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Elements Massage Franchise Canada Ltd. Privacy Policy
Last Updated: March 16, 2016
This Privacy Policy explains how information about you is collected, used and disclosed by Elements Massage Franchise Canada Ltd., a British Columbia corporation, and its subsidiaries and affiliated companies ("EMFC", "we" or "us").
This Privacy Policy applies to information we collect when you use our website (the "Services") or when you otherwise interact with us. Please note that your visit to our website is subject to this Privacy Policy and our Terms of Use. If you do not agree with the terms and conditions of this Privacy Policy, you must immediately stop accessing the Services.
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Alonissos is one of the most beautiful islands in Greece. It is an island of the Northern Sporades island complex, located in the heart of the Aegean Sea. Green and historical, Alonissos is today famous for its Marine Park, created for the protection of the seal Monachus-Monachus, the Academy of Homeopathy, the many shipwrecks scattered around the sea, the small, uninhabited islands, and its culinary pleasures like the unique Alonissos tuna.
An island of unique natural beauty and interest, Alonissos is covered by low mountains and small valleys and has beautiful, clean beaches. In Alonissos we find pine forests, oaks and arbutus tress. Alonissos has about 3.000 residents, mostly living in Patitiri, and working in fishing, agriculture and tourism. The creation of the marine park to protect the seal Monachus-Monachus, the operation of the Academy of Homeopathy and the beauty of the island make it one of the most attractive tourist destinations for nature and history lovers, tranquility seekers, hikers and divers.
Alonissos, as evidenced by several findings in various areas of the island, has been inhabited since at least the 16th century BC. The strategic and important position of the island is evidenced by the signs left on the earth and the seas of the island by people of each historical period. It is also witnessed by shipwrecks on the seabed and by a series of very important findings in Kokkinokastro, in Alonissos, and the neighboring uninhabited islets. Famous in antiquity for its wine, Alonissos, was called Ikos, and here came to die, it has been said, Peleus, the father of the legendary Achilles. Passing through Alonissos were the Argonauts and Greeks who went to fight in the Trojan War and Roman, Venetian, Frank and Turkish conquerors. The island took its current name after the liberation of Greece.
Blue water, white sand, fine pebbles, and trees that reach the sea. Serenity and beauty. The beaches of Alonissos are real Aegean masterpieces where you will not get enough of swimming, exploring and relaxing. You move from Ilya Suites to the beach right in front of the hotel. With umbrellas and sunbeds offered to the guests of Ilya Suites, you will enjoy the sun and sea of Alonissos in one of the most beautiful spots on the island. The nearby beach of Glyfa offers water sports and endless hours under the sun.
Among the organized beaches that are worth a visit in Alonissos are Megalos Mourtias, Aghios Dimitrios, Kokkinokastro the Leftos Gialos and the Xrisi Milia beach. If you prefer to visit a beach still in its "natural" state, head to Spartinos, Votsi, Rousoum, Gialos, and Tsoukalia.
Across Alonissos the sun on the beaches plays with colors: red cliffs, white sand, many-hued pebbles and turquoise waters. The colors change depending on where you decide to swim and relax. On the beaches of Alonissos you will experience memorable moments of summer happiness and joy.
In Alonissos, apart from the natural beauty of the scenery and the thrills of the sea, you will find a plethora of attractions waiting for you to visit:
- The Historical and Folklore Museum of Alonissos, with an interesting collection of artifacts from shipwrecks, will bring you even closer to the rich past of Alonissos.
- The Museum of History and Folk Art includes everyday items and a rich collection of photographs of island life.
- Do not miss the churches and chapels on the island with their simple architecture and evocative atmosphere.
- Visit the churches of St. Athanasius, St. George, Panagia at the Mountain, Christ, and the chapels of St. Anargyroi, built on the edge of the cliff.
- The villages and settlements of Alonissos have kept their charm and beauty untouched, and their residents are always ready to welcome you and share their love of their homeland with you.
- Do not miss a visit to Patitiri, the island's capital, the Old Alonissos with its colorful gardens and quaint alleys in the nearby Rousoum Gialos, and Kalamania settlement.
- Visit the Steni Vala village, where Ilya Suites are located, with its lush vegetation and sheltered harbor. It is one of the best places to stay on the island.
- In Alonissos the International Academy of Classical Homeopathy, in operation since 1995, gathers doctors from around the world every year for information and education.
In a blessed island like Alonissos, flavorful food and culinary traditions offer their own sensations. Here you will find the unique Alonissos tuna cooked in many ways. Ask the friendly inhabitants of the island for recipes that you liked and pleasantly surprise your friends when you return home. While you are on the island, enjoy delicious fish from the seas of Alonissos, always fresh and well cooked, and the cheeses and local sweets like marzipan. In Steni Vala, where Ilya Suites are located, you will find a range of restaurants in which to enjoy all the local flavors.
How to get here
You can reach Alonissos:
- from Volos port by ferry boat (in 5.30 hours) or by Flying Dolphin (in 2 hours and 30 minutes)
- from Agios Konstantinos port by ferry boat (in 5.30 hours) or by Flying Dolphin (in 2 hours and 40 minutes).
From the 15th of June to the 15th of September there are itineraries to and from the port of Kymi in Evia.
Useful phones (H3)
Alonissos Port: 0030 24240 65595
Kimi Port: 0030 22220 22020
Volos Port: 0030 24210 38888, 28888
Aghios Konstantinos Port: 0030 22350 31759
Alkyon travel agency: 0030 210 3832545 & www.alkyontravel.com/gr/

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Judging by comments to my previous article "Should we or should we not vote... and why?", apparently, it is not necessary to vote, but one has to ask, had everyone voted, for whichever political party other than the ANC in order to reduce the ANC's majority in parliament to the least number of seats needed for a party to rule, would these pieces of legislation still have been passed?
Of course it does not change the fact that we have two ANC's in parliament, being the ANC and the ANC disguised as the DA. It also does not change the fact that, soon, we'll also have the EFF, the militant (bad-cop) wing of the ANC entering parliament, which will of course make things even more difficult to control.
"An appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile, hoping it will eat him last." (Winston Churchill) and in the meantime the liberal denialist appeasers are panicking, because now their sins are starting to catch up with them personally. The crocodile is hungry and they are next on the menu.
The following articles will show how liberals shoot themselves in the foot. SA Taxpayers, which include liberals, will be forced to pay the ANC Regime for grabbing private property from South African citizens. This is what the Denialist Appeasers, like the DA, supported.
It begs the question, how anyone could, after having read this, even consider voting for the DA.
The following are just some of the most important parts taken from a number of articles, the links of which can be found at the end of each article.
Property rights no longer safe in SA - Anton Alberts
Institute for Race Relations agrees with FF Plus that no property in South Africa is safe any longer
The time has come for South Africans to see the ominous reality of a carefully planned ANC strategy to, using apparent legal methods, gain sole ownership of all property in South Africa, without paying any compensation, Adv. Anton Alberts, the parliamentary spokesperson on trade and industry for the Freedom Front Plus, says.
Adv. Alberts had already at the end of last year, with the publication of the Promotion and Protection of Investors Bill in the Government Gazette, seriously warned of the dangers attached to the Bill.
"The Institute for Race Relations is now confirming our interpretation. Especially when read with the proposed legislation which aims to re-open land claims, no property is safe. The FF Plus last year warned against this and said it is critical and there are concerns for sound reasons.
To read the full article click HERE
Politicsweb - The ANC govt's plan for expropriation on the sly
The Investment Bill opens the door to expropriation without compensation - A new Expropriation Bill by another name.
Media coverage of the Promotion and Protection of In- vestment Bill of 2013 (the Investment Bill) has focused on its role in replacing South Africa's bilateral investment treaties with various European states. Representatives of these countries have broken their usual diplomatic silence to warn against the reduced protection it gives investors from their states. However, the true significance of the Bill goes very much beyond this.
The Investment Bill is, in fact, a new expropriation measure that will apply to all property owners in South Africa, both local and foreign. It is also likely to result in many people receiving zero compensation on the loss of their property, provided the State takes this, not as owner, but rather as 'custodian' for the disadvantaged. In combination with the Restitution of Land Rights Amendment Bill of 2013, it could see property of many kinds taken by the State as 'custodian' for land claim- ants and without any compensation to its former owners. Yet most commentary on the Investment Bill has overlooked this risk, helping to lull all property owners into a false sense of security.
Under the Investment Bill, the rights of domestic property owners will be much reduced. The current Expropriation Act of 1975 gives them the right to full compensation on expropriation, which must include not only the market value of their properties but also compensatory damages for consequential loss. The Act also guarantees them immediate payment of 80% of the compensation due, with interest on the outstanding balance.
Under the Investment Bill, by contrast, expropriated owners will receive less than market value and will have no right to damages for consequential loss. They will also have to wait for the State to make payment in what it regards as 'a timely manner'.
However, the real danger in the Investment Bill is not that domestic property owners will be confined to 'just and equitable' compensation falling somewhat short of market value - but that they will receive no compensation at all.
The Bill's reference to 'investors' is also misleading, for it suggests that the new law will apply solely to companies and other commercial enterprises. In fact, the Investment Bill will apply to everyone, including 'natural persons' and 'regardless of nationality'.
Any black or white South African who owns a home, a car, or unit trusts is vulnerable to the Investment Bill's provisions. So, too, are enterprises of every size and in every sector of the economy, from mining to agriculture, banking, manufacturing, and services.
To read the full article click HERE
Land Reform Bill Passed Against Political Ruckus
The Bill that will see the land restitution process being re-opened has been passed following a heated and emotional debate in the National Assembly.
The Bill, which will see the land restitution process being re-opened, was passed following a heated and emotional debate in the National Assembly on Tuesday.
The Restitution of Land Rights Amendment Bill sets a new deadline for land claims to December 31 2018.
The previous deadline was December 31 1998.
The Democratic Alliance attempted to introduce additional amendments to the Bill, but was outvoted by the ANC majority.
ANC's View
"land restitution is a programme for social justice and as a programme for social justice it is endless." "Let us not be greedy. Let us share this land among those who work it." - ANC's Land Reform Minister Gugile Nkwinti
Freedom Front Plus' View
Freedom Front Plus MP Pieter Groenewald accused both the DA and ANC of playing political football with the land issue ahead of the May 7 elections.
The party is against any opening of another land claims window.
"It threatens property security in South Africa. Land is a serious, emotional issue. It's a pity that the ANC and DA are playing games about it to get votes," Groenewald said.
"Do not use voters as cannon fodder to promote your own agendas," he charged.
DA's View
The DA accused the FF Plus of choosing which parts of the constitution it chose to support.
The constitution makes provision for both the protection of property rights and the restitution of land to those who were dispossessed during apartheid rule.
"The Freedom Front Plus must be living with their heads in the sand if they don't realise land is a burning issue in this country," said DA MP Kevin Mileham.
"These amendments are designed to strengthen the process ... to ensure the process is orderly, fair and transparent."
To read the full article click HERE
JACOB DLAMINI: Was Natives Land Act SA's original political sin?
When the Union of SA was formed in 1910, whites made up 20% of the population. Africans made up 70%. But whites controlled 90% of the land. The 1913 Natives Land Act was one of the first laws enacted by the union government and its underlying principle was the promotion of territorial segregation. However, the act also provided exemptions for Africans who wanted to buy land outside of the scheduled native areas. Feinberg and Horn say these exemptions effectively allowed Africans to nullify the land act.
The exemptions were not easy to get. Applicants had to satisfy strict criteria and rules laid down by the Native Affairs Department. They had to undergo evaluation, submit to interviews and agree to asset audits and official visits. These were intended to verify that African applicants did in fact have the means to buy the land they wanted and that the asking price was fair. The motivation for the tests was that government provided the bonds for some of the purchases.
So, between 1913 and 1936, for example, Africans bought about 3200 farms and lots outside of native areas. What's more, the 1913 act was not retroactive, meaning that Africans who already owned land outside of the native reserves could not have it taken away from them. Feinberg and Horn say that between 1913 and 1924, under the governments of Louis Botha and Jan Smuts, there were 302 exemptions granted, amounting to 35% of the total. Between 1924 and 1936, when JB Hertzog was in power, there were 565 exemptions granted, amounting to 65% of the total.
Of the Africans who applied for exemptions, 22% were individuals, 20% small groups, and 11% big groups. So-called tribes made up the biggest buyers. These were often communities that clubbed together, pooled their resources and had themselves declared a tribe by the government for the purposes of buying land. On 19 June 1913 Africans either owned or had held in trust for them 591 rural land units in the Transvaal. About 43% of these units were outside the native areas. By 1936 they owned 934 units and 63% of these were outside the native reserves. Whites were sellers in most instances and of the 288 white sellers Feinberg and Horn identified, only 32 were women. Africans rarely sold land.
To read the full article click HERE
Further reading
South Africa: Facts on Native Land Act of 1913
The Natives' Land Act: Ten historical quotes
Landless blacks are victims of state fraud
Land owned by the government is, by implication, defined as "white"; land supposedly redistributed to blacks has been nationalised rather than redistributed; land said to belong to blacks is seldom unambiguously theirs; the proportion of land supposedly to be redistributed is measured by area instead of what really matters, value; supposedly redistributed land is agricultural rather than what most people want, urban; ending the willing buyer, willing seller system will discriminate in favour of some whites against others — those who are undercompensated will have some wealth stolen, while those left alone will be arbitrarily favoured.
Even if all "white" land is expropriated, blacks will own none of it. The 30% target will never be met because it will all belong to the government and blacks will not, as the Freedom Charter envisaged, own land "in their own name" so that "private enterprise will boom and flourish as never before", as Nelson Mandela put it.
How much of the land acquired by the government is redistributed is unknown and seemingly unknowable. Most blacks remain subservient surrogates on government land or hold land under restrictive titles. The 30% target has been surpassed if land is defined as "black" when owned by the government, acquired privately or owned through companies and institutions with substantial black ownership. The illusion that whites own more land than they do flows from defining as "white" land not registered in a black individual's name in a deeds registry. By that definition, the government is still presumed "white", as it was under apartheid.
To read the full article click HERE
SAIRR Press Release: DA/ANC support for the Restitution Bill risks disaster on a par with Britain's scorched earth policy during the Boer War
Two pieces of pending legislation could together result in the expropriation of commercial farming operations with zero compensation.
The first is the Restitution of Land Rights Amendment Bill of 2013 (the Restitution Bill), which will open up a new five-year window for the lodging of land claims. Some 379 000 new land claims are likely to be submitted and could cost the State about R179bn to settle, according to the Government's regulatory impact analysis. Yet in the 2013/14 financial year, the restitution budget was roughly R3bn. How, then, is the State to find the money to settle all these claims?
The answer could lie in the so-called Promotion and Protection of Investment Bill of 2013. This suggests that expropriated property owners will be entitled to 'just and equitable' compensation, but the Bill also contains a weasel clause stating that it is not 'an act of expropriation' if the State takes property, not as owner, but as custodian for others.
Where the State takes as 'custodian' – as the Constitutional Court has already ruled in a case involving mining rights – the deprivation of property from an existing owner is not matched by the acquisition of that property by the State. This means that there is no expropriation – and no right to any compensation.
Under the Investment Bill, the Government could thus pass legislation (modelled on mining law) providing that all agricultural land, farm equipment, and livestock vest in the State as the custodian of the nation's land resources – and inviting black South Africans, in particular, to apply to the relevant department for the right to use a portion of these assets for a specified period.
In these circumstances, commercial farmers would be deprived of their property, but the State would acquire it as custodian rather than as owner. Hence, there would be no 'act of expropriation' under the Investment Bill and no compensation would be payable.
Source : SAIRR
Downlowd the full document
Press Release - FC DA ANC support for Restitution Bill risks disaster on par with ...17 February 2014.pdf - PDF document, 419Kb
Further reading - Be afraid: The Expropriation Bill is back - SAIRR
SA will face famine if genocidal Land Restitution Bill is enacted warns SA Institute of Race Relations
The South African Institute of Race Relations strongly condemns the ruling ANC and the opposition DA parties for supporting the Land Restitution Bill:
Most of the successful farming operations being targeted by the ANC belongs to the Boer-Afrikaner people.
Only a handful of the original 80,000 commercial 'white' farmers from 1994 still produce food by 2014.
"In fact South Africa has become a net importer of food because of the ANC's genocidal laws disowning Afrikaner farmers.
"This legislation is deliberately aimed at disempowerIng the Boer-Afrikaner community - and it will not only have a disastrous effect on this vulnerable community, but is seriously jeopardising food-security of all 53-million South Africans.
"South Africa is now well on its way of turning into its poverty-stricken neighbour Zimbabwe which is annually, including right now, experiencing severe food shortages.
International aid agencies refer to the zimbabwean conditions as a famine.
Source : FARMITRACKER
Re-opening of land claims will destabilise commercial agriculture - Pieter Mulder
FF+ leader says parties which support this legislation are putting SA's food security at risk
Due to the possibility of land claims, the majority of farmers are not expanding their agricultural activities at the moment.
Millions of hectares of fertile agricultural land are lying unused in the former home lands as communal land. As well as are large sections of state land. An important priority of government should be to look for solutions as to how this land can be transferred to private black farmers. Where 70% of all South Africans will be living in cities in the near future, it is important that this land should start to produce food on a commercial basis. At present it is mainly being used for subsistence farming.
The FF Plus is the only party which will be voting against this amendment bill which is threatening food security and the economy.
To read the full article click HERE
Time to axe land reform fixations and waste
Business Day, 28 October 2013.
In his fortnightly column in Business Day, the Institute's CEO, John Kane-Berman, argues that the government should stop wasting money on land reform because it will not fix the wrongs of the land acts.
One of the things Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan could chop in cutting back on government profligacy is the "massive" audit that the Department of Rural Development and Land Reform wants to conduct to classify landownership according to race. Better still, he should stop the department from wasting any more money on the failed and fanciful policy of land reform.
The policy rests on several fallacies. One is that whites "stole" the land. Among those who have recently stated this is Stone Sizani, chairman of the parliamentary portfolio committee on rural development and land reform. The Transvaal Agricultural Union has rightly rejected the accusation.
The land acts did of course impose apartheid on landownership, but this does not mean that white farmers (or anyone else) who bought their land actually stole it.
Moreover, as several scholars, among them WM McMillan, Lawrence Schlemmer, and Hermann Giliomee, have pointed out, the land acts also protected land in the homelands from being snapped up by whites.
A second fallacy is that there is huge black demand for land to farm. Nobody has produced evidence of this. Such evidence as there is suggests the opposite. The minister of rural development and land reform, Gugile Nkwinti, admits that 92% of some 77 000 potential beneficiaries of land restitution chose financial compensation instead.
"We thought everybody, when they got a chance to get land, would jump at it," he said. But they had become urbanised and "de-culturised" and preferred to earn wages. Yet he and his department seem to disapprove of this. They contend that land claimants should opt for land, not money. Some African National Congress (ANC) MPs even complain about land claim beneficiaries who lease their land back to white farmers.
To read the full article click HERE
Land claims to cost taxpayers up to R179bn
The billions of rands needed each year for the next 15 years to settle new land claims will come from taxpayers, Land Reform Minister Gugile Nkwinti said on Wednesday.
"It will be funded through the fiscus," he told members of Parliament's rural development and land reform portfolio committee.
"Treasury has actually underscored the fact that this is a government programme. It does not require a stand-alone budget. It requires a normal budget," he said.
Earlier, the committee heard that an estimated 397 000 valid land claims might be lodged when the Restitution of Land Rights Amendment Bill, which aims to extend the cut-off date for lodging a claim for restitution, is enacted.
Chief land claims commissioner Nomfundo Gobodo told MPs: "It may cost R129bn to R179bn to settle these claims, if settled within a 15-year period."
This is equivalent to between R8.6bn and R11.9bn a year.
To read the full article click HERE


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I've been posting less recently, and there's a reason for that. About six weeks ago, in the doldrums of January, I decided that Bear and I have been too housebound.
We moved to Rhode Island a year and a half ago for a reason. Because we like it and we want to be here. It started out with a flurry of sightseeing, and had dwindled down to making lists of places we wanted to see, but not actually going there.
To motivate us to get out of the house and into Rhode Island, I created the I {heart} Rhody blog. With an expanded list of places to see, including local businesses and craftspeople, and focusing exclusively on our travels within Rhody, it's been keeping us busy.
Drop in to say hello, or give us ideas of things to do and see. Out-of-staters may have heard of a sight, event or business and like to know about our experiences there.
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Human trafficking is modern-day slavery. Thousands of men, women, and children are trafficked into the U.S. each year. The Institute assists foreign-born trafficking survivors by providing direct, trauma-informed services to adults and children. The Institute also offers training and technical assistance to other agencies.
We can help survivors:
- Find safe, affordable housing
- Access primary health care and mental health services
- Obtain job training and job placement services
- Learn English
- Obtain referrals for other social services
Knowledge is Power
To increase our community's ability to identify human trafficking, the Institute offers informational presentations and trainings. For more information or to schedule a presentation for your organization, contact Laura Garlock at 651-647-0191 x 344 or email@example.com.
Trafficking Defined
- Sex Trafficking: the recruitment, harboring, transportation, provision, or obtaining of a person for the purpose of a commercial sex act, in which a commercial act is induced by force, fraud, or coercion, or when the person is induced to perform such acts is under 18 years of age, no force, fraud, or coercion is necessary.
- Labor Trafficking: the recruitment, harboring, provision, or obtaining of a person for labor or services, through the use of force, fraud, or coercion for the purpose of subjection to involuntary servitude, peonage, debt bondage, or slavery.
Indicators of Trafficking
Regarding the person
- Lack of control over personal schedule, money, identification, or other documents
- Lack of knowledge about the community they live in
- Accompanied by a controlling person or boss; not speaking on own behalf
- Inconsistent stories ("just visiting")
- Depression, fear, overly submissive behavior
- Signs of assault, restraint, or malnourishment
Regarding the work site
- Transported to or from work; lives and works in the same place
- Unnecessary or unusual security on work site
- Little pay, works long hours without breaks
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The movers come in two days. We've been packing and purging and giving away so much, I can't seem to remember what all I had. The items in my place right now are things I need in the next week or are of sentimental value and cannot be given away.
The rest was shipped to Hawaii yesterday or given away to Salvation Army or friends over the past week.
This morning, I donated my car to the local Humane Society. I've had that car for 13 years and we've created a lot of memories together. So far, this is the toughest item to part with.
The other tough part was saying goodbye to my aunt and uncle. They're really my mother's cousin and wife, but they were like second parents to us growing up.
Their home is the only one that's left from my childhood. I hugged my aunt goodbye, thinking I was so okay with this move, when I started to cry.
So, maybe leaving the Bay Area isn't so easy. I've had a lot of loss this year and letting go of everything really seemed impossible.
But I did it.
I have pared down to just the few belongings I will carry with me on the plane to Hawaii.
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If you're looking to get your brand out there, then there is no better way than social media. There are numerous advantages to social media compared to the regular form of marketing. But of all the social media platforms, Instagram is one of the biggest and fastest growing in the world.
Instagram has close to a billion users who log onto it every day. This is a huge slice of untapped market potential for the right brand and business.
Nearly 70% of all businesses have an established presence on Instagram. But since the competition is so high now, it means that you need to optimize your Instagram account to perform well against these giants.
Are Followers On Instagram Important?
Out of the several metrics on an Instagram account, Instagram followers are the most important. The number of followers that your brand has on your Instagram account directly translates into how popular your brand is with your customers and in the niche. This means that, yes, Instagram followers is a very important metric and probably the one you should be looking to get numbers up as soon as possible.
How Can You Get More Followers On Instagram?
There are several ways through which you can gain a good number of followers for your niche. Here we list a few methods which can attract the fan following your brand deserves.
Thematize your pictures and account
A lot of people identify with imagery and the types of colors that are used for brands. Take for example Pepsi's red and blue theme which is now recognized world over. The key is to design a theme for your Instagram account. This could be anything, from the color palette to placement of the logos or even Instagram filters. Once you've decided on a particular theme for your Instagram account do your best to stick to it. You'll soon have people recognizing your brand just through the theme.
Engage with people
This seems pretty obvious but is forgotten nonetheless. One of the most important things that you need to do is engage with the people in your niche, and sometimes with other related niches. Take time to browse creative posts people post and endorse them through likes, add a comment too if it deserves it. This shows people that you are not just a run of the mill robot brand company that just wants recognition but isn't willing to go the extra mile.
Be Social
Engagement doesn't just mean endorsing random accounts and posting comments, it also entails tending to people on your own account as well. If your followers are posting images that are relevant to your brand and they're really good, share it on your profile and give them due credit. This is definitely known to boost follower count. But don't do it just for the sake of numbers – do it because you want to see people making a difference on your feed.
Creative hashtag-gery!
Any brand worth their salt has a strong hashtag game to back up their pictures and captions. Creative hashtags are the one element that stands you apart in the sea of other Instagram brands. Instagram users are a creative bunch and, they definitely respond well to the creative use of hashtags for the brand. Once you get it down, encourage your followers to use it as well. This will turn a whole lot of people in your favor.
Give them wins
One of the methods that are proven to increase user engagement is when you run contests. People like to win gifts – this is why Christmas mornings are so special! When you run contests, and your prizes are worth winning, expect a whole lot of people to turn up at your Instagram door wanting to be part of your brand.
Cross promote through other social platforms
If you have a considerable presence on other social media platforms then you should use it to your advantage by offering them rewards for joining your brand on Instagram. It doesn't have to be anything significant, just something that is creative and has appeal. People would be more than happy to come over and join you.
Geotagging images
If you are targeting a specific area, then geotagging your images can help increase your reach to people in the same location. Basically, people who are in the same area as your tag are more likely to follow you on your account.
Know your audience
Your audience is a huge collection of intrigued minds who are looking to brands for their daily inspiration. So, help them and give them what they want! Depending on your niche there are several things that your audience is looking for. What you need to remember is the fact that it needs to be creative and should strike a chord in their heart. Do some research into how your audience has reacted to you over the course of several posts. If you found something that they've taken to, then post more of it!
Get influencers
If you think that the content you create is impressive, you could ask for the help of influencers to help your follower numbers a bit. Get influencers involved in through a common platform like shared media or roundup. This interaction means that you have a common platform to their audience as well multiplying your follower numbers! Getting more followers in a short time is not easy, you should check this link out if you want more people on your account http://www.idigic.net/buy-instagram-followers/
These are a few methods you can use to get a lot of followers on your Instagram account. What you need to remember is to be friendly and put a bit of effort into your Instagram content. Machine gun posting will hardly help and has been found to impact follower numbers negatively. Rather, approach it with a prepared plan – something that slowly builds up rather than shooting for a million followers in 2 days. Above all, the key is to build a platform which represents the voice of your brand and do it while having fun!


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Leading the tributes to a man he mourned as a "friend, colleague and counsellor", the president lauded his defence of the American dream and ability to affect millions of people through his robust support of liberal causes.
"Even though we knew this day was coming for some time now, we awaited it with no small amount of dread," Mr Obama said at the holiday estate he is renting on the island of Martha's Vineyard.
"The outpouring of love, gratitude and fond memories which we have all witnessed is a testimony to the way this singular figure in American history touched so many lives."
Sen Kennedy, leading light of America's most powerful political clan, died of brain cancer. Mr Obama poignantly contrasted Mr Kennedy's long life, which gave "the blessing of time to say thank you and goodbye", with the violent deaths of his older brothers, ex-president John Kennedy and presidential contender Robert Kennedy, who were both assassinated in their prime.
Sen Kennedy, a powerful force in American politics for almost 50 years, had been ill since he suffered a seizure in May 2008 and was diagnosed with brain cancer.
After announcing his death at home on the family estate in Hyannis Port, Massachusetts, his family described him as "irreplaceable".
"We've lost the irreplaceable centre of our family and joyous light in our lives, but the inspiration of his faith, optimism, and perseverance will live on in our hearts forever," they said in a statement.
The Pentagon said Sen Kennedy would be honoured with a burial at Arlington National Cemetery in a plot not far from his brothers.
He will first lie in state on Friday at the John F. Kennedy presidential library and museum in Boston before his funeral is held at Our Lady of Perpetual Help Basilica in the city on Saturday.
Mr Obama, who will speak at the funeral, also issued a presidential proclamation that all flags on US government buildings must be flown at half-mast until Sunday.
Vice President Joe Biden choked back tears as he praised his friend in the Senate as someone who "every day restored my sense of idealism and sense of possibility of what this country can do".
But tributes to the godfather of the Democratic party crossed America's poilitical divide.
The Republican senator, John McCain, called Mr Kennedy "the single most effective member of the Senate if you want to get results", a reflection of his renowned talent for working across the aisle of the upper house of the US Congress.
George W Bush, the former president, extolled him as "a man of passion who advocated fiercely for his convictions". The two co-operated on education reform, the No Child Left Behind Act, that was among a long list of major legislative achievements devoted to expanding access to health care, education and providing legal protection to the disadvantaged.
Gordon Brown was among a host of international figures who eulogised Mr Kennedy's achievements.
"He is admired around the world as the senator of senators," said the Prime Minister.
Often referred to as the "Lion of the Senate" for his prodigious work rate, dynamic personality and generous spirit, Mr Kennedy continued to work as hard as his condition would allow after he was diagnosed with cancer in May 2008.
Just months before he had dramatically endorsed Mr Obama over Hillary Clinton in the Democratic primary with an exemplary display of his trademark booming, vibrant oratory. The intervention was seen as critical to the young senator's eventual victory.
Battling his illness to open the Democratic convention a year ago, Mr Kennedy officially anointed Mr Obama as the heir of the Kennedy clan.
The notorious 1969 incident at Chappaquiddick, when he caused the drowning of a female former aide to his brother Bobby, has receded in the American public mind in recent years, though it cast a long shadow and prevented Mr Kennedy ever becoming president or the Democratic leader in the Senate.
It was one of many episodes that typified the "Kennedy curse". The youngest of nine children, his eldest brother Joe Jr died as a fighter pilot in the Second World War, while his sister Kathleen died in plane crash in 1948.
Mr Kennedy himself suffered a 1964 plane crash that damaged his spine and left him with persistent pain, while his son Teddy lost a leg through bone cancer and his first wife Joan has endured a long struggle with alcoholism.
One nephew died of a drug overdose while another, John Kennedy Jr, died in July 1999 when his small plane crashed into the ocean near Cape Cod.
At times in the 1980s his womanising and drinking threatened to cloud his reputation permanently and he was divorced, but remarried.
Though he was strongly criticised by some in Britain for sympathising with the IRA, he was instrumental in bringing together the British and Irish governments and paving the way for peace in Northern Ireland.
John Hume, the Nobel Peace Prize winner and former SDLP leader, described Mr Kennedy as "an outstanding supporter of our peace process".
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compare policyTo compare policy between parties or groups has many hazards:
- provincial jurisdiction is a problem - many areas of overlap with the federal
- any party platform comparison chart goes quickly out of date and is obsoleted by even small shifts in Canadian federal political parties?' policies or leadership; most of these parties' policies is set by their leader without consultation with membership or any formal process, and can change instantly
- a party platform comparison, though valid for all Canadian voters outside Quebec, omits the influence of the Bloc Quebecois on national debate and thought about alternatives. See BLOC note below:
- the language in which policies is expressed varies based on ideology and history
- many issues in trade, energy and ecology, involve the US? directly as it abuts Canada so directly - meaning the main policy difference that must be discussed is between Canada and the US, or between each region of Canada and the US - one of the things that makes the softwood lumber? issue so contentious
- some policy is based on international law? or international standard?s and in general must be compared relative to that, e.g. a policy for much stronger greenhouse gas? control in Canada that somehow does not involve implementing the Kyoto Protocol would lose much for failing to encourage a decade-long international process of agreement on climate change along, and could not really be considered a stronger policy just for claiming higher numbers.
- monetary policy is quite hard to compare without similar consideration for how international law and institutions, e.g. the IMF, World Bank, might be affected
If you wish to compare policy and have the comparison become official, the Living Platform is the right place to indicate first that your comparison exists, then to compare it to other comparisons, then to recruit help to keep it up to date.
BLOC: Effectively, the Bloc is a voice for decentralization of a certain kind, and for strong Parliamentary process? - since it will never form the Government of Canada it will always work from a minority or informal coalition?. On any matter of international or federal process, it is usually wise to consider the Bloc's policy explicitly. On the other hand, their position on municipal affairs? is simply that this is Quebec's own business - one backed by the Supreme Court of Canada? which declares urban autonomy non-negotiable under present law. In issues of mixed federal and provincial jurisdiction, since the Bloc argues that these must be up to Quebec, declares itself simply to be the voice of the Quebec National Assembly in Ottawa, and is closely allied to the Parti Quebecois?, it may make more sense to compare federal parties' positions to the PQ position rather than the Bloc position directly.


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Hidden in plain sight, centuries of sacred artworks have tried to tell us that we are not alone in the universe. William Henry returns, in this special presentation, to confirm the symbiotic relationship between human beings and extraterrestrials which Corey Goode conveys through the Blue Avians' message. While some aliens are here for their own benefit, others came where with the intent of helping our conscious evolution. Traces of this influential connection has been documented within the iconography of paintings depicting sacred people throughout the centuries. This interview with David Wilcock was originally webcast June 14, 2016.
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A lot of people ask, "What are the 10 Best Selling Internet Products?"
Many people ask this question with the intention of getting into the Internet business. But remember, the Best Selling Internet Products are not necessarily the best products to sell yourself over the Internet…you might just have too much competition!
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Go to any one of the wallpaper provider website and look for the car category. If you have a dream about a particular car say Ferrari series, so you need to look for Ferrari series wallpapers. After selecting your dream car wallpaper that you like, click on the link that applied to screen resolution of your computer. And download the wallpaper to your computer. And after that, set up the new wallpaper to the current background. By doing this step, the wallpaper of your dream car appears in the background of your computer and you often watch it while using the computer. This way, the car wallpaper also boosts your spirits to do your job on the computer.
Wallpaper has indeed undergone important innovations. These days, if you are shopping around for wallpapers and related supplies, you can choose from a lot of wallpaper with extensive designs. There are wallpapers which need separate pastes so they can be attached to walls. There are also wallpapers which are pre-pated at the back, installers need only to remove the protective covering and the wallpaper is ready to be installed on the wall. Today's wallpapers are also made of different materials depending on which type of wallpaper they are.
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If you're like me, your idea of a bangin' Friday night is a pint of ice cream and a bed full of pillows. Productivity is measured by how many screens are in front of me, and exercise becomes cleaning my room or "Swiffering the kitchen with my core".
These lazy exercises allow for a lifestyle of leisure while keeping most of your limbs and joints well-oiled and working. Don't forget to stretch!
1. Take yourself on a walk.
Beautiful views, experiencing the fleneur lifestyle; get to enjoy the ambiance of everyone else's hustle. Stretch the legs and go wherever your feet take you at whatever speed you desire.
2. Calf raises on the subway platform
Didn't catch the J before the sluggish late night schedule hit? Do some calf raises while you're waiting– stand on the balls of your feet, and move your heels vertically up and down. It'll build up your calves, strengthen the ankles, and allow you to rinse and repeat activity #1.
3. Skip the escalators
Let's face it: running up subway stairs is faster than 'riding' the escalator. Women with strollers, children, and anyone with crutches or a granny cart ride the escalator because they *can't* get anywhere fast anyway.
4. Ecstatic dancing
What's a more fun and engaging way to burn calories? Conscious/sober dance parties are growing in popularity and some even feature holistic lifestyle vendors, foods on top of positive attitudes. Don't dismiss these — Ecstatic Dance NYC, No Lights No Lycra, and Morning Gloryville are some sober parties that are growing in popularity and can really put the pop in your collar.
5. Biking> Subway
Save $3.00 that you could spend on three slices of 99 cent pizzas and make a journey of your destination. Biking through Brooklyn is surprisingly convenient and often comparable in speed. You'll explore more of your neighborhood and Brooklyn will feel smaller than it does when you're doing calf raises waiting for the late night J train.
6. Static Climbing
Lock those arms and get into sloth mode: static climbing takes the cake on lazy exercise as you hook your hands into the holds and rotate your body upwards. You might not be jumping off footholds, but your mind will meditate and hone your focus. Need a tutorial? Swing by for a day climb and climbing assessment.


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MANILA Last night, TBWA\Santiago Mangada Puno reigned supreme as they were once again named Agency of the Year at the Adobo Creative Rankings. Along with this coveted recognition, the Disruption Company's creatives, advertisers, marketers, and campaigns were in the spotlight, going home with 22 individual top awards across 12 of the Rankings' 21 categories.
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|#10: 08-05-2015 @ 08:25:24 am
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And now the game has been pushed back to 2016.
I'm kinda irked, but as always I'd rather the game was late and good than early and terrible.
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|#11: 01-25-2016 @ 06:34:59 am
Link to this Post: http://www.machvergil.com/gamenight/messages.php?go=12026#12026
Hey, guess what! Mighty No. 9 was delayed again. The February 9th has been pushed back to sometime in the spring of this year.
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|#12: 01-25-2016 @ 06:48:20 am
Link to this Post: http://www.machvergil.com/gamenight/messages.php?go=12029#12029
This is solidly a "good" for me. That game needed more time in the oven... a lot more... last time I played it. Hopefully the delays can only help at this point.
This should come as no surprise to anyone since I'm not a disgruntled Star Citizen backer, but I'd rather my kickstarter game be awesome and super late, than on time and terrible.
That said, I'm not sure what these "network features" are that are causing the delay. That's a little odd.
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|#13: 05-25-2016 @ 02:00:37 pm
Link to this Post: http://www.machvergil.com/gamenight/messages.php?go=12780#12780
This trailer though...
This was supposed to be a surefire bet. Damn it.
I wish I could say that this trailer wasn't a reflection of the generally poor quality I have found the product to be in when I've played it... but it is.
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|#14: 06-20-2016 @ 08:47:07 pm
Link to this Post: http://www.machvergil.com/gamenight/messages.php?go=12934#12934
So, it is 6/20/2016, 11:44pm eastern.
Might No. 9 is supposed to be released on Steam sometime on the 21st.
I still do not have a key for the full version of the game. I am not pre-downloading. Not only that, but I do not have any communication at all from the dev team on when I can expect the key. For all I know folks who pre-ordered the game on steam $20 are going to get to play it before I did, someone who backed the game for $99.
This was supposed to be a safe bet. Comcept you need to stop letting me down over here, or we're all going to continue to be unkind to you once word it comes time for your backers to start spreading word of mouth. Reviewers aren't helping you that's for sure.
EDIT: So they updated twitter moments ago. We may yet get our keys soon.
EDIT Next Morning: Keys sent. Steam still hasn't activated the game but keys were sent by Humble Store so if I wasn't going to work today I could download and play w/o steam right now.
This post was edited by machvergil on June 21, 2016, 8:17 am
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|#15: 06-21-2016 @ 11:54:51 am
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Gonna have to let us know how this turns out. This thing has turned into a trainwreck from what I'm hearing. At least general gameplay has sounded all right.
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|#16: 06-21-2016 @ 12:56:31 pm
Link to this Post: http://www.machvergil.com/gamenight/messages.php?go=12938#12938
I hope you don't get stuck with two keys for the same DLC like some people seem to be.
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|#17: 06-21-2016 @ 08:41:48 pm
Link to this Post: http://www.machvergil.com/gamenight/messages.php?go=12941#12941
Regarding the state of launch: I have both Steam and Humble Bundle versions now. All codes work. For a bit there my "Ray DLC" wasn't working. It is now.
Current status: I'm past all eight base Mighty Numbers... or in Mega Man speak, I'm passed the Eight Master Robots and now I'm into the Wily stages. I will write up something about the game itself a little later when I'm not holding up a round of Overwatch.
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|#18: 06-22-2016 @ 05:16:25 am
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Wow, that didn't take long at all.
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|#19: 06-22-2016 @ 09:03:52 am
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September 04th 2013 was when this topic was opened. On June 21st 2016, almost 3 years later, I can finally say I've played the final product.
Let me get the bad news out of the way first.
Mighty No. 9 is an ugly looking game. It's this really bizarre example where art direction doesn't save limited technical capabilities of the engine. I love the art direction for this project and the character designs. The problem is those poorly translate into the game itself.
We were shown this as a production concept during the kickstarter
Now that is clearly not a screenshot, so expecting that would be unrealistic. However concept images like these seem inline with games currently being made, like Wayforward's upcoming Shantae sequel.
If Comcept had delivered something that looked like this, holy crap I'd be happy.
Instead we got 3.5D garbage.
Now you're probably thinking "that doesn't look so bad."
But this does:
I want you to take a good look at that character model and notice how it is textures painted on a very low poly model. Now I want to point to how they do close ups like this all the time during cutscenes, in which character's mouths do not move while they voice dialog speak, and maybe animate a little bit to show emotion. These are of course things that are acceptable when you're talking about sprites, but making zoom ins like this on 3D models just makes you feel like someone uprezzed a PS1/N64 game.
Then there's the bad textures, low poly environments. Many of the locals feel boring and uninspired (though not all) due to drab, flat texture work and low poly models.
It's a shame because the game's great character and enemy design continues to shine through regardless anytime 2D art appears.
I love the designs of nearly all the Mighty numbers.
At least they fixed it so that it's much much easier to see bullets against the backgrounds now. This was a serious problem before the game came out.
So that's the bad. I also feel meh about the soundtrack so far. There's some good tracks but none that are super memorable the way Shovel Knight's or the old Mega Man game's were. Part of the problem is the audio balance is all wrong and the music becomes truly background with how quiet it is compared to the sound effects and voice. I've made adjustments to fix this but often the music kind of drifts into the background and doesn't really get into me. The game gives you the choice to play the music in either modern or 8-bit mode and I want to recommend the 8-bit mode to you as it better highlights the strength of some of the compositions. I'm hoping once they release the Soundtrack I can listen to these songs w/o them being drowned out and I might like them more.
The story is a Mega Man Story. You're not here for it to be honest, but that said I do think it has a lot of neat bits. For example there is more than just two scientists this time around so it's not just the battle of the good doctor vs the bad doctor. I like that Might No 9 takes place expressly in America but mention to Japan is made. I like that Beck's ability to take his foe's powers seems to have an explanation. My favorite part of the story is the whole "Mighty Number" concept because it's a fun nod to the original Rockman/Mega Man. In case you didn't know, all of the original Mega Man major characters and bosses have numbers. It starts from Protoman (No. 00), then Rock (aka Mega Man) who is No. 01, Roll is No. 02, and each of the Mega Man 1 bosses going on from there. It continued in future games (Bubbleman from Mega Man 2 is Number 11 for example). Here they stuck with the numbers as a major identifier, but still gave each Mighty Number their own name and matching identity. Mighty No 4 Seismic here, for example, is an Earth mover, has a gruff personality, but his fellow Mighty Numbers call him "Mic" for short.
The best part about this though is that they play up the idea that the Mighty No.s feel a sibling-like kinship to each other. Mega Man and Protoman had that, but it was kinda odd that he didn't feel that way about the other 6 Wily/Light colaboration robots from Mega Man 1 (Most of the later ones were Wily only projects so they'd be half-siblings at best). So when you defeat a Mighty Number in MN9, Beck doesn't destroy them, he just snaps them out of their madness. This allows them to return later, meaning that the game builds each of these characters up as personalities and once they are on your side, some of them are pretty fun. My favorites at the moment are Mighty Number 5: Battalion who has a gun for a head and shouts a mix of random Full Metal Jacket and General Patton references, and Mighty Number 8: Coutnershade who is voiced by Steve Blum and as a cool sniper/cowboy. I also like the way the game feels like original Mega Man in tone, but its plot seems a little more similar to the "Maverick Virus" of the Mega Man X games.
Anyway all of this is window dressing. The most important part is how it plays as a game. On that front I have mostly good news to report.
Might No 9 starts with the "Jump and Shoot Man" formula of Mega Man but then turns it on its head by making killing enemies about dashing through them. There's no Mega Buster or anything like it, so you just shoot foes until they start to glow, and then you can dash through them to finish them off. The sooner you dash through them you gain bonuses both in terms of points and temporary attack, speed, or defense buffs. This is also how you charge up your Sub/Energy Tanks. This gameplay encourages quick thinking and quick playing, though it doesn't force it. You can take levels slow and steady. As a result MN9 feels like a game that is designed to allow patient and new players to beat it, but really reward speed runners and those who build up skill with the game. The dashes are unlimited, including air-dashing, so you have just insane amounts of mobility in the game and it's easy to forget this isn't Mega Man X where your air-dashes are limited to 1 per jump. There's also no wall-slide/kick like in Mega Man X so have to remember that.
My biggest problem with this method was in previous version this was all there was, which meant while it was interesting it lacked variety. The full version of this game fixes this problem in that Beck does gain the ability to absorb powers from his fellow Mighty Numbers. The absorbed powers don't just give him a gun, but transform him in some way. In some cases this amounts to a new way to attack, but in some cases it changes him significantly, like turning his legs into treads or giving him a helicopter propeller for a head that he can use to jump higher and glide to safely and then throw at his foes. The weapons also recharge slowly over time, which encourages you to actually use them instead of feeling like you have to save them for bosses. Putting this much variety into the weapons also reduces the need for Rush or a Rush-like subpower type thing.
The game's difficulty is... odd. On the one hand there have been parts and boss fights that have made me growl and shout. On the other hand, I've been playing the game for only a handful of hours and I'm already done with the 8 Mighty Numbers and onto the post-game. This was made easier because the game does something that elevates the mystery of "which weapon is good against each boss." See as you save each Mighty No, they will move in to support you on the stage of the Mighty No their weapon is strong against. For example, there's a water plan level where Mighty No 2 has set up shop and is freezing everything. If you beat Mighty No 1, Pyro will show up as "Advice" for that level on stage select, which is your clue that you use Pyro's weapon to beat Cryo. With that mystery solved it was much easier to proceed through the game once I beat my first Mighty No. I'm not opposed to this decision because I think it makes the game more accessible, especially if there's a new generation of gamers playing this who have no previous Mega Man experience. For me though, it makes the journey through the first eight bosses much easier.
The graphical issues with the game do hamper gameplay, even if bullets are easier to see. It's not always clear to me when an object is in the foreground or the background, where the hit-box for large obstacles or enemies begins or ends. This was a real problem on one stage where I had to "down slide" under a turbine. First of all they never explain what that is even though there is a hint for it when you approach the turbine (it's hold down while hitting dash btw). Second of all, because it's not clear where the hitbox on the turbine begins or ends, you can easily start the dash too far away and die or get too close to the turbine trying to start the dash.
To wrap up: Kenji Inafune has done the very Japanese thing of taking responsibility for the game's flaws. I think it's very telling that he now thinks they over-reached trying to support all the platforms they did at first, especially given this is a new studio and their first game. A lot of my graphical problems with the game can easily be explained by "well shit Adam, this game had to run on 3DS." That puts things in a different standard but again makes me fume about "why wasn't this done in sprites?!" It's Inti Creates! It's not like they aren't capable of fantastic Sprite Art!
TL:DR; Mighty No 9 is disappointing, certainly not the success of some other Kickstarter games, like Shovel Knight, but to call it a train wreak is an exaggeration. Yeah, communication was bad before launch, but I have all my keys now and they are communicating regularly about updates for systems and regions currently left out.
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The first clocks using mechanical movements kept time by regulating a flow of water. For seven hundred years or so, everyone knew that these clocks were invented in Europe in the 13th and 14th centuries. No one is quite sure where exactly, as several cities at roughly the same time erected central clock towers. However, in the middle of the 20th century, Joseph Needham came across a diary written by Su Song that documented a clock that he built in China at the end of the 11th century. The diary had been lost for hundreds of years, and even in China it was well known that mechanical clocks were a European invention.
Needham continued to dig, and eventually found records of four different clocks that had been built in China about the same time. Each only worked for a short period of time. All early clocks required a huge amount of maintenance, and it appears as though the makers of these clocks all either died or moved on after they were built. No one else had the knowledge required to keep them running.
So can we say that mechanical clocks are a Chinese innovation?
In one sense, who cares? But in another sense, this illustrates an important point.
Innovation isn't just about having ideas. It's not even simply about executing ideas. To innovate, you have to do both of these things. But you also have to get the idea to spread.
Su wrote a book describing the workings of his clock, but the plans were insufficient to build or maintain a working clock. His son believed that he left out crucial details so that his ideas wouldn't be stolen.
Su had a very successful career and was widely acclaimed in his time, so from a personal standpoint, this may have been a good strategy. On the other hand, he didn't get full credit for his ideas for 900 years, mainly because he tried to keep them from spreading.
Finding the right balance between rewarding inventors for successfully executing ideas and getting these ideas to diffuse to improve overall economic outcomes is a difficult problem – one that still bedevils discussion of intellectual property today.
To me though, if your ideas don't spread, then you aren't innovating.
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Maybe Today was released 2/1/07. In a review by Holly Moors (Moors Magazine in The Netherlands), she states, "We have a weak spot for Lenny Solomon. The man writes lovely, touching and beautiful songs that stay with me. When Armando's Pie came out he told me his next album would be a band-affair once more. That new album (Maybe Today) has become his best so far. His other albums can be considered as a collection of very fine songs, this one has also become a beautifully balanced, complete album." To date, various cuts from his albums have been aired on over 130 radio stations as far away as Siberia. "


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Rossville in Walker County, Georgia — The American South (South Atlantic)
Old Federal Road
Formal permission by the Cherokees to open the road was granted in the 1805 Treaty of Tellico, Tennessee. Prior to that time the trace served as an Indian trading path to Augusta.
The earliest post office in northwest Georgia was established on this route at Rossville, on April 5, 1817 with John Ross as postmaster.
Erected 1992. (Marker Number 146-14.)
Marker series. This marker is included in the Georgia Historical Society/Commission marker series.
Location. 34° 59.036′ N, 85° 17.182′ W. Marker is in Rossville, Georgia, in Walker County. Marker is on Chickamauga Ave (U.S. 27), on the left when traveling south. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Rossville GA 30741, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker. Rossville High Alumni Veteran's Memorial Hooker's Column (a few steps from this marker); Rossville Memorial Fountain (within shouting distance of this marker); John Ross Home (approx. 0.2 miles away); Rossville, McFarland House & Spring (approx. 0.2 miles away); Home of John Ross (approx. ¼ mile away); Chief John Ross (approx. ¼ mile away); Osterhaus' Division (approx. 0.4 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Rossville.
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