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Davis Cup Fallout, Soderling and Norman Split, Stosur wants to be No. 1
*There were fabulous scenes in Belgrade on Sunday as Serbia defeated France to lift their first Davis Cup title and none bettered that of the Serbian players shaving their heads on court after the final rubber. It was Viktor Troicki who sealed the dramatic victory and he described it as: "…the most unbelievable moment of my life. Seriously, I think we all did a great job this year. I would like to thank everyone, the whole team. We truly believed that we could do it, even though we were 2 1 down. I'm without the words. This is the most easiest [way] to explain. I'm without the words. No words can describe my feeling right now." World No. 3 Novak Djokovic was adamant that what they had achieved would take a while to set in: "It's historic. This is our biggest success as individuals, as a team, as a country. We are not even aware of what we have done. This is the best moment of my career and probably of my nation. This is like winning the World Cup for us." He also added the beautiful sentiment that it was "a team effort that won the title." Serbian coach Bogdan Obradovic added: "My players showed that they are mentally the strongest team in the world. We showed we are number one." Serbia are the thirteenth nation to win the much-rejuvenated tournament.
*World No. 5 Robin Soderling has split with his coach Magnus Norman after two years working together. Norman, a former world No. 2, joined forces with the top-ranked Swede when he was ranked No. 35 in the world. A statement on Soderling's official website stated that Norman wished to focus more on his personal life and other projects. "I've had the two best years of my career so far with Magnus as a coach," said 26-year-old Soderling. Norman added: "I look back on a fun and fantastic 26-month-long period of time together with Robin." The Swede has replaced Norman with Claudio Pistolesi.
*Aussie star Sam Stosur believes she can one day reach the pinnacle of the sport. The current world No. 6, who reached her first Grand Slam final at Roland Garros this year (losing to Francesca Schiavone), said: "I'd love to get to that spot and even though six seems pretty close, there is a long way to go before you could ever contemplate being No. 1. But I guess you've got to be able to put those little steps in place and be able to kick off those short-term goals to try to get there. I believe in myself and my tennis enough that maybe one day it is possible, but it's not going to happen without doing a lot of things correctly for a long time. I've been in the Top 10 for nearly a year now and I think that's a good first step."
*The doubles team of Rohan Bopanna and Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi have been awarded the 2010 Grand Prix of Peace & Sports at the fourth International Forum Peace and Sport in Monaco. The pairing, whose slogan is "Stop War, Start Tennis," have pleaded for the ending of hostilities between their native India and Pakistan. The citation of the award said, "Their commitment to promoting peace between the two countries and their conviction that peace was possible was shown amply during the year. In the US Open tournament they managed to bring together the ambassadors of India and Pakistan to support the same team."
*Juan Martin del Potro will continue his comeback from injury at the Sydney International in January after accepting a wildcard in to the tournament.
*Former world No. 4 Jelena Dokic has received a wildcard in to Brisbane, the first tournament on the 2011 WTA calendar.
*The ATP have named their 'Top 5 Newcomers' for 2010. Tobias Kamke of Germany, Lithuania's Richard Berankis, Dutchman Thiemo de Bakker, Ukraine's Alexandr Dolgopolov and Mikhail Kukushkin of Russia are the lucky recipients.
*The WTA have announced their player of the year awards for 2010. Kim Clijsters was voted Player of the Year for the second time in her career while Gisela Dulko and Flavia Pennetta were voted Doubles Team of the Year. Petra Kvitova won Newcomer of the Year and Franchesca Schiavone was instated as Most Improved Player. The full list of winners and the reasons behind the selections can be viewed at the WTA Website.
*World No. 1 Rafa Nadal has been nominated for the prestigious 2011 Laureus World Sportsmen of the Year Award. The Spaniard, who won the Newcomer Award in 2006, will face Formula One World Champion Sebastien Vettel, cricketer Sachin Tendulkar and football stars Lionel Messi, Diego Forlan and Andres Iniesta, among others. Academy Member Boris Becker said: "I can't wait to see who the Media Selection Panel will vote for, but I would be amazed if Rafael Nadal and Sebastian Vettel were not at the top the list." The full thoughts of Becker can be seen at the ATP Website.
*Tennis legend Pete Sampras has had much of his career memorabilia stolen from a storage facility in West Los Angeles. His first Aussie Open title, 64 Tour trophies and prizes from a further 24 finals have been pinched, including two Davis Cups, five ATP World Finals trophies, eleven Masters titles and an Olympic Ring. "I was like, 'What?'" Sampras said. "I thought there were security cameras. I thought these things were locked up tight. I was shocked. I'm not one to gloat about trophies, or show them off. I've never been like that. I just want them for my kids to see. They didn't see me play, but I'd like them to see these things." The full story can be read at Kentucky.com.
The Bryan Brothers equalled the Open Era doubles record of the Australian Woodies, Todd Woodbridge and Mark Woodford on Sunday by securing their 61st victory of their careers in the Madrid Masters doubles final. The telepathic twins beat world No. 1 pair, Daniel Nestor and partner Nenad Zimonjic 6-3, 6-4 in a final lasting only 55 minutes. Nestor and his partner were broken twice, with the Americans saving all three break points they faced. The brothers ruthlessly claimed victory on the first match point they gained. Interestingly, all twelve previous meetings between the teams have come in finals, seven of those in Masters events.
Nestor commented, "The Bryans always play us tough…we've had some good wins against them but they've been too tough this season. Obviously, it's all about the Slams for us now, and our next big objective is the French Open. We'll head to Paris now and regroup. We want to be playing our best in a week when the major begins."
Like the Woodies, the brothers are a left-right combination, which they used to great effect in the final. Bob commented, "That is definitely the best combination…the sun out there today was really bad for a leftie, so we decided to put Mike on a different side. We can use winds to our advantage and the leftie serve is always tougher to break, I think. We feel like our game is pretty comfortable if I make first serves and Mike is such a good returner he keeps us in other guys' service games."
The Bryan Brothers have now leapt to the pinnacle of the world doubles rankings overtaking Nestor and Zimonjic as the world No. 1 doubles pair. The impressive brothers began 2010 with their eighth grand slam title at the Australian Open and have already won titles in Delray Beach, Houston and Rome. If they were to become victorious at the French Open in three weeks time, they will break the record held by the Woodies in some style, with a Grand Slam win.
Indeed, they show no sign of relaxing their steely grip on the world doubles tour and will no doubt break the record in impressive style and go on to win even more titles, keeping the doubles tour in the media spotlight for the next generation of tennis players. "We're still having fun. It never gets old or boring to be travelling the world with your brother," Mike said. "We love winning titles and sharing the trophies and memories. We don't want to say, 'Now that we've done this or that, we're going to retire next year.' I don't think we'd find this adrenalin sitting on the couch at home so we might as well soak it up while we can."
The talented twins have also been enjoying the adrenalin rush of playing in their rock band, The Bryan Bros Band at various concert venues around the world with singer David Baron. They even performed with the Counting Crows in front of 30,000 screaming fans. It seems for the twins, success is like a drug they cannot easily give up. You can download their new album 'Let it Rip' on iTunes now. British fans, check out the hilariously awful rap by Andy Murray on one of the tracks, alongside a slighter better Novak Djokovic about signing autographs – it's well worth a listen and the other tracks are actually pretty catchy!
Melina Harris is a freelance sports writer, book editor, English tutor and PTR qualified tennis coach. For more information and contact details please visit and subscribe to her website and blog at http://www.thetenniswriter.wordpress.com and follow her twitter updates via http://www.twitter.com/thetenniswriter. She is available for freelance writing, editing and one to one private teaching and coaching.


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Personal Therapy
Updated: 24 July 2019
"The only person holding you back is you!" – Jack Holt, Stelram Engineering Ltd
Are YOU happy with what You believe about Yourself?
Can Personal Therapy help You to lead a more fulfilling life?
Negative thoughts!!
Do you sometimes find yourself thinking thoughts such as.…
- I'm not worthy
- Nobody likes me
- I can't do that
- I'm bad
- I can't make it work
- People find me boring
- I'm disgusting
- I'm useless
- I'm so shy I can't cope with meeting people
- I can't stop myself from doing that…
- Members of the opposite sex don't find me attractive
It's amazing how many sophisticated and intelligent people suffer from such unhealthy, unwholesome and unhelpful thoughts.
These are what in Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP) we call 'limiting beliefs' and in Cognitive Psychology 'maladaptive schemas'. They lower our self-esteem and reduce our self-efficacy (Albert Bandura's 1977 term for our belief in our ability to acquire and use learning and resources for our benefit). Limiting beliefs stop us doing what we want to do and having fulfilling lives. They blight our personal relationships and hinder our career development.
Such beliefs usually have deep roots in childhood or traumatic experiences. Such beliefs are acquired or developed to serve what our Unconscious Mind perceives as a useful purpose at that point in time. Even debilitating beliefs – such as "I am unworthy" – will have served an apparently-useful purpose at some point – eg: suppressing self-expression to escape the wrath of a bullying parent.
Deep and powerful limiting beliefs may even hinder the brain's bio-chemical development of what the Gravesian approach calls vMEMES (neurologically-based coping mechanisms) which enable us to deal with life's many and varied challenges.
Conversely, our operating vMEMES will influence the way we attribute cause and effect to events and then meta-state (make meaning) about them – and that can produce limiting beliefs, anxiety and even Depression. (See Can vMEMES cause Clinical Depression in the Mental Health pages for more about this.)
So all too easily we end up in a vicious (and depressing!) spiral of unhealthy beliefs hindering our ability to cope with life and skewing the way we make sense of things – all of which lead us to formulate even more unhealthy beliefs about ourselves and the world around us.
So it's a massive relief…
…to know that we don't always have to be victims of our own limiting beliefs – and we can change!
Firstly, any belief statement can be meta-modelled to test its rationality and to find the values and root beliefs which underpin it. (I once destroyed a sales manager's belief that he couldn't speak in public simply by asking him what his evidence was for that belief!)
However, we all know that often deep emotions can't be swayed by logic and rationale – no matter how seemingly watertight the logic is. Worse still, some limiting beliefs are partly-rooted in our innate temperament. (No wonder so-called 'conventional counselling' is often only partially effective!)
Fortunately leading psychotherapists and NLP strategists such as L Michael Hall and Penny Parks are developing new ways of working with the Unconscious Mind. The pioneering work in Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) of the likes of Judith Beck and Rob Willson has addressed means of improving the way an individual's behaviour affects their mental processes and vice-versa. And there is still very much to be said for Sigmund Freud's Psychoanalytical approach.
Through working with sub-modalities and implanting new suppositions, using exercises like the Trauma Cure, the Mistaken Belief Visualisation and various Timelining, Reframing and Behavioural activities, it is possible to at worst control, hopefully neutralise and sometimes even delete inappropriate beliefs. These can then be superseded with new positive and enabling beliefs.
While, of course, we can't alter the inescapable facts of unfortunate and/or traumatic events in our past – what happened happened! – it is possible to change the way we feel about them and the meaning we attribute to them. Research has shown that it's the way we encode memories – the sights, sounds, sensations (internal and external), etc, at the time of the events – which influence how we feel emotionally towards them. Techniques like sub-modality work can change the way the memory is encoded and, thus, how we feel about it. Equally, while science has yet to find a way of totally altering someone's natural-born temperament, we now understand, through epigenetics, that our genetic make-up is not a once-and-for-all fix but that genes carry on developing us according to our experiences. Thus, we can teach people how to assume and live out far-more satisfying modes of behaviour and their brain will respond and develop to new, more positive experiences. Of course, not all problems can be fixed and not all damage repaired – and claims by some therapists that any psychological issue can be 'fixed' are erroneous. In some cases, it is a case of managing a condition rather than resolving it. But we do know now that the brain is a lot more adaptable and flexible than we once thought.
If you think deep-rooted beliefs can't be changed…well, consider how strongly young children believe in Santa Claus. Yet very few still believe by the time they are teenagers. First we teach them to believe. Then we teach them not to believe. How many people make fundamental life-changing decisions – buying a house together, having a baby – because they're in love and that love will last 'forever'. 10 years later a good 40% of people no longer love that person but have moved on to somebody else. So beliefs can and do change…and sometimes they need a little help to change.
Of course, changing beliefs is not always easy. Remember how many children protest and cry when they are first told Santa is just a story?!?
People freed from debilitating limiting beliefs often experience quite remarkable and very rapid personal development. Quite often this improves areas of their lives they didn't think were affected by what they thought was the problem!
As NLP co-developer Richard Bandler once said, "It's never too late to have a happy childhood!"
What does treatment involve?
My Personal Therapy techniques – which draw primarily on NLP but also sometimes use elements of CBT and the Psychoanalytical approach, based on the complementary psychological maps of the Gravesian approach, Dimensions of Temperament and Neurological Levels – usually provide highly effective results. Occasionally people have found their issue can be dealt with in a single one-hour session.
However, the more complex the problems the more likely multiple sessions will be required. The majority of clients require 2-3 sessions over 1-2 months. Occasionally treatment may require more sessions. It is unusual for treatment programmes to require more than 6 sessions. Treatment sessions usually take place in the dedicated office/treatment room in my house and normally last one hour. Though I prefer to work from home (for easy access to my resources), I will travel short(ish) distances to clients – though I charge extra to cover my time and travel costs*.
The first 30 minutes or so of your initial consultation will be a free diagnostic, without obligation to proceed. You will be encouraged to ask me questions about my approach to counselling/therapy so that you are as confident as you can be that mine is the right approach for you. From the diagnostic, I will advise what I believe the problem(s) to be, what treatment is appropriate and an estimate of how many sessions I believe will be necessary. Sessions are normally charged at £36 (£30+ VAT@20%) per hour.
In the unlikely event that I can't help you or you choose not to proceed, there will be no charge. Where appropriate, I may recommend you to seek help from practitioners with different approaches and/or competencies to mine.
It is difficult to be prescriptive about how a Personal Therapy works as it is about YOU – and YOU are totally unique. It is a conversation that should be an enriching, if sometimes challenging, experience for you.
The essential idea is to explore your issue(s) – what's bothering you – and the effect it is having on you and perhaps others. I will use sociopsychological theory to help you understand yourself (and others) and hopefully arrive at solutions to your issue(s). I may conduct certain therapy excises with your permission and co-operation,. At the very least we should be able to find ways for you to manage your issue(s) if they are not clearly resolvable.
I may well give you follow-up work to do for yourself. In the case of work in between multiple sessions, it is important that you carry out the task(s) given and provide me with feedback as to your experience.
Some clients will benefit from post-treatment support. As an option, I offer upto 5 hours per month support by telephone or Skype and email for a flat fee of £60 (£50+ VAT @20%). If the client still feels support is necessary after 6 months, I will suggest another appointment to re-examine the issues.
From the Case Studies section of the Services menu you can access several examples of Personal Therapy work. They have been carried out either as part of a management development coaching programme or as private consultations. The names of the participants have been changed to protect confidentiality and certain potential 'giveaway' peripheral information has been altered also. The backgrounds of the participants and the effects of the therapies are related as the clients described them to me. The analytical tools I used and the therapeutic techniques described are exactly as I used them.
Expectations/Terms of Business
For the therapeutic process to be successful, the client needs to engage wholeheartedly with it. Although it can be difficult, please try to be honest and explicit when describing your issue(s). It is also important that you are open about any previous psychological 'episodes' and/or psychiatric diagnoses and about any psychoactive medication you have been prescribed.
Unless otherwise explicitly agreed and documented in at least email format, payment (including travel costs*, if pertiment) is in full at the end of each session – either in cash or by cheque. You will be provided with a receipted invoice.
Should you need to cancel or reschedule a session, failure to inform me at least 12 hours in advance will render you liable to a cancellation fee of £12 (£10 + VAT@20%). Subject to your mitigating circumstances, I reserve the right to waive the cancellation fee at my discretion and without prejudice to my rights.
*If I travel to your premises in the immediate Shipley/Bradford/east Leeds area, I charge an additional £12 (£10 + VAT@20%) to cover each half hour of travelling time, plus 54p (45p + VAT@20%) per mile there and back for mileage costs. If you wish me to come to your premises beyond this immediate area, please get in touch via the Contact page to discuss this.
Please read the applicable sections of my Terms of Business for full details of my expectations and contractual conditions.
Please note I will not provide Personal Therapy to under-18s without the express permission of a parent or guardian in writing/email. In such cases, it may be appropriate to ask a parent/guardian to accompany the under-18 to treatment sessions.
Online counselling
If you feel you would benefit from counselling and/or therapy but are unable to travel to me in Bradford or you otherwise would prefer the partial anonymity of us not meeting face to face, then you may find online counselling using Skype helpful.
Skype sessions are charged at £36 per session. As with in-person therapy, payment is due immediately at the end of an online session. This can be via PayPal or by BACS/direct payment.
In the event that we both consider it appropriate to keep the conversation going after time has run out on a session, you will be charged additionally for each complete additional 15 minutes on a pro-rata basis session – ie: £9 (£7.50+VAT@20%) per 15 minutes completed.
It is important that you have my web site up on your computer while we have the conversation as I may direct you to certain pages to illustrate points I am making.
Again, please read the applicable sections of my Terms of Business for full details of my expectations and contractual conditions.
Obviously, online counselling does not have quite the same immediacy of in-person therapy and Skype is subject to periodic 'line drops' and interference on the line. Much can be achieved through conversation and certain exercises can be conducted online. However, I do consider it unethical and potentially dangerous to carry out some of the 'deep therapy' work without being in the room with the client. The therapist needs to watch closely – and, in some cases, smell! – the client to monitor the effects of the therapeutic intervention. It may be that the sessions reach the point where, to progress, an in-person consultation is necessary – in which case you will need to come to see me (or I to come to you) or, with the knowledge you've gained from the Skype sessions, you need to consult another, more local therapist. Some therapeutic work, beyond basic counselling, is possible via a good Skype connection but expectations need to be realistic…and it can be hard work for both counsellor and client. However, where suitable help is not available in the client's vicinity, online counselling may be the best route available.
Getting started
Whether interested in Personal Therapy or online counselling, please use the Contact page to make your initial enquiry. Under normal conditions you will receive a response from me within 12 hours advising whether I believe I can help you and proposing some dates/times for first contact.
Depending on what issues you identify in your enquiry, I may ask you for preliminary written information about yourself, your circumstances and your problems. It is important that your are as honest and as explicit as possible. (I prefer too much rather than too little detail!) Before agreeing a first contact, I may ask you follow-up questions which may seem highly personal. Again, please help me by being honest and explicit.
If you find yourself experiencing overwhelming thoughts of harming yourself or others, then do not wait for me to contact you – but seek immediate help from your doctor, the Samaritans or the police.
At the beginning of the first in-depth session, I will need to take full contact details, name and contact details of your spouse/partner or other next of kin as appropriate. I will also require the name and contact details of your GP (or equivalent if you are not based in the UK).
Please be assured I will not contact any others without your express permission unless I am convinced you are about to put yourself or others at serious risk.
Why suffer? Get in contact now!
As they say, life is too short to suffer needlessly….
"Remember: it's normal to have problems. It's abnormal to let your problems become pathological."
– Ichak Adizes (1999)


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Author: Kimberly Abril
We fell in love with their pho noodles. It is hard to find a good noodle place. This is it. It may be small but it is a perfect place to go. We have taken our family and friends to this place to try it out and they have never left unhappy.
Author: Meichen L.
About $8 for a special pho combo? Well, worth it! The broth was flavorful and did not need any extra sauces or spices. Although there are plenty, if you wish to add more flavor. A medium bowl left me full with plenty to take home. They definitely do no skimp on the condiments. Lots of tripe, tendon, and meat. Didn't find many meatballs but all of the others made up for it. Not only was the food good but the service was excellent. Service was prompt and very polite.
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Author: Gerly B.
Came here on a rainy friday during lunch rush. It was really crowded which was not surprising because everyone loves soup on rainy days. We were told the wait would be 5-10 minutes to be seated, however, it ended up being over 25 minutes until we were seated.
Like many other yelpers, I wish service would've been better. I feel that they were a bit unorganized. My dad asked for a small saucer for our sauce but it took them quite a while for them to get back to us. When they did come back, they said they did not have anything for the sauce and gave us a small plate to use instead.
The redeeming quality of this place is definitely the food. Regardless of service, the soup was absolutely delicious. Food proportions were insanely massive (not that I'm complaining... you definitely get a good amount for what you pay for). My dad got the bun bo hue, sister got the wonton rice noodle soup, and I got the prawn egg noodle soup. It was so hard to finish overything that we ended up bringing home a ton of leftovers. When we got containers our server offered to put the food in em, so that was nice. My grandma tried the wonton soup leftovers we brought back home and she loved it so much that wanted to go there to eat the very next day!
Even though the service could have been better, it was a unanimous decision from the rest of my family that the food deserves the 5 stars
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We pride ourselves in working to save the ecology. We do not discharge any water used in the mining operation back into a river. We have recirculating Gold and Mineral Recovery equipment that is light weight and portable.
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We use no mechanized equipment like excavators or dump trucks. All our digging is done, by hand, with a pick and shovel. The way they did it 100 years ago. All holes are filled and if needed re-seeded with grass or wildflowers. Its important to us and the environment, that when we leave no trace is left of our activities.
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A major new report warns that on our current emissions path, we face the severe risk of abrupt climate change impacts. The basic conclusions themselves are nothing new — see "Startling new sea level rise research: "Most likely" 0.8 to 2.0 meters by 2100" and "Australia faces the "permanent dry" — as do we."
But what is stunning is that these warnings come from the United States Geological Survey — the Bush Administration (!). This new science-based report, Abrupt Climate Change, is thus a sobering book-end to the fantasy-based talking points released by the Administration today on how the President has "Taken Constructive Steps To Confront Climate Change."
This is a first-rate report from the USGS's Climate Change Science Program. I highly recommend reading, Chapter 2, "Rapid Changes in Glaciers and Ice Sheets and their Impacts on Sea Level," and Chapter 3, "Hydrological Variability and Change." The chapters are much more readable than the IPCC reports, and the two together will make anyone an expert on what are perhaps the two most dangerous climate impacts that threaten this country.
The sea level rise conclusion, "based on an assessment of the published scientific literature" is:
Recent rapid changes at the edges of the Greenland and West Antarctic ice sheets show acceleration of flow and thinning, with the velocity of some glaciers increasing more than twofold. Glacier accelerations causing this imbalance have been related to enhanced surface meltwater production penetrating to the bed to lubricate glacier motion, and to ice-shelf removal, ice-front retreat, and glacier ungrounding that reduce resistance to flow. The present generation of models does not capture these processes. It is unclear whether this imbalance is a short-term natural adjustment or a response to recent climate change, but processes causing accelerations are enabled by warming, so these adjustments will very likely become more frequent in a warmer climate. The regions likely to experience future rapid changes in ice volume are those where ice is grounded well below sea level such as the West Antarctic Ice Sheet or large glaciers in Greenland like the Jakobshavn Isbrae that flow into the sea through a deep channel reaching far inland. Inclusion of these processes in models will likely lead to sea-level projections for the end of the 21st century that substantially exceed the projections presented in the IPCC AR4 report (0.28 ± 0.10 m to 0.42 ± 0.16 m rise).
Again, the recent post-IPCC literature has been quite consistent in warning of sea level rise of one meter or more by 2100. Beside the 2008 Science study noted above, a Science article from 2007 used empirical data from last century to project that sea levels could be up to 5 feet higher in 2100 and rising 6 inches a decade (see Inundated with Information on Sea Level Rise) and another 2007 study from Nature Geoscience came to the same conclusion (see "Sea levels may rise 5 feet by 2100"). But now we have the U.S. government acknowledging the inadequacy of the IPCC conclusion.
[Note: The UK Guardian's headline "Sea level rise could top 1.5m by 2099, experts warn," is quite a stretch. You won't find that in the study.]
A key drought conclusion is:
The serious hydrological changes and impacts known to have occurred in both historic and prehistoric times over North America reflect large-scale changes in the climate system that can develop in a matter of years and, in the case of the more severe past megadroughts, persist for decades. Such hydrological changes fit the definition of abrupt change because they occur faster than the time scales needed for human and natural systems to adapt, leading to substantial disruptions in those systems. In the Southwest, for example, the models project a permanent drying by the mid-21st century that reaches the level of aridity seen in historical droughts, and a quarter of the projections may reach this level of aridity much earlier.
What else is there to say but "The science is beyond dispute… Delay is no longer an option. Denial is no longer an acceptable response"?
Kudos to the USGS and US Climate Change Science Program for this must-read report.
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So you expect to go back to school with leftovers from Thanksgiving. I was given pretty much a full vegetable garden. Tomatoes, bell peppers, avocados, lettuce, spinach, the list goes on and on. Since four of us share one tiny little fridge, I HAD to get rid of some of those veggies or else. I mean, I have a mini fridge because I always having more food than everyone else but this IS college, so it's a little full of beer right now. What to do? Make a delicious quiche of course! They're super easy, super cheap, and a great way to get rid of leftovers or your excess vegetables.
Vegetable Quiche
- 1 Pie Crust-if you make them yourself PROPS! I haven't yet mastered that art.
- 3-4 Eggs, organic! 🙂 You can make this a little less fatty by using just the whites, but don't forget that the nutrients are in the yolk–>so I recommend at least leaving one whole egg.
- Whatever vegetables you have on hand, cut in small uniform pieces. I used Canned Corn, Bell Pepper, Tomato, Onion, and Mushroom. Super yummy.
- Cheese, organic–>again, you can use whatever type that you like but I really recommend doing as I did–>Shredded Mexican mixed with Parmigiano Reggiano.
- A couple shakes of Cayenne
- A couple shakes of Paprika
I know this is going to seem insanely easy but you seriously just put the egg in the bottom of the pie crust and fill it up with your veggies (cut uniformly) and top it all with your cheese. Bake at 400 for about 30 minutes.
- It's a super easy way to get rid of leftover vegetables so they don't go to waste (which is a huge environmental issue in America).
- Eggs can only be labeled organic if the food fed to the chickens is organic as well. This means that they are being fed produce that was not sprayed with pesticides. Since pesticides get washed into our waterways, this is a super great way to help avoid pesticide pollution and keep our limited water resources clean. The same goes for the organic cheese.
- If you use organic vegetables you're furthering this chain of removing pesticides from our waterways.
- Use seasonal vegetables for a fuller flavor and so you can get them locally which helps cut out the travel fuel and reduces greenhouse gases.
- If you can make pie crusts and you know how to make them whole wheat that would be an amazing way to make this recipe even more sustainable! Whole wheat is not processed as much as bleached flour so it uses less energy.


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"The reality in the writing makes your stomach sour. A real page turner that keeps you completely intrigued as the characters come to life in your mind. Excellent series designed to wake you to the reality of the world around us," writes Amazon Reviewer Erin Spalding.
That's how Book 2 of Joseph Lewis' The Lives Trilogy has been described. If you're looking for the right book to take to the beach or add to your summer reading list, Shattered Lives is the book you're looking for.
Pete Kelliher and the FBI thought the boys were safe. So did their parents. So did the hospital staff. In fact, everyone thought the boys were safe. That is, until people began dying.
More than a hundred arrest warrants were served and those who took part in the human trafficking ring were arrested. However, six dangerous men escaped and go into hiding. Led by Detective Anthony Dominico, these men vow revenge on those who forced them to run and no one is safe.
Not Brett McGovern; not his younger brother Bobby; not George Tokay; not the twins, Randy and Billy. These boys are in danger and live in fear that at any moment, they could be murdered along with their families.
"I cannot recommend this book enough! It is truly a MUST read! After reading "Taken Lives", the prequel, and "Stolen Lives", book one of the trilogy, I couldn't wait for "Shattered Lives", book two. I was not disappointed," writes another Amazon Reviewer.
"After "Taken Lives", each book starts exactly where the previous one leaves off. These books, although fiction, tell a very real story of children being abducted into child sex trafficking."
Mr. Lewis does a superb job of creating and bringing to life all of the characters involved. The relentless determination of the people trying to find these children and stop the "bad guys.
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Celia Smith is an Inventory Clerk for the Bargeman's Fellowship of Zobeck. As such, she knows a lot of what is coming into and leaving the city. The Bargeman's Fellowship is a close-knit society and they do not open their ranks easily. Celia is no exception.
When she is not at work, she rarely leaves the Dock District. She is well known but not very approachable and tends to keep to herself and a few close colleagues. It is said that she is "well connected" and she is usually left alone by the rowdy men of the Dockside Taverns. At nights, her preferred watering hole is THE DANCING BEAR. She is friendly with Anastrianna.


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jeffthechemist wrote:I think I currently have the setup you are refering to and have had no issues. I have a 2-line Uniden, a standard Verizon line, and a Telo. A traditional 2-line phone cord has four wires. It has been a while since I set this up, but I think the 2 inside wires are for line 1 and the 2 outside wires are for line 2. On the board in the basement where the Verizon line comes in, there are 2 lines (4 wires) that are distributed to the house on one side, and the inputs for those lines on the other side. I have the bare wires from the incoming Verizon line connected to line 1, a phone cord with bare wires on one end connecting the Telo to line 2, and a 2-line Uniden connected using a 4-wire telephone cord between a house jack and the 1/2 port on the back of the phone. Installing the Telo was seemless because my second line has been a VOIP line for 3 years, although I had 3 different providers (SunRocket - bankrupt, Packet8 - hated the interface, and CallVantage - closed).
At this moment, my internet connection is being used for a VOIP call on Ring Central so I can not start pulling things apart and confirming some of the items in this thread, but I can post again tomorrow after I can take a closer look at the back of the Telo. But I can confirm that both lines are working properly, with CallerID on both lines and a working voice mail indicator on the Telo line.
11/22 UPDATE: I just finished porting my Verizon line yesterday, so I now have 2 numbers on the Telo and no more land line . I used a 4-wire phone cord from the Telo to the line 1 and line 2 jacks on interface board in the basement. It works very nicely with only one current caveat: I only have one device (the Telo), so I only have one voicemail box. I should be able to fix this once the handsets are available. The appropriate line will ring when the number is dialed, and it will support a phone call on each of the 2 lines without a problem. Looking forward to the updates on Dec 1 and the availability of the handset.
I have reread this post a few times now, does anyone else interpretting it the same way as I am, can this be possible, Telo feeding a second pair? I am not sure I am reading it correctly... I understand the wiring, but I thought the Teo only has 1 pair.


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It's so easy to panic these days when looking at my bank account. I mean, when I turn the news on, no matter what channel I watch someone's telling me about the doom and gloom ahead. Beware the government shutdown! We're stealing your grad student financial aid, good luck academics! The stock market's dying. The sky is falling! The sky is falling!
Ugh. I know, that's a very technical term, but when you are given the message that impending financial doom is sitting there waiting for you around the corner, it kind of makes it so you don't want to get up in the morning. In fact, it kind of makes you want to hide your head in the sand and give up on riding the surf board.
If that's not enough, everywhere you look for advice, the advice seems to be geared toward those who have money and assets and a whole bunch of other fancy-schmancy financially secure things that the average person in our country does not have. How out of touch are the people in power who are giving advice anyway? A recent finding declared that one in six people lives in poverty in the United States. Poverty. As in, not making enough to even meet the federal poverty level. That's a lot of people. That means if you're thinking about a baseball team, without a designated hitter, four of the people on that team will be living in poverty. Yikes!
So what's the best advice for the average American? The person who might, if he or she is lucky, have a bit of a savings account and a lot of credit card debt? Don't panic and do the best that you can with what you do have.
So, What Exactly Do You Mean by That Advice?
While you have David Bach talking about the latte factor, Trent at the Simple Dollar is talking about how to cut back on expenditures and someone else telling you to get a second job, these aren't always practical when you've already cut back on coffee, you only eat PB&J sandwiches, and you're working 20 hour days between three jobs.
Take a deep breath. While it really feels like it, being broke isn't the end of the world. There are millions also in your shoes. Yes, it sucks when you have to make hard decisions – like do I buy health insurance or do I pay rent? I know, because I've been there. However, it's not the end of the world, and when the blood isn't pulsating hard through your head because you're having a panic attack, it's much easier to come up with a reasonable solution and determine a course of action. You cannot possibly solve your financial woes when you're sitting in a pit of despair. If you have a couple bucks, go to the corner store, treat yourself to something. Yes, David Bach is rolling his eyes at me, but if you feel totally deprived right now, you're going to spend bigger later when you have a little extra money. Again, don't panic!
Now that you've got a coffee or giant soda or pack of M&Ms, I want you to return to the area where you do your finances. Maybe it's the table or the couch or a desk. Take a deep breath. Really, you're going to be okay. I've known lots of people in the same situation. Get out all of your financial processing stuff. The bills, the statements, the collection notices – stack them all up. Take each item, one by one, and record it in one of three columns "Income," "Priority expenses," "I'll get to it when I can expenses." Things like your mortgage or rent, electric, water—those are your priority expenses.
Surely You're Not Saying…
While it stinks to have to choose between bills, and of course you should always pay your bills on time, when the choice is between buying food and paying a credit card bill, you should clearly buy food—especially if you have kids. When you're pinching pennies, it's so important to prioritize your expenses.
But I'm going to add a little advice here. While some financial gurus will tell you that you should never purchase coffee out or go out with friends or spend money that doesn't have to be spent, I'm going to say something else. If the $3.95 you spend on a latte while out with a good friend leads to less stress and is not put on a credit card (and it's not an everyday thing), do it. Just like a diet, if you restrict yourself too much, as soon as you have extra money instead of using it to catch up, you'll wind up splurging on all the things you've felt deprived of.
Lifestyle Changes, Not Huge Changes
To continue the diet analogy, financial change is a lifestyle change—and it's best done by taking baby steps. Just like you wouldn't go out and run a marathon if you've not been on a walk in ten years, you shouldn't try to apply every piece of advice you learn at once.
I like the idea behind Gretchen Rubin's Happiness Project. Add one habit to your month that will make you more financially healthy in the long-run. For instance, perhaps you'll want to cut back on your expenses. Instead of trying to cut out things all at once, each day, try to find one way you can save money.
For example, do you really need a venti latte, or will a tall latte do the trick? Maybe you'll spend a month tracking every expense. The next month, perhaps you could make it your goal to pay extra on one credit card. Another month, maybe your goal could be to earn an extra $200 to apply to old bills. Whatever it is, keep it small and realistic, and you'll be much more likely to meet your goals and continue to make progress.
While it's tempting to look for a solution right now, to all of your financial problems, it's too easy to get overwhelmed if you try to take it all on at once. Make a list of what needs to be paid, prioritize it, and take care of it as best as you can.
- Bach, D. (2002) Smart Women Finish Rich. New York: Crown Business.
- The Simple Dollar http://www.thesimpledollar.com/
- Rubin, G. (2011) The Happiness Project. New York: Harper Paperbacks.
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I am running through my first ever vBulletin installation today and am having some issues setting things up.
I downloaded the latest release 4.1.12 last night and have this up and running on my local machine with a suitable lamp stack. The forum itself runs okay, however all CSS styles associated with the "Default Theme" are missing.
Toggling the AdminCP > Style & Language Settings > Store CSS Stylesheets as Files? option to "No" brings back the styles however I want these styles as files so that I can add my own refinements. Surely this is possible?
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If "Store CSS Stylesheets as Files?" is set to No, then everything works fine with the default styles.
The required clientscript/vbulletin_css folder is in the directory and is fully writeable (chmod 777) so on that front there shouldn't be anything causing this.
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Join us for a roundtable discussion focused on the newly released Best Practices in Solar Risk Management report, co-authored by SEIA and kWh Analytics.
Recognizing the unique needs of both sponsors and investors, a panel of industry experts will:
- Discuss what happens within the bank environment to manage risk after an investment has been made
- Outline the industry standard best practices of leading investors such as U.S. Bank
- Demystify solar risk management and discuss how sponsors can become their bankers' preferred clients
Financiers will learn best practices to guide the growth of their solar investment practice.
Sponsors will learn about the bank's risk management perspective, why reporting obligations are so important, and gain insight into questions such as how U.S. Bank, a leading tax equity investor, underwrites and monitors the operational performance of their investments.
Building on the Best Practices in Solar Risk Management report, the goals of this webinar are to improve transparency for all stakeholders and ultimately create a more efficient industry.
Keith Martin, Co-head of Projects, Norton Rose Fulbright
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Performance Quantification of Heliogyro Solar Sails Using Structural, Attitude, and Orbital Dynamics and Control Analysis
Date of Award
Spring 1-1-2015
Document Type
Degree Name
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
Aerospace Engineering Sciences
First Advisor
Dale A. Lawrence
Second Advisor
William K. Wilkie
Third Advisor
Jay W. McMahon
Fourth Advisor
James D. Meiss
Fifth Advisor
Daniel J. Scheeres
Solar sails enable or enhance exploration of a variety of destinations both within and without the solar system. The heliogyro solar sail architecture divides the sail into blades spun about a central hub and centrifugally stiffened. The resulting structural mass savings can often double acceleration verses kite-type square sails of the same mass. Pitching the blades collectively and cyclically, similar to a helicopter, creates attitude control moments and vectors thrust. The principal hurdle preventing heliogyros' implementation is the uncertainty in their dynamics. This thesis investigates attitude, orbital and structural control using a combination of analytical studies and simulations. Furthermore, it quantifies the heliogyro's ability to create attitude control moments, change the thrust direction, and stably actuate blade pitch. This provides engineers a toolbox from which to estimate the heliogyro's performance and perform trades during preliminary mission design. It is shown that heliogyros can create an attitude control moment in any direction from any orientation. While their large angular momentum limits attitude slewing to only a few degrees per hour, cyclic blade pitching can slew the thrust vector within a few minutes. This approach is only 13% less efficient than slewing a square sail during Earth escape, so it does not offset the overall acceleration benefits of heliogyros. Lastly, a root pitch motor should be able to settle torsional disturbances within a few rotations and achieve thrust performance comparable to that of flat blades. This work found no significant dynamic hurdles for heliogyros, and it provides key insight into their practical capabilities and limitations for future mission designers.
Recommended Citation
Guerrant, Daniel Vernon, "Performance Quantification of Heliogyro Solar Sails Using Structural, Attitude, and Orbital Dynamics and Control Analysis" (2015). Aerospace Engineering Sciences Graduate Theses & Dissertations. 101.


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Pursuit of excellence
Samaia IT acts as a systems integrator specialized in providing integrated solutions related to the Big Data scenario. According to the business demands of its clients, it develops customized projects with its own technologies and partners.
We offer a series of products for your business:
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Through the Samaia IT Case Management platform you manage your investigative cases with process and protocol integration in an agile and secure way.
Samaia IT is certified as an Oracle Gold Partner and provide technologies to:
Big Data
Oracle Internet Application Server
Process and Service Management (BPM and SOA)
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Transformation of pdfs to text for analytical query and semantic analysis
Link analysis
Facial recognition
Analysis, monitoring and engagement of social networks
Analysis of feelings and semantics
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Management of shared services in the SaaS mode (Software as a Service)
Multi-channel solution (portal, social networks, mobile applications, call center, etc.) for management and control of demands, as well as management of field teams (field service).


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Understanding Risk Management:
The practice of Risk Management is to help protect the university both internally and externally from things that threaten its integrity. That includes the property, the assets, and the people. Risk Management applies the model of risk identification, assessment, measurement, mitigation and monitoring. The work of the Risk Management team is essential to our ongoing success and is thus an important University function. At University of Pacific, Risk Management includes the vital function of Environmental Health & Safety (EH&S). The goal of EH&S is the prevention of incidents or accidents that might result from operating conditions, with the principal interest of protecting the members of the university community, the public, the environment and to comply with applicable laws and protect the reputation of University of Pacific.
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The Justice Department Sent Immigration Judges A White Nationalist Blog Post With Anti-Semitic Attacks
An email sent from the Justice Department to all immigration court employees this week included a link to an article posted on a white nationalist website that "directly attacks sitting immigration judges with racial and ethnically tinged slurs," according to a letter sent by an immigration judges union and obtained by BuzzFeed News.
According to the National Association of Immigration Judges, the Justice Department's Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR) sent court employees a link to a blog post from VDare, a white nationalist website, in its morning news briefing earlier this week that included anti-Semitic attacks on judges.The briefings are sent to court employees every weekday and include links to various immigration news items. BuzzFeed News confirmed the link to a blog post was sent to immigration court employees Monday. The post detailed a recent move by the Justice Department to decertify the immigration judges union.
A letter Thursday from union chief Ashley Tabaddor to James McHenry, the director of the Justice Department's EOIR, said the link to the VDare post angered many judges.
"The post features links and content that directly attacks sitting immigration judges with racial and ethnically tinged slurs and the label 'Kritarch.' The reference to Kritarch in a negative tone is deeply offensive and Anti-Semitic," wrote Tabaddor. The VDare post includes pictures of judges with the term "kritarch" preceding their names.
Tabaddor said the term kritarchy is a reference to ancient Israel during a time of rule by a system of judges.
"VDare's use of the term in a pejorative manner casts Jewish history in a negative light as an Anti-Semitic trope of Jews seeking power and control," she wrote.


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Founded: 2006
Website: Bott Winery
Country Location: Hungary
"When we succeed, it brings joy to others that is generously given back to us. Since wine forms the quality of our lives, we like living this way." — Judit Bodó
The people. The wines of Tokaj are the product of over 1200 years of melting together different cultures, religions, and ethnicities over a truly unique combination of geology and climate. In a way, József and Judit Bodó, both originally from Csallóköz, an ethnic Hungarian region in Slovakia are perpetuating this tradition of cultural exchange.
Following her love for wine Judit went to work for a producer in South Tirol who later hired her onto a project in Tokaj managing the affairs of a small artisan winery: Füleky. Heeding the dream of his wife to have their own winery in Tokaj, József took on the labor of actually looking for vineyards. Upon discovering Csontos, Judit said, "he could not sleep at night." After the birth of their son, they focused solely on their own family winery with József in the vineyards and Judit in the cellar. In 2005 they bottled wine from just 1 ha, the first vintage of "Bott," an homage to Judit's maiden name.
Today the couple tends about 5 ha spread among various sites mostly near the village of Erdőbénye. Wines are made exclusively from indigenous varieties. According to Judit, "When we succeed it brings joy to others that is generously given back to us. Since wine forms the quality of our lives, we like living this way." There is a maternal touch to the wines she makes, to compare them to children, they are as disciplined as they are loved. Despite making very little wine, Judit and József have made Bott one of Tokaj's most respected new producers, not just in Tokaj, but all of Hungary.
In the vineyards. Closer to Erdőbénye, the Határi vineyard is along the same slopes bordering the Zemplèn forest as the Csontos vineyards, but are instead more western than southern facing. With only 1.5 hectare currently cultivated, the soil is clayey and chock-full of broken up limestone, rhyolite-tufa, and obsidian. Tending to the 35 years-old vines by hand, the Furmint produces wonderfully full-bodied dry wines while the Hárslevelű takes on a special sweetness while remaining particularly mineral which makes it ideal as the base for their Aszú and late harvest wines.
In the cellar. As is common among some of the best vignerons in Tokaj, Judit and her family personally harvest the fruit ensuring the strictest of sorting. The newly built winery is still small and the equipment consists of relics like an antique wooden press and a medieval looking bladder press from the 60's. Despite looking less than ideal Judit contends that this equipment forces her to be especially attentive, which ultimately benefits her wines. Wines are fermented slowly in mostly used 220 liter oak barrels with native yeast over a period of 6-8 weeks. This protracted fermentation enhances the elegance and texture of Bott wines. Wines remain in barrel between 7-10 months depending on the vineyard and vintage and are topped regularly. Depending on the vintage and character of a particular vineyard, wines may have residual sugar as Judit lets every barrel finish fermentation without intervention.
Considering they are relative new comers to the region and their minuscule production, the substantial acclaim the Bott wines have received both locally and internationally is remarkable. Judit Bott was recently featured in a New York Times article on Tokaj Hidden in Hungary,Treasures on the Vine.
Bott News:
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Pannon-demic Outbreak: Bott Frigyes, Wetzer, Kolonics, Apátsági and HeimannThe final container of 2018 is a coincidental snapshot of some of my favorite things happening in the region. We've added another Somlói tier...
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Geoff stead
Donald Clark
Paul Driver
Yvonne Rogers
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They talked a lot about technology in ELT. A panel of technology experts, bringing experiences from outside the ELT world, discussed trends such as machine translation, artificial intelligence, chatbots and future workplaces. Their perspectives should challenge our current thinking, and help us consider future possibilities.
IATEFL Online Conference in Glasgow, 2017
We were listening to the experts describing their experiences with teaching English using new technologies.
The listeners asked questions such as;
- What does exactly technology bring to our English teaching?
- Can technology substitute the teachers?
- Do we have to be the digital teachers?
- Will technology improve the education in the poor countries?
Since computers started to be introduced in language learning (and in education in
general) people have rightly asked whether the investment we are making in these
technologies gives us value for money. As digital technologies have taken a hold
in society in general, this particular question is not asked quite so often, but it is
still important to make sure that the technologies that we have available are used
effectively. People are always tempted to try to make an argument for technology
having an impact on the development of pedagogy and in many cases we can see
that the use of technology has enabled teachers to re-think what they are doing.
We also see people trying to populate this domain by talking about notions like the
'flipped classroom', ostensibly a methodology that sees input as occurring at 'home'
and physical classrooms being used as spaces to explore what has been presented
in the input. This is far from being a new idea, but these agendas are pushed for
a while and then disappear again. What is a contender for a methodology that is
central to the world of technology and language learning is that of blended learning
(Motteram and Sharma, 2009). We see this methodology still being developed, but
when handled best it is the most likely candidate for a starting point for getting
teachers to work with technology in their practice. It is still the case that most
teachers work in physical classrooms and looking at ways that these spaces can
be augmented with digital technologies is a very good starting point.
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PREVIEW / Super Cane Magic ZERO (PC)
One way which a developer can make their game really stand out, given that every idea has probably already been used multiple times over already, is to adopt a distinctive art and design concept. Making the experience really eye-catching, and entertaining to boot, is a sure-fire way to generate hype around your release and lure in an increasing number of fans. Case in point: Toby Fox's roaring hit, Undertale. This idea is exactly what Super Cane Magic ZERO tries (and somewhat succeeds) to capitalize upon.
Super Cane Magic ZERO (I'll simply call it SCMZ from now on) is an action-based RPG in which the goal is to traverse as far as you can while avoiding a veritable barrage of enemies. Sprinkled throughout the levels are chests, which you can bash open with a click of the mouse button. The contents include stat upgrades, clothing and, most importantly, objects with which to brain and maim your enemies. In the beta version, a single-player survival mode (with levels of varying difficulty, including a "level of the day") is available, along with a training level and 2-4 player Arena mode. Since I'm perennially "forever alone," I had to content myself with bashing my way through the several single player levels, starting with the tutorial.
Actually, it's worth starting right back at the beginning: the title screen and introduction. The intro music is a catchy-enough, electro-guitar combo which doesn't get annoying as it loops. The load screens are also fairly good-humored, with references to the King of Let's Play himself, Pewdiepie. All of it is rendered in a quite stunning art style which looks like it's been painstakingly drawn frame-by-frame in MS Paint. You certainly cannot fault the art department who worked on this game, not only on its objective aesthetic merit but also with regard to utilization of the character models from Sio's cartoons.
The character selection screen is very colorful and inviting. There are a couple of avatars that can be selected which look really cool and ready for battle, in particular the blonde lady warrior Yogurt. The production team have given some of the characters Italian names, in homage to their locale, which is a really nice touch. However, some of the characters are really rather plain to look at, which is a little difficult to understand; if you have a character as eye-catching as Yogurt, why would you pick any other available?
I feel like they should plug more effort into giving every single selectable character's individual style and flair before the game is given a wider release; a second-best alternative would be to make the more eye-catching characters unlockable, since it just doesn't make much sense to have rather bland characters vying for the player's attention alongside more vibrant ones. I appreciate this may be due to the fact that the game is based off cartoon characters created by Sio, but I feel like there should be at least something to re-balance character selection and to make sure that no avatar is wasted.
Beyond the (occasionally a little buggy and rather plain) load screens – buggy in the sense that the bar went from beginning to end, and then back to the beginning for me – you're plopped straight into a checkpoint area in the dungeon, usually surrounded by a couple of chests for you to make a start with. In the tutorial level, you will run the gamut of miniature tasks in order to get you accustomed to the controls. SCMZ is a mixture of show and tell in how it schools its players in the control system; as you traverse the initial parts of the training dungeon, signs on the wall will demonstrate how you are to interact with certain objects in order to progress. This is not always spelled out extremely clearly, and occasionally there are puzzle elements to moving onto the next section of the dungeon which will make you pause for thought.
Once you get into the thick of the gameplay, the slightly squeaky sections of the floorboards start to reveal themselves. The game does seem a little confused in exactly what it wants to achieve. Would it rather be a puzzle adventure game, in which objects have to be moved around the map in order to unlock new areas? Or is it the type of RPG where you are encouraged to do battle with enemies? If both, then how should these elements be balanced? The game fundamentally seems unable to decide which camp it falls into/how to balance the competing elements, which can make the game downright frustrating to play.
On picking up an item in order to use it for attacking purposes, enemies often move so fast that throwing accurately using the mouse can get quite frustrating. It's also not always 100% accurate, from my experience; the object will occasionally seem to fall short of where I've clicked. Since defending yourself at the beginning of the game is only practically possible through lobbing parts of the environment (at least on my play through, non-throwing weapons were scarce at the beginning of levels, even on easy mode), this is a real issue.
If you choose to evade enemies, who have sharper reflexes than any Metal Gear foe, instead of engaging in combat, you will end up leading a conga line from one area of the map to another, if you're not careful. If unlocking parts of the map through gravity-activated switches or pulling levers is what the game designers really wished to emphasize, then they really should have scaled back the difficulty of the enemies; creating parts of the game which require precision or even standing still while enemies encircle you, sometimes throwing fireballs, and crossbows fire at you, just isn't that much fun.
Regarding the slightly hit-and-miss throwing mechanic, there are some quite nifty features hidden within the attack mode. Throwing watermelons and hitting the target will cause the fruit to split open; using a stunned enemy as a melee weapon will cause a foot to be lopped off, which can then be used as a further weapon. This, doubled with the cartoon stylings of the game, means it has quite a bit of promise from a design perspective; the execution is just quite rough around the edges at this stage of development.
What's probably my biggest issue with the game, bearing in mind it is only available in beta version, is the lack of a story mode. It would be better to give those of us who cannot tempt multiple friends to invest in beta keys at least a little taster of what is to come; even if large sections are bound to change before full release, it would be great to see the potential that could be tapped into in this aspect of gameplay. This, combined with the hefty price tag of the game as stands (just shy of 20 Euros in Germany) and the many areas in which there is still room for improvements, means that I cannot recommend purchasing a key right now.
However, I would keep an eye on the progress of development and see whether substantial changes are made as time goes on. It actually looks like it could be a neat and fun little game in the future, as long as the development team progresses with a more distinct goal in mind and spruces up a few confusing/lacklustre design elements. I was particularly excited to hear that there are plans to develop a version for the PS Vita. Will the game go from Cane Magic ZERO to Cane Magic HERO? We'll have to wait and see.