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Three years ago, our guest sales trainer asked the Admissions Department at Bluffton University what we tell people is different or special about our university. We answered something like this: "We are a small, private, Christian, liberal arts college in northwest Ohio." This statement is true, it is important, and it is central to our existence. So…what's wrong with that? Well, for starters, there are hundreds of small private Christian liberal arts colleges in the country, many within easy driving distance of Bluffton! Simply stating what we are is in no way inspiring, and certainly does nothing to set us apart from other schools, motivate a prospective student to visit our campus, or enroll.
If we want to attract more students to Mennonite Schools, we must be purpose-driven. That is, we must
begin by understanding what strengths make each school truly different from other schools,
define our purpose, based on those strengths,
create a vision of how we can build that purpose into a unique program,
execute the program with excellence, and
effectively communicate the benefits of the program to prospective students.
Here are five steps that we have found to be effective in leading purpose-driven enrollment growth. Along with each step is a piece of the story of how Bluffton University has begun to approach enrollment building via a purpose-driven identity.
Learn about the deep emotional insights that drive the unique strengths of what your school does well today. In our research phase at Bluffton, we asked current students to participate in a latent image exercise, image metaphor exercises, and associative brand activities that enabled us to understand emotional insights the students could not articulate from the conscious part of their brain. Note that while we did ask them what they liked and disliked about Bluffton, we did not use those results. To get to deep emotional insights use only the interpretation of what students provided through pictures, stories, and exercises.
Determine the themes coming out of the emotional research and determine whether these strengths are sufficient to drive future growth. If they are not, reexamine your mission statement to determine if it is strong enough, or whether it simply has not been executed effectively. If the strengths are strong and differentiating, then confirm the mission and proceed with the development of a vision for the future.
At Bluffton University, we discovered that the themes we were seeing from students, faculty, and staff were the same. Second, these themes were very consistent with our mission statement and our enduring values of discovery, community, respect, and service. Finally, it was noted that the themes of community, diversity, togetherness, naturalness, personalization were prominent. In addition, some interesting tensions emerged: liberal arts together with professional education, safety together with challenge, and individuality alongside community.
Integrate the underlying emotional themes to create a challenging vision for the future of your school. Build on the foundations that you have identified as being core to your mission, but push the boundaries of what might be the right direction for your future. Use the underlying emotional themes to construct a new vision of how you want others to view your institution. The tough part, as it certainly has been for us, is to connect the vision of what the right things are for the school to become, with a dramatic way to effectively communicate that new vision to prospective students and their families. Be sure that internal change is consistent with how you are marketing your school externally.
A vision of change is never an easy thing to get full commitment within an institution. Be prepared to step back periodically and assure that a base level of agreement exists across all key stakeholders.
At Bluffton our "Creating TogetherTM" initiative reflects our purpose and was defined by six guiding principles.
If you want to be a truly inspiring organization, start with a purpose (why), rather than a description of what you are. Always begin with your mission statement and core values. Then craft a purpose-driven identity. How you think, act, and communicate should always start with why you do what you do, proceed to how you do it, and then finish with what you do.
For Bluffton University, it goes like this:
Take clear, consistent action to make sure your new purpose driven identity will bear fruit for your school. Based on your mission, values, and purpose, ideate as many ways as possible to make your purpose come to life. Most organizations can only handle a few new ideas at a time, so prioritize. Choose a limited number of projects so that you can give sufficient time to complete each one, and to make sure they are all done well.
Bluffton University decided to focus on seven projects:
Conclusion - A clear, broadly embraced purpose-driven identity will energize your school to better fulfill its mission, accomplish things you may never have imagined, and generate perceptions of your school that will boost your enrollment.
*Based on the seminar given by Ron Headings at Education Leaders Gathering, February 2015
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For a track and field school, Oregon seems to have this cross country thing figured out pretty well.
The third-ranked Duck men have claimed two national titles and a runner-up trophy in their past three appearances at the NCAA cross country championships.
The No. 6 UO women placed second in 2007 and �08 before slipping to ninth last year.
The performances are the product of a formula that allows Oregon�s highly regarded middle distance and distance runners to excel in cross country while focusing beyond that season.
�We look at the cross country season as a way to prepare for the track season,� said Oregon coach Vin Lananna, who works with assistant coaches Andy Powell and Jenni Ashcroft.
�We can�t focus our attention solely on cross country. It needs to be within the context of our track and field team.�
Thus, the Ducks will do their best to bring home some hardware from the NCAA meet in Terre Haute, Ind., on Monday, but don�t expect Lananna to stay awake at night worrying about mile splits and low sticks.
Instead, he�ll put his trust in his teams� training.
The UO women will take one last shot at a 6,000-meter race at 9:08 a.m. PST on Monday. The UO men then compete in their second 10,000-meter test within a 10-day span at 9:48 a.m.
�This is what we�ve trained for,� UO senior Danny Mercado said. �There�s no going back, there�s no tweaking, there�s nothing we can do this week that will change what happens Monday. Everything we�ve done during the season has been with this in mind. We�re well prepared.�
Mercado and UO junior Luke Puskedra are the exceptions to the track first, cross country second rule on the Duck men�s team.
They�ve both had their greatest individual success in cross country races.
While Mercado pursues his third all-American award (for a top-40 finish), Puskedra is considered to be one of a handful of runners that can challenge race favorite Sam Chelanga for the individual title.
Chelanga, the Liberty University senior from Kenya, is the reigning NCAA cross country champion and the collegiate record-holder in the 10,000 meters at 27 minutes, 8 seconds.
Other top individuals include Northern Arizona�s David McNeil, the 2009 runner-up, who has defeated Chelanga over 5,000 meters at the NCAA indoor and outdoor meets; Stanford�s Chris Derrick, who was third at the NCAA meet last season; and Oklahoma State�s German Fernandez.
�It�s a star-studded field,� said Puskedra, the top freshman at the NCAA meet two years ago with his fifth-place performance.
�I think everyone is coming into their own, so just going out and running and not worrying about their race plans, and doing what I�m going to do will put me in the best position to get a low stick for the team.�
The Duck men have two other veteran runners in seniors Matthew Centrowitz and A.J. Acosta, although both of them are more accomplished on the track after finishing behind teammate Andrew Wheating in a dramatic 1-2-3 sweep in the 1,500 meters at last year�s NCAA Outdoor Track & Field Championships at Hayward Field.
The rest of the UO men�s team will include freshmen Ben DeJarnette and Parker Stinson, and sophomore Bryce Burgess, with freshman Brian Shrader as the alternate unless junior Chris Kwiatkowski can return from an injury that kept him out of the NCAA West Regional.
�This will be a challenging year for the men,� Lananna said. �If our top four guys do a good job, and we get somewhere south of 200 points, that should net us a trophy. Last year, it was a pretty high score for second.�
Oklahoma State won last year�s NCAA men�s team title with 127 points, followed by Oregon (second, 143), Alabama (third, 173) and Northern Arizona (fourth, 190).
This year, top-ranked Stanford and the No. 2 Cowboys are expected to battle for the team crown, with Oregon, Wisconsin, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Iona and Colorado all ready to pounce if somebody falters.
Lananna said he feels slightly better about the Oregon women�s chances.
The UO lineup is set with sophomore Jordan Hasay and senior Alex Kosinski providing the Ducks with one of the best 1-2 punches in the nation.
They�ll be joined by senior Zoe Buckman, junior Claire Michel, sophomore Anne Kesselring and freshmen Lanie Thompson and Sarah Andrews. The alternate will be Becca Friday or Taylor Wallace, both sophomores.
Once again, it�s a cross country team loaded with track talent.
As a freshman, Hasay placed third in the 1,500 at the NCAA outdoor meet, and went on to win the U.S. junior title before taking fourth at the World junior championships.
Kosinski was third in the NCAA 5,000 last year, while Buckman and Kesselring won Pac-10 titles in the 1,500 and 800, respectively.
Michel claimed the Pac-10 steeplechase crown before breaking her foot at the West regional.
The entire UO women�s cross country team can probably run 2:10 or better in the 800.
�What I like about the women�s side is that I do believe we have two frontrunners in Jordan and Alex,� Lananna said. �And I think we have a good pack behind them.
�If we have a similar performance to what we had at regionals, I think we�ll be pretty tough.�
Top-ranked Villanova is favored to repeat, although the Wildcats will face stiff competition from four Pac-10 schools � No. 4 Washington, No. 7 Stanford, No. 9 Arizona and the Ducks � plus Florida State, Georgetown, New Mexico and Colorado.

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Thursday, January 16, 2014
Friday Ramblings, Looking To The Future
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Wow! It is coming. So proud of you, Lynn. Having watched a close friend, this is a very hard step...love you!ReplyDelete
tears. I am sending hugs and prayers your way. It is a very hard thing to watch our children fly, I am always torn between pride and the feeling of wanting them to go back a few years when they were too young to leave my side. I get a little withdrawn when after a visit, mine go back to their own homes far away from me. I think you chose your word wisely, she has confidence and she was not only born with that determination but you and your family nurtured it. May God watch over all of you at this time, leading you in the best direction for Brenna to continue to move confidently in her life.ReplyDelete
As a mom who has said for a few years now (about 8) that there needs to be a support group for moms when their kids leave home... know that I am here for you. sending much love. t.xooxoxo
Sounds like you have covered all the bases and making sure she will be OK. I am inspired by your compasion, all the things you do for Breena and the way you encourage her to be her best. She will do just fine because you have taught her to be independant. Best of luck to all of you as Breena moves on to a bright and happy future!ReplyDelete
I can't thank you enough for being so open and sharing the info of what you face. It gives us moms with special needs kids something to look at and think about now as they are young. The path that has presented itself came to you for a reason. I think she will fly so high you won't believe your eyes.ReplyDelete
She just needs a safe place to spread her wings and I believe you have found that place.
I think it will be harder on you than her. ;)
It is just like sending her off on that first day of kinder and the worry until she was in your arms again.
It is this way for all mothers and it will never change no matter how old they get. I am sure you didn't want to send Lauren on her way either, but that is what mama birds do. It is time for her to leave the nest.
Be confident you are doing the right thing, the positive things will come back 10 fold.
Oh Lynn, you have expressed your feelings so beautifully and honestly in this post. This time of life must be so hard, but to be happily living a life independent of us...it's what we want for our children (but it still hurts our hearts). You are such loving and caring parents...I know she will be happy and do so well! XOXOReplyDelete
I have that tightness in my chest that only mothers recognize. OK, fathers probably recognize it too, but they don't often admit it. You have such a wonderful, beautiful, daughter, and I can almost hear the voice of God saying, "Well done."ReplyDelete
What I can do a full continent away is remember to pray for you. She isn't the only one who CAN DO it. You can too.
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What a sweet, moving post. Life is certainly filled with plenty of baby steps along with those giant hurdles! You have given Brenna so much love and guidance, that I'm just betting she will do grandly on this new path. Always harder to be the Mom than the kid, since for them it is usually just a great adventure :)
Take care,
xo A
I LOVE HER!!!!! She is the coolest ever! I'm so excited that you guys are working hard to give her that opportunity-I know a lot of kids like B don't. Praying for you all to trust Him through it all. Sending my love your way!ReplyDelete


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Bad Infinity
Apparently it is possible to put painting to the test, to try and discover in a manner similar to a scientist what its essential components are. For example, in 1963, Robert Ryman drew a grid in charcoal onto a stretched canvas, un-mounted it, and then re-stretched it ('Stretched Drawing' 1963, Collection of the Artist). The grid has been altered, infinitesimally, by the act of stretching. Slight shifts in the layout of the original drawing can be perceived, as the drawing seems to bend against the edges of the stretcher – or is this an illusion? Perhaps the drawing did not change at all, and it is only our knowledge of the process it underwent that causes us to look for differences that are in fact imperceptible.
I would disagree with Yves Alain Bois who says that part of the charm of Robert Ryman's work is that "…when the norms of painting are put to the test, what is arbitrary will have the last word "[1]. Ryman's paintings don't feel arbitrary, and neither is arbitrariness satisfying. What for me is powerful about Ryman's work is that he seems to be continually forcing us to look for an element that might not be present, for something that though appearing to be the point of the whole painting structure, in fact turns out, when one searches for it, to disappear. Ryman's paintings create the illusion of having no beginning and no end. They are tantalising- structured according to laws that are invisible. Ryman seems to want to make us look at something that in fact is completely absent, the structuring facture that leads only onto nothingness, like thousands of tiny white rabbits disappearing into tiny white hats.
Thus Ryman is more of a magician than a materialist, and seems to embody a paradox: that the more one emphasises paintings material components, the more illusion creeps back in, the more dishonest to actual materiality the act of painting seems. Painting can never simply be a purely material thing, and this is not just because it goes on the wall to be looked at and not touched. Its inability to rid itself of illusion, to expunge itself of its own illusory capacity, is a reflection of the fact that the artist can never totally absent him or herself from the work. The artist is always present as the ghost in the machine- and the painting is always pretending to be something it is not. This is notwithstanding the desire of many commentators, to reduce painting to an essential state, the essence being proper, empirical materiality, the final literalisation of painting into something we can all agree on. The total failure of anyone to theoretically reduce painting to a single identifiable essence, its continuing ability to proliferate into unexpected areas and to be irreducible to anything except paradox, is what guarantees its continuing evolution.
Ryman has said of his work; "What the painting is, is exactly what you see… the way it's done and the way it feels. That's what's there". [2] Yet this statement, like many statements by artists, seems more like an invitation for the viewer to go against the artists professed intentions. What we see in 'Stretched Drawing' is not what we get; what we sense is the perception of an infitessimally small shift, and it reminds us that the infinity can be an infinite regress, as well as infinite expansion. Its the sense of the infinite that Ryman's materiality gives way to, and it is this opening out that gives his work an elusive metaphysical quality, and transcends its own materiality. That this capacity within contemporary painting is often denied by commentators is not surprising. Emmanuel Levinas writes
"Classical thought, faithful to the ideal of completeness and measure that inspired its art and religion, was suspicious of the infinite…finite forms, clear and intelligible, constituted the cosmos. The infinite, a source of illusion, got mixed up in it and had to be driven out, like the poets from Plato's city."[3]
Much contemporary art (just think of Martin Creed for example) has become an art of "completeness and measure", or at least of ordered systems and rationalisable commodities. As T.J. Clark has written, "Modernism and materiality go together".[4] Yet many painters, following in Ryman's footsteps, would make use of materiality only to allow it to give way to its other; the irrational, the beautiful, the infinite and the sublime.
Thus in a show of art that makes a subject of its own materiality, it is not surprising to find that much of the work alludes to the opposite, its immateriality. The division of colours in Caline Aoun's 'Paperplanes' create perspective lines that recede to infinity, as does the receding points of Richard Clements' 'Javelin'. With the work of all the artists in the show, in whatever medium, we find objects that are alluding always to something tantalisingly unreachable. That seems to be a definition of materiality that the works in this show embody; that they always give way to something beyond the reach of thought, something ultimately unknowable. The material opens to the immaterial, objects are realigned and point towards infinity.
Dan Coombs is a painter whose recent solo shows include "Heaven and Earth" at the Fine Art Society, London. He is associate editor of Turps Banana magazine and visiting lecturer in Painting at Wimbledon College of Art.
[1] Yves – Alain Bois 'Ryman's Tact' in 'Painting as Model', October Books, MIT Press 1990
[2] Phyllis Tuchman 'Interview with Robert Ryman' Artforum 9, May 1971, quoted in above article.
[3] Emmanuel Levinas, 'Alterity and Transcendence', Columbia University Press 1999. The title of this essay is taken from the section in Levinas' essay 'The Other Transcendence: Infinity'.
[4] T.J.Clark, 'Farewell to an Idea: Episodes from a History of Modernism', Yale University Press, 1999.
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I thought this was a carefully considered piece of writing and one that accompanied a very skillfully curated show. Yet both (separately and in conjunction) left me basically unsatisfied. The suggestion of the 'tantalizingly unreachable' too often seemed to be more a plausible apology than a telling description. It acts to excuse work which simply failed to deliver anything very much at all, beyond a thin poetry, faint absurdity and hopelessness or the barest scuffing into existence. Though the exhibition undeniably looks very good indeed this seemed almost entirely dependent on the placement of the works, rather than the works themselves.
The one thing (and I think that 'thing' is a very accurate description of it) which stood out for me was Richard Clement's Javelin. This was perhaps because, rather than pointing to the invisible beyond, Javelin was a stubborn presence, despite its small size. The important aspect of it was not that its two slopes slide away from each other and toward the infinite but rather that the way in which they join creates an illusion that rests firmly within the material. Rather than hanging our hopes on ambiguities we are not quite sure if we can see, would not a more satisfying abstraction involve consideration of ambiguities that are more present than absent? Though slight and somewhat cold it seems to me that this is the direction which Javelin points in.


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Attack on Station Staff Prompts Police Appeal
A member of station staff was hit so hard he fell to the ground, in an unprovoked attacked by a man leaving a train at Forest Hill station.
A representative from the British Transport Police's Workplace Violence Unit, Det Con Garden said, "This was a really nasty assault on the victim, who was simply trying to do his job and has found himself badly injured as a result.
"Staff should be free to carry out their duties without fear of violence and abuse such as this and we are determined to find the person responsible."


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A historic golf course has been vandalised by animal activists after rumours surfaced that a badger's den was being illegally blocked.
Pictures emerged on Facebook which suggested the Royal Devon North Golf Club had dumped piles of rubble on top of badger setts to block them in – a crime in the UK since 1992.
Dee Owen, who posted these images, also wrote that the golf club had 'illegally blocked the entrances to a badger sett on their land.'
'If anyone could get there to take them out I'd really appreciate it,' she said.
She then updated her original post, adding that it appeared as though a group of badgers had moved out and the club was attempting to prevent their return.
Her post was seen by local animal activists, who dug up clumps of earth on the putting green and spray-painted the word 'killers' on the club's signs.
The golf club defended themselves against these 'incorrect claims' on Facebook.
A spokesperson told how they had recently fallen victim to 'a number of acts of vandalism, prompted by incorrect claims that the club had caused damage to a badger sett.'
They said: 'Royal North Devon is a golf club which prides itself on being part of an area of outstanding natural beauty, and at the sheer variety and vibrancy of wildlife on and around our course.
'Our green staff are aware of where the key wildlife habitats are on our course, and always avoid causing any damage or disruption to these areas.
'It is a shame that in this instance there were acts of unnecessary vandalism on our premises before any conversation with the concerned group could take place.
'This vandalism now become a police matter, and as such the club will not be commenting further.'
In a final update, Dee wrote that her original post had 'blown up far more than expected'.
She said: 'I only wanted kind folk to check the sett was not being blocked and remove any obstruction if they felt able.
'I did not expect for members of the public to vandalise the course or the property.
'That is not the way civilised people behave.
'Shame on those who have done this.'
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Over the past few months Panjab University's (PU) has been facing financial crisis and now the problem has aggravated more due to non-sanctioning of sufficient funds from the Ministry of Human Resources (MHRD).
Due to the insufficient grants, it would be difficult for PU to pay salaries to its employees from September. Panjab University's Board of Finance had approved a budget of Rs 506.55 crore for the year 2014-15, out of which 20 crore is to be provided by the Punjab government and the remaining is provided by the Centre.
This year, there has been a delay in the release of funds by the Centre and as observed in the meeting, the deficit for 2014-15 has come to be Rs 193.81 crore.
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|November 11, 2015, 18:45
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Fallout 4
Bethesda made another open world game thats full of stupid fetch quests. Dammit. Why must they keep shitting on my nostalgia.
|November 26, 2015, 21:29
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I didn't mind the transition introduced with Fallout 3. I always like the exploratory elements of large open world games on 1st person view. I tended to ignore the weak points of these games for the pleasure they would give me on that regard. And New Vegas did approach something more like a real and interesting narrative.
But Fallout 4 is one large disappointment. I haven't bought the game yet, because I don't trust most of triple-A games during the first few months after launch and because I also don't trust gaming websites to give me objective reviews. I prefer to listen to actual gamers on boards and other forums. And the general opinion has been negative. Adding to this, there's the counter effect that overexposition tends to bring to people like me. I just tend to grow irritated and develop a negative bias. Websites like RockPaperShotgun run a large number of articles on Fallout 4, each one more ridiculous than the other on a daily basis. And this for a game most of their editors consider inferior. Of course, this also fuels my distrust for gaming journalism.
Fallout 4 just tend to further my feelings that we can't just have a good thing for long. Well established studios, running well established IPs, will eventually ruin these IPs. And sooner than later. There's some sort of unspoken law in economics that precludes the possibility that Intellectual Property management can become a process of constant improvement in quality. We need studies on this, all the more because it is not exclusive to the gaming industry.
Generally speaking, the gems are with less known studios, struggling to make an impression on a new IP. It's hard to imagine how unimaginative and technological inferior Fallout will keep on being while on the hands of a company like Bethesda, known also for the poor launch quality of their titles that can take half an year of continuous patches to become stable.
But above all I think that we are lacking quality in game narrative, from the big studios. And as I get older, I feel that triple-A games aren't really doing much to keep up with the expectations of my generation, that started video gaming back in the 80s. Maybe that's just what it is; The Triple-A video game industry sits on that comfortable spot of young adult appeal, (for now) the largest slice of the market.
This is also starting to affect the indie industry. As independent studios realize the economical value of appealing to the masses, and as places like Kickstarter help them understand these masses, we get to see less labours of love and more mechanistic, meant to serve a purpose, not a desire of the programmer(s). But it still remains the industry where we can get the largest percentage of interesting and imaginative titles.
Fallout 4 will probably not make it into my hard drive. And my natural cynicism tells me that Fallout NV is very likely the last of the Fallout games for me. Meanwhile, written in Java, by one person, with substandard graphics, Neo Scavenger has been able to give me a much more fun experience of a post-apocalyptic video game for more than an year now. The one good thing is that inevitably, someone somewhere will develop a great new IP that we can enjoy for sometime until it too becomes ruined.
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|November 26, 2015, 22:49
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My trusted game (p)reviewer is Total Biscuit. The only thing he seems to have done about Fallout 4 is this old clip:
Maybe more is to come.
|December 4, 2015, 17:01
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So has anyone here actually played it? I've been vaguely tempted but have this suspicion it'll just be fallout 3 (II) or III if you count New Vegas. While I enjoyed the 3rd I'm not going to spend my money on the same game. Chances are I'll get it eventually, I'll just wait for it to go cheap & have the expansions. Nothing annoys me more then buying a game early & being "rewarded" by not getting the "full" game I'd get if I'd just waited.
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Glaurung, Father of the Dragons says, 'You cannot avoid the ballyhack.'
|December 11, 2015, 09:19
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The whole SPECIAL/perk system redo is great. MODding community is active to fix things you don't like (I use total timestop VATS, without it the game loses tactical feel and becomes too FPS to my tastes, also armors on top of clothes mod and few others). I didn't finish New Vegas, only touched Fallout3, played F1-2-tactics multiple times. My rating on F4 is: great! Playing a cha/int pistolier, modding my own armors/guns, it's been great fun.
Quests? Yes there are repeatable "go there kill stuff, go there find stuff", but I think those are just for leveling reasons to give the game more "leveling content" for those who want to make an insane character... Sure most quests are linear, but with a dialogue mod so you can see the options fully fleshed out, well, there are Fallout-like options. =P
This game renewed Fallout series for me, Fallout 3 killed them for me, New Vegas gave it a little spark of life, but this ... the SPECIAL/perk redo is the best.
|December 22, 2015, 09:19
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I feel the exact opposite, I dropped about 80 hours into fallout 4, and its a very shallow game.
The new special/perk combination pretty much ruined charachter building, since its full of mostly useless/joke perks. The quests (main, and side) are all very bland and almost exclusively consist of go here, get that. The dialogue options do pretty much nothing. And the weapon choices are bland, only two or three decent weapons in the game, which you get early. For most quests/areas there isnt really the option to go at them any way other than how they intended. Pickpocketing for example is damn near useless, and the only real reason to sneak is because various enemies cant see you while you shoot at them from four foot away. They dumbed the game down substantially, even from 3/NV, which dumbed the game down substantially from 1/2.
I much preferred the original two games, and 3 I felt was a somewhat misguided, but decent transition to the modern era.
All of that being said, the world is very nicely built, I found the most enjoyment from it just wandering around and ignoring the quests. I did that to the point that for some time I forgot I was supposed to be saving my child.
That gets to the root of it, its story is boring enough that I could forget im supposed to save my kid. Its also horribly buggy, ive had to use the console to fix so many broken quests/npcs. Though I dont really hold that against them since all software has bugs, and games are notoriously hard to catch all the bugs.
As far as open world rpgs go, the Witcher 3 nukes it from orbit.
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The simple "problem" with all FO bashing here is - people will be playing this "crap" years from now, with all those fancy GotYs long time gone and forgotten.
Bethesda is like wine, launch is just the beginning.
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|March 18, 2015
|Previous Episode:
|"Nanda Parbat"
|Next Episode:
|"Suicidal Tendencies"
The Offer
DC COMICS' VILLAIN MURMUR SWEEPS INTO STARLING CITY: Still weighed down by his last meeting with Ra's al Ghul (Guest Star Matt Nable), Oliver (Stephen Amell) returns home to find a new villain and his crew have started terrorizing Starling City: Michael Amar AKA Murmur (Guest Star Adrian Glynn McMorran), a man whose mouth has been sewn shut. Meanwhile, Laurel (Katie Cassidy) and Nyssa (Guest Star Katrina Law) bond over their issues with their fathers and Nyssa make Laurel an offer. Thea (Willa Holland) is forced to come to terms with her father after Oliver brings Malcolm (John Barrowman) to the loft to recover, and Lance (Paul Blackthorne) shuts out both Laurel and Green Arrow. Dermott Downs Directed The Episode Written by Beth Schwartz & Brian Ford Sullivan.
When Oliver offers his life and refuses to beg, Ra's surprises him by saying that he wants Oliver to take his place. He tells Oliver that the title is greater than any one man, and takes Oliver to where several League assassins are training. Ra's instructs one of them in how to fight, and then tells Oliver that all men seek guidance and he provides it in return for the fealty. Oliver points out that the assassins have to kill for him, and Ra's says that they have to die for him. As Ra's offers Oliver a meal, he says that he recognizes his dual identity and knows that it doesn't give Oliver what he wants. He warns Oliver that Starling City will eventually turn against him and the police will hunt him down and kill him. At the lair, Thea gives Nyssa her sword and insists that she killed Sara. Nyssa doesn't believe her and figures that she's protecting Malcolm, but Thea points out that she turned Malcolm over to the League. When Thea says that she was drugged into killing Sara, Nyssa says that there would be no justice in killing her and says that Ra's will end Malcolm's blood debt by killing him. Laurel and Roy come in and immediately attack Nyssa. The assassin knocks Laurel down but Roy manages to shoot her with a tranquilizer dart. Thea claims that Nyssa escaped the cage and leaves, saying that she has personal business. Ra's takes Oliver to The Lazarus Pit and explains that it is The Fountain of Youth that men have sought for centuries. However, he admits that the waters are losing their effect on him and he will soon die. He is impressed that Oliver came back to life without the fountain's water and wants an heir who has already defeated death. Oliver refuses the offer, saying that he's not a murderer, but Ra's insists that he offers justice. With the League, Oliver will have an entire army at his command who will obey his every command. He assures Oliver that the assassins will renounce killing if that is Oliver's order, and then says that he will allow Oliver to leave with Malcolm and Diggle as a sign of his good faith, all blood debts waived. The assassins bring the two prisoners in, and Oliver tells them that they're going home. When Oliver returns to Starling City, he goes to the loft with Malcolm and makes him comfortable on the sofa. Thea comes in and sees Malcolm, and insists that she still wants her father dead. Oliver tells her to just let Malcolm heal for now and goes to Verdant. Diggle asks why Ra's let them go, and Oliver claims that Ra's had a change of heart. Diggle clearly isn't convinced but Oliver tells him to let it go.
Five years ago, Oliver and Akio flee to the Hong Kong market. As Oliver tries to reassure the boy, Akio runs off, thinking that he saw his parents. Oliver manages to find him and says that they can't be separated, and Akio remembers that his parents told him to go to the botanical garden if they were ever separated.
In the lair, Felicity confirms that Malcolm is still alive and demands to know why. Oliver avoids her question and tells Nyssa that she's free to go. She wonders why Oliver is still alive and insists that her father wouldn't trade her life for Oliver's. Oliver ignores her question and Nyssa has no choice but to leave. Oliver then tells the team that they have to make people know that they're still safeguarding the city. Felicity checks the city systems and finds a robbery in progress at a property depot. At the depot, two hijackers arrive and kill one of the Blackhawk guards. One of hijackers speaks for the leader and demands to know where the Catoca shipment is. When the second guard admits that he doesn't know, the mouthpiece shoots him dead. The leader removes his mask, revealing that his lips are stitched shut. As the other hijackers come in, Arrow opens fire on them, while Arsenal shoots at the others from the rafters. A stray shot knocks him loose and as he dangles from the rafter, Black Canary takes out the hijackers drawing a bead on him. The mute leader drives by in the Black Hawk truck and Arrow gets Black Canary out of the way at the last moment. Once the leader makes good his escape, Arsenal finds some discarded diamonds, and Arrow irritably tells Black Canary that she needs more training. Later, Quentin finds the four hijackers tied up behind the station. Arrow is on the fire escape above and asks Quentin to give him the name of their leader when they talk. Quentin tells him to read about it in the newspapers and says that he knows Sara is dead... and Arrow hid the information from him. He explains that he let Arrow operate as a vigilante because he trusted him, but now he knows that his ally lies and keeps secrets. Quentin says that he's done with him and walks away. The next day, Felicity is helping Ray with his work and they kiss. Oliver comes in and asks to speak to Felicity privately. Once Ray leaves, Oliver apologizes for not calling ahead but Felicity assures him that it's okay. He then describes the mute hijacker and Felicity brings up his file. His name is Michael Amar, aka Murmur, and he stitched his lips together as a meditative technique. Oliver explains about how Quentin has turned against him, and admits that he was wrong to hide the news of Sara's death. Felicity suspects that something more is going on, but Oliver assures her that he's fine. Laurel goes to the loft and tells Thea that she wanted to check on Malcolm. He's still asleep, and Laurel admits that she wanted to talk to Thea. She points out that Oliver was right to stop Thea from killing Malcolm, and Thea admits that her life has been hell since she learned the truth. As she says that Laurel is lucky to have a normal father, Malcolm stirs briefly. Thea hears him and after Laurel leaves, she asks him how much he heard. Malcolm tells his daughter that she learned his lessons well, but Thea says that all she learned was to die for what Malcolm made her do. He realizes that she's holding a knife and tells Thea to stab him in the neck and make it quick. Thea wonders what he's thinking and Malcolm says that he wants to do what's best for her. Furious, his daughter says that if that was true then he would never have entered her life. When Nyssa returns to Nanda Parbat, she demands an explanation from her father. Ra's explains that he is making Oliver his heir, and Nyssa is furious that her father has overlooked her to choose an outsider as his heir. She accuses Ra's of punishing her for loving Sara, and Ra's warns that even in death, Sara is clouding Nyssa's judgment. Nyssa swings her sword at her father, but he catches the blade in his hand and tells her that she is banished from Nanda Parbat. Once she leaves, Ra's bathes his hand in the fountain and the waters heal his injury. Oliver returns to the lair and tells Diggle and Roy what he's learned about Murmur. The hijacker was released when the courts learned that the police beat a confession out of him. Roy has confirmed that the diamonds are industrial grade and that Murmur ignored the valuable ones in the truck to take the less valuable ones. When Diggle suggests that they have Felicity check around, Oliver says that she's pre-occupied and Roy volunteers to go check with his former contacts. Once he leaves, Diggle demands an explanation and Oliver admits that everything Ra's foretold is coming true. Diggle figures that Ra's is messing with Oliver's head, and realizes that Oliver is considering the offer. Oliver points out that as Arrow he's failed to make a difference to Starling City, and wonders if he should become the new Ra's al Ghul. That night, Oliver goes back to the loft and apologizes to Thea for bringing Malcolm there. Thea explains that she doesn't recognize the woman that she's become, and she only stopped from killing Malcolm and Slade because she realized what Moira would think of her if she chose to kill. Malcolm wakes up and listens as Oliver assures Thea that she's nothing like Malcolm. However, Thea says that her and Malcolm are both broken and nothing can fix them. When Thea leaves to get some soup for her father, Malcolm tells Oliver that he encouraged his daughter to kill him. Oliver tells him about the offer, and Malcolm warns him that there's a prophecy that the man who survives death at the hands of Ra's al Ghul will become Ra's al Ghul. Oliver gets a text and starts to go, and Malcolm warns that Ra's won't let him refuse the offer.
Oliver takes Akio to the botanical gardens. As Oliver talks about how he used to go to the gardens in Starling City with Thea, he spots ARGUS agents moving in and tells Akio to run.
Felicity is in the lair alone when Oliver arrives. He's surprised to see her there but Felicity insists that she's still committed to what they're doing. She asks Oliver's about his commitment, and he admits that he's not sure if he's on the right path. Oliver doesn't know why he's doing what he's doing anymore, and Felicity tells him to figure it out. Diggle and Roy arrive and report that Murmur and his crew are using the diamonds to make diamond tipped bullets capable of penetrating police vests. Roy realizes that Murmur is going after the policemen who beat him, and the team gears up. Quentin is working in his office and ignores Felicity's warning call. Laurel comes in with turnout and she tells him to let it out and yell at him so that they can move on. Quentin admits that he can't find it in his heart to forgive her for lying to him. As Laurel considers that, gunshots ring out as Murmur and his men shoot their way into the station. Quentin grabs Laurel and shoves her down behind his deck. Arrow and Arsenal are on the streets when Felicity picks up the emergency radio calls and tells her teammates what's going on. Quentin orders Laurel to make a run for it while he covers her. She reluctantly goes and a hijacker prepares to shoot her. However, Nyssa arrives and shoots the man dead. Murmur attacks Quentin from behind and knocks him to the floor. As Nyssa and Laurel fight the hijackers, Laurel says that Quentin is in the station. Arrow and Arsenal blast through the roof and Arrow puts an arrow in Murmur's shoulder. Murmur runs away and Arrow goes after him, while Arsenal joins Nyssa and Laurel in taking out the remaining men. Murmur run out of the station and Arrow swings down to fight him. The vigilante manages to take Murmur down and Quentin comes out. He wonders if Arrow is waiting for a thank you, and Arrow says that isn't why he does it and swings away. Back at the lair, Oliver thanks Felicity and admits that she was right earlier. He examined his motives and realized that he does what he does so that police officers can go home and be with their families. Oliver then tells the others that he's not going to give up on what they're doing, and Felicity says that she's happy as long as Oliver is in her life. Ray calls and Felicity takes the call.
Oliver and Akio run out of the gardens and into the market. As they flee the pursuing agents, Oliver is surprised to run into what he believes to be a very much alive Shado.
Nyssa approaches Laurel outside of the station and says that she came looking for her because she wanted something that reminded her of Sara. She offers to talk if Laurel needs a sympathetic ear, saying that she understands father issues. Laurel admits that she could use a reminder of Sara as well and invites her to dinner. As they go, Nyssa tells Laurel that she was competent and offers to train her... because she has nowhere else to go. Oliver meets with Maseo and tells him to inform Ra's that he's not accepting his offer. Maseo warns that Ra's has already chosen and Oliver has no say in the matter. He then tells Oliver that he will do what he has to at his master's command, despite what Oliver did for Maseo's family in the past. Thea comes to see Roy and says that she doesn't know who she is. She asks if she can stay and Roy agrees, and they kiss. Murmur's piece and the surviving gang members are playing pool and preparing to go get their revenge. A man dressed as Arrow shoots down from the rafters, killing all of them except one. The killer pulls back his hood, revealing that he's Ra's, and tells the survivor to tell everyone who will listen what he's seen.
- Coming Soon
Main Cast Members
- Stephen Amell as Oliver Queen
- Katie Cassidy as Dinah Laurel Lance
- Emily Bett Rickards as Felicity Smoak
- David Ramsey as John Diggle
- Colton Haynes as Roy Harper
- Willa Holland as Thea Queen
- Paul Blackthorne as Detective Quentin Lance
- John Barrowman as Malcolm Merlyn
Recurring Cast Members
- Matt Nable as Ra's al Ghul
- Katrina Law as Nyssa al Ghul
- Karl Yune as Maseo Yamashiro
- Brandon Nomura as Akio Yamashiro
- Celina Jade as Mei Fei
- Brandon Routh as Ray Palmer
- Adrian Glynn McMorran as Murmur
- Rochelle Okoye as Talibah
Guest Stars
- Darren Moore as Mouthpiece
- Sebastian Kroon as Gang Member
- James Michalopolous as Blackhawk Guard
- Coming Soon


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On October 27th at Las Vegas, CEO of edo Souheil Badran participated in a panel and shared his insights on card-linking as an emerging essential tool for digital commerce. The LTP team interviewed Souheil on the subject and Souheil talked about his vision of the future of the solution and edo's announcement at Money 20/20. Here is the transcript of the interview with Souheil:
LTP: For LTP readers who may not be familiar with your company, please tell us about edo and how edo helps businesses to find new customers. Who are your biggest clients and how fast is the company growing?
Souheil Badran: We are a platform for card-linked marketing offers. Working with financial institutions and brand advertisers, we use our analytics capabilities to better understand consumer spend and create offers for credit and debit-card holders that target exactly the kind of customer that a brand is seeking to attract.
LTP: Could you tell more about edo's card-linked offer platform? How does it work? Would be great if you could share some statistics on the scale of your business.
SB: edo is a white-label platform; financial institutions run our Prewards platform on their own online banking site or banking app. Through these mechanisms, cardholders at those financial institutions—and there are about 40 million cardholders in our network—can access personalized offers from retailers, restaurants and service providers.
We decide which cardholders receive which offers based on their spending history, location and a few other factors. For example, a quick-service restaurant might want to target new customers in southwest Illinois. Our analytics team will find those cardholders who have never spent at that restaurant and live in the relevant area, and develop an offer to incentivize them to try the restaurant.
LTP: What are the problems with current solutions existing in the card-linked offers market that edo addresses? edo talks about the relevance of deals, so how are you able to make deals more relevant to the end-customers?
SB: The card-linked offers market is still a fairly niche space. There aren't many companies doing what we do. One of the issues we face is awareness. Card-linked offers are quite novel and a lot of consumers just don't know they exist, or we believe they'd be using them more!
As I mentioned, we have deep analytics capabilities and are able to pinpoint the relevance of an offer down to a single cardholder. This is especially useful for our small and medium-sized business advertisers who don't need to reach customers nationwide, merely a handful of ZIP codes.
LTP: Personalized offers are the way to engage customers with merchants and drive sales. Could you share your vision on the way it is going to evolve? Where do you see the future of personalized advertising?
SB: What I would like to see happen is greater use of beacons and geo-targeting capabilities to really personalize offers and make them real-time. I'd like customer ABC from Dallas, Texas to walk down the street past a sandwich shop and receive a card-linked offer straight to their smartphone that says: Hey! Come in for a $2 off our new sandwich. Done properly, mobile advertising is a hugely underutilized resource for brands and I'd like to really focus on how we can drive customers that way.
LTP: On your website, you share an interesting idea of simplicity being the primary goal. It is a matter of time when simplicity will be a commonly given feature. What will be the competitive advantage then? FinTech startups are quite a hot industry; do you think simplicity can guarantee the winning?
SB: Simplicity is absolutely critical, and that's one of the reasons why financial institutions want to partner with us—we offer a simple integration to the FI and a simple way for their clients to shop & save. No cutting coupons, no remembering a coupon code and no special training at the point-of-sale. If you're paying with your card, you're saving.
Smartphones have really helped improve the ability to simplify. If I forget my wallet, I have my smartphone with Apple Pay or Samsung Pay, a Starbucks app and my parking app—all linked to my debit card. If I want to collect loyalty points at a restaurant, the app has all my details stored. At this point, I could do all of my Christmas shopping on a smartphone, pay and use a card-linked offer without ever touching a computer or my actual debit card. That's simplicity, and it's becoming very appealing to consumers who are always on the go.
LTP: You recently announced a new partnership with Rewards Network. What value does this partnership add to your clients and what are your expectations for the partnership?
SB: Our partnerships with leaders like Rewards Network are really about two things: first, getting access to what we call content; those are the offers that we are sending to cardholders. Our financial institutions are begging us for new content all the time, and Rewards Network's 11,000 participating restaurants across the US will definitely help us on that front!
Second, partnerships like this allow us to easily access a lot more SMBs—those restaurants that maybe have only one location or a handful in a certain region. At present, our focus is on leveraging the distribution network that already exists to help us scale. We would rather help enable our partners' sales teams succeed with the help of our services rather than duplicating their efforts and sending sales teams out to thousands of different restaurant outlets to get content for cardholders. Through Rewards Network and others, we can access all of their diverse members for offer content.
LTP: Tell us more about your participation at Money 20/20 and edo's announcement on a similar tie-up. Who are you partnering with and what is the goal? How will the collaboration affect the industry and what does it add to your service?
SB: I'm here to talk more about card-linking on a panel, but our announcement today is about our new partnership with SaveAround. If you're not familiar with the company, they publish coupon books in communities around the US that are sold by schools and other groups to fundraise. But as you will be well aware, the days of clipping a coupon and remembering to take it with you are quickly passing. What our partnership will do is allow SaveAround to digitize their coupons and send them to customers via edo's Prewards platform—no clipping involved.
And again, this is a huge benefit for us, in that we capture access to content that we wouldn't normally be able to get with our sales team (there are over 120 advertisers in the coupon book that I have, some national and some only located in suburban Chicago).


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The Scientific World Journal
Volume 2012, Article ID 932609, 9 pages
Separation of Poly(styrene-block-t-butyl methacrylate) Copolymers by Various Liquid Chromatography Techniques
1Laboratory for Polymer Chemistry and Technology, National Institute of Chemistry, Hajdrihova 19, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia
2Center of Excellence for Polymer Materials and Technologies, Tehnološki Park 24, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia
3University College for Polymer Technology, Glavni trg 1, 2380 Slovenj Gradec, Slovenia
4EN-FIST Centre of Excellence, Dunajska 156, 1000, Ljubljana, Slovenia
Received 25 October 2011; Accepted 24 November 2011
Academic Editors: D. M. Milojkovic-Opsenica and M. Sajewicz
Copyright © 2012 Tina Šmigovec Ljubič et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
How to Cite this Article
Tina Šmigovec Ljubič, David Pahovnik, Majda Žigon, and Ema Žagar, "Separation of Poly(styrene-block-t-butyl methacrylate) Copolymers by Various Liquid Chromatography Techniques," The Scientific World Journal, vol. 2012, Article ID 932609, 9 pages, 2012. https://doi.org/10.1100/2012/932609.


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Chris Watson (musician)
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Watson speaking at the 2009 WIRED Lab.
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The Hafler Trio
Christopher Richard Watson (born 1952[1]) is an English musician and sound recordist specialising in natural history. He was a founding member of the musical group Cabaret Voltaire, and Watson's work as a wildlife sound recordist has covered television documentaries and experimental musical collaborations.
Watson was a founding member of two experimental music groups, Cabaret Voltaire and The Hafler Trio.[2]
He has released four solo albums of field recordings: Outside the Circle of Fire, Stepping into the Dark (which won an Award of Distinction at the 2000 Prix Ars Electronica Festival in Linz, Austria), Weather Report, and El Tren Fantasma. He has also released a variety of works in collaboration with other artists, including Star Switch On, a collaboration with Mika Vainio of Pan Sonic, Philip Jeck, Hazard, Fennesz, AER (Jon Wozencroft, aka "Alpha Echo Romeo"), and Biosphere. In 2007 he released Storm with BJNilsen, and in 2011 he released "Cross-Pollination" with Marcus Davidson. All of these recordings were released on Touch.
The Weather Report album from 2003 was named as "One of the thousand albums you should hear before you die" in The Guardian.[3]
Sound recording[edit]
His sound recording career began in 1981 when he joined Tyne Tees Television. His television work includes Bill Oddie Back in the USA and Springwatch.
In 2006 he was awarded an honorary Doctor of Technology degree by the University of the West of England "in recognition of his outstanding contribution to sound recording technology, especially in the field of natural history and documentary location sound".[4]
In 2010 he devised an art project at Liverpool's Alder Hey Children's Hospital, using sound recordings made by children to calm other young patients as they received injections and other treatments.[5][6]
Radio programmes[edit]
Watson has made and been featured in a number of BBC radio programmes:
- The Reed Bed
- Series of five, fifteen-minute radio programmes, broadcast on Radio Four from 19–23 March 2007.
- A Guide to Garden Birds
- Series of five, fifteen-minute radio programmes, broadcast weekly on Radio Four from 22 May 2007
- A Guide to Farmland Birds
- Series of five, fifteen-minute radio programmes, broadcast weekly on Radio Four from 22 August 2011
Personal life[edit]
Watson attended Rowlinson School and Stannington College (now part of Sheffield College), both in Sheffield. He is married to Maggie, who appeared momentarily on-screen with him in episode 3 of Autumnwatch 2010.[7]
He is a Policy & Enterprise Fellow at Durham University's Institute of Advanced Study.[8]
On 26 August 2019, he appeared on the podcast Trees A Crowd with David Oakes.[9]
Album discography[edit]
- Sunsets wordless recording made at Breachacha on Coll[10] 1994
- Stepping into the Dark (1996, Touch (UK) Touch Music)
- Outside the Circle of Fire (1998, Touch (UK) Touch Music)
- Weather Report (2003, Touch (UK) Touch Music)
- Cima Verde (2008, Fondazione Edmund Mach and LoL Productions)
- El Tren Fantasma (2011, Touch (UK) Touch Music)
- In St Cuthbert's Time (2013, Touch (UK) Touch Music)
- Star Switch On with Mika Vainio, Philip Jeck, Hazard, Fennesz, AER, and Biosphere (2002, Touch (UK) Touch Music)
- Number One with KK Null and Z'EV (2005, Touch (UK) Touch Music)
- Storm with B. J. Nilsen (2006, Touch (UK) Touch Music)
- Siren with Alec Finlay Platform Projects # ISBN 0-9546831-7-X [CD EP]
- Cross-Pollination (Chris Watson + Marcus Davidson album) (2011, Touch (UK) Touch Music)
- ^ http://soundartarchive.net/ARTISTS-details_to_PDF.php?recordID=46
- ^ Cooper, Sean. "Biography: Chris Watson". Allmusic. Retrieved 3 May 2010.
- ^ "1000 albums to hear before you die: Artists beginning with W". The Guardian. 22 November 2007. Retrieved 28 May 2013.
- ^ "News". University of the West of England. Archived from the original on 14 September 2013. Retrieved 28 May 2013.
- ^ Moss, Stephen (24 August 2010). "Birdsong: the cure for all ills?". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 25 August 2010.
- ^ "Imagine Appeal - Alder Hey Arts". Archived from the original on 4 December 2010. Retrieved 25 August 2010.
- ^ Autumn watch 2010, episode 3
- ^ "Chris Watson". Durham University. Retrieved 28 May 2013.
- ^ Trees A Crowd
- ^ The Poetry of Radio: The Colour of Sound By Seán Street
External links[edit]
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- Chris Watson's homepage
- Touch - discography and archived reviews
- Chris Watson at AllMusic
- Chris Watson on SilenceRadio.org
- Swedish television interview


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2017 was my worse year for striped bass in over 15 years
Started out decent in APRIL with 26 bass caught between 20-31″ MAY was ok for first 10 days with another 29 bass but second half of month only produced 9 and nothing over 26″ . JUNE started out slow with only 8 bass, second half of the month found 27 with 7 over 28″ up to 35″.. JULY for fist 10 days is generally very good with largest bass of the year on average and was saw 17 bass over 25″ to 30″ what makes early July decent is very few are fishing for BASS. BUT I ran into engine trouble and didn't get back into water until mid-August. No bass when when I got back in until late SEPT when I got 7 the last week of Sept. OCT was slow with only 5 until Oct 22nd and the next 5 days found 11 more. NOV was a real disappointment as all I could find up to when big storm arrived was 13 and they were not very big 17-23″.Pulled Boat before storm and stayed out of water which was a mistake as reports of decent catches following the storm.
I did get hooked up with Pat on RETAINER for 2 days fishing Great Egg Harbor river ,first day was decent with 16 bass but no big ones like last year only one over 28 and Pat caught it .Second trip was not so good with just one bass
Clearly in my mind the bass situation behind Corsons has been affected by beach replenishment and loss of good healthy underwater habitat again due to beach sand getting pushed inside . Numerous spots that produced bass for years I never caught a bass and I had to find them in other spots. The Mullet run was non-existent and peanut bunker while were around but nothing like years past.
A very disappointing year for me ,I am sure some others had better years and maybe I am slowing up in my old age but it is what it is
I put my boat up for sale with intend on buying something smaller as most of the small creeks I like to go up have the mouths choked up from sand, but once in these creeks there still is plenty of water and some fish were there BUT my current boat is too big and I can only fish these creeks on top of tides for an hour or so unlike years past when you could fish 2-4 hours
I will finish up 2017 recaps on Bluefish,weakfish etc later
2017 Striped Bass recap of Bucktail Willie
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What a waste of time and use of foul language by both parties on a trivial issue of stoppage of counting of votes for some time in a University election.
On Saturday, September 15, 2018, 9:58:59 PM GMT+5:30, Sarbajit Roy <email@example.com> wrote:
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You are badly confused. It is the Sanatani Hindus who are totally for the status quo, and it makes no difference to a Sanatanist if BJP, Congress or AAP or even Swaraj Party. (in any combination) rule India.
Now, if your hero Shri Rahul Gandhi wants to play act at being a Hindu (any kind of Hindu, even a Sanatani one), then he will have to publicly explain to the real Hindu voters the basis for publicly claiming to be a Brahmin by caste, and who his Hindu parent(s) actually were since one Ms. Menaka Gandhi has stated in court that her husband Sanjay Gandhi was a Parsee, and Mr. Rahul Gandhi's new advisor Mr. Surjewala (an advocate I believe) can explain why the Congress Party refuses to abide by the law of the land and accept multiple RTIs from me on these burning questions which affect my personal electoral decisions as a (non-Sanatani) Brahmic Hindu in a so-called democracy.
Surely it would be trivial for Mr. Rahul Gandhi to put his Hindu parent's Hindu Marriage Act registration certificate into the public domain where we can all see it for ourselves.
Otherwise, I think we can close this issue very simply - the foreign imposed arch-traitor Mohandas Gandhi was a self-described Sanatanist (ie. Satanist) Hindu and all those who claim his legacy, like BJP, Congress, AAP etc are equally all corrupt status-quoist political parties from whom we citizens can expect nothing good for the nation eccept more of their foreign sponsored imperialist policies.
When, not if, the change does come, it will be violent, it will be revolutionary and it will spare none. India is heading for civil war if these divisive Sanatani Governments continue on. So, be prepared (and keep your powder dry and your guns handy). THAT is the political roadmap I foresee.
BTW : Congress had nothing to do with 1857. It was financed and devised by our movements.
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DUSU WIN AND MODI'S COUNTER-OFFENSIVE: A POLITICAL ROAD MAPPART IIn an act of blatant, electoral rigging--EVMs stopped functioning after 6 rounds when ABVP was trailing against NSUI--ABVP just won DUSU elections (3 posts out of 4).It is a big, unexpected set back, contrary to the anti-BJP mood in the country and the massive defeat of ABVP in nearly all student union elections in late 2017 and 2018.It is a signal: the beginning of Modi's counter-offensive against his recent decline and a foretaste of how things might pan out in 2019.This needs to be seen as a dress rehearsal for 2019 General Elections. Congress might still win Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh and Chattisgarh--or at least two out of three.URBAN NAXALS AND SANJIV BHATTModi's counter offensive began with arrests of intellectuals as #UrbanNaxals. And the sudden, almost arbitrary arrest of Sanjiv Bhatt--a saga that saw the ex-IPS officer being picked up for an obscure, 1996 case; then the lower court refusing police remand asked by the Gujarat Police--BUT THE GUJARAT HIGH COURT GRANTING POLICE REMAND WITHOUT GIVING A CHANCE TO THE DEFENCE.BINARIES OF NARENDRA MODIModi wants to keep the discourse tight between his 'psuedo-nationalist', right wing politics and an imaginary threat: Dalit-Left-liberal politics of the 'anti-national', Bhima-Koregaon/Arundhati Roy variety, that extends upto a caricaturish, 'jhola-chaap' view of JNU culture and JNUism.Modi wants binaries to remain entrenched between an autochonous, Third-World, pro-corporate, pro-Imperialist, military-industrial fascism and a liberalism not rooted in Indian traditions, drawing inspiration from the west, 'Harvard', 'UNO' or caricaturish JNU.SANATANI RESISTANCEMODI'S DISCOMFITURE LIES WITH ANY, ANTI-RSS, ANTI-BJP POLITICS THAT DRAWS INSPIRATION FROM SANATAN DHARMA!This is the path that Rahul Gandhi and Congress has taken of late...The brutal fact is that Rahul's temple visits, Mansarovar Yatra, the upper caste-OBC-Sanatani reaction to the SC/ST Act Amendment, and, at a smaller level, the Sanatani Mangal Pandey Statue Installation Movement in UP, did more damage to Modi's brand of politics (that includes Yogi), than say, rising prices and corruption charges.IT IS TO COUNTER THE RISING SANATANI OPPOSITION TO HIS POLITICS, THAT MODI HAS RESURRECTED THE ALMOST DEAD, ARUNDHATI ROY TYPE, PSEUDO-LIBERAL, PRO-WEST--CARICATURISH JNUist, POLITICAL CURRENT.MODI'S TRAPThe challenge before all secular-democratic forces is not to fall into Modi's trap. We should avoid all forms of political discourses, including liberal ones, that smell of 'westernism', 'urban naxalism' or caricaturish JNUism or wokism.India has a rich enough tradition of Sanatani dissent, Sanatani centrism and 1857 revolutionary parathesis.BATTLE OF IDEASThe fight in India is still political--a battle of ideas. But any lurch towards extremism, or non-Sanatani trends represented by Prashant Bhushan, Gautam Navlakha, Shashi Tharoor, or even Arvind Kejriwal or any abstract, psuedo-liberal, metropolitan, 'English-Medium', anarchist, 'idea of India' is doomed. Liberals can be accommodated. But they cannot offer leadership.Regional forces are more rooted. But their history is against them. Modi knows too much about their material and political weaknesses. Also, ideologies of regional forces also draw inspiration from anti-Sanatani sources. This is not going to work.Congress has a long way to go before it takes back the leadership of Sanatani society. Gandhi, Nehru, Bose and Patel are relevant but need to be updated and re-defined. Muslims need to shed all forms of League or Majlis politics. Muslims need to embrace a contemporary version of the pro-Sanatani flavour of pre-Independence forces in their ranks--forces like Jamiat Ulema Hind that opposed the creation of Pakistan.INDIAN PEASANTRY: THE CLASS SUBTEXTThere is a class sub-text to what is happening. Western liberalism, urban naxalism, anti-Sanatani ideologies--even Lohiaism, Ambedkarism, and Nehruvianism, Gandhism, Periyarism etc emerged from organic intellectuals and took root amongst peasants, workers and masses. But today, nearly all of them are part of a sedentary elite, culture.When there is no revolutionary alternative, fascism grows in reaction to ideologies that were once rooted--but now, have become sedantary. The visible legatees of Nehru, Lohia, Ambedkar, Periyar, even EMS Namboodripad, have acquired an aloof air. They are no longer connected to the peasantry.It is in this atmosphere of ideological crisis that fascism has struck roots--and a new kind of pro-peasant, Sanatani ideology of 'justice for all' is emerging as a countervailing force. In the post-ideological era, attendant with the collapse of ideologies, it is Sanatani thinking and ideology, which the peasantry holds dear.If Congress fails, or even if it is slow, new forces on the Sanatani plank of opposition to Modi will emerge--politics in India has not tolerated a vacuum for long.If Modi finishes of democracy--well, as I keep mentioning, we always have 1857!(To be continued)
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Phukets Cultural Vegetarian Festival Not recommended for the faint-hearted, one of the most exciting aspects of the festival are the various, sometimes gruesome ceremonies which are held to invoke the gods. The ceremonies of the festival take place in six Chinese temples scattered throughout Phuket, Thailand. The first event is the raising of the Lantern […]Vegetarian Festival 2019 Phuket, Mueang Phuket District, Phuket 83000, Thailand Phuket Thailand
Not recommended for the faint-hearted, one of the most exciting aspects of the festival are the various, sometimes gruesome ceremonies which are held to invoke the gods. The ceremonies of the festival take place in six Chinese temples scattered throughout Phuket, Thailand. The first event is the raising of the Lantern Pole, an act that signifies to the nine Chinese gods that the festival is about to begin and brings spiritual power to the event.
For the next few days, the local Chinese and Thai community brings their household gods to the temple, along with offerings of food and drink. Visitors can indulge in specially prepared vegetarian cuisine made available at street stalls and markets around the island during this time.
Events include hundreds of local residents running across a bed of burning coals, or climbing an eight metre ladder of sharp blades, and crossing a nailed bridge while in a trance-like state. Men and women puncture their cheeks with various items including knives, skewers and other household items. Firecrackers are let off at random throughout the festivities.
The last major ceremony of the Phuket Vegetarian Festival is certainly the most impressive. On the last night all shrines join a street procession in Phuket Town called the Nine Emperor Gods Farewell.
'Visit the shrines of Phuket Town during it's vegetarian festival, enjoy spectacular Chinese-Thai cuisine and witness the extreme and daring rituals and processions led by hundreds of local villagers.'
Phuket is nestled in the Andaman Sea waters off Thailand's Indian Ocean coastline 862 kilometres south of Bangkok. In recent times, though, Phuket's top earner has been tourism, which has transformed the island into Thailand's wealthiest province
Getting around in Phuket is easy. Most of the beach resorts are small enough to walk around and most hotels are located close to the beach, restaurants and shopping areas.
The Phuket International Airport (HKT) is located 32km from the main town of Phuket City, travellers can make their way to the airport via taxi or bus.
There are plenty of places to hire cars or you can take the local bus. There are two types of buses – the Songtaew – blue open-air buses that run between Phuket Town and the main resorts, and air conditioned "micro" buses that service the Phuket Town area.
For short distances tuk tuks are fine, but their small size makes them uncomfortable for anything longer than about 30 minutes.
Air conditoned car taxis can be hired at all the main resort areas and in Phuket Town, with rates similar to the tuk tuks. Expect to bargain your fare in advance.
Being a tourism hot spot, Phuket is full of hotels, resorts, and hostels for visitors to choose from.
The Cassia Phuket is a hip apartment hotel. These trendy 1 to 2 bedroom apartments feature private balconies, separate living rooms and kitchenettes, plus free Wi-Fi and flat-screen TVs; some offer lagoon views. Continental breakfast is complimentary. Amenities include a spa, an infinity pool and a kids' pool, along with a private beach area.
Lub d – Phuket Patong is an eclectic hostel with streamlined dorms & private rooms, plus an outdoor pool & a boxing ring. Mixed and female-only dorms offer free Wi-Fi, bunk beds and shared bathrooms. Private rooms have smart TVs, plus minifridges, en suite facilities, and balconies or terraces.
There are many attractions in the area to reward those seeking some interesting sights, including local beaches and markets in Phuket Town.
Phuket Fanta-Sea is a cultural theme park offering elaborate shows with elephants, a buffet, an animal exhibit & shopping.
Flying Hanuman is a Popular zipline attraction featuring multiple courses & sky bridges through jungle terrain. The bungee jump is challenging and the food available in the park is excellent.
The Festival takes place on the September 28 – October 7 2019.
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Ever since being a child, summer for me is a season when I get a lot of sleep and boost my immune system with all the fruits and vegetables from my grandparents' garden. Even though here in America I'm lucky to have access to organic produce all year long, I still feel the need to rejuvenate my body with the abundance of vitamins during the warm season so it's easier for my body to make it through winter.
Lately, I've been taking the same approach not only towards my eating habits but also in respect to skin care. In fact, the only skincare brand that I use while in the Hamptons is Frudia, a newly launched high-tech Korean skincare brand that is now available at CVS and FrudiaUSA.com.
Each of four skincare lines by Frudia is created around one specific fruit. And each product from these lines is infused with the natural fruit concentrate derived from that fruit. That fruit extract is what makes Frudia so special. Check out the ingredient list for the majority of skincare products and the first thing you'll see is water, which means that you are basically paying for the ingredient that doesn't do much for your skin. While Frudia products list fruit-derived extracts that are full of antioxidants and vitamins for your skin.
I've been testing Frudia products even before the brand has been officially launched in the US and I have lots of favorites and reviews to share. Saying so, I'm happy to announce the launch of the new series on my blog, called Frudia Vitamin Month where I will be talking about the benefits of fruits and berries for your skin and health and share reviews of my favorite Frudia products.
The first line I'd like to start with is Frudia's Blueberry Line which is designed for skin lacking hydration. It features brand's best-selling moisturizer and three more products that constitute a full skincare regimen that will help after-sun skin look nourished, properly hydrated and healthy-looking throughout the day.
Frudia Blueberry Hydrating Toner
As probably many of you, for the longest time ever I was not using a toner as a part of my skincare routine. Usually, I would spritz my face with a thermal water and start applying my creams and serums. While I still continue using thermal water, I do use a toner too. I noticed that for my acne-prone skin it's essential to replenish the skin after washing it with water and a gentle cleanser. A good toner not only delivers all the nourishing skin care ingredients into the skin but also helps to restore a PH balance of the skin that was stripped after washing with water.
Be prepared though that the Blueberry Hydrating Toner by Frudia is nothing that you ever have seen before. It features a bit thicker consistency than your typical water-based toner while acting almost like a serum. After using this toner, I often times feel that I don't even need a moisturizer — that's how hydrated my skin feels (I still do use a moisturizer and a serum though as I'm a totally hydration-obsessed).
I also noticed that this product is perfect for situations when you need to apply makeup, but you don't want to wash your face prior to doing so. I would use this toner as a cleansing solution for my skin. After a toner, I will re-apply a moisturizer and a serum and proceed with applying makeup. By using this technique I ensure that I'm hydrating my skin as opposed to stripping it from using too much water on my face. Check this technique out! I hope you like it too!
Buy: $14.49 for 195 ml / 6.59 fl oz at FrudiaUSA.com and CVS.com.
Frudia Blueberry Hydrating Serum
If you are like me and feel that there is no such thing as too much moisturizing, consider applying this hydrating serum before your Frudia moisturizer. It might sound shocking, but sometimes just a cream is not enough to allow all of the skincare benefits to absorb into the skin. The reason is that creams feature a slightly heavier formula that in addition to providing skincare benefits also "locks" all the ingredients in the skin.
While serums feature smaller molecules that penetrate deeper into the skin and deliver all of the active ingredients deeper into the skin. In other words, it's ideal to use both serum and a cream so you have all you ensure the delivery of all active ingredients deep into the skin while protecting your skin from "losing" them along the way.
While some people prefer using serums only at night, I don't mind layering products in my morning routine too. Luckily, this serum also features a super lightweight formula so you don't need to worry that you will feel it on your skin. Usually, I will get just one spritz of the product into my hands, warm it up in my palms and apply it all over my face. Then, I will let it sit for a few moment and finish with the Frudia moisturizer. As mentioned before, at night I will repeat the exact same order with the only exception that I will add a few drops of oil for added nourishment.
Buy: $21.99 for 50 g / 1.69 fl oz at FrudiaUSA.com and CVS.com.
Frudia Blueberry Hydrating Moisturizer
This gel moisturizer is my absolute favorite product from the line as it features the most lightweight and hydrating formula that I've tried in years. Usually, gel moisturizers leave a slightly sticky residue that I personally can't stand — that's why I rarely follow dermatologists' recommendation for using gel products if you have acne-prone skin. To be honest, I was quite hesitant testing Frudia's gel moisturizer too — but I ended up being so impressed with the product that I can't imagine my skincare regimen without it!
Imagine the most lightweight, almost whipped gel formula that momentarily absorbs into skin and leaves it bouncy and fresh-looking. The cream feels so thin and you barely feel it — which also ensures that this product is perfect for the days when you opt-in applying makeup too. If you are not a fan of foundations and concealers, I highly recommend this moisturizer too because it leaves your skin hydrated but not too shiny so you don't even need to worry powdering your face after using this product.
I already used up an entire jar of Frudia Blueberry Hydrating Moisturizer which says a lot as I'm a beauty blogger who has access to dozens of more expensive products but still pick this Korean beauty gem. While it's totally fine using the cream only at night or only during the day, lately I apply it twice a day. I noticed that the formula of this product is compatible with many of the face oils that I love using at night so these days I just add a few drops of my oils into the Frudia moisturizer and apply this mixture overnight. In my humble opinion, this method works like a miracle!
Buy: $19.99 for 55 g / 1.86 fl oz at FrudiaUSA.com and CVS.com.
Frudia Blueberry Hydrating Sheet Mask
For the days when I want my skin to look extra glowing, I've been using these hydrating sheet masks by Frudia. While these deeply moisturizing masks are not available for sale yet, I highly recommend keeping an eye on them as they are great for dehydrated skin. It's the middle of summer and many of us have been overdoing tanning so this mask comes handy when you feel that your skin need a deep hydrating treatment.
Similar to the rest of the Frudia's Blueberry Hydrating Line, this mask is infused with blueberry extract which ensures deep hydration. It also features grapefruit seed oil which is perfect for improving skin tone and making your skin look more radiant. The mask smells so beautifully, feels so luxurious on your skin, and transforms your dehydrated skin in a matter of minutes — it's hard to believe that this miracle product comes with such affordable price tag!
What's super unique about this mask is the application process. While the mask itself is your typical sheet mask, it actually comes with an additional layer which makes it easier to apply the mask. It seems like such a minor addition to the mask design, but it makes such a difference! You no longer need to look for the edge of the mask or figure out which way to apply it — the extra sheet makes it so much easier for you!
Buy: $1.99 each at FrudiaUSA.com and CVS.com.
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That was it for my review of the Frudia's Blueberry Hydrating Line. I hope this post was helpful for you and you were able not only to learn about all the benefits of blueberries for your skin and health but also explore some of the best products for the dehydrated skin. Stay tuned as I report on other skin care lines by the brand and educate you on why fruits are so essential not only for your health but also for keeping your beauty.
Meanwhile, I wonder what is your favorite fruit of all times? Do you use any fruit-infused skincare products on a regular basis? Please leave your thoughts in the comments area below!


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