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|2007-06-09, 06:07
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Sky King!!!! XD
Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: London, UK
Druaga no Tou: Aegis of Uruk
Title: Druaga no Tou
Japanese Title: ??? :unsure:
Genre: Romance, Adventure, Action, Fantasy
Premier: Autumn or Winter 2008..............long time.
Animation Studio: GONZO
Director: ???? :blink:
Original creator: Namco
Players take control of Prince Gilgamesh on his quest to rescue his love, Ki, from the vicious Druaga. - (taken from IGN)
More about the game on WIKI
Very interesting, Druaga no Tou, or the tower of Druaga is actually an old game-classic. GONZO has decided to turn this into an anime, and I really wonder what theyre going to do with this concept, simply because of the lack of story in the original game. Really, how can you turn a game in which you have to travel through mazes in a strange tower to save your girlfriend into a fully fledged anime? Something tells me GONZOs going to pull another Romeo x Juliet on this one.
|2007-06-11, 11:55
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NO! NOOOOOO! AHHHH! Not the Nightmare, oh god not Druaga, so many bad memories coming back and I don't just mean from Tales of Destiny.
How do you make an anime of this, will it be Gilgamesh being mercilessly slaughtered every few minutes like in the actual games?
|2007-06-11, 21:05
|Link #4
cho~ kakkoii
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Location: 3rd Planet
And the true horror is that it's Gonzo who will be heeding this project heedlessly. You know, I believe I'll be looking forward to this show.
|2007-06-13, 02:37
|Link #6
I'm wondering if this show is going to be using the same cast as the one featured in Namco X Capcom. Akira Ishida was Gil and Rie "Teh Necka" Tanaka( was Ki, so that would mean giving them work together outside the Gundam franchise and if people want to really stretch things, an Athrun x Lacus theme.
|2007-06-13, 03:18
|Link #7
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Well, if it could be done for the Wizardry OVA (OK, so exactly why we are trying to kill this Werdna guy who lives at the bottom of the dungeon?) ...
|2007-09-20, 06:19
|Link #8
Senior Member
Join Date: Jan 2006
Druaga no Tou (Tower of Druaga) TV Anime and MMORPG Official Websites
The official websites for the Druaga no Tou (Tower of Druaga) television animated series and massively multiplayer online role playing game are now up.
Druaga no Tou -the Aegis of URUK-
Druaga no Tou -the Recovery of BABYLIM-
|2007-10-10, 16:34
|Link #11
Mia 'cova
Join Date: Nov 2006
promo trailer up now on the site:
not really much to say.. doesnt show anything good or bad yet, I havent played the game so idk the general story, but if it's anything like the actual gilgamesh tales, I think it could be interesting at least, especially if gonzo throws in little historical querks
also, looks like it got moved forward to spring 2008
|2007-10-14, 16:01
|Link #12
Senior Member
from the crew it seems this anime is gonna be one of the best,
it has last exile's director
bakuretsu tenshi's charter designer and generally the crew of some of GONZO's best works.
really looking forward for it.
|2007-10-15, 18:20
|Link #13
Senior Member
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Toronto Canada
The Aegis Of URUK
Official site: http://www.druaga-anime.com/
The special thing about this animation is that it is actually a cross introduction to the upcoming MMORPG - Tower of Druaga: Recovery of Babylim. Gonzo plan on making this FC era's game into an anime.
The anime's story happens decades after the game's ending. God and heroes do not exists anymore, world's in Chaos. More people put up their swords and are prepared for another great adventure. Now i wonder if that mmorpg'll ever come to North America XD
|2007-10-16, 14:52
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Join Date: Oct 2006
Yeah, I took a look and I'm very impressed by how much of their bigger staff this series is pulling together for the first time in a while, my hopes just went up a lot more than I was anticipating. Last Exile is one of my all time favorites and to see that director and several of their best designers on this is extremely reassuring and Ugetsu Hakua is one of my favorites (along with Range Murata) so that's another awesome staff member. Hitoshi Sakimoto will no doubt make some absolutely epic music as well so they've put together quite the selection of talent.
I was hooked by the promo image since I had a feeling it reminded me of Ugetsu Hakua's work with those sharp designs right off the bat even with their back's turned. That's some neat looking armor too on the two closest characters.
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|2007-11-11, 00:45
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Senior Member
Join Date: Oct 2006
I don't know much about the game, however with the staff they've assembled I really hope they are only using the game as background/inspiration for the world, because they've got some serious talent lined up for something really thought out and created, like their best works such as Last Exile and Vandread.
|2008-01-05, 01:08
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Join Date: Dec 2003
Hrm, I don't remember them putting a description of the story up when they first put up the site but it's there now.
Basically, the anime takes place in the same timeline as the Druaga games but 80 years after the final events of the series (I assume that would be The Nightmare of Druaga). For a season once every 5 years, all of the monsters within the Tower of Druaga lose much of their power because of the Blessings of Anu(The King of the gods living in Heaven or the Celestial World). This is known as "The Summer of Anu."
When the Kingdom of Uruk, founded by King Gilgamesh (I assume that would be our plucky hero from the games, Gil, which was short for Gilgamesh), confirms the reappearance of this tower, they send raiding parties in to exterminate the monsters. So for the times when the Summer of Anu makes its appearance, a base was setup so they could reach the upper floors. Three Summers of Anu have passed and a base on the very first floor of the tower called Meskia has been established. The town as prospered because of two forces, one is the Uruk Army, seeking to revie the tower and defeat the demon Druaga. The other force is adventurers, seeking the legendary treasure known as the "Blue Crystal Rod" (a pivotal item in the games).
I'm quite psyched for this myself but this IS Gonzo so I might have to keep that excitement in check.
|2008-01-10, 05:32
|Link #18
Senior Member
remember that GONZO can make epic things like gankutsuou and last exile.
what matters is the actual staff and for this anime it seems the staff if worthy of excitement.
|2008-02-10, 14:36
|Link #19
Join Date: Dec 2003
All righty, the full staff has been announced and the cast of characters has been revealed.
Original Work: Bandai-Namco Games (Tower of Druaga)
Director: Chigira Kouichi
Supervisor: Endou Masanobu
Series Composition and Script: Gatou Shouji
Original character desgns: Ugetsu Hakua
Main Character Design: Takaoka Junichi
Character Design: Yamagata Atsushi
Monster Design: Tanzawa Manabu
General Animation Director: Fujisawa Toshiyuki
Production Design: Kobayashi Makoto
Color Design: Uchibayashi Yumi
Sound Director: Gouda Hozumi
Music: Sakimoto Hitoshi
Editing: Hida Fumi
Animation: Gonzo
Production: Izumi Project.
Romanizations aren't final (as in, I'm not sure if they'll be the exact ones I'll use) but here are the descriptions. I'm also a bit tired so my translations of the descriptions might be a little funky right now.
Age 16
Job: Guardian
The series hero. Although he looks rather able-bodied as a fighter, he has very little actual experience and is prone to screwing up.
VA: Orikasa Fumiko
Age 17
Job: Oracle
The series heroine. A descendant of Ki. She's a mysteriously airheaded and silly girl.
She often drones about random things to the party.
VA: Hayamizu Risa
Age 19
Job: Lancer
She travels with Jir. Out of the party, she has the most experience.
VA: Gouda Hozumi
Age 20
Job: Mage
The mage of Jir's party. Born in the Kingdom of Uruk, he's a poor aristocrat. He has a selfish, loud, and willful attitude. He's a transparent young man.
VA: Chihara Minori
Age 10
Job: Servant
Mert's attendant. She alwas has to deal with her master's selfishness. She has a nagging personality. Despite her looks, she's quite strong. She has a knack for cooking.
VA: Sakurai Takahiro
Age 17
Job: Archer
Despite his age, he's rather famous. He was given the nickname "Niva the Dragon Slayer." He is currently the leader of Fatina's experienced party.
VA: Horie Yui
Age 16
Job: Mage
The lone woman in her party. She has a rather domineering attitude. She has faint feelings for Niva.
VA: Ishida Akira
Age 16
Job: Scout
A friend of Niva, he's a small and agile fighter. He's rather worldly and is familiar with the going ons behind the City of Meskier.
VA: Yasumoto Hiroki
Age Unkown
Job: Attacker, Axe (probably means Berserker)
A friend of Niva. He's a large man and uses a large axe.
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|2008-02-10, 22:42
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Join Date: Oct 2006
Thanks alot for the sweet large clean pictures.
As expected of Ugetsu Hakua, I already totally love these drawings for the character (and armor/clothing) designs! I'm looking forwards to seeing the anime adaptations of them and this show in action.
I'm trying to control my enthusiasm as Last Exile had the whole steampunk-scifi airship and world-spanning epic scope thing to add to the atmosphere while I know virtually nothing about Druaga's world (or Druaga in general) other than that it will center around this tower, however, the last time I was this excited for a show based solely on character design art was probably Last Exile itself, thanks to one of my other favorites Range Murata, and that show turned out fantastic, so I really hope this becomes something special as well, as it shares a similar pedigree of great staff including Last Exile's director and also features another fantastic artist and ofcourse it happens to have a great composer for epic music in Sakamoto as we already mentioned earlier. I do hope they realize the potential they've gotten together for this and it gets preferential treatment for budget and other considerations like Last Exile obviously did.
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How aboot them hawks?
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Leafs are up 4-2 in Pittsburgh right now
Oh my, quite the change of pace with no picture that relates to the title of the thread in the first post. Brilliant!
How about pissing on a live wire. Quit with the fucking spinoff threads!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Obituary of Alfred Opp
Alfred Opp, 1930-2009. Alfred Opp was born in 1930 in Teplitz, Bessarabia, which was then part of Romania. His ancestors had immigrated to South Russia from Germany in the early 1800's. While the early pioneers of Teplitz faced an up-hill battle to tame the land and establish a settlement, by the 1930's life was much more comfortable, although still full of hard work for most people. Much of village life was determined by culture and tradition. The people retained the Schwabian German language of their earlier homeland, although the Russian and then Romanian languages had been required as part of their schooling.
In July of 1940 the Russian army rolled into Bessarabia and occupied the German villages, including Teplitz. Before the people could recover from the shock, they were under the Iron Curtain. Then German officers arrived from Berlin and offered a way out. Unbeknown to the villagers, an agreement had been made between Berlin and Moscow that Russia could have the land if Germany got the people. The villagers, knowing what had happened to German Colonists under the Russians during the 1920's and 1930's, needed no second invitation. To stay and live under the Communists would mean certain terror. The vote was 99.9% in favor of evacuating Bessarabia and moving to the Fatherland. By the end of September, 1940, they were packed and on their way.
After indoctrination into the Fuhrer's philosophy and passing ethnic purity standards, the Bessarabian Germans were issued German citizenship papers. Then in the spring of 1941 they were transported to German-occupied Poland and settled on farms that had just been confiscated from Polish families. To say the least, their Polish neighbors were less than friendly.
When Alfred's father suffered a heart attack, the family was moved to Bromberg, Poland where they were settled into an apartment from which a Polish family had just been evicted. After a recovery period, Alfred's father was assigned to work in the wood-shop of the local railway yard. Alfred and his younger brother attended school in Bromberg.
When the Russians invaded Poland from the east, most of the Germans in Poland fled to Germany. Somehow, Alfred's father did not realize they should leave, and the family received no orders to evacuate. When Bromberg fell to the Russians, the Opp family felt very isolated -- one German family surrounded by Polish people who felt no sympathy for them. Alfred's father was arrested and sent to a labor camp in the Ukraine. Then Alfred's mother and baby sister were told to report to the local police station, and did not return. Alfred (then age 14) and his younger brother were alone in the apartment in the middle of one of the coldest January's on record, with only a small amount of food to try and get by. One neighbor lady had pity on them and gave them a little soup and bread from time to time.
Then the day came that the local police knocked on the door, and Alfred and his brother were taken to an internment camp that had been set up a few blocks away. There they were fed watery soup once a day, and slept in a horse stable on the straw-covered floor. The internment camp was occupied mainly by women and children, with a few old men. All males from 16 years to retirement age had been conscripted earlier into the German army, or had been arrested by the Russians. Eventually Alfred was assigned to work for a Polish farmer, and his brother was allowed to come along. The work was hard, but at least they were given food to eat. With the assistance of the farmer's brother, Alfred and his brother escaped from the farm and were able to locate their mother. The Russians moved them from one camp to another and then abandoned the camp entirely. Alfred, his mother and brother simply walked away from the camp, but were still in the middle of unfriendly Poland. Hearing about a train of Lithuanians going west, they bribed their way onto the train with a bottle of Schnapps. The train made frequent stops to let other trains pass going the opposite direction, or to wait for railroad tracks and bridges to be repaired. Alfred had to forage the countryside during these stops to try and find food and water, as none were supplied on the train.
They finally crossed over into Germany - East Germany. Alfred found work with a local farmer, and was paid with a little food he could share with his mother and brother. Eventually they made connections with Alfred's grandparents who had also fled from Poland to East Germany. A chance meeting with a Russian army officer resulted in the grandfather's silver pocket watch being confiscated, but with the return information that the Russians were in the process of closing the border into West Germany. Alfred's grandfather immediately went to where his family was staying and they packed that afternoon and went to the train yard. A cattle-car train was about to leave for West Germany, but all the cars, although empty, had already been sealed. Again a bottle of liquor did the trick, and a car was opened up for them. They loaded their few possessions on board and the car was resealed, with stern instructions that they were not to make a sound. As the train began to move, they could tell the general direction they traveled. Eventually they realized they must be in southwest Germany. Then the train stopped and they heard someone coming down the train, banging on the railroad cars and asking, "Is anybody in there?" The man was speaking Schwabian German, and they realized they were home safe.
But although now in "friendly" territory, they found they were not welcome. West Germany was overloaded with refugees, and the locals had more than they could take. Refugee families were assigned to one room per family. Local families were told they had to accommodate the refugees. Refugee families were lucky to have access to shared cooking facilities and shared bathrooms. Eventually, ingenious refugees began producing basic necessities like small cook-stoves from the rubble of the war. Alfred and his brother went back to school, then apprenticed to learn trades. For a time Alfred worked for an American-run company that refurbished Army trucks and jeeps into vehicles that could be used to meet the needs of local businesses.
By 1955, Alfred felt that he needed larger horizons and greater opportunities. He decided to go to America. His mother was less than enthusiastic about such a plan. She had already lost her husband and two young children during the war, and felt that if Alfred went to America she would never see him again. It took some strong convincing from his grandmother before his mother consented. Alfred and a friend took passage on a converted troop carrier across the Atlantic and after nine days at sea they landed at Quebec City. Then they boarded an "immigrant train" - a few old passenger cars with wooden seats, coupled onto the back of a freight train. After six days they arrived in Vancouver, British Columbia. They soon found themselves processed through the Immigration Office. Standing outside on the sidewalk, they realized they had no jobs, no English, and very little money. Then a woman who spoke German approached them and asked if they needed a room to rent. They thankfully accepted her offer, but after they paid the room rent, they were down to pocket change.
Then came the search for a job. It seemed that the place teemed with newly arrived immigrants, all looking for work. After a week, Alfred offered to wash dishes at a restaurant in exchange for food. A couple of weeks later, a friend referred him to an auto seat-cover company that was looking for a worker. They paid $.60 an hour, and Alfred had a job! Alfred gladly put in 9 to 10-hour days even though he was paid for 8 hours. When the company shortly went bankrupt, Alfred continued to work simply to have something to do. Impressed, the owners offered the business to Alfred on a handshake, if he would also take over the debts of the company. After the deal was sealed, Alfred found out they owed nearly $80,000, including back-taxes.
Alfred and a friend worked tirelessly, including all-night shifts several days a week, to pull the business out of the deep hole it was in. The suppliers of the business sold them materials on credit and eventually forgave some of the old debt. The land-lord helped them get a small loan to pay the back-taxes. One of the previous owners worked with them part-time for a while to smooth out the transition. Customers kept coming, and eventually the business succeeded. For 33 years the company employed 12-16 workers and became a community asset.
A few months after he immigrated, Alfred asked his mother and brother to join him in Canada. In 1959 he and his mother purchased a house in Vancouver, BC. Alfred took flight lessons and became a licensed pilot, transporting tourists to vacation spots around British Columbia. In 1960 Alfred became a Canadian citizen, and in 1962 he returned to Germany to court Helgard Aipperspach, who became his wife. Alfred eventually was able to own his own home, and he and Helgard raised their two children in the Richmond, British Columbia area.
In 1989, Alfred retired from his business and was then able to pursue his life-long dream of writing out the stories he had accumulated over the years. These stories focused on his childhood growing up in Teplitz, Bessarabia and also the stories that his mother and grandmother had told him about the culture and traditions of his ancestral heritage. Then there were the stories of the war years - stories that were so difficult to re-live that he had kept them tucked away in the back of his mind for many years. By 1997, he had typed a notebook full of his stories and ancestral genealogical information. In 2006 he sent his notebook to the Glueckstal Colonies Research Association, and his first book began to take shape. "Pawns on the World Stage" was published in August of 2007. But Alfred continued to write, and in October of 2008 "How the East Was Won" was published. By the time his second book came off the press, Alfred had written enough additional material that it was clear a third book would soon follow. "Our Roots Grew Deep in the Russen Soil" was published in April 2009.
During the time that his stories were being prepared for publication, Alfred was battling metastatic cancer. Through the struggles of chemotherapy, he found that writing his stories gave him a feeling of wellness that helped make his treatments more tolerable. Alfred wrote so that the memories of Teplitz and the life of the Bessarabian Germans would not be forgotten. Alfred wrote for his children and grandchildren, and for all of his people. In the stories he has written, Alfred has offered to us the treasure of the culture and history of the German Colonists in South Russia. His writing will continue to be an on-going memorial and a tribute to his love and regard for his people and their life in Bessarabia.
Alfred Opp passed away Saturday morning, September 5, 2009. He was 79. He is survived by his wife Helgard, their son Bernard and daughter Rita, and their families.


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Many brewers think that their brand is an afterthought. Others believe it is the end-all-be-all to their success. Well, there is no doubt that a brewer's brand is incredibly valuable. The logo, design, and copy on the packaging all require attention – early on.
So I am often asked by brewers to tell them when they need to go about protecting their name and logo. The answer: yesterday. The craft brewing industry has become swollen. There is a massive group of potential branding competitors and you do not want your brand to become confused with another. Therefore, you need to be proactive and take some steps to ensure that your brand stays yours, and yours only.
Even before you get to brewing commercially, you should focus in on a theme that represents what you make as a brewer. The theme will help you easily craft a name and logo that fit your motif. Once you hammer it down and work with an artist to put your vision on display – it's time to be proactive and protect it.
Before you speak to an attorney, you could do the following:
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Once you have satisfied yourself that you have a brand — call your counsel and file your trademark. Under federal trademark laws, you have the ability to file on the basis of "intent to use," meaning that you are not required to prove to the US Patent & Trademark Office that you are currently using the mark in interstate commerce. Instead, you get some time to get the brewhouse in place, fire up the kettles and begin making beer.
A federal trademark registration is the best way to inform the general public that you intend to use this brand. You can file a mark for either your name alone, your logo alone, or a combination of the two – so there is little reason to delay.
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2013 (Senior): Second team All-Ivy League ... Elected captain by her teammates ... Earned team's Bowditch Award as most valuable player ... Career highs in goals, assists and points (37-16-53) ... Tied for team lead in assists and was second on the team in goals ... Finished 12th on Yale's career leader list with 135 points ... Finished 13th on Yale's career leader list with 101 goals ... Finished 15th on Yale's career leader list with 34 assists ... Had seven-game point scoring streak at end of season ... Season-high six goals and seven points in 19-12 win at Quinnpiac Feb. 27 ... Started all 15 games ... Had at least two points in 14 of 15 games ... Had seven hat tricks.
2012 (Junior): Second on team in goals and points (21-6-27) ... 4-2-6 vs. Holy Cross Feb. 25 ... Hat trick vs. Notre Dame Mar. 13 in Florida ... Scored two goals in four straight games Apr. 11-21.
2011 (Sophomore): Led team in goals (16) and points (20) for the second straight season ... Played all 15 games ... Led team with 18 draw controls.
2010 (Freshman): Second team All-Ivy League ... Led team in goals (27) and points (35) ... Started all 15 games.
Club Team: Long Island Yellow Jackets Blue Team
Before Yale: U.S. Lacrosse All-American in 2008 and 2009 ... New York State Girls National Tournament Team #1 ... Won Long Island gold medal with New York Empire Team ... Newsday All-Long Island team in 2008 and 2009 ... Played five years of varsity lacrosse at Northport, captaining team senior year ... Led team to 21-1 record and undefeated Suffolk County championship her senior year ... Team was also Suffolk County champions in 2006 and 2008 ... Team MVP in 2007, 2008 and 2009 ... All-Tournament team in 2007 and 2008 ... All-County in 2007, 2008 and 2009 ... First team All-Galaxy in 2008 and 2009 ... Ranked fifth on Long Island in points with 131 (95 goals, 36 assists) in 2009 ... Broke school record for points in a game with 10 goals and three assists against West Babylon.
Notes: U.S. Lacrosse Academic All-American in 2008 and 2009 ... Member of National Honor Society ... Gerry Holland Scholarship Award Recipient ... Member of the World Language Honor Society ... Board of Education Award for Academic Excellence ... Presidential Award for Educational Excellence ... Played with Yale teammates Adrianna Amendola and Brittany De Lea on Long Island Yellow Jackets Blue team ... Brother Christopher played lacrosse for Lehigh ... Brother Gregory plays lacrosse for Duke.
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The DLT MOOC-Ed will run from Sept. 30 to Nov. 24 and is intended to help K-12 educators plan and implement digital learning initiatives in their own schools and districts. More than 2,500 educators from around the world participated in the first session of the course, which ran in spring 2013.
According to the organizations running the course, it is self-directed, peer-supported, and flexible, while also providing structured learning activities, so it gives educators an opportunity to experience digital learning first-hand. And because thousands of educators can participate in the course, participants will have opportunities for peer interactions to discuss ideas, share strategies and resources, exchange constructive feedback, and potentially crowdsource some of those ideas, strategies, and resources. Course participants will also have access to experts who have already implemented successful digital learning strategies, and by the end of the course, participants should be better prepared to implement their own digital learning plan.
In conjunction with the new DLT MOOC-Education course, the Alliance and the Friday Institute have also released a new paper based on the first iteration of the course. "The Digital Learning Transition MOOC for Educators: Exploring a Scalable Approach to Professional Development," describes the design of the course; examines Web analytics, online discussions, and survey data from the first course; and offers lessons learned about this approach to professional development.
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The PDF of the full report is available as a free download on the Alliance for Excellent Education's site, and educators can also sign up for the Digital Learning Transition MOOC for Educators on Alliance's site.
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The Tour put emphasis on Wildlife viewing in three distinct National parks of Kenya
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The safari is by use of a 4x4 safari jeep/Land cruiser customized for game viewing and photography.
The Driver guide is professionally trained and certified by the Kenya Professional Safari Guide Association (KPSGA)
This is a scheduled itinerary running for 4 months from July to October 2013.
Participants for these trips are expected to arrive in Nairobi on or before 2nd July, 5th August, 4th September and 4th October for a night in Nairobi and safari briefing before start of safari the next day.
Amboseli National Park: We start our day early, finish an early breakfast and head out to Amboseli for 02 nights. The first day we will have an afternoon game drive while on the second day you have an option of staying in field the whole day with packed lunch or we could come back to the camp/lodge for lunch.
Lake Nakuru: from Amboseli drive to Lake Nakuru to be there for lunch and later an afternoon game drive. This park is reknown for the thousands of Flamingos that throng its shores and well as both black and white rhino.
Maasai Mara: Two nights In Maasai Mara. We drive through the floor of the Rift Valley to Maasai Mara. Lunch will be on arrival and later an afternoon game drive. The second day will be spent exploring the wonders of this very famous National Reserve.
Departure: Drive back to Nairobi and later a transfer to the airport for your flight back home.
Please Note: These Safari departures are happening at a time of Maasai Mara Wildebeest migration, it's the peak tourism season for Kenya, and we have worked out the best possible deal for you with some of the best Luxury lodges/ Luxury Camps.
Departures are as per the scheduled dates and it runs from July to October
The prices are based on per adult sharing. Please enquire for single room occupancy supplement and also for child's rate.
Cost Excludes:
•Drinks and beverages.
•Traveling insurance.
•International flights.
•Tips and gratuities.
•Any item of personal use.
If need be we will put every effort to make sure to get your paired.
Single room supplement can be quoted on request but its not a guaranteed since July - October is a high season for tourism in Kenya
This safari can also be done as a private tour on request
|Map Legend
|Best of Kenya Safari
2851, Nairobi, Kenya
|Wildebeest Migration in Maasai Mara
|Majestic kilimanjaro
|Ambolseli National Park
|MT Kilimanjaro best view
|Lake Nakuru Nationa Park
|No of days
|July 02 to July 08 2013
|7 days safari per person sharing
|August 05 to August 11 2013
|7 days safari per person sharing
|September 04 to September 10 2013
|7 days safari per person sharing
|October 04 to October 10
|7 days safari per person sharing


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At the end of April 2007 — having just received the NBA's most improved player award — Monta Ellis sat on the Warriors' bench during the triumphant series against the Dallas Mavericks, pounding his head with his fists in frustration. At the end of his otherwise outstanding sophomore campaign, Ellis had suffered a complete meltdown against the Mavs. Under the bright lights of the playoffs, he had struggled to find his shot, scoring a total of 8 points on 3-15 shooting in the series' final three games. Ellis recovered and grew from the experience, but it was a stark reminder that nothing — not high school state championships, not the NCAA tournament, not the NBA regular season, not international play — prepares players for the rigors and intensity of NBA playoff basketball. Stephen Curry's sophomore campaign has been better than Ellis' first playoff run, but that doesn't mean there isn't room for improvement in Curry's game. Just the opposite — how Curry responds now that he's met with a measure of success will determine just how good he will be. With a year under his belt, the relative weaknesses in Curry's game are undisputed. As a player that the Warriors believe can be not just good, but great, the most important question for Curry this year and beyond is how he attacks those weaknesses.
This can't be stressed enough: Stephen Curry is a young player, still honing his game and playing in a new, more-demanding system. All of the following should be read with that in mind. Curry has played extremely well in his young NBA career, he's already shown signs of growth, and he should be given more time to develop. That said, Stephen Curry is a victim of his own success — by showing so much so early on, he's raised expectations. But just because Curry is being held to a higher standard doesn't mean he's being treated unfairly. The Warriors' new owners have made it clear that they consider Curry to be a franchise-level centerpiece for this team. If he's going to live up to that role, he has to embrace high expectations. The Warriors have had lots of spectacular players on .400 teams. If Curry is going to show that he's something different from those false hopes before him, he has prove that he has what it takes to excel at the highest level — the NBA playoffs.
There are two parts of Curry's game that worry me: (1) his ability to execute the offense precisely with a low error rate and (2) his defense. Both parts of his game have been cause for concern so far this season, although there are extenuating circumstances (his ankle, a new system, fatigue from summer play) and lots of time for him to improve. I'm not arguing that Curry won't improve or that we should give up on him — far from it. My points are far more modest: he needs to improve in these areas, and there's no harm in checking in occasionally to see how he's doing. So far, the results are mixed.
Offensive Execution: This concern starts with Curry's turnovers, but it's bigger than that. Curry looked his best last year when he was running free in Nelson's system. He was allowed to create on the fly, make spectacular plays and generally exploit his excellent feel for the flow of the game. In that type of system, mistakes are inevitable — they're a calculated risk countered by the upside of unpredictability of the attack. The problem with that style is NBA games — particularly against good defensive teams — don't always flow naturally. Sometimes offense doesn't just materialize, it needs to be manufactured. That takes half-court sets, precise execution and — given a generally slower pace with fewer possessions — a much lower tolerance for errors. I'm bugged by Curry's careless errors on the break and in the free-flowing game, but it's the mistakes when the Warriors are trying to execute set plays that really worry me. If the Warriors are going to be a playoff threat, Curry has to show that he can run the offense not just against the Wolves and the Clippers of the NBA, but against the meat-grinding defenses of teams like the Spurs and the Bulls.
Curry's struggles in executing the offense can't all be reduced to numbers, but the statistical evidence is mixed. Curry's turnovers per game aren't that bad — at 2.8, he's tied for 28th in the league. Adjusted for 48 minutes, he's even better (tied for 37th). As a point guard, however, his assist-to-turnover ratio is disappointing. The NBA's best point guard, Chris Paul, is second in the NBA at 4.16 (D.J. Augustin leads at an unsustainable 5.17). Curry comes in at 42nd with 2.07 — roughly half the efficiency of Paul. Pretty much every starting point guard except Billups and Duhon ranks ahead of him (Evans ranks below him as well, but the Kings have been playing him for extended minutes at 2 with Udrih at point). As a floor general — someone creating opportunities for others while minimizing his own errors — Curry's still finding his way.
The blame for Curry's turnover struggles also can't be dismissed entirely as a product of David Lee's injury. Lee clearly helps the ball move in the Warriors' offense, but Curry's assist-to-turnover ratio only wobbles slightly from 2.18 to 2.05 in games Lee has played vs. those he hasn't. One good sign from the statistical picture is that Curry's carelessness appears to be improving — he has 3.5 over his first 6 games but only 2.22 over his last 9. His assists also dropped during that period — 6.83 for the first 6 vs. 5.11 for the last 9 — but he still showed a net improvement on his assist-to-turnover ratio (1.95 vs. 2.30). So while Curry still has a ways to go when it comes to learning how to operate in a more structured offense, there are signs of improvement despite the very small sample size.
Defense: There may be encouraging signs on the offensive end, but things are still pretty bleak when it comes to defense. Curry's size and speed were concerns from day 1 in the NBA, but defense isn't entirely about physical gifts. Curry has been a source of frustration so far this season defensively because he's losing both the physical and mental match-ups. He gets blown past by quicker men, then commits silly fouls in an attempt to recover. He goes brain-dead when he's already picked up a few calls, forcing himself off the court with unnecessary contact. He drifts away from guys he should be covering tightly, then bodies up against guys that are not offensive threats. Like Amare Stoudemire — who recently admitted in an unusually candid NBA moment that no one had ever bothered to teach him defense — Curry needs to start from defensive fundamentals and work up. Keith Smart has been vocal in his teaching this year with all the Warriors, so there's reason to believe Curry can get the help he needs to make the most of his physical abilities.
Based on the numbers, Curry has nowhere to go but up. He's currently third in the NBA in fouls-per-game with 4.0. Only 2 other guards are in the top 20 (Lowry and Arenas). He's better per 48 minutes, ranking 48th with 5.8 fouls, but he's by far the highest on the list of any starting guard — let alone point guard. He's been lit up already this season by a variety of less-than-luminary offensive players like Raymond Felton. Most alarmingly, teams are increasingly targeting Curry with their offense, which only exacerbates his foul problems, ultimately forcing him off the court. Forget stopping opponents, Curry needs to focus right now on finding a way to stay on the court — he's had 6, 5 and 5 fouls in his last three outings. Whatever good Curry brings offensively is worthless if he's pinned to the bench.
Curry will probably never be a defensive stopper, but he needs to find ways to use his basketball IQ to compensate for his physical disadvantages. He needs to be a student of positioning and habits like Shane Battier and Bruce Bowen, constantly forcing guys to where they're uncomfortable operating. He needs to recognize when he's been beaten and cut his losses rather than going for fouls. He has to focus on at least raising the difficulty of offensive attacks — by stopping early penetration, for example — even if he ultimately can't stop his man from getting off a shot. As the Warriors enter this next stretch of games of not only top-tier teams, but top-tier point guards, it'll be a major test of how much Curry can give this team at the defensive end.
Ultimately, all of the above comes down to a simple point: Curry may be the best we have at point guard, but that doesn't mean he's as good as he can be — or should be. Running an NBA offense and guarding NBA point guards are not simple tasks, but Curry has been making relatively simple mistakes while trying to do both. He's already working on eliminating the turnovers. Hopefully improvement on the defensive end comes next. These refinements to Curry's game aren't just nit-picking or an effort to stir up controversy. They're the finer points of NBA success that separate the players — and teams — we see regularly in May and June from those that only make a cameo appearance for the draft lottery.
The Warriors' new owners have talked about a new era of accountability. When it comes to setting goals, eliminating mistakes and demanding demonstrable improvement, there's no better place to start than at the top.


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*Cook's Note: You will need half of the herbs when you start the recipe and half in 2 weeks. It is best to purchase the second half of the herbs when they are needed.
If using pint jars for storage, you will need 3 jars. If using small wine bottles, each holds approximately 13 ounces; therefore, you will need 4 bottles.
Put the water and bleach in a large container. Dunk 12 sprigs of tarragon and 12 chive shoots in the solution, and then rinse in cold water. Pat dry.
Heat the vinegar in a large saucepan over medium-high heat, and heat until vinegar reaches 190 degrees F. Place the herbs in a container large enough to hold the vinegar. Pour the vinegar over the herbs, and after the vinegar has cooled, place the lid on the container. Set in a cool dark place for 2 weeks.
After 2 weeks, sanitize the second half of the herbs as previously, rinse, pat dry, and set aside.
Sterilize the containers and lids that you will store the vinegar in by immersing them in a large pot of boiling water and boiling for 10 minutes. If using corks, purchase pre-sterilized corks, and then dip them in and out of boiling water 3 to 4 times.
Discard the old herbs. Strain the vinegar through a sanitized colander or funnel lined with cheesecloth. Divide the fresh herbs among the containers and pour the vinegar over them. Seal and refrigerate. The vinegar may be stored at room temperature for 5 to 6 weeks or in the refrigerator for up to 6 months.


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Oscar Hammerstein II - Out of My Dreams
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Hosted by Matthew Morrison ("Glee"), this special is a celebration of the acclaimed lyricist and librettist. His works include Show Boat (1927), Oklahoma! (1943), South Pacific (1949), and The Sound of Music (1959). The film features movie clips from his musicals and interviews with Stephen Sondheim, Harold Prince, Shirley Jones, Mitzi Gaynor, Hammerstein family members and more. G
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We start by importing the necessary modules. We also define a convenient abbreviation for mappend, which actually will become part of the base library according to rumors I heard at this years ZuriHac.
Our example is about serializing a very simple representation of a person to a sequence of bytes. As usual, this serialization also requires us to fix the encoding format. We encode strings using UTF-8 and prefix them with their length encoded as a 32bit little-endian integer to make parsing unambiguous. We also encode the age of a person as a 32bit little-endian integer. I guess the code speaks for itself.
The above code is typical for serialization code based on builders. One uses the predefined functions for creating builders with a fixed encoding format from standard Haskell values. These builders are then combined using the functions from the Monoid typeclass. Builders essentially store the recipe for building their corresponding sequence of bytes. Once one needs a concrete representation of this sequence of bytes, one just calls toLazyByteString or toByteString to execute that recipe.
The benefit of using builders to construct a bytestring is twofold: First, appending two builders is an O(1) operation, which is also efficient in absolute terms, as it corresponds to a single function call. Second, when constructing the resulting lazy bytestring the blaze-builder makes sure that the average chunk size is large. A large average chunk size is important to make good use of cache prefetching in later processing steps (e.g. compression) and it also reduces the sytem call overhead when writing the resulting lazy bytestring to a file or sending it over the network.
For example, the above code results in the following sequence of chunk sizes.
The 170001 bytes represented by lazyBinaryCloneVillage feature an average chunk size of ~24kb. The first buffer is only ~4kb large, because for short output sequences the buffer allocation cost is significant. toLazyByteString compensates this cost by allocating the first buffer with the minimal expected chunk size. Note that these chunk sizes reflect the default settings of toLazyByteString, which is optimized to yield efficient and well-chunked results for all lengths of output sequences. If you know more about your typical serialization tasks, then you can tune these settings to your favor.
Speaking of efficiency, I'm quite sure you would also like to see some benchmark figures. I'm not going to present the figures for the above example. Not because they are embarassing; they are not. However, without good competition, the interpretation of benchmark figures is difficult; and currently, I don't know of a good competitor for the above usecase. However, we can also use builders to pack a [Word8] list into a strict or lazy bytestring; and there, we definitely do have good competitors.
Packing [Word8]
For our benchmark, we use the following implementations for packing [Word8] lists.
The implementations S.pack, L.pack, declPackLazy, and binaryDeclPackLazy are trivial. The implementations packStrict and packLazy make use of fromWord8s :: [Word8] -> Builder, which is a very efficient function to serialize lists of bytes, as the following plot shows.
The plot is a log-log plot of the mean time for packing [Word8] lists using the above implementations when being run on a Core2 Duo T7500 with 2GB RAM and Linux 2.6.32-24 i686 and GHC 6.12.3. I created this plot by adapting Bryon O'Sullivan's excellent Criterion benchmarking library to handle scaling benchmarks (cf. ScalingBenchmarks.hs). In the spirit of Criterion, I also generate a boxplot version for every scaling benchmark (using more transparent lines to draw the quartiles and whiskers), which allows us to judge the quality of the measurements. The boxplot version of the above plot shows that nothing went wrong during its measurement.
Note that the mean times are plotted with respect to a logarithmic scale. Hence, a constant difference between two graphs means a constant factor improvement. As you can see from the measurement log, using blaze-builder is a definitive win for output sequences longer than 1kb: packStrict beats S.pack by almost a factor 2 and packLazy beats L.pack by a factor 10 and binaryDeclPackLazy by a factor 92 (!).
The crucial ingredient for this improvement is the fromWord8s function. It is constructed using the Write abstraction Jasper introduced during his work on blaze-html. The function fromWrite8List forces and writes eight list elements at a time, which allows the compiler to bundle the actual writes to the output buffer.
For shorter output sequences, the improvement gained from using blaze-builder gets smaller and S.pack is even faster for very short sequences. The following plot, its boxplot version, and the measurement log give a more detailed comparison for such short sequences.
The results are not surprising when comparing the implementations: packStrict uses toByteString, which simply runs toLazyByteString and copies all chunks into a single buffer of the appropriate size. Hence, packStrict is always slightly slower than packLazy. The S.pack function from Data.ByteString works in two passes over the input list: first, it determines the length of the list and then it copies all bytes to the allocated buffer. Traversing linked lists of bytes is costly and pays off only for very short lists, as there the output buffer allocation cost is dominant. The peak of packLazy at 64 bytes stems from the fact that it first allocates a 64 byte buffer which is copied to a 4kb buffer once its clear that more than 64 bytes are output. This is done to compensate the buffer allocation cost for very short output sequences. It can be switched off using toLazyByteStringWith, if required.
The blaze-builder library provides an expressive and efficient way to construct both lazy as well as strict bytestrings. The accompanying benchmarks show that it improves (often significantly) in all cases over Data.Binary.Builder from the binary package. The benchmarks presented in this post also show that the implementation of blaze-builder compares favorably against special purpose functions for packing [Word8] lists; on a Core2 Duo T7500 with 2GB RAM and Linux 2.6.32-24 i686 and GHC 6.12.3. Yeah, that's what the benchmarks state ;-). However, I expect that the conclusions drawn from them stay also valid for most other settings. For example, the GHC-7.0.1 release candidate makes Data.ByteString.Builder run a bit faster, but still not as fast as blaze-builder.
During the work on blaze-html, I learned from several benchmarks that ensuring a large average chunk size is very important for lazy bytestrings to be efficient. However, many encoding functions on Hackage produce bytestrings or lazy bytestrings. Hence, we have to copy their result again to guarantee large average chunk sizes, which is a waste of resources. Hence, I suggest that encoding functions produce a builder instead of strict or lazy bytestrings. Apart from guaranteeing a fast append and a large average chunk size, this change also simplifies and generalizes the encoding code, as it separates the buffer allocation strategy from the encoding function.
In order for such a change to be effective, I suggest that the bytestring library itself provides an implementation of Data.ByteString.Builder, which would provide a blessed way to incrementally create bytestrings. The blaze-builder library offers one possible implementation path for such a bytestring builder. If the community would see it fit, then I'd be happy to port the builder parts to the bytestring library. The string encodings currently provided by blaze-builder would then move into their own libraries.
Well that's it for now. I will publish more of the experiments I have done during the work on blaze-builder once I find some more time. I'm also looking very much forward to your feedback.
Happy packing :-p


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Spring Prairie Colony a Life Centered on Faith, Family, Farming
Aksamit, Nichole. "Spring Prairie Colony a Life Centered on Faith, Family, Farming." Forum, 14 November 1999, sec. A.
The modest women of Spring Prairie Colony share a quiet moment in the early morning sun on a trailer behind a tractor headed for a cucumber field northwest of Hawley, Minnesota.
You have probably seen them at least once in your life - at the doctor's office, perhaps, or at Wal-Mart, where their handmade clothing is an anomaly.
You probably wondered for a moment who they were - the bearded men in black jackets and wide-brimmed hats, the kerchiefed women in ankle-length skirts and aprons, the ruddy-cheeked children in caps and bonnets.
Perhaps you assumed they were Amish.
Chances are, you didn't know you had glimpsed a few of the roughly 38,000 Hutterites now living in North America, a devout people who for more than 450 years have been trying to live like Christ's apostles.
Chances are, the reason you didn't know about them is because, in their efforts to keep worldly influences outside the periphery of their communal Christian colonies, they have kept a great deal to themselves.
Their lives - unencumbered by radio, TV, crime and politics - focus instead on faith, family, farming and communal living.
In agricultural communes along the dusty backroads of five Midwestern states and four Canadian provinces, they pray, work and eat together and follow a biblical directive to have "all things common."
Enveloped in a unique Germanic culture, their Puritan way of life and their reasons for it serve as indelible barriers between them and the outside world.
Unlike their Amish counterparts, many of whom still farm by horse and shun modern conveniences like electricity, Hutterites have incorporated technology to stay afloat in the modern farm economy.
But, in many ways, the Hutterites remain a world apart.
You'll find a rare glimpse of that world in The Forum this week in a five-day series exploring the apostolic undercurrents of everyday life at Spring Prairie Colony, a few miles northwest of Hawley, Minn.
This colony and its people trace their roots in America to Bon Homme Colony, founded near Yankton, S.D., in 1874.
Hutterite crews began working the land and building homes at Spring Prairie in 1977.
Thirteen families from the White Rock Colony near Rosholt, S.D., agreed to settle there in 1980.
And today, 125 souls live in three- and four-plexes on the equivalent of two city blocks and collectively farm the 3,000 acres surrounding Spring Prairie Colony.
They eat together in a communal dining hall. They attend church every day and twice on Sunday. They are managed by an elected board of elders and share a single bank account.
Faith and family are forces that bind their community.
At Spring Prairie, the basic way of life remains simple, and the emphasis is always on hard work and faith in this life, rest and reward in the next.
Our series, "A World Apart," begins in today's Metro & State section.
Reprinted with permission of The Forum


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Dr Raymond Stein of the Bochner Eye Institute wrote the following clinical update. We hope you find it of interest.
EBMD is a common hereditary corneal dystrophy that may result in recurrent corneal erosions and/or blurred vision. Clinical epithelial signs include fingerprint lines, map-like changes, or microcysts. If the corneal signs are subtle it is valuable to instill fluorescein and view with a Cobalt-blue light. With EBMD the epithelium is irregular and the tear breakup will be abnormal.
If patients have recurrent erosions and they are refractory to hypertonic solutions (Muro 128 5% drops and/or ointment) then a keratectomy can be performed. This procedure involves debridement of the corneal epithelium and polishing of Bowman's layer with a diamond burr. Eighty-five percent of eyes with this technique will have resolution of their erosions. The procedure can be repeated if necessary.
If patients have glare, halos, or reduced vision secondary to EBMD then a keratectomy can be performed. The epithelium that grows back is usually smoother resulting in an improvement in vision. It usually takes 4 to 6 weeks for the best vision to be achieved.


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Do you like amigurumi? Have you tried making any? Amigurumi the japanese art of crocheting ridiculously cute animals or inanimate objects, but if you don't crochet, you may knit something like amigurumi too. This is an original knitting pattern to make this adorable tiny knitted growing plants with faces in pots. They are super cute, super soft, super easy and super fast to make even for beginners. The growing plant measures about 10,5 cm (4,1 inch) to tip of leaves. All pieces of the toy are knitted flat.
Needles: size 2 (2.75mm) straight
Leftovers in terracotta for pots, mousy for covers, yellow, white, purple for heads and green for leaves, some black yarn to embroider for eyes, nose and mouth.
Polyester fiberfill for stuffing
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Tapestry needle
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AUSTIN, Texas – Barry's No. 2-ranked men's tennis team completed a perfect weekend in its three-match swing through Texas with a 9-0 sweep at No. 25 St. Edward's Sunday.
The Buccaneers (20-0) beat three ranked teams in Austin. They will close the regular season at home this week, beginning with Thursday's 3 p.m. match against St. Thomas. The Bucs, who extended their school-record consecutive win streak to 20 to begin a season with Sunday's victory over the Hilltoppers, will finish the regular season on Senior Day 3 p.m. Saturday at Buccaneer Tennis Center.
For the second straight day, Barry won all three doubles matches by 8-3 scores. Ranked second in the nation, Marco Mokrzycki and Fabian Groetsch beat Felix Bake and Pedro Bronstrup at the top flight. Max Wimmer and Ollie Lemaitre bested James Rogers and Maximo Agoglia at No. 2. Romain Costamagna and Leo Vivas defeated Ivan Vaz and Adrian Garza at No. 3.
Ranked No. 22 in the country, Wimmer survived a third-set match tiebreaker to beat Rogers, 6-1, 2-6, 10-1, at No. 1 singles to move into sole possession of third place on the school's all-time career victory list with 64. He is three shy of matching Bucs assistant coach Thomas Hipp's record of 67.
The Buccaneers won the remaining singles matches in straight sets. Groetsch, ranked 19th, beat Bronstrup, 6-2, 6-1, at No. 2. Lemaitre defeated Agoglia, 6-2, 6-1, at No. 3. Renato Lombardi doubled up Bake, 6-2, 6-2, at No. 4. Kevin Sielmann cruised by Garza, 6-1, 6-0, at No. 5. Alejandro Andio breezed past Jacob Belanger, 6-2, 6-0, at No. 6.
The Bucs are 12-0 against nationally-ranked teams this season.


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On a diplomatic mission - in the United Nations Human Rights Committee
What happens at the United Nations when the politicians have left? A desk officer for human rights reports about the efforts to obtain resolutions.
Every year the United Nations General Assembly in New York dominates the headlines for a few days. Cameras are pointed at presidents, kings and foreign ministers, who come and go at the end of September during the session of the General Assembly in New York. However, detailed operational work only starts afterwards when the six GA subcommittees meet. This also applies to the Third Committee which addresses human rights issues and meets for around eight weeks every autumn. Janina Hasse, desk officer for human rights at the Federal Foreign Office, describes the situation as follows:
During this period, there is a lot of work to do so that the Permanent Mission of the Federal Republic of Germany to the United Nations is glad to have helping hands (and minds) from Berlin. As a human rights desk officer at the Federal Foreign Office in Berlin, I assisted my colleagues dealing with human rights at the Permanent Mission in New York this year, too.
Broad spectrum of topics
The so‑called Third Committee deals with resolutions on issues such as violence against women, children's rights, human trafficking, the right to development, freedom of religion, and racism. Resolutions are United Nations decisions containing either decisions that are binding under international law (such as those of the Security Council) or recommendations for the member states (such as those of the General Assembly).
"Negotiations on a resolution" sounds like a rather abstract notion. In practice this means that, with regard to each resolution text, we carefully consider the political and practical implications of individual phrases and how we can effectively formulate our objectives. In most cases, negotiations take place with our EU partners, that is to say that the German position is coordinated and harmonized with those partners on a daily basis.
In often protracted negotiations (which always run in parallel) we try to reach a compromise with all UN members. In reality, this means constant moving back and forth between negotiations, bilateral consultations and discussions with UN Special Rapporteurs. The lunch break is often used for so‑called side events with representatives from politics, business and society. In the evening Berlin must be briefed about the events of the day. All in all, it is an exciting but also very demanding time.
One highlight: Germany is elected to the Human Rights Council
One highlight of my stay was 12 November when Germany was elected to the UN Human Rights Council by the General Assembly. The election, which I was able to follow live, was a sign of confidence in Germany. The votes were counted individually. The atmosphere in the meeting room was very tense and in the end we were more than happy about the result. The Geneva‑based UN Human Rights Council is among other things responsible for the Universal Periodic Review to be prepared by all member states.
For us, membership of the UN Human Rights Council means that, as of January 2013, the New York rhythm of negotiations, coordination within the EU and votes will become regular practice in Switzerland, too. Berlin, New York, Geneva – there is always work to be done in human rights policy at the United Nations.


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Use My Content and Photos to Build Easy Weebly Websites and Google My Business Pages
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You don't need html experience. I will provide you with content and photos for a website. All you have to do is build a weebly website with that information. Even better if you understand english and SEO enough to do headlines and alt tags on photos and page titles that are relevant to the topic of the site. I will also need you to use my photos and content to build a Google My Business page for me to go along with each site. The price will be per site and accompanying Google My Business page. I have many sites that need to be done right now, so this is an ongoing project.
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Wrestler Hulk Hogan has won a temporary legal order barring the bosses of a gossip website from posting an excerpt of his sex tape online.
The reality TV star filed a $100 million federal lawsuit against bosses at Gawker last year after they uploaded a one-minute clip from a sex tape he made with Heather Clem, but Hogan, who cited invasion of privacy and infliction of emotional distress, failed to win the case.
The 59-year-old re-filed the suit in the state of Florida, and on Wednesday Judge Pamela Campbell granted Hogan's request for a temporary restraining order, forcing editors to pull the popular video from their network.
All copies and photos of the saucy footage must also be handed over to the sports star's attorney, Charles Hader, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
Should the site be forced to remove Hulk's sex tape?


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I hope you like my world and my fan stuff .Oh and I'm sorry if I make spelling mistakes.These are some of my favorite anime: Inuyasha ,Tokyo Majin , Bleach , Death Note , The Vision Of Escaflone , Read or Die , Full Metal Alchemist , Trinity Blood.And theres a lot more! I LOVE Tatsuma Hyuu from Tokyo Majin. Ilove to draw, even thuogh I'm not that good.And I don't realy know that much about 'internet talk'.
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text: Korean Job Discussion Forums :: View topic - red eyes to taipei Speak Korean Now! Korean Job Discussion Forums"The Internet's Meeting Place for ESL/EFL Teachers from Around the World!" FAQ Search Memberlist Usergroups Register Profile Log in to check your private messages Log in red eyes to taipei Korean Job Discussion Forums Forum Index -> Travel Forum View previous topic :: View next topic Author Message ewlandonJoined: 30 Jan 2011Location: teacher Posted: Wed Oct 03, 2012 9:50 pm Post subject: red eyes to taipei I want to go to taipei for an event in November but I would have to be there very early saturday morning and I work till 930 PM friday night. Sky Scanner comes up as having no flights after 9ish. Anyone know of an airlines that has red eyes that leave around midnight or so? Back to top LazioJoined: 15 Dec 2010 Posted: Thu Oct 04, 2012 2:58 am Post subject: http://www.airport.kr/airport/flightinfo/schedule/scheduleList.iia Sorry, the link doesn�t point to where I wanted it to. Anyways, there are no red-eye flights to Taipei. China Airlines 20:35pm is the latest departure. This schedule is valid until Oct. 27 but more than likely there won�t be any other flights later than that. Also, there are no early flights on Sat, only at 10:35 am. Back to top bucheon bumJoined: 16 Jan 2003 Posted: Mon Oct 08, 2012 4:59 pm Post subject: The flight is too short to be a red-eye. It's about a 2 hr flight. Back to top Display posts from previous: All Posts1 Day7 Days2 Weeks1 Month3 Months6 Months1 Year Oldest FirstNewest First Korean Job Discussion Forums Forum Index -> Travel Forum All times are GMT - 8 Hours Page 1 of 1 Jump to: Select a forum Forums:----------------FAQJob-related Discussion ForumGeneral Discussion ForumOff-Topic ForumTravel ForumCurrent Events ForumTechnology ForumBuy/Sell/Trade Forum You cannot post new topics in this forumYou cannot reply to topics in this forumYou cannot edit your posts in this forumYou cannot delete your posts in this forumYou cannot vote in polls in this forum This page is maintained by the one and only Dave Sperling. Contact Dave's ESL Cafe Copyright © 2018 Dave Sperling. All Rights Reserved. Powered by phpBB © 2001, 2002 phpBB Group TEFL International Supports Dave's ESL Cafe


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Bachner Teaches the Wonders of Sugar Creekby Wade Coggeshall • May 9, 2006 Share:
It's easy to fall into the mindset that much of Indiana and the Midwest is flat and overrun with cornfields — "flyover country" as the coastal snobs like to remark. Even some native to the region are unaware of its hidden treasures.
A Lilly Grant is trying to combat that. Called Explore Indiana, it was awarded to Wabash College to encourage graduates to stay in Indiana and help alleviate the state's "brain drain." The grant helps pay for classes in which students participate in various activities around Indiana to enhance their appreciation of the state. Students can use summer internships to study distinctive interests and later present what they learned. The grant pays for Wabash students and faculty to take kayak trips down Sugar Creek, and see for themselves the beauty that surrounds it.
Mike Bachner knows all about Sugar Creek. The 1970 Wabash College grad has been kayaking on it, even cross-country skiing up it in winter, for close to 40 years. The Ohio native came to Wabash College because of the creek. A fraternity canoe trip during his second visit to campus "sealed the deal," he said.
"Sugar Creek's incredibly beautiful," said Bachner, who manages the Wabash College Bookstore. "I get asked if I've done other things, like white-water rafting. I almost went one time. But Sugar Creek's what I've done, and it's been incredibly satisfying to me."
Bachner uses the grant money to take Wabash students and faculty on kayak trips down the creek. He tries to limit each trip to five or six people so as to maintain some intimacy with the natural surroundings. For many of the students and staff, this is the first time they've ever seen this side of the area.
"It ranges from wonder for a lot of students who've never been to the creek at all," Bachner said of their reaction. "They're amazed at the bluffs and hemlock banks. (A recent trip) was the first time anyone just broke out into a race down the creek. That's exuberance; they get out there and relax. It's a lot different from the campus pressure."
Bachner's favorite such memory occurred about 10 years ago when he took a Pakistani student. They were passing through the valley where William Offield, one of the area's first settlers, had lived when the student started a Sufi chant. The landscape reminded him of his grandfather taking him to see a Sufi water ritual in his native Pakistan. Bachner still uses that chant as meditation when he's kayaking on Sugar Creek.
Melissa Butler, a professor of political science at Wabash, recently took her first trip down the creek, even though she's lived in Crawfordsville for 30 years.
"It was far more beautiful than I thought it would be," Butler said. "For somebody who's been in Indiana for a long time, even for me it opened my eyes to things about Indiana I hadn't previously considered."
Bachner sweetens the experience by pointing out crinoids and giving a geological history of the place. He also tells a story that was passed on to him, one he calls "Shakespeare on Sugar Creek." One evening the college's president, a trustee and some others from the theater department were on a stroll by the creek after having dinner at the trustee's home. They spotted a campfire in the distance. The theater department was performing "Canterbury Tales" at the time. Someone from the party started shouting the opening text. A voice from below in the valley came back with some Shakespeare. The president and unknown camper exchanged Shakespeare for about 20 minutes before the group decided to head back. They never knew who the camper was.
"I like to stop and tell that story, encourage students to enjoy the liberal arts because you never know when it's going to be useful like that," Bachner said. "That's the nice thing about the creek. People know I love it, so sometimes they come to me with stories, and that allows me to enrich the experience for people who go with me."
Shades State Park is another refuge for Bachner and his wife, Patricia. In March nationally-renowned nature writer and environmentalist Terry Tempest Williams visited campus. Bachner offered to take her to Shades during her visit after they struck up a conversation in the bookstore. A native of Utah and its desert environment, Williams readily accepted.
She was so enamored with the park's primeval growth she wrote an essay during the hour she was there and on the car ride back. Williams read it that night on campus during a lecture she was giving.
"I will never think of Indiana as only a domesticated landscape of cornfields," she wrote in part. "Wildness resides in the heart of America, here, now. An inverted sense of wonder."
The experience ameliorated Bachner's existing love for the land.
"It was an amazing experience to see Shades through the eyes of somebody new who truly appreciated the beauty of the place," he said. "The opportunity to go with (her) reminded me how special the place is. The things you do regularly and the things that are around you, you begin to take for granted.
"It's easy to get complacent and not recognize how special the things around us are."
Coggeshall is a reporter for the Crawfordsville Journal Review.
In photo: Bachner (in red shirt and hat) floats down stream with senior Nikeland Cooper.


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String Art is so much fun! First popular in the late 1960s, string art is finally making a come-back! In this class you will choose a pattern (we have MANY to choose from!), use a hammer to drive nails around the pattern, and then use embroidery floss to fill it in! It is much easier than it looks, we promise. :) We have a large number of patterns to choose from including heart, three hearts, deer, paw print, state of Nebraska, 'LOVE', cross, Aztec pattern, love birds on a wire, cursive 'LOVE', hot air balloon, flower, giraffe, feather, pineapple, sun, octopus, triangles, moon and stars, mustache, Husker 'N', house with heart, elephant, and a mason jar.
The class fee includes all of the supplies needed to create one string art creation onto a pre-stained piece of wood. Class fee is $34/each. No refunds are given for cancellations with less than 72 hours notice prior to workshop start.
Please arrive 10-15 minutes early to choose your pattern and get settled in!
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National Institute of Speech & Hearing
Accredited as Excellent Institution by RCI | ISO 9001:2015 Certified | Accredited by NAAC with A Grade
Rakesh P. S. MFA (Sculpture), NET(Visual Arts)
Rakesh P. S. is a Trivandrum based Sculptor. He did his postgraduation from Jamia Millia Islamia University, New Delhi in 2008. In 2013 he joined NISH as a Lecturer of Fine Arts.
Swapna P, BA
Ms Swapna has about 16 years of experience in the field of Graphic Design. A talented artist, she has P.G. Diploma in Multimedia Technology, M.G.T.E Higher Grade certificates in Painting, Freehand Drawing and Design, Certificates in Multimedia, Still Photography and Interior Decoration. She engages lab sessions in Graphics for the Degree (HI) students. In addition, she handles all the graphics related work at NISH. Her passion is painting and photography.
Anu J Rajan , BFA (Painting)
Anu J Rajan completed her Fine Arts degree from College of Fine Arts, Trivandrum in 2010. She loves teaching the students at NISH who face similar problems like hers – deaf and hard of hearing. She joined NISH as a Lecturer in Department of Fine Arts during August 2010. Anu's specialization is painting. She is an avid painter and enjoys spending time with the canvass. She has conducted exhibitions of her paintings in 2011 at Loyola School, Thiruvananthapuram.
Shiju.R V BFA (Applied Art), PG Diploma in Journalism
Shiju.R V is from Trivandrum. He started his career as an Art Instructor in 2004. He joined NISH as a Lecturer in Department of Fine Arts in January 2011. Shiju graduated with a degree in Fine Arts (Applied Arts) from College of Fine Arts, Trivandrum in 2010.


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Boats: Blowing out gas fumes is a must; having a fire extinguisher is a must-have
The sky has cleared. We've had some breezy days, but those, too, have decreased.
The honey-do list grows, the garden gets planted, the lawn mowed, and people are eager to get their boats on the water — sometimes, a bit too eager.
There would be nothing more devastating than to be happily boating when somebody on board notices smoke. With a quick glance, it's, "Nope, the barbecue isn't going and nobody has a cheap cee-gar burning. My God, it must be the boat."
Other than scrambling to find the life preservers, what kind of extinguisher you have on board could mean the difference between putting out a fire and losing the craft.
Every year, a few boats throughout the state burn down to the waterline, leaving the once-proud owner staring at charred remains.
Most boaters with an inboard or I-O unit know you need to turn on the blowers for a few minutes to inhale and blow out any built-up gas fumes in the engine compartment before turning the key to the "start" position.
Gas, being heavier than air, will sink to the lowest area. That's not a problem with cars and trucks; not so with your boat. The blower will suck out residual fumes, whether you last used the boat six weeks ago or an hour ago.
If the fumes aren't blown out and because an electrical spark starts any gas-powered engine, if there happens to be a crack in any wiring, the boat at the least could catch fire and at the most go boom.
For many years, halon extinguishers were recognized as the best choice for protecting watercraft. Halon was a clean, gaseous agent that quickly put out fires without collateral damage.
Unfortunately, halon was found to have an adverse impact on the environment due to its potential to deplete the ozone. Production was halted nearly 20 years ago.
While many boats are equipped with extinguishers, few people pay attention to them. They need to be checked every year. Buying a new extinguisher every couple of years is cheap insurance.
Smaller boats with outboard motors aren't immune to fires, either. Should that six-gallon remote tank catch fire, you're going to get wet jumping over the side of the boat.
With the right extinguishing system, you can put out a fire and more than likely keep yourself dry. There are a variety of sizes.
It's better to have that measure of cheap insurance today than to say, "I'll do it tomorrow."
Just remember, it doesn't always happen to the other person. Sometimes, you are the other person.
Current fishing
Ocean: Action has picked up in the Fort Bragg region — a solid one-fish-per-person average with a limit here and there and the average Chinook hitting 14 pounds. Bigger fish — to 16 and 17 pounds — are being netted in the Bodega Bay region. The best part is that many boats were dropping lines soon after getting out of the jetty.
The S.F. Bay fleet is fishing for just about anything that swims — salmon outside the gate, halibut, stripers and sharks inside the bay. The salmon bite has been great with many limits. Halibut has yet to break loose, but a few nice butts are biting; same with stripers.
Another bit of good news: May 1 marked the opening of the anticipated rock cod fishery, and boats like the California Dawn will do combo trips for rock cod, stripers and halibut on the same day.
Folsom Lake: Getting away during the week is your best bet for decent bass fishing, as weekends find the lake heavily attended by water recreationists. Some of the best bass fishing is happening at Folsom. Bass are in the shallows and will snap at just about anything thrown and dragged in their direction. Concentrate on grassy bottoms and flooded brush and trees.
Shad: When shad move in, they come in by the thousands. Their nickname is "poor man's tarpon" because of their shape, color and fight. They just don't get anywhere near the size of a tarpon. Get a five-pounder, and you have a good-sized shad. Many people will fish for shad, but few will be kept, as they're extremely bony. However, they're great smoked, which softens bones to a useless state.
Go with light spinning gear with maybe six-pound test line. Use just enough weight to allow a deep drift on or near the bottom of the river. There are shad darts and flies, all of which are effective. I've had the best success with red-white colors.
You can cast into the deeper pools along the American River or anchor at the mouth and cast-retrieve and do well; or fish the big sandbar at the mouth of the Feather River and rip big numbers of shad.
Ice House Reservoir: The lake is in good shape water wise, and you can get into a decent rainbow bite hauling a crawler behind a dodger or small set of blades. Trout aren't big, though — good pan size, up to 12 inches.
Stampede Reservoir: The road is open and the launch ramp useable, and the lake is just under the full level. The little landlocked salmon — kokanee — are biting. They're growing and right now running maybe 12 inches. Head up into the Little Truckee River arm to drop kokanee rigs into the water. Go the opposite direction with the boat to fish for mackinaw. Haul a silver and black Rapala and drop it a good 30 feet off the downrigger. Mackinaw have been hitting six pounds.
Camp Far West: With the lake full, launching is a breeze. Dart-headed worms should get you well bit on bass while jigs and minnows are attracting a good crappie bite. There's a lot of flooded structure around the lake to find crappie. Start with minnows, and if the bite turns blistering hot, switch to mini jigs. Nothing like a big stringer of slabsides for a great dinner.
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