciting things!
At this point in my life I've been to Florida more times than I can count, I've been to Indiana, Washington D.C., the Caribbean, California (but that was only for a day, so it barely counts), Mexico, Minnesota, Oklahoma, and I've been able to go hiking in Utah, Arizona, and Colorado.
Since several of those trips were road trips, which means I've covered quite a bit of ground in few sates; Missouri (which hardly counts since I grew up so close to St. Louis haha), Illinois (that ones iffy, since I lived there for the first 20 years of my life), Tennessee, Georgia, Kansas (but I live in Kansas so…), Oklahoma, Colorado, Utah, Arizona, Iowa, and Minnesota. So not bad, right? I mean some people never leave they're home states, let alone travel across or outside of the country.
So anyway, earlier this morning I was looking through some of my road trip and adventuring photos and I decided that I wanted to share some photos from our Grand Canyon road trip! 🙂
Early in 2014 Luke and I decided that we wanted to go on a camping trip. After much debate and discussion we finally decided on the Grand Canyon. We also decided we wanted to take two of his brothers, because one of them had always wanted to go to the Grand Canyon, and the other kind one kind of already did everything with us anyway (and now he currently lives with us, but obviously that's a different story).
So long story short, in June of 2014 we packed up our SUV and began our journey from Kansas to Arizona. After 14 or 15 hours of driving we stopped in Utah for the night, and then made it into Arizona and then to the Grand Canyon the next day. We camped at a camp sight in the Grand Canyon national park over the weekend, and we did a bunch of hiking, exploring, and other camping activities. 🙂
And there you have it! Our Grand Canyon road trip basically summed up in photos!! Haha I hope looking at my old travel photos wasn't too boring. Hopefully before too long I'll have some new adventure photos to share with you guys!
Have you ever been to the Grand Canyon?
Do you like road trips?
Where's the most exciting place you've ever visited?


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Boston s Tom Scholz Gives Peace of Mind on the Band and New Album Life, Love and Hope (Interview)
As another year begins, we want to thank all of our fans for their enthusiastic support for BOSTON's new album, "Life, Love & Hope." We will be sure to add a few of the tracks to the set list for this summer's upcoming tour. We are extremely grateful to all of you for making it possible to do what we love to do!
At the inauguration of Boston's mayor Walsh on Monday January 6, Tom Scholz will have the honor of performing a few BOSTON songs with the Boston Pops at the festivities that follow.
In other cool news, "The Secret Life of Scientists and Engineers," an Emmy-nominated web-series from the acclaimed PBS series, NOVA, will be featuring Tom on an upcoming episode. Secret Life profiles today s leading scientists - and shows what they're like when the lab coats come off like a biochemist who competed for Miss America and a microbiologist who's a professional wrestler. We will keep you posted once an air date is determined.
This week on the Billboard 200 albums chart...
Boston, "Life Love & Hope" - No. 37 - It's the act's first new entry since 2002's "Corporate America" debuted and peaked at No. 42. The new album is also Boston's highest-charting set since 1994's "Walk On" entered and peaked at No. 7. This is the sixth studio effort for Boston, which saw its self-titled debut hit No. 3 in 1976.
This Sunday night at 8pm on 100.3 The Sound of Los Angeles, OFF THE RECORD with Joe Benson will feature music of Boston and Joe's brand new conversation with band mastermind Tom Scholz. http://www.thesoundla.com http://unclejoe.com/xotr.html
Reminder that all fans can stream online tonight at 8p PT / 11p ET on 100.3 The Sound / KSWD here: http://www.thesoundla.com
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BOSTON is celebrating the holiday season with the release of a rocking twist on a Christmas classic-- God Rest Ye Metal Gentlemen ! This festive song, produced by Tom Scholz, is available today on iTunes at http://smarturl.it/BostonGodRestYe and features Kimberley Dahme on bass and lead vocal, Gary Pihl and Tom on vocals and guitars, along with Tom Hambridge on drums.
It's quite the rocker! GET IT!
Boston will be the featured guest on the nationally syndicated radio show ROCKLINE with host Bob Coburn on Wednesday December 4th, 2013 at 8:30 PT / 11:30 ET. Fans are encouraged to speak with Tom Scholz at 1-800-344-ROCK (7625). For a station near you and for information regarding how to log onto the Internet for the broadcast go to www.RocklineRadio.com The show will be streamed for free on the Rockline website beginning the evening after the day of broadcast.


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Dunstable Town were edged out by three wickets at near neighbours Flitwick in their opening Saracens Herts League Championship clash on Saturday.
The visitors opted to bat first, as they collapsed to 47-5 with their top order in tatters.
They were given some respectability thanks to a 34-run stand between Luke Cherry (19) and Guy Hill, but once the former was out, there was little resistance.
In the end, Hill was left stranded on a valiant 45 not out, as Dunstable were dismissed for 113.
Despite Harry McBrearty striking early in Flitwick's reply, it looked like the hosts would ease to victory as they reached 70-1.
However, Dunstable's bowlers ensured a real wobble, as they slipped to 91-7, with Ben Welch (4-20) and Mike Alston (2-17) doing the damage.
Flitwick regrouped and an unbroken stand of 23 took them over the line, reaching 114-7 in the 32nd over.
The IIs went down by seven wickets at home to Hatfield Hyde in Division Four A.
Batting first. Dunstable were skittled for 97, as only Richard Kilduff (25), Andrew Boocock (19) and Adam Lewis (10) reached double figures.
The result was never in doubt from then, as Hatfield made 98-3, with wickets for Lewis (1-16) and Joe Thorne (1-33).
Dunstable's IIIs beat St Margaretsbury by 73 runs in Division Seven B.
Adam Stearn top scored with 45, while Ian Horton (39), Steve Rumball (33) and Paul Gilber (22) all contributed in a total of 196 all out.
Harry Wright then took 3-28, with Anil Madduri claiming 3-32 as Saints were dismissed for 123, Stearn finishing with 2-11.
On Sunday, a stunning century from Ben Abbott saw Dunstable hammer Langford by nine wickets in their Beds County League Premier Division encounter.
Chasing 179 to win, Abbott smashed 119 not out from just 58 balls with 11 fours and 10 sixes, while Jonny Rice was unbeaten on 47, as they made 181-1 in the 18th over.
Langford had reached 178 all out in their innings, thanks to Jack Kilduff's 4-36 and Sam Cherry's 3-17.
The IIs also triumphed, beating Blunham by 18 runs in Division Two.
Opener Ned Whitney made 85 from 113 balls, while David Barker added 41 and Ian Horton hit 30 as Dunstable closed on 256-4 from their 45 overs.
Langf0rd pushed them close, but Ian Gilbert took 3-37 from nine overs, while there were wickets for Joe Moss (2-42) and Adam Lewis (2-57) as they fell narrowly short on 238-8.
The IIIs lost to Eversholt in Division Four by eight wickets.
Paul GIlbert made 68 as Dunstable rached 142-3 from 40 oversm wbef Eversholt eased to 144-2 in the 23rd over.


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The annual David Collins Leukaemia Foundation dinner will be held at the Lindisfarne Rowing Club (on The Esplanade in Lindisfarne) on Wednesday 25 June 2014. As the date coincides with the middle of the year and because it won't be long before it's Christmas again, we will use the theme "Ausmas" to celebrate the night. Who knows, the man in the red suit might even appear.
David Collins Leukaemia Foundation Annual Dinner
Wednesday 25 June 2014
Last year's Annual Dinner was held at the same venue which was enjoyed by everyone who attended. The views at night over the river towards the city and Tasman Bridge are spectacular and create a wonderful atmosphere for such an occasion. Cost will be $65.00 per person. There will be cash bar. Make up a party and have an enjoyable night out or just come and we will organise a good time for you.
For bookings please contact Greg Woods (6226 4832) or Graeme Petterd (0409 289 238).
David Collins House
Work has commenced on the refurbishment of our accommodation facility at Lutana. The kitchen, laundry and bathroom are being rebuilt and the bedrooms remodelled to include drawers and wardrobes. The front steps are being replaced with a ramp for wheelchair access. Carpet, floor tiles and white goods are also being replaced. The installation of a heat pump will provide improved heating and better control of electricity costs.
David Collins House is 28 years old. The upgrade and renovations will bring it up to an accepted accommodation standard for this decade. It is anticipated that the work will be completed by the end of May. Think Tasmania will be able to share photos of before, during and after renovations at that time.
Leukaemia Foundation Button Day
Friday 15 August 2014
Police permission has been obtained for all major areas throughout the state. This will be the major fundraiser for the David Collins Leukaemia Foundation for 2014. We hope to exceed last year's total of $18,662 by at least $2,000 – to raise $20,000+. We have a dedicated group of sellers who have supported us for many years, however we can always do with more. If you are able to assist for an hour or two on the 15th please contact…
- Norm Deane (6272 7672) for the Northern and Eastern Shore Hobart suburbs
- David Asten (6228 3041) for New Town, North Hobart, Sorell, Huonville & New Norfolk
- Graeme Petterd (0409 289238) for Hobart & Launceston CBD, Sandy Ba & Kingston
- Joan Balon (6431 4172) for Burnie & North West Coast
We will also be seeking support from various high schools around Tasmania. We are hoping for a great button day result.
David Collins Leukaemia Foundation 2014 Subscriptions are now due: Single $3.00 Family $5.00
The David Collins Leukaemia Foundation is a registered member of Think Tasmania. Photos and information supplied.
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If you're thinking of applying to study at Downing College, this section is for you.
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Studying at Downing gives you access to some of the finest minds in higher education. Our teaching and research staff are dedicated to sharing their expertise, helping you unlock your full potential. Many of our Fellows have literally 'written the book' in their subjects.
Dynamic, responsive and interactive, the Cambridge small-class supervision system provides the best of focused, individual attention in a calm and supportive collegial environment.
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Our state-of-the-art facilities include the Maitland Robinson Library, the magnificent Howard Theatre, the Heong Gallery – the only purpose-built gallery in a Cambridge college – a multi-gym, and the Boat House. You will enjoy the highest standard of accommodation, common rooms and student bar, all in a unique location in the centre of cosmopolitan Cambridge.
With wide open lawns, soaring ceilings and light filled rooms, at Downing you can't help but be inspired by your surroundings.


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How to Build and Operate a Fullly Automated Ceramic Pyrolisy Stove for Indoors
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In a pyrolysis process, instead of burning the wood in the stove, it is taken to a high temperature in order to force it to release gasses contained within it, burning the gases rather than the wood itself. Pyrolysis stoves basically give you four times the amount of heat with the same amount of chopped wood, or four times the duration of the fire, making them a highly efficient stove.
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1Build a pipe out of 3mm thick iron or 10 mm thick ceramic. The interior diameter should be 100 mm or more and the length should be 200 mm with a bottom. Don't forget to put another piece of pipe beneath the bottom and cut a fuel chops entry in the bottom section, crenelating the top accordingly. The pipe should be at least twice as tall as wide.
2Build the conic lid to fit over the top. It should be 10mm thick if ceramic. Iron 3 mm should be fine as is. Make sure to leave a hole in the top for oxygen to pass through the crenelates and mix with the gas.
3Build the base using 2 mm thick iron, or 10 mm thick ceramics according to the drawings
4Buy the Archimedes screw, along with a motor. It should fit your diameters as well as your pushing needs. Pushing needs are dictated by chops size, which you get with a branch shredder.
5Build the base, fireplace, water boiler space, stove top and heat storage unit. It is similar to working pottery, but with larger dimensions. Use plywood wall jigs to help get proper work done.
6Weld the water boiler. Ask a good welder to weld the water boiler in no rust steel, with threaded fittings exit curves already welded on in position.
7Bake the ceramics in a burning oven. When your parts are finished and dry, bake the ceramic parts to refractory, or pay somebody with a ceramic burning oven to do it for you.
8Take the finished burner home and mount it.
9Gather fuel. Chop the branches, cereal leftovers, dry food, or anything that is natural and burns and feed your stove.
10Cover with the conic lid.
11Fill the pipe almost to the top and put a flammable substance on the top. Do not use petrol, because this will cause an explosion. Instead use something like cooking oil, and wait until the heat acts on the wood beneath and starts gasification. Enjoy a much hotter and longer lasting fire than conventional wood-burning stoves.
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- If mixing your own clay, make sure you get the proportions right and that the mixture is homogeneous. Badly mixed clay and sand might result in cracks while drying, or when operating the stove.
- Refractory ceramics are heavy, so don't lift alone. Ask friends for help or use car shop cranes to lift.
- Wood chops that are too large might result in blocking the screw. Materials that are too fine or too wet, such as wood dust or wet kitchen garbage, might clog the screw.
- Poorly made pyrolysis burners might allow return of flame with oxygen into the burner with a strong wind traffic pushing air down the chimney. This creates the right conditions for an explosion that might destroy your burner or the entire stove, so make sure you put a wind self orientation protection on top of your house's chimney.
- Do no use plastic or rubber as fuel material.
- Stove is heavy, so exercise caution when lifting, and make sure to use good lifting posture.
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Cryptid Toys have shared word that items from their Super Articulated Action Figure blanks Kickstarter Campaign are now available for Pre-Order! Here's the scoop –
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For fans of Dave Eggers and Kelly Link, an exhilarating collection of stories that explores the mysterious, often dangerous forces that shape our lives—from censorship and terrorism to technology and online dating.
Spanning centuries, continents, and a diverse set of characters, these alluringly strange stories are united by each character's struggle with fate. In a secret, subterranean world beneath the prairie of the Old West, a homesteader risks her life in search of a safe haven. A workman in Andrew Carnegie's steel mills is turned into a medical oddity by the brutal power of the furnaces—and is eventually revitalized by his condition. A young woman created through genetic manipulation is destroyed by the same force that gave her life.
With her distinctive blend of magical realism, science, and poetic prose, Anjali Sachdeva demonstrates a preternatural ability to laser in on our fears, our hopes, and our longings in order to point out intrinsic truths about society and humanity. "Killer of Kings" starts with John Milton writing Paradise Lost and questions the very nature of power—and the ability to see any hero as a tyrant with just a change in perspective. The title story presents a stirring imagining of the aftermath of the kidnapping of Nigerian schoolgirls by Boko Haram that leaves us pondering what is lost when we survive the unsurvivable.
Like many of us, the characters in this collection are in pursuit of the sublime, and find themselves looking not just to divinity but to science, nature, psychology, and industry, forgetting that their new, logical deities are no more trustworthy than the tempestuous gods of the olden days. Along the way, they walk the knife-edge between wonder and terror, salvation and destruction. All the Names They Used for God is an entrancing work of speculative fiction that heralds Anjali Sachdeva as an invigorating, incomparable new voice.
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THE WORLD BY NIGHT, read by Cassandra Campbell
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How to keep your Linux box secure?
Originally Posted by Bonso
Never run as root
For starters never ever run the machine on the root account unless absolutely necessary and when you do, make sure you 'su -' to the root account. Should this not be possible then dissable all external access before logging on as root.
Keep your system up to date
Just as within the Windows world there are security holes in some of the the many parts that make a Linux system run and just as with Windows they are fixed with patches. So when your vendor offers a security patch its a good idea to install it. If you are worried about the patch breaking the system then check the patch documentation as it sometimes suggests a workaround for the security flaw. Most distributions now have an automated updating tool similar to the Windows Update tool in Windows.
Shut down unused services
Another thing to do is shut down any services that your machine doesn't use. If you have no intention of telneting into the machine there is not point in having the service running. If you would like to tinker with Apache, FTP or MySQL (or something else), don't allow external access to the services until they have been propperly configured and secured.
Some general security guides:
Even though these may seem distribution specific I think they are good all-round guides:
Gentoo security guide: http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/gentoo-security.xml
Redhat 9 security guide: http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/l...ecurity-guide/
Apache security
PHP security
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SEATTLE — American technology companies for years have relied on a steady stream of skilled engineers from overseas to help them create their products.
Now many of those companies and their workers are girding for expected changes to immigration policy under President Trump that the companies say could hurt their ability to tap the technical talent they need to stay competitive.
Mr. Trump, who has signed a series of executive orders related to immigration, is expected to soon take similar action on visa programs for foreign workers.
A draft of a proposed executive order on the matter was leaked this week. While it is not clear how the final order will look and the draft contains some changes many in the technology industry support, some language alarmed people in Silicon Valley.
The technology industry relies heavily on the H-1B visa program, through which highly skilled workers like software engineers are permitted to work in the United States for companies like Microsoft, Google and Intel.
The draft proposed a regulation to "restore the integrity of employment-based nonimmigrant worker programs" and to consider options for modifying the H-1B program to "ensure that beneficiaries of the program are the best and the brightest."
That language rattled some executives and lawyers representing technology companies because of its implication of sweeping changes.
"You'd be shocked at the number of people who are feeling fear, calling our firm alarmed based on what's coming out," said Priya Alagiri, an immigration lawyer based in the Bay Area who has tech clients. "It's not just the undocumented. Even people who are here on green cards, legally. Citizens. They're scared."
Some technology companies have started warning their investors of potential threats to their business from the changes. In a filing on Thursday with securities regulators related to its quarterly financial results, Microsoft included new language related to immigration.
"Changes to U.S. immigration policies that restrain the flow of technical and professional talent may inhibit our ability to adequately staff our research and development efforts," the company said in the filing.
Brad Smith, Microsoft's president, said in a statement that the company believes "in a strong and balanced high-skilled immigration system and in broader immigration opportunities for talented and law-abiding young people like the Dreamers," a reference to young people who entered the country illegally as children but were allowed to remain by President Barack Obama.
On Friday, Mark Zuckerberg, the chief executive of Facebook, waded into the broader immigration debate with a post in which he said he was concerned about Mr. Trump's actions. Mr. Zuckerberg said his great-grandparents came from Germany, Austria and Poland, while his wife's arrived from China and Vietnam.
"We are a nation of immigrants, and we all benefit when the best and brightest from around the world can live, work and contribute here," Mr. Zuckerberg wrote. "I hope we find the courage and compassion to bring people together and make this world a better place for everyone."
The technology industry is open to changes that have been proposed by members of Congress to better enforce the skilled worker program and adjust limits on the number of visas. But the companies see skilled worker visas as a signature policy issue that they have fought to protect and expand.
They fear Jeff Sessions, the nominee for attorney general, and others in the administration will take a more severe approach to immigration and sweep up H-1B visas into prohibitions on refugees and stronger border protection.
"The effect would end up being exactly the opposite of what Trump wants. Companies would go offshore like Microsoft did with Vancouver, Canada" to seek talent, said Robert D. Atkinson, president of the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation, a research group sponsored by several tech firms.
Mr. Zuckerberg has been an outspoken proponent of immigration issues and how they may affect those inside and outside of Silicon Valley. In 2013, with other tech leaders, Mr. Zuckerberg backed Fwd.us, a nonprofit group dedicated to comprehensive immigration change.
But Mr. Trump has made it increasingly clear that immigration policy may change drastically.
Any changes to the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, or DACA, program, initiated under the Obama administration, could have significant effects on current tech employees who fear for their status.
"Right now, we are focused on making sure for protections for 750,000 Dreamers who have DACA stay in place," said Todd Schulte, president of Fwd.us, in an interview. "If the goal is to increase public safety and prevent future illegal immigration, the way to do that is to modernize the legal immigration process. That's radically different than a large-scale ramp-up of rapid deportation."
The White House did not respond to a request for comment.
On Friday, Mr. Trump signed a separate executive order that imposes a temporary ban on visas to people from seven predominantly Muslim countries.
The Computing Research Association, a nonprofit organization that represents computing professionals in academia, government laboratories and other areas, said in a statement that the order "creates uncertainty and potential hardship among current students and researchers already here making important contributions and endangers our leadership role in a key field."


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The beginnings of Martin Landscape Supply can be traced back to the summer of 1973. Raymond Martin got his first job working for a local landscaper. Using mulch for landscape beds was unheard of at that time.
In a few short years, Raymond's co-worker went out on his own and began using mushroom soil for flower beds. Raymond began hauling mushroom soil for him and soon began his own hauling and landscape supply service.
Martin Landscape Supply is still operated by Raymond who is now joined by his two sons.
We still have some of the same customers that purchased Mushroom Soil from Raymond way back in the beginning, including the one who needed the mushroom soil hauled on the farm truck.
We supply mulch, stone, sand and more to homeowners, landscape companies, and garden centers in the local and surrounding communities.
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Stanford VLAB event redux
Great event at Stanford VLAB Tues eve. Packed room with 250 plus people at the Stanford Graduate School of Business. On the panel on Music Models online, moderated by Paul Bonanos, MC Hammer, Jessica Kahn of Tapulous, Jordan Kurland who manages Death Cab For Cutie among others, Dorrian Porter of Mozes and Jeff Yasuda of Blip.fm. I was pleased with the feedback to private beta of a new music search and ID product that will be coming out from Melodis. After asking the audience to let me know if they wanted to beta test it, I got over 50 cards handed to me.
MC Hammer has a new show called Hammertime coming out on A&E. The camera crews were there in full force. He has over 150k people following him on Twitter, underscoring how powerful the artist fan connection can be. Twitter is clearly gaining a lot of momentum with its "real time web" experience.
Among the interesting data-points were that Tapulous has had over 6 million downloads of its free app with hundreds of thousands of paid purchases of it's artist centric apps at $5 each. Nice people. great app and glad they are doing so nicely.
I highlighted that music is a true passion point for users. It's how they want to spend leisure time and get joy in spite of the economy. That time translates to money in terms of commerce and advertising. Figuring out how to be at the heart of discovery, search and / or listening are the power centers. Notable that 2 of the top 3 apps on the iPhone are music (Pandora at #1 and Shazam at 3).
The mobile phone market feels like the Internet in the mid 90's on DOS and dial up. Crappy and slow. The iPhone on 3G is a crucial platform to get a glimpse of the future. In a broadband mobile world (and we all know that 3G is still "mid band" speed at best), time spent goes way up, as does commerce and advertising. iPhone sales at 14 mm units or so last year is just a remarkable validation of consumer demand for a next gen mobile experience and the app store. Finally a way for third parties to market their products directly to consumers on mobile. Every major phone maker and service provider is rushing to replicate the app store model.
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Scary spooky stuff. At the end of the month, we do it with makeup and costumes. All year along, the market can be affected by ghosts and goblins.
A fundamental law of economics is the theory of supply and demand. When demand is strong and supply is low, prices rise. When demand is weak and supply is high, prices decline.
Easy to understand. But what do we do when supply is strong, and demand is high, and prices don't rise significantly? Someone is breaking the law. Goblins?
Let's look at the Conejo Valley first.
Inventory is down, 14% from a year ago, but how does that compare to recent history?
Inventory is low, the lowest for this period in the past five years, 14% lower than last year. Sales continue strong, although down 2% from a year ago, leading some to argue that more sales could take place if only we had the inventory available. Inventory and sales level have to be taken in comparison to one another. Without both, you have something like a ball game where the score is Dodgers 6. You need to know both sides.
One way to look at this relationship is to determine how long the inventory would last at the current rate of sales. Historically housing economists considered a balanced market, one which favors neither the buyer or the seller, around 6 months worth of sales. We have been living with 2 months worth of sales for a couple of years. Communities near the California coast should probably experience a lower number, but at 2 months almost everyone would agree we are in a sellers market. That is a market where the seller rules, multiple offers are common, appraisals are not supporting the contract price, and a type of buyer frenzy exists.
Until recently, that has not been the case, but it appears to finally be adjusting. Compared to the same three months of 2016, average prices are up 7%, median prices are up 10%. This is over a three month period. year to year.
So what is going on? The pot should be boiling, and the lid finally appears to be bouncing off the pot. Or is it a pressure cooker? Was there a strong force keeping prices down? I think that the lid is provided by wages. Wages limit how much a buyer can obtain in a mortgage. We have had extremely low interest rates for many years now, but wages have not risen substantially. Until wages do climb, buyers are limited as to how much house they can afford. It seems as though buyers are spending as much as they can, and they cannot pay a higher price than what they can afford. The price an individual can pay is based on income and the mortgage interest rate. We do have multiple offers, but often the multiple offers are not exceeding the listing price of the home, or maybe more accurately the price at which the market currently values the home. Although we are going into a slower period of the year when sales tend to decline, it appears that all the talk of raising interest rates may have finally moved some buyers to act.
This has a lot to do with how much people make. Let's look at the unemployment rate and the rise in wages. The unemployment rate in September fell to 4.2%, far lower than the Fed usually likes to see it. At that rate, which they term full employment, they start raising interest rates to control inflation. However, not much inflation is taking place. Yet.
When the unemployment rate is this low, businesses have a difficult time finding workers. Eventually they have to pay more to attract those workers.
However, we have not seen wage growth take place, and it is currently similar to the rate of inflation. Workers might make more money, but since goods and services cost more, they don't get ahead.
Usually this low an unemployment rate causes a healthy rise in wages. But today that is not working. Yet.
When wages are barely keeping up with inflation, there is not that jump in earnings to lead people to decide to buy a home.
Although housing prices are not rocketing skyward, rents keeps increasing at around 5% per year, so renters cost of housing is rising more than their wages. All this creates reasons for apartment dwellers to move from their apartment to a home that they can own, but it is not yet taking place. It should, but it's not. The current lack of inventory is not causing home prices to rise because the buyers have not seen their wages increase, and they can only afford what they can afford. The frenzy of a seller's market is missing. People are not in bidding wars, they are negotiating.
Let's look at how prices are behaving, month to month. One thing you can visualize in the chart below is the seasonality of prices. Similar to the inventory chart, prices tend to rise in the summer, but do soften as the year is ending. It is by no means a straight line. Looking at the current year, we could see the strong increase in prices in the first few months of the year, then a leveling off, and we seem to be experiencing a lowering of prices as we head toward the end of the year.
If the low inventory, as measured by the months of sales it represents, is not causing prices to rise dramatically, then it seems that at current prices the housing demand is in balance with the housing inventory, even though that supply is historically low. Let's see what is happening in Simi Valley and Moorpark. Much the same story. Inventory down an impressive 21%. Prices up 5-6%, and the number of sales actually increased over a year ago, by 3%. The inventory is frightfully low, only 1.4 months of supply. If we sold off everything, it would only take 6 weeks, and only 4 weeks of inventory for homes priced below $750,000. So why are prices increasing only 5-6%? Again, the only thing I can offer to you is that lid on the market due to lack of wage growth.
Let's see how prices have actually been changing in Simi Valley and Moorpark. Looking only at this year, a very strong climb in prices. However, that increase was after prices dipped at the end of last year. Yes, there is seasonality, and we are seeing prices soften and decrease between now and the end of the year.
Similar to Conejo, the inventory is low, very low. . 2013 was a year of high home price inflation. Simi Moorpark has an inventory that is almost as low as 2013, a year of very high home price inflation.
The economy is complex, much too complex to explain away with a few factors and a couple of graphs, and more factors are on the way. For now, prices are on the way up, due the low inventory and the strong demand.
if the tax reduction plan adds money to everyone's pocket, spending will increase. But if the government decides on doubling the standard deduction, it will potentially take away some of the attractiveness of home ownership. Our associations are lobbying strongly. We want lower taxes, but not at the expense of the tax incentive to home ownership. We want to protect the economic tax benefit of home ownership. The next few months should shed a great deal of light on where this market is headed. At this point, the one thing I suggest you pay attention to is wage growth. If you see wages growing, you may quickly see home prices growing and potentially a growth in the number of sales. As new homeowners buy, those with equity tend to move up to more expensive (although not necessarily larger) homes. It will be an exciting year.
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CurrentC could switch to NFC, Bluetooth LE tech in the future
It looks like Apple Pay and Google Wallet rival CurrentC, which is backed by some of the largest leading retailers, is looking into NFC for the future. In its current implementation, CurrentC converts banking information into a scannable QR code for payment at the register, and the group said that it could change and quickly pivot to an NFC-based payment system if the market demands it.
The head of CurrentC's parent group, Dekkers Davison, said in a virtual press conference:
We're agnostic about technology. We started with QR code-based technology that allows us to go to market broadly. If we need, we can pivot to NFC.
Additionally, another possibility would be to use Bluetooth LE.
News of the change to NFC follows news that user email addresses may have been hacked and clarification from CurrentC saying that it would allow its partner members to leave the partnership without any penalties.


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Lifestyle photography for Honeysuckle Oyster Farm in Katama Bay on Martha's Vineyard. Photographs of farm owner Nic Turner and his first mate Willow. For more information about this project check out the article at the bottom of the page named "Waliking in Wellies".
Design is the language that a brand speaks to the world. Each project requires us to thoroughly understand our client's goals and how their brand communicates. When we began working with Nic Turner, the owner of Honeysuckle Oyster Farm, we knew that in order to design his brand we had to get out on the water with him and experience his operation from the bow of his boat.
Nic grows delicious, succulent Atlantic Oysters—Crassostrea Virginica—in the fresh, pure waters of Katama Bay on Martha's Vineyard. Rain or shine, through all four New England seasons, Honeysuckle Oyster Farm is growing and harvesting shellfish. From their infancy as tiny dime-sized oysters until a shucking knife opens them to a tasty treat, Nic tends his crop with the utmost care.
We met Nic and his first mate Willow at the boat launch outside of Edgartown. Willow, a lab retriever mix with the sweetest personality, accompanies Nic each day on the boat and out on the floating farm. They watch out for each other, and their mutual respect for one and other is immediately apparent.We motored through the wind swept chop to each of the Farm's growing areas. While Nic worked at each location, we began to get a true sense for what the brand felt like. We tied off Nic's 23 foot center-console onto the Farm's floating platform and stopped for an oyster break. We could taste the salt of the bay and natural flavor of the sea in that first slurp of an oyster. It doesn't get fresher than that.Back at the dock, damp with salt spray, we felt closer to Nic and Willow, knowing that our afternoon on the water with them would help us communicate Honeysuckle Oyster Farm's message to the world. With the boat's motor still idling ready to head back out, we said goodbye and watched him navigate the channel back out to his farm.We observed the great lengths Nic goes to create an oyster that not only tastes amazing but is aesthetically pleasing too. Honeysuckle's oysters are grown to be rounder, cleaner and fresher than the competition. Diligent care is used at each stage of the oysters growth process to keep them healthy and blemish-free.
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Omega Force is at it again, churning out yet another retelling of the Romance of the Three Kingdoms. Koei has published Dynasty Warriors 6 with hopes that they can still see commercial success with this iteration, even though they've glutted the market with essentially the same game every other year.
There have been variants and add-ons; one doesn't have to look too hard to find the KOEI/Omega Force action combat engine on the shelf. Dynasty Warriors is on its sixth release, Samurai Warriors saw its second release last year (and likely a third is in development), Xtreme Legends (character expansion), Empires (a more flexible story that plays more like RISK's territorial conquest), Samurai Warriors (Feudal Japan rather than China), GUNDAM Warriors (GUNDAM anime themed), Samurai Warriors KATANA (a WiiMote version that plays like the classic on-rails shooter), and finally Warriors Orochi (an 'All Stars' version that pits the Samurai Warriors and Dynasty Warriors against each other).
Their greatest competition in this gameplay is from themselves, although games such as Ninety-Nine Nights and Circle of Doom took a good run at it. So what does Dynasty Warriors 6 offer us that the last 5 missed? There's a lot, believe it or not.
The graphical upgrade is the biggest leap it's taken in years. Vivid colors and sharper graphics make their presence known. The increase in the resolution and the way units are drawn means that the map is not only readable, but it's also useful now too. This is the first game in the series that has been released on the 360 that looks next-gen.
There is still some clipping and the odd invisible fence that encroaches on the gameplay, but Omega Force has added some nice touches along with stepping up models and textures; Dynasty Warriors 4 to 5 graphical upgrades were not nearly as dramatic. There aren't any issues with draw distance or pop-up, and only in the most chaotic battle scenes with 10 or more officers and thousands of troops did I see any hint of slowdown. Troops are no longer single unit parties that explode into 5 units; the groupings are generally 10 or more soldiers and expand from their lieutenant before they are ever on your screen.
The graphical detail on the officers is well above anything previously done in the series so it's hard to judge them too harshly on this, however if I were to compare it to Ninety-Nine Nights or Circle of Doom (games that are older than DW6) I would say they could have pushed it farther than they did. There may have been a sacrifice to accommodate the larger battles and more playable characters which neither Ninety-Nine Nights nor Circle of Doom can hold a candle to.
If you've played the previous iterations you must be familiar with the horrid voice acting. This was the first thing I looked for, and these too have improved. The dialog feels less like a ransom note cut out using letters from a magazine; the characters were believable and said appropriate things (for the most part). In previous versions I would switch to Japanese with subtitles so I didn't need to hear them; I never once felt like doing this with Dynasty Warriors 6.
The medley of traditional Chinese music performed with rock and roll overtones in battle are still there and in full force. On the upside you can use the 360 dashboard to override them with your own music, but the downside to that is that you'll miss the musical cues. Being that you still have the dialog and sound effects to let you know what's happening, I'd heartily recommend some fast-moving music of your own tastes instead.
If you're new to the world of Dynasty Warriors, then you'll be starting off just as I did; a foreigner to the control scheme. It seems that the classic combo moves just weren't doing it, and KOEI changed things up, and it was about time.
Gone are the days of counting how many X presses to get a juggling hit from the Y attack; now everything is based on your Renbu (combo) meter. You now can hammer on X or Y all day, and the moves will repeat over and over again. Initially you can only get to level 3, but there are two extra levels that dramatically increase your combat abilities. Your meter builds up based on stringing defeated enemies together. If you are hit with a strong attack or are out of combat for too long, your meter will drop and you'll need to rebuild momentum. Depending on the weapon you wield, having a Renbu meter over level 2 will either add range, damage or speed.
Initially this concept bothered me as I felt it would made combat too repetitive, but after playing it for a while I found it was easier to work through the general masses without needing to keep count. You can also hold down X or Y for two area clearing attacks, and two other targeted moves (where you hold down your block and then hit either X or Y respectively). These moves are devastating and are best executed on enemy officers rather than the general troops. There are also jumping, horse-mounted and the block-and-reversal attacks to help keep things fresh.
The two musou attacks are back (basically two variants of the berserker combo that hits everyone around you) and there is also runes which allow you to unleash special abilities specific to the character you're playing. You will notice that some people share the same moves, but since their upgrades are different (and I'll touch on that later) suffice it to say that they are individual and really balance out characters on the battlefield.
The final sticking point that previous iterations did poorly was camera controls; the snap-behind would disorient and confuse people not familiar with the game, especially while playing split-screen. Now the camera can be controlled manually and stays put when you use the right analog joystick. Well done, KOEI!
Dynasty Warriors 6 has you playing through the storylines of different officers to unlock more people to play, and this is generally accomplished by completing special missions (available in each level). Most characters don't have any back-story though; you can only access them via the free play menu (select-a-battle mode). This means that while you have been able to see these people in the other stories you've played, they never have a starring role. In previous iterations KOEI has given all players a story to tell. Some of them ranged from derivative to off-the-wall, but at least they gave you something to follow each playable officer.
KOEI decided to drop playable characters and scenarios that have been available in other versions; for example they didn't include the Nanman campaign (jungle) or the use of elephants. That isn't to say that the additional characters are needed; the content for the stories in this version is more solid and really stands on its own. Only if you've played previous versions would you notice it; and some of the characters that were dropped weren't all that interesting anyways.
The combat feels more solid though, and objectives are clear and easy to understand. There are also optional mission objectives that help you unlock content. Characters now have an upgrade tree that is unique to each character (including the ones without stories) so you can choose what is more important to you; stats upgrades, special abilities and combat abilities are all included in the mix. To upgrade weapons it's back to looking for random item drops from officers, although there now are no longer any enhancement items to worry about.
Gone are the days of thousands of soldiers standing around letting you kill them with reckless abandon. If you rush into the crowd, you may find yourself in the midst of an unbalanced dueling ring with several enemy officers and their lieutenants who are in some cases just as fierce as the officers. If you get near the edge the common soldiers will hit you so to get out you really need to try to break free or kill the enemy officers.
Other differences include needing to siege forts to stem the tide of enemy reinforcements, and there are no longer any items to upgrade your officer's abilities. What this means is that you can't just play one character and collect high level items in a high difficulty level and then use those items with low ranking officers on easy mode.
Horses are also handled different; each gamer has a stable that can house up to 8 horses which are available to them regardless of which officer they play. Each horse has a description and base statistics. As you use the horses they level up and are given special enhancements; to get legendary horses you actually need to find powerful base horses and level them up. This gives the game an extra incentive to play harder difficulties as the saddles you find are rated to the difficulty of the campaign they are found in.
There are a good number of playable officers even though not all characters have a campaign mode and they've dropped some special characters, I expect that they will be re-introduced in a not-announced-as-of-yet Xtreme Legends add-on via Xbox Live. That being said, 41 playable characters with full development trees, 17 campaigns in 19 distinct scenarios (some having 3 or more perspectives), 5 levels of difficulty, random weapon drops and the interactive battles with a stronger focus on combat is a welcome change and really helps to solidify the experience. There are hundreds of hours of gaming for the obsessive compulsive gamers out there, and truth be told, it doesn't feel like a chore. This game is not as easy as the predecessors, and I would suggest playing at least two levels on easy with any fresh officer before moving on to normal.
The officers without storylines share combat moves with the core characters, so you may find some derivative gameplay (Zhang He, for instance, used to use claws but is now a spear wielder with the same fighting style as Lu Meng). Being that only a few elements are the same, they still have distinctly different skills and so aren't truly duplicates.
Once again multiplayer modes are restricted to split-screen which also makes the single-player campaign and free modes a lot of fun, assuming your gamer friends are local and don't mind sharing a screen with you. The leaderboards and challenge mode is good to have, but they really missed out on utilizing the platforms online cooperative capabilities. I'm not going to hold points against it for lack of online multiplayer, but I can tell you that the multiplayer in this game really adds a lot of replay value; the fact that I can't play online bothers me more than maybe it should.


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This Beginner Book is what we have all been waiting for. It's appropriate for ages 7 through adults. For private lessons and classrooms. For elementary through college and music schools. Even teach yourself.All you need is a pencil to work inside, following the careful and complete step by step progressions that are mathematically and structurally presented to insure clear and effective understanding.Of course, the keyboards used on these pages for notes and scales are situated on the piano staffs. However, the main areas of theory, structure, math, quotes and scales are basic for every instrument. The fingering and note ranges would of course have to be changed according to the instrument being used to perform the scales. In this book I have deliberately used simple vocabulary to insure the understanding of youngsters, adults, and those students whose primary language may be other than English.The pages are spaciously designed for comfortable reading and writing. The measures consist of wonderful combinations that prepare the student for all kinds of combinations found in different music.My aim in this book is to accomplish a solid and varied foundation surrounding the music notes, therefore sliding the student into the next level of training.We start out by learning about the staffs, clefs, notes, and rests as they appear in written form. These areas are thoroughly drilled to insure that the bass notes are equally learned along with the treble notes to prevent difficulties that hamper reading and playing the left hand accompaniments. Dotted notes are also learned with example charts and drill sheets.Now the Piano keyboard is introduced with spacious drawings that visualize the instrument along with the relationship of the notes as they are written on the music staff. The notes are then drilled on the (natural-whites) piano keys on treble and Bass staffs.Italian musical terms and musical signs are presented on easy to read and understand pages. These are among the most common terms and signs used in the beginner level and should be studies. Before learning the sharps and flats in their entirety, two practice sheets are provided to insure neat and accurate writing of the sharps and flats on the treble and bass staffs. Other practice sheers for writing the sharps and Flats are then written and drilled to complete this area. Now the sharped and flatted notes are shown with spacious drawings of the piano keyboard. These drawings continue and expand to the area of steps and octaves as they are situated on both black and white keys. Next, the fractions for note values are shown inside divided circles. Fractions and notes are written in mathematically divided circle examples are combined with question and answer pages for clearer understanding. Mathematically divided circles are also used to show the splitting up and combining of fraction groups as they are related to note values. Finally, easy to read and understand examples and work sheets for half beats are covered. This step starts the student off in "writing in the counting" for music measures. The two Time Signatures covered in this beginner book are 4/4 and 6/8. (Common Timing) in this book is also called normal timing. This term refers the math being used for the note values that have not changed. 6/8 Timing in this book is also called double timing. This term also refers to the MATH being used for note values that have DOUBLED. This concept enables the student, by association, to keep in mind the mathematical changes in note values. Applying this concept makes it easier for students to remember the note values and to count the music measures. The two sections in this book that cover the 4/4 and 6/8 time signatures exhibit rules and examples that are carefully worded for clear understanding. Two note and rest charts are included to show the note and rest values, and how they are grouped for counting.Whole rest charts for 4/4/ and 6/8 timing show and explain how the note rest changes its value according to how many beats are in each measure. Rhythm work sheets are followed by duplicates "tapping out the rhythm" sheets while saying the sheets while saying the counting aloud are performed. These rhythms are and absolute must for proper rhythmic development.Pick-ups and split measure charts along with example sheets are introduced and applied in numerous measures. This is an area that confuses many students and should be clearly understood even in this level. 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Frequently, only the music unit sign is written over "one note." The instrumentalist or singer must know what music unit is instructed to play or sing, and how it should be counted and performed.
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With grateful pride I dedicate this book to my parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ruth and Harry Nadel.For many years they struggled financially to provide me with the finest professional training in music, voice, piano and dance. Through Juilliard, Berkeley, numerous other schools, private teachers and coaches who were also among the best in the world.With all of the scholarships I worked so hard to obtain, the remaining costs were enormous. My father still had to work three jobs a week to cover the remaining finances for my training. An exhausting devotion by a courageous father and striving mother.There is nothing I wouldn't do for them. There are no words in any language to thank them.From what my parents have so unselfishly given to me, so do I hope to bring knowledge, understanding, pride, performance and fulfillment to all who use this book throughout the world,
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Keeping the Euro Merkel Rules Out Return to Deutsche Mark
German Chancellor Angela Merkel has snuffed out speculation about reintroducing the deutsche mark in Germany as a response to the current euro crisis. In a magazine interview, she renewed her support for the common currency and rejected the idea of splitting the euro zone in two.
Chancellor Angela Merkel has categorically stated that Germany will not abandon the euro and reintroduce the deutsche mark. Her comments are intended to quell speculation that Germany's love of the common currency is flagging in the wake of expensive bailouts of troubled euro-zone members Greece and Ireland.
In an interview to be published in Germany's weekly Stern magazine on Thursday, Merkel also rejected the idea of splitting the euro zone into north and south zones, reaffirming Germany's commitment to an economically united Europe.
"There can be no return to the deutsche mark," she said, adding that Germany would "continue to do everything necessary to guarantee a stable euro." She told the magazine that, while she took citizens' concerns very seriously, she was convinced that "we in Germany can handle everything."
She expressed strong support for the common European currency and dismissed talk of splitting the euro zone into economically stronger northern countries and weaker southern countries. "Not on my watch. On behalf of Germany I say a clear 'no'." She explained her adamant opposition to a north-south division, saying that the situation within Europe "is not so black-and-white anyway."
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On the subject of France's demands for a so-called European economic government, Merkel said that the leaders of the EU's 27 member states had already said in February 2010 that they saw themselves as an economic government. "Now we are facing the question of whether the 17 euro countries should work more intensively together. To that I say: Yes, they should, but not exclusively," she said. "Whatever we agree on should also remain open to other countries who want to take part."
She stressed that each country should work towards the same goal: "Each EU country should become more financially stable and economically competitive for itself and for Europe as a whole." However, a European economic government should look at harmonizing "social and tax policy, employment rights and wage trends in the public sector to reduce the discrepancies" in these areas.
The chancellor used the differing pension ages across the bloc to illustrate her point. She said that the retirement age should be linked to life expectancy within individual countries, "otherwise a country's finances may be eaten up by pension payments, leaving nothing left for important investments in the future."
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The writers and producers of dark electronica music known as Daystar have released their debut single, "Thrasher." The track is the first official selection to be made available from their upcoming album, "Rise," which is expected to appear sometime in 2015. A second single, "Daylight," is also scheduled for release soon. Shadowy, pulsing and otherworldly, Daystar's "Thrasher" is a vibrant new take on the goth and industrial sound which ruled the underground dance culture at the turn of the millennium.
Asked to cite some main artistic influences, Daystar name only the Prodigy, whose popular "Firestarter" single represents only the tip of an iceberg six-albums deep. Fans of the seminal UK group will be enthusiastic on hearing Daystar's "Thrasher," which belongs to the same category of music but brings modern nuances to the old sound. This new, highly polished electronica style keeps its best qualities while eschewing those attributes which kept industrial music out of the mainstream for more than a decade.
A leading example of the Daystar sound, "Thrasher" has a deep groove which makes it perfect for dance clubs and parties, but also a grim chord progression and arresting sonic texture which will appeal to music aficionados listening on headphones or in their cars. Far more intriguing than EDM and having lyrical hooks and narratives not often heard in pop or dance music, "Thrasher" is a track which music fans of many genres will appreciate.
Daystar's characteristic sound is a blend of haunting vocal work by members Ghost and Ms. Day (who does not sing on "Thrasher" but who regularly lends her voice) and instrumental work by bassist and guitarist Lefty. This mix of digital accompaniment and live sounds makes for a strong balance with a remarkably high emotional impact, one which the "Thrasher" single suggests will be thoroughly explored on their upcoming 2015 record.
Several music videos are in production to herald the release of their "Rise" album, one of which will accompany the release of "Thrasher." Starring in the "Thrasher" video is Europe's strongest man, Thor Juliusson, whom many will recognize as Mountain from the popular "Game of Thrones" television series. Daystar's second single, "Daylight," will also feature an official video, and the band have intimated that a steady flow of such visuals will be forthcoming, making their music not only a sonic adventure but also a cinematic experience.
Visual art has been a mainstay for the group since their inception in Iceland. Each member wears a mask sculpted specifically for each face which fully transforms the musician. Perhaps most remarkable is that of Lefty, whose green, electro-luminscent mask detects frequency range and thrums in cadence with the music.
Daystar's official bio describes their sonic aim as, "pursuing a rather unique style of music – melodic, aggressive, beautiful and mysterious."
"Thrasher" by Daystar is available online worldwide. Get in early, fans of electronica and industrial music. Very early.
Be sure also to watch for the releases of "Daylight" and the "Rise" album, as well as their official music videos which will be made available on their website and YouTube channel.
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6. For Real
7. Feelings Mutual
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