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Ezio's two adventures after Assassin's Creed 2 made us believe that after Assassin's Creed 3 we'd be seeing much more of new assassin Connor and his American Revolution setting.
Surprisingly one year on, the series will move onto a brand new instalment, hero and era, and another leap forward in scale and exploration.
While previous games explored the Crusades and the American Revolution, this takes you to the golden age of piracy, and with it dozens of locations brand new to the franchise.
Your ship is a 'second main character'
It wouldn't be a pirate game without a ship, and the one you command – the Jackdaw - is described as Assassin's Creed 4: Black Flag's second main character. It's key to exploration and setting the world, and without it, nothing would happen.
It can be evolved through customisation and upgrades, letting the player choose between an agile vessel for exploration, or to arm it to the teeth for engaging enemies. Crew members can also be recruited throughout the game, or lost in the course of battle and through natural events, such as storms.
Ubisoft were keen to stress that exploration was seamless. You'll be able to leap from your ship into the water and onto land with no load times.
With the Spyglass at hand, you can survey the horizon distractions thanks to on-screen gauges hinting at possible spoils and secrets. See a distant cargo ship or a distant cove? You're able to travel over and tackle it without interruptions. It's said to be the first true open-world naval game.
While Assassin's Creed 3 didn't invite players to explore the wilderness as much as some might have liked, there's an inciting whiff of Far Cry 3 here, especially since it shares a similar tropical, bounty-laden paradise.
That said, while the world is open to exploration, it's suggested that early in the game powerful vessels will hinder your progress to faraway destinations, requiring a gameplay loop of exploration, plundering, upgrading and defeating enemies before you can see more, and to ensure you're ready for what's in store.
The biggest Assassin's Creed world yet
Assassin's Creed 4: Black Flag is not only the biggest game world the franchise has presented, but also the most diverse, with over 50 unique locations to visit.
Cities obviously return, and offer three different flavours; Havana is the most European in architecture and population, while Kingston is dominated by British forces. Nassau, meanwhile, is described as a pirate haven.
You'll see much more if you take to the waves. Fishing villages are potted around archipelagoes, which are perfect for finding side missions or repairing your ship. Plantations can be plundered, showing that pirates pillaged from land-based targets and not just ships.
Hidden coves are a hive for smugglers (and loot), while coconut islands offer sun-kissed beaches and a prime opportunity to recruit more crew members.
Forts, meanwhile, are the perfect demonstration of that seamless exploration discussed earlier, allowing players to go from their ship to water and land as part of their attack.
Jungles offer an interesting counter-point to the forests we saw in Assassin's Creed 3. While Connor called the wilderness between Boston and New York home, new hero Edward Kenway isn't native to these parts.
It's said to be dense, claustrophobic and filled with dangerous animals. It also hides Mayan Ruins, adding extra mystery to this new landscape.
Finally, Assassin's Creed 4: Black Flag gives players the first ever opportunity to explore underwater. While you can't dive anywhere on the map, clues will hint at the location of shipwrecks under the waves, and battle sharks to retrieve the spoils within.
Dynamic naval combat builds on what we saw in Assassin's Creed 3
Naval combat make a popular debut in Connor's adventure, but it's now expanded to allow players to board other ships, whether as part of scripted missions or open-world encounters.
Grappling hooks will dynamically combine ships together, and from there you have a number of options in how to proceed. Do you free aim at the captain from a distance? Climb up the mast and free-run across, or use a rope to swing over and go toe-to-toe on the deck?
It's a 3D playground, but one you can't always take your time in; the longer your ship is engaged in another, the more heavy the losses to your crew, which are essential in operating your vessel.
Of course, not all ships can be easily boarded. There are five different ship archetypes that force you to adjust your combat approach. The charger, for example, will actively try and create distance between your ship and theirs in order to ram you.
Elsewhere, hand-to-hand combat has been tweaked to work in more confined spaces, such as ship decks, while Edward's four pistols mean that mid-range combat also gains more options.
It's also said to be more challenging, as lead content manager Carsten Myhill explains to Digital Spy: "[It's] more challenging in terms of the opponents, the window of opportunity and timing that you have with reacting to attacks by others.
"Generally across the board we're tuning and taking things up to a new level in terms of realisation and difficulty," he added.
Avoiding cliches and striving for historical accuracy
There's a worry that covering the pop-culture favourite pirates means that Assassin's Creed is betraying its historical heritage, but Ubisoft states that it's still just as accurate as other settings.
The publisher made painstakingly clear that it's avoiding the cliche-ridden approach that Hollywood has taken, and that things like sea monsters, skeletons and ghost ships won't make an appearance.
Cult figures such as the infamous Blackbeard will form a key part of the story, along with the likes of Ben Hornigold, Anne Bonny, Calico Jack and Charles Vane, pirates who clash over the direction of their new-found pirate republic.
Like previous games, hero Edward Kenway will have relationships and dealings with each character, and will be at the sidelines of some of the most famous events of the period, such as the massive wreck of the Spanish Armada and the marooning of Charles Vane.
Edward Kenway seems designed to counter Connor's flaws, giving him a personality and sense of charisma that fits the pirate lifestyle.
He will also seem to have to juggle his responsibilities as a ship captain as he stumbles into - and becomes involved in – the century's old war between Templars and Assassins that has been the backbone of the franchise to date.
You are the character in the new present-day world
With Desmond's character arc concluded at the end of Assassin's Creed 3, it gives Ubisoft an opportunity to explore new ways to tell the present-day battle between Assassins and Templars.
Since the timeline in the game world and the real world now marry up, players will "define who the character is", essentially playing themselves as they work for Abstergo and participating in the war by researching the era of Edward Kenway.
"All the previous Assassin's Creed games have been building up to this moment," explained Myhill.
"Now it's the perfect chance for us as Desmond's story comes to a natural conclusion, the real world and the Assassin's Creed world are now merged so we're not in real time.
"We're all in the Assassin's Creed universe right now. Assassin's Creed is real, is the way we like to look at it. So why not give the consumer, the player, the gamer the chance to be part of the Assassin's Creed universe themselves?
"Particulate in it, research Edward Kenway and be part of the universe and obviously discover the conspiracy and the war with the templars in a completely new way, not through the conduit of a third party like Desmond."
Details on what this actually means – in terms of how it plays and how it links in with Kenway's story in the 18th century – will come in the weeks and months ahead.
But if it's like previous Desmond unveilings – such as the surprise first-person exploration sections of 'Revelations' – we probably won't find out until much closer to release.
Multiplayer returns - but not on a ship
Finally, the fan-favourite multiplayer is confirmed to return in Assassin's Creed 4: Black Flag. While naval warfare is a key part of this fourth instalment, the advances seen in the campaign won't make their way over.
Multiplayer will remain land-based and will "definitely be pirate-themed and have that flavour of the time", explains Myhill.
"It's a shame, we really wanted to bring naval combat to the game. It's something that obviously everyone would love," he said, before adding that to bring naval "to a whole new level" the focus had to be on single-player only.
Assassin's Creed 4: Black Flag will be available on Xbox 360, PS3, PS4, Wii U and PC from November 1 in Europe and October 29 in North America.


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Mini-copters? Rickshaws? UFOs?! In this Top 5, Lisa rolls her eyes at the most ridiculous ways of getting around in video games.
The sad music from Scrubs. Yes!
Also, I feel very thrown off when I see a previous cast member from All That saying "fuck". I get the same way when I watch Kenan Thompson on Saturday Night Live. Anyone else get this way?
Same problems as with the two first episodes even though a lot of people asked for atleast slight changes.
No mention of Kane's ability to transform his truck in the later Twisted Metal games? Awww.
Personally preferred Axel.
call me nuts
anyways, my vote goes to (even if it's not a vehicle) the Magnetic Roller skates from Jet Grind Radio
The Destroy isn't slow...it's just not very safe.
She always seems hit or miss with her comedy.
Though i liked the offspring song in the crazy taxi rickshaw. And that Travis Touchdown's motorcycle looks like what i would do to make an X-Wing street legal.
How is it that every time she posts a video we get people telling us they're not going to keep watching?
Holy hypocrisy, Batman.
My reaction too! I'm all like "every time I have a profound moment, I have this music that plays in my head".
This girl's delivery is annoying in the extreme. She's not funny and whoever writes her lines is brain-dead. Cute though, and I can only hope she's more clever in person.
I like this show, and I loved the Scrubs reference! Hope to see more.
I agree that if she wasn't pretty this series would suddenly become a complete flop for everyone. But it's nice to be reminded of Grim Fandango again. I must finish that game....
Simpsons reference! "First of all, it's fudgsicle."
I was pretty iffy on these videos until she brought up the Bone Wagon, Lisa is now one of my favourite people on the Escapist.
Glottis: "Manny, until now we scraped along the ground like rats, but from now on, we soar. Like eagles. Yeah. LIKE EAGLES... ON... POGO STICKS!"
Glottis ftw
Does anyone know wher I can get that bike she likes?
Oh, dear. No comment on the content, but maaaan. What's with the corset?! If you're going to wear a corset in a video, lace it up tight, or you just look like you're wearing a cardboard tube.
Oh dear, outfit and hairstyle...
EDIT: where is the MAKO, I fail to see how any of those vehicles are more ridiculous then a vehicle which DEFIES LOGIC AND GRAVITY
Never knew about the gyro-daddy and never got the ufo in saints row 2. I spent too much of that game customizing every vehicle I could, like my solid gold fire truck.
I feel in the minority. Yes, these videos are more or less a way to just put Lisa on the internet in various outfits, but I think she's funny and charismatic and at least spends her five minutes on topic. I enjoy them without irony and without shame and this one was pretty great in my opinion. I can't believe people watch "I Hit It With My Axe" or "Jersey Shore" but, really, if you're resigned to not like this, find something you do like, instead.
Yeah, no joke. She makes me want to trade in my Harley and get a Ducati.
I didn't watch the show she previously starred in, although I'm aware she was in some kind of show. But I highly doubt she has no life, I also highly doubt she plays a lot of video games. I know I'm probably going to get a reply telling me that I'm stating the obvious, but I don't think she has even been with in a 15 meter perimeter of majority of the games she speaks about.
I don't know if this is true or not, it's just what I think, good night everybody.
I like the videos.
Yeah, said it.
Went there.
i'd say that the leviatan from Unreal Tournament is a lot more ridiculus than that gyro daddy
Mako and Hammerhead (of Mass Effect fame) really should have been on here... and the Red Eagle from Carmageddon. Props for mentioning Twisted Metal though.
Love her hair for this episode :-)
I love her vieos I am honetly just like her! (minus the really blond hair mines slightly darker!)
and I always agree with her top 5 especially!
Love the sad music form Scrubs that is in it!
Why is it that the second nerds see a pretty girl talking about video games, they freak out and do everything they can to discredit her based off of her words or appearance? I know I have lady issues myself, but what's all of your guy's (or gal's) problem? See for example, Jessica Chobot, Morgan Webb, Olivia Munn, Rinry Game Game, or that chick from Hey Ash Whatcha Playing.
Don't be afraid. Those women are just in your computer. They can't really hurt you.
Damn I thought The Deuce from Brütal Legand would be in there.
I mean it cant get any more awesome than that..
Ive seen Vehicles in RPGs that trump this list, like Cloud's bike in 7/AC, the Guardian from ff8, or the Ragnoroke from the same game
I really feel like the car in Burtal Legend should have been on here.
How about the ice-cycle (or whatever it's called) from FInal Fantasy XII? That's not even technically a machine.
Tell me this is not top 5 material.
I like this series and strangely I love the intro/outro music.
-assholeness removed-
To be honest, people just don't like being pandered to. And thats what alot of people see this as.
Right i'm off out to buy that bike. I prefer cruisers tbh but hey, what can i say?
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Our target audience is very wide ranging from short order cooks to professors and med students. We have a wide array of buildings to offer.
This is tough because we do not want contemporary..it is very important that it is class European type look like the buildings we have. other than that, we are looking for your creativity.
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Horizon RPH 105 is a Horizon 105' SKYLOUNGE MOTOR YACHT currently listed for sale on the market. While this boat is not currently listed with United Yacht Sales, our team is happy to work on your behalf in the research and potential sale of the vessel. Our commitment to our clients is to find the best yacht available that fits the their needs, no matter where its listed. United is a professional yacht brokerage firm that has experience listing and selling all types of Motor Yachts and similar boats.
Offers are invited on this yacht, she must sell soon! Owner is well into his next project.
This fabulous yacht has very minimal use, with only it's four day run back to Japan after launch and small amounts of day cruising. She has been kept in A1 condition with a full crew and Captain full time on board.
She is like new only 1 year old and no expense was spared during her build.
Interior design is by LUCA DINI design Italy, with almost all furniture, materials and soft furnishings imported from Portrona Frau in Italy.
The owner ordered a long list of upgrades during the build process to make this yacht better and better. Agora II has transatlantic range and has exceptional sea keeping ability.
We invite serious offers on this beautiful 105 Horizon Sky Lounge Motor Yacht.
Agora II features a modern European interior finished to the highest standards.
The Master stateroom is on deck forward with king size bed and a lower bathroom, while below there is the VIP which can be easily called a "second master" with a king size bed, large windows and majestic en-suite bathroom.
Two twin bed stateroom aft complete the well appointed guest accommodation.
In addition in the guest accommodation area there is a good size storage room for laundry and stewardess's supplies.
The crew accommodation is aft, with two twin cabins for four crew with a large shared bathroom, and captain's cabin with en-suite bathroom. A small crew kitchen and dinette, plus storage areas, laundry, utility room and entrance to the engine room.
Main deck features a lower salon with custom imported Italian furniture, Formal dining room and galley, with day head and access to the raised pilothouse further forward.
From the raised pilothouse stairs further take you to the large sky lounge, exceptionally appointed with luxury Italian imported furniture.
(As per layout plan/Horizon standard spec)
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Aft of the extensive lounge is the boat deck with a large wet bar/bbq area, bar stools, sun lounging area and seating with a high/low table.
Forward is entry into the sky lounge via large sliding glass doors, plus a day head to port.
Stairs on the Port side lead down to the aft deck.
Boat deck includes space for a large tender or two jet skis, plus 2,500 lb davit for launching toys. Port and starboard life rafts.
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Disney has been entertaining children for years with stories centered around personal tragedies and some rather strange ideas about courtship and marriage ...
Relationships: the Disney model
What little girl doesn't dream that she's secretly a princess? None!
However, if she were to follow the Disney Model for Extremely Risky Relationships, she'd be married at 16 after dating for only a few days, and her future spouse may/may not be related to her. In The Little Mermaid, a girl goes exactly where she's not supposed to (the surface), meets her people's greatest predator (humans), and becomes infatuated enough to essentially sell her soul for a potential husband (If spending your life as a sentient shrimp cocktail in waiting doesn't qualify as at least some level of hell, you've got some personal empowerment issues to work out).
After catching her on the surface, her father confronts her about her "adventure," and she declares, "I'm 16-years old. I'm not a child anymore." After a metamorphosis t least as traumatic as a sex change, she becomes an entirely different species, albeit one with the appropriate genitalia (now that would have been a plot twist!) and heads for shore. After spending three days without having a single conversation with the man of her dreams, she goes ahead and marries him, thereby making drunken, random Las Vegas marriages look romantic and well-planned.
Where does the incest come into play? That would be compliments of The Lion King. Oh yeah. Extending beyond the realm of the back-water hills of Appalachia, digging your sister stretches over the Atlantic and hits the Savannah. There is only one male in the pride. That would be the beloved lion king, Mufasa. Simba and Nala grew up in the same pride. Again, I reiterate, there are no other males making babies in the pride. That would make Simba and Nala half siblings. That's right. They used the British royalty method of keeping the King's bloodline pure. The punishment of such a relationship? A half-baked sequel staring your mutant off-spring that introduces new blood (in the form of one new male) into the pride. I'm not even going to tread near the notion of how Simba inherited all those females. Neither The Lion King or The Lion King II: Simba's Pride seem to have any scruples concerning raising children in a harem of sex partners. An orgy is simply quality "family time."
No mother, no father, no problem
Disney movies that have a parent tragically taken from the poor main character:
- Snow White
- Cinderella
- Bambi
- Tarzan
- The Lion King
Disney movies that don't even address the fact that a parent is missing:
- The Jungle Book
- Aladdin (Jasmine or Aladdin, take your pick)
- Beauty and the Beast
- The Little Mermaid
- Basil--The Great Mouse Detective
Really when you break it down, you have a movie empire built on the back of making children consider the prospect of being orphaned, while also teaching them that this will somehow make their life fuller.
We're all for teaching kids important life lessons through art, but speaking from childhood memory, there's something macabre about herding a group of small children into a close, dark space, flooding their senses with light and sound, and killing an effigy of one of their closest relationships right in front of their young, innocent eyes.
Sequels, sequels, they're so fun!
Disney treats their most successful franchises like Rochester treats his wife in Jane Eyre, keeping them locked up in an attic for decades at a time. Unlike most films, Classic Disney Movies are rarely available to rent or purchase.
Then Disney will use some excuse to trot them out and allow us to gaze upon their glory for a limited time only and hold a parade all over the media about what a special opportunity we are all being given. The franchises will then be shut away for another ten years until there is a new generation who has not yet learned the trick, and which point Disney marches them back out and starts milking them for all they're worth with promises of "digitally remastered" and "added footage."
If you think this is out of some respect for the brilliant original works created by the company's ingenious namesake, you obviously don't know about the "sequels," which makes sense since they didn't bother releasing any of them in theaters.
Films with shameful, direct to DVD sequels:
- Pocahontas
- Brother Bear
- Lilo and Stitch
- Bambi (yeah, even Bambi has been ruined)
- Mulan
- The Jungle Book
- 101 Dalmatians
- 3 The Little Mermaid movies
- 3 The Lion King movies
- 3 Aladdin movies
- Air Bud has starred in more films than Rocky
Yes Disney has milked each of its most successful franchises for more sequels than a derby horse put out to stud, thus bringing us to a place where the captive lunatic metaphor becomes entirely too creepy to carry any further.


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Place the beaten egg in a shallow dish. Place the matzo meal in a separate dish. Set aside. Heat 1 inch in a skillet.
Separate the sausage into 12 equal portions. Form each into a 1/4 inch thick patty. Place the egg in the center of each sausage. Wrap the sausage completely around the egg. Dip in beaten egg then dredge in crumbs. Fry the eggs in batches, turning frequently, until browned on all sides.
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With United chief executive David Gill last week announcing that he will step away from the role he has held for almost 10 years at the end of the season, questions have been raised as to whether 71-year-old Ferguson will have the desire to go on.
But former United and England defender Anderson, who played under Ferguson from 1987-91, said: "There is no chance in a million years that Sir Alex will retire this summer. He loves the football club. He lives and breathes it. Only recently he said that he is good for another couple of years. He won't retire even if he wins those two trophies."
Ferguson spent part of this week in Barcelona, casting an eye over Real Madrid, who United face at Old Trafford next Tuesday in a mouthwatering Champions League last-16 second leg clash.
The fixture certainly overshadows Saturday's Premier League encounter with Norwich, even though United have a chance to re-open a 15-point lead on Manchester City, who are not in action until Monday evening.
In addition there is the prospect of Ryan Giggs making his 1,000th appearance in senior football.
However, the Welshman's presence may depend on how Ferguson intends to compensate for the likely absence of Phil Jones, who did such an effective job in a midfield holding role during the first leg in Madrid but subsequently injured his ankle in the FA Cup fifth-round win over Reading.
"Phil did very well against Marouane Fellaini recently as well, so it will be interesting to see if he overcomes his knock," said Anderson.
"But in the end, it will be about how Manchester United play on the night.
"They have vast experience and people like Rio Ferdinand and Nemanja Vidic will be telling the younger players what is expected of them."
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I hate seeing stuff like this. It's one of those situations where a bicyclist is in the travel lane (legally, though maybe unnecessarily) and he's greeted by someone both ignorant of the laws and, for lack of a better word, violently opposed to his very presence. The driver just looked mad as anything. Not peeved, not piqued, not disgruntled, but angry and far angrier than the situation called for. And while I can't say that the cyclist's reaction was appropriate (though far, far better than stopping and smashing the guy's windshield in with a u-lock), I just don't know if enough drivers fully comprehend the disparity in volume, mass, speed,
Filing this, again, under pet peeves: don't pass me on your bike when I'm stopped waiting for the walk signal. Just please defer to the bicyclist in front of you and if you plan to pass, do so when you're both moving. I don't know why this bothers me so much, but it does and since I'm the one with the blog, well, I'm going to public grind my axes. And then, the offending bicyclist proceeded to teeter across the bridge and passed pedestrians far too closely and too fast for my preference. My general rule of thumb with passing pedestrians on mixed-used paths is to give them as much space as you safely can rather than just enough space to avoid hitting them. You really have no excuse not to do this.
First day of school in DC and the car traffic in Georgetown reflected as much. Unless that was just everyone driving over to Jack's house to pick up their tickets. I might alter my route to avoid going by Duke Elllington, at least for the next couple of weeks during my 'farewell tour' to my current route before we move. As much of a pain climbing through GP and up New Mexico is, it'll probably be better than my impending Mass Ave slog.
A good amount of bicyclists out today and the weather was well-suited for it. It might even be the nicest day of the summer.


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I have begun the New Year closeted away with a major project I'm working on …..one of those "have to" situations that I can't get out of. Let's just say I'm currently overwhelmed with books, journal articles, web articles, and ERIC has become my new best friend.
Posting will be spotty through the weekend, but there is plenty here to keep you busy OR what you should really do is turn right around and head over to the 152nd carnival of education where Joel has done a fantastic job of keeping our minds on education.
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On April 4, 2004, well over 10 years ago, I launched this site.
I was born a Yankees fan and began really paying attention in the early 1990s. I can remember watching the Yankees on WPIX and seeing the double play combination of Mike Gallego and Spike Owen (I don't know why this memory sticks out so much, they didn't even play that many games together).
Those weren't great days for the Yankees. I didn't know it, but I was fortunate because the team had a few truly great players developing in their farm system. One of them was Mariano Rivera.
late round pick to draft the son of their former closer. It isn't uncommon for players to return to school, especially later round selections. Bryan Hoch of MLB.com reported the news.
MVP Foundation will be honoring Mariano Rivera prior to the Trenton Thunder game that day. The Thunder are the Double-A affiliate of the Yankees.
According to the Thunder, Rivera will throw out the first pitch and the MVP Foundation will present him with a check for the Mariano Rivera Foundation. You can buy tickets online - if you use the code MVP, $3 of your purchase will be donated to the Mariano Rivera Foundation.
Via Mike Axisa.
played the song during the ceremony the Yankees held at the end of the season.
ESPN has released a funny new ad that is set in a reality where Metallica now has nothing to do, because Mr. Rivera has retired. It's great. Watch below.
Post, they were trying to cheer up soccer fans in the country, after their team fell short in the World Cup. The AP has a photo of the pair.
Thank you to nycjobs for the tip.
Bids for Kids 2014 event, hosted by Harlem RBI. Michael J. De La Merced at DealBook has the story.
Yankees drafting his son in the 2014 MLB Draft.
held an event today at JFK airport where Mariano Rivera played air hockey against basketball legend Kareem Abdul-Jabbar for charity. The match was officiated by hockey great Mark Messier. Check out some photos below.
profiled by SB Nation.
The Yankees took him in round 29, with the 872nd pick. You never know how these things will work out. He could sign with the Yankees or it could opt to go back to school. At any rate, it's cool that the Yankees selected him. We haven't won a World Series without a Mariano Rivera on our team since 1978.


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JACKSON — Pharmacists want Mississippi lawmakers to force an end to limits on where people covered by certain insurance plans can get prescriptions filled.
However, lobbyists for some pharmacy benefit managers say the state can't legally regulate certain insurance plans because they're covered by federal law.
The two sides squared off Tuesday in a House Insurance Committee hearing called by chairman Gary Chism. The Columbus Republican proposes allowing local pharmacies to match mail-order discounts given by benefit managers. Neither insurers nor independent pharmacists backed his language.
Pharmacists say too many drug plans are forcing customers to use particular mail order and retail pharmacies or else pay more. They say that if their stores can meet the terms of the drug plan, they should be able to participate, too.
"We just want an even playing field for everybody involved," said Waymon Tigrett, a pharmacist who sits on the state board and owns Brandon Discount Drugs.
The committee didn't vote yesterday and it's unclear if any proposal will garner enough support to advance. Large pharmacy chains and drug plans say a 1996 law meant to aid independent drug stores is sufficient. They say pharmacists should complain to the Insurance Department if they see violations.
Allen Horne a lobbyist for CVS Caremark, said his company is just implementing terms of contracts desired by clients. CVS has both retail pharmacies and a mail-orders. Horne said that some plans where employers self-insure under federal law are beyond the reach of Mississippi insurance officials.
"Those are health plans that the Department of Insurance has no authority over," Horne told the committee.
Chism urged pharmacists to complain to the Insurance Department, which says it hasn't heard from anyone claiming the current 1996 law is being violated.
"Right now there haven't been any complaints, but I think some of that is because the pharmacists and the consumers haven't know where to complain," he said.
The Mississippi Independent Pharmacies Association wants the state Board of Pharmacy to regulate drug plans. Executive Director Robert Dozier said it's possible the board might be able to assert more authority over drug plans, citing a 2011 law that gives the board permission to regulate the benefit managers. Dozier said Mississippi is the only state with such a law.
"Enforcement is a really big deficiency right now," said Cliff Osbon, a pharmacist who heads Transcript Pharmacy in Flowood. That company sued the government insurance plan that covers state and public school employees in Hinds County Circuit Court. A Meridian pharmacy sued the state and won in Hinds County Chancery Court. The insurance plan has appealed the second suit to the state Supreme Court.
Two members of the Insurance Committee and at least four members of the House are current or retired pharmacists. Rep. Forrest Hamilton, R-Olive Branch, who's a retired pharmacist and isn't on the Insurance Committee, was among those who argued in favor of action.
"We need to say that big corporations have no more advantage than the small man that's helping the community," Hamilton said.
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DescriptionGATO is a real-time 3D submarine simulation game, where the player is a commander of a United States submarine in the Pacific Ocean during World War II against Japanese warships. Gameplay consists of missions where the primary directive is to navigate the submarine to track and intercept (multiple) enemy warships (patrol boats, destroyers, etc.) on the randomly created map (which consists of randomly placed islands) and close in for the kill with torpedoes.
Combat itself consists of a direct visual of enemy ships (via periscope) and firing torpedoes at the correct angle to ultimately sink the ship. Be warned that although the player has the element of surprise of a submerged vessel, enemy ships will return fire. When all hell breaks loose, a disclosed submarine is a sitting duck to Japanese guns. Be prepared to direct the damage control team to fix up the damaged submarine when under fire. The mission ends when the player has successfully eliminated all targets on the map.
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- "GATO: WWII GATO-Class Submarine Simulation" -- Tag-lined title
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Cancelled portsA port to the 7800 system was evaluated by Atari, and several prototypes have been found, though they show only a series of still renditions of various screens in the game.
Macintosh versionWhile the original GATO was written in BASIC for DOS computers, the Macintosh version was written from scratch in C and designed from scratch to take advantage of the Macintosh user interface. The authors of the Mac version (Bill Scott, James Rhodes and Sean Hill) used MacPaint to create all of the game graphics and MacDraw to generate the ship shapes.
MorseThe highest difficulty levels of the game cause the opening mission briefing to be rendered *only* as Morse Code, forcing the player to decode it himself in real-time.
SpeedThe DOS version features a Run Speed parameter which you can change to run the game at "0", or 8088 speed, "1", or Compaq Deskpro speed (80286), or "2.5" (PCAT and AT&T 8086).
TechnologyGATO was written in basic and compiled to an executable. You can tell this because all of the sprites used in the game are flashed onto the screen in a rapid order before the game starts. This is common in basic games that use PUT and GET commands for sprite manipulation. Each sprite has to be on the screen and then GETed into a data array before it can be referenced as a sprite later on in the game.
The sprites were stored as a series of relative directions -- up two pixels, left 7 pixels, draw filled circle at x,y, etc. -- so they took up less space. So they had to be drawn as well as GET'd. Another way to verify if a game was compiled BASIC was to search for BASIC keywords and errors; the string "RETURN without GOSUB" was found in GATO.EXE)
TitleGato is a class of the US "fleet" type long-range recon submarines. The most famous of which (in real life) is USS Wahoo.
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Colin McEnroe digs Mobjack, in a good way
We were incredibly honored over the weekend to hear that Colin McEnroe of Hartford's own, WNPR, had endorsed us on his show. The following is transcript of end of the show.
"Wolfie [Chion Wolf], or whoever's on the board right now, you can bring up the music right now. This is a local band, I'm going to endorse them. They're called Mobjack.
A lot of people send me their CDs and some of the CDs are good, and some of them are maybe good but not my taste, and some of them, well, a lot of them are frankly are just not that good. These guys are really good. I don't know anything about them. They recorded this in Windsor.
You can find more about them at Mobjackmusic[.com]. I think that's mostly what their digital presence is, whether they're on Facebook or Twitter, they have a website too.
Anyway, the band is Mobjack, I've actually already forgotten the name of the CD, this is the first cut, it's called Dandelions, we'll go out with it. [end show]"
As you can gather from his description of us, we don't know Colin at all, which makes his endorsement all the more special. It's really nice to hear from people you don't know that they think your work has value.
So, thank you much to Colin and Chion over at the Colin McEnroe show for the plug and we hope to get you some more stuff to play on the air soon!


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Tunisia is a secular country, estimated at 97% Moslem. It is the most liberal Arab country I have visited. Here I had more opportunity to see Moslem cemeteries than in any other country. Burials are generally made within a day of death, avoiding the embalming process that interferes with a body. While all mourners attend the funeral prayers led by an imam, only men accompany the body to actual burial in the cemetery. The deceased are buried on their right side facing Mecca. In general, elaborate grave markers and flowers are not encouraged; prayers are preferred as memorials.
The main cemetery in the town of Hammamet is located outside the walled old town (medina) along the Mediterranean seafront. Many tombs have traditional mosaic decoration. Here, the customary marker is the representation of a book: the left hand page identifies the individual with name and dates; the right hand side has a quotation from the Koran. Grounds maintenance does not seem to be a priority. You can see the litter dumped in one section. A small Christian cemetery is nearby with many Catholics of Italian origin.
The city of Kairouan is Tunisia's spiritual centre, location of the Great Mosque, the holiest Moslem site in Africa; the original portion dates to the 9th century. It is the overall fourth holiest site for (Sunni) Islam after Mecca, Medina, and Jerusalem. Outside the walls of the medina can be seen (with the mosque's minaret in the background) the small old Ouled Farhane burial ground no longer in use. A certain tribe had requested this location close to the mosque. I could not ascertain when the burials began or how old they are. All inscriptions have long vanished over time and whitewashing seems to be the only maintenance.
A visit to the small seaside town of Monastir was to see the mausoleum of Habib Bourguiba (1903-2000), the enlightened and revered father of modern Tunisia. He became the first president at the time of independence in 1956. Among other reforms such as banning the burkha and niquab, Bourguiba instituted universal health care and compulsory education up to full high school level. A processional avenue leads up to his grandiose monument with its golden dome, within the town's extensive el-Mazeri cemetery. Inside it has private rooms for family visitors and a public room serving as a small museum of his life. Separate rooms have comparatively plain burial slabs for members of his and his second wife's extended families.


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I thought I'd written my quota on the seemingly unsung merits of home insulation and weatherization in my most recent blog post. But today, President Obama is in Savannah, Ga., talking Cash For Caulkers, so I decided I just had to revisit the topic.
In the past Obama has also tried to bring some star quality to the prosaic subject of home weatherization. Last December, he actually went so far as to call insulation "sexy":
"I know the idea may not be glamorous,'' the president said, alluding to a recent round-table talk. "Someone said insulation is not very sexy. ... I disagree. ... Here's what's sexy about it: saving money."
But abstract ideas just aren't as persuasive as firsthand, real-life experience. So I decided to chat with someone who has actually spent the money to properly weatherize his home and is now a walking, talking advertisement for it.
Meet Robert Matto of RPM Energy Solutions. At Sheep Dog Hollow, the home we're trying to renovate in as green and economical manner, he is our designated HERS rater.
HERS stands for Home Energy Rating Systems, and HERS raters are certified energy-efficiency experts whose job it is to test the energy efficiency of a home, suggest improvements – such as more insulation and better sealed windows – and then give the house a score or rating.
If you want to take advantage of most federal and state tax credits, rebates ,and special mortgages aimed at increasing home efficiency, you need a HERS rater.
The HERS standard is set by the Residential Energy Services Network (RESNET), which, according to its website is:
– An industry not-for-profit membership corporation.
– A national standards making body for building energy efficiency rating systems.
The site asks: Who recognizes RESNET standards?
▪ Mortgage industry for capitalizing energy efficiency in mortgages
▪ Financial industry for certification of "white tags"
▪ Federal government for verification of building energy performance for:
▪ Federal tax credit qualification
▪ EPA ENERGY STAR labeled homes
▪ U.S. Department of Energy Building America program
▪ States for minimum code compliance in 16 states
OK, OK … you can see why it's difficult to bring attention to the insulation topic. It can get a bit obtuse, particularly since energy-efficiency rating is still a fairly new industry full of obscure acronyms like HERS and RESNET.
Unfortunately, one needs to understand them to understand Robert Matto's job at Sheep Dog Hollow as well as why I call him a walking, talking advertisement for home insulation. He's not only done up his own home, but his job is helping other people do it right.
So here's his personal experience, which has made him a believer.:
His house was built in 1961 and is just over 2,000 square feet. The only insulation it had was some R-13 rated fiberglass batt insulation in the attic and some R-19 in an addition to the house
The first year he and his wife lived in the house, they burned 1,588 gallons of oil to heat the house. After five years of upgrades, which included an insulation overhaul, new windows, doors, a new roof, a new boiler, and "a whole lot of air-sealing," his oil usage dropped down to between 425 to 475 gallons a year.
"Insulating my house was probably the biggest factor in saving money, but I did other stuff, too," he says. "It took me about $18,200 in upgrades to do this, but my payback was in six years. I am still saving at least $2,000 to $3,000 a year in oil savings."
The Cash for Caulkers program that Obama is touting today will cost about $6 billion dollars and make it possible for qualified homeowners to be eligible for up to $3,000 in instant rebates.
Matt Golden of the Home Star Coalition, which is lobbying hard to get Congress to pass Cash for Caulkers, says his group is also working with various state programs to make loans available to homeowners to help them pay for their upfront costs. [Editor's note: The original gave the wrong first name for Mr. Golden.]
While he, like Obama, touts the amazing green benefits and savings for individual homeowners, he, too, is pushing Cash for Caulkers primarily as a jobs bill. With 24 percent unemployment in the construction trades, Mr. Golden and the president both believe it's vital to get builders back on the job, and what better way than to retrofit and improve current homes?
Robert Matto, our HERS rater, also agrees, but he's adamant that the program have proper oversight and standards… and not, he insists, just because it's his job.
"It's critical that the people administering it are certified – good oversight is the key," he says. "There's a lot of potential for people to get ripped off in this. If just anyone can do it, they could go into a house and say, 'You need more insulation,' when you really don't because maybe they're getting a kickback from an insulation company. "
But he's also adamant that a Cash for Caulkers program – properly insulated against fraud and abuse - is vital.
"Of the existing stock of homes, about 130 million of them – the majority of them – are poorly insulated or were built when tightness of homes wasn't even a thought," he says. "It could make a huge difference if done right."


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July 2013 - In October 2012, the Ontario Human Rights Commission (OHRC) hosted an online survey to learn more about the experiences of both job seekers and employers in dealing with requirements for Canadian experience. The survey was not about statistics – it was about giving people an opportunity to talk about the barriers they faced, and in the case of employers, the reasons for keeping or removing requirements for Canadian experience. We included many of stories and comments we heard in our new Policy on removing the "Canadian experience" barrier. The following sections highlight some of the recurring themes we heard, and some of the more poignant stories of people facing discrimination because they did not have Canadian experience.


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Sandisfield is a town in Massachusetts. It was formed in 1762 and was previously called No. 3 Plantation. It can be found in Berkshire county and is a part of the Southern registry of deed district. For more information, contact the county at 66 Sandisfield Rd., Sandisfield 01255. On the attached map, Sandisfield is shown as 32 in Berkshire county.
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Smoking is one of the main causes of coronary heart disease. A year after giving up, your risk of a heart attack falls to about half that of a smoker.
You're more likely to stop smoking for good if you use NHS stop smoking services. Visit the Smokefree website or ask your GP for help with quitting.
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Getting – and staying – active can reduce your risk of developing heart disease. It can also be a great mood booster and stress buster.
Do 150 minutes of moderate-intensity aerobic activity every week. One way to achieve this target is by doing 30 minutes of activity on five days a week. Fit it in where you can, such as by cycling to work.
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Eat more fibre
Eat plenty of fibre to help lower your risk of heart disease – aim for at least 30g a day. Eat fibre from a variety of sources, such as wholemeal bread, bran, oats and wholegrain cereals, potatoes with their skins on, and plenty of fruit and veg.
Cut down on saturated fat
Eating too many foods that are high in saturated fat can raise the level of cholesterol in your blood. This increases your risk of heart disease. Choose leaner cuts of meat and lower-fat dairy products like 1% fat milk over full-fat (or whole) milk.
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Today, I realized that I needed to formally say this online. Recovering from two deaths in my family has taken more from me that I really understand. I may be back later so I'm leaving the website in place for now.


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St. Augustine And The Heretic.
Aurelius Augustinus of Tagaste, North Africa was won over from his dissolute ways when he and a friend of his were holidaying and they heard a neighbor child singing a refrain,' Tolle Lige, Tolle Lige,"(Take up and read, Take up and read). He took it up as divine guidance and read from the book of Romans wherein St. Paul's admonition," make not provision for the flesh," made a deep impact to win him over from his hedonistic way of life. At that moment his friend who also heard the child did not think it anything special.
That moment nevertheless was a turning point: one going on to become the father of medieval Roman Catholicism and the other, a heretic. When the latter was at the death- bed the saint went to see him. The heretic resisted a last minute conversion saying that while Aurelius found God whose grace was irresistible he found quite something else. When the venerable Bishop asked him to spell out what he meant he merely quoted his friend's dictum:" In essentials, unity; in non- essentials, liberty and in all things charity." When pressed further he said, " Allow me to die as a heretic; we both were searching for the same- we both, so I believe, found what we searched for. Heresy or liberty? Neither you nor I have time to convince the other as to the opposite. So I shall not, either in this life or in any other."
Time presses us to shape our belief-systems in the indistinct runoff of certainties and what seem coincidences. These also switch roles. Thus what seeemed a sure thing proves to be flash in the pan. History is replete with such paradoxes.


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Venue Cymru Theatre, Llandudno.
Michael Auger, Jamie Lambert, Matthew Pagan and Thomas J Redgrave - are the world's most successful musical theatre group. Having met for their first rehearsal in a pub at London Bridge in 2014, they auditioned for Britain's Got Talent a month later and received a full standing ovation from both the audience and the judges after their performance. They went on to win the competition with one of the biggest majorities ever, and their debut album 'Stars' entered the UK albums chart at number one, was quickly certified gold, and became the fastest-selling album in 2014.
Four sell out UK tours, two US tours, headline slots at the London Palladium, Wembley Stadium, the Royal Albert Hall, the 02 Arena and a show for Her Majesty The Queen later, COLLABRO have announced the release of their fifth album 'Love Like This' on November 15th 2019, through BMG. They will take the new album out to their fans with a full UK tour throughout October 2020.
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The fiscal health of Michigan's local governments has declined in the last year and has become a much more widespread problem, increasingly affecting communities of all sizes, in all regions of the state. This MPPS report examines how local governments are being affected by falling tax revenues and aid, at the same time that they face increasing service demands and rising costs to provide services.
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When Esti Photography showed us photos of this winter wonderland party created by Shiffy Weiser we knew we wanted to share it on Cook Kosher.
What we loved about the party was how a simple theme could create the most amazing birthday party. It's all about the little details that stand out.
Sugar cookies on white lollypop sticks are decorated with royal icing to form a winter bouquet. It makes for a great centerpiece idea. Edible too! (Now that talks to us...)
Clear jars in various sizes are a great way to add height to your table. You can find jars at Marshalls/Homegoods, Michaels and TJ Max. Make sure to group them together for a greater affect.
What's a party without a cake? This lucky three year old got a cake to remember. Don't you love those little party favor bags?
Cake pops turned into snow man, soda warmed up with hat and scarves, pretzels dipped into white chocolate and coconut, the 'M' initial for the birthday boy (see below). There are an endless amount of details.
We hope you were inspired and picked up a tip or two for your next party.
What amazing detail went into planning this. I'm sure the birthday boy will have great memories. Thanks for sharing
Simply beautiful and very creative! Loved all the ideas. Dressing up the soda bottles and the party favor bags are great! One lucky birthday boy.


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If you're trying to shed a few pounds but are having a hell of a time with portion control, researchers at the University of Tokyo have created a clever augmented reality system for dieters. A head-mounted display makes it appear as if you're eating larger portions, which helps fool your mind into thinking you're full.
Custom image processing software allows the size of the food the wearer's holding to be magnified without distorting the size or shape of their hand. And in tests involving 12 participants it was found that increasing the size of the food, even as little as 1.5x, resulted in about 10 per cent less being eaten. But when the food appeared to be two-thirds smaller, the amount eaten increased by a surprising 15 per cent.
So if you're battling the bulge all you need is a hula-hoop sized Oreo for breakfast and you should feel full the rest of the day. [DigInfo TV]


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Tony111 necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 167 diseños de 35 diseñadores freelance.
The Patriot/ Made in America
I am a writer with an interest in producing an online magazine/blog. My main intentions are to inform people about the importance of buying products made in America, but I will also be doing a lot of historical/economical/religious and political (Conservative, Libertarian) commentary. What I hope to capture in this logo is "the spirit of America". I would prefer an eagle, but if someone has any other creative or fresh ideas, I am willing to entertain them. Ultimately, the logo will have to be something that can catch the eye of anyone (including a child), so some kind of animated character would be best. I personally had an eagle in mind clawing onto the title "The Patriot" aggressively looking down at something to pounce on. This logo will ultimately be part of a web-site banner so theoretically the script below the logo would be what the eagle would be eyeing. Also, I ironically found the golden eagle more pleasing to the eye than the bald eagle, so if someone would like to take some artistic liberty and use the golden eagle with the colors of the bald eagle, by all means do so. Just as long as the logo fits the theme and the character looks memorable and aggressive, I will be happy.
An audience of all ages will be viewing the material, but most likely the audience will be very patriotic, more male than female and Conservative/Libertarian by nature.
The logo must contain the title "The Patriot Online" (emphais on the words "The Patriot") and it will also have to contain some kind of animated character (preferably an eagle that looks original, eye catching and threatening).
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Not all service providers have blanket coverage of an entire country. When a service provider gives service to a customer, more than likely the customer will be using a line from an external carrier of the ISP's choosing.
Metro Ethernet is becoming more and more common these days and it does give us as designers a lot of flexibility. However each time a customer purchases a leased line, that requires another port in your core. That's fine if the circuit is a nice gig, but quite often a lot of office will have anything from 2Mb to 1Gb. Do you really want to waste your core gig ports for a 2Mb circuit? Not really.
A lot of carriers are now offering aggregated ethernet links. Essentially this means that each customer site has a separate port (of course) but these are all aggregated when the carrier hands off to us. We get a single link carrying a bunch of customer circuits. Now you can sell hundreds of 2Mb circuits and only use a single port.
But how do we separate traffic then? Well you'll come to an agreement with the carrier and each circuit ordered will have a vlan tag on the core side. This means customer 1 site 1's traffic will arrive on vlan 1000. customer2 site 1's traffic will arrive on vlan 1001. Now you just need to stick each tag into an MPLS solution and all is good.
But now what happens when you need to run multiple virtual circuits to a single customer site over their leased line? The vlan tag is already used by the carrier. What if I need to run 2 vrf's for the customer and I need a WAN interface in each vrf?
We could do QinQ, but let's think about this. In order to do QinQ I need another device at the customer site to pop another vlan tag on. I then need to get that tag into the core, pop off the tag and stick it back into the core. This could get messy.
Another problem with regular Cisco switches is that I can only do dot1q encapsulation on a port based. This means I need to use a port for every customer again, negating the advantage of the aggregated port to begin with. Or I can send traffic to another switch on a per-port basis, then get the second switch to aggregate the vlans back into the core. This will work, but what a nightmare to support.
Instead of a regular switch I could use a ME3400G and do selective QinQ. This allows me to specify that vlan 10 and 20 gets vlan 1000 popped onto it, and vlan 15 and 25, on the same port, gets vlan 1001 popped onto it.
It's still another device that we could do without.
Let's tackle the problem at the customer site first. Ideally I would like to do away with a separate device that does my QinQ. I can't send double-tagged frames directly out my Cisco. Are we sure about this?
interface GigabitEthernet0/1.500 encapsulation dot1Q 1000 second-dot1q 500 ip address 172.16.255.1 255.255.255.0 end
The second-dot1q command allows you to both send and receive QinQ traffic directly from a router interface. The first tag is the metro tag, while the second tag is the inner tag. Let's create another interface in another vrf.
interface GigabitEthernet0/1.600 encapsulation dot1Q 1000 second-dot1q 600 ip vrf forwarding 1 ip address 192.168.1.2 255.255.255.0
Perfect. I can create as many sub-interfaces as I need using a single metro tag.
What about my core? In my core I'm using Brocade Netirons. Let's see if I can terminate a double-tagged frame:
vpls Test_Customer 500 vpls-peer 192.168.1.1 vlan 1000 inner-vlan 500 tagged ethe 15/1 ! vpls Test_Customer 600 vpls-peer 192.168.1.50 vlan 1000 inner-vlan 600 tagged ethe 15/1
No problems there. I can create 2 completely separate VPLS instances using the same single metro tag.
So far so good…
Let's say for whatever reason I now need to run a point-to-point link directly from my core to the CPE at the customer site. I don't want to terminate this point-to-point link into a VLL/VPLS. This could be for management, to provide voice or internet access, whatever. Unfortunately my Brocade device cannot terminate a double-tagged frame both in the local table as well as in a VPLS. Now we're close to going back to our earlier switch examples to pop off that pesky outer tag.
But never fear, there is always a way. I did note above that we can't terminate a double-tagged frame on both. How about sending some traffic as double-tagged and certain traffic as single? Can we do this?
Let's start again with the CPE and show the full relevant config:
interface GigabitEthernet0/1.1000 encapsulation dot1Q 1000 ip address 10.0.0.1 255.255.255.0 ! interface GigabitEthernet0/1.600 encapsulation dot1Q 1000 second-dot1q 600 ip vrf forwarding 1 ip address 192.168.1.2 255.255.255.0 ! interface GigabitEthernet0/1.500 encapsulation dot1Q 1000 second-dot1q 500 ip address 172.16.255.1 255.255.255.0
Works just fine on the Cisco. What about my Brocade?
vlan 1000 name Test tagged ethe 15/1 router-interface ve 1000 ! interface ve 1000 ip address 10.0.0.2/24 ! router mpls ! vpls Test_Customer 500 vpls-peer 192.168.1.1 vlan 1000 inner-vlan 500 tagged ethe 15/1 ! vpls Test_Customer 600 vpls-peer 192.168.1.50 vlan 1000 inner-vlan 600 tagged ethe 15/1
Everything tested and everything works perfectly. We've managed to remove all kinds of kit and also managed to simply the solution.


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Let's Celebrate!: Festival Poems from Around the World
An exciting anthology of poems celebrates festivals all over the world, includes Andrea Shavick's poetry
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Publisher: Frances Lincoln Children's Books (4 Aug 2011)
A collection celebrating 24 festivals from around the world. An eclectic selection with some very ususual festivals featured - how about a tomato festival - an ice festival or Kwanzaa? As I read the book, I found myself really wanting to know more about these obscure festivals so I was very relieved to find that all 24 are described at the end of the book! The poems are from a wide range of writers and each is illustrated by Shirin Adl in a very distinctive style which reflects the poem. Every page is full of vibrant colour. This book is a great classroom and assembly resource and gives a super look at the diversity of world celebrations in a very refreshing way. AMAZON
Lets Celebrate is an effervescent anthology of diverse poetry put together by poets Debjani Chatterjee and Brian DArcy. It invites young readers to share in the exuberance of a wide array of festivals celebrated around the world. Starting with "The Chinese Dragon bringing in the Chinese New Year, ending with "Kwanzaa in December, and visiting different cultures, countries and religions in between, the book takes children on a journey whose unifying thread is the happiness that each of the festivals awakens. Children will likely find poems relating to festivals that are familiar to them, and their curiosity will be aroused to find out about the rest. Endnotes about each festival give relevant background; and again, children may want to know more after reading them.
The poems themselves come in a variety of forms some with regular patterns of rhyme and meter, others in free verse. There are choruses that just have to be chanted aloud, like "Carnival! Carnival! Everybody shout out Carnival! in Valerie Blooms wonderful poem "Carnival. There are also translations, like the selection of Japanese "Cherry Blossom haiku; "Dance, Dance: A Poem for Rangali Bihu from Assam; and extracts from Pablo Nerudas "Ode to Tomatoes, used to commemorate the Spanish Tomatina Festival. Illustrator Shirin Adls exuberant splashes of red paint certainly get the message across here!
In fact, the illustrations are a joy throughout. Adl uses an effective blend of painting and paper/fabric/photographic collage (I especially love the seeds, pulses and herbs illustrating Chatterjees acrostic "Diwali). Plenty of authentic contextual detail helps to bring the celebrating to life, and lots of happy children and their families are an open-armed invitation for young readers to join in the celebrations too, whether its helping to scrape pancakes off the ceiling while "Tossing Pancakes (by Nick Toczek), running to "get your skates on for the "Ice Festival (by DArcy), or counting out the significance of each candle for "Hannukah (by Andrea Shavick).
So yes, let us indeed celebrate you cant help but be caught up in the joyous spirit of this anthology. And with every day being a festival somewhere in the world, as Chatterjee and DArcy point out in their introduction, if there isnt a poem for their particular festive day (or indeed, even if there is), Lets Celebrate! will doubtless inspire young readers to compose one of their own.
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'Celebrity Apprentice': Aubrey O'Day goes topless! -- EXCLUSIVE VIDEO
Judging by her work in Playboy magazine, Aubrey O'Day has no issues getting naked. And on this Sunday's upcoming episode of The Celebrity Apprentice, she'll have no problem staying naked either. In this exclusive clip, Aubrey and Teresa Giudice discuss clothing options for a photo shoot. That sounds normal enough. But as Teresa explains, "Aubrey was sitting there with her boobs hanging out. Like, literally, they were out." Don't believe her? Well, then click on the video player below and see for yourself. And for more Celebrity Apprentice news that may or may not involve Aubrey O'Day's boobs, follow me on Twitter @DaltonRoss.
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I added some hot glue to one of my circles in a pretty decorative fashion. Ha! Who am I kidding? I just squirted it around the frame!
Okay. Now it's time to start hot gluing the eggs down. Look at the top right of the photo. This is where I started. I put a little glob of hot glue on the bottom of the green one and set it down on the cardboard with the fat end on the inside. Make sure you place the eggs horizontal on the board. Do not have them standing at attention or tilting upward. Next I placed the pink egg next to the green one and put one small dab of glue in between the two to connect them. You could probably see it if you click on the picture to enlarge it. Next I added the purple one and connected it to the pink and green one with more glue. To sum this up, you will have glue on the bottom of all the eggs to adhere it to the cardboard and anywhere it touches another egg, you'll need to put a little dab on it too. This will build a nice and sturdy wreath. As you can see with the first three eggs, the purple one nestles right in with the other two. As you work around the wreath, this is not the case with every egg. Look at the next two (yellow & blue). The blue can't quite nestle in between the yellow and pink. Not a problem. Just make sure that when you continue with your wreath, your outside eggs are facing out like a sunburst and your inside eggs are facing inward to a center point. Do not worry about the gaps where you can see the cardboard. We'll fix that later.
When you get to the end, you will probably not have enough to finish out the wreath. This is PERFECT! You will need that space to put a bow there. By the way, I picked up these pearlized eggs at Big Lots. We loved them!
Here's Kelly modeling the latest in Easter fashions!
Okay, the next step is to put the top layer on the wreath. I used 10 eggs...2 of each color. All I did was place them in a random fashion. You can look at the first picture for the example. You can place them over the places where you have the biggest gaps and then fill in or whatever you like. You will need to hot glue these down everywhere they touch another egg.
Next is where we did some grass! LOL! It's my odd sense of humor but I think that's funny!
Anyway....start with a little grass and using your pencil as a tool push some grass with the eraser into the gaps of your wreath. Start with the the gaps under the top layer of your eggs. Then you will need to put them between the outside rim of the bottom layer of eggs. In the space where the gap is, put a little bed of hot glue and let it cool a few second and then put some grass there to cover the cardboard.
Here Dawn shows you how it's done. Do not try to shove too much grass in the gaps. If you press too much in there it will act press against the eggs and pop them apart. You really just need a little to cover up the gap and add sparkle.
Nettie and Kelly used the bright colored eggs and they came out adorable too!
Susan C. is a pro at it. She went right to work on hers. Here I am trying to instruct Dawn on the bow making process.
Nettie's doing well and hers came out great!
Oh my! Can you tell that Dawn is really stressed about the bow?
We'll have to have a bow class!
Add the bow to your wreath in the space not covered by the eggs and add a pipe cleaner to the back to make a hanger for the wreath and you're done!
This month's Moms showing their wreaths proudly. From left to right are: Cindy B., Susan C., Dawn, Me, Susan D., Kelly and Nettie.Have Fun! Pin It


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These items have not been classified as standing stones as far as I'm aware, but I saw at least 5 examples around Moytirra East (County Sligo), so I am convinced that they are a man-made feature of some sort.
These consist of two huge boulders, one lying down and one set standing up. The upright ones are all at least 3m tall and 1.5m wide. When I am next in this area I will sepnd some time inestigating these properly.
Standing stones, also called menhirs or monoliths, are the most simple of megalithic monuments. They are exactly what they say, a stone that stands with one end set into the ground. Being simple in form does not make them simple to understand, for they have served several purposes over time. Some were placed to mark burials, others were probably erected to mark boundaries or travel routes, the purpose of others is uncertain, but it may well have been ritual.
Standing stones can vary enormously in size from a under 1m tall to over 4m. Some have been purposely shaped (see Stone Of Destiny (County Meath)) and some must have been chosen purely for their shape (see Ballyvatheen (County Kilkenny)). Most standing stones are dated to be from the Bronze Age, but some are clearly older, especially those associated with passage tombs such as at Knowth (County Meath) and Loughcrew - Corstown (County Meath).
Others have been re-used in later times (see Kilnasaggart (County Armagh) and Breastagh (County Mayo)), perhaps to try and capture some of the powers of the old gods or to legitamise a claim to land.
This is an explanation of (and a bit of a disclaimer for) the coordinates I provide.
Where a GPS figure is given this is the master for all other coordinates. According to my Garmin these are quite accurate.
Where there is no GPS figure the 6 figure grid reference is master for the others. This may not be very accurate as it could have come from the OS maps and could have been read by eye. Consequently, all other cordinates are going to have inaccuracies.
The calculation of Longitude and Latitude uses an algorithm that is not 100% accurate. The long/lat figures are used as a basis for calculating the UTM & ITM coordinates. Consequently, UTM & ITM coordinates are slightly out.
UTM is a global coordinate system - Universal Transverse Mercator - that is at the core of the GPS system.
ITM is the new coordinate system - Irish Transverse Mercator - that is more accurate and more GPS friendly than the Irish Grid Reference system. This will be used on the next generation of Irish OS maps.


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November 13, 2019Bolivia
Election fraud allegations have prompted President Evo Morales to resign with no clear successor, plunging Bolivia into political uncertainty.
September 9, 2019Afghanistan
President Trump's announcement to halt peace talks in Afghanistan gives U.S. negotiators a chance to correct three critical mistakes.
June 18, 2019Iran
The narrow and congested Mideast waterway has become a site of escalating U.S.-Iran tensions. Conflict in the wake of tanker attacks there could jolt global oil supplies.
June 13, 2019Democratic Republic of Congo
An outbreak in the DRC has spread to neighboring Uganda, and conflict and mistrust of health workers is impeding international efforts to contain the disease.