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You have to ask, what's the rush? After all, Gov. Brown unveiled his own 12-point reform plan in October of last year. That plan involves raising the retirement age to 67 for state workers, and moving to a hybrid system that involves a 401k-style investment plan.
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The dynamics of this are complex. The governor's strongest ally, labor, is pushing for virtually no change, arguing that any pension changes should be handled at the bargaining table. Republicans and business groups are pushing just as hard for comprehensive reform in the face of worries about an unfunded liability.
The governor has to prove that he's willing to push reforms through, while also protecting what he has called "retirement security" for tens of thousands of workers. Voters are not going to be willing to consider the taxes unless Brown can show that he's made progress in defusing this fiscal bomb.
The agreement being hammered out is falling far short of Republican expectations. It does not include a 401k-style element, known as defined contribution. It does include higher retirement ages for new employees, a cap on benefits tied to salary, and an effort to crack down on abuses like pension "spiking".
Eleventh-hour deals are always cause for squeamishness. But with the legislative year due to expire at midnight Friday, Gov. Brown will have a lot of motivation to settle for reform that's far short of the mark he originally set.
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I can definitely help out!
Sure, I'll help with the Room of Requirement page! I'll get on it as soon as possible. To be honest, I haven't really visited that page recently so I don't exactly know how much work it needs but I'm more than willing to find out and spend time fixing it up.--Yin & YangTalk to me! 12:15, December 6, 2009 (UTC)
Thanks, I'll keep that in mind. Yea, i like it around here, I love Harry Potter, and I love sharing my knowledge and creativity on the series. I plan on staying on here for a while, doing as much as I can. I just got finished splitting the Types of Spells Page, and editing the link to the page to the new pages, took forever, lol. --- Ratneer (Owl me) 01:08, December 9, 2009 (UTC)
If you wanted to make me a Signature, that would be great, I dont really care what it looks like, as long as its nothing supporting voldemort lol.
Well, I Support:
- Gryffindor
- The DA
- The Ministry
- The OotP
Stuff like that, anything is cool.
Cool, thanks --- Ratneer (Owl me) 02:01, December 9, 2009 (UTC)
The Third one is pretty sweet --- Ratneer (Owl me) 02:38, December 9, 2009 (UTC)
Thanks so much, its great. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Ratneer (talk • contribs).
Thanks RatneerOwl Alert! 23:01, December 12, 2009 (UTC)
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Hey! New account, new signature! Can you make me a signature? My name looks so lonely down there!
I support:
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- Death Eaters
- Lord Voldermort
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Would you make me a signature with the colours of the houses of hogwarts except sltherin colour please and so people can send me a message to --Hogwarts09 21:41, December 30, 2009 (UTC)
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I'm not entirely sure what the problem is here; my edit dates seem fine. I know Wikia recently upgraded the MediaWiki software, and that may be the cause. I would also check the date settings on your account, just in case something there has changed. - Cavalier One(Wizarding Wireless Network) 23:18, March 21, 2010 (UTC)
Hi! i was wondering if u culd make me a sig, i like the words to mine now (aliceandjasperforever peoples, send me an owl, no howlers, or ill bite) but idk how 2 make it clickable and stuff like that. Could you help me.
i like.....
twilight, harry potter, and the order of the pheonix
and i would LOVE U (not literally im taken) if u culd put an alice and jasper pic on it from twilight wikia!
thnx sooooo much in advance!
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Hi, I saw that you requested a quotes section for character pages some time ago, and I'm wondering if you're still interested in that project. I'd like to propose a curated quotes page that lists all of the best quotes from Harry Potter in one place, crediting and linking to the character who said each quote. It would be kind of like this page on Mugglenet, but much more organized. Harry Potter Wiki is such an incredible resource, but it's sadly lacking in quotes! The quote of the week templates are very difficult to find and even harder to read-that's not an acceptable form for a quote repository. Over 60,000 people search for HP quotes online every month and none of them ever get directed to Harry Potter wiki as a search result. If we added a quotes page, we would get a lot more traffic and Harry Potter fans editing here. What do you think? -- Kacie (talk) 01:35, December 17, 2010 (UTC)
Dear Quidditch Lover, Hawthorn is not prized among fairies, as JK Rowling mentioned on Pottermore that it is most at home among twisted natures, but that is cool we have the same wand wood. Colour Phoenix 74 (talk) 09:29, April 7, 2016 (UTC)
Dear Quiddditch lover, could you make me a signature?
I support:
Thx if you could get to it! Colour Phoenix 74 (talk) 09:32, April 7, 2016 (UTC)

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Yeah, I know it's been a LONG time since the last update, and even more since the last spritesheet was updated, but it's just that I haven't got a spritesheet to update with in the first time, Maggo is still ripping MKT Noob Saibot, and MKR is still cropping down some old spritesheets for MKII.
Anyway I found something among the old and unfinished updates archive and uploaded it:
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- MK3: Sheeva's spritesheet
Although the spritesheet is like 85% completed it still works for now, and if you're wondering why it took me so long to update with it it's cause (the spritesheet) was on BMP format.
Finally, we've got a new affiliatte, Fuzzd0rk's Mortal Kombat:
For the next update we'll have another spritesheet, this one will be within this week, but if anyone knows where to get an automatic sprite cropper the update would come up like right now.
[Update 1: Nightmaric has submitted Sheeva's normal punching and kicking sprites, they're now available on the sprites page.]
24 responses to "New Spritesheet!"
YEAH!… okay, not the best, but hey it's a spritesheet… *everyone now saying "praise the king!"*… a choir is singing "Long live the king"… we're giving praise to you an for getting us something new… although it's a little disappointing seeing how we had to wait so long… but I'm not complaining too hard…
It´s a good update. I think I´ve been waiting for a complete spritesheet of Sheeva since the last version of MKW.
In the words of Kung Lao, MKSM before the fight with Shao Kahn "It's about time."
Hu, Sheeva! But she is wife or daughter of Goro? Or, even, she's only a random shokan warrior? Only armageddon will answer…
What about my MK2 sprite sheets? :o
O_o BMP? Oops, I'm sorry. :(
– Rippers note: Well, the difficult time I had ripping her FriendShip, alot of sprites cause the plates move and don't repeat like some people animations would. I had fun ripping the animality, it was cool doing that.
Hey Murdoink, anyone ripping MK3 Kano? I wanna give that a go.
I guess you're right… so when MKA comes how many updates a week should we be expecting?… or a month?… but thanks for this update….
This is excellent. You see, I'm working on a Mortal Kombat game, it's going to be very unique. Kinda a revision of MK Trilogy. But anyways, my biggest problem with your sprites are the dearth of body part sprites. And so because of this, I'm having a bit of trouble working out everyone's fatalities. But I do appreciate all of the sprites, it really makes it a lot easier on me, since now I don't have to go in a get all of them myself ya know, I just have to fill in a few gaps. I think when I get through with this game, I'm going to design a freeware program that will go directly into the binary code of the game and retrieve all the sprites, backgrounds, and sound files. It'll really make it easier on a lot of people. Anyways, later everyone!
And I'd hate to post twice, but I really need a complete sprite sheet for Sub-Zero from either MK II or Ultimate MK 3. Ya know, the original one, not his younger brother.
I've actualy ripped the punching and kick sprites if you want it. I'm not sure if I have all of them.
"BingDat Says:
September 18th, 2006 at 11:12 pm
In the words of Kung Lao, MKSM before the fight with Shao Kahn "It's about time.†"
In the words of Shao Kahn,
"That was pathetic"
lol, thanks.
small idea to keep the updates high, for MK,MKII, and MK3. Finisher theater in the Genesis and SNES styles. just a suggestion.
btw i like the sheeva spirits.
great work!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Can you now get mk3 shang tsungs and liu kangs complete sprite sheet?
Nice. Now I can add Sheeva to the cast of Feudal Realms.
"Nightmaric Says:
September 19th, 2006 at 11:25 am
I've actualy ripped the punching and kick sprites if you want it. I'm not sure if I have all of them.
In the words of Smoke: "Yoink!"
Sheeva puching attack wont show is it complete or are u working on it?
how about ermac
YYYYAAAAYYY!!! w00terzness, this r t3h l33333333333333333333t!!! but u havent fulfilled my life yet…
o and for anyone who plays mksm i got a couple words to say Sheeva Sheeva SHEEVA!!!
Where are mah sprites man? :( Are you setting them up?
Can you complete the MK3 Jax spritesheet? I also wanted the UMK3 Reptile spritesheet, too. Oh please, can you also complete the MK3 Kabal and the MK3 Nightwolf spritesheets? The MK2 Sub-Zero or the MK2 Kitana or the MK3 Liu Kang spritesheets if you can complete them? Please?
I wanted to talk to you for so long! now this are my questions:
– Will be implemented edited spritesheet? for instance from MKP (www.mkmugen.org)
– If you want I have edited a good number of animations like MK3 Kung Lao's Whirldwind Kicks (from MKDA), and all kind of stuff.
– Are you gonna publish MKMythologies sprites? I would love to have them.
– What about MKDA and MKTE (gba)?
– Will you rip more of MK4 (like every single char and special and basic move)
– I've ripped Meat from MK4… it's a full character; do you want it?
– Can you rip Onaga from MKA? if you can, we could add this char to the MKP…
– I would like to talk with the owner of this site by mail (if possible)
Well that would be all; keep on the good work!
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The ban on imported bees is going to take effect. Ifyou live in .au the price of bees may increase.Sincerely,Brendhan
Quote from: Understudy on December 19, 2006, 01:58:40 amThe ban on imported bees is going to take effect. Ifyou live in .au the price of bees may increase.Sincerely,BrendhanBrenhan, where is .au. I wonder how long there has been a problem with disease and Australian bees? I have always received bees from Australia with my packages for two seasons now. I would have thought that the colonies would have been decreed free of disease or pest to be imported to Canada. Now I gotta wonder. Maybe that is why my bees were afflicted so badly with the varroa destructor. I would like to know more about the problems associated with Australian bees. The only thing that I heard bad about bees from Australia, and this was an old timer from the beeclub, was that he said that he thought Australian queens were quite often superceded. Wonder about that too. Great day. Cindi
I am very sure of that when you receive packets from Australia they are free of Varroa. Otherwise I am sure of that you could not import those. The problem is, that varroa infection comes to those installed packages as normal. Robbery, Drones, wrong flight in you name it! Even if you fight Varroa and think you are safe there can be a re-infection from neighbour apiaries. That's why a late OC treatment is effective, because bees normally have stopped flying too.The drawback from importing queens is, that you have to import every year, if you want to keep the characteristic of the bees.That's the reason why I started queen breeding, so that I could control the queens I was working with. I was not going for colour, red eyes ore something like this, just for Steadiness, Swarming, Seek ness and Defend ness. Those are easy to visualise by a short look. Steadiness and Defend ness when you open the hive. Seek ness when you have problems but varroa. And Swarming if you see swarm cells. So a simple graduation (1 to 5) is possible. To this comes a building of an index so that selection of breeding/drone producing queens can be selected by this index. But this might bee too much for this thread.
Quick note from the SA dept of Ag."Bees on Kangaroo IslandKangaroo Island (KI) is a sanctuary for Ligurian bees and no bees or second hand bee hives or any other equipment may be introduced. Apiary products are also restricted from entry to KI unless tested and verified to be free of disease - this must be certified by an apiary inspector. Kangaroo Island is currently free of American Foulbrood, European Foulbrood and Chalkbrood."


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As the French speaking Sales Representative it will be your job to network within new and existing companies where you will aim to ensure daily/monthly targets by responding to a high volume of sales calls from French speaking clients. You will be responsible for developing relationships with key players and decision makers within their particular companies. You will be updating the in-house system with accurate relevant customer information after sales calls where in order to keep the sales system up to date.
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Our client is an Irish owned outsourcing company that provides customer service and IT support solutions to a number of countries worldwide. They are constantly growing, and thanks to that we can offer you a job in Sales once you speak French.
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In order to be considered for this French speaking Sales job we are first looking for you to have a near native level of French and a good level of English too. You have excellent communication skills for both written and oral in both French and English. You have at least one year's previous experience in outbound sales/telesales/lead generation/business development etc. You have an inner drive that keeps you motivated and pushes you towards your goals. You have strong IT and analytical skills and you have a third level degree. For your application it would be great if you had some account management experience.
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MACDILL AIR FORCE BASE, Fla. -- Sixteen Airmen from Hurlburt Field, Fla., took part in a 450-mile, six day ruck-march, in honor of five fallen Air Commandos. Of the sixteen, were four teams which included members from the 319th Special Operations Squadron, the 34th SOS, the 18th Flight Test Squadron and the 25th Intelligence Squadron.
The Commandos' six-day journey began on the Emerald Gulf Coast and concluded at MacDill Air Force Base's U.S. Special Operations Command fallen hero memorial, where stories were told, tears were shed and fallen comrades were remembered.
As the Commandos neared MacDill, a motorcade of Patriot Guard Riders and more than 60 community members lined up to pay respect and thank the group for their sacrifices.
The march was a special event, "very moving, very emotional," commented ruck marcher Master Sgt. John Hickman, 18th FTS first sergeant. "It's not about us [the Air Commando marchers]; it's about those that made the ultimate sacrifice."
Upon their arrival at the memorial, the commandos were greeted by Maj. Gen. Thomas J. Trask, U.S. Special Operations Command director of force structure, requirements, resources and strategic assessments, who remarked on their noble efforts and selfless actions.
After comments were made, the Air Commandos gathered together, walked over to the wall of fallen heroes, knelt down, placed a rose and spoke to their fallen brothers and sisters.
Amongst the Commandos paying tribute was Hickman, who slowly walked the memorial's semicircle.
"I've seen seven names so far that I've known," he commented, showing the grim reality of combat and how much the march really meant.
This year's march was in memory of the five Air Force Commandos who died last year --Lt. Col. John D. Loftis, 866th Air Expeditionary Squadron; Capt. Ryan P. Hall, 319th SOS; Capt. Nicholas S. Whitlock, 34th SOS; 1st Lt. Justin J. Wilkens, 34th SOS; and Senior Airman Julian S. Scholten, 25th IS. As the Commandos paid tribute at the memorial's wall of heroes, onlookers silently held each other, drawn in by the emotional event.
The Hulbert Field remembrance marchers left behind a unique ambiance, one that exemplified the Special Operation memorial creed:
To honor the selfless service and sacrifice of the men and women of the U.S. Special Operations Command and its assigned forces; to honor, promote, and preserve our nation's illustrious special operations heritage by recognizing the achievements, service, and sacrifice of the individuals, units, and other special operations organizations that contributed to our legacy; and to recognize patriotic citizens who form our auxiliary.


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California is embarking on an ambitious and deep-rooted reform of its corrections system, an effort that has come to be know as realignment. Gov. Jerry Brown's main aims in this undertaking is to reduce dramatically high costs, as well as overcrowding and recidivism rates by transferring non-serious adult offenders and parolees from the state to the counties.
But concurrent to this effort, many reform-minded criminal justice advocates also propose a full devolution of the state juvenile system to local counties. Full juvenile realignment is a historic opportunity to end a failed system, while addressing county-level discrepancies in sentencing and services. California's 58 counties already manage much of the juvenile system, including total responsibility for supervising probation.
Amid growing acceptance, the conversation around juvenile justice realignment in California stands to enter a new phase. In addition to Gov. Brown, Department of Finance, Legislative Analyst's Office (LAO), Little Hoover Commission, and various stakeholders are now publicly calling for empowering counties to assume full responsibility for serving their youthful offenders.
Sacramento understands the exorbitant costs for maintaining a dual juvenile justice system, both in fiscal terms and as detrimental to effective rehabilitation. Per a recent report from the LAO, the state-run Division of Juvenile Facilities (DJF) spent $179,000 per youth for 2011-2012. Yet this spending does not temper the widespread culture of violence in the facilities, nor does it treat and educate our youth. As such, the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) recently found an 80% re-arrest rate within three years of a youth's release. DJF facilities remain in a condition of continued disrepair. Nevertheless, California is legally bound to spend enormous sums for their replacement and upkeep, as a result of an ongoing lawsuit.
However, questions persist about the feasibility of juvenile justice realignment. Many concede the failure of DJF, but raise the issue of county capacity. These skeptics believe counties lack the necessary infrastructure and expertise to get the job done. Some prosecutors argue that juvenile justice realignment, given these deficiencies, will force their hand to charge youths in adult criminal court, rather than offload them to ill-prepared counties. Yet, this fails to recognize ongoing county expertise and successes with high-risk youth.
Many within California's criminal justice community, including the Center on Juvenile and Criminal Justice (CJCJ), propose phased realignment as a sensible way to initiate reform and ensure long-term public safety. This staggered approach recognizes the concerns of certain stakeholders and offers a path for implementation on terms agreeable to all counties.
A central feature of phased realignment is oversight through a well-designed state body. State oversight allows for greater uniformity in expectations and policy implementation. Funds currently slated for use by DJF would go instead to counties, proportional to their specific juvenile felony-arrest rates. This funding scheme directly helps those counties with the most high-risk youth, rather than incentivizing county over-reliance on DJF facilities. The plan benefits from previous county experience and successes. In 2007, Senate Bill 81 initiated county juvenile realignment for 99 percent of offenders, with this exact funding scheme. A wide consensus of opinion, which includes many in the law enforcement community, believes Senate Bill 81 a proven success.
This ongoing investment grows local capacity, while fostering innovation in more challenged jurisdictions. Rehabilitation tied to community-based services and family support requires particular attention. State monitoring ensures that funds directly benefit special needs youth, specifically those with mental health and substance abuse issues. A state partnership can also foster county-level best practices and information sharing through targeted financing of alternatives to confinement. Finally, the state could support data collection to help avoid existing county sentencing disparities, which create a system of "justice by geography." This model for state oversight is not new, but reflects the original intent of the 1941 California Youth Authority Act. The legislation envisioned the state as a facilitator and overseer of county juvenile justice practices, not as a provider of direct services to youth.
Law-enforcement associations who oppose phased juvenile realignment, likewise resist implementation of "budget triggers" that require counties to pay for each of their youths in state facilities. Such discussion occurs amid a backdrop of deep financial strain for the state. A failure to reform perpetuates this system of disproportionate sacrifice. Why should juvenile justice enjoy exemption from "budget triggers," while the state cuts funding to schools, universities, mental health professionals, and child-care providers? If the state fails to enforce financial obligations for youth corrections, then more cuts on education and social services will be necessary to plug these gaps.
Phased juvenile realignment begins much-needed reform immediately, while investing in the long-term success of California's counties. The current system is not sustainable, failing both our youth and the provision of public safety. In contrast, a staggered transitional plan empowers counties to direct juvenile justice reform on their terms. This program balances the growing momentum for juvenile justice realignment, with a single-minded focus on assuaging county concerns. As such, the promise of well-designed reform for California's juvenile justice system is within reach.


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Hugin is an opensource graphical user interface (GUI) for Panorama tools.
Like other GUI front-ends, hugin provides an easy-to-use unified point-and-click interface to a whole range of other command-line tools including:
- autopano-sift, autopano-sift-C or autopano for automatic creation of control points.
- nona or PTmender for remapping input images and rendering output images.
- enblend for seamless blending of output images.
The Hugin project's mission is not only to provide a powerful GUI, but also to provide opensource replacements for the small number of closed source components of Panorama tools, especially PTStitcher. A PTStitcher replacement, called nona has been developed, supporting its most important features.
Among the many flexible Hugin workflow options, it is possible to use increased tonal range data in a 16bit workflow with hugin or work entirely with high dynamic range images such as floating-point TIFF from start to finish in a HDR workflow with hugin.
Hugin components
The following tools are part of the hugin suite:
- hugin the gui front end.
- nona a command-line replacement for PTStitcher.
- fulla correction of barrel distortion, chromatic aberration and vignetting.
- nona_gui a version of nona with simple gui progress dialogs, similar to the windows version of PTStitcher.
- autooptimiser an experimental tool with the same interface as PTOptimizer except using pairwise optimization which doesn't require any manual pre-placement.
- align_image_stack a tool to automate the process to align a stack of photos.
- tca_correct a tool to automatically generate chromatic aberration correction parameters for use with fulla.
- matchpoint feature identification.
- pto2mk generation of Makefiles for command-line stitching
- vig_optimize command line tool to estimate photometric parameters.
- panoglview OpenGL panorama viewer stored in sourceforge SVN alongside hugin which must be built separately.
- autopano-sift-C version of autopano-sift written in C, also needs to be built separately.
- hugin_hdrmerge merges multiple exposures to HDR using Khan anti-ghosting algorithm
- hugin_stitch_project batch stitches a hugin project, performing any HDR merging or blending as necessary.
More information, documentation and tutorials are available on the project website.
User interface
- Hugin Main window
- Hugin Assistant tab
- Hugin Images tab
- Hugin Camera and Lens tab
- Hugin Crop tab
- Hugin Control Points tab
- Hugin Optimizer tab
- Hugin Exposure tab
- Hugin Stitcher tab
- Hugin Preferences
- Hugin Preview window
- Hugin Control Points table
- Hugin Keyboard shortcuts
Hugin is Open Source, and like every community-developed software very much dependent on voluntary contributions of resources. If you have coding skills, you are welcome to look at the source code and contribute to it. Even if you don't have coding skills, you most likely have some skills that the project could use and you are more than welcome to contribute your time. The tasks requiring attention change frequently and so do the required skillset and resources. Find more about the development process.
See also
- hugin FAQ Frequently asked questions about hugin
External links
- hugin homepage for Screenshots, Tutorials, Documentation and Links.
- hugin sourceforge project for Downloads, Bug database and Feature requests.
- sourceforge SVN to browse the hugin sourcecode.
- hugin-ptx GoogleGroup to contribute to development and peer support.


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The Durian Cup - Race #3: Poker Night!
July 9th, Victoria BC
Race #3 for the Durian Cup series was Poker Night, and riders raced around a short, challenging course (reminiscent of cyclocross) collecting a card on each lap. Riders were able to stop and play their hands (in groups of 3), and would collect points for the night. Winner took 5pts, and 2pts for the other two, plus if a rider had a Joker, they automatically won the hand, and got 5 extra points. Strategies were varied, as some opted to play cards pretty much every lap, and others saved up for better hands. Riders could play as little as one card, and it seemed that this was the more rewarding strategy...
The course itself was easy enough to ride, but made for a demanding race course. It began on Little Face at Emergency One, and winded along the downhill singletrack to Emergency Two, with a gravel corner and sharp right turn up into a short but steep hill. A left turn towards Fire Drill was where riders collected their card each lap, and then another sharp turn up Rolly-Ridge, which is a technical, rocky section which starts with a steeper rocky face to ascend. Riders made another right, and ended up back on Little Face with a short descent towards Emergency One, which was where they could stop and play their cards. The loop didn't allow for a lot of recovery, and A's were riding it in 5-7mins, and B's in 6-9mins. We gave the B's an extra card to start with to balance out the differences in lap times, as all played hands against each other. For those who enjoy even more numbers, it was 1.17 km per lap, and nearly 40m of climbing per lap - see the graphic at the bottom for the race elevation profile, which starts at the lowest point, at the bottom of Little Face at Emergency Two. (Thanks Roland!)
Fields were smaller this evening, no C's made it out. For the B's, we had three riders, including Emily Pridham(Dirty Girlz) who was defending her perfect winning streak, and she did so edging out Evan Guengerich(OrganicAthlete Victoria) by two points, and third was earned by fellow Dirty Girlz rider Andrea Robson. For the B Series, going into the final race we're hoping for the return of Junior rider Logan Simonson(Ind), Eric Simonson(Ind) and Steve Mackenzie(Ind) to challenge Emily for the Durian Cup "B" Trophy!
The A field had 9 riders, many returning. None were more eager than Series and Women's leader Kate Scallion to get underway, and Kate earned her second race win in the Durian Cup, with an incredible 42pts. Kate had luck on her side, drawing three (yes, three!!) Joker cards! She played seven hands total. Kat Wright(Ind) had her best finish in 2nd, with an impressive 31pts in six hands. Kat pulled two Jokers, but lost three hands and only won one without a Joker! Roger Macleod(Ind) proved he meant business as well, ending out Glenowyn Carlson(Team Alliance) by one point with 23pts Roger played seven hands, and Glen scored well enough with three! Further placings were all very tight, including a tie for 5th.
In the A Series, it looks like it will be a real challenge for a rider to overcome Kate's lead, and the primary contenders are Kat and James Cameron (Pro City Cycles), both of whom are away, so we'll see how this shakes down this Thursday evening.
Speaking of which, the 4th Durian Cup race this Thursday (July 16th) is the Gravity Challenge Relay - ideally there will be teams of two, but riders can go solo as well. The race will begin and end in the TTA, the first rider will be the climber, and head up to their partner, who will be waiting at one of three spots - at the top of Who's Yer Daddy for the C's, B's will continue on up to Lumpy Pants, and the A's will hit just about the highest point in the park, at the top of Jolly Roll (~160m of elevation). From there, their partners will descend, back towards the TTA along the Super D course used earlier this summer by Trek/Pro City Cycles for the Island Cup race they organized for the series. It's a demanding climb, and descent! Unfortunately all riders must have a CyclingBC license to compete, which we can provide on-site for $40.
In our other recognized sub-series, Kate is unsurprisingly our Top Woman, Halldor Gunnarsson's (Riders Cycles) perfect score keeps him as the Top Master, Logan remains our Top Junior, and Dave Shishkoff (OrganicAthlete) continues his reign as the Top Vegan!
The evening's full results can be found here
Series totals can be found here
(note: Omnium scoring format, so lower points = better score)
And our photo album, including photos of our unique Durian Cup trophies, is located here
A reminder that registration begins around 6:15pm, and racing will begin at 7pm. All riders are welcome and there's a $3 entry fee.
Our gratitude goes out to our volunteers, Jen, Sarah and Nic who helped make this a fun experience for the racers! Thanks also to OA Victoria sponsors: Green Cuisine, Vega, Oak Bay Bikes, Eatmore Sprouts, the Victoria Soap Exchange, Pink Sugar (vegan!) Cupcakery and Crag X Climbing Gym! A big thanks also to the Trek Shop for their prize contributions (which have been in the $300 range for each event!), and to SIMBS for helping organize and promote the series. Be sure to join SIMBS and help support local mountain biking!
See you there for the finale!
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Report by Dave Shishkoff
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Home > Jewelries & Watches > Jewelries > Beads > 50 Pcs 6mm Silver Plated Flower Bead Caps
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Gleaming, perfectly sterling silver bead caps are extremely useful and cost-effective. They are good for necklace, bracelets and earrings.
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An evening with a legendary Yoga Guru Dr B K S Iyenger
Bellur Krishnamachar Sundararaja Iyengar popularly known as Yogacharya B. K. S. Iyengar visited
On Teacher's Day, 5th Sept, in a function organized at
He delivered his speech with standing posture. His speech was scheduled at the end of the function. It was quite late and some people from audience had left. He politely conveyed sorry and he skipped some of the points due to lack of time. He talked in English for the benefits of foreigners. He also acknowledged and appreciated that the foreigners had listened and 'tolerated' so far to us, as our programme was in regional Kannada language.
Patanjali Yoga Sutras are divided into 4 chapters or books (Sanskrit pada), containing in all 196 aphorisms.
- Samadhi Pada (51 sutras)
- Sadhana Pada (55 sutras) – means to achieve Yoga
- Vibhuti Pada (56 sutras) – the power that the yogi comes across in his quest
- Kaivalya Pada (34 sutras) – the absolution
"Yogaś chitta-vritti-nirodhaḥ - Yoga is the restraint of mental modifications. Chitta (the mind) is like ocean. It is deep, steady and silent. However on the surface it has waves. The mind is attached with the gross body with five senses. These senses are outer side. So chitta has mental modifications or distortions. We need to direct these senses towards inside. There is something inside us, that is so powerful, wonderful - our consciousness, our spirit, Atma." (Footnote 1)
"As per Patanajali, the mind has five types of distortions/modifications which create pleasure or pain. PRAMAN (proof), VIPARYAY (wrong logic), VIKLPA (Imagining), NINDRA (sleep) and SMIRTI (memory). However, I would like to say memory is not separate. It is combination of all the above four. Patanjali is suggesting two methods to overcome these distortions - ABHYASA and VAIRAGYA. ABHYASA is constant and determined practice. The practice of long duration, uninterrupted, with full love and devotion is essential for strong foundation. This will make the mind calm and tranquil." (Footnote 2)
Dr. Iyengar continued, "VAIRAGYA is non-attachment or freedom from desires. VAIRAGYA is not renunciation. Many times VAIRAGYA is wrongly interpreted as renunciation. These two methods are like support. Just now you saw how Arunji demonstrated Yogasana with support of chair. Same way with this two supports we can overcome five (or four) modifications/distortions of mind.
ABHYASA also means awareness. Awareness about our body, breath. When you read
Avidya (ignorance), Asmita (the feeling of individuality which limits a person and distinguishes him from a group), Raga (attachment or passion), Dvesa (aversion) and Abhinivesa (the instinctive clinging to worldly life) (Footnote 3) are the causes which create Klesa - pain.
He explained different distractions and obstacles which hinder the aspirant's practice of Yoga. These are Vyadhi (sickness), Styana (languor), Samsaya (doubt), Pramada ( insensibility), Alasya (laziness), Avirati (sensuality), Bhranti Darsana (illusion), Alabdha Bhumikatva (failure to concentrante) and Anavasthitattva (instability)
Along with this he also explained fourfold remedies that Patanjali has offered to overcome the obstacles. These are Maitri (friendliness), Karuna (compassion), Mudita (delight), Upeksa (disregard). He explained this with very simple example - "In this journey of spiritual path, you may face some obstacles, for example, your body may feel pain at the beginning when you start practicing Yogasana. Some people may get stuck at this body aspect of Yoga. You need to find out whether this pain can be overcome by practice or not. If yes, you continue to practice. If no, you need to be indifferent to it. Be aware about that pain, accept that pain and raise yourself above it. This Maitri and Upeksa will lead you to happiness. Be Happy. Remain happy. Yoga is not about merely theory for the scholar people. It is about practice, consistent practice. Some intellect people may get stuck at the logic, theory. You need to go beyond that also."
He continued with few more warnings for all Sadhakas (seekers) about such obstacles. "Prior to applying these two tools namely Abhyasa and Vairagya, we need devotion, faith in God (Ishwara Pranidhana). It is the first step for spiritual journey. Thus Patanjali's Yoga Sutra, looks like it talks about knowledge (GYAN YOGA). However it covers all the Yoga - Devotion (BHAKTI YOGA), Action (KARMA YOGA), and RAJ YOGA." He also mentioned about different types of SAMAADHIs and he explained all of them.
Dr. B.K.S. Iyengar talked about Guru (the master). "Yes we all have Guru Parmpara (Guru, then Guru's Guru, Guru's Guru's Guru and so on). When we track it backwards, the first Guru is nothing but sound of OM. OMKARA, PRANAV sound. A+OO+M. Even Patanjali says, 'I am that first Guru and I am the God'...."
Then he explains the three aspects. "
"In fact, we need to regroup some of the SLOKAs (SUTRAs) in Patanjali Yoga Sutra, for the benefits of novices. For example:
Maitri, Karuna, Muditopekshaanaam....
Here Maharshi Patanjali talks about four attitudes: Friendship, mercy (compassion), gladness, indifference and then he talks about Pranayama (breathing exercise). Here also Patanajali is talking about eight limbs of Astang Yoga only. Here Maitri Friendship, Karuna Compassion etc are corresponding to Yama and Niyama limbs of Astang Yoga. And remaining limbs follows in the same sutra.....
He suggested some sequence, about what portion (how many sutras) from which chapter one should read and after that other sutras from other chapter and so on....so that it will make more sense. "I am working on a book about Patanjali Yoga Sutra. There I have regrouped some sutras or content." Later on I found on Wikipedia, that he has written one book : Iyengar, B.K.S. (1993, 2002). Light on the Yoga Sūtras of Patañjali. Hammersmith,
He remembered his Guru. Sri Tirumalai Krishnamacharya "On those days, Yoga was not popular. So they faced a difficult time and financial trouble. Today, I am proud of myself that I have made Yoga as means to earn livelihood for many people."
He concluded that "the complete programme consists of three BHRAMAs. First was classical music that was SHABDA BHRMA, second this knowledge session - GYAN BHRMA. Next you all are welcome for dinner. It is ANNA BHRMA"
Now let me provide some context about the event. It was silver jubilee function of Prashant Yogashraya, Bangalore. Dr B K S Iyenger had specially come from Pune to bless the occasion. The institute invited all the students and alumni from across the globe. This function was open to public and I am thankful to Dr. Sejal Shah for informing me about it and inviting for it. She is a Yoga teacher. The programme began at with wonderful classical-instrumental music. Yoga teacher Arunji, Director, Prashant Yogashraya gave superb demonstration of different Yogasana sequence (postures) in standing position with props like chairs, blankets and belt. Doing asana with the support of different props and in certain sequence are the unique features of Iyenger Yoga. Arunji informed that, "We can perform about 80 Yogasana (postures) with such supports. Supports make it easy and still we get benefits of those Asanas." He is very popular among the students may be due to his sense of humor. We saw journey of 25 years of Prashant Yogashraya, with a short video clip. We saw many testimonials including Mr. Nandan Nilekani and his wife, Mrs Rohini Nilekani. Everyone wished all the best for Prashannt Yogashraya. We all welcomed Dr. B K S Iyengar with candles. Ms. Shreya as an anchor naturally announced all formalities. Mrs Srimatha Arun (Co-founder, Prashant Yogashraya) gave a very touching vote of thanks.
Later on, Dr. Sejal informed me some key takeaway points from previous session. Again this is not verbatim. On 4th Sept, Dr. B.K.S. Iyengar inaugurated Yoga Nikaya. Shri Mouli Raman (Co-founder and CTO, OnMobile Global Ltd.) - a student of Arun Sir - built this beautiful and sacred place - YOGA NIKAYA to promote Yoga and health. Dr. B.K.S Iyenger while inaugurating Yoga Nikaya, emphasized and appealed to all the people to make use of this place to its full potential. This place is at Hosur, boundary of
Dr. Iyengar delivered another lecture at Prashant Yogashraya. He stressed on being very watchful while performing Yogasana. "Yogasana is not just physical exercise similar to work out at gym. One should not perform Yogasana mechanically. You need to be watchful, attentive and alert when doing asana. Be aware and involved. Your awareness should pervade in your entire body including tips of your fingers and toes. This will help you to correct yourself if you observe that you are doing something wrong. This correction is very important. Make sure, your left and right hands are aligned when you raise them both. Make sure, all center points of body remains in one line. You should be actively working on your muscles. Observe your body and keep doing self correction, by paying attention. This it self is meditation. Be as perfect, graceful and steady as possible. Yes, flexibility of body and physical perfection for Yogasana is important. However more important is the state of your mind, Meditative mind. Your flexibility might be excellent but if your mind is not attentive, you are merely doing some physical exercise, not Yoga. With this kind of meditative practice once you achieve sufficient mastery over asanas, and then prefer to move to next stage of Pranayama and Dhyana. If you just do pranayama or dhyana and not do asanas, it won't help you much and may harm also. Pranayama generates the energy, while asanas distributes it in the entire body. Avoid rushing to higher stage without preparing your body for it. Prepare your body and mind with Asanas, Yama, Niyama first.." He requested Arun sir to perform Shirsasna and then he asked him to do some corrections to demonstrate what meditative Shirsasna is.
I wish that all readers and the yoga sadhakas find this article useful. I have given some hyperlinks for the benefit of more interested readers. Also look at the left side bar, at the top. I have put slideshow of this event and Dr. B.K.S. Iyneger images.
Footnote 1: This reminds me, Sri Sri Ravishankar's statement from his commentary on Patanjali Yoga Sutra. "You become object of your perception"
Footnote 2: Yes, I can recall, Sri Sri Ravishankar told this point in very convincing way in his commentary on Patanjali Yoga Sutra VCDs. "Even we need regular exercise, practice to build our body at gym for several months/years. So our mind needs regular practice for even longer duration. We can not achieve mind control, over night."
Footnote 3: Yes, I can recall, Sri Sri Ravishankar explained this word ABHINIVESAAtma does not loose his/her(?) body accidentally. in unique way. It is like… little fear. So that any Atma does not loose his/her body accidentally.
Global GSM Connections
Yes, Since long I was planning to write about my Google Gadgets. Today, I will introduce a simple gadget to you. "Global GSM Connections"
The GSMA represents the interests of the worldwide mobile communications industry. Spanning 219 countries, the GSMA unites nearly 800 of the world's mobile operators, as well as more than 200 companies in the broader mobile ecosystem, including handset makers, software companies, equipment providers, Internet companies, and media and entertainment organisations. The GSMA is focused on innovating, incubating and creating new opportunities for its membership, all with the end goal of driving the growth of the mobile communications industry. (Source : http://www.gsmworld.com/about-us/index.htm)
I saw dynamically changing numbers about global GSM subscribers at right bottom corner of GSMA website : http://www.gsmworld.com I dig further and located client side script, that updates this number. I reused that script in my new Google gadget and it is ready. Look at the first gadget at your left side bar.
You can all add this gadget by inserting this code in your HTML page.
You can add this gadget to your iGoogle page, Google Desktop and Windows Vista sidebar.
Click here for source code. The logic is straight forward. GSMA has forcasted at the end of this quarter, how much GSM subscribers will be there. So one can determine the rate, per second how many subscribers should be added to achieve this target. We know at the beginning of this quarter (1st Sept, 2009) how many subscriber were there. So with linear formula, we can determine, at present, how many GSM subscriber should be there. Simple. As GSMA mentioned "This number is indicative only, estimated from market data collected by Wireless Intelligence. It is not a precise figure, nor usable for legal purposes."
Have a look to some of my other Google gadgets: Click here
I may write something more about my journey to develop useful, interesting, popular Google gadget. Are you interested to know?


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Senegal Volunteer Sings at Jazz Festival
The town of St Louis, Projects Abroad's base in Senegal is well known because of its international Jazz festival. People travel from all over the world to play, watch and appreciate the music in St Louis.
This year the festival lasted for 4 days from Thursday to Sunday. Each evening the local bars were heaving with people, both Senegalese and foreign, and the atmosphere was incredible.
This year held special importance for Projects Abroad because one of the volunteers (Heidi Goldsmith) was participating. She was singing with a local Senegalese band in both Wolof and French and had been rehearsing for weeks in preparation for the festival. Heidi took to the stage on both The Thursday night and the Saturday night. Her performance was amazing and all the volunteers and Projects Abroad team were very proud.
The town of St Louis was completely transformed during the festival, not only was there a feeling of excitement and anticipation in the air but also, in the town square, there were lots of local crafts on display. The big Place Faidherbe in the center of St Louis had been shut off to make room for a huge market selling all sorts of different things, from traditional clothes to beautiful silver Mauritanian jewelry.
The volunteers were extremely tired after the festival had come to an end. Most of the performances and famous bands played late into the night and most people did not go to bed before 3am. However it was an event that was not to be missed and we hope that next year is as good as 2008.


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Back when I started playing WoW getting the gold for your still training let alone your normal mount and let's not even talk about your epic mount was something that sent shivers down peoples spines.
It was very common to get a loan from a slightly more affluent buddy and many guild banks were intended to help finance these big purchases.
Auctioneering wasn't that common, it was some sort of arcane art. The gold limit was unknown, people just didn't have enough gold to find out what arbitrary figure Blizzard had chosen.
These days (legal) gold making strategy sites are a dime a dozen and many such as Greedy Goblin have a huge following.
Gevlon hit the gold limit a long time ago and now uses his bottomless purse to buy his raid spot and fund his guilds needs.
Many people, Gevlon and myself included, have discussed the concept of "good enough" gear. That point where the gear is good enough, with the appropriate amount of skill (which doesn't have to be that high) to perform well enough in any situation.
The same is the case with gold, yet it seems to have become the latest min/max grind.
- Roll Inscription
- Post Auctions
- Profit
It's Vegas folks, but not as we know it
People in this grind seem to be as caught in the game as if they were sitting at a table in Vegas.
Just one more roll
- They hit 60k… Why not 100k.
- They hit 100k, why not 150k.
- They hit 150k…
Now I have to admit I don't mind one way or the other. I did OK in TBC with my Auctioneering efforts, but it was always a means to an end.
- I needed cash to support my Spellfire habit… AH
- I needed cash to support my Enchanting habit… AH
- I needed cash to support my recipe acquisition habit… AH
Needy or Greedy?
Prior to the WoLK release (and my 2 month absence from the game) I worked up about 20k gold, then stopped. I still have a pile of TBC enchanting mats, so I dare say it could have been significantly higher if necessary, but it wasn't necessary.
6 months after my Northrend entrance I am still sitting on around 15k. There are a few things I could buy which would drain my bank balance pretty quickly, but they aren't that special.
- I don't need a Mechano Hog
- I don't need the BiS tailored gear
- I don't need for anything…
I guess if I ground the AH I could have it all, but I'm not that greedy.
Spend it like you got it!
Likewise, unlike Gevlon I don't feel the need to hit gold cap, while watching every penny. I know if I did hit gold cap, I would just go and blow it.
Not because I am careless with gold, but rather what's the point of a mountain of gold that serves no purpose.
If I hit gold cap, I would stop grinding the AH. I would set all my mates up, I would set the guild up, hell, I would be throwing gold from the windows in every capital city.
Opportunity Cost
Most gold making sites will tell you that when perusing you AH career, extra cash that isn't invested in more stock is dead money. It's not earning you another cent, something along the line of opportunity cost.
Yet it seems that it's perfectly normal to grind out a mountain of money and not spend it.
If your bank balance is full, but your mates and fellow raiders are struggling to get the gear, mats and consumables they need, then that is the real opportunity cost.
Personally I am not all that hung up on the whole M&S stuff. I know what it's like to be behind in the curve due to time constraints. I have been in the position where my mates helped me gear up in TBC by grinding out the tailoring mats.
Who did this really help?
Well, obviously it helped me, but IMHO I am not much on my own…
I did help the group as a whole though. They could have waited another few months for me to be geared enough for Kara, or they could help me and we all win… and win we all did!
Yes there will always be M&S. There is a good chance that the highly motivated raid leader is an "unemployed bum, living at home, hasn't worked an honest day in their life, Mum still does their laundry kind of person" – but if they turn up on time to your raid ready to go you think they are a hero? Or maybe that person is a real life hero, that appears as a M&S in game because they wont sacrifice the real world just for the few pixels that will raise your opinion of them.
If you are ideologically opposed to just handing money out, then go make someone day… Actually, make the server's day…
Buy out the AH!
It's not the 1st time this has happened, but maybe you can do it just for the fun…
Level caps, Gold Caps, Golf Claps… Reroll poor!
After all, gold caps are like level caps… The only way to earn more experience or gold outside of an expansion is to reroll.
So reroll today… Boost everyone else's economy.
Buy high and sell low!
What's your corporate philosophy?
Do you chase gold in the same way as BiS gear? Is there ever enough?
Or are you Scrooge McDuck from Stormwind?
Gnomer and Out!
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Your Daily Dispatch of Celebrity Shenanigans
Heidi Leaves Little To The Imagination: Heidi Montag showed off her artificially engineered body over the weekend when she hosted an event at the Liquid Pool at Aria at CityCenter Las Vegas. The starlet, who underwent 10 plastic surgeries in one day and now sports "E or F" sized bra and is no longer able to jog, looked extremely svelte — and a wee bit top heavy — on Saturday. Check out more of your favorite celebrities baring it all on the beach or by the pool, HERE!
Is Lady Gaga Leaving Sex Behind?: Lady Gaga might like to work a provocative outfit every time she appears in public – but in the bedroom, Gaga apparently has nothing going on. "I can't believe I'm saying this – don't have sex. I'm single right now and I've chosen to be single because I don't have the time to get to know anybody," she told Britain's Daily Mail. "So it's OK not to have sex, it's OK to get to know people. I'm celibate, celibacy's fine."
Did Paris Leave Doug?: Is it Splitsville for Paris Hilton and Doug Reinhardt? According to E! Online, the reality lovebirds have split. "Obviously she broke up with him," an E! source claimed. But just last month Paris told E!, "all is good," when asked about rumors of a breakup. Paris was in Las Vegas over the weekend and Doug was reportedly in Colorado – supposedly trying to mend his love wounds. "He was in Aspen with his dad this weekend and was considering stopping by Vegas on the drive back, but changed his mind," the source added. "I'm pretty sure that's why he went to Aspen…to hide out and try to get over her."
'Blind Side' Star Left Out In The Cold By Hollywood?: There appears to be a new drama surrounding a star from "The Blind Side," and this time it's not Sandra Bullock. Last week, Quinton Aaron – who plays football star Michael Oher in the Oscar-winning movie – told TMZ that he left his agency, APA, saying, "You need to do what's best for you … because if you're with people that don't believe in you, your career ain't gonna go nowhere." But now a source from APA told TMZ, they "couldn't get him arrested" in Hollywood. Forget the Best Actress curse, sounds like there is a "Blind Side" curse ripping through Hollywood!
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Volunteers Help Launch Community Curry Kitchen in Sri Lanka
An ex-medical volunteer, Anne Gleason, has recently returned to work on one of the 100 Projects for Peace in Sri Lanka.
Anne took part in a medical project in 2005 and fell in love with the Sri Lankan people and their way of life. She was incredibly struck by the high rates of malnutrition within the community so this summer she decided to do something about it! Anne comments that, 'based on the premise that all Sri Lankans have a right to both healthy bodies and healthy communities; the curry kitchen takes a multi-faceted approach to promoting peace. The Curry Kitchen aims to 1) improve community solidarity, 2) reduce food insecurity, and 3) promote health education'.
With the help of Projects Abroad staff and Kalutara District Ministry of Health authorities, a small village in Niggaha has been selected as the location to start the project. The Kalutara district is home to many poor families, many of whom are unable to provide a substantial meal for their children at lunchtime. The basic principle of the curry kitchen is to provide a nutritious lunch made from local produce approved by the Public Health Inspector. The Curry Kitchen requires full community participation and aims at targeting health education goals, with parents, siblings, neighbors being invited for lunch once a month to discuss health topics and related issues.
Projects Abroad volunteers will be helping on the project, including painting, gardening, English tutoring and basic first aid advice. A few days after the project opened, Anne concludes: 'the children have all gone home with full stomachs and bright smiles, which I consider a great success, and I look forward to the bright future of this project'.


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