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Questing is a series of tasks, which might include few kills, escorting a person to another person, or for instance a return of an ancient weapon or item. Each quest will reward the quester some quest points, which are required to advance in levels. Usually, harder the quest, bigger the reward. However, there are some exceptions to this rule.
Questing in general is mandatory up to level 60 (711 quest points, at the moment). Quests, even if organized into "Non-Lord" and "Lord" quests, can be performed in any order.
Non-Lord quests
Typically, these quests are meant as means to get to know the game a bit. They typically are pretty simple, and don't require immense effort to complete.
Oracle of the Newbie Park
Description: Send a tell to the Oracle of the Newbie Park, She will guide you.
Location: Newbie park inside Tristeza
Beer to Bum
Description: Buy a beer and bring it to the Bum under the bridge west of town.
Location: Under the bridge, west of Tristeza
The Island of Desolation
Description: Find the desolate island of Loob. It is somewhere on the Blue sea of Ahti. There is no return from the island. The sea is located somewhere west of Tristeza, there may be a boat waiting for you.
Location: Somewhere in the Blue sea of Ahti
The Maze Under Well
Description: Solve the maze in the well
Location: Down in the well of Tristeza
Black Knight Does Not Say 'Ni!'
Description: Go into the forest that is behind, or actually inside, the Frobozz' Inn for Monsters and cut down the mightiest tree in the forest... with a herring. You might want to find Lumberjack first.
Location: Inside Frobozz' Inn for Monsters, northeast from Tristeza
This Quest Stinks
Description: Explore the sewers under the city and find the cavern.
Location: Under Tristeza, in the city sewers
The Adventurer's Contest
Description: On the main island (in townhall) is held a 'Adventurer's contest'. You must pass the 'local' level. To get to this island you must swim the sea to the east. From there you must find a cave.
Location: On the main island east of Tristeza
Eat at Joe's
Description: Eat at Joe's! Follow the wandering bear.
Location: Tristeza, Joe's restaurant.
The Orc Slayer
Description: Retrieve the Orc Slayer sword from evil orc shaman in orc valley, and give it to Leo the archwizard in the church tower.
Location: Orc valley, west of Tristeza
Son of Amos the Bold
Description: Respected citizen of Tristeza, Amos the Bold has lost his son. He needs a brave adventurer to fulfill a task for him. Find Amos at his home on Dragon Street and ask him about his son.
Location: Amos' house, Dragon St. Tristeza
The Sampo Quest
Description: Bring a Sampo to the Mistress of Pohjola and you'll be rewarded. Start by asking Vainamoinen of Kalevala about the Sampo.
Location: Kalevala, west and north of Tristeza
Quest for the Holy Grail
Description: Find the Holy Grail. Some people say it was last seen inside Frobozz's Inn northeast of town.
Location: Inside Frobozz' Inn for Monsters, northeast from Tristeza
The Kitiara's Mansion
Description: Destroy evil witch, Kitiara. She lives in Mansion of Kantele, south from Tristeza. Beware, she is really nasty. A quest for a group of tough adventurers.
Location: Kitiara's mansion, just south from Tristeza
The Putrid Purple Pederast
Description: B'Harni, a Great Old One, has entered the world in his foul form of a purple dinosaur. You must destroy that horrible abomination. B'Harni is probably hiding among other dinosaurs...
Location: Jungle west and north of Tristeza
The Sunken Treasure Quest
Description: Find the lost sunken treasure!
Location: Somewhere in the bottom of the ocean (Seaworld)
Magic 8 ball
Description: Miles has lost his magic 8 ball can you find it? Miles lives in a large mansion and has a huge hedge maze there are lots of hedge monsters there and he has ghost in his attic. Can you help him. The mansion can be found if you step threw the circle of stones west of town. Please hurry before the Hedges get him
Location: Near Demon Town Entrance
The Maze of Fame
Description: Find and solve the Maze of Fame, rumoured to have been crafted in ancient times by dwarven magicians. Bring your weaponry, for you might need it; but if you bring your wits, maybe you won't need your weaponry after all...
Location: Somewhere in Crag Pool
The Hidden Llorozorokarak
Description: Find the legendary Dark Elven City of Llorozorokarak. No one knows where it is, but it is certainly hard to find!
Location: Hidden
The Spirit of the East Forest
Description: The Dark Elves have captured the Spirit of the East Forest and taken her somewhere into the Underdark. Find her or the East Forest will die! Suitable for one tough or a party of medium level adventurers.
Location: Somewhere in Llorozorokarak
Zillgod is very, very angry!
Description: The mighty Zillgod is furious, and has to be appeased. Bilbo, of hobbit village, might help you on your quest. A tough quest for VERY tough players (level 18 and over).
Location: Hobbit village, just northeast of Tristeza.
The Pirate Quest
Description: It is rumored that the Dread Pirate Robinson is in need of brave sailors. He was last seen on the Pirate Island.
Location: Pirate Island in the great seas
The Conquest of Pohjola
Description: Conquest the evil land of Pohjola, and slay Louhi, the mistress of Pohjola.
Location: Pohjola, beyond the Sea of Ahti
My Breath is Like Fire? So, SUE me!
Description: Buy a firebreather and bring it to the Adventurer in the fourth level of the Small Underground Empire (which is somewhere to the northeast from Tristeza; tough place, don't go alone, unless you know what you are doing). Recommended for a party of TOUGH non-lords.
Location: Small Underground Empire, northeast of Tristeza
The Treasure of the East Forest
Description: Find the treasure in the East Forest. This is a dangerous quest, recommended for a party of TOUGH non-lords.
Location: East forest, east of Tristeza
The Silver Ring
Description: Find the Silver Ring. Seek it in the dark. No more hints.
Location: Underdark
Lord quests
Meant for the more experienced players, the Lord quests typically give a bigger reward and require a bit higher level than the Non-Lord counterparts.
The Great Golem
Description: An ultimate monster is being constructed in the Abyss. The Great Golem will be controlled by the mightiest of Demon Lords, and their purpose is - of course - to conquer the whole MUD. It is predicted that the terrible construct could be slain only with Death's Scythe. Ask about Death from the priestess of Skert.
Location: Abyss
The Hill Giants
Description: Recently, the Lord and Lady Sherman wandered off of the road somewhere to the north of Tristeza as they were searching for mushrooms. On a path that leads into the highlands, the nobles were ambushed by huge hill giants. The hill giants stole most all of their precious valuables and ransacked the wagon. Lord Sherman requests help from a brave party of adventurers who might help him retrieve his sacred possessions. Ask Lord Sherman about the quest.
Location: Highlands, north of Tristeza
Margaret's Holy Quest
Description: Help Margaret complete her holy quest. She was last seen entering the mines north of the clearing.
Location: Mines, north of west clearing
The UFO Quest
Description: Past the dark forest to the south lies a small village. There, it is rumored, a strange flying object can sometimes be seen over the forest. Investigate these rumors, if you dare.
Location: Monster Village, south of Tristeza
The Tomb of Orchinie
Description: Find the tomb of Orchinie. It is rumoured to be behind a huge gate in caves full of orcs.
Location: Caves in forest, that lies to northwest of Tristeza
Description: Help the smurfs to get rid of the evil wizard Gargamel. Abernathy knows more about the quest, ask from him. Note, that this is a really tough quest, suitable for big lords or a party of smaller ones.
Location: Abernathy, close to Elven Forest, south of west clearing.
The Holy Handgrenade of Antioch
Description: Help the holy Knight in his quest. He can be found near the northern highway.
Location: North highway, northeast of Tristeza
The Sunken Temple
Description: Southwest of Tristeza, past the Troll village and lair of Strabo, past the deserts of Sloth, lies the Swamps of Gluttony. Somewhere admist that place is rumored to be a long forgotten temple, half sunken into the muck that welcomes weary travellers to feast there. Feast with the high priest there and honor the gluttons.
Location: Southwest of Tristeza
The Ogre Slayer
Description: Bring the Ogre Slayer to Leo the archwizard.
Location: Mountains northeast of Tristeza
Hogor the Terrible Conqueror
Description: Hogor the Terrible is in dire need of help. Find him and see if you can help him by asking what help he needs.
Location: East Road Inn
Quest for the Silmarils
Description: The three Silmarils of Feanor have been lost and scattered. Do you have the courage and strength to recover them?
Location: Flathead's castle
The Quest of Immortality
Description: This Quest is impossible to solve. No mortal has ever even found out what to do, and the gods don't tell. There can be no hints for this Quest. It will take the rest of your life to complete.
Location: Secret
Guild quests
Some guilds have special quests which can grant access to guild related abilities or functions. These are completely optional, though most guild members may find it to their benefit to perform them. Unlike Non-lord and Lord quests, Guild quests do not give any quest points that can be used towards leveling.


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Excellent idea. I won't be able to go and I have been trying to find someone who was to pick me up the Code 3 exclusive ESB 3-D Poster Sculpter. I'd be more than happy to pay for theirs also.
If anyone picked up an extra of the C3 poster, I'd love to get one. And I was even there
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- For the Great Tree in Crystalsong Forest known as Great Tree, see Great Tree (Crystalsong Forest).
- Were you looking for the giant trees known as World Trees?
Great Trees are saplings of the World Tree and portals to the Emerald Dream.[1] (LoC 99) Great Trees can be found in Feralas, Ashenvale, The Hinterlands, Duskwood, and Crystalsong Forest.
Ysera, the great Dreaming Dragon Aspect, rules over the enigmatic green dragonflight. Her domain is the fantastic, mystical realm of the Emerald Dream — and it is said that from there she guides the evolutionary path of the world itself. She is the protector of nature and imagination, and it is the charge of her flight to guard all of the Great Trees across the world, which only druids use to enter the Dream itself.
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Not according to Sony. They specify DSD w/ HATS for the connection to these two players.
Kal Rubinson
"Music in the Round"
Senior Contributing Editor, Stereophile
I highly doubt you will hear a difference between this player and my onkyo 506 when running dsd over hdmi with all other things being =. The big selling point of the XA5400ES is its D/A converters which wouldn't be used if running dsd over hdmi... Save the money and put it towards speakers.
Kal, I have posted before on several Forums . When I asked a Sony retailer to find out if the STR-DA5400ES receiver decodes DSD direct to analogue without internally converting to LPCM, Sony said "The DA5400ES uses the full resolution of the DSD signal (32 bit) from input filtering through to processing the signal; then and only then does the amplifier at the final stage convert to PCM. This way you can ensure the FULL resolution of the DSD signal can be fully utilised.
That conflicts directly with Sony's white-paper which describes how, after the upsampling of RedBook PCM to the equivalent of DSD, both PCM and DSD sources are decoded as DSD. (Sounds a bit like what Esoteric offers as an option.)
EDIT: What you are quoting is for the AVR and my statements refer to the processing in the XA5400ES player. Sorry for the confusion.
However Tim-Vine Lott of Air Studios says this is misleading and blatantly incorrect. I assume this is because when DSD becomes LPCM ,DSD's 'uniqueness' is diminished. However does it really matter ?
Does it? Depends on the individual, imho.
Kal Rubinson
"Music in the Round"
Senior Contributing Editor, Stereophile
. April Hi-Fi News ALL OF A JITTER. Sony claims to maintain the high dynamic range of SACD (at bass/midrange rather than high frequencies) by decimating the I-bit/2.8224MHz DSD to 30-bit/176.4kHz LPCM before D/A conversion. If nothing else, the downsampling is necessary because most numeric DSP (soundfield modes etc) will only operate on LPCM. Paul Miller Editor Hi-Fi News& RR.
But that is in the AVR, not the player, right?
Kal Rubinson
"Music in the Round"
Senior Contributing Editor, Stereophile
If you have read our March issue then you'll have discovered by now that Sony's HATS for HDMI regime confers its XA5400ES/DA5400ES combination with exceptionally low jitter with both LPCM or DSD data. The DSD data used by SACD is described in single bits but at an extremely high 2.8224MHz sample rate (64x the 44.1kHz sample rate of Red Book CD). To fully realise the monotonic potential of this bitstream it should be converted using a true 1-bit' 'bit converter'. Unfortunately, to the best of my knowledge, only the very first SACD players (including Sony's SCD-1) employed such a device. Modern 'universal' CD/DVD/SACD players employ similarly universal DAC technologies. These ICs feature DSD compatible inputs but the bitstream is invariably downsampled to a lower rate at a higher bit depth, (conversely the LPCM inputs are upsampled and truncated to a similar 4-5 bits) before D/A conversion. At this point DSD becomes LPCM and its'uniqueness ' is diminished. Sony claims to maintain the high dynamic range of SACD (at bass/midrange rather than high frequencies) by decimating the 1-bit/2.8224MHz DSD to 30 -bit /176.4kHz LPCM before D/A conversion. If nothing else,the downsampling is necessary because most numeric DSP (soundfield modes etc) will only operate on LPCM. Sony's SCD-XA5400ES player is equipped with a 'universal' DSD 1796 DAC from Burr-Brown.
I would say that they are putting out apparently conflicting information if we were reading Sony's documentation rather than PM's restatement. While I have great respect for him, the quoted text does confuse me a bit but I am reading it out of context.
Kal Rubinson
"Music in the Round"
Senior Contributing Editor, Stereophile
I think Paul Miller is right, It seems to me both the XA5400ES & DA5400ES convert to LPCM .. Perhaps you can question Sony on their White paper but unless you have some sort of connection with them they probably will not answer. In the UK their communication is dreadful. The people who answer the phone on Sony Support just do not understand the products.
Mebbe. I will reread the docs when I get to the office tomorrow.
Kal Rubinson
"Music in the Round"
Senior Contributing Editor, Stereophile
This is an interesting thread... SACD and associated DSD signal was originally designed as the digital signal "closest" to analog, and was thought of mostly for archival purposes. By removing the "brickwall" decimation filter from the signal chain, Sony/Philips thought they would also remove the part of the signal path that affected the sound the most, and end the "vinyl vs. CD" war. I believe they have- and I also believe they really were onto something... Please note that Philips had an extensive catalog of very high quality tape recordings in 4 channels from the 70's that a lot of people really wanted put on the market, but there was no distribution format for it. They now can be found in the Pentatone SACD collection, in their original 4 channel format, for your listening pleasure...
Things have changed- most music today is recorded digitally, and as mentioned several times in this thread, the 1 bit signal only allows a very limited amount of signal processing- certainly not enough to allow EQing, reverb, mixing and all other tools required to mix down an album. Sony -also a provider of studios gear- worked on that issue, and after careful listening test came up with the DXD fiormat: 384kHz sampling rate, 24 bits depth, as indistinguishable from the DSD and DSD2 signals (DSD is 1 bit/2.82MHz, DSD2 is 1 bit, 5.64MHz). Most "high end" DSD recording studios today employ DXD during the mixing process, and transform that signal into DSD at the last stage of the mastering, using a sigma-delta modulator (traditionally 4th order, although higher order modulators are also in use). Please see the Sony Oxford consoles for more information...
So in essence, the "downsampling" process from SACD to LPCM can be done transparently, at the condition both bit depth and sampling rate are high enough.
Now, regarding the SCD-XA5400ES SACD player- it does play the DSD stream natively. Both PCM and DSD signal paths are visible on the PCB- I have put both on the scope, and noticed the PCM channel to be quiet (GND) during SACD playback, and vice versa during CD playback. Please note that the Sony is using a PCM1795 DAC from Burr Brown that supports both signals on separate inputs. That DAC is the classic "current steering" topology, very dear to the Burr Brown design team; although there are better spec'ed DACs on the BB offering, I find their latest to have improved definition, and a more controlled slam (The 1792/1794 have a bit of an overemphasized slam to my taste). Those DACs are "multibit DACs" in the sense that they will turn the PCM OR the DSD signal into a 5 bits signal using a digital Low Pass Filter- this is done in order to minimize the impact of jitter, very detrimental to traditional 1 bits DACs (both MASH and straight 1 bit DACs are completely obsolete today because of their high sensitivity to timing errors). All modern signa-delta modulators today employ this technique for jitter reduction; however, the BB DACs employ a current steering technique in the DAC itself, still sensitive to jitter compared to switched-capacitors designs. Additionally, they display a high level of out-of-band noise that needs to be filtered out (3rd or 4th order LPF is required to end-up with a flat noise floor). All those draw-backs do certainly not reduce their sound quality- but Burr Brown DACs are sensitive to jitter, and need stiff analog low-pass filtering. Period. The SCD-XA5400ES designers were well aware of this fact, and designed a very clean clock section- it can be seen close to the DAC in the upper right section of the PCB: locally regulated supply, double buffering local oscillator. They also built a 3rd order, multiple feedback LPF in the output section using "orange drop" polypropylene capacitors in the output stage (not Wima- but what is the difference, really ). Simple and very effective- and likely one of the many details that make this player a winner without spending millions.
Now, when this player is connected to the 5400ES receiver and you are playing music, what really happens? Well, the receiver proposes many digital signal processing functions that cannot be performed on the DSD signal itself, so although the connection from the player to the receiver operates in the "native" format (DSD for SACD both stereo and multichannel, 16 bits / 44.1kHz for CD), it will turn this signal into a workable payload- and all points this to be 4*Fs... As they are using 32 bits DSP, the resolution is maintained above 24 bits at all times (32 bits are never maintained because of rounding errors). Not as good as DXD, but close! So close that it will probably make no difference to the end user. They could have used 8* instead of 4*, but this at the cost of doubling the MIPS requirements for the same processes, which is likely not worth it (double the number of DSPs, etc). The signal is then upsampled to 384kHz at the end of the signal chain to feed their digital input, class D amplifier stages, or fed directly to the DACs at 4*Fs for the analog outputs.
All in all, I find those compromises very acceptable. The DSD format is really a great storage and transport medium- but is never, I repeat never directly transformed to analog without being turned into a multibit signal- even when DACs supporting native DSD inputs are used, because all of those DACs without exception are multibit DACs- this is also true for Meitner or DCs offering (the RING DAC is a 5 bits, multibit DAC). The whole point is to keep the PCM resolution "high and deep"...
Thanks. That's what I was trying to convey.
Kal Rubinson
"Music in the Round"
Senior Contributing Editor, Stereophile
I am noticing a lot of people with a strong desire to pair the STR-DA5400ES with the SCD-XA- although it may not make a world of a difference from the technical stand-point. Yes, HATS makes sense because it removes clock dependencies between digital sources and playback, but the STR-DA5400ES is perfectly able to synchronize or re-synchronized (I haven't had time to dig) audio signals. I would suspect the results to be dangerously close with any player supporting SACD streaming over HDMI- has anybody tried comparing the SCD-XA5400ES to any other HDMI player, avec ou sans HATS?
Other than for the Sony DA5400ES (jury seems to be out on this one too) - who manufactures a product that has both SACD or DVD-A and uses PQLS or HATS for HDMI DSD or other transmission?
I am aware of NONE.
There were Pioneer SACD players that used PQLS over iLink, but the new Blu-ray player that does multichannel PQLS over HDMI will not play SACDs.
Who said that?
Kal Rubinson
"Music in the Round"
Senior Contributing Editor, Stereophile
I recently purchased a Pioneer DV-58AV and an Integra DPS-6.9.
The 58AV is intended for more general use and entertainment to stay with my family room system (a Kuro PDP-111FD Professionally calibrated by UMR) and my SC-07 (also professionall calibrated by UMR) with Polk RT-1000i mains and voice matched Polk center and surrounds in a traditional Multi-channel audio configuration for 4.0/5.0/5.1 listening. The Integra is for my dedicated theater.
The Pioneer was broken in as a demo unit and the Integra is brand new (<30 hours on it) so far here are some general thoughts re SACD via HDMI and DSD direct and DVD-A via HDMI (PCM direct):
1) HDMI control works wonderfully on both (Except the Pioneer HDMI control will turn on the Integra when turning off another HDMI control Pioneer Player in the same chain);
2) The menus and displays (especially with SACD - using track and other listings) are FAR FAR superior on the Integra DPS-6.9;
3) The Integra is a bit faster and produces finer menu output (again well superior to the Pioneer's dated and old school menus);
4) The remote is better on the Pioneer and more comfortable to hold. The layout of the Integra remote is confusing and awakward - it's a bit too thin and navigation keys are not all equally sized.
4) For DVD-A the Pioneer is audiably superior:
The Pioneer produces a more live and fuller mids and highs from DVD-A (very accurate in my opinion), while the Integra by comparison is muddier, with tamed highs and a less defined midrange;
5) For SACD - the Integra (Despite its substantially lower specs for the same internal DACS (not used in this configuration) is audiably superior. They are close but the Integra - even not broken in yet - seems richer and more dynamic particularly in the dynamic range offered even with SACD.
With both comming across the same cables via HDMI to the SC-07 (with its Wolfson DAC configuration with some form of Jitter reduction over HDMI with its sampling rate converter that does NOT do PQLS for either unit above) the results are pretty impressive.
Overall (so far):
So far if you are a DVD-Audio fan and have some SACD you like - the Pioneer is the one to consider at this sub $500 price point.
If, however, you love your SACD and have only very few DVD-A discs - the Integra is the one to get.
I have many of both so my jury is out. Off to play some more SACDs and compare before a final decision.
Test samples (my tastes are far ranging) so far include
1) DVD-A: How the West Was Won - Led Zeplin 48/24 recording - Stairway to Heaven (live concert recording from the 70's in LA). The Pionner is dramatically better with this - the guitars and tube amps are viscerally portrayed through it as is the tennor of the crowd and the sung voice. The Integra by contrast seems muted and very laid back, loosing much of the midrange dynamics especially in the guitar and strung distortion chosen for same. Not having heard this on the Pionneer first I would have been very dissapointed with the recording quality of the DVD-A;
2) SACD (Hybrid): Pentatone RQR SACD Classical Sampler - Beethoven Piano concerto No. 4 in G Op. 58
* I can see why Kal likes them so... they have a recording quality that is truly astonishing
3) SACD: Let's Dance - David Bowie - not such an impressive recording but the reproduction difference is still present in minor forms - particularly with the reproduction of the band instruments in favor of the Integra being more open overall and more natural. The Pioneer seems less foward and warmer with a less dynamic reproduction.
I own a Classe SSP-800 pre-pro and was looking to buy a new multichannel SACD player as my current SACD player (Lexicon RT-10) is now somewhat outdated. As the Sony ES 5400 sends DSD only through HDMI, and the Classe does not decode a DSD data stream directly (as I understand it), are the two units incompatible?
The Sony player will output PCM from SACD over HDMI. I did one test with an early SSP-800 and they failed to communicate but the system was at a local shop and I cannot be certain of the actual setup.
Subsequently, I was successful in getting the XA5400ES to communicate (SACD - PCM) via HDMI to an ARCAM AV888 and the Meridian HD621/861.
Since there are no switches or menus to select PCM output, it would seem that the EDID handshaking is at the core of the issue. I would be surprised if the current SSP-800s would not work with it but, as of this moment, I have no such evidence.
Kal Rubinson
"Music in the Round"
Senior Contributing Editor, Stereophile
I've added a Cambridge Audio Universal Player that outputs SACD over HDMI as either DSD or PCM to the first post. It looks like there is a new Cambridge Audio Blu-Ray player that was shown at CEDIA that also plays SACDs. Given that the older player transmits DSD over HDMI, I suspect that the Blu-Ray player will as well. I will wait for confirmation (perhaps when they post the user manual) before I add it to the initial post in the thread, however.
Out of curiosity when you say Universal do you mean it plays dvd-a as well.
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As the President's sequestration cuts go into effect, the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee released today a report detailing the growth in the backlog unimplemented recommendations from agency inspectors general.
"This report chronicles $67 billion in unimplemented reforms that non-partisan Inspectors General have identified," said Committee Chairman Darrell Issa, R-Calif. "President Obama should listen to the recommendations of his Administration's own Inspector Generals and work with Congress to implement common sense spending cuts that target wasteful and poorly performing programs instead of settling for the furloughs and service disruptions happening under the sequester."
The Committee's review found that the backlog had grown to a high of 16,906 open recommendations. Using the most conservative cost-saving estimates, implementing these recommendations could save taxpayers $67 billion per year.
On an annual basis over the past four years, the Committee has requested 73 agency IGs to identify their recommendations they've made to management which have gone unimplemented.
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- The numbers of unimplemented recommendations and unrealized savings for taxpayers have increased every year since 2009.There are IG vacancies at the State Department, Department of Homeland Security, and USAID. In 2012, those agencies ranked first, second, and fourth among agencies with the most unimplemented recommendations.
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the statues of birds and beasts which has been erected in Addu for the SAARC summit are a first for the country and are already causing much controversy. Prior to this, Maldives has been free of statues like this in accordance with the conservative religious norms of the country.
It maybe a creative idea gone wrong on the part of SAARC organizers to come up with the idea of statues which is scorned by everyone across the board. But like everything else it has a money trail in the millions which probably is the reason why they are hastily fixed there without any public consultation or regard to peoples sensibilities . Street news have it that the bird statue in Feydhoo alone cost more than a million ruffiyaas to create it although news sources set the figure at 600000 rufiyaas. Whatever the amount is, the cost of producing the scorned objects in the first place, maintaining 24 hour military security around the statues is clearly ludicrous as our country is still barely making ends meet and there are recommendations, advice and even threats by leading world bodies like IMF and worldbank to trim the already wasteful state expenditure or else!
The statues are even politically not tenable because it has infuriated a sizable percentage population which surely will cost the ruling MDP much votes and possibly the executive office if a strong contender emerges for the president.
Statues, fine arts, exotic drinks are fine for developed countries which has money to spare after doing everything they can think of doing but here in Maldives where we are on par with Ethiopia in corruption scale and where we fare even less than sub saharan african countries in terms of higher education enrollment, this is an unforgivable mistake.


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When hundreds of militants began pouring across the Afghan border into his district of Upper Dir last week, tribal elder Haji Malak Mutabar Khan gathered a few dozen neighbors, piled everyone into jeeps, and raced off to fight them.
Mr. Khan's group of minutemen – known in Pakistan as a lashkar – held down the Taliban as more locals emerged to help. The next day, the Pakistan Army arrived and routed the militants back into Afghanistan.
Pakistan could use a few good tribesmen like Khan. The military says it's worried about trying to hold recently cleared territory even as the US pushes for a major new operation in North Waziristan. Effective laskhars could do some of that work of stopping militants from hopping from haven to haven.
The problem: Most lashkars enlisted by the Pakistan government to aid in securing the border have been miserable failures, easily shut down by the militants.
"Where the government fails is that they do not back up the lashkars," says retired Brig. Saad Mohammad. "This is a full-time job, to be a part of a lashkar…. He has to be given a living. If no one gives him that, he'll put down his weapon and make it a part-time job."
The lashkars also need to be formed before militants have had time in a region to kill tribal elders and scare tribesmen, he adds. Guns, ammo, and a little show of respect helps, too.
Khan sat down in the local police station for an interview, sporting a round cap, waistcoat, and a long, salt-and-pepper beard. His primary motivation for running the lashkar, he says, is to keep his community from having to flee their homes and end up in a tent city like so many civilians caught in the conflict here.
"These militants have attacked us in the past. And due to the previous militancy in the area, more than 2 million people migrated. We want to safeguard our land, buildings, schools, families, and other people of the area," says Khan.
Motivation to fight
Brigadier Mohammad points out that people in Dir (see map here) learned in 2009 what happened when militants made a home in areas like the nearby Swat Valley. At the first signs of their arrival that year, Khan rallied residents to pin down the militants. The lashkar surrounded them for three months, growing increasingly frustrated at losing their livelihoods waiting for the military to help. Finally, Pakistani planes helped end the standoff with bombs.
From that success, Khan gained a reputation as a leader and residents grew confident in their abilities. When Khan returned to the border last week to fight again, other residents quickly rallied to him.
At 4 a.m. on June 1, several hundred fighters poured out of Afghanistan's Kunar Province into the Upper Dir areas of Shaltalo and Nusrat Dara. The fighters, says Khan, included former residents of Dir and Swat, as well as Afghanistan. They were speaking Pashto and Dari. The group overran schools that were being used by police as checkposts.
He and his men arrived in the evening and defended the area until the military arrived the next day. The Upper Dir police chief says the battle claimed the lives of 28 pro-government forces and more than 45 militants.
'If only they had the support of the military'
The incident prompted a diplomatic role reversal, with Pakistan complaining to Afghanistan about not doing enough to remove militant havens across the border. Over the past year, the US has pulled back from the Kunar region in Afghanistan.
Militants have ruthlessly cut down many such tribal leaders up and down the Afghan border to tamp down resistance from residents.
Tribesmen would rise up in large numbers against the militants if only they could be certain that the military would support them, says a tribal leader from South Waziristan who requests anonymity for fear of military authorities. He says locals suspect that the military at times helps the militants, discouraging tribesmen from risking their lives by joining a lashkar.
"Just give them logistics, weapons – they will do the job for you because now the tribal people are sick and tired of this," he says of rooting out militants. "It will be done like this," he adds, snapping his fingers.
But any widescale effort to arm residents could backfire by creating a new set of warlords, warns Mohammad, adding that any use of lashkars should come with a timeline, a plan for disarming them, and a sustained strategy.
He also argues that the deficiency in this fight hasn't been in gunmen, but in civilian government engagement.
"Unfortunately in Pakistan and Afghanistan, there has been the overmilitarization of the counterinsurgency effort," says Mohammad. "Counterinsurgency comprises of political reforms, economic packages, social reforms. [Instead] the complete effort has been given to the military."


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Electric-car drivers ought to be allies of bicyclists in the war on gas guzzlers. Instead, they're playing cheap pranks on each other.
After sighting "a bunch of City-boy ponces in fluorescent Spider-Man outfits," a driver chose to run them off the road by sneaking up behind them in a whisper-quiet Tesla Roadster and then blasting his horn while blowing by.
"The look of sheer terror as they tottered into the hedge was the best thing I've ever seen in my rear-view mirror."
The quotes were part of a review of the Roadster, an expensive but sexy all-electric car from Tesla Motors.
A car favored by, to put it equitably, "City-boy ponces."
It was enough to draw the ire of Olympic Gold Medal British bicyclist Bradley Wiggins, who ranted on Twitter in disgust.
Naturally, it also brought a regretful statement from a Tesla spokesperson, cited the deep bond between cyclists and electric car enthusiasts against "petrol heads" to the San Francisco Weekly.
My husband and I, we're members of the San Francisco Bicycle Coalition, and in fact, I've participated in many Critical Masses, which are awesome, awesome wonderful events in San Francisco Fridays once a month, and they are a time for bicyclists to pull a critical mass on the cars.
The company did get some good news alongside the bad publicity: Tesla raised $82.5 million in investment from European venture capitalists after delivering it's 700th roadster to Frankfurt, Germany.
Photo used with permission by Stephen Shankland, who happens to be aforementioned bicycle-loving husband of the Tesla spokesperson.
Jackson West is, actually, concerned for pedestrians and cyclists having to share the road with cars, electric or otherwise.


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Shanghai PPTV Grand Slam | 29 avril - 4 mai 2014
Lausanne, Switzerland, April 3, 2014 – FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships medallists Karla Borger and Britta Buthe and Jonathan Erdman and Kay Matysik will spearhead the German teams' challenge at the first Grand Slam of the season in Shanghai.
The tournament runs from April 29 – May 4 and is the first of nine Grand Slams on the FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour, which also features 11 Open tournaments and accrues points from continental and domestic tours.
Borger and Buthe won silver at the 2013 World Championships in Mazury, Poland, while Erdman and Matysik overcame their disappointment at missing out on the final to claim the bronze medals.
In total there are four female teams and four male sides taking to the beach in China's financial capital.
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Semmler and Holtwick started the year by winning bronze at the season-opening Fuzhou Open, and then went on to win silver at the Berlin Grand Slam and bronze at the Long Beach and The Hague Grand Slams.
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Rev. Chil. Anat., 20(2):145-149, 2002.
TEIXEIRA, C. A. A.; SIMÕES, M. J.; EVÊNCIO NETO, J. & WANDERLEY-TEIXEIRA, V. Morphologic aspects of the endometrium, in the estrus phase, of pinealectomized rats. Rev. Chil. Anat., 20(2):145-149, 2002.
SUMMARY: In this paper, it was analyzed morphologically the endometrium of pinealectomized rats, treated or not with melatonin, besides luteinizing hormones levels (LH), stimulating follicle (FSH) and prolactin (PRL). The experimental groups were: I normal rats, during three months; II normal rats, during six months; III pinelalectomized rats evaluated after three months; IV pinealectomized rats treated with melatonin for three months; V pinealectomized rats evaluated after six months; VI pinealectomized rats for three months, and after treated with melatonin for more three months. In the animals from groups III and V, the estrous ciclicity was modified, because beyond the increase in the incidence of the estrus phase, some animals developed a persistent estrus condition. In the other groups the estrous cycle was normal. The hormonal dosage showed that there was an increase in the LH levels in groups III and V, and a small reduction in group IV. There weren't changes between groups VI and II. The levels of FSH and PRL showed themselves reduced in all animals from the pinealectomized group. However, these results didn't show statistically meaningful differences. In groups III, V and VI the endometrium presented a normal aspect except by the presence of several endometrial glands, in most cases, dilated. In the animals that developed persistent estrus, it was observed a very fibrous stroma and rare endometrial glands, some of them presenting non-keratinazed pavement stratified epithelium. The animals in group IV showed a similar endometrium to the control groups. It was concluded that the pinealectomy can draw to the condition of persistent estrus, not producing great variation in the serumal levels of the gonadotrophic hormones, and inducing more effective changes in the glandular epithelium.
KEY WORDS: 1. Melatonin; 2. Endometrium; 3. Pineal; 4. Estrus.
The pinealectomy and its effects on the photoperiodic sensibility have been examined in several mammals species, especially in rodents (Goldman & Darrow, 1983). These effects vary differently in relation to the species. In Turkish and European hamsters (Mesocricetus randti and Cricetus cricetus, respectively), for example, the pinealectomy allied to long photoperiods induces a testicle regression (Carter et al. 1982; Mason-Pévet et al., 1987). But, with the Syrian hamster, the pinealectomy prevents gonadal regression produced by the short photoperiod (Hoffman, 1979 and Reiter, 1980). In rats, the pinealectomy is associated to an increase of the gonadal function (Kinson & Peat, 1971). However, it has been found little available information about morphologic changes in reproductive organs of female pinealectomized rats, mainly in what concerns to the morphology of the endometrium.
Thus, the present study had the objective of collecting basic information about the morphology of the endometrium, in the estrum phase, of adult female rats submitted to pinealectomy, treated or not with melatonin, as well as evaluating the levels of luteinizing hormones (LH), stimulating follicle (FSH) and the prolactin (PRL).
It was utilized 30 albino rats (Rattus norvegicus albinus), adults, from the EPM-1 Wistar lineage, proceeding from the Biotério Central da Universidade Federal de São Paulo Escola Paulista de Medicina (UNIFESP EPM), in which they were divided at random, in six groups, each one constituted of five female rats:
Group II normal rats, kept in the clear/dark cycle (12/12 hours), during six months, that also worked as control;
Group III rats submitted to the pinealectomy, kept in the clear/dark cycle (12/12 hours), and evaluated after three months;
Group IV - rats submitted to the pinealectomy, kept in the clear/dark cycle (12/12 hours), and treated with melatonin during three months;
Group V - rats submitted to the pinealectomy, kept in the clear/dark cycle (12/12 hours), and evaluated after six months;
Group VI - rats submitted to the pinealectomy, kept in the clear/dark cycle (12/12 hours), during three months and after treated with melatonin for three months more.
The animals from groups G IV and G VI presented normal estrous cycles, compared to the control groups. In the animals from groups G III and G V, the estrous ciclicity was changed, due to an increase in the estrus phase incidence, in more then 50% of the cycle (Graphic I), where some animals developed the condition of persistent estrus. The serumal levels of the LH, FSH and PRL hormones, of the animals from the experimental groups presented variations when compared to the respective control groups. However these results have not shown statistically meaningful differences among the animals from these groups (Table I). The morphologic analisys showed that animals from groups G III, G V and G VI the endometrium presented itself covered by cubic or cylindrical simple epithelium, with some leococits and rare mitosis figures. In the endometrial stroma, it was showed up two very distinct regions: one narrower and more cellular, located right under the covering epithelium, and the other, bigger, near the miometrium, with a large concentration of collagen fibers arranged randomly or concentrically around the endometrial glands (Fig. 1). The endometrial glands were in a large amount, mostly dilated presented, where in some, it was observed neutrophiles in their lumen (Fig. 2). In the animals from groups III and V, that developed persistent estrus, the endometrium presented some characteristics as the animals that were in the cycle, but the endometrial glands were scarce, and in some of them the epithelium presented areas of stratification (Figure 3). In the animals from group IV, the endometrium was similar to the control groups.
|Graphic I. Frequency of the estrous cycle phase in the studied groups.
|Fig. 1. Rat endometrium group III. Notice a great concentric arrangement of collagen fibers around the endometrial glands (arrow). H. E. ± 340 X.
|Fig. 2. Rat endometrium group III. Notice endometrial glands, containing infiltered leococitary mainly neutrophiles (arrow). H. E. ± 340 X
|Fig. 3. Pinealectomized rat endometrium (per-sistent estrus). Notice in the stroma, endometrial gland presenting stratified epithelium (arrow). H. E. ± 340 X
The pinealectomy is reported due to meaningfully increase the incidence of the estrus phase (Chu et al., 1964 and Gittes & Chu, 1965), what was observed in the pinealectomized rats without melatonin treatment, during three or six months. The persistent estrus condition developed in some rats is probably associated to high levels of estrogen in these animals. According to Chiórboli (1970), there is an increase in the production of androgens and estrogens in the ovary of the rats in persistent estrus. Besides, the removal of the pineal gland in rats is followed by the increase of circulatory estrogens (Benson & Orts, 1972). That indicates a regulatory activity of the melatonin in the maintenance of the estrous ciclicity in these animals.
The hormonal dosages showed a small increase of the LH in the pinealectomized groups without melatonin treatment, and a decrease of the FSH independent or not of the melatonin administration. However, these results can be considered normal, as they were not statistically meaningful, thus, they are according to the results obtained by Acuña-Castroviejo et al., where the levels of these gonadotrophins returned to normal values 20 days after the pinealectomy. About the prolactin, it was observed a decrease in its levels in all pinealectomized groups, treated or not with melatonin; it suggests that the pinealectomy must exert a negative feedback on the release of this hormone, because according to Relkin et al., 1972, the increase of the pineal activity takes to a decrease in the PIF production (Prolactin Inhibitory Factor) increasing the levels of prolactin in the plasma.
The light microscopy of the endometrium of groups III, V and VI, showed in the superficial epithelium, similar results to the ones described by Simões (1997) in rats in the physiologic estrus, suggesting that the pinealectomy exerts little influence on the endometrium covering epithelium. But, in the appropriate blade it was observed a great deal of concentration of collagen fibers, besides hyperplasic glands. According to Drobnik & Dabrowski (1996) the pinealectomy induces a collagen increase while the treatment with melatonin inhibits this effect. As it was mentioned, the pinealectomy increases the cycling estrogen in rats, what suggests that this hormone is the responsible for the hyperplasia of endometrial glands. Though, even after the oral reposition of melatonin for more three months (group IV), glands hyperplasia and the collagen were not altered. But the treatment right after the pinealectomy (group IV) was enough to avoid such modifications. Concerning to the changes in the glandular epithelium of rats in persistent estrus, it suggests that atypical metaplastic changes occur, in response to the continuing action of the estrogen and absence of melatonin, during a certain period of time, because according to Vrontakis et al. (1993), the biggest estrogenic effect in the uterus is the stimulus of DNA synthesis and the cellular proliferation.
This way, it was concluded that the melatonin contributes to the maintenance of estrous ciclicity in rats; the pinealectomy can take to the persistent estrus condition, however it does not produce great variation in the serumal levels of the gonadotrophic hormones (LH, FSH and prolactin), and induces more effective changes in the glandular epithelium; the oral reposition of melatonin after the pinealectomy prevents the changes in the glandular epithelium.
RESUMEN: En este trabajo evaluamos morfológicamente el endometrio de ratas pinealectomizadas, tratadas o no con melatonina, además fueron medidos los niveles de los hormonas luteinizante (LH), folículo estimulante (FSH) y prolactina (PRL). Los grupos experimentales fueron: I. Ratas normales tratadas con melatonina durante tres meses; II. Ratas normales, con seis meses de tramiento; III. Ratas pinealectomizadas y evaluadas después de tres meses; IV. Ratas pinealectomizadas y tratadas con melatonina por tres meses; V: Ratas pinealectomizadas y evaluadas después de seis meses de tratamiento; VI. Ratas pinealectomizadas después de transcurridos tres meses tratadas con melatonina por otros tres meses. En los animales de los grupos III y V, la ciclicidad estral fue alterada, pues además del aumento en la incidencia de la fase de estro, algunos animales desarrollaron la condición de estro permanente. En los demás grupos el ciclo estral fue normal. Las dosis hormonales mostraron que hubo un aumento en los niveles del LH en los grupos III y V, y una pequeña reducción en el grupo IV. No hubo alteración entre los grupos II y VI . Los niveles del FSH y PRL se mostraron reducidos en todos los animales de los grupos pinealectomizados. Estos resultados no muestran diferencias estadísticamente significativas. En los grupos III, V y VI el endometrio presentó aspecto normal, excepto por la presencia de innumerables glándulas endometriales, en su mayoría dilatadas. En los animales que desarrollaron estro permanente, se observó estroma bastante fibroso y glándulas endometriais escazas, algunas presentaron epitelio estratificado pavimentoso no queratinizado. Los animales del grupo IV, mostraron el endometrio semejante al de los grupos controles. Concluimos que la pinealectomía puede llevar a condición de estro permanente, no pruduciendo grandes variaciones en los niveles séricos de las hormonas gonadotróficas e induciendo modificaciones más efectivas en el epitelio glandular.
PALABRA CLAVE: 1. Melatonina; 2. Endometrio; 3. Pineal; 4. Estro.
Acuña-Castroviejo, D.; Fernández, B.; Castillo, J. L. & Del Aguila, C. M. Similarity between the effects of suprachiasmatic nuclei lesions and of pinealectomy on gonadotropin release in ovariectomized, sulpiride-treated and melatonin-replaced rats. Experientia, 49:797-801, 1993. [ Links ]
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Dirección para correspondencia:
Prof. MSc. Álvaro Aguiar Coelho Teixeira.
Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco.
Departamento de Morfologia e Fisiologia Animal.
Área de Histologia
Rua Dom Manoel de Medeiros s/n Dois Irmãos
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Recibido : 04-04-2002
Aceptado: 22-05-2002
* Department of Morphology and Animal Physiology, Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco, Recife PE, Brazil.
** Histology of Discipline, Universidade Federal de São Paulo EPM, São Paulo, Brasil.


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Benito's Exciting 2009 Martinis
Fortunately, bars and restaurants across the country have learned that anything counts as a Martini. You can serve nonalcoholic beer in a cocktail glass and--presto!--it's a Near-BeerTini! After months of experimentation at the Benito Cocktail Lab, here are my four favorite Nouveau Martinis:
The Rotini
Several of our researchers have spent time in Italy, and if there's one thing that Italians love in their cocktails, it's pasta. Rumored to be a favorite of Lucrezia Borgia, this modern adaptation combines 1⅞ oz. grappa and 1⅛ oz. vodka with a few pieces of cooked rotini pasta (the exact number depends on the lunar calendar and most recent score of the town's futbol team). Recommended for the carb-craving after breaking up with a woman who was strict about the Atkins diet, or as an authentic companion to the antipasto classico italiano first dish of fried mozzarella sticks and marinara sauce. Other pastas can be substituted, but lasagna noodles are difficult to work with. Consider serving shooters in plugged manicotti tubes!
The Light Sweet Crude
Despite the rush for alternative energy sources, most of our cars still run on good ol' Texas Tea. In honor of this viscous life blood of our economy, our team chose to combine 1⅓ oz. freshly brewed espresso, 1¼ oz. blackstrap molasses, and 2⅝ oz. black rum. In lieu of garnish, float a skim of olive oil on top for that rainbow sheen of a Wal-Mart parking lot after it rains. My beloved readers, this cocktail would sprout chest hair on one of them nekkid dogs from Mexico. The sugar/caffeine kick will keep your heart racing for hours, the alcohol will slow things down enough that you don't enter cardiac arrest, and the olive oil will ensure smooth sailing for that egg and pig ear burrito you had on the shady side of Amarillo.
The Orchard Cropduster
Many popular cocktails are all about fruit and rum. We're getting back to the farm here with a glass of raw kumquats. The bartender stands on a stepladder and uses a spray bottle to mist a combination of Barbados silver rum and a dash of orange bitters over the fruit. For effect you can make airplane noises with your mouth, but our marketing department is working on a toy airplane that sprays the liquor. Depending on your clientele the delivery plane can be a Grumman Ag Cat or the Rockwell Thrush Commander. Get to know your local ag pilots before ordering one or the other.
The Vacuutini
Inspired by molecular gastronomy, this martini serves to deliver the essence of the cocktail in a way that will challenge your bourgeois preconceptions. Combine top shelf Russian Vodka (only if it's made west of the Ural Mountains), Lillet Blanc, and a few drops of an organic Pinot Grigio in a cocktail glass. Swirl in a clockwise direction 15 times and then pour the entire drink down the drain. Cover with plastic wrap and place in the freezer. Serve after the contraction of air pressure has pulled in the plastic. Upon serving the customer can remove the plastic and lick the inside of the glass like a desperate teenager cleaning up after his parents' cocktail party. Cutting edge mixology meets ironic nostalgia. Here at the Lab we're working with Swiss glass experts to develop a special set of stemware that will amplify the Vaccutini experience.
Confused web-searchers or newer readers might want to check out my April 1 articles from 2007 & 2008. And check out the Dregs Report for more hijinks.
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- The Wine Commonsewer said...
Not since the Rat Pack roamed the Strip has the Martooni been as popular is it has been for the last few years.
I'm not much for pine tree juice so I rarely partake, but the Martooni has really come into it's own. The Martooni is beautiful, adventurous, and cutting edge.
- 31 March, 2009 21:40
- Samantha Dugan said...
Okay so I just worked a 12 hour day, (inventory) and I got all the way to the cropduster before I figured out something was up...how sad is that?
Very cute Benito and you had this tired wine slinger going for a second.
- 31 March, 2009 23:05
- fredric koeppel said...
inspired madness... you're the man!
be sure to check out my contribution:
- 01 April, 2009 06:41
- Benito said...
Thanks for commenting--it's fun to turn ones frustration with the nation's cocktail menus into something humorous.
Couple of notes for other readers: I'm a martini traditionalist, and tend to use a good bit of vermouth. Yes, I even have deep-seated opinions on different brands of vermouth. Also, no actual alcohol was wasted in the production of the above photos.
- 01 April, 2009 11:53
All very good, but I'm afraid none quite up to the McNuggetini standard.
- 01 April, 2009 15:20
- Allen said...
The Ag Cat does not make noise, only music.
- 02 April, 2009 00:19
- Dirty said...
Love it! Especially the Rotini!
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Federal prosecutors say they have corrected technical problems that effectively delayed the transfer of a vast amount of computerized evidence to the defense in former Gov. Bob McDonnell's public corruption case.
In court papers filed late Monday, prosecutors disputed McDonnell's claim that they violated federal evidence-sharing rules. They said McDonnell's request for a court order directing the government to immediately correct the problems should be rejected because they provided two hard drives with the data in a usable format chosen by the defendants earlier Monday.
McDonnell and his wife, Maureen, are charged in a 14-count indictment with accepting more than $165,000 in loans and gifts from Jonnie Williams, the former CEO of a dietary supplements maker Star Scientific Inc., in exchange for helping promote the company's products. They have pleaded not guilty. A jury trial is scheduled to begin in late July.
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The Twelve Days of Christmas runs from Christmas Day to the evening of January 5th, or Twelfth Night. But TNM's 12 Apps of Christmas, which began on Tuesday, will look at significant media apps (or trends) released this year. We look at May today, continuing the series through New Year's Eve.
All month News International was in the news as its executives faced grilling in hearings named after the lead investigator, the Leveson Inquiry. During May Rebekah Brooks, the former head of News International, the U.K. division of Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. was charged with obstruction of justice.
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Atlantic Media said in May that it would launch a new online business brand, Quartz. Atlantic Media immediately began recruiting for the new digital property and so far the results seem to be good.
Early in the month the editor in chief of Technology Review, Jason Pontin, made news by posting his experiences with creating and launch an app for the title. Some tech writers, who already were skeptical of native tablet editions, jumped on the post as proof that native apps were a dead-end.
Mike Haney of Mag+ responded with a blog post of his own which appeared on TNM that begged to differ:
"I would argue," Haney wrote, "that many existing print publications will not find a way to make a profitable business by delivering the exact same package of content they do in print—however enhanced or redesigned—and certainly not until there's a real advertising ecosystem in place.
The next week TNM posted a response from Erik Schut, president of WoodWing Software, also refuting the editor's post. Schut admitted that creating engaging new tablet editions involved additional work, but he warned that "if publishers don't bring an engaging tablet experience they can be sure new players will step in and disrupt the market."
With all that, I think the thing I will remember May for, however, is that way newspaper websites began to use live blogging as a regular part of online news experience.
On May 10 I pointed out to two live blogs: The Guardian's live blog of the Leveson inquiry which featured the testimony of Andy Coulseon, the former editor of the News of the World and the former communications director for the Tories; and the live blog being authored by Damian Mac Con Uladh for The Athens News, which is chronicling the efforts of the political parties to form a government and avoid a second round of elections.
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My name is Ann-Cathrin, I am nineteen and I come from Germany. I have spent the last six months in Ecuador of which I have been volunteering with Projects Abroad on San Cristòbal for five months. There is nothing else to say than that it has truly been an amazing experience that I would never change in my life.
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Hello, once again. It has been an exceptionally busy month in the Galapagos, and in particular on San Cristobal Island, where the Projects Abroad main office is located. We celebrated the date of the creation of the province of the Galapagos Islands on the 18th February, 1973 and the annexation of the islands by the Ecuadorian government on the 12th February 1832, with a fireworks display and fiesta, when all the Projects Abroad volunteers marched around the town with our local staff.
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2,59MB Ecuador Nyheter - August 2013
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2,44MB Ecuador Nyheter - Juli 2013
If I had to sum up my experience as a volunteer with Projects Abroad Galapagos in one word, it would be "surprising." Having previously been a student on San Cristobal Island, I thought I knew at least a little about how the culture, people, and daily life in the Galapagos functioned. To find out so many new things and meet so many great people has been unexpected.
2,30MB Ecuador Nyheter - Juni 2013
I started working as a volunteer on San Cristobal Island in March 2013. After three months of working with children, I now see what kind of a difference you can make. Earning the trust of a 5 year old autistic boy or giving all your attention to a child who can't focus is hard but rewarding work.
2,29MB Ecuador Nyheter - Mai 2013
After living on the Island of San Cristobal for 4 months, I feel that I have settled in. If you think life could get boring on a tiny island like this really quickly, I can assure you of the contrary.
1,99MB Ecuador Nyheter - April 2013
I arrived on the 2nd of April in the Galápagos Islands. During my introduction day I have been told that it was the school holidays in the Galápagos Islands until May but that English courses are proposed in the premises of Projects Abroad as from 15 April. For two weeks we had to work on the teaching project without students.
2,17MB Ecuador Nyheter - Mars 2013
I arrived in San Cristóbal at the beginning of January. It is my first time ever volunteering - I always wanted to work with children and so I chose the care project offered by Projects Abroad.
816KB Ecuador Nyheter - Februar 2013
¡Hola! I'm Alberto, a retired chemist living in Italy. I went to Galapagos with Projects Abroad Ecuador from October to December of the last year 2012. With the aid of the staff of Projects Abroad and the collaboration of the Science Teachers of the A. Alvear school of San Cristobal, I have been able to complete a program of environmental education; visiting the most important ecological areas of the island
695KB Ecuador Nyheter - Januar 2013
It will be my third experience volunteering with Projects Abroad, but the first time volunteering in a school. So, I am immersed in a primary school with 32 students in my class.