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This week at Bungie, we're sharing a lot of information with you all! Mostly because we're as hyped as everyone else, but also because Lightfall is launching in less than five days. That leaves us with about —[checks clock, does the math, checks with Google because I'm bad with numbers]— less than 118 hours by the time this is live. It's enough time to tell you one or two more things, though. Or several.
So, let's start with what's on the menu today:
Also, here's what we talked about the previous week that you should totally check if you haven't:
With all that clear, the only thing left is to jump in. ¡Vamos! (Let's go!)
We're not kidding when we say, "Our end begins." Have you seen how powerful our enemies are? Well, you'll see in just a few hours when the launch trailer for Lightfall premieres during PlayStation's State of Play.
The livestream begins at 1 PM PST (check your local time here), and a lot of other great games will be a part of it, so put on something nice, will you?
This week the World Systems team shared an overview of the changes coming to several activities. Long story short: Destiny 2 is getting harder, not only for those of you who love to solo Grandmaster Nightfalls, but also for those who love the kind of challenges that Power level disadvantages bring to the table. Those are here to stay.
Here's a quick recap:
There were a few things we didn't make completely clear in the article, so we updated it with some additional info. We saw the feedback and realized that we totally missed some of the reward changes coming to Nightfalls and Lost Sectors as well as some additional info on Burns vs. Threats and Surges.
Go read the updated article now!
Making your in-game merits more obvious and giving others the opportunity to say nice things about how you played surely must feel nice. That's why Guardian Ranks and Commendations are crucial additions to Destiny 2. We're also revamping the buildcrafting experience for all players with our new Mod Customization system and giving everyone the ability to create and switch builds on the fly with the addition of in-game Loadouts.
We know you might have some questions around how these new quality-of-life systems work, so we've got some more details from the team over on the PlayStation Blog today.
We know you're waiting for more news regarding the Crucible. We have a few quick bits to share before launch and then, later in the season, we'll have the bigger article with more details on playlist changes coming with Lightfall and later, adjustments to competitive progression and rewards, and changes to how matchmaking will work in the near future.
Next week, the Competitive Division freelance node is going away, as we believe fireteam matchmaking is solving the problem it was originally intended to solve, in a much healthier way. This will merge the player populations into one larger, healthier pool while still protecting smaller fireteams from getting stomped by larger more coordinated groups.
Exotic armor pieces can be just as critical to your PvP build as your weapons or subclass Aspects or Fragments. A popular move has always been to have a powerful neutral game Exotic on during PvP while your Super is building, then swap to a Super-enhancing Exotic once your Super is full, then swapping back to the neutral game Exotic. This tends to favor players who have higher end PCs (and can get in and out of menus faster), and we generally don't want to encourage a bunch of menu gameplay during action. We also find it an uninteresting way to gain an advantage in PvP. With the prevalence of build swapping that can happen with loadouts, we thought we would squash this issue in high-end PvP.
More details to come in a Crucible blog post next Season! Until then, go make Shaxx proud and get ready to build and save your perfect PvP loadout next week.
The Seasonal Artifact has been with us for a while now, and we have adjusted its functionalities to better suit how you face some of the most challenging activities in Destiny 2 and to spice up the meta a bit each Season. We're making several improvements to it in Lightfall, starting with the following:
But why tell you when we can show? Here's what the Ascendant Scepter brings to the table for Season 20.
In our "Buildcrafting Evolved" article, we stated that there will be new ways to counter Champions in Lightfall. After showcasing the Seasonal weapons you'll use to do so, maybe we should also refresh that information and throw in one or two more details, right?
Whether you're a solo player or in a full fireteam, there's no wrong way to play the Lightfall campaign. We know you all loved the Legendary difficulty that debuted with The Witch Queen, so we wanted to talk a bit about how it will work in Lightfall.
With the goal of balancing challenge and survivability across all fireteam sizes (1, 2, 3), Legendary difficulty scales based on the size of your fireteam. Incoming damage, damage required to stagger an enemy, enemy health, and amount of revives are a few of the things that scale on Legendary for each additional member of your fireteam.
In the Lightfall campaign, we reduced the health scalar on combatants to better balance solo and fireteam play when compared to last year's Legendary campaign. Enemies will still have more overall health in larger fireteams (and the Cabal in general have higher base health than other combatant factions), but this will help bring solo and fireteam difficulty closer together. Additionally, the damage required to stagger combatants is reduced during the Lightfall campaign.
Make no mistake, the Shadow Legion and their new technology are extremely formidable foes, and we're not even going to talk about Tormentors... So eyes up, Guardian, because it won't be easy.
This weekend, we're making all the content included with The Witch Queen Standard Edition available for free. Here's the exact timing:
For Xbox, players with XBL Gold or Game Pass subscriptions can visit The Witch Queen page on their platform's store to claim access. For PlayStation, Steam, Epic Games, and MS Store players, all you have to do is log in to the game, and The Witch Queen will be available.
If you want to check out its amazing Legendary campaign, the Vox Obscura Exotic mission, a few Wellspring runs, or try the Vow of the Disciple raid, you totally can. All the loot you earn will be yours to keep, by the way, and you don't have to download any additional content. The Witch Queen Standard Edition will just unlock on your installed game.
Similar situation with Beyond Light, since this expansion is still available for free to PlayStation Plus subscribers. Go fight House Salvation and their leader, Eramis, while traveling across Europa's frozen landscapes and get a hold on Stasis, the first Darkness based subclass, just in time before Strand, the second one, launches with Lightfall. Just remember to redeem Beyond Light before March 6.
This is a gentle reminder for everyone: go redeem any Prime Gaming rewards you have not picked up yet. Those are going away on February 27, just before Lightfall launches. We're not saying Amanda got tired of all the space those packages were taking or that she is throwing the remaining ones off the Hangar to make room... but she totally is.
Ready to Pre-Load?
Known Issues List | Help Forums | Bungie Help TwitterLIGHTFALL 24-HOUR DOWNTIME
To prepare for the launch of Lightfall, Destiny 2 is scheduled for 24-hour downtime. Destiny 2 will be brought offline at 9 AM PST (-8 UTC), February 27, at which time:
- Ongoing activities will end.
- Players will be returned to the title screen.
- Preloading for Lightfall on all platforms will become available.
Players will be able to log back in once downtime concludes at 9 AM PST (-8 UTC), February 28. Check your local time here.PRE-LOAD STORAGE REQUIREMENTS
Players seeking information on Destiny 2's updated storage requirements post-Lightfall should view our Destiny Platform Storage Requirements article.BUNGIE REWARDS DEADLINE
During the 24-hour downtime leading up to Lightfall's launch, players will be unable to claim and purchase Bungie Rewards. All expiring Season 19 and The Witch Queen Bungie Rewards must be earned and claimed by the beginning of downtime at 9 AM PST (-8 UTC), February 27. Check your local time here.CLAIM YOUR REWARDS
The Season ends soon — claim your rewards before they're gone!
- Seasonal Seals and Rewards
- Season Pass Items
- Season Vendor Rewards
- Shaxx, Zavala, Drifter, and Saint-14 Rewards
- Banshee-44 Reputation Items
Players who plan on playing Lightfall while utilizing the Cross Save system should ensure that their Cross Save setups have been fully linked and activated before they log into Lightfall for the first time. Doing so will help ensure that any purchased Season Passes and Dungeon Keys are applied to the intended player account.LEGACY COLLECTION UPDATE
Alongside the launch of Lightfall on February 28, we will be making an adjustment to the Legacy Collection. The current Legacy Collection (containing the Forsaken Pack, Shadowkeep, and Beyond Light) will be retired from our platform stores and replaced by the Legacy Collection (2023). This updated collection will contain the Shadowkeep, Beyond Light, and The Witch Queen expansions. The Forsaken Pack will still be available as its own separate content pack.KNOWN ISSUES
While we continue investigating various known issues, here is a list of the latest issues that were reported to us in our #Help forum:
- Some Xbox players are re-downloading the most recent update on every game launch.
- We are continuing to investigate reports of WEASEL errors occurring for characters on log in.
- Players who receive a leaver penalty in the competitive Crucible playlist may be unable to launch into the playlist once their leaver penalty has expired. This can be resolved by swapping characters and playing another match in the competitive Crucible playlist.
For a full list of emergent issues in Destiny 2, players can review our Known Issues article. Players who observe other issues should report them to our #Help forum.
Please keep your amazing creations coming using the (updated) #Destiny2MOTW and #Destiny2AOTW hashtags and don't forget to include your Bungie profile together with your submission.
Ivan: Timing of this video is great, considering all the events happening in Destiny this Season. I hope this song will manage to warm you during your chilly adventures on Europa. DSC remains my favorite raid, and this lullaby will always be special to me.
Movie of the Week: Deep Stone Lullaby - Destiny 2: Beyond Light (OST) (violin cover by Alexandra Karadmitriyadi)
Timon: Let´s enjoy the views on this cool fly through the galaxy. I'm wondering which places you'll find on Neomuna!
Movie of the Week: Guardians Fly Free
Hippy: Ah, Calus. You are a nightmarish, beautiful weirdo. We love you, and, sure, we are a wee bit scared of you—but one thing is for sure: we can't deny those sweet, sweet dance moves.
Art of the Week: Somehow, Calus became even more of a nightmare
I. Regret. Nothing. 🤣#Destiny2 #Destiny2art #b3d #animation pic.twitter.com/8lnON89Rkt
— Lex Dorkslav (@Lex_Dorkslav) February 14, 2023
Sam: Okay okay, that Calus is pretty great, not gonna lie. But I think my favorite part about these two picks is how large of a variety of the mediums you all use in your art. Introducing Classic Calus.
Art of the Week: Somehow, Calus also became cute
In honor of the Emperor's ✨Inner Beauty✨, here is a Classic Calus needle felt sculpture #Destiny2AOTW #needlefelting pic.twitter.com/CcOHZtGwyn
— The Edgeless Terror (@ascendantraisin) February 19, 2023
Hippy: OK, one more because honestly? This submission is a big mood.
B-b-Bonus AOTW: I'm a mess
I'm a mess#Destiny2AOTW #AOTW #Destiny2 pic.twitter.com/tIqi4tsiKa
— dillard (@dillardslk) February 15, 2023
And that's it for this week. Big love to all of the teams who come together to make these TWABs happen, no matter how long or short. They all require time, patience, and love, all coming from several teams at Bungie. Teamwork makes the dream work.
We know very well the last days before a new Destiny 2 expansion launches are nerve-wracking. We make the game, after all! But let's try and take it easy. For now, keep working on those Seasonal Challenges you might have left, or consider spending some time catching up on everything else coming to the game on YouTube before the new content drops. Just be ready for what's coming before our end begins.
"Hasta Luego"


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The Danelaw area came about because the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms were not powerful enough to beat back the arrival of the Danish army under King Guthrum. The only real resistance was by the Saxons, and even they were beaten back at first. The only reason they did not overrun the west was because the Danes were supplied from the east, and the west of England was simply too far for them to get supplies to their army.
This gave the Saxon King Alfred the time to regroup and form an effective defensive army.
Eventually, the strengthened Saxon army fought an important battle against the Danes which resulted in a kind of truce, with the Danes continuing to hold the Danelaw area, but never again attacking the west and south.
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Join the Hudson River Maritime Museum in Celebrating the Woman who Made Environmentalism in the Hudson Valley a Reality KINGSTON, N.Y. – On Sunday, September 18th, the Hudson River Maritime Museum will be hosting its Pilot Gala in honor of environmentalist, activist and author, Fran Dunwell. The event will be hosted at Diamond Mills in Saugerties, NY, and tickets are now available to members of the public. Fran Dunwell recently retired as the Hudson River Estuary Coordinator at the NYS Department of Environmental Conservation, a position she held since 1984. In that role, she managed the implementation of the state's Hudson River Estuary Action Agenda and its $6.5 million annual budget. The Estuary Program organizes many partners to conserve the tidal Hudson and the extraordinary natural heritage of its watershed using programs founded in science and implemented in ways that support the quality of life of the Valley's citizens.
The Hudson River Maritime Museum's Pilot Gala is in celebration of Fran Dunwell and her work in the Hudson Valley. The evening will include a cocktail hour and seated dinner, an programming auction in support of the museum's sailing and woodworking school as well as their green museum initiative, and a short film about Dunwell's work.
Tickets are available for purchase on the museum's website at www.hrmm.org. Also available is a raffle for an 18-person private character on the museum's 100% solar-powered tour boat, Solaris, in the 2023 season. All proceeds from the event go towards supporting the mission and programming of the museum. Your comment will be posted after it is approved.
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SAINTS boss Kristian Woolf believes the team is better placed to tackle the Super League campaign than they were 12 months ago.
The full squad, including new boys Dan Norman, Sione Mata'utia, Agnatius Paasi and Joel Thompson, has been back now for a week.
And Woolf is happy with what he has seen so far.
Woolf, starting his second year at the helm, said: "They have all come back in really good nick and done what has been asked of them.
"That is a good vase to start from and we are now building on that, rather than catching blokes up."
Compared to last year, it has helped that there has been no international series - something that delayed a number of players returning last term.
"We are in a much better place than this time 12 months ago when we had a lot of guys who hadn't had much of a pre-season due to the internationals," he said.
"We were short on numbers and short on what we could work on.
"On top of that, of all the blokes who have had surgery, all but one are in the full squad and we have a good settled group.
"We have been 12 months together and that gives us an opportunity to build on what we did last year and keep improving as a group.
"That is what we aim to do."
Woolf said the four new additions to the squad have settled in well and are already showing what they will add to the team.
"They are all fitting in well," he said.
"They are getting used to the cold and change in weather and we have a good group who have made them really welcome.
"They are a good players and you could see the class and skill level that they have already and I am looking forward to them improving with the group."
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Analysis: Las Vegas hosts the largest show in the city, but its construction is slow
Written by Stuart Ramsay, Senior Correspondent
Las Vegas, the famous city with its round the clock, is much quieter than usual.
The COVID-19 pandemic has ensured that casinos, shows and hotels are at a fraction of their normal capacity (B).There are still plenty of party-goers and gamblers wandering through its attractive bar in search of action in its many and varied forms.
The Clark County Election Center is located twenty minutes from the bustling city center, surrounded by desert, mountains, and working-class housing.
It may not have any of the magic of Las Vegas but it does host the biggest show in town – the presidential election vote count.
Groups of Trump supporters occasionally wave signs, call for a stop to count, and often dance, somewhat oddly, to the music.
There is an expectation that these smallest undeclared nations will play an active role in choosing the next president.
All sounds exciting, right? not like that! Counting is very slow and is now a meme on social media.
The officials asked for calm and patience. Journalists are so quiet Catatonia.
At 9 AM and 4 PM, they move to welcome the latest data drop.
The last of them was barely 30,000 ballots counted and that took nearly two days – and there are at least 150,000 more ballot papers.
With most of the votes still to be counted in the powerfully democratic Las Vegas region, many are questioning why the networks did not call the score, putting an end to the boredom of reporters abroad and the public waiting to hear.
The truth is that they did not and should not because it may be all over after the count, but the counting is not over.
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After a report from Ken Rosenthal at The Athletic on Thursday about Major League Baseball confiscating baseballs from Trevor Bauer's start against the A's on Wednesday, the Dodgers right-hander blasted the report as a leak from MLB.
One of the issues is that this wasn't unique to Bauer across the sport in the opening week of the season.
"My understanding is that umpires collect baseballs from all pitchers, balls that were in play, to collect samples," manager Dave Roberts said Friday. "I just hope that our players are not singled out. That's the one thing I want to guard against."
Roberts said he didn't know whether Bauer will face discipline, though he didn't think he would.
"He's just kind of the only name I've heard floated around," Roberts said.
If Bauer is being singled out by MLB, perhaps as a warning to other pitchers across the league, Barry Petchesky at Defector did a good job of laying out why that would be the case, given Bauer's outspokenness on the issue in recent years.
Concession nightmare
The Dodgers used a mobile ordering system for the home opener, trying to adhere to social distancing guidelines, even with the reduced capacity of 15,036 fans at Dodger Stadium on Friday.
It did not go well, with crowded concourses and long waits for food.
The food situation at Dodger Stadium is out of control!
— Jonathan Garza (@ijonathangarza) April 9, 2021
Fans order online and are emailed a confirmation, which they take to the spot and pick up their order. But, no organization whatsoever. #Dodgers pic.twitter.com/He3POEjqdc
LA, we have a problem! #SocialDistancing not happening at #DodgerStadium. #Dodgers pic.twitter.com/ghqduZuQPd
— Jad El Reda (جادالله الرضا) (@jadelreda) April 9, 2021
The Dodgers midgame switched back to a walk-up ordering system that is usually used, and plan to do so going forward.
"After consultation and cooperation with the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health, Dodger Stadium will continue with walk-up ordering, as in past seasons, with social distancing and all health and safety guidelines enforced," the team said in a statement. "Starting tomorrow and moving forward, additional concession locations will be open to better serve Dodger fans."
This one goes to 11
Luke Raley entered on defense in a double switch in the eighth inning, playing right field in the final two innings in his major league debut. Raley grounded out to shortstop against Nationals right-hander Sam Clay to lead off the ninth in his first major league at-bat.
Raley was drafted by the Dodgers in the seventh round in 2016, then traded to Minnesota in 2018 for Brian Dozier, and returned to Los Angeles in the Kenta Maeda trade in 2020.
Raley is the 11th player drafted and signed by the Dodgers in 2016 to reach the major leagues. That matches 1968 as the most players drafted and signed by the Dodgers in one year to reach the majors.
Raley was recalled Friday when Cody Bellinger was placed on the injured list with a left calf contusion.
"We're not going to push him. You know how we operate," Roberts said. "Once we get the go-ahead from the training staff for Cody, I know he's eligible to return Friday, so that'd be the hope, but it's not a hard date."
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Julio Urías gets the start for the Dodgers on Saturday night (6:10 p.m. PT, SportsNet LA). The Nationals haven't yet named a starter for that game, but it could be Patrick Corbin if he is activated.


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The owner of Turquoise in Roscoe Village, one of Chicago's most popular Turkish restaurants, is trying something new in Wicker Park. The city has a variety of Mediterranean restaurants, but the team behind Elia feels theirs is genuinely unique — a modern space with a bar and a fusion menu.
To understand what Elia is vying to accomplish, it's nice to have a basic understanding of what "Mediterranean" has come to mean in describing food around town: a clumsy term that refers to several nations without any clarity. Spain and France border the Mediterranean Sea but are rarely lumped in with countries like Monaco, Turkey, and Cypress, which share some culinary traditions.
With that in mind, Elia's chef, Ezgi Bozdas, describes her offerings as fusion, combining food from different countries along the Mediterranean Sea. Bozdas arrived in America in 2008, moving to Chicago in the dead of winter from Turkey as a 19-year-old college kid studying computer science. She didn't have a winter coat.
Her first restaurant job was washing dishes at Cousins IV, a raw foods restaurant that has since closed. The experience of working extensively with vegetables will give Elia an edge, Bozdas says. Turquoise's menu is meat heavy, as is Cafe Istanbul, a restaurant just west of Elia, also on Division Street. Coincidentally, Cafe Istanbul's owner, Mustafa Guler, founded Turquoise before selling to Metin Serbest in 2017.
"I don't necessarily want to be in competition," Serbest says of Elia," I think we have enough customers for everyone."
Guler set high standards for Turqoise, and Bozdas looked forward to the challenge. However, at Elia, she has more freedom to express herself without being weighed down by customer expectations. And those expectations were not always fair, Bozdas says who has worked at acclaimed spots like Carrie Nahabedian's NAHA and Danny Grant's Maple & Ash; "I've worked very hard as a female from Turkey," Bozdas adds.
Bozdas talks about how many, mostly men, underestimated her abilities. She's now in charge of Turquoise and its sibling wine bar, Bordeaux Lounge, and Elia. She relishes how far she's come from her start as a dishwasher.
The menu features four types of hummus, saganaki, and a hulking braised short rib. Seafood and veggie risottos show the restaurant's melange of dishes.
The bar element remains in the restaurant, but take a look at where the DJ booth — a stack of high chairs stands in its place. That's the direction this restaurant is going, Serbest is Kursh who emigrated from Turkey. He's an immigration attorney with a growing practice specializing in clients seeking asylum in America — Syrians, Iraqis, and Iranians. He studied at Northwestern University.
They're still figuring out what the neighborhood wants, as Elia sports a large bar with a modern private dining room. Serbest says the decor fits in with the rest of Wicker Park. He's tried other restaurants in the space, most recently Sea & Olive. Though he's adamant the pricing and the pandemic stopped that restaurant from success, he's also reluctant to talk about the old restaurant, dubious of mentioning failures. They went bigger with Elia, gutting the space and hiring Berrin Ulutas as the designer and architect.
"I put a lot of money in — it's like gambling, right?," Serbest says. "You lose a lot of money and you're like "I got to make it back! Then you put more money in to get it."
Elia, 1938 W. Division Street, open 5 p.m. daily; kitchen open until 10 p.m. on weekdays and until 11 p.m. on Fridays and Saturdays; the bar is still open after. Lunch, happy hour, and brunch starting soon, reservations via OpenTable.


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Google Search Console performance report delayed but Google will fix the issue
At the time of writing this story, the reports were delayed by over 65 hours.
The Google Search Console performance reports are currently significantly delayed, mine is now showing it is over 65 hours delayed. Typically, these reports are updated within 4 hours, so this is a significant delay.
Google is aware. Google is aware of the delay and the team is working on fixing the issue. This is not uncommon, but a 65 or more hour delay is somewhat unusual for these Search Console reports.
John Mueller, a Google Search representative, posted on Twitter, "Sometimes things are just a bit slow,"
"Sorry for the delays with the data," he added. He also said that this "doesn't mean that there isn't another search update happening, it's just that this is definitely not a sign of a search update."
What it looks like. Here is a screenshot of the delay, where I see "last updated: 65 hours ago."
Why we care. There is no reason to panic, Google will fix the issue and you will get your data. It might take some time, so check back later today or tomorrow, but I am sure the data will return.
Again, this is not uncommon and a delay in this reporting doesn't represent or signal any other changes at Google, such as a Google search update or other issues.
Postscript. Google posted an update on Twitter several hours later:
Postscript 2. It seems Google has fixed the issue and as of 10:30 am ET on May 31st, the reports are showing data as of 7 hours ago, as opposed to 70 hours ago. You can now hopefully prepare your month end reporting properly.
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Tim cupped the dark soil in his rough hands and lowered his face to inhale the perfume of the freshly popped clod. "What does it smell like?" I asked. "Chocolate cake", he said with a laugh. And he was right. The rich, structured, nobbly mound of dirt had an odour reminiscent of cake – the perfect balance of sweet top notes and earthy undertones.
This encounter with a lump of soil stayed with me when I returned to the farm I was living on a thousand kilometres north of Tim's high country station in New Zealand's South Island. One morning, I plunged a spade into the paddock behind the house to discover, with dismay, that the soil I was farming atop had the consistency of packed sand and a pungent perfume that a Twitter friend suggested was indicative of a lack of oxygen. I've been obsessed with the smell of the land since, certain it was emblematic of a good farm in step with nature.
For most of my adult life the fragrances that hovered around me were of the city; exhaust fumes, garbage bins, the smell of bitumen baking under the hot Australian sun. Then, in 2019, I returned home to Aotearoa New Zealand to live on a small cattle farm with my Australian husband. We needed respite from the pace of the city and sought refuge, and work, on a lease farm my father ran just north of a small town called Taupō.
I was overwhelmed immediately by heady fragrances that flooded my tired body with a cold, foreign energy. Pine needles rotting under a tree stand tethered me to childhood memories of walking in the deep bush. A sickly sharp wave alerted me to a dead animal beneath the blackberry. Mustiness heralded the return of rain after a long dry period. Each season brought a flood of new smells – oiliness emanating from the dirt tracks, rotting flesh, plant debris decomposing behind the farm sheds. The smells were all big, concentrated top notes that lingered. But what does smell really tell us about the land we walk on?
Perfume wearers tend to gravitate to bold isolated smells. Most scents are constructed from isolates that strip away the imperfections of the source smell. A rose based perfume, such as Chanel N°5, for example, starts with a living rose grown near Pégomas in France but in the process of extracting the fragrance by combining the rose petals with hexane and then reducing the extract further with alcohols the imperfections are stripped away.
Amber Lenihan, a wine maker turned natural perfumer, says the true smell of a rose is layered and complex. Below the sweet top note is the faint smell of faecal matter. I spent months looking after young calves when we first arrived on the farm, feeding them milk twice a day, cleaning pens and forking hay into small troughs. That was my farming training. At the end of each day my overalls would be stained with sour milky manure. I can appreciate why most Chanel N°5 devotees prefer the faecal undertone be removed, but Lenihan is adamant that a balanced perfume has, in the vial as in nature, both a sweet note and a hint of decay. Neither linger on the nose like those heady smells I first encountered when I moved to the farm.
Scent is evocative but soil scientists tend not to rely only on odour when analysing soil quality or fertility – the indicator of good agricultural land. A visual or soil sample analysis has more currency, says Dr Louis Schipper, an environmental biogeochemist who specialises in carbon and nitrogen cycling in soil. Look for aggregate stability, he advises me; the clumps of soil particles that form around organic matter and hang tenuously from root networks when a plant is pulled from the earth.
When Dr Schipper is working in his beloved wetlands - a space that has a primordial earthy smell – a particular odour that peaks above the base note can herald the system responding to a new element, like the presence of sulphur, which smells distinctly like rotting eggs. But that smell alone is not an indicator of a healthy or unhealthy system.
"Microrganisms are completely disinterested in our opinion on what's healthy or not," says Dr Schipper, elaborating that we humans have a habit of anthropomorphising soil to align it with good or ill health. If it stinks, it's bad. Everyone wants the rose without the shit.
The redolent scent of chocolate cake that I've been chasing could be a false signal of soil health. It is, says Dr Schipper, most likely a result of volatile organic compounds that become flight ready when decomposing in aerobic soils. A clod popped from the earth is enough to send the compounds wafting up to the nose sparking one's imagination. But a more pressing concern for Dr Schipper is that the microbes are in a balanced system and supported to do the vital work of decomposition. The smell of rot, can, in fact, have no smell at all.
Not far from where I farm is the world's largest vermicompost plant operated by the company MyNoke (Noke being the Māori word for earthworm). It is a simple operation, truck loads of carbon and nitrogen-rich industrial waste from timber pulp mills and dairy plants are trucked into a loading bay where the pulpy flecks and sour sludge are mixed then deposited on farmland in long rows. With the aid of hundreds of thousands of earthworms the waste soon begins to decompose reducing over time by eighty per cent.
On the concrete mixing bay where earthworms slither across the wet surface heading for their next meal a faint sour odour floats above a woody smell. But walking down the rows the fragrance is gone, replaced with a hint of fresh wet grass. "The worm farm doesn't smell," explains soil scientist and MyNoke founder Dr Michael Quintern elaborating that the trick is to work with nature rather than trying to outsmart it.
The simplicity of the vermicompost operation belies the complexity of the technology and the problem Dr Quintern first set out to solve: how does one get rid of vast quantities of carbon and nitrogen-heavy industrial waste without further compounding the nitrogen burden in waterways and on the land? He looked first at standard technologies such as anaerobic digestion and thermal composting but all proved too expensive without funding or subsidies. The inexpensive option was worm farming.
"As a soil scientist I never really connected waste management with earthworms, but this is what nature developed over the last 460 million years", says Dr Quintern. "They started to take care of organic waste from animals, from plants, and converting it". Earthworms, he discovered, were exceptional at breaking down unwanted organic waste matter and extracting potentially harmful excess nitrogen from the system.
As the earthworms at MyNoke consume the carbon and nitrogen waste mix, they're growing, breeding and building worm tissue and in the process transforming harmful pathogens into useful bacteria that we need in the soil. "I call it sustainable protein for birds and other animals", Dr Quintern says as we stop next to a long row barely rising from the land's surface. He plunges a pitch fork into the earth and what's revealed is the aggregated soil Dr Schipper described – nobbly, structured, light and odourless.
When reapplied to the land after it has been sieved and packaged, this vermicompost is nature's fertiliser, a perfectly balanced mix of the elements plants crave most. "If compost is black gold, worm casting or worm poo is nature's black diamonds," says Dr Quintern.
Modern farming systems have long relied on the application of minerals – or fertiliser – to encourage plants to grow. It's akin to applying drops of perfume constructed from just isolated top notes. The plants will respond, as humans do to liberally-applied perfume; it's attention grabbing. But the farm may falter if the microbes and earthworms that efficiently break down organic matter are neglected. "It's all connected and we need to look at the whole thing," says Dr Quintern.
Eventually I stopped dreaming about chocolate cake and the spikey smells of decay receded. Now I'm transfixed by microbes and 200-odd earthworm species found in Aotearoa New Zealand, and the land around me has started to flourish. The perfume of rot has all but disappeared.
Nicola Harvey is a writer and producer from Aotearoa New Zealand. Her first book FARM: The Making Of A Climate Activist is out September, 2022
Images: Under the pine trees is by Krystle Rakatau. Worms are from MyNoke, photo by Nicola.


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Laclede County man Alex Reed has been apprehended by police after being pursued by authorities for several weeks.
Reed was charged with a felony hit and run from an accident stemming from 2016 in which he's accused of running a motorcycle off the road, killing the driver. Reed had a scheduled court date, but did not appear.
He is now being accused of leading law enforcement on a pursuit beginning in mid-January.
According to the Laclede County Sheriff's Office, Reed was apprehended after the county sheriff offered a reward for Reed's capture.
Reed was taken into police custody without incident.


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Holy grail story, like to hear yours7331
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@DJC_II if not a 9.8 then probably not worth having graded. Most newsstand collectors wont touch anything under 9.8, a few will grab 9.6s as placeholders. If its got 9.8 potential, you could pull a quick $400 on ebay if it makes the grade | ||
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Not really a grail but it's my favorite comic so far, got it for my birthday |
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CBCS broke up with me over Facebook. | CFP_Comics private msg quote post Address this user | |
Quote:Originally Posted by shrewbeer I used to have one on the CGC boards. Kinda still have one, but it is more cryptic. Doubt CBCS would allow it, even in jest. |
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Well for me it would be how Joe spent 2 months trying to find a way to separate a back cover attached to a board and when finally succeeding came back graded as 9.4 | ||
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If I could, I would. I swear. | DrWatson private msg quote post Address this user | |
Quote:Originally Posted by CFP_Comics If I had a dollar for every time I've head this story... That being said, I'd give almost anything right about now to here it again over dinner. |
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Some idiot sold me this, priceless, grail for only $5 on eBay. |
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@KingNampa well #1 so must be worth a lot more than you paid. 🦆 | ||
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@shrewbeer good tip. Thanks for that. I will give a press and go from there. It has a wrinkle. But only a press will tell the final tale | ||
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Somewhere back in 1987 I wandered into my LCS and the owner showed me a nondescript thin cardboard box he had behind the counter...within was ecstasy. I quickly noted in a small stack ..ASM 1...JIM 83, Avengers 1, Hulk 1 , TTA27 and Tos 39 as well more further down I couldn't see. He was not ready to offer up yet so I left...following day when I wandered in there were two copies of Hulk 1 on the wall...in hindsight I would say they were about a 3.5 and a 4.5 respectfully. I indicated some interest and he showed me inside the lower grade copy, signed by Jack Kirby. This was in 1987 and Kirby was alive and well signing, and autographs while popular were not the industry monster they are today. I am a Kirby fan so I made arrangements to buy the signed one.I was always allowed to take the books and make payments with the undersanding I could not buy another key until the current one was paid up.To this day I wish I had somehow walked away with both but resources were limited. By the end of the summer I had bought the Tos 39, TTA 27, and Avengers 1 while the rest escaped my grasp.I never saw the other copy of Hulk 1 again either...in hindsight I wish I could have closed the deal for all of them but I did what I could. Of course that was a different time...none of those books cost more than 350 dollars for the copies I got. Today its all so far out of reach I could never even try it again I was able to keep them all and today I am amazed what heights they have soared |
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Once bought a lot in auction. Saw it had some ok Marvel Silver Age books (Captain Marvel, Journey into Mystery, some earlyish Defenders and some nice Bronze Justice league) so paid somewhere between $250-$300 for the lot. When I got it and I went through it I found an Iron Man 55 - it's being graded now but should be around a 6.0 +/-, so I think I did ok. | ||
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I bought my first issue of Fantastic Four back in 1974. At that point, I was hooked. I loved the team and started collecting the series. Here I am all these later still collecting comics. I amassed a collection at one time that included every FF from #3-up. I dreamed of owning the first issue, but figured it would always be beyond my grasp. Then at some point, circa 1990 or so, I met up with a man who was selling a box of comics. At the time, Batman was super-hot, and this box had a bunch of 1960's Bats that I knew would sell well on the convention circuit. We agreed on a price, and I bought the lot. He was happy and I was happy. When I got home and sorted the books, I discovered this piece of junk at the bottom of the box. Of course, you know where I'm going with this. I recognized the splash immediately. It was a coverless FF #1. And to this day, that grail is still in my collection. I sold a bunch of FF keys a few years later, but that #1 is one grail I can't imagine parting with. |
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@RyanHicks That is one sweet 181! | ||
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Okay, I've teased this baby out long enough. Here's the other grail I acquired courtesy of Theo Holstein... This is the original George Rozen oil painting for the cover of The Shadow pulp June 15th, 1942: Compared to the pulp, the vivid colors in the original oil painting are absolutely breathtaking! . |
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I shared one grail story so far. Is there a limit in this thread to the number of grail stories? I've been absurdly fortunate that, despite limited means, the stars have aligned in such a way that I have acquired several grails in my lifetime. How's this for the least suspense-filled grail story there is? When I bought Dark Horse Presents #1 from my LCS way back in the 1986, I was really taken by the character Concrete. Paul Chadwick just told such great stories about the human side of being superhuman. I enjoyed all of the Concrete stories that came out. When DHP #18 came out, in 1988, I particularly enjoyed the odd "Sky of Heads" Concrete story. It immediately became my favorite story of my then-favorite comic character. Fast forward a couple more years, somewhere around 1990 or 1991. I had recently started setting up at cons, and I was a vendor a show in Storrs, CT. One of the guests at that show just happened to be none other than Paul Chadwick. At that point, the didn't sell any interior artwork for his stories (in fact, I don't know if he ever has sold interior pages). But he did sell covers. And by now, you know what cover he had for sale. I didn't really collect original art, but I had to own it. At that time, several hundred bucks for a page of original art would have ordinarily been beyond my grasp. But sales were really good that day. I believe the con organizer, Marc Patten, indicated I was his top-grossing dealer of the day. So I was fortunate enough to go home with the cover to DHP #18 (and a couple sketches). In the intervening years, I've bought a bunch of art and sold a bunch of art, but I still won't part with the cover to my favorite Concrete story. |
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My other grail story is more of a multigrail thing too. Wandered into a flea market comic stand around 1992....I knew the owner/operator by reputation as someone unsavory who had apparently scammed quite a few people. When I entered he was engrossed in highselling a supposed Amazing Fantasy 15 in mylar mounted up his wall out of reach. I made note it was NOT a vintage copy and was a reprint ....he complained it was too much effort to get it down unless the customer wasa serious buyer etc. Despite my better sense I turned to the customer and said....you are being scammed, that's a reprint. Of course the owner got belligerent, threw me out and was on the edge of a physical provocation.....the customer followed me out, stuck out his hand and introduced himself. It was the beginning of a serious friendship. The man was somewhat older than myself, and had a massive and superb collection. He also had been diagnosed with an enlarged heart and was trying to liquidate much of his better stuff in a way where if he passed money would flow to his young daughter . Over the coming few years I bought long boxes at a time on credit and paid for them as I could. Imagine buying single owner runs of books in 1992-1993 containing x -men from 95-275, complete, all annuals and in mylar. I was allowed to choose some of the better silver age issues ....and the rest of the runs were sold to cash buyers. I fished out a JIM 103 recently slabbed at 8.0, the Tales of Suspense 52 I recently posted and dozens of others. Another highlight was a long box of Adventure comics from 300 up , and continuing with the superboy legion books, then Legion series right up to the present. Again mostly single owner , mylared superhigh grade stuff. At some point my new friends car was ....having some form of trouble with the steering column or ignition or something. He asked my help selling a bunch of books to finance repairs. We went to my apartment and I called one person after another....setting them up about every thirty minutes, cash, fair prices, high grade silver. He sat at a card table in my living room and took in hundreds if not thousands selling books that day. When he ran out of books and said we are done, he handed me a paper sack and left ....said don't look till he had been gone thirty minutes. Comission apparently..... I waited like he asked , mind filled with imaginary grails and possible outcomes. Inside the sack...an x-men run from 1-10.......while several were pretty hammered, the #1 was around a 4.0 by itself ! A few years passed, we drifted apart and 20 years passed...I had moved to a small town thirty miles north. While attending a con a few years ago, I ran right into....guess who? He had apparently recovered, was married and had begun rebuilding his collection. Every week I win 4-5 books off the MCS auctions and he buys a few from what I win...sometimes there is a bit of tension because so many of my nice books came from him originally and I know he would love to get them back but...what do you do? We help each other and trade back and forth and all....some friends I guess are forever but wow I can imagine he wishes he had that original collection with complete runs of x-men,, cap, avengers, iron man, thor,etc. |
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If you've been thinking about purchasing a Dell Axim X50 or X50v, Dell has just made it a little harder to resist. Purchase the X50 now and you will get a free Windows Mobile 5.0 upgrade (in October).
I did not see the same offer on the Dell Canada site (un)fortunately.


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CAMBRIDGE, N.Y. (AP) – Video purporting to show a 6-year-old old boy picking potatoes at a farm run by a religious community and other children working at the group's high-end cosmetics factory has prompted an investigation by New York state labor officials.
The state's labor commissioner said the department will investigate the Twelve Tribes community in Cambridge, New York, after the TV show "Inside Edition" aired hidden camera footage appearing to show child labor. The show said Common Sense Farm packages cosmetics for companies like Acure and Savannah Bee that are sold by major retailers.
A former worker wore a hidden camera and pretended to go back to work in the commune near the Vermont border. She was filmed talking to children in the factory who said they were 11 and 10. A producer filmed what the syndicated show said was a 6-year-old boy struggling to push a wheelbarrow and pick potatoes.
They also filmed an adult who explained that they beat the children with thin bamboo rods as a form of discipline.
"The public has put its trust in our agency to protect New York's workers," labor commissioner Roberta Reardon said Monday in a prepared statement announcing the investigation, "and of all the labor violations we see, those against children are some of the most abhorrent."
In a statement released Tuesday, the community said children occasionally spend time with their parents in the shop on the farm where they live. "Likening those moments to oppressive industrial child labor that happens in 3rd world countries, not only takes them out of context but is also sadly inaccurate," Robert Racine of the community wrote.
Racine said Acure Organics and Savannah Bee "did the necessary inspections to be assured their products were made with integrity and under the governing laws of this land."
The Post-Star of Glens Falls reports that the commune owns a 112-acre farm in Cambridge and maintains dozens of other communities around the world.
A website for the group said its members "follow the pattern of the early church" as described in the New Testament as "all the believers were one in heart and mind. No one claimed that any of their possessions was their own, but they shared everything they had."
Acure said it would stop doing business with the factory. There was no immediate comment Tuesday from Savannah Bee.
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Intel announced v2 recently:
What's new with Intel Galileo Gen 2: - 6-pin 3.3V USB TTL UART header replaces 3.5mm jack RS-232 console port for Linux debug.
- New 6-pin connector mates with standard FTDI* USB serial cable (TTL-232R-3V3) and popular USB-to-Serial breakout boards.
- 12 GPIOs now fully native for greater speed and improved drive strength.
- 12-bit pulse-width modulation (PWM) for more precise control of servos and smoother response.
- Console UART1 can be redirected to Arduino* headers in sketches, eliminating the need for soft-serial in many cases.
- 12V Power-over-Ethernet (PoE) capable (PoE module installation required).
- Power regulation system changed to accept power supplies from 7V to 15V.
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Jurassic World Dominion | 2022 | PG-13 | – 1.6.5
In the latest of the Jurassic Park saga, humans are having to learn how to coexist with dinosaurs, and when things get out of hand a dinosaur trainer (Chris Pratt) and a paleontologist (Sam Neill) try to save the day. Also with Bryce Dallas Howard, Laura Dern, Jeff Goldblum, DeWanda Wise, Mamoudou Athie, Isabella Sermon, Campbell Scott, BD Wong and Omar Sy. Directed by Colin Trevorrow. [Running Time: 2:26]
Jurassic World Dominion SEX/NUDITY 1
– A man and a woman kiss and embrace in a few scenes.
► A man talks about having a dog that "humped his leg so much" that he developed a callous on his shin.
► A woman wears a low-cut top that reveals cleavage and the top of her bra and a woman wears low-cut tops that reveal cleavage in several scenes.
Jurassic World Dominion VIOLENCE/GORE 6
– Many armed people shoot at each other after money is exchanged for a deal, one man runs away and another man chases him, snipers shoot and a truck's tire is blown out tipping the vehicle and dumping its cargo, which is dinosaurs in cages; several other cages open and many dinosaurs prowl the area and snap at people and one dinosaur picks up a man and eats him (we see him snapped up and he disappears in the dinosaur's mouth, without blood shown), and a man falls into a fire and he screams and flops on the ground while in flames; a man is pinned on the ground by two chained dinosaurs as they chew on his arms as he screams, another dinosaur approaches and attacks him and he goes silent (presumably having died). An airplane is attacked midair by a flying dinosaur that shatters the windshield, cuts the hull of the plane open and the engines burst into flames; the plane crashes into a frozen body of water (we see the two occupants OK later); a third passenger ejects before it crashes and we see her being attacked by flying dinosaurs as she parachutes (we see her with bloody cuts on her cheek as she dangles from a tree). A man and woman walk across a frozen body of water as a dinosaur approaches them, the ice cracks under its weight, the dinosaur dives underwater and swims around, under the people on the surface, they run, the man falls underwater and the dinosaur speeds toward him with its mouth open and the man is pulled out at the last moment and he and the woman run to a walkway and close themselves in an elevator just as the dinosaur catches up to them. People are targeted with a red light used to mark them for a dinosaur to attack; one man hides and dinosaur snaps at him but cannot reach him, and another man is chased by a few dinosaurs as he speeds away on a motorcycle, drives down a flight of stairs, and through narrow roads where a couple of dinosaurs are struck by other vehicles. A man on a motorcycle chases a plane as it speeds toward take off, the man jumps the bike onto the back of the plane and the bike falls off the back knocking a dinosaur off and into a body of water below as the plane takes off.
► A man walks through a dark tunnel where he is randomly sprayed with blasts of steam; he sees a dinosaur in front of him and runs away to get into a train car, three dinosaurs enter the car with him, screech and spit goo on his face, he falls to the floor and the scene cuts away as we hear the man scream (he is presumably killed by the dinosaurs). A woman tasers a dinosaur and it collapses, revives and chases her as she jumps out a window, across rooftops and eventually crashes onto a truck that speeds away with her in the back trying to keep the dinosaur away from her using a metal pole.
► A dinosaur walks past a woman in a forest and swats a deer out of the way; a large dinosaur later sniffs the dead deer, noses it, picks it up and tries to eat it. A large dinosaur about to eat a dead deer is approached by another large dinosaur and they fight; one bites the other's face, it screeches, roars, and walks away leaving the other dinosaur to eat the deer. A woman crawls on the floor of a forest as a large dinosaur follows her; she goes into a body of water, submerges and the dinosaur lingers over the surface of the water and roars loudly, and then walks away (the woman surfaces and swims away). A man, a woman and a teen girl walk through a dark abandoned mine after a train they were in stops running; the man climbs a ladder and falls off when a dinosaur at the top lunges at him (he falls to the ground and hits his head) many other dinosaurs lunge at them, roar and chase them to a locked gate where they try to hold them off until the gate is opened. A woman is surrounded by several dinosaurs, one moves close to her face and spreads a flap as it screeches and a man grabs it around the throat while another woman tasers it and it runs away. Several people hide behind an overturned truck as a large dinosaur approaches and follows them as they try to get to a building; a teen girl climbs up a ladder and the dinosaur bites a safety cage around her as she screams, a man on the ground distracts the dinosaur with a burning sharp object that he throws into the dinosaur's mouth, it thrashes and bites the walkway where the people are walking and they stumble, they get inside and the dinosaur crashes through a large window, pulls a cable that a woman is holding and she slides toward the dinosaur as a man stabs the dinosaur with a knife, another woman tasers it in the eye and it eventually walks away. Two large dinosaurs fight as several people try to get to a helicopter without being seen; one dinosaur falls unconscious and the other is approached by a third smaller dinosaur that fights with it; the unconscious dinosaur revives and it shoves the other dinosaur into the sharp claws of the smaller dinosaur killing it (we see the claws pierce the dinosaur and it roars and falls motionless).
► A ship in the Bering Straits pulls up a trap filled with fish and a giant dinosaur lunges out of the water, bites the trap and tips the ship over (we hear people onboard yelling). A large dinosaur tips over a trailer and we hear people inside screaming as a voice-over talks about the dinosaurs becoming violent when they are hungry. Two dinosaurs sneak up on a rabbit in a forest, a wolf lunges out of the brush to get the rabbit and one dinosaur jumps on the wolf (we hear a fight and the wolf howls but we do not see the results). A dinosaur drops a dead fox on the ground and a young dinosaur pulls on it until the dinosaur steps in a trap and is pulled up into the trees; the adult dinosaur screeches, runs after the small dinosaur and is struck by a truck and knocked over a ridge (we see the small dinosaur in a cage later).
► Two young children tend to a flock of chickens and are swarmed by many large locusts that chase them into a barn; the children lock the door and one locust breaks through as they scream. A man and a woman are swarmed by large locusts in a containment area and they struggle to get out (we see their clothing torn when they finally do). Two women are attacked by locusts and they use an axe and a pole to hit them out of the air. A containment area filled with many large locusts is set on fire and the locusts flit around in flames, break out through the glass top of the containment area and swarm through the air outside setting a forest on fire and dropping on dinosaurs and a truck as it drives through the area, it teeters at a ridge and tumbles down rolling several times (the passengers are uninjured).
► Two women fight, one has a knife and the other has a taser, and one woman is zapped with the taser and falls to the floor. A teen girl is stopped by a woman on a bridge and we see her taken away as a man throws the bicycle she was riding over the bridge; another man watches and runs home to get a gun. A man carries a gun in a few scenes. Men on horseback watch a teen girl chopping wood and seem threatening.
► A dinosaur screeches at a man and he holds his hand up and tells it to back up which it does and it runs away. Small dinosaurs chase a young girl as she runs away and cries. A large dinosaur walks across a road and a car swerves to avoid hitting it and drives off the road (we do not see the result). Two pterodactyls nest on top of a high-rise building in a city. A giant dinosaur walks through a factory area and it follows a man holding a flare on the back of a truck that leads it to safety, followed by another dinosaur. A dinosaur snatches a piece of toast from a teen girl's hand and she is startled. Many dinosaurs are shown in a wildlife relocation facility in containment. We hear about an underground market for dinosaurs and see people with a variety of dinosaurs held in cages and a couple of dinosaurs chained in a ring fighting with people standing around presumably betting on the winner. A secure laboratory area is shown in several scenes.
► Two people break into a cattle company at night and we see dinosaurs in restraints and one sick dinosaur in a cage (it is referred to as an illegal breeding facility); the people wheel the cage out of the building as a van crashes through a gate and they speed away chased by others in a truck and they shoot at the people in the van until the truck is tipped over by a large dinosaur. A man shoots a young dinosaur with a sedative dart and we see it in a backpack on the man's back sedated. Men on horseback chase a herd of dinosaurs, one is lassoed and it pulls the rider off his horse and over a ledge before settling down (no injuries are seen). People are shown being treated for cuts and bruises.
► An announcement is made that there is an emergency evacuation order for an island and dinosaurs move toward a containment area. A man talks about dinosaurs going straight for the throat of their prey and a woman and a teen girl become squeamish. A man argues with another man in a couple of scenes. A woman describes the possibility of toxic gas and bats being in an abandoned mine as along with a man and a teen girl, she walks through. A woman warns another woman, "If you mess with the wrong people here, you disappear." A man talks about unforeseen consequences occurring because of human interference with nature. People argue about global famine. People predict the collapse of the food chain because of a threatening situation. A woman and a teen girl argue in a few scenes. A teen girl says, "I'm not a real person." People talk about genetic research and harnessing genetic power. People talk about cloning and a human clone. People talk about a woman dying from a genetic disorder.
Jurassic World Dominion LANGUAGE 5
– At least 1 F-word, 2 obscene hand gestures, 8 scatological terms, 2 anatomical terms, 7 mild obscenities, name-calling (pathetic, loser, weird, shady types, rotten to the core, piece of work, crazy, dude, precarious, rapacious rat bastard, Prometheus, Rambo, tripping, drag, cushy gig, disaster, idiots), exclamations (wow), 2 religious profanities (GD), 13 religious exclamations (e.g. God, thank God, oh my God). | profanity glossary |
Jurassic World Dominion SUBSTANCE USE
– A woman injects a toddler in the leg with a hypodermic needle and the child cries.
Jurassic World Dominion DISCUSSION TOPICS
– Dinosaurs coexisting with humans, guilt, freedom, doing the right thing, loyalty, whistleblowers, systemic corruption, greed, regret, opportunities, avarice, exploitation, critical thinking, secrets, intellectual property, doomsday clock, apex predators, loneliness, genetic engineering.
Jurassic World Dominion MESSAGE
– Let go of regret; what matters is what we do in the present.
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- Publication date June 20, 2022
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Socrates was born in Athens in 470 BC and died 399 BC he died because he was poisoned by drinking hemlock. Socrates was a Greek philosopher, he was famous for contributing to the development of ancient Greek philosophy.
One of Socrates quotes:
'The more I learn the less I realize I know'
This means how much I learn, I realize how much I still have to learn.
'Falling down is not a failure, failure comes when you stay where you have fallen'
This means when you fall down and you get up again it doesn't mean you are a failure but when you stay in the spot where you have fallen and don't try to get up and make changes you are a failure.
As my friends and I walked through the infinite stretch of white shiny tiles I see Pumpa and his friends Nikita, Ellma and Lupe marching through the hallways singing with excitement.
They began sprinting across the diving board. I hear their hooves clip clopping and the air running past me. It was now my turn. I am nervous feeling butterflies in my stomach. I run past my friends and I see Desiree dangling on a rope in front of me hanging from the ceiling. I am excited and nervous at the same time ready to jump.
I dived into the water with a huge splash. It was humongous. In the water I heard bubbles, bubbling inside my ears. It was so satisfying. Swimming over the white shiny tiles I am struggling to get to the end of the pool. I have never swum this far before. I am running out of breath. Walking out of the pool my legs feel tired. We all line up and walk in ordered separation to the edge of the pool. In unison we all bow down to drink from the pool.
After finishing our drink, we head back to the hallways to get ready for the second round. I am walking by myself looking for my friends. I look up and see they have already started without me. Suddenly, it was my turn to dive again.
This week we started a new challenge called Epro8. Our teacher Ms George called our names so we could get into our groups, I went into a group with Lupe, Nikita and Ellma. We all worked together as a team, it was difficult but fun. We started off with a small swing on Monday. Tuesday a crane that could pick stuff up and rotate. Wednesday a bridge that a 700mm object could fit under, the same day we made a car that could move on its own.
Today, we were still continuing our Epro8 challenge, and this time it was fun and easy we were all building the Flying Fox which can hold the car while sliding down to the small pole, it didn't actually make it but we tried, and the swing which can hold the wheels while swinging. But sadly we finished on Friday.


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Overall Satisfaction with Magento
We own and operate 4 separate eCommerce domains, 3 of which are platformed on Magento. 1/3 of our staff uses Magento daily for various reasons:
- Order Processing (Customer Service)
- Merchandising and Product Management
- User Experience Development
- Reporting and Analytics
- etc.
- Internal Referencing or Search is easy within Magento. Accurately researching previously relevant information is intuitive and simple.
- Magento's category, product and customer information structure, while not being robust, is simple and accessible.
- The ability to assign permissions by role and create specific access for varying accountabilities allows for greater internal security and more specific accountabilities.
- Magento's "out of the box" solution (pre-internal development) has odd areas that are negatively affected by a lack of intuitive user options. For example, there are no means by which to assign a priority to products within a category page. The "default" sorting option for pages only allows for a few specific sort orders, with no available customization.
- The Magento Admin Panel as it relates to customer service is time-consuming and less than intuitive. It is often easier for CS Agents to "back into" a customer account to place an order on the site, rather than processing the orders through a more robust or usable Magento Admin portal.
- As a non-IT/Dev user, Magento errors messaging can be confusing, requiring translation from individuals or support staff.
- Magento has provided our primary platform for our eCommerce Business over the last four years. It has its limitations, but have been reliable. We have no immediate plans to move off of Magento.
- If and when we decide to launch the 4th domain and intend to produce a more personalized or customizable user-experience, we may search for a platform that supports a wider variety of visual and custom options "out of the box".
3dcart and Shopify are basic placeholder platforms used either to help wireframe projects that will eventually move to other platforms or were legacy platforms migrated to Magento after acquisitions. 3dcart provided an easier Customer Service Agent interface but failed to provide accessible search experiences within the platform.


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Vee calls Ozo 'agent of evil' Mp3 Obtain Track
Following Ozos eviction, Vee appears very grieved after realizing that Ozo as soon as wished her out from the home.
She was astonished and described Ozo as an agent of evil following nominating her a number of instances.
In a dialog between her and his lover in the home, Neo, she revealed her grudges over Ozo saying she is blissful she continues to be in the home even though Ozo nominated her a number of instances.
In keeping with her, she mentioned.
"I cant imagine that Ozo wished me to go however Im nonetheless right here, agent of evil
This grudges over Ozo allegedly began since Ozo gained the Innoson Caris duties over his contender, Neo. She have been caught numerous instances in a harmful glear over Ozo and Nengi.
Nonetheless, she have by no means displayed her emotions with actions. She continues to be pleasant.


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Slot players in particular will find a fantastic range of slot machines located at that casino, and below I will be giving you a look at some of the slot machines that will be worth playing if you do head over to that casino in the very near future.
Do try and sign up to the players club if you are going to be playing any of the slot machines that that casino, for you will then be given access to plenty of ongoing promotions including free slot play and comped suites too.
Most Popular Rio Casino Slots
You may find other players playing some of the following slot machines at the Rio Casino, for they are certainly some of the most played slots.
- 5 Dragons Grand
- Buffalo Diamond
- Buffalo Grand
- Walking Dead 2
Best Slots to Play at Rio Casino
With plenty of unique bonus games on offer, and with you also having the chance of winning big, the following slot machines are ones that you should try and play on each visit to this casino, if of course your slot playing budget will allow you to do just that.
- Dragon Link
- Game of Thrones
- Timber Wolf Grand
Rio Casino New Slot Machines
Being part of Caesars Entertainment, you will of course find there is a good turnover of slot machines on the Rio Casino's gaming floor, and currently some of their very latest slot machines that have been wheeled out on that gaming floor recently are listed below.
- Zorro Mighty Cash
- Lightning Cash
- Lightning Link
- Tarzan
For those of you that do enjoy playing some to the much more classical type of slot machines then you will find plenty of three-reel slots at that casino too.


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SaaS platforms are the perfect bridge between companies and customers
Growing at a 30% CAGR, the $3.5 million Indian Software as a service (SaaS) industry as on date is poised to reach a whopping $13-15 billion by 2025.
Today, automation in the marketplace is more of a necessity than a luxury. The dynamic market conditions right now have made organizations realize that the only way to stay relevant is to adapt. Technology has been the most significant change agent leading this evolution. Take for instance the Software as a Service (SaaS) industry; the encouraging response towards cloud-based, modern technology by FMCG companies, consumer goods, hotels and restaurants has resulted in a meteoric proliferation of subscription-based SaaS products. These platforms are designed to ease out a lot of administrative operations like reservation management, guest engagement, e-invoicing, online food ordering, bulk purchase, cold chain management, food delivery and much more.
- Product availability & Demand Planning: Have you ever noticed how big cities carry larger packs, but when you go to smaller cities, most items are small packs or low unit packs (LUPs)? How do FMCG companies plan product availability so that their products move quickly to reach the final consumer?? How do they know what to and how much to sell? When sales teams get together to discuss monthly target v/s achievement for their territory, they are usually buried under multiple spreadsheets. Data analysis is at the mercy of individual interpretation, and there is always some data leakage that eventually affects the inferences.
SaaS products like Sales Force Automation (SFA) help frontline sales teams get customer consumption patterns on their fingertips. E.g. a brand like Veeba that makes condiments, dips and dressings etc. has been growing at 45-50% YoY. Even though they have more than 55 SKUs, not everything sells everywhere. A particular type of sauce might fly off the shelves in Tier I cities but may not have much demand in Tier II & III cities. Sales Automation helps FMCG companies identify these demand patterns by SKU, region or seasonality to craft a tighter demand planning workflow. The data intelligence behind these platforms allows companies to keep records of all the SKUs, along with product specifications, images, and order history. It's like having a digital mini booklet to keep track of the entire product portfolio. - Shelf Space and brand presence: How many of us are guilty of impulse buying something that we spotted 'right there' on a strategically placed shelf? Not that we needed it, but we're just proving the adage of "What's Seen is Sold" FMCG and consumer companies make full use of such consumer habits to showcase and merchandise their products in front of customers. A packet of chips may be found in the snacks aisle, possibly next to the sandwiches counter also, and even near the cashier. The same product is available at three different locations inside the same supermarket! The more it is seen, the more it is likely to be bought. Hence, companies test out different touch-points to gauge the impact of product placement and to ensure maximum conversion.
SaaS platforms like AI-based image capturing solutions are helping consumer companies assess the visibility from retail displays, kiosks in commercial spaces, displays for interest-based communities like Cookery groups, Mommies groups, college fests, expositions, sponsored events and more. They can analyze which outlets are giving the highest sales, how sound is the product assortment, whether a sponsored event is getting the better response or is door-to-door selling etc. This data goldmine can help craft intelligent merchandising models and help the brands get more close to the customers by smoothening out the entire supply chain exponentially. - Real-time intelligence on new launches: How many brands of hand sanitizers can you count at your local chemist? The pandemic has suddenly created a new demand for health and hygiene products, and many brands have already pounced on this lucrative growth opportunity. Organizations need to get a real sense of customer response, especially for new launches. Just because the product category is doing well in the market will not automatically translate into sales.
With the help of a simple mobile app that captures real-time data, it becomes effortless for sales executives to capture feedback from retailers on the new product's features, preferences over other brands, SKU movement, the efficiency of product promotions etc. Information that otherwise takes months to be collated can be captured in days with pre-built surveys that aid in getting the real pulse of a particular market.
SaaS mobile solutions also help companies connect directly with the consumers. E.g. by running on-ground product sampling campaigns, sales managers can directly interact with consumers by showcasing their product at the point of purchase or email them a printable coupon, which they can redeem at a local store to buy their product. Capturing accurate audience data like this helps organizations focus on factual consumption patterns and integrate this information into the backend CRM to make the supply chain more effective. - Digitizing the Supply chain: If you go to buy a particular brand of spice mix, and it is not available at the retailer, will you buy a substitute or will you come next time when it is available? It may not impact you much either way, but for the brand, to experience a stock-out is a loss of revenue as well as brand image. SaaS platforms assist FMCG companies to steer clear of these avoidable situations by digitizing their entire supply chain.
When the sales executives visit the store, complete the store auditing and punch in the order, the information automatically flows into the Distribution Management System (DMS). The distributor starts tracking the order in real-time and can deliver the consolidated order within a couple of hours to the retail shops. Similarly, retailers can directly place their order with the distributors and brands whenever they are short of stock. In a traditional inventory management system, orders would have been taken on paper forms, there would have been loopholes on tracking as well as in the delivery of the goods, and the process would have been filled with inefficiencies and human error. With SaaS platforms, the entire supply chain process gets empowered, right from distributors, to sales teams to retailers.
Special Mention: In recent years, HoReCa, has emerged as one of the fastest-growing markets for the SaaS industry. With the rise of Swiggy, Zomato and hundreds of other app-based grocery and food apps, the end-consumer expects world-class products along with top-drawer service. Restaurants and kitchens have to be on top of their game to ensure quality ingredients, high reviews and recurring business. This is where technology comes into play. Demand for SaaS solutions in HoReCa is primarily driven by the relationships brands establish with the chefs/management of HoReCa businesses. E.g. if a dairy company launches new flavours of cheese, their sales team needs to connect with the Head Chef or the F&B head to get their products sampled & approved, and then build an entire procurement and supply chain process around it. SaaS products can help the HoReCa industry make sense of the fluctuating consumption patterns, raw material bulk purchase, billing, complaints, feedback, new launches notifications etc.
Not many may know it, but SaaS platforms have had a considerable part to play in making essential items and other consumer products readily available to consumers like you and me even during the chaotic, pandemic-affected months. They have been a blessing for FMCG and consumer companies in making sure the retail shops are sufficiently stocked, inventories are regularly replenished, and the supply chain economy runs like a well-oiled machine. So the next time you find your favourite, organic, gluten-free flour in a small little shop up in the hills, you know whom, or rather, 'what' to thank.
(The author of this article,Paramdeep Singh Anand is the CEO of FieldAssist, a B2B sales automation platform for CPG companies.)


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Obituary for Annie Mary Mabry McPeak
Annie Mary Mabry McPeak, aged 85, of Radford (Fairlawn), VA passed away on November 10, 2020. She was preceded in death by her husband, Aaron (Ernie) J. McPeak, Sr.; by parents, Clarence and Agnes Tickle Mabry; by her two brothers, Larry Douglas Mabry and Clarence (Tommy) Mabry; and by three sisters: Louise Switzer, Virginia Epperly, and Margie Cronk.
She is survived by her children, Sandra Phillips (Danny) of Buda, TX, Gwen George (Mathew) of Salem, VA, Aaron J. (Jeff) Jr. of Fairlawn, VA and Rita Rochelle Abate (Kenny) of Radford, VA; 10 grandchildren and many great grandchildren and great-great grandchildren. She is also survived by her brother, James Otis Mabry of Radford, VA and her sister, Mildred Jones of Salem, VA.
Annie worked at Hercules (Radford Arsenal) for many years. After retirement, she returned to school and received a Bachelor of Science Degree from Bluefield College in 1995, at aged 60.
She was a determined woman and would not be defeated in achieving her life's goals. Annie had a soft heart for those less fortunate than herself and left behind a legacy of strong family traditions, hard work and a good work ethic.
She will now join her husband, Aaron (Ernie), who just recently passed.
Special thanks to the staff at Pulaski Health & Rehabilitation Center in Pulaski for their care of our parents over the last year, and more recently during their illnesses.
Due to covid precautions the family will be having private funeral services Monday, November 16, 2020 at the Bower Funeral Home-Pulaski. To sign her online guestbook, please visit www.bowerfuneralhome.com
Arrangements are handled by Bowers Funeral Chapel, Pulaski, VA.