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Venoct (Japanese: オロチ Orochi) is an Rank S, Lightning-attribute Yo-kai of the Slippery tribe and the Goriki tribe in Yo-kai Watch 4.
In Yo-kai Watch 2, Venoct is one of the Yo-kai required to unlock Poofessor.
He also has Rank SS Awoken form called Venoct Awoken (Japanese: 覚醒オロチ Kakusei Orochi), exclusively in Yo-kai Watch: Wibble Wobble.
Video games
- Yo-kai Watch: Befriendable Yo-kai.
- Yo-kai Watch 2: Befriendable Yo-kai.
- Yo-kai Watch 3: Befriendable Yo-kai.
- Yo-kai Watch 4: Befriendable Yo-kai.
- Yo-kai Watch Blasters: Befriendable Yo-kai.
- Yo-kai Watch Busters 2: Befriendable Yo-kai.
- Yo-kai Watch: Wibble Wobble: Playable Yo-kai.
- Yo-kai Watch: Medal Wars: Playable Yo-kai.
Anime series
- Yo-kai Watch anime series: Recurring Yo-kai.
- Yo-kai Watch: The Movie: Minor Yo-kai.
- Yo-kai Watch the Movie: The Great Adventure of the Flying Whale & the Double World, Nyan!: Major Yo-kai.
Venoct has snow white skin and golden eyes, with long and dark teal hair that covers most of his face, tied into a ponytail with a sky blue ponytail holder. He wears a dark purple kimono with a black overcoat hanging off his waist, tied with a white belt. He wears black shin covers and fingerless gloves, as well as straw sandals. Around his neck's an azure, wisp-like scarf with tails resembling dragon heads. He is 140 cm tall (About 55 Inches).
The Yo-kai Ukiukipedia features a version of him with a black knit hat that has the Slippery tribe emblem on it.
In EP053, Venoct was a human with long black hair which was parted covering one eye, hazel eyes and slightly tanned skin and his dark purple kimono which has his sleeves torn off and tied with a white belt with the cute bow-tie and has black arm warmers, as well as straw sandals.
Extremely serious, stern and stoic, Venoct's a fighter through and through, and doesn't make friends easily. However he is also extremely honorable and would never break the few bonds he's forged. Even his initial interaction with Nate/Katie is cold and standoffish, with him rebuffing any ideas that he might be their ally. By the time of the showdown with McKraken, however, he has warmed to the player enough to give them his Yo-kai Medal. He also seems to not like being a Yo-kai due to his tone of voice in EP053.
Venoct is staunchly loyal to the late ruler of Springdale's Yo-kai World, Ancient Enma, and he agreed to protect his son, Lucas, by erasing his memories and blending him into the human world. In Yo-kai Watch 2 it's revealed that this is because he lost a duel with Ancient Enma.
While he shares some traits with his counterpart Kyubi, he lacks that Yo-kai's arrogance and manipulative nature. Also unlike Kyubi, his personality is left largely intact in the transition to the anime, where his serious disposition makes him seem very intense when compared to the more comical characters in the show. Besides assisting the heroes alongside Kyubi to stop McKraken's forces in the first game, in Yo-kai Watch 2, Venoct is the second in command in the Bonies army, the same position as Kyubi in the Fleshies army. In Yo-kai Watch 3, both Venoct and Kyubi are partnered when summoned to Yopple Inc.
In the anime, during his quest for revenge, Venoct initially annoyed Nate and Whisper with his constant appearances. However, during episode 54 they seemed to feel sorry for the Yo-Kai. Nate seemed impressed when Venoct defeated Rubeus J's entire army with ease, and accepted his medal as a token of friendship.
Jibanyan was the first one to whom Venoct confided his plans of revenge. Although Jibanyan barely listened to him at first, he clearly began to warm to the powerful Yo-Kai, as shown when he called for him in episode 52 and wished him luck in episode 54.
In the anime, he and Kyubi are partnered together as part of the handsome group of Yo-kai, as well as in the Y-1 race. In the third movie, they team up and try to fight Narwail, only to be quickly overpowered. Both Yo-kai are seen with Snottle in some of these occasions, although Snottle's habit to pick his nose disturbs them, and even gets caught them on it unwillingly.
In the anime, Venoct despises Rubeus J. In the last episode of his miniseries, it shows that he died as a human boy when Rubeus caused his village to be engulfed in flames, killing all of his friends and family. Venoct, who wanted revenge, turned into the Yo-kai he is now.
Upon first meeting Jerry, Venoct finds him annoying instead as Jerry compliments the Yo-kai and finds him as cool. However, when Jerry started to pull Venoct's dragon scarf and used it as a jump rope, Venoct gets irritated, and also got to the point where he wanted to kill Jerry, but was stopped by Nate many times.
Yo-kai Watch
Venoct is befriended automatically in the final chapter of the game's storyline.
Yo-kai Watch 2
In Yo-kai Watch 2, talk to a boy in the book store to activate the Bony Spirits exclusive quest "Enma and the Serpent"
- Talk to an old man near the grave behind the Shoten Temple.
- Talk to Flushback in the Yo-kai World.
- Talk to Venoct on Mount Wildwood Summit at night.
- Fight Venoct to finish the quest.
- Wait 1 day after the Quest to battle him again to befriend him if possible. You will not be able to use food items on him.
Yo-kai Watch Blasters
Venoct can sometimes be befriended during the mission "Serpent Corps, Dark Assassins.". He can also sometimes be befriended via the use of his boost coin.
Yo-kai Watch: Wibble Wobble
Venoct can be freed from the Crank-a-kai.
Yo-kai Watch 3
Venoct is befriended through the request Seeking the Strongest Opponents!, available from the Detective Agency after completing Chapter 10 and upgrading the Yo-kai Watch to Rank S.
Yo-kai Watch Busters 2
Upon clearing the 10th chapter Venoct will be able to be battled daily at the Busters Camp Beach.
Yo-kai Watch 4
Venoct is automatically befriended in a key quest in Chapter 10.
Game data
Yo-kai Watch: Wibble Wobble
Yo-kai Sangokushi
Yo-kai Watch Wibble Wobble
Attribute tolerance
| Tolerance of attribute attack
Strong × ⇒ △ ⇒ - ⇒ ○ ⇒ ◎ weak
Blasters stats
- Freed from the Crank-a-kai (Yo-kai Watch Wibble Wobble), "You rescued me... Perhaps I should acknowledge your abilities..."
In the anime
Season 1
He makes his debut in EP050. He tries to get revenge on a Yo-kai by searching Nate's hometown, going by the name of Rubeus J. When Venoct meets Nate, he solemnly explains what the Yo-kai looks like. Jibanyan noticed it, and then he gets scared since he resembles the Boss Yo-kai.
In EP051, he depicts where Rubeus J's lives and who he lives with. Everything he talks about resembles Nate's house, Nate's parents, Nate himself, and Whisper.
In EP052, he depicts Rubeus J's minions. They resemble the Springdale Elementary students.
In EP053, Jibanyan was ready to confess he is Rubeus J until the real Rubeus J showed up. He explains how he became a Yo-kai and angrily beats Rubeus J and his minions. Rubeus J admits defeat, but he describes a Yo-kai who is more powerful than him, that being Hardy Hound. Venoct thanks Nate and gives his medal before flying away. Jibanyan waves goodbye, but Nate and Whisper are worried that his next victim may be Komasan.
Season 2
In EP094, he, Kyubi, and Dandoodle are among the victims in Hailey Anne and Usapyon's mystery.
He is first summoned by Nate in EP109 to prevent housekeeper Got It Maid from launching the missiles that would have annihilated Earth. He successfully breaks her shield, but there was no need to punch her as her 24-hour timer beeped. Thus she stopped was she was doing, gave Nate her medal, and left. Venoct, Nate, and Jibanyan were speechless for moments until Whisper returned healthy.
In EP119, he, Kyubi, and Snottle compete as a team in the Yo-1 Grand Prix. They are defeated when Nate uses a Cuttincheez's stink rocket on them forcing them to pick their noses and crash into a rock.
In EP120, he's recruited by Sangokushi commanders Komasan and Komajiro. He proceeds to slaughter a tiger, but Komasan proves the tiger is friendly and he gets annoyed when bitten by the tiger.
In EP138, he is summoned by Nate, along with Kyubi, Robonyan F, Lie-in Heart, Snartle, and Shogunyan to attack El Gutso.
- His English name, 'Venoct', is a combination of venom, another word for a deadly poison or toxin, and oct, a prefix meaning "eight".
- His Japanese name 'Orochi' is taken from Yamata no Orochi.
Venoct is based on Yamata-no-Orochi , the eight-headed serpent that terrorized Japan during the age of mythology, and demanded young maidens in sacrifice. The god Susanoo, who had been exiled after a dramatic fall-out with his sister, the sun goddess Amaterasu, rescues the princess Kushinada before she's sacrificed to Orochi, defeating him by offering him eight barrels of sake then cutting off the heads of the inebriated beast one by one. After he slayed the snake, he cut off its heads and tails. As he cut the fourth tail, his sword broke and he discovered the legendary sword Kusanagi-no-Tsurugi within the serpent's corpse. Susanoo gave the sword to Amaterasu's to earn forgiveness, and he was once again allowed into the realm of the gods. The sword became one of the three Imperial Regalia of Japan, along with the mirror Yata no Kagami and the jewel Yasakani no Magatama.
Venoct's appearance might also be based on Orochimaru, the former pupil and rival of the legendary ninja Jiraiya (see Ogama#Origin), and master of snake-summoning magic.
- In Yo-kai Watch, Venoct uses the assertive, masculine 'ore' first pronoun but, in the second game he instead uses the more polite/neutral 'watashi'. The reason why this happens is because of the events of Yo-kai Watch 2 which made him change along with some other Yo-kai.
- In English version of the game and the English dub of the anime, Venoct and Nate shares the same voice actor (Johnny Yong Bosch).
- In M03, Venoct is shown to be able to evolve into Illuminoct despite this not being possible in the games.
In other languages
|More Languages
|Portuguese (European)
|Venocto (Brazil)
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- Venoctobot
- Sakura Orochi
- Tsukimi Orochi
- Horror Orochi
- Goku Orochi
- Orochi (Shadowside)


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Fitchburg State celebrates International Month in November
Fitchburg State University will celebrate International Month in November with lectures, film screenings and celebrations of the campus community's multicultural heritage. All of the events are free and open to the public.
The festivities start Monday, Nov. 4, with a celebration of Diwali, the Hindu festival of lights, in the main lounge of Hammond Hall, 160 Pearl St., from noon to 3 p.m. Also on Nov. 4, Fitchburg State alumnus and current Harvard University teaching fellow Michael Miner will present "Solving the Iranian Riddle: Diplomatic and Security Challenges for American Foreign Policy" from 3:30 to 5 p.m. in Ellis White Lecture Hall in Hammond Hall. Miner's talk is sponsored by the University's Center for Conflict Studies and the International Studies minor.
Students can learn about the opportunities for overseas education at the study abroad fair from noon to 4 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 6 at the Hammond main lounge.
At 3:30 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 7, there will be a screening and discussion of the Italian film "Seven Beauties" (1975) at 3:30 p.m. in Ellis White Lecture Hall in Hammond Hall. Also Thursday, the University's Latin American Student Organization and World Integrated Nations chapters will host a dominoes tournament at Hammond Hall.
Students can learn about international careers with an information session at 3:30 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 13 at the Miller Oval in Miller Hall, 230 Highland Ave. Career Services Director Erin Kelleher and Fitchburg State alumni will lead the session.
The international tapestry of Fitchburg State will be celebrated with "Represent Your Flag" at 4 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 14 at the Hammond main lounge. The event is sponsored by LASO, the Center for Diversity and Inclusiveness and the Office of International Education.
Faculty member Benjamin Railton (English Studies) will present the lecture "Two Wrongs and a Right: What the Chinese Exclusion Act Can Teach Us about America" at 3:30 p.m. Monday, Nov. 18 at Ellis White Lecture Hall in Hammond Hall.
There will be an international potluck dinner and poetry slam on from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 20 at the Falcon Hub in Hammond Hall.
At 4 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 21, Faculty member John Paul (Economics, History and Political Science) will introduce the film "Earth" (1998) and lead a post-screening discussion at the Fitchburg Public Library, 610 Main St. The film is presented as part of the University and library's Third Thursday film series. Admission is free. Also on Nov. 21, there will be Indian cultural performances starting at 7 p.m. in Percival Auditorium in Percival Hall, 254 Highland Ave.
The month's events conclude Monday, Nov. 25, first with a lecture at 12:30 p.m. by faculty member John Paul entitled "Highlights on Gandhi's Experiment with Non-Violence" at the Center for Teaching and Learning in the Amelia V. Gallucci-Cirio Library.
Also on Monday, Nov. 25, the University's Humanities Department and World Music Studies will host Israeli folk singer Shuly Nathan at 3:30 p.m. The concert will take place in Kent Recital Hall in the Conlon Fine Arts Building, 367 North St. Admission is free. As a beloved national singer, Nathan is known to have a warm, loving contact with her audiences, having people join her in singing and enjoy her wonderful storytelling about the songs and their bond to the rising of a new nation of Israel.
The final event of International Month will be a talk by faculty member Luis Rosero (Economics, History and Political Science) on "Protecting Against Financial Crisis: The Effectiveness of International Reserves in the Latin American Case" at 3:30 p.m. Monday, Nov. 25 in Ellis White Lecture Hall in Hammond Hall.
For more information on the International Month events, contact Professor Eric Budd.

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About Miarestate Hotel & Spa
Miarestate Hotel and Spa is a luxurious 5 Star hotel and spa situated in the heart of Haga Haga, Eastern Cape, where every detail receives the utmost attention.
Miarestate has nine luxurious rooms to offer guests as well as a log cabin. The restaurant at Miarestate allows our guests to experience the true meaning of 5 Star service, where every guest is made to feel like they are at home through-out their stay with us.
Miarestate Hotel and the Spa at Miarestate invites you to indulge in a world of luxury with beautiful surroundings, tasteful finishes, attention to detail and an endless supply of comfort. Allow our passionate and highly trained team of professionals the opportunity to afford you a memorable and life changing experience that will leave an everlasting impression in your mind.
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Just when we thought we finally understood the scores of smartwatches and fitness bands in the market, along comes these guys, 3Plus with a new smartwatch and a few connected wearables that will launch at CES 2016.
3Plus, a developer and manufacturer of smart wearable devices, will introduce four new connected products at CES 2016 that are compatible with both iOS and Android platforms and have corresponding mobile apps.
New 3Plus Time Smartwatch
"Today, a wristwatch is more than just a means to know what time it is and the day's date," remarked Jerry Galya, 3Plus vice president of sales.
"Digital technology has taken wristwatches in a whole new direction and 3Plus is right at the forefront with many innovative technologies. Our newest wearables are available at a variety of affordable price points depending on what features you are interested in. From the most basic smartphone notifications and fitness tracking, to advanced heart rate monitoring and call answering, 3Plus offers it all."
Other 3Plus wearables to be unleashed are:
This connected fitness wearable tracks steps taken, calories burned, distance traveled, duration of sleep, and sleep cycles. It even has daily life reminders such as when to wake up or take your medicine.
The 3Plus Swipe HR combines the best features of a smartwatch with an activity tracker to create a life tracker that is ready to go at a moment's notice. It tracks steps, distance, and calories burned. It also keeps track of daily meals via MyFitnessPal, as well as sleep quality, including periods of deep sleep and restlessness.
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I often start my day with this healthy Raw Granola.
Shop bought Granola is usually full of sugar. Even natural sugar such as honey should not be eaten in excess. It is also heavy on grains, especially oats. I prefer to eat a lower carbohydrate breakfast as I find that it keeps my energy levels much more balanced during the day.
Ingredients (1 portion)
- Handful of nuts – I use pecans and/or macadamias
- Handful of seeds – I use pumpkin
- Handful of coconut flakes
- 1 tbsp chia seeds
- 1 tsp ground flaxeeds
- 1 tbsp coconut oil – melted
- 1 tsp hemp protein powder
- Fruit – your choice – berries, pomegranate seeds, chopped banana or pear, grated apple
- 1/2 tsp cinnamon
- 3 tbsp yoghurt of choice
- Milk of choice – as much as you want to gain desired consistency
- Blitz the nuts, seeds, coconut flakes and chia seeds in a food processor. Or you can chop well by hand. You can make up multiple portions of this mixture and keep in a jar in the fridge.
- To serve add all other ingredients and stir well.
- You can always make up the dry ingredients the night before so that it saves time in the morning.
- Enjoy!


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A troubled second here last year, Michael E. Kisber, Bradley Thoroughbreds and Nelson McMakin's Watsdachances found a smooth road to success in Saturday's $150,000 Galllorette Handicap at Pimlico. The Chad Brown mare was bet down to 2-1 favoritism following the scratch of morning-line choice Hard Not to Like, and duly obliged with a strong late charge to overwhelm Emotional Kitten.
Watsdachances had not raced since finishing fourth to stablemate Stephanie's Kitten in last September's Flower Bowl Invitational, but that was no deterrent. In addition to Brown's high strike rate off the layoff, the bay had turned in a superb effort in defeat when reappearing in the 2014 Gallorette. On that occasion, she lagged far behind the early pace, encountered traffic trouble at a crucial juncture on the far turn, and flew once clear to miss by a half-length to front-running Somali Lemonade. Watsdachances subsequently stepped up in trip, winding up third in the Matchmaker and fourth in the Glens Falls prior to the Flower Bowl.
Resuming over the 1-1/16-mile distance that arguably suits her best, Watsdachances was anchored off the pace but in the clear on the outside. Up front, Oscar Party led the way through an opening quarter in :23 3/5 seconds. British import Token of Love, a bit fresh in her U.S. debut, then took over and established fractions of :47 2/5 seconds and 1:11 1/5. Emotional Kitten challenged Token of Love in upper stretch and subdued the longtime leader, only to have Watsdachances swoop on her in turn beneath Javier Castellano.
Finding the superior turn of foot, Watsdachances won going away by a length in a final time of 1:40.79 -- just off the course record of 1:40.32 set by Precious Kitten in the 2007 Gallorette. That won't be the only mention that Precious Kitten gets on Preakness Day, for she's also the dam of Divining Rod, the Lexington Stakes winner with an outsider's shot in the middle jewel of the Triple Crown.
"I was kind of worried a little bit," said Castellano, who will also ride Divining Rod. "Hard Not to Like, she scratched. I didn't see much speed in the race. Usually my horse comes from behind. I don't want to change anything. She hadn't run for eight months. She put me in a good spot in the race. I didn't want to be too far back or too close to the pace. I think I put her in a good spot in the middle to give me a good run and she did. She did excellent today and she galloped out beautiful."
"She's a horse that always gives her all," John Batter of co-owner Bradley Thoroughbreds said of Watsdachances. "Coming in we didn't think there was a lot of speed. We wanted to be a little closer today. She's usually a deep closer. Coming home, we let her run and she did it for us. She came in training really well and we were confident in her ability to run in this race."
Emotional Kitten crossed the wire 1-1/4 lengths clear of Sistas Stroll, who was also in the thick of contention -- sandwiched between Emotional Kitten and Token of Love -- before tiring in deep stretch. Bocaiuva rallied from last to fourth, despite a checkered passage and a lost whip. Token of Love faded to sixth in the 11-distaffer field.
Watsdachances, who returned $6.80 to win, improved her resume to 16-5-4-3, $707,088. Imported after a six-length maiden romp at Navan as a juvenile, she made a winning U.S. bow in the 2012 P.G. Johnson at Saratoga, added the Miss Grillo, and finished best of the rest behind Flotilla in the Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf. Her sophomore campaign featured placings in the 2013 Sands Point, Lake George and Lake Placid before an overdue score in the Summer Secretary late in the season at Aqueduct.
Bred by P.G. Lyons in Ireland, Watsdachances RNA'd as a weanling at Goffs November. She was produced by the winning Entrepreneur mare High Finance, who is herself a half-sister to Group 3 victress Reunion.


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"One thing I do know and that is to take little steps. Steps which are short enough and yet long enough so that God is visible to my eyes and so that He can light up my path."
~Julia von Bodelschwingh
When Aaron called the Lavusi office yesterday afternoon to find out when the little cargo ship was headed back to Honiara with all of our boxes from the villages, he learned that the ship had gone to a different island instead of the Russell Islands. We're hopeful that by next weekend, we'll have our boxes and buckets (with contents ranging from our dirty sheets and towels to my precious - but huge - Bible that I've had since I was a teenager). Little steps it is, as we wait for God's perfect timing on all of the things that need to be sorted and packed for our departure.
Since Friday night, Honiara's power has been off more than on. We laugh because our solar power in the village is often more reliable than the electricity at SITAG! Our communication with the outside world may be spotty if the power continues to fluctuate. And the food that I put in the slow cooker this morning for an easy meal might not be cooked in time for an early Sunday supper. But at least with all of the rain yesterday and today, the temperatures have been much cooler and managing the lack of electricity has been relatively easy.


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Recently I got the chance to talk with former AC/DC bassist Mark Evans about his new book, "Dirty Deeds: My Life Inside/Outside of AC/DC." He was a fascinating interview. I can't wait to read his book. The interview was a long one so let's get right to it.
Mark Evans: Hey Bob, how are you doing man?
Zoiks!: Pretty good, thanks for taking the time to do this.
ME: No, thank you very much.
Z!: I'm really excited to read your new book "Dirty Deeds: My Life Inside/Outside of AC/DC," what made you decide to write this book?
ME: One of the main motivations for writing "Dirty Deeds" was that over the years while I've been playing, so many guys show up at gigs and have shown me so much support over the years and always ask, 'what was it like being in the band? What was Bon Scott like?' These people are genuinely interested in what went on in the early days of AC/DC. They've been supporting me for so many years, I thought I'd write the book and put them on the inside as to what it was like back in the early days when the band was starting off, touring here in Australia and touring the UK. It's just me putting something back into the pot for all the kindness I've been shown over the years.
At the time when I was writing it I needed something to immerse myself in, it was a project I could just throw myself into and I've been approached by a couple of publishers saying, 'I want you to do this.' Initially it started off as me writing a book about my time in AC/DC, but it's grown into a complete memoir of my life. I've had a fairly unconventional childhood and some interesting stuff has happened anyway. So yeah it is a full memoir and it was just a real interesting/intriguing period writing the book.
Z!: How long did it take you to write the book?
ME: I did in bits and parts really. If I did it in one long stretch it'd probably take me the best part of eighteen months to write it to do it. It's written straight out of my memories and feelings. Like I said it's an amazing process to go through.
Z!: When you were in the band, could you feel that massive world wide success coming?
ME: I don't know if you could be as definite as that, but I definitely knew the band had big things in front of it. I don't think anyone from when I was with the band would imagine that we'd still be talking about them 35…best part of 40 years later. No one in their right mind would think the band…we knew the band was going to work and we were really confident to the point of being arrogant about it. No one would have thought that in 35 years the band was going to be the biggest back catalogue-selling band in the world, bigger than the Beatles. You'd say get out of town. We were all very confident. We were certain the band would work. From the first day I sat down to play with the guys, you could feel it. I just knew what it was suppose to be. We knew it was going to work, but to the scope of how it was going to work, no one could have guessed that.
Z!: You were in the band from about 1975 to 1977?
ME: Yeah about two and a half years, a relatively short time in the timeline of the band.
Z!: You released three albums during that time frame, did you ever leave the studio?
ME: (Laughs) That's interesting you say that. One of the first things that come to my mind when I think about AC/DC is our work ethic. We worked hard man. We were always gigging, always working, pretty much constantly. The way we recorded the albums I worked on, there was an album here in Australia called "TNT" which made up half of the "High Voltage" album internationally, "Dirty Deeds," and "Let There Be Rock." All of those albums were recorded under the same situation. Each album was recorded in a two-week block. The first week the tracks would be recorded and written in the studio. The second week would be for mixing, vocals and guitar solos. Some bands take longer than two weeks to record a track these days.
The first week when we're recording the backing tracks the songs were actually written. We'd go into the studio and Angus (Young) and Malcolm (Young) would have some guitar ideas, some riffs, Bon might have some lyrics prepared, the songs were actually written in the studio. We never actually did any demo recordings either. We would record the whole album in a two-week period.
Z!: What was Angus and Bon like in the studio?
ME: For the first week when we were recording the backing tracks, we didn't see too much of Bon really, because he'd be sequestered away in another part of the building working on lyrics. We'd get the ideas down on tape and he'd take a cassette and start thinking up the lyrics.
With Angus, he was exactly like he was always in the studio. The guy was like a real live wire; he had plenty of energy dancing around the place. When we were in the studio it was business as usual. That band's work ethic was full on and in the studio it was a harder situation too because of the tight schedule. No one really changed going in the studio, we were all pretty much the same. We were all part of AC/DC and it was the only band we wanted to be in, I can tell you that.
Z!: AC/DC has a very definitive sound. Was that something Angus and Malcolm consciously worked towards or did it just kind of happen?
ME: That's an interesting question. The only way I can answer it, I think particularly Malcolm and Angus had an idea of what they wanted to produce, but the way AC/DC sounds is the way they played, it wasn't manifested or constructed in anyway, that's just the way we play. Angus and Malcolm are an amazing two-guitar set up; I don't think there is a better guitar duo in any other band. I'm a little biased of course, but that's just the way we sounded, there was nothing manufactured about the band, there was no bullshit about the band. I think you can really tell when a band is being dishonest. That's why the band draws so many fans; it's a straight rock n roll band without any crap. It's a very honest band, that's just the way we sounded. Sure you can pick the direction to go in, but that's just the way the band sounds man, that's just AC/DC, always will be.
Z!: Angus, Malcolm and Bon and then later Brian (Johnson) have always sort of been the face of the band. Phil Rudd has always been an underrated drummer. What was playing with Phil like?
ME: I'm glad you called him underrated I think he is too. I think Phil is indispensible. Phil is just an amazing drummer. To me he's the greatest rock n roll drummer I've played with for sure. I've seen the band a few times without Phil in there. No disrespect to Simon (Wright) or Chris (Slade) the guys who were playing in the band while Phil was taking a break. Listening to the band without Phil in there doesn't necessarily sound like the band to me. I'm probably the worst one to comment on it, because whenever I hear the band in my head it's always got Phil playing. Phil was just the heartbeat of that band. There's no better rock drummer around…Charlie Watts maybe? Simon Kirke who used to play in Free is another great rock drummer. I know Simon Kirke when he was in Free and Bad Company he was a really big influence on Phil. You're exactly 100% correct, Phil is an amazingly underrated drummer. He's the pulse of the band.
Z!: What was your relationship with Bon Scott like?
ME: It was good. It was pretty much impossible to dislike Bon, he was just a really warm character, a real gentle soul, a very well mannered…just a cool guy. He could be a handful when he got a few drinks in him, let me tell you. I think Bon, no I know that Bon felt a responsibility and a duty towards his image to the Bon Scott persona, the hard ass, heavy drinking, knock around sort of guy, and that was definitely part of him, but it was only a part of him. I've heard Bon say quite a few times that he was a great bunch of guys and he really was. He'd become that bigger than life character on stage, but off stage he was very ready to split from the band and get off and do his own thing.
He was ten years older than me, when you're nineteen and someone is twenty-nine, that's a big gap. He was from a different generation; he was a bit of a hippie. He may have had the denim and the leather and the rock n roll boots on, but there was a hippie inside that guy. He was a wonderful, warm human being. As far as singers go, he's the front man of the band. When you're the front man of AC/DC and Angus is riding shot gun for you, that's an amazing thing. When Bon passed on and Brian's done an amazing job, but Angus has become the front man of the band, and that's great. When Bon was here, Bon was still the front man and if you can manage that you're doing really well, you've got a strong character there. Great guy man and I miss him dearly.
Z!: You mention that he was a different generation than you guys and you mention in your book that he considered doing a solo album, was that something he ever brought up with the band and what do you think that album would have sounded like?
ME: I don't think he ever mentioned it to the rest of the guys in the band. If there had been a band meeting where Bon brought up that he wanted to do a solo album…I would have liked to be a fly on the wall for that one. That could have been explosive (laughs). Actually that would have been interesting. When he did mention the solo album idea to me, I must say it was after a really big dinner and a night out and it was really late/early in the morning with quite a few drinks in us. I don't know how far along he was with developing it. He certainly had in mind the guys he wanted to play with. From what he was telling me was that he definitely had a couple of guys he had spoken with to play on it.
He really loved bands like Lynyrd Skynyrd, those southern rock bands. He would have made an album somewhere in between Lynryd Skynyrd and AC/DC. There would have been plenty of guitars, but there would have been a touch of southern rock in there for sure. I wouldn't think he would have mentioned it to the rest of the guys in the band, maybe to Phil in passing. It was something he wanted to do and he felt he was at the stage where he possibly could get that done, but yeah it would have been a great album man, would have been very interesting in deed.
Z!: What was your relationship with Angus and Malcolm like?
ME: It was pretty much the same as anyone else. There was a stage mentality around that band. When you joined the band you took on the persona of the band which basically meant that you didn't really think too much of any other bands around. Our social circle outside the band was pretty tight, that sort of came from the way that Angus and Malcolm did things. They tend to be fairly private individuals. Once you're in the band you're close to them. At the start it took a little while to get to know the guys, but they've never been the most outgoing guys and that's just the way they are, their personalities are like that.
I think over the years, while they really do respect their privacy, I think it's been misconstrued sometimes. They're in a business where privacy is usually sought; you're usually out there promoting or something. Those guys wanted to do it their own way and their in a business where privacy is not usually the norm, but that's the way they do it and they do tend to be a bit reserved. What they've done is a winning formula, they're just amazing and I have all the respect in the world for them.
Z!: I was trying to do research for this interview and I was trying to figure out why you were kicked out of the band and the only thing I could find was that you were too nice. Do you know the reason why you were kicked out?
ME: (laughs) I've read that quite a number of times. When the split came there was a fair amount of tension in the band. We were on the road doing a European tour supporting Black Sabbath. Ozzy Osbourne was still in the band. If you want an interesting night out being in a rock n roll band and touring Europe and you've got Ozzy Osbourne in one band and Bon Scott in the other, there were a couple of late nights we had there.
We got kicked off of the Black Sabbath tour; there was a problem between Malcolm and Geezer Butler. I wasn't there and all I really know is sort of hearsay. There was some sort of punch up. We got kicked off the tour and at the end of the tour we were going straight from Helsinki to the states to promote "Dirty Deeds." It got derailed a bit. At the same time our American label decided not to release "Dirty Deeds," they rejected the album. We got kicked off the tour and within a day or two the American tour got canned because there was no label support. So we're back in London sitting on our butts and there was a lot of tension in the air.
If I can point to one thing about why I got sacked from the band, I think it was that my commitment to the band was questioned. That was pretty easy for them to do. If you're Angus and Malcolm their whole point was to make AC/DC, that was what they did. Their commitment to the cause was/is amazing, it's the ultimate. So if your commitment doesn't match with their level then you appear to not be committed at all. I was committed. I never wanted to leave the band, but that choice was made for me. What I come back to and I have a philosophical view of this, if I was the right guy for the band I'd still be there and obviously I wasn't the right guy for the band pure and simple.
Z!: I think your attitude towards the band after all of that went down is very respectable. How do you keep such a positive attitude towards those guys?
ME: That's just the way I am. I've never been one to look back on a missed opportunity and burn myself up on it. I'd rather this had not happen of course, but you've got to learn from it. I'm not a great believer in fate or anything, but in the back of my head I've got this notion that everything happens for a reason. There have been a few things since getting sacked from the band that have happened in my life on a personal level. When you read the book you'll read that I'd have much rather not had that happen, but there are something's in your life that are out of your control and I don't see the point of burning yourself up over something that was out of your control, it's in the past and you can't change the past. What you can do is take something from it and get back up, dust yourself off and keep on going. That's just the way I am. At that stage I think the split was always coming, I'd rather have not had it happen when it did, but I think it was inevitable that the split was going to come in some way. In essence I try not to let things like that bother me, certainly it hurt, but you have to get on with things.
Z!: You played in probably the most important era of the band, because without "High Voltage," "Dirt Deeds" and "Let There Be Rock" there wouldn't have been "Highway to Hell" or "Back in Black." When AC/DC got inducted into the Rock n Roll Hall of Fame, you were initially going to be inducted with them but later on you were excluded from the induction, do you know what happened there?
ME: The explanation I had from it, although the explanation is somewhat scant, it was from the Rock n Roll Hall of Fame. What happened from my side of things, I believe the band was nominated three years in a row and on the third year the band was inducted. All along there the nominations were for the current lineup and rightfully so and also with Bon. I was fairly surprised when news got through to me that I was part of the nomination. It would have been a bit uncomfortable, because at that stage I hadn't had any contact with the band; I still don't for that fact. We're moving in very different a circle, that's just the way it worked out. My first inclination was to knock back the nomination, because it was going to be difficult, so I thought I'd just get everybody off the hook and knock it back. A couple people got to me that use to work with AC/DC who are no longer with them saying, 'hey this is great' and whatever. I was swayed to let the thing run. In hindsight that was the wrong move.
What happened was the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame got in contact with my manager and everything was going all right, then they got back to us and said, 'what we've done is we reviewed the nomination and The Rock n Roll Hall of Fame criteria and you don't qualify.' It was a bit embarrassing at the time, because basically it had gotten out. The Rock n Roll Hall of Fame put it on their website, it had made the news. It was just really uncomfortable for it to happen in that way. That's basically the story. After about five or six weeks after the nomination was made public they reviewed.
Why they would review it after all that time, I'm not sure they've never really given me an explanation for that. That's basically what happened, they rescinded the nomination, but in closing on this thing I'm fine with it. The only thing I take exception to, is that I think AC/DC should have been inducted into the Rock n Roll Hall of Fame the first time they were nominated. The end story is that AC/DC deserves to be in the Hall of Fame with the current line up and Bon involved. I'm fine with that; I was just made uncomfortable in the process. It was unpleasant, but once again that's life and I have no issue with that at all.
Z!: That's not the first time Rock n Roll Hall of Fame has dropped the ball either (both laughs). I really enjoyed talking with you and I can't wait to read your book. Thank you so much for the time, I did have one last question.
ME: Yeah sure, absolutely Bob, no problem.
Z!: When you think of AC/DC what is your definition of the band?
ME: Greatest rock n roll band ever. I love the band man. I've got two favorite bands in my life. Both are bands that came out of the Alberts Prodcution here in Syndney, there is AC/DC and another Australian band…I still call AC/DC an Australian band, that's just from my time with them. The other band is a band called Rose Tattoo. Both bands, they're just great, bands that had their roots in 1970's Australian pop rock, great guitar bands. I think of rock n roll man. When someone asks me what I think about AC/DC I can't help but think about Bon Scott. Bon Scott to me is linked inseparably in my mind to AC/DC. When I think of AC/DC I think of Bon Scott.
Z!: That's awesome, thanks again for time this was a lot of time.
ME: Hey Bob, thanks very much for taking the time to give me a call I appreciate.
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Suddenly I can't email a friend, even if I reply to one she has sent it doesn't reach her. Says sent, only started playing up a month ago, really annoying help please !
I do not use Yahoo, but if everyone else gets your email except one person,
then the problem is most likely with her computer.
Have her check her Spam folder, she may have inadvertently placed you on a blocking list.
Did she use an email client app? (example: outlook, thunderbird, opera mail, etc.) If yes, please try using the web version. If she sees your mail via web, then your client is the problem.
Also check that the date settings for your computer are correct... If it's in future (even by a day) they won't go out and be received OK...
She is on yahoo.com.So am I. We have been able to email each other for years, it's just suddenly stopped working. Am in time warp so don't understand what you mean about web version, think might need to do a computer course so I can !!
No I am on right date. Everyone else gets my replys and mails, it's just her. It started about a month ago - up until then it was fine.
"think might need to do a computer course so I can !!"
No need, just google.
re' the date idea.. If for some reason your computer date had been altered to a time in the future... then emails won't actually go out (certainly not via M$ Office\Outlook app.).
And I'm presuming similarly from web based mails systems too?
We haven't yet perfected time travel etc. for emails...
Yahoo is sometimes a world unto itself... I have used it for an age and lost count of the number of times it's suddenly decided to go awry/wrong - both with inbound and outbound emails. Usually ended up deleting the app, then re-instaling it on the offending computer. And as I have more than one computer my contacts are still preserved via the other installation(s)... On occasion I have just waited a while and the problem appeared to resolve itself with no delete/re-install etc...
Yahoo is particularly a "pain in a..." on Mac systems...
I do not use Yahoo, but if everyone else gets your email except one person,
then the problem is most likely with her computer.
Have her check her Spam folder, she may have inadvertently placed you on a blocking list.
have just texted her to check - sounds logical - will let you know outcome , thanks
Don't underestimate the possibility of this being your server or the internet playing up. This often happens then suddenly rights itself. Have you contacted your server about this?
Always pop back and let us know the outcome - thanks
Right now the "server" is probably rather busy...; "serving" cold drinks to all and sundry (if in the UK).
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A woman's past as a convict follows her everywhere and because of this she doesn't open up to others. But then she strikes up a friendship with a broken child who has suffered from domestic violence and decides to save the girl from the cruel world. A man who holds feelings for the woman, tries to protect her in his own way.
Genres: Thriller, Crime, Drama
Actors: Han Ji-Min, Kim Si-a, Lee Hee-joon,
Directors: Lee Ji-Won
Country: Korea
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Release: 2018
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Italian director Franco Zeffirelli, who was famed for productions including the 1968 movie adaptation of Romeo And Juliet, has died in Rome at the age of 96.
Zeffirelli's son Luciano said his father had died at home, adding he "had suffered for a while, but he left in a peaceful way".
The director delighted audiences around the world with his romantic vision and often extravagant productions, most famously captured in his cinematic rendering of Shakespeare's tragedy Romeo and Juliet – a hit with critics as well as at the box office – and the lavish TV miniseries Jesus Of Nazareth.
Showing great flexibility, he produced classics for the world's most famous opera houses, from Milan's venerable La Scala to the Metropolitan in New York, as well as plays for London and Italian stages.
Zeffirelli made it his mission to make culture accessible to the masses, often seeking inspiration in Shakespeare and other literary greats for his films, as well as producing operas aimed at TV audiences.
Claiming no favourites, Zeffirelli once likened himself to a sultan with a harem of three: film, theatre and opera.
He told the Associated Press in 2006: "I am not a film director. I am a director who uses different instruments to express his dreams and his stories – to make people dream."
From his illegitimate birth on the outskirts of Florence on February 12 1923, Zeffirelli rose to become one of Italy's most prolific directors, working with such opera greats as Luciano Pavarotti, Placido Domingo and his beloved Maria Callas, as well Hollywood stars including Elizabeth Taylor, Mel Gibson, Cher and Judi Dench.
Throughout his career, Zeffirelli took risks – and his audacity paid off at the box office. His screen success in America was a rarity among Italian filmmakers, and he prided himself on knowing the tastes of modern moviegoers.
He was one of the few Italian directors close to the Vatican, and the church turned to Zeffirelli's theatrical touch for live telecasts of the 1978 papal installation and the 1983 Holy Year opening ceremonies in St Peter's Basilica.
Today a giant has left us. Franco Zeffirelli died at age 96.I love his work in both film and opera, but one film in particular had the biggest impact on me: Romeo and Juliet. That film is a masterpiece and shaped a lot of my appreciation for cinema and art. Thank you, Maestro. pic.twitter.com/CP6rfOXr0r
— Julia Sitkovetsky (@Sitko_Soprano) June 15, 2019
Former Italian premier Silvio Berlusconi also called on Zeffirelli to direct a few high-profile events.
But the director was best known outside Italy for his colourful, softly-focused romantic films. His version of Romeo And Juliet, starring Olivia Hussey and Leonard Whiting, brought Shakespeare's story to a new and appreciative generation.
His 1972 movie Brother Sun, Sister Moon told the life of St Francis in parables involving modern and 13th-century youth.
Zeffirelli directed Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton in a 1967 adaptation of The Taming Of The Shrew.
He returned to Shakespeare in 1990, directing Hollywood star Mel Gibson in the title role of Hamlet.
One of his final films, 1999's Tea With Mussolini, saw him work with Dame Judi Dench, Dame Maggie Smith and Cher.


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When Do the Winter Olympics End
Many have been enjoying watching the 2018 Winter Olympics but soon the games will come to an end and we now know when.
According to a Daily Mail report, the closing ceremonies for the Winter Games will take place on February 25, from 8 p.m. to 10:30 p.m. ET.
On that same day, the following events will still be held:
· Bobsleigh - four-man heat races
· Cross-country skiing - women's 30 kilometer mass start
· Figure skating - exhibition
· Curling women's gold medal match
· Men's hockey - gold medal game
In the United States, viewers can catch the closing ceremonies coverage on NBC, as well as CNBC and the USA Network.
The Olympic games have made quite a few headlines lately with one concerning story being about an Austrian snowboarder who broke his neck during a crash.
Böser Sturz von Markus #Schairer im #Snowboard Boardercross. Halswirbelbruch, aber Ärzte befürchten keine Folgeschäden #PyeongChang2018 pic.twitter.com/iaptkStpYW— Lukas Zahrer (@ZaraLuk) February 15, 2018
As reported by USA Today, Markus Schairer damaged his fifth cervical vertebrae during one of the quarterfinal races in snowboard cross.
Somehow, 30-year-old Schairer still managed to eventually get back on his feet and finish the race.
Luckily, the Austrian Olympic committee released a statement detailing that while Schairer will be transported back to his homeland "as soon as possible" by medical personnel, he does not appear to show signs of "neurological impairment or long-term damage."
This is not Schairer's first snowboarding injury, as according to his Olympic profile he has three others in his past.
In 2013, Schairer "fractured a joint and tore four ligaments in his left shoulder after a fall in training at Lake Louise, AB, Canada."
Prior to that, in January of 2010, Schairer "broke five ribs in a fall in the quarterfinals of the Winter X Games in Aspen, Colorado."
Finally, his first reported injury happened in 2008 when he suffered a "ruptured cruciate ligament in his knee."
Schairer isn't the only snowboarder making headlines at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, China, as gold-medal snowboarder Shaun White recently made formal apology for calling sexual harassment allegations against him "gossip."
"I'm truly sorry that I chose the word gossip," White said. "It was a poor choice of words to describe such a sensitive subject in the world today. It's amazing how life works and twists and turns and lessons learned."
"Every experience in my life I feel like it's taught me a lesson and I definitely feel like I'm a much more changed person then I was when I was younger," he added.
The apology comes after White was asked about past sexual harassment allegations during a press conference following his third gold-medal win.
White dismissed the question and the allegations as "gossip," which drew the ire of many people.


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Migrating to HTML 5 using ASP.NET 4.5
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First, there was GeoCities, a rough web hosting service with flashy graphics and dated fonts. Then there was Myspace, which focused on meeting friends with blogs and music. Both were eventually dethroned by Facebook, which became the de facto social network for friends and family.
But now is the time for a new type of social network. A network with a system in place to reward users, while harnessing the potential of cryptocurrency. That network is called Steemit.
Does the name Dan Larimer ring a bell? If not, then it should.
Larimer graduated from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University in 2003. He was one of the first and only people to communicate with Satoshi Nakamoto, the infamous and anonymous creator of bitcoin.
He then went on to develop some of the most exciting blockchain-related platforms of our time. He first developed BitShares, a decentralized exchange, on Graphene Technology (a system capable of 100,000 transactions per second).
He then created Steemit, a hybrid social media blogging platform that allows the users on it to earn cryptocurrency directly from the content they contribute. Dan's Father, Stan Larimer known as "The Godfather of BitShares" posts often to Steemit. Follow him here: Steemit @Stan
Larimer's latest project is EOS (the 5th highest ranked coin on coinmarketcap.com). It's already proving to be as innovative and influential.
Steemit describes itself as "a living, breathing, and growing social economy - a community where users are rewarded for sharing their voice. Steemit social media is a decentralized platform where you can get paid for simply posting good content.
Indeed, Steemit is a social network but more closely resembles content aggregators in the same vein as Reddit and Digg. The focus isn't on friends and family, but sharing and voting on content that other users may find useful, interesting, or otherwise entertaining.
The main differentiator - Steemit is built using Steem, a crypto token that can be awarded, earned, and spent on the Steemit economy.
Posts and comments are free, but users can also earn Steem from doing various actions:
Steem tokens are created to reward users and contributors to the system. Steemit is a new kind of "attention economy" with various users vying to gain more Steem tokens through posting quality content.
You are responsible for your own account. You lose it, you lose it forever! This is the best way to prevent companies from unfairly abusing your user account, or from anyone being able to hack your information.
Make sure to write down your account details and store the piece of paper somewhere safe. That is the only way to prevent unauthorized access to your personal information and your Steem funds.
An Economy Built on Fun and Fairness
Think of the countless social networks that have come and gone since Facebook. Many have tried to topple the king, only to leave with depleted user counts and flatlined user activity.
Not with Steemit.
Steemit is the first true competitor to Facebook. Instead of posting the usual meme or funny video, what if you actually got rewarded for your work? And what if that money could be spent to help others, or to buy products and services on the internet?
A big issue for parents and children is the amount of time spent on social media. Too many hours have been spent scrolling through feeds, liking pictures and videos without any reward.
To make matters worse, Facebook and similar social networks are taking user information, selling them to third-party companies for profit. It seems that safeguarding information online is impossible if you intend to have fun on social media.
Steemit is for the users. Your information is safe, your contributions rewarded. When you spend time on Steemit, you can be sure your time is well spent (and well earned).
Tired of low-effort posts? Or content that panders to the lowest common denominator?
What if you could vote with points, but not just imaginary points like Reddit karma, but points with true value and utility.
A user can post a funny meme or an in-depth article about the future of cryptocurrency. Only the latter will reap the rewards. Steemit is developing a new economy where quality is placed on a higher platform than popularity.
Steemit provides a way to reward our writers. If we forget to invest in articles and written content, we can easily fall victim to a media economy. While there's not necessarily anything wrong with that, the written word will always be an important medium for communication and research. Steem will be the best way to pay writers and to earn a living as a writer.
Steemit is here, but it's not done yet. The community is growing, and new content is added each day. Take a stroll on Steemit, you'll find top content with users being rewarded in hundreds of dollars worth of Steem tokens.
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Constitutional law scholars including Sujit Choudhry wrote an open letter to both the Spain government and Catalan about the crisis in Catalonia. It implored the two governments to engage in a dialogue and discuss about their constitutional issues.
The scholars asked the Catalonian President, Mr. Puigdemont, to demonstrate his commitment to secession by holding a referendum to establish the views of the public. In the letter, Sujit Choudhry and other scholars also asked the Spain government to allow Catalan people to express their desire to secede freely without being suppressed. The government should respect the fact that secession is what many Catalans want.
People should understand that the Catalans' quest for secession disrupts Spain's constitutional order. According to the scholars and Sujit Choudhry, a referendum will drive the understanding of that fact. At the end, the scholars recommend the two sides to come together and reach a constitutional settlement that respects the rights of both sides.
The letter stated that, it is in the best interests of Catalans, people from Spain and beyond if the dispute between the two countries is solved. The Spain government suppressed any possibility of holding a fair and credible referendum to determine the wish of the majority of Catalans, check (Works.bepress.com). The Spain government has resorted to violent means to manage the country which is uncalled for. According to the scholars, the Spain prime minister should change tactic and stop arresting anyone who seems to rally for independence in Catalonia.
Mr. Puigdemont went to exile when charges of corruption and others were brought against him by the Spain government. Unable to rule from exile, he handpicked Mr. Quim Torra to be the regional leader of Catalonia, reference (Linkedin.com). Mr. Quim Torra vowed to continue pushing the independence agenda forward. However, another referendum is yet to happen for fear of what happened last year repeating itself. Many arrest attempts have been orchestrated towards Mr. Puigdemont with the most recent one being the arrest in German. He was released on bail soon afterward.
The social media couldn't be counted on to tell the stand of Catalans because it was permeated by fake accounts and misinformation. According to the scholars, only an interference-free referendum will tell whether Catalans want to secede from Spain rule or not, based on crunchbase.com.


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- Enable shippers and underwriters to distinguish good risks from bad.
Ship are classified to ensure:
- Design is to a recognised standard.
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- Value for money.
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And….in conjunction with proper care and conduct on the part of the ship owner and operators, will provide for:
- the structural strength of (and where necessary the watertight integrity of) all essential parts of the hull and its appendages,
- the safety and reliability of the propulsion and steering systems, and those other features and auxiliary systems which have been built into the ship in order to establish and maintain basic conditions on board,
The 3 basic stages of Classification
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- Upon satisfactory completion of surveys and sea trials, a certificate of class(hull and machinery), is issued and kept on board.(upon approval by Classification Committee)
- Particulars of ship entered in class register and one or more character symbols assigned to it.e.g: *100A1


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Driving under the influence of crisps. (That's potato chips, Yank.)
A packet of crisps is the most dangerous food to eat while driving.It heads the top 10 foods and drinks which cause motorists to take their eyes off the road closely followed by chocolate and fizzy pop.
via mirror.co.uk.
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Anna Cowan has been writing since she was eight years old and her heroine thought the likeliest place to buy a horse was the pet shop. She lives in Melbourne with her Scottish husband. They were married on the shores of Loch Lomond, which was just as romantic as it sounds.Anna's favourite characters are the kind who seduce her intellect and cut themselves right to the bone emotionally. Now that her cross-dressing Duke and the incomparable Katherine are out in the world, she's turning her mind to her next heroine: a murderous debt-collector . . .


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But here it is, almost release time, and I'm diligently working on my promo. 'Cause I am proud of my book and I do want people to know about it. The first thing I always do is work out a bribe...I mean reward. This time, it's chocolate! I get a piece whenever I finish a blog post. Then I determine why I'm proud of the story. This helps me when coming up with ideas for blogs. It helps me highlight what's special or interesting about the particular story. So...in this story we have....
1. A strong female and a Malkovichian male. That's a start.
2. Betrayal. That'll keep things interesting.
3. Hot sex. Always good to have in a story.
4. Addiction. Because if we let them, our vices will define us.
5. Heat break. The truest test of survival skills.
6. Trust issues. Let's face it, we all have those.
7. Oh, and did I mention hot sex? Well, it bears repeating ;)
So after I have this list, I start writing posts that (I hope) are relatable. And, of course, I start e-mailing my friends with blogs to see if I can guest blog for them.
It's all pretty straight forward but it requires a lot of exposure. Which is kind of the point. But I'm not all that fond of exposure. I mean, I want my book to have exposure, but I want to stay on the sidelines in the shadows. I'm realistic enough to know that just isn't possible though. So look for my guest blog posts in the upcoming weeks and months. I'll post links to them on here as they come up so you can come on over, check out a new blog, and say hi! And maybe win something, like a free download of Bond Betrayed!
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