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Europe: The UN-America
What does it mean to be European? The answer seems simple until you try to formulate it. The sad truth is that the current most important component of European identity is NOT being American. Like 7-UP was advertised as the un-cola, Europe is the un-America and this irritates U.S.-European relations.
I just returned from a week in the heart of old Europe and I can allay American fears. Most Europeans don't hate us. They don't think about us that much at all. Why should they? It would be vanity to think they do. And I encountered no real hostility. Of course maybe they could not easily identify my nationality. I can order alcohol in most Euro languages without a noticeable accent. Being a drunkard makes you a citizen of the world. But seriously, I tried to find out what it meant to be a European - without real success except to find that it was not being an American.
Look for a historic Europe and all you find are dozens of nations routinely at war with each other. Europeans most often got to know each other intimately only on battlefields. The bayonet was a weapon with a European on both ends.
The first and longest European unification - the Roman Empire - was a Mediterranean affair that spilled over into Asia and Africa, but hardly touched what is now the heart of Europe north of the Rhine and Danube. Until the advent of the EU only two leaders envisioned a united Europe more of less along the current lines. Both Napoleon and Hitler provoked fierce hostility and their plans crashed in ignominious defeat.
But Europe is a cultural area, right? European civilization was once a cultural area more or less coterminous with Christendom, but it later expanded to cover most of North and South America, Australian and Oceania and made inroads everywhere else so that now many key aspects of Euro civilization are more enthusiastically practiced outside the old continent. Think of the hallmark of Euro civilization, Christianity.
Europe is also not an ethnic or linguistic untiy. Major Euro language like English, Spanish, French and Portuguese have many more speakers on continents other than Europe. Ethnic? A Scandinavian is more likely to have family in the U.S. or Canada than in Greece or Spain and most Italians would find the cultures, traditions and architecture in Argentina or Uruguay more familiar than in Poland or Lithuania.
A nation is more than a state. Many states don't encompass nations and some nations (like the Kurds) don't have a state. Europe is well on the way to creating a state, but is still far from having the identity of a nation and must still define the nation by what it is not. For now, the European nation is the un-America. (It is also the un-Argentina or the un-Brazil etc. but those things don't come up often.) Un-America does not have to mean anti-American. As the Euro nation develops other markers, the need to be the un-American will diminish. I hope this happens soon.
European integration is in American interest and the European unity enterprise is truly exciting. But for now, the usually unacknowledged hurt feelings on both sides of the Atlantic add too much emotion, almost like sibling rivalry, to what should be normal disagreements between grownup countries.
Europeans and American have so much in common. Even a short visit to Europe reminds you of that. We don't want to lose sight of this no matter what the current tensions.
It is possible to be not America and still value the differences.


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The Henry St. John building at 301 South Geneva Street, named for Ithaca's third mayor, was a product of the second building boom of this neighborhood. Ithaca grew substantially in the 1910s and 1920s, and a new school was needed as a result. Built in 1925, the building was an elementary school for nearly 60 years. It was converted into apartments and offices in 1983, when the city's school-age population had shrunk due to suburbanization.
The style is Collegiate Gothic, a very popular look for institutional buildings at the time. Sage Hall, on Cornell's campus, is an earlier (and more ornate) example of this style. This building is cast concrete and brick. It has a thin limestone cornice and a brick parapet, in turn capped with a limestone coping. The main entrance on the west façade includes an open vestibule with a brick Tudor arch with a limestone keystone. The vestibule opening is flanked by stone pilasters surmounted by a limestone panel with relief sculpture and Gothic detailing. Many of these details are reflected in the building's other entrances. Most of the windows are aluminum replacements as part of the extensive remodeling work. All of the building's ground floor and second floor windows have limestone sills. At each façade, the brick is laid in running bond. A decorative soldier course topped with a rowlock course extends across all four façades just under the limestone cornice separating the wall from the parapet and across the west, north, and south façades, forming a lintel for the ground floor and second floor windows of the west, north, and south façades. Identical courses of soldiers and rowlocks top the foundation, just below the water table at each façade.
The architect was Arthur N. Gibb (1868-1949), an 1890 graduate of Cornell's architecture program who practiced in Ithaca for more than 50 years. Gibb, along with William H. Miller (1848-1922; for whom he worked) and Clinton Vivian (1861-1930; with whom he had an office), is responsible for an enormous percentage of Ithaca's landmark buildings.
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The two teen girls were in separate kayaks about 110 yards off shore when they saw the fin of the shark. The next thing they knew, the shark's teeth were just inches away from them.A neighbour heard screaming and called 911. Fortunately, the girls suffered nothing more than a good scare, while their kayak suffered small scratches and holes. One hole, pictured above by the Massachusetts State Marine Fisheries, suggests an exploratory bite by a great white, according to experts. A great white was widely known to be in the area, and the women had decided to paddle out and check the local seal colony, a decision they now admit probaby wasn't the wisest with a great white prowling around.
"We were just talking and paddling. And I look over to talk to her and it came completely out of the water and got the bottom of the boat and flipped her over and knocked my kayak completely over," said Ida Parker, kayak attacked by shark.
"I saw at least four feet of its head. Four feet of it came up out of the water," said Ida.
The shark went after Ida and her friend who were out kayaking.
"It bit through the boat, there are bite marks all the way through the bottom of the kayak," said Ida.
Apparently, the shark hung around the area for at least a few more days, and it appears to not have developed a taste for plastic.
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I doubt how many of today's monetary scholars have read Vera Smith's dissertation- The Rationale for a Central Bank? What must have been a must read some years ago is hardly part of any course these days. The thesis was written under Hayek's supervision and looked at reasons behind formation of various central banks. We take central banking for granted without looking at various ways in which they come in different countries.
Karl-Friedrich Israel has a piece in Mises Institute which looks at five reasons given by Smith for having a central bank. Smith gave these reasons during GOld Standard days. After many years, do the reasons remain valid?
In a time when Federal Reserve reforms are discussed more openly than ever before, it seems appropriate to also think about the more fundamental question of whether central banks are needed in the first place. In 1936, Vera C. Smith (later Lutz) published her doctoral dissertation The Rationale of Central Banking written under Friedrich A. von Hayek at the London School of Economics. Smith reviewed the economic controversies around central banking from the nineteenth to the early twentieth century in France, Belgium, Germany, England, Scotland, and the United States.
Smith made very clear that central banks are not the result of natural developments in the banking sector, but come into existence through government favors.
So what are the justifications for central banks? Smith identified five main arguments for central banks from an economic point of view. Although Smith has written with a gold standard as the underlying monetary system in mind, it is interesting to look at these arguments with the benefit of hindsight more than 80 years later. Has any one of the arguments actually made a strong or even conclusive case for central banking?
What are the five reasons?
- One: Uniform Distribution of Risk
- Two: Over-issue of Notes and Excessive Credit Expansion
- Three: The Lender of Last Resort
- Four: Central Banks as a Means to International Cooperation
- Five: Rational Monetary Policy
It is the fifth point which has led central banks to come to prominence:
The last argument gained attention in the post-World War I era and is indeed the most relevant for us today. Traditionally it has been the aim of monetary reformers to introduce automatic mechanisms of adjustment into the financial system. According to the fifth argument, however, it would be beneficial to pursue an active and rational monetary policy of controlling the volume of cash reserves and credit guided by "scientific criteria." A central bank would be indispensable for its implementation. The main policy tools would be discount rate setting and open market operations.
The abandonment of the classical gold standard and the introduction of a fiat standard has indeed given more power into the hands of central bankers and fostered the notion that central banks should consciously manipulate the money stock. Any argument or scientific criterion that requires monetary expansion of a certain magnitude is implicitly at least also an argument for fiat money and, a fortiori, for central banks.
The first criterion that has been held up as scientific was price stability. The money stock should be expanded at the rate of real economic growth to keep the general price level constant. However, as Vera Smith pointed out this criterion "has been suspect in theory and just as unfortunate in practice."
Modern macroeconomics that has developed after the publication of Smith's work has rationalized monetary expansion even further by arguing for a stable rate of price inflation instead of price stability. Yet, again no study has been presented so far that can be regarded as proof of the overall economic benefits of inflation. In particular no study has shown that the problems of moral hazard, increased systemic risk, perverse redistribution of wealth from bottom to top, and unsustainable inflationary booms are in any way offset by potential benefits of expansionary central bank monetary policy.
That there are benefits of central banking for certain groups is pretty obvious. Leland Yeager in his preface to the Liberty Fund edition of Smith's book pointed out that it is reasonable to suppose that central banks are valued today, among other things, for providing prestigious and comfortable job opportunities for economists. Nothing is so bad that it couldn't get worse.
The last para says it pretty much. Who better than economists to respond to incentives? Central banking jobs bring so much prestige with media and financial sector attention. Add several "government funded/subsidised perks and benefits" to make the package even better..


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Lets see what he has to say and inject a little reality into his ramblings.
First off he accuses his opponents of misdeeds with his trademark "complete lack of supporting evidence" ploy;
Here again, materialist apologists are misrepresenting what's being said - and missing the point.Such unsupported assertions only need pointing out - there is no evidence here to actually refute after all.
Within what bounds is life possible?Remember this bit folks, because it doesn't happen very often. He has actually started off in the right direction for once, but lets see how long his foray into the real world lasts. Note that the key word here is "life", not "carbon based life", not "carbon based DNA using life" and certainly not "human beings" or even "us".
This is absolutely the key point to grasp in this argument. A clear understanding here is crucial to helping us spot the nasty little trick he is trying to pull. Lets put that another way by setting up a rather crude but effective analogy to help us follow him as he ducks and dives through the arguments; What are the odds of winning the lottery? 13 million plus to one against. But hang on, despite these formidable odds someone does win the lottery every single day somewhere in the world, often at even longer odds than those quoted in larger lotteries than ours here in the UK. What does such a rash of hugely unlikely events prove about the existence of god?
"Nothing!", you say, and you would be correct.
Well now, let's look at this question from an individual lottery winners' point of view. The odds of this particular person winning are breathtakingly small and yet they have actually won. From Anderson's point of view this is clear evidence his particular god exists.
"It must be part of a plan!", he gasps.
Lets go back to his posting and explore more of his twisting and turning.
What are the ranges of values that various physical constants must exist within for us to exist?The crucial thing here is for us to spot that he has subtly switched from talking about "life" existing, to specifically talking about specifically us here existing on this specific planet now. He has switched from asking how often people win the lottery to making assertions about how unlikely it is for a particular named person to have won the lottery last week. Cleverly subtle and deceptive stuff.
Anderson subtly is out classed by just how wrong he is. He has led us into a basic mistake that high school maths teachers might choose to challenge their students with if they felt like it for a bit of a laugh on a slack day. Is he really daft enough not to be aware of what he is doing, or does he just run rough shod over reality to suit his own fundamentalist need to support his view that everything in the Bible must be true. A 6,000 year old earth, dinosaurs on the Ark and everything else.
So now you can see that whilst he can go to town all he likes with his coin-tossing-and-"what-are-the-odds?", -by-golly-it-must-be-God type arguments, his sleight of hand this week has been perpetrated right there at the beginning of his own argument. Mention life in general but then switch to us, specifically us, he he he, they will never notice, I imagine him chuckling like Dick Dastardly in the Whacky Racers at this point.
Perhaps we can better picture him as being more like a particularly crooked street trader. He has already safely palmed the only Queen and so his polished theatrical performance of "find the lady" is designed to steal our money with no risk of loss at all to him, he has rigged the game and just needs some "marks" or converts.
The key part of this whole discussion, which he has rather conveniently (and dishonestly) neglected to mention is the bit about how many different forms of life might be possible. In the context of our lottery analysis this is the equivalent of him neglecting to ask how many winning tickets are drawn over what period of time. A winner every week is the answer for the lottery analogy. The other key question he ignores is that of how many people are playing the lottery. Or back in the real world, the question of just how many universes there are out there where life might or might not have formed.
Just to be inconsistent Anderson does briefly use the generalisation "life" again in his argument, but he contradicts himself in such a way that we can tell that he specifically means "us" in this next bit;
The interesting calculation is to look at how narrow the boundaries are for the various conditions that make life possible.I suppose this is the equivalent of the card sharp using sleight of hand to briefly show us the queen card again before carefully palming it once more safely out of our reach.
Now Anderson should really know what he is talking about when it comes to maths you know. After all he does have a degree in it. Although sometimes he forgets this and instead claims it is a "science" degree just because it suits him, but that is another story.
Next we see another example of what is turning out to be his hallmark; he blatantly manages to contradict or disprove himself in the very same article he makes his original point in;
Because we are here, therefore we know that the right conditions for us to be here must exist, therefore the discovery that those conditions do in fact exist proves nothing.Finally he attempts to sneak this little gem in under the radar;
On the other hand, if scientists discover that the range within which life is possible is extremely small, then this is positive evidence for intelligent design.What evidence has he offered to support this possibility?
Nothing, nada, zilch, zero, diddly squat.
In fact he has studiously avoided discussing any aspect of this fascinating question at all. Why? So he can stick to his fundamentalist fairy tale, and not get himself tangled up with inconvenient little things like the the real universe, that's why.
Once again he has shown the logically bankrupt nature of his own position.
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Till next weeks steaming pile of manure.
PS the man himself as checked this blog out six times since his recent post, six times in 24 hours - perhaps he is keen to see where he went wrong?
Enjoy David.


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Wow, Jay saying Barry made the right move time-travelling? Things sure do change.
I should've figured they'd use Nora's actress to play Joan, since Henry is Jay. But it was really nice to see the Garrick's in live-action, as awkward as it was for Barry. Not sure that's the kind of "meet the parents" moment Iris was expecting either.
Those were some tight pants Ultraviolet was wearing .
So is this mysterious organization (Spyral?) using Metahumans going to tie-in to the mystery of where Sue is? Will they take over as the main antagonists of the second half after Bloodwork is taken care of?
I hope Cecile is a better Metahuman defense attorney then she was when she defended Barry. Although now I have to wonder how skewed the legal system has been against Metahumans all these years. Could also be an interesting conflict if Cecile represents one of the more established Flash villains or someone Joe is convinced is guilty.
Bloodwork feels so divorced from the overall Crisis and main plot that I completely forgot about him until the ending scene. I guess next episode is going to fix that by having Ramsey actually meet Barry. So can his miracle cure also "cure" death? Albeit by making the person into a zombie with super strength?
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I liked Ralph's line where he referred to the Monitor as a Asgardian cosplayer.
I would have thought that Barry would travel to some other worlds and see what was going on there and whether he could help but perhaps he feels that he can't take such risks when only he can save the world by dying in the crisis. Makes me speculate just what would happen if he died before the crisis. Perhaps it would cause the time stream itself to crash as there are only so many times it can be changed. Speaking of the episode nothing stands out except for bloodwork and Barry's interaction. Seeing that zombies are going to feature presumably wonder if blackest night isn't going to be name-dropped.
Relatively uneventful episode, but I liked it.
Barry's interactions with Ramsay were nice. Killer Frost too, although I am missing her voice effects.
I feel like Amy Pietz is too young to play Ralph's mother, but maybe she just looks good for her age.
So we get a new Wells in this Nash guy. He seems to have some contempt for the Council of Wellses. That's definitely something different, he's more out for himself and doesn't seem to want to help Team Flash at all.
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Piqua Daily Call
PIQUA — Mason Price was a picture of consistency.
Haley Krogman had a fun day with a close friend.
Both were crowned champions Wednesday at the Echo Hills Junior Club Championship.
Price was solid from start to finish in shooting nines of 42 and 41 to card an 83, good for an 11-shot victory over playing partent Evan Hensler.
"The thing I have been focused on is being consistent," Price said. "I was happy with the way I played."
He had a birdie on the par-4 fourth hole to help overcome a double bogey one one and triple bogeys on the par-4 eighth and par-3 15th hole.
"I still had a couple bad holes," Price said. "The birdie on four was nice."
Price had a three-shot lead at the turn and it grew to six when he parred the par-5 12th and Hensler triple bogeyed.
He pulled away from there.
"It is a good way (to get ready for the high school season)," Price said. "I was thinking about that. Last year, I played well in the Kendig to start the season and didn't play well after that. I have put quite a bit of work in. Hopefully, it will be different this year."
Hensler is playing on the boys golf team at Piqua for the first time this season, where Price will be a senior.
So, he was excited about his second-place finish.
"I was really surprised (to finish second)," Hensler said. "My score on the back nine (49) was better than I thought it would be. It was just a lot of fun to be out here with my buddies playing. I think it is (good preparation for the high school season)."
Piqua senior Kyler Kommer finished third with 99, while Covington junior Grant Humphrey was fourth with 100.
Another year's experience appears to be beneficial for both Krogman and Brooklynne Wright.
Krogman carded a 101 for a three-shot victory over Wright, who carded 104.
"I really enjoyed it," Krogman said. "I played a lot better than last year and the weather was nice."
Wright agreed.
"I played a lot better than last year," she said.
And the two made a great pairing.
"We have been friends since probably the third grade," Wright said. "So, it was a lot of fun."
Both girls went out in 49.
It was still tied with three holes to go.
"It was neck-and-neck the whole way," Wright said.
But, the tide swung when Krogman made a par on the par-4 16th to take a two shot lead and picked up a strike on the final hole.
"I really didn't know where we stood (score wise)," Krogman said. "It feels pretty good (to win). I think it is a good way to prepare (for the high school season). It was just a lot of fun."
And Price and Krogman added to the fun by winning titles.
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"Don't let the sanctuary crumble at the hands of humans," said network coordinator Nikom Putta, president of the Ping River Conservation Group.
The demonstrators then cycled around the Old City to raise public awareness about their cause.
The network is opposed to construction of residences for judges and court officials encroaching on forest at the foot of Doi Suthep.
After an initial protest, the government announced that the residences would instead be built elsewhere, but the campaign has continued in a bid to make sure the existing forest-encroaching structures are demolished and woodland rehabilitation takes place.


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If you read my blog, you will know that I recently completed a week on the Norwegian Cruises ( NCL) on their Norwegian Epic sailing around the Mediterranean from Barcelona and had a fantastic time.
As I have prior cruising experience with Royal Caribbean ( RC ) over the past 2 years on both their Allure Of The Seas and Navigator Of The Seas, I thought I'd put together a comparison.
First of all, both cruise lines are excellent, if anything my complaints are relatively minor, there were no major issues which completely spoiled my enjoyment of the cruise but I have a few suggested improvements that could make this better.
Please note that this isn't a comparison of the cruise itinerary as where you go is up to you, but is regarding the details of the ships and service provided.
Cabin ( Stateroom ) Size
For each cruise we had a Balcony Mini-Suite for a 2 person occupancy. The sofa of the "mini" suite provides the option of a third person occupancy.
The RC stateroom was wider and had straight walls, the area around the sofa, has a coffee table to sit and watch tv and it was possible to bring the kids in without feeling cramped.
The sofa bed could be utilised for a teenager or adult as it was certainly large enough.
However, on the NCL cruise, the walls of the cabin curved inwards on both sides. I expect that where ours curved in, facilitated the sofa or wardrobe on next doors etc.
As a consequence, the NCL stateroom felt much smaller and there was little room to pass each other or to sit at the sofa.
In fact, the sofa was used to hold the cases as there was no other space available for this as I'll elaborate that in a moment.
Cabin Configuration
The RC has a built in fairly standard shower-room, featuring shower, toilet and wash-hand basin.
This is located on one size of the door leaving the other side of the door free for cases, then the wardrobe.
However with NCL, their configuration is a separate shower cubicle to one side of the door and the toilet on the other, both of these are surrounded by opaque glass doors, which leave little to the imagination if you value your privacy.
To give a little more privacy, NCL have fitted a curtain divider abouf 5 foot from the door. This gives just that little bit more privacy as you do your business .. as long as you keep the music volume up!
Oh yeah, then there is that pesky wash-hand basin which is now located within the main area of the stateroom, further reducing the usable space.
In addition to the above, as NCL's configuration uses up more floor space, specifically the space where the cases would go on RC, then these have to be stuck somewhere else in the cabin.
In our case, we used the sofa bed which was then made redundant as a seating area.
With a 3 person occupancy, this configuration would be completely inadequate.
Excursion Cost
As a direct comparison, we had the excursions to Florence on this year and last years cruise. The bus journey from the port to the central Florence is 2 hours.
Quite a time out on a possible 10-12 hour visit, but the distance is obviously nothing to do with the cruise companies.
In both cases with that distance in mind, if you decided to visit a location as far away as Florence, then definitely book the organised excursion as they will hold the ship in port if you are delayed.
This is not the case with privately booked excursions and I have personally seen the ship leaving on a number of occasions as people ran from taxis to get aboard.
On RC the cost of visiting Florence was 80 dollars including a guided walking tour for the first hours then left to our own devices.
The similar excursion on NCL of Florence On Your Own without the walking tour is priced at 125 dollars, which I think is pretty expensive compared with RC particularly if you have a family to pay for.
The other NCL options were from 200 dollars up, which I think is excessive.
Fortunately the excursions are optional and having previously visited Florence on RC, we gave the NCL a miss and decided to stay on board and enjoy the benefits of a mainly empty ship.
Complimentary Dining
This is the dining that is included in the default package that you pay for.
In both cases, the quality and variety of the food was excellent.
The difference between RC and NCL is that RC has an organised seating plan and you have the same seat for the duration of the trip, although there are also tables available on demand and you have the choice to use their other restaurants including both free and specialty dining with a cover charge.
NCL's alternative is "Freestyle Dining" which they advertise as eat anywhere, anytime, when it suits you.
However, only 2 main dining areas which serve the same menu, on the Epic these are Taste and The Manhattan Rooms, the other dining areas carry a cover charge.
Although they do have a buffet on the top deck area which is open all day.
For both RC and NCL, we found that that the food in the main dining areas was so good, particularly the steaks that there was no need to eat elsewhere and the idea of paying 40 bucks to eat in their steak-house just seemed crazy as the steaks available with the complimentary dining were fantastic.
Specialty Dining Options
It has to be said that NCL's range of optional dining, usually for an additional cover charge from 20 to 40 dollars per head was eceptional with much more variety including Teppenyakki, Sushi, Italian than that available on RC.
However, as the main restaurant food was so good and varied, we did not feel the need to use these restaurants.
Formal Nights
This was our biggest disappointment of the trip, the complete lack of formal nights on NCL.
So there you are ladies and gentlemen, you've paid top dollar for an excellent holiday, looking forward to cruising the med and dining in style.
You've packed the long evening dresses, tuxedo, or kilt in my case.
You're looking forward to getting dressed up for the occasional formal night only to find that NCL doesn't do them.
"Wear what you like" .. they say .. and you do that .. But you're going to feel a right plonker if you're the only ones dressed up and everyone else is dressed casually.
In comparison, RC offer 2 formal nights per week, a reasonable amount in my opinion and there's nothing better than being dressed up and seeing everyone else do the same, it really does make the cruise feel special.
Service on both RC and NCL was fantastic, no complaints at all.
If anything my only observation was that NCL had more Philippine or Eastern European staff and cutting their costs.
But that is not to the detriment of the service provided which was excellent.
A nice touch of the RC cruise is that as you sit at the same table, the waiter and drinks waiter took note of our drinks preferences and would have our aperitifs waiting on our arrival.
A minor benefit of NCL's freestyle dining in comparison with RC is that having different waiters each night you didn't feel the need to provide an additional tip to the staff who had looked after you all week.
Service Charges
Both RC and NCL have built in service charges in addition to the cost of the cruise. You can either pay these in advance or they will be added to you're account for settlement later.
But there is no avoiding them and they should be considered in the cost of the cruise particularly if you have a family as its per person per day.
The daily standard service charge was similar.
Room Service
This is available on both cruises 24/7, however NCL charge just under 8 dollars per order for the privilege compared with it being free except for alcoholic drinks on RC.
The NCL charge seems unnecessary but time is money and with the range of dining options available, I expect that most people would only use this in particular circumstances. i.e. ill, hungover, having a romantic duvet day!
Last year on RC, my kids made the most of the free service, ordering pizza, steak at all hours and loved it.
Both RC and NCL have fantastic Broadway style shows.
This year NCL featured performances from Cirque De Soliel and Burn The Floor which are both top of the range Vegas style shows that tour independently and not only part of the cruise line.
In addition, although RC provided 3 or 4 "casual" entertainment, such as piano-bars, acoustic sets, nightclubs etc. NCL probably topped this with the addition of a Jazz and Blues Bar, Comedy Club etc.
The quality of the entertainers on both lines were excellent.
Another bug-bear against NCL was that our minibar was not only locked, but anything that we used would have been charged even although we had their ultimate drinks package.
In comparison, as we also had the drinks package on RC, our mini-bar was included in the cost and would be topped up by our stateroom staff each day if we used anything.
Haven VIP
NCL have an area reserved for "VIP's" at the front of the ship, upgraded room, prime sunbathing areas with upgraded loungers etc. Private bar and restaurant areas.
There is obviously a cost associated with this, that's business.
My gripe is that there were some areas on the sun-deck which looked interesting which were unavailable to us "ordinary" guests particularly on days were the ship was at sea and sun loungers and space were at a premium.
I'm unaware of RC having this to any sizable extent apart from the odd "owners suite" etc.
My point is, why advertise "Freestyle Cruising – eat anywher, anytime time" then spoil it by having division?
To most people probably the most important aspect of the cruise, in our case we booked well in advance with RC at a cruise only price and had a late booking with NCL and got a deal with the drinks package included.
If we compare brochure prices RC is 10-20% more expensive on a like for like basis .. but remember that cabin going to be smaller.
The late deals we found for both RC and NCL were similarly priced, we chose NCL as the dates and itinerary suited us better, the last minute deal including the drinks package was a bonus.
We had a great time on both NCL and RC have no doubts about that, both lines are provide an excellent service and we thoroughly enjoyed our holidays.
However, if we were looking again and all things were equal on cost and itinerary, we would probably choose RC.
Realistic Improvements
I say realistic, as I wouldn't expect NCL to alter their cabin configuration on existing ships, but there are some small do-able changes would make the difference.
NCL – Add organised formal nights in one of the complimentary dining restaurants on 2 nights per week. People don't have to go if they don't want to, but those who do would have the option.
NCL – Remove mini-bar charges
NCL – Remove room service charges


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Posted by Super Admin on Monday, January 9th, 2017 at 4:03pm.
Business is booming at Soaring Hawk this winter. In what is supposed to be our slow season we just keep putting more homes under contract including a 2,200 sq. ft. Harrier on Lot 13 that we have only the footings completed so far and a 2,000 sq. ft. Merlin on lot 14 that we sold as soon as we put it on the MLS before even starting prep work on the lot. Here is a shot of the view from Soaring Hawk 13.
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Finding cofounders · Technical co-founder
Hi guys,
I'm reaching out for some advice regarding getting a technical co-founder on board. I have an idea, done the research and would like to get cracking on an MVP. Any solid tips on what I should be asking them? What I should be looking out for? Red flags? Is it possible to 'trial' a working relationship to see if we are a good match?
Overall, I'm looking for someone who has very similar intentions as me... build a great product that solves a problem.
This is my first time doing this, so any advice would be much appreciated!
There are software development companies like mine who would love to be a part of an idea that solves problems.
If you want to trial a software development company or a tech person, make sure your MVP IS minimum viable product.
I've seen MVPs that are far from minimum with so many features which can be added as the project progressed. The bigger the MVP - the more risk you take partnering up with someone.
Also, do NOT agree fees on hourly basis - make sure the MVP is clear to understand and make an agreement for fixed amount of money AND a deadline. Make sure you have terms clearly defined and your partner (co founder or a development company) ticks every box.
Since everything is really a human problem more than a technical problem focus on their passion. Folks that are heavy engineers tend to be introverts so finding one that is not is hard. There is nothing wrong with an introvert though so don't hold that against someone. Focus more on do they connect with the problem your business is going to solve. Can you feel a fire in their spirit per-say.
The most important thing is the human connection to the problem as well as similarities in some areas and different opinions in other. The worst thing you could do is bring someone on board that continues to be in the group think mentality. You need some diversity in thoughts or at least someone who is willing to play devil's advocate from time to time.
Ask the individual behavioral questions about previous experiences that might align to your business's solution or problem area and how they solved it as well as how they dealt with failures. Failures are important. You will have a lot of them in the early days of a startup.
Hope this helps. I know I spewed a bunch of things here.
Shoot me an email at email@example.com - I am a technical person and might be able to help you out.
Kris Estigoy According to my opinion the best approach, getting technical founder is find some one who tells you what to do, not ask you what to do.
In any business/start up? The team is the most important. The best way to get a very good technical cofounder is through connection. I mean maybe friend of your friends, that solves the trust issue a bit and it also depends on the person. If he or she is hardworking or lazy. If the person gas the same drive as you or not. Well there a lot of things to consider so becareul
Ask for a trial run.
Though suggestion can be to go along with someone whom you mutually know. There can be an initial trust you can build upon.
Ask them about the projects they have done. How dedicated are they to technology? Why are they the only option you should go with?
All the best to find your perfect partner.
Let me know if I can be one.
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Scenario Design
A while back Mythic started up a thread regarding scenario feedback shortly after the release of 1.4.1 – when the scenario line-up was shaken up the second time since the institution of the new scenario system. The thread focused on what players were happy to see changed in terms of the scenarios removed and the ones added. A few players have suggested an even spread of the different types of scenarios so players have a greater choice. I wanted to take a quick look at the different types of scenarios and ask you, my readers, if you had the power to design a new scenario, what would be your ideal design.
Domination: The first category we have is the domination scenario – a scenario that is won by capturing and holding various objectives and slaughtering the enemy. The majority of scenarios in WAR have been domination with varying points of capture, typically those with more points were less popular as they created a situation where you spent more time looking for the enemy.
- Double Point Domination – Of this category we have a few scenarios: Khaine's Embrace, HighPass Cemetery, Twisting Tower, and Logrin's Forge. The first two tended to be most popular due to their smaller size allowing for pitched battles between the two points.
- Triple Point Domination – Nordenwatch, Gates of Ekrund, the Ironclad, and Dragon's Bane. Of this sub-category, we have some of the most popular scenarios in WAR. All the maps are relatively small and the three-point capture system allows for a rotation of battle and a variation of tactics. Whereas two points lead to a tug-of-war fight in the middle, three-point captures offer a few different approaches.
- Four/Five Point Domination – Reikland Factory, Blood of Black Cairn, and Thunder Valley. Here we get a mixed bag. Reikland Factory became popular due to its unique interior design and fast pace which complemented the new scenario emblem/insignia grind (however before the introduction of new currency the scenario wasn't as popular). Blood of Black Cairn and Thunder Valley on the other hand proved to be maps which were too large and although could have some fun fights, the size made finding the enemy a larger part of the scenario.
Capture-the-Flag: The second category is the capture-the-flag scenario – a scenario that is won by one realm capturing an item and either delivering it back home or to other locations. While the category is highly popular, it suffers the set-back of having the stronger realm take advantage of the mechanic by capturing the flag and not turning it in or choosing to not capture it and spawn-camp/renown-farm the weaker opponent.
- Stone Troll Crossing, Phoenix Gate, Talabec Dam, Black Fire Basin, Grovod Caverns, Serpent's Passage, and Howling Gorge are the scenarios in this category. Typically the most intense fights in this scenario revolve around the central location where the flag is located. Once this fight is resolved it is up to the victor to decide if they want to follow the mechanic and take the flag to its location OR if they want to renown farm and choose to not pick up the flag or pick it up and hold onto it. Certain scenarios have built in expiration timers on the flags, but until a penalty is put on the realm for holding the flag too long, there is no way to force players to observe the scenario mechanic.
Murderball: The third category is the murderball scenario – a scenario where players accrue points by capturing an object and holding onto it for as long as possible; more points are granted generally for killing players while holding onto the object.
- Mourkain Temple, Tor Anroc, and Maw of Madness are the three scenarios we have in this category. The scenarios have the plus of ending quickly should a realm choose to pick up the murderball and accrue points quickly by holding onto it.
King-of-the-Hill: Fourth we have the king-of-the-hill scenario – a scenario which is won by dominating a single objective, which in some scenarios can shift.
- Single Point – Doomfist Crater, The Lost Temple of Isha, and Caledor Woods are all scenarios fought over one location. The problem with these scenarios was that it was always hard to dislodge the enemy from the single location and most importantly, single locations generate points too slowly making for a drawn out scenario.
- Rotating Points – Reikland Hills, Battle for Praag, and Gromril Crossing are all scenarios fought over one point at a time, but once the point is captured the battle shifts. Reikland Hills has a random mechanic behind it rendering it the least popular of the King-of-the-Hill series, but for many players the remaining two rotating points scenarios make for the most popular scenarios in WAR.
Deathmatch: Lastly we have the deathmatch scenario – a scenario won by killing the enemy. One can argue that every scenario is a deathmatch, but by pure technicality only one scenario of this variety exists.
- The Eternal Citadel is the only deathmatch scenario that exists in WAR and it is incredibly popular both for being a 6-man scenario, but also because there is but one goal, and that is to kill which is made all the easier with the smaller size.
So my question to you my readers, what is your favorite category of scenarios? If you could add or remake a scenario mechanic what would you do? What unexplored mechanics can Mythic still implement?
March 25, 2011 at 5:26 AM
Being cynical, I'd say Deathmatch. Players just want to kill each other and scenario objectives are pretty much ignored and just get in the way of things (e.g. one group deciding to actually focus on the objective (rare!) whilst another try to spawn camp. Groups get split, wiped and lose.
Being fairer though, I like Caledor Woods, Serps Passage & Phoenix's Gate, when the the fight is even and both sides realise that actually winning the scenario is going to reward them.
I really liked an idea Zizlak posted about a while back where the message was "The purpose of a scenario should be to win it as a fast as possible, not as slow as possible." http://doomdiver.wordpress.com/2011/02/17/old-scenario-stories/
March 25, 2011 at 9:05 AM
Yeah, I would probably have to say deathmatch too. The other reason EC was so popular (besides it handing out emblems like candy) was that a bad scenario was over really quickly. Plus, even if you were vastly outclassed, you could usually get one or two kills in by punting in to the abyss, so it wasn't a complete 500-0 rout.
On a side note, does it say something that my (and many other people's) favorite SC is the one that is over quickly?
March 25, 2011 at 9:39 AM
If I had to design a scenario?
The Sacellum (sp?): Deathmatch.
This is a 6 or 12 man SC, shaped like a gladiator ring about four times the size of the Eternal Citadel. Spawning works like the EC, with players kept in separate areas, and a portal moving them to a random gate of 6 possible entrances (all functionally the same). Despite being a gladiator's ring, there are three levels to the stage, with open access to the others.
The highest levels are four platforms circling the ring, with double ramps to access. They have no railing, but provide a place for RDPS to fire upon most of the surrounding area. Each platform has an Altar of Favor for one of the chaos gods. More on this later.
The ground floor is cut by a trench system, with bridges over the trenches. There's nothing special here, save that it's in between the trenches and the platforms.
the trenches are about 2 characters wide, and weave through the ground floor. At the center, there is a pedestal with an Orb of Control. If the he Orb of Control is picked up, the player carrying it must bring it to one of the Altars within 30 seconds or be slain by the rage of the Chaos Gods. If they carrier cannot make it in time, his death grants no points to either team, but the fury that slays him also knocks all players on the ramps into the ring. If the carrier manages to bring the Orb of Control to one of the Chaos God's Altars of Favor, the following will happen:
Altar of Khorne's Favor: All players are filled with an insatiable bloodlust. (+80 Weapon Skill, +10% damage)
Altar of Nurgle's Favor: The trenches fill with sewage, forcing all players in them to be swim, as the toxic fumes ruin them (movement debuff, -80 toughness)
Altar of Slaanesh's Favor: Heady fumes fill the arena, causing players on the ground level to react slower and become entranced (-80 initiative, -600 armor)
Altar of Tzeentch's Favor: All players are made vulnerable to the warp, and gain a -180 resist debuff to all resistances.
All buffs/debuffs last for 15 seconds, and the Orb takes 1 minute to reset.
March 25, 2011 at 12:03 PM
Give me Eternal citadel without dying when you fall down the hole. Seriously, winning because you punt better sucks. Note though that I played a Knight almost exclusively during those weekends and always kept moon punt slotted 😉
March 25, 2011 at 12:38 PM
Id say the EC is my favorite as well do to the head to head fight as well as if you get a crap one its over quick enough to move on to bigger and better things.
If I could design one, I would like to see some sort of pve/pvp where theres ways to interact with the map ie khanines embrace or something that can help to turn the tide if you are up against a rr90+ premade. I don not mean runing around the map capping bos like in Thunder Valley.
I would love to have more options in an SC as to how and where the fight will take place. Ledges for Ranged, catapults to fling players across the map, tunnels and shortcuts. Levers to activate lava rivers or spikes from teh ceiling.
The spice of life is variety, variety, variety.
What about maybe a Hamburger Hill type of situation
March 25, 2011 at 12:43 PM
Just had another idea. How about an EC type of situation but instead of a bottomless pit, its a deathmatch fight in the middle of a large crowd. The crowd could sway its advantage towards the under dog (as determined by the points). Maybe even close in on them making it a smaller fighting area. if you try to run you get pushed back into the crowd or knocked down. The crowd would be interactable (is that a word? lol) Say you get punted into the crowd wall, they might devour you and kill you or they might bounce you back into the crowd. They could give you a debuff or a buff randomly as well. Seems like there are a ton of things you could do. Make it happen Eka!
March 25, 2011 at 1:10 PM
My personal favourites are Khaine's Embrace, Nordenwatch and The Eternal Citadel with the latter being the king of all scenarios for me. It's fast, fluid, fun, visceral, good for fights, good for grinding- simply put- perfect.
March 25, 2011 at 9:30 PM
Eka, you've become quite the rage for WAR blogging 😛
March 28, 2011 at 5:28 PM
Ugh, I hate the Eternal Citadel, it's easily my least favorite scenario. I'll always opt for a scenario with something more to it than 'deathmatch on an open platform'. Alternate exits from the spawn, a more diverse playing field, and objectives that can be captured/completed while the enemy is sitting at your spawn point trying to farm renown are absolutely essential to a good scenario. Unlike 'Syrioq', EC ends 500-0 for me much more often than not, and there's little I can do to change that in a PUG. (no punt on a WH)
Personally I would keep making 3 and 4 capture point Domination scenarios. I love Nordenwatch, The Ironclad, and Reikland Factory. The Ironclad and Reikland Factory both have spawn point/exit design issues, but I always have more fun than I do in a scenario like EC.
I'd love more than anything else to see improvements to the matchmaking system, worthwhile siege at the spawn point, working spawn point guards, and some new mechanics to give an undermanned/undergeared side a fighting chance when they inevitably come up against the high-RR premades. I don't think spawn-camping is all that much fun for anyone.
March 29, 2011 at 10:04 AM
Funny you say "I don't think spawn-camping is all that much fun for anyone". While I agree that I dont like spawn camping, it seems that we can never get order to pull back from the destro spawn and likewise I have never seen Destro pull back from camping us.
So for me, when being camped, I go on boycott in the WC. No point in me feeding them free RRs. When Order is camping Destro, I try and stay back and hang with the healers. Its a damn shame, because I end up hurting myself renown wise so its frustrating.
March 29, 2011 at 6:11 PM
True enough, but participating doesn't necessarily mean that they are enjoying it. I think most of those players, given an option that is either more fun, or more rewarding, would opt not to spawn-camp. For example, if capturing flags and delivering bombs rewarded 2000+ RP to any friendly player nearby instead of ~100 RP, you might see more players interested in the objectives. Especially when the team getting camped starts to turtle and hide behind their guards. This could also lead to the dominant side splitting up their force, creating an opportunity for the underdogs to get a few kills.
I think the ideal scenario would actually have multiple ways to win, with the most rewarding way requiring a team to split their force. Either to defend multiple points, defend and capture, or collect multiple 'flags' at the same time. It's really just a matter of removing the incentives to camp, and rewarding behaviors that make the game more fun for everyone.
March 29, 2011 at 9:53 PM
I like that idea. I have always wished the objectives had more utility.


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You could make a good argument for certain days being the best "sports days" of the year. Super Bowl Sunday seems as much a national holiday as any other day, for instance. The Olympic diehards might have a case due to the global scale and rarity. But, for my money, the opening days of the NCAA tournament have been just about as fun as any other.
Many young men could not begin to tell you the plot line of Cinderella or anything about glass slippers or muster up any verbal expressions of love in an anniversary or Valentine's card, but with all the eloquence of Cyrano de Bergerac could rattle off who George Mason knocked off in '06 en route to becoming a true "Cinderella story." Yes, this time of year is what they call March Madness – the NCAA men's basketball tournament. You know it's started when your husbands start using ridiculous phrases like "Yeah, baby!" and "Diaper Dandy" not because they've found some new-found enthusiasm to connect with your children, but because their new best and most annoying friend-for-the-month is now Dick Vitale.
March Madness always falls during the season of Lent in the church year. It's a season that carries a very different kind of enthusiasm. And yet some parallels remain: It's a long journey with a very specific climax. There's a thorough weeding out process to see who has "IT" to make it through to the end. And there is a heart-warming, last-minute victory….a true Cinderella story.
Some of you may have already guessed, I'm talking about a man on a cross. However, I'm not talking about THE man on the cross. As the embodiment of God himself, it wouldn't really be accurate to refer to Jesus as any sort of Cinderella story, although his victory did come as a surprise to all but himself.
The one I'm actually talking about here is the buzzer beater story of the man next to Jesus on the cross.
Technically, the Gospels tell us there were two men next to Jesus, on either side. And according to Matthew's Gospel, they BOTH hurled insults at Jesus as they were placed upon their crosses with him (Matt. 27:44).
But a few hours is all it took to melt one of their hearts. Seeing the ridicule that Jesus faced despite his obvious innocence and hearing his humility and grace despite the unfair circumstances (Luke 23:24), one of the criminals changed. If I witnessed firsthand a man face what Jesus faced and yet be so willing to forgive, I think I might be compelled to think he was beyond mere human myself.
Whatever moment it was that the Spirit penetrated the still-living criminal's dead heart, without a doubt, it did happen. He couldn't take the mockery of Jesus anymore. He started expressing real fruits of faith as he rebuked those who insulted Jesus. To the other criminal, he said, "Don't you fear God, since you are under the same sentence? We are punished justly, for we are getting what our deeds deserve. But this man has done nothing wrong." (Luke 23:40-41) Then the criminal turned to Jesus and said, "Jesus, remember me when you come into your kingdom." (v. 42) At this, Jesus promised, "I tell you the truth, today you will be with me in paradise." (v. 43)
The implications of this dialogue are many and deep. For starters, the immediacy of heaven for the departed is taught here (i.e. "today"). The fact that entrance into heaven cannot be predicated by human merit is clearly taught here (i.e. how many "good works" do you honestly think the criminal racked up before he passed away?). The simplicity of doctrinal understanding to be a saved child of God is evident (i.e. how many Bible passages do you think the criminal could legitimately recite or to what degree could he expound on complex doctrines). For our purposes here today though, I'd like you to dwell on one point….as long as there is still breathing and brain waves, there's still time.
If, upon the criminal experiencing Jesus for a few short hours, the Holy Spirit is big enough to operate on the heart of a hardened, wicked unbeliever who had been sentenced to state execution, don't you dare think that God's Spirit isn't big enough for the challenge of operating on the heart of your atheist father, gay brother, suicidal sister, or apathetic husband. They will experience Jesus through you.
I'm not going to offer you promises of false hope, but I'm also not going to allow you false, ungrounded pessimism either. You and I have both seen God accomplish way too much to ever be pessimistic about what he's capable of.
Upon Jesus' cross, your sins, my sins, and all sins were paid for. Mere feet away from that cross, arguably the most well-known last second victory ever was won. But it won't be the last. There's still time.
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Arsenal goalkeeper Petr Cech has spoken out in the aftermath of the 2-1 loss to West Brom on Satuday, claiming that the Gunners were the better side over the course of the game and that they were unlucky to leave the Hawthorns without a point (via Arsenal.com). The Czech Republic international had a frustrating night between the sticks as he was let down by defensive errors for both of our goals. In the build up to the first goal James Morrison was allowed to make an unchallenged run and for the second Mikel Arteta turned an otherwise harmless ball into his own net.
Cech, who has been one of the standout performers for us this season, was understandably not happy with the result and made his feelings clear. He said, "I think we don't want to take credit from West Brom but across the 90 minutes we were the better side. We had chances and a lot of opportunities and we were unlucky as we scored an own goal. Apart of that, we were on top of them and looked like the side that was going to win the game, even in the second half.
"I thought when we had the penalty that we would still have a chance to search for the third goal but it was one of those games where it was not going our way. But I like our reaction and although everything went against us a bit, we kept going until the last minute and were still creating opportunities. We have to regroup and continue working."
Defeat against the Baggies was a bitter pill to swallow, not only because they are a Tony Pulis side but because it was our own mistakes that cost us the game. After a stellar run of results in October, Arsenal were widely expected to continue strongly in the Premier League and further apply pressure on the top spot. Instead, we find ourselves back in fourth and with worsening injury problems heading into the packed holiday season. Let's hope that the West Brom game was indeed an aberration and the players rediscover themselves before next weekend's game.
We've got some relatively easy fixtures coming up by Premier League standards, and should be in an excellent position by the time we play Manchester City on the 21st of December. We obviously thought our trip to the Hawthorns was more than winnable as well however, so we need to get our heads screwed on straight and focus on getting back in the race for top spot – easier said than done obviously.
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Posted: March 31, 2015||
The undisputed success of YOKKAO 12 and YOKKAO 13 frenzy continues with everyone still talking about the fights. [caption id="attachment_767" align="alignright" width="300"] YOKKAO 12 Muay Thai UK Kris Addis vs Jake Barton[/caption] The magical evening saw the fighters produce an unforgettable site for the audience while officially launching the YOKKAO UK Ranking and the first round of fighters. Based on a point score system, YOKKAO UK Ranking is valid only in YOKKAO UK Ranking fights or official YOKKAO events with a committee composed of promoters Stefania Picelli, Brian Calder and YOKKAO distributor for UK and
Posted: March 29, 2015|Categories: Feature Content|
For a few months now, a rumor began of a new promotion by YOKKAO Boxing enabling it to generate what will become the strongest great community to the world of Muay Thai. Today it is Official: Shortly announcing the first date of the YOKKAO GAMES. The YOKKAO GAMES are the latest innovative promotion by YOKKAO Boxing that will push athletes, fans and martial artists beyond their limits through training programs which will be known as YOKKAO Workouts, designed by famous Muay Thai and functional training coaches. [caption id="attachment_751" align="alignright" width="370"] YOKKAO Games strength and conditioning equipment[/caption] YOKKAO Workouts will be made
Posted: March 23, 2015|Categories: Feature Content
Fully packed and sold out, YOKKAO 12 and YOKKAO 13 sent fans into a frenzy with two of the biggest Muay Thai events of the moment, held all in one night escalating emotions to it's peak. YOKKAO 12 and YOKKAO 13 on March 21, the date you could not miss. Key members of import from Muay Thai UK community were present ringside, celebrities, promoters, owners of the best gyms, fighters, coaches and fans of combat f
Posted: March 21, 2015||Tags: yokkao uk , muay thai , jordan watson
A sudden change in direction at YOKKAO 12 Fight Card : Fight between Jordan Watson and Sanny Dahlbeck is valid for the Official World Title YOKKAO 70kg. During the press-conference of YOKKAO 12, Jordan Watson accepted Sanny Dahlbeck's challenge agreeing to put his YOKKAO World Title on the line and fight for it. In the event of victory by either side, a rematch is already scheduled at their respective home country: if tonight Sanny Dahlbeck wins the title, Jordan Watson will fly to Sweden to win back the YOKKAO Belt. The atmosphere is growing in excitement every minute..see ya tonight in Bolton! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hrG154kpDII
Posted: March 21, 2015||Tags: yokkao uk , pakorn pk muaythaigym , muay thai video , muay thai , liam harrison , jordan watson
YOKKAO 12 and YOKKAO 13 Weigh-in took place yesterday at Mezzanine Macron Stadium in Bolton. ** YOKKAO 13 Weigh-in Results ** [caption id="attachment_696" align="alignright" width="300"] YOKKAO World Title: Jordan Watson vs Sanny Dahlbeck YOKKAO 12[/caption] - 65 kg YOKKAO WORLD TITLE PAKORN 64.55 kg LIAM HARRISON 64.89 kg - 57 kg BERNISE ALLDIS 55.50 kg TANYA MERRIT 55.95 kg - 59 kg KEITH MCLACHLAN 58.60 kg PAUL KARPOWICZ 57.90 kg - 67.5 kg STEVEN LONG 67.2 kg JOHN KAUFMAN 68.8 kg - 70 kg JOSH TURBILL 68.5 kg JACK COOPER 67.7 kg - 61.5 kg CHRIS WHITTLE
Posted: March 19, 2015||
The entire Muay Thai community cannot wait for YOKKAO 12 and YOKKAO 13. If you are a Muay Thai lover, open your Facebook, Instagram or Twitter account and easily see what everyone is talking about. Saturday 21st of March, the most anticipated event of the year will take place again in the UK with a matchmaking that will rock your world: The current World Champion of YOKKAO Pakorn PKSaenchaimuaythaigym, nicknamed "Golden Boy", one of the [caption id="attachment_685" align="alignright" width="400"] YOKKAO 12 - YOKKAO 13 Weigh-in[/caption] boxers whose gains at present the largest purse on the Thai circuit, will defend his title against Liam Harrison. Liam is the only foreign
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YOKKAO 12 and YOKKAO 13 full fight card have been dropped on Facebook and Instagram generating interest all around the world. The nearly sold out Muay Thai event of the year is attended by 360 degrees of the public: the most highly influential characters of the UK Muay Thai community, journalists from the Independent alongside famous actor Warren Brown all set to be present ringside at the event. YOKKAO 12 and 13 YOKKAO will impress the public escalating emotions dictated by the striking matchmaking of promoter Brian Calder and Stefania Picelli: YOKKAO World champions Jordan Watson and Pakorn, Liam Harrison, Sanny Dahlbeck, Karim Bennoui, Darren O'Connor, Stephen Meleady, Bernise Alldis, Tanya Merret and all the YOKKAO UK ranked fighters will mark a page of Muay Thai history. Doors open at 15:45, show start at 16:45. If your lucky to find some tickets, then we will see ya there to be part of History! ** YOKKAO 13 ** [caption id="attachment_673" align="alignright"
Pakorn cancels all his fights in Thailand in preparation to defend the YOKKAO World Title at YOKKAO 13!Posted: March 02, 2015||
The news is confirmed: the most requested and highest paid fighter of Lumpini canceled his upcoming fight schedule in March to devote himself entirely to defending the YOKKAO World Title 65kg scheduled for Saturday, March 21st in Bolton vs Liam Harrison. Previously scheduled to fight vs Singdam Kiatmoo9 on 6th of March, 2015 and the 30th of March vs Jomthong


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Scratch Night returns in February 2019! Philadelphia Magazine listed FringeArts' Scratch Night as the 2017 "Best Place to Discover the Next Theater Star!"
FringeArts' long-running works-in-progress series, Scratch Night is an opportunity for artists across disciplines to share brief excerpts of works in various stages of development in an informal environment. Attendance is free, but RSVPs are encouraged. Beginning in February 2019, Scratch Night will take place monthly through July, with three Festival Preview Nights (Scratch Nights previewing upcoming Fringe Festival works) in August.
Moving forward, Scratch Nights will each be hosted by an individual artist who will work with Artistic Producers Zach Blackwood and Katy Dammers to select artists. The artist hosts will then chair the evening, introducing artists and providing context for their presentation.
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Thursday 6th February, 2014
Thought I would make an early start today got a lot to do if I'm going to perfect my walking. Bit of a disappointment though daddy came and got me and just took me to their bed. How am I meant to perfect my walking there? I rolled around and made a fuss and eventually everyone had to wake up. Now daddy is back home with us, having breakfast. We want his breakfast instead of our mush! Mummy won't allow it though, she just keeps shovelling that stuff in our mouths while he sits there with his fancy cereal, so unfair. Thank goodness mummy has finally taking notice of our cries and today gave us a bath. This was much nicer and more civilised. Who on earth wants to stand on a freezing cold bath and be hosed down first thing in the morning? Not me that's for sure! I had a lot of fun splashing around with my sister and it was lovely and warm. I do hate getting dressed after though. I would much rather sit and look out the window and see the ducks and the dogs.
Today we went and met our friends Jack and Ethan. We always have fun with them. This was the first time I've seen them since I can walk and it was great fun. I went up and down the ramp into the playroom.
Last night I didn't want to go to sleep, I thought I would see what all the fuss is about given my sister is ALWAYS up. It wasn't that exciting to be honest. Mummy disappeared she had funny things on her ears and looked different. Daddy put me in the high chair while he made some dinner and I didn't even get to eat any of it. Then he put the TV on and there was some boring thing with lots of men running around and shouting. To be honest I would rather have been in bed thankfully eventually he took me and I got my head rubbed too bonus! We saw Grandma and Grandad on the computer today which was nice. Although grandma kept getting up and down which was weird. Me and my sister climbed up on the chair and looked out the window. It was fun until my sister fell down and got stuck! Whoops…
Friday 7th February, 2014
This morning I was so tired and mummy didn't even notice! So I went and sat by the cupboard where my dummy's are kept, and I had a little cry. It worked, I got one! Then I went to the bedroom and tried to get into my bed but its a bit big for me to climb up onto. Eventually she got the message and we had a lovely sleep. It wasn't enough for me though, I was pretty exhausted all day. Playgroup wasn't that fun today. I really just wanted to sleep! Does anyone have any idea how tiring being a toddler is? Not to mention how much my mouth hurts, it's horrible. I don't want to eat and my bottom is sore 🙁 Tonight I was very upset. Mummy fed me my dinner while I was on her lap. Grandma was on the computer talking to us, but I just wasn't in the mood.
I had fun at playgroup today, I was showing off my walking skills and shouting my new word ''da'' at everyone. Everyone seemed very happy with me! When we got home mummy didn't get Polly out of the seat. She was asleep but I don't know why! So I got on the sofa and shouted at her, but she didn't move, so I climbed on her, but still nothing. Then Grandma came on the computer and told me to get down. Boring!
Monday 10th February, 2014
I am very poorly, my sister is too. It's really horrible. Mummy keeps disappearing into the bedroom and daddy was here all day not just at dinner time. He played lots of games with us but we weren't really interested. We were allowed dummy's and blankies all day though! Much more fun than when mummy is in charge! My nose runs all the time and mummy or daddy keep blowing it. It's horrible. We got chocolate this afternoon, the little round ones that Grandma Garber gave us, that was nice. Last night I stayed in bed with mummy. I got to rip up magazines and toilet rolls and jump over mummy, even though I didn't feel well it was a lot of fun! My sister was with daddy. She was very miserable today. Even when I gave her blankie. I like to take things to my sister, even when I'm not well I can do it. Mummy gives me something and I ask for one for Stella too and I take it too her. I'm a big help to mummy, she is always saying thank you and giving me kisses so I know I'm doing well. I like to help with the sweeping and putting the chairs back. Sometimes we move the bin too, it looks better in the living room. Sometimes I try and pick up the big box of books daddy bought us, but its too heavy for me, it makes me cry as I try and carry it to the rug. Mummy comes and takes it from me.
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Stella & Polly Crowley were born in Amsterdam in November 2012. They liked to "write" a diary of their daily developments from birth and their exciting adventures in Amsterdam. Here is a small extract from their diary written at around the age of 14th months. They now live in Cheltenham with their parents, Simon & Cheryl and are 6 years old.
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British Grand Prix Live : Let's be honest, the 2019 Formula 1 season has been a bit of a snoozer. Or at least it was, up until Red Bull's Max Verstappen executed an unthinkable, career-defining drive to swipe the win from Ferrari's Charles Leclerc in the dying moments of the Austrian Grand Prix two weeks ago. Now, we're definitely excited to live stream the 2019 Formula 1 British Grand Prix.
British Grand Prix Live
The F1 2019 schedule reaches its 10th race of the season Sunday, the British Grand Prix in Northamptonshire, England. ESPN2 returns as the TV channel that will broadcast this weekend's Formula 1 race, with a start time of 9:05 a.m. ET on Sunday. The British Grand Prix also can be live streamed via the ESPN app.
The British Grand Prix in 2019 returns to the iconic Silverstone Circuit (where it will stay for the next five years). The 18-turn, 5.891-kilometer course hosted the first ever Formula 1 World Championship round back in 1950 and remains one of the fastest tracks on the F1 schedule. Sunday's British Grand Prix is scheduled for 52 laps and a total distance of 306.198 kilometers. This will be the 70th British Grand Prix, making it the race with the most appearances in F1 history over the Italian Grand Prix (69)
The British Grand Prix is the oldest on the F1 calendar, and Lewis Hamilton will be looking to become the most successful driver as he targets a sixth win in Northamptonshire.
Pierre Gasly claimed a morale-boosting fastest time in opening practice as Red Bull challenged Mercedes at the start of F1's big British GP weekend.
Although on faster tyres compared to second-fastest Valtteri Bottas, Gasly's late-session flyer of 1:27.173 was 0.456s ahead of the the lead Mercedes and could serve as a timely early confidence-booster for the Frenchman after a difficult start to his Red Bull career.
Sky Sports F1 will continue to show every race for the Formula One season, from first practice through to the race.
If you have Sky, tune into channel 406, while Virgin Media subscribers can go to number 506.
Sky Sports customers will also be able to watch all the action via the app on their mobile, computer and tablet devices.


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According to official statistics, China's economy has grown at an average rate of about 7.5% in recent years. But PhD Copper says something has gone awry with the Middle Kingdom's command style economic model. China is the world's largest consumer of copper. If Copper prices are plummeting, the odds are China has something to do with it. The red flag that copper prices are sending on the Chinese economy is also being confirmed by the weakness in the Shanghai Composite Index. The performance of Chinese stock prices don't seem to correlate with robust economic growth.
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The performers who were scheduled to be on the CITY STAGE on Union Street will now be moved inside Barrington Stage (on 30 Union Street). Also, Berkshire Rocks Youth Jam, scheduled to perform on the City Hall steps will now be located at the Underground Pub inside the Crowne Plaza.
Other than that, everything is still a go! North Street will remain CLOSED, from 4:30pm - 8pm so that you can check out all the outdoor vendors, artisans, and foodies who will be setting up on North Street.
We've got tons of things going on for this first Third Thursday of the year, from great shopping deals at all the great stores, fantastic food, noteworthy performances, hula-hooping, a happy birthday party for the YMCA, bouncy castles, great works of art, margaritas & a live radio show, a midnight showing of Pirates of the Caribbean (I'm out of breath just typing this up, and that's not even half of it!) -- a little rain isn't going to stop us!
Come out downtown to enjoy all the great things Pittsfield has to offer!
The City Stage on
Union St.
Performers from this stage will move inside to the Barrington Stage Company.
5:00 pm – 5:30 pm
Students: Veronica Beaupre, Leslie Tayi, Caroline, Brianna Rogers, Molly Amuso Reid Middle School
5:30 pm – 6:00 pm
Terpsichore Dance Center
6:00 pm – 6:30 pm Winners of the
Youth Commission Talent Show Pittsfield
Cooper Gangemi
Zach Amet
6:30 pm – 6:45 pm YMCA announces the Youth of the Year + Raffle winner + Sing Happy 125th Birthday – Michelle – Please not change in time
6:45 pm – 7:00 pm Youth Alive
**Please note that drumming with Aimee and the Interlopers performance will be omitted at this location - see below for their new location**
5:30 pm -5:35 pm
Reid Middle School Students Perform Let's Move Dance America
5:45 pm – 6:15 pm Falcetti Music Band
6:15 pm – 6:45 pm
Berkshire Singers
6:45 pm – 7:00 pm Sneak Peak of PHS's production of
7:00 pm – 7:30 pm Drumming with Aimee
7:30 pm – 8:00 pm
Albany Berkshire Ballet
City Hall Steps will move inside to their Rain Location at The Underground Pub @ The
Crowne Plaza
The Interlopers
Open Mic
A Fate Forgotten