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Title: Rock Band 4
Platforms: Xbox One, PlayStation 4 (reviewed on Xbox One)
Developer: Harmonix
Publisher: Madcatz/Harmonix
Release Date: Out Now
Price: $59.99/59.99 Euro
Tagline: Its like a nice plate of comfort food, but missing half the items on the plate.
Family Friendly: Click here to read more
Verdict: Wait for a Sale
If I didn't have a calendar in front of me on my desk as I wrote this review, I would have to ask myself if it was 2010 all over again. I mean, here we are with a new Rock Band game, a new Guitar Hero game and the debate rages once again over who has the better rhythm franchise. Sadly, I do not own a TARDIS and I am still in 2015, but the resurgence of the rhythm game has happened. One of those rhythm titles is Rock Band 4, a longtime fan favorite in the genre and coming from a developer that seems to know what its fans want from a rhythm game. Unfortunately, somewhere in the mix, a few things got left out and Rock Band 4 is not the game we were necessarily waiting for in 2015.
In simple terms, the gameplay that returns in Rock Band 4 is pretty much identical to the last time you saw it in Rock Band 3. You have charted note highways for bass, guitar, drums and vocals that you will play, pressing the proper colors and strumming accordingly. This base gameplay, beyond a slight visual tweak to the gems is exactly the same and is probably what most Rock Band fans would want. Note that I did say four note highways. If you were one that enjoyed the keyboard, Harmonix has left you behind as the keyboard, along with pro-guitar have been left behind in this new title. Sure the two instrument types were only there for the last Rock Band title, but it seems a bit rough to cut them loose for fans of those instruments.
One of the bigger changes in Rock Band 4 is the way that solos are treated for each of the tracks. Normally, you were greeted with a series of notes that you would be scored on based on the percentage of the notes you hit. Harmonix has introduced freestyle solos, which give the player a more dynamic way to live out the dream of shredding on a guitar. While the idea is an interesting twist, in practice, it does not quite play out all that well. The fixed solos had a precise sound similar to the guitar solos in the real music title, but the freestyle solos never quite sound like they fit and instead feel clumsy when actually trying to follow the areas needed for the freestyle solos. Players can choose which one they prefer from the options as the default freestyle type.
The set list included with the main game works well enough, peppered with hits from both current radio and classics going back to the 1960's. the problem here right now is that including tracks on a disc for classic bands can be troublesome when you have already sold their best hits via DLC. Look at a track like "A Passage to Bangkok†by Rush. Sure, it is a solid track, but far from things like the entirety of 2112, Limelight, Tom Sawyer, and more. But all of those tracks have been available via DLC and are available right now to import if you owned them in prior games. So picking a soundtrack can be challenging. But like I said, it is serviceable and it will be fleshed out nicely with your own DLC tracks.
As a nice touch to those that have been loyal to the Rock Band, Harmonix has done all they can to allow players to move forward both their DLC music tracks and their instruments. Once you start up Rock Band 4 and sign in, DLC tracks that you own can be downloaded through the built in store. A fix has released that marks DLC correctly now in the store, but it is still a one song at a time process that can be very time consuming if you have an extremely large library. A one touch import library function would have been nice, but it is not the end of the world and the downloads are pretty fast for each song. I have been playing Rock Band 4 on the Xbox One and using the wireless adapter, I have been able to use my Guitar Hero 5 and Warriors of Rock guitars. Pretty much most of the wireless instruments since Rock Band 2/Guitar Hero 4 World Tour seem to work with the adapter. Wired Instruments however are a no go on the platform outside of the microphones, so if you own one of those nice Ion Drumkits, you are kind of out of luck.
All of this is nice enough, as Harmonix is trying to keep the experience the same for those that have loved the Rock Band experience. The problem is that the series has made several strides backwards in Rock Band 4, feeling more like Rock Band 1 than Rock Band 3. Gone are things like challenges, online play, custom set lists, leaderboards in career mode and even the ability to use your custom characters as fill-ins for band members. You can get scores on the leaderboards in Quickplay mode, but you cannot build set lists, so it is playing one song at a time to set top scores, a somewhat laborious task.
Also missing from Rock Band 4 are a lot of the options to personalize the game. The character creator loses a lot of outfits, hairstyles and even body types for you to create a unique character. Even things like the tattoo creator or the Band logo creator are missing in action.
While it is a tremendous feat to see all that Harmonix has created with Rock Band 4, as they have held good on getting previous DLC purchases in the game along with the ability to use past game instruments. But even with all of that in play, Rock Band 4 feels like an incomplete game. One has to wonder if all the time needed to re-chart old songs and working on licensing issues to get songs in place hurt the game as a whole when it came to content. Rock Band 4 is a decent attempt to revive the rhythm genre on the new consoles, but it is too far a step back from Rock Band 3 to really be a solid entry in the series.
Hard Core Rockstar:
- All your purchased DLC is here, or coming soon
- Most of our plastic instruments work with adapter
- The core experience is the Rock Band engine that we have come to love and enjoy
Washed Up Rockstar:
- Freestyle solos never feel like they fit musically with the song being played
- Numerous features from previous Rock Band titles are inexplicably missing
- The import process for your purchased DLC is too complex and lacks a one touch import button
Family Focus
As with all prior Rock Band titles, Rock Band 4 is very family friendly for anyone from 7 to 70 to play without any real issues. Some of the songs you play may have some lyrics with innuendo, but beyond that, this is a true game that can be experience by the entire family.
This review was prepared using retail Xbox One code purchased by the reviewer.


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Weekend Getaways
Preserving The Finest Of Buddhist Caves In India
Serving as a tribute to the Buddhism faith, Karla is the site of some of the best-preserved Buddhist caves. Built between 3rd-2nd century B.C. By the Buddhist monks, these caves are situated in the Aurangabad District of Maharashtra, quite near to the Bhaja Caves. These caves exist amidst a range of hills near Lonavala (20 km). Karla serves as a fascinating weekend destination on the Pune-Mumbai highway, approximately 40 km from the heart of Pune.
The entire region offers an isolated ambiance on weekdays and the most refreshing feature of Karla is the absence of tourist hordes, as it is quite off the tourist beaten track. The prime attractions here are the 37 pillars (built as per elegant architectural styles), which serve as the decorative elements to these caves. The architecture and the carvings of the main 'Chaitya' (chapel) hall is extraordinary in its architecture.
These Buddhist caves at Karla are one of the finest examples of ancient rock-cut caves in India.
Rock-Cut Caves
There are four patterns of Buddhist structures found in India, namely: the stupa (hemispheric funerary mounds built over the remains of Lord Buddha, and other Buddhist saints and teachers); the chaitya (large hall for congregation and worship, having a central holy image or relic in one end); the viharas (monasteries, where Buddhist monks stayed); and the rock-cut caves.
These rock-cut caves are the most interesting part of Buddhist style of architecture. Being one of the most primitive forms of Buddhist architecture, these are found in many places in India. The Sahyadri Hills and the nearby region is famous for thousands of such caves. Initially these were meant for all Buddhist communities. One can find a number of carved out replicas of stupas, chaitya halls, images and shrines inside these cave shrines.
How To Reach
By Air
Karla cave shrines are located between Mumbai (120 km) and Pune (55 km). These two major cities are well connected from almost all the important parts of the ountry.
By Rail
The local Malavli rail station (5 km south of Karla town), in Bhaja village, serves as a small halt. Besides, Mumbai and Pune are important railheads near Karla.
By Road
Karla caves can be reached after a steep climb of around 20 minutes. Buses to Karla are regularly operated from Mumbai, Pune and Lonavala.

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The Chicago Blackhawks (12-7-3) square off against the Anaheim Ducks (6-11-4) today in an afternoon match where both teams are looking to stop losing streaks.
Having lost their last three games, the Blackhawks hold a tenuous grip on the top of the Central Division Standings:
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The Blackhawks have been a sieve defensively over their last three games, allowing a combined 15 goals -- despite losing 0-1 to the San Jose Sharks on Wednesday.
Sam Fels of Second City Hockey, SB Nation's Blackhawks' team blog, exhorts fans to worry about the Hawks, not the Ducks:
No time for pity, only time for ruthlessness. The Ducks' descent into the abyss is their problem, the Hawks have their own. They should start to look a little better today unless the Hawks go well out of their way.
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access - check user's permissions for a file
#include <unistd.h>
int access(const char *pathname, int mode);
access checks whether the process would be allowed to read, write or
test for existence of the file (or other file system object) whose name
is pathname. If pathname is a symbolic link permissions of the file
referred to by this symbolic link are tested.
mode is a mask consisting of one or more of R_OK, W_OK, X_OK and F_OK.
R_OK, W_OK and X_OK request checking whether the file exists and has
read, write and execute permissions, respectively. F_OK just requests
checking for the existence of the file.
The tests depend on the permissions of the directories occurring in the
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directories and files referred to by symbolic links encountered on the
The check is done with the process's real uid and gid, rather than with
the effective ids as is done when actually attempting an operation.
This is to allow set-UID programs to easily determine the invoking
user's authority.
Only access bits are checked, not the file type or contents. Therefore,
if a directory is found to be "writable," it probably means that
files can be created in the directory, and not that the directory can
be written as a file. Similarly, a DOS file may be found to be "executable,"
but the execve(2) call will still fail.
On success (all requested permissions granted), zero is returned. On
error (at least one bit in mode asked for a permission that is denied,
or some other error occurred), -1 is returned, and errno is set appropriately.
EACCES The requested access would be denied to the file or search permission
is denied to one of the directories in pathname.
EROFS Write permission was requested for a file on a read-only
EFAULT pathname points outside your accessible address space.
EINVAL mode was incorrectly specified.
ENAMETOOLONG [Toc] [Back]
pathname is too long.
ENOENT A directory component in pathname would have been accessible but
does not exist or was a dangling symbolic link.
ENOTDIR [Toc] [Back]
A component used as a directory in pathname is not, in fact, a
ENOMEM Insufficient kernel memory was available.
ELOOP Too many symbolic links were encountered in resolving pathname.
EIO An I/O error occurred.
access returns an error if any of the access types in the requested
call fails, even if other types might be successful.
access may not work correctly on NFS file systems with UID mapping
enabled, because UID mapping is done on the server and hidden from the
client, which checks permissions.
Using access to check if a user is authorized to e.g. open a file
before actually doing so using open(2) creates a security hole, because
the user might exploit the short time interval between checking and
opening the file to manipulate it.
stat(2), open(2), chmod(2), chown(2), setuid(2), setgid(2)
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Whether you spend hours every day sitting down, or you're very active - in order to move pain-free, your hips need to function as they were designed to function, in all of their ranges of motion.
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Modern life has made it easy for us not to have to move in in the way our bodies were biologically designed to.
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The Ministry of Health has welcomed Sport New Zealand's new $68 million Tū Manawa fund for community led play, active recreation and sport. The new fund will enable initiatives that will support and grow the mental wellbeing for individuals, families and whānau and communities to adapt and thrive after their lives have been disrupted by COVID-19.
Tū Manawa, which opens today, will fund new or existing projects or programmes for tamariki and rangatahi. In its first year the fund is focused on high deprivation communities, where physical activity levels have been impacted by COVID-19.
Physical activity is important for both physical and mental health, and in organised forms plays an important role in bring communities together.
Mental Health and Addiction Acting Deputy-Director General, Toni Gutschlag said "For most people, mental health support starts with family, whānau and friends. The networks and groups we belong to (such as marae, sport and recreation clubs, arts groups, playcentres, churches and peer support groups) play a vital role in helping us find a positive path through challenging times.
"Investing in play, active recreation and sport for tamarki and rangatahi will help strengthen and protect communities, and it's great to see Sport New Zealand channelling funds directly into communities."
Funds like Tū Manawa strengthen and enable community-led responses and solutions and put decisions into the hands of communities – who are best placed to know what is going to work to meet their needs. Grassroots approaches to identifying and responding to needs is vital to ensure resources will hit the spot in terms of meeting wellbeing needs.
Director of the Suicide Prevention Office, Carla na Nagara said, "The social aspect of being part of a team or group is fantastic for wellbeing. Sport provides a path for fast-tracking friendships – providing an important social networks and opportunities to connect and have fun together.
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In and Around Orlando: April 2013 Family Activities
We've put together a list of fun family activities to do in and around Orlando this April. If you're heading to one of our lovely vacation homes during the month of April make sure to get the family together and explore a few of these festivals and events only a short drive away. April 1-8 …Read More


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You're reading Significant Digits, a daily digest of the telling numbers tucked inside the news.
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Google — which mints money to the tune of $60 billion per year — is doing a major restructuring, and the mother company is getting a new name in the process. Alphabet Inc. will be the general conglomerate, under which Google will comprise many of the ways the company makes money (YouTube, Android, etc.). Alphabet will also oversee Google's venture capital, investment and moonshot projects, like the life extension and science fiction arms of the company. Shares were up 5.9 percent in after-hours trading on the news. [Bloomberg]
33 days
U.S. Astronaut Scott Kelly has successfully grown food in space. The first batch of lettuce took 33 days to grow in May of 2014, and the food was sent back to Kennedy Space Center for testing to make sure it didn't lead to some sort of Fantastic Four-ish cosmic superpower situation. The latest batch was scheduled to be consumed Monday. No word on whether taste testing applications are still being accepted. [Christian Science Monitor]
Roughly 40 percent
Right now about 10,000 firefighters are trying to put out or contain the fires coursing through California's forests. About 40 percent of them are inmates. [Capital Public Radio]
41 percent
The number of worldwide users of ad-block browser software rose 41 percent year over year to 198 million. Adobe and PageFair estimated the cost of ad blocking to publishers was $21.8 billion. Is now a good time to disclose that one of those ad-block users is me, even though ad blockers are a plausible existential threat to the industry in which I work? [Yahoo Finance]
57 protestors
Dozens — including faith leaders and activists — were arrested yesterday at a "Moral Monday" event in Ferguson commemorating the death of Michael Brown. Later in the day, protesters blocked off all lanes of Interstate 70, and more were arrested overnight. [Buzzfeed]
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Estimated number of U.S. workers who were paid less than the federal minimum wage illegally in 2014. Two-thirds were women, and this doesn't even count people who are paid less than their state or local minimum wages. [CBS News]
13.8 million
Number of people in the U.S. living in high-poverty circumstances, up from 7.2 million in 2000. [The Century Foundation]
$586 million
That's how much money the U.S. Postal Service reported as a loss this past spring. That's actually really good! In the spring of 2014 the USPS lost almost $2 billion. [Associated Press]
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Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton proposed a $350 billion student debt relief program while campaigning in New Hampshire and indicated she intended to make it a centerpiece of her campaign. [Bloomberg]
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Rugby League often battles Rugby Union in Australia for audience and fans, TV ratings, sponsorship and newspaper column inches in one of the most competitive sporting markets in the world.
In Episode 7 of the Players Podcast, we speak to Ian Prendergast, CEO of the Rugby League Players Association.
League in Australia is often on the front pages as much as the back pages and so we chatted to Ian – a former AFL player – about the challenges faced by his Players Association, the growth of the International game in League, what Union can learn from League…and vice versa.
We started by asking Ian about his background, how he became one of the leading voices in League and built up their Players Association.
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Civilizations in Dispute: Historical Questions and Theoretical Traditions
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The growing interest in civilizations, both on the level of political controversy ("the clash of civilizations") and in the context of scholarly debates, calls for more theoretical reflection on the problems and perspectives central to this field of social inquiry. This book contains the first systematical and critical survey of classical and contemporary approaches to comparative civilizational analysis; it goes on to outline a theoretical model that draws on the work of historical sociologists as well as on comparative cultural and intellectual history. Civilizations are analyzed as multi-dimensional formations, with particular emphasis on cultural orientations, but also on the autonomous dynamics of political and economic institutions. The last chapter applies this line of argument to questions raised by critics of Eurocentrism and discusses the strengths and weaknesses of postcolonial theory.


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Singapore PC market 'dynamic' - even if it is declining
Singapore's PC market has remains dynamic according to industry analysts IDC – despite the market recording a 'mild' decline of 2.1% year on year in the first quarter of 2017.
Feras Ibrahim, IDC AP Client Devices senior analyst, says a shortage of PC components lead to a hike in average selling price of overall PC products, leading to negative impact early on.
However, Ibrahim says while the overall PC market is shrinking, 'multiple events' in the first quarter provided resistance against further decline.
Among those events are an increase in gaiming PC demand, trade show and commercial fulfilments, all of which helped stabilise the market throughout Q1.
"The increase in the momentum of the market was driven by commercial fulfillment within the government sector as well as the public sector, which outperformed the rest of the market, with shipment deliveries to the IDA/GovTech agency," IDC says.
Multiple companies participated in the project, which included Chromebooks.
IDC says while the desktop PC categories saw a 23.7% decline for the quarter, the notebook PC market recorded a 'healthy' 5.1% increase.
"After the first quarter, we predict that Q2 will continue to experience versatile market dynamics," Ibrahim says.
"IDC expects the market to remain stagnant with 4.8% year on year growth decline. Similar to Q1, we foresee the PC market to be stimulated by IT trade shows, newly established retail channel outlets, as well as ongoing planned deliveries to the government and banking sectors," Ibrahim adds.
Singapore is also seeing competition in the gaming market, with the entrance of new local player Dreamcore with its customisable gaming desktop. The launch of AMD's Ryzen CPU is also expected to spark competition and be a direct threat to Intel's CPUs.


text: You may remember POLE CAT from CWC episode #180. Katie from UTAH writes: "...Hey Chris, It's Katie from Utah! I just wanted to fill everyone in on the story about the cat! Everything turned out fine. As a tip from my grandma, we called Rocky Mountain Power and they were over to fetch the poor thing down within the hour. I was grocery shopping so I missed it. Bummer. But he's alive and well, and even rubbed up against my legs today when I went across the street to make sure my Christmas lights looked even. Yay for people who care! Lynette's a moron. You still rock, and always will! Katie, 19, Utah P.S. That sounds kind of fake, but I promise this real life happening had a happy ending! (I'll even find it tomorrow and take pictures to prove it.) Thanks Chris!" (DO WE BELIEVE HER?)


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Riversdale, Soetmelksfontein
Pretorius, Andre, 1935-2006
Date Created1981
Format Extent4 Photographs, b & w
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4 Photographs depicting Soetmelksfontein farm at Riversdale.
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Warm sunny days, breezy summer nights… this is the time of year a bohemian hair style like this was meant for… an easy, pretty, disheveled, boho braided hairstyle that evokes a sense of dreamy languor while serenely relaxing or strolling around.
How To Create Bohemian Braids {Hairstyle Tutorial}
1. Comb out and part hair down the center.
2. French braid each side all the way to end (this cute hairstyle also works with regular braiding, and just starts the textured braided area further down).
3. Take end of one braid and bring it up over the other side, tucking in ends above opposite pleat and pinning in place. Repeat on the other side with the second braid, and fasten ends in place for a neater look, or leave loose for a more casual, disheveled beauty effect. Pull some pieces out around face if you like your hair a little more tousled or to have tendrils framing your face.
This cute bohemian hair style tutorial works beautifully with both curly or straight hair, and even shorter hair if you are able to create a long enough braid to reach close to the other side. You can decorate your bohemian hair style with pretty flowers or hair ornaments, or leave as is for a simple, dreamy hairstyle perfect for the warm summer weather.


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Last week, the United States imposed fresh tariffs on Chinese imports amounting to more than $60 billion. In response, the Chinese government, imposed tariffs on American imports worth about $3 billion. During the weekend, it was reported that the commerce ministry of the two countries were holding talks to resolve the issues. Of key importance is the reduction of the American deficit with China and the protection of American technology in China. Today, while the markets have traded higher, the dollar has been under pressure, with the dollar index shedding almost 0.50%. On the other hand, stocks jumped with the Dow soaring by almost 500 points.
Gold prices continued the upward movement started a week ago to trade at $1351. This is a significant gain from last week when the XAU/USD pair traded at the $1300 level. The gain came as the dollar weakened following trade tensions started yesterday. Meanwhile, the Wall Street Journal wrote a piece comparing gold's price movements with that of its poor cousin, silver. According to the article, gold is currently trading at an 82% premium over silver which is a slight indicator of the levels of global risks. Remember, while gold is primarily used as a store of value, silver has more industrial uses.
After reaching a multiweek low of 1.2238 last week, the EUR/USD pair advanced as it tried to approach the important level of 1.2444. The surge on the pair came as traders seemed to adjust to the new political and trade issues coming from Washington. Apart from trade issues, the talk is that the president could be sued about a settlement to a porn star years ago which could increase pressure on an embattled president.
Dow Jones Industrial Average (US30)
After experiencing a major loss last week, the US30 opened higher today following reports that the US was having talks with China. Previously, the US ended the tariffs on steel and aluminum on South Korea, the third largest exporter. The country agreed to open up its auto market to US-based companies. The index is currently trading at $24,000 and it could go higher as traders understand the Trump formula to deal making.
Gold continued its ascent boosted by a weaker dollar. Today, gold climbed by more than 0.20% while the dollar index declined by more than 0.40%. Apart from the fears of a trade war, the dollar's decline could also be attributed to the successful launch of Yuan-backed oil futures at the Shanghai Stocks Exchange. Nonetheless, a slight decline to the price of gold could come as traders take profit. As shown below, the RSI is currently above the overbought level.


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The Importance of Keeping Your Promise
Updated: Aug 31, 2019
Blücher keeping his promise to Wellington at Waterloo
In today's culture of broken promise and trust, we need to reach back to the past and cultivate amongst us that our word is our honor. The business world today needs to build on trust and the popular concept of authentic leadership is in its essence, keeping ones promise.
On the fateful Sunday of June 18, 1815, Blücher keeping his promise to Wellington won them Waterloo.
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How much alcohol do you drink?
People have been sharing their drinking habits after presenter Adrian Chiles revealed he sometimes drank more than 100 units a week - more than seven times the recommended limit.
He said drinking never affects his life and he considers himself a social drinker, not an alcoholic.
Other heavy drinkers have been speaking about their alcohol consumption.
'Do I want to stop? No'
Paul Tomlinson, 48, from Thornton-Cleveleys in Lancashire says it is "easy to rack up drinking when you're sat at home".
"I regularly drink 80 to 100 units a week, most of it between Friday and Sunday.
"On each night I will usually have two or three beers - sometimes alcohol free now actually - followed by a bottle of wine and then two or three large gin and tonics.
"This is roughly 16 to 18 units a night for three consecutive nights. I will then do at least two or three more bottles of wine in the week with a couple of gin and tonics again.
"Do I consider myself an alcoholic? No! Do I want to stop drinking at the level I do? Not really.
"I have a disabled son who is 24 so don't go out often and as a result drink more at home.
"I don't go to bed feeling outrageously drunk and I don't black out on the sofa."
'£500 a month on wine'
One man, who chose to remain anonymous, says his father was an "old fashioned" alcoholic who started drinking in the morning - but that he is not an alcoholic.
"I find myself in the habit of putting away one and a half to two bottles of white wine every night, unless I'm really thirsty in which case it might be two and a half bottles.
"I start at 6 or 7pm, couple of glasses whilst preparing family supper, continue through PS4 "wind down" time, another couple of glasses.
"Then usually finish off the second bottle whilst listening to music. Tada! £500 a month on wine.
"I'm in a strange position, as I can (and do) stop when I want to - sometimes for a month or two just to prove to myself I'm not an alcoholic like my dad.
"I'll go out with my mates and not touch a drop, again - just to prove a point to myself. And yet I still drink far, far too much.
"I'm rarely drunk nowadays, although obviously I still don't drive. I just wish someone would make a drink that tastes as nice as wine, without the alcohol.
"I'm currently losing weight and so have "limited" myself to a half to one bottle of wine a night.
"I find that the problem is the habit more than alcohol. I smoked 20 plus a day for 20 years then quit five years ago, with no patches etc.
"Never felt like a relapse, never been tempted to have 'just one'. I think alcohol is in the same category.
"Although, as I can testify with my father, the drug is insidious and rather than just kill your body, if you let it, it will kill your personality first."
'I'm all or nothing'
Adrian Chiles' account of his alcohol consumption "mirrors almost exactly" how Mark Baker, 58, from North Somerset, says he drinks.
"Like him I drink about 80 to 100 units a week and have done so for many years.
"I have a slight fatty liver (as does he) but otherwise perfectly OK. I have never suffered from depression or anxiety.
"I drink mostly out of habit. I never get drunk, drink and drive, I never drink in the mornings or at lunchtime, I just like a drink in the evening to wind down and relax.
"I am an export manager so drinking is part of the territory.
"Last year in October I stopped drinking for a month. I was worried that I was dependent on it.
"I found it easy to do especially as there are so many products on the market with low or no alcohol. I could still have a beer, glass of wine or even a gin and tonic. Yes, there is low alcohol spirit.
"Like Adrian, I will probably give up drinking rather than rationing it as when I have tried that in the past it never seems to work. I am definitely an all or nothing person."
'I will try and cut down'
Annemarie McAleese, 48, from Belfast, owns her own restaurant and says she starts drinking wine when she gets home as she "potters about".
"On average I would drink two bottles of white wine each night, and have done for the last seven years.
"I have my own business, and work in it five or six days per week.
"After reading this article, I think now is the time to rethink my drinking habits.
"It's a very bad habit. I think I will try to cut down. I think I use owning my business as an excuse because it can be quite stressful.
"I won't watch the programme with my husband because I don't need somebody yapping in my ear 'you need to stop', I need to do this for myself."
'High functioning alcoholic'
John, from Essex, says he considered himself a "moderate social drinker" until he developed liver disease.
"Then I gave up drinking altogether but the liver disease worsened leading to many hospital visits and the need for a liver transplant.
"I had never missed work or put drink ahead of all else but when I detailed out my daily drinking to numerous doctors over a nine-month period I was embarrassed to realise that I was effectively a high-functioning alcoholic.
"I am pleased to say that thanks to my organ donor I have led a healthy, happy life for the last eight years and become a grandfather three times.
"Something I would have missed if I had carried on as before.
"If Adrian's show makes anyone seriously look at the amount they drink and reduce it then he is doing a great job.
"On the subject of giving up alcohol I feel sometimes too much is made of how difficult this is, rather than concentrating on the benefits of being sober.
"Better health, better sleep, no hangovers, higher alertness and an ability to enjoy things with a clear head."
Alcohol and health
The number of adults who say they drink alcohol is at its lowest level since surveys began in 2005, according to the Office for National Statistics (ONS).
The NHS recommends not drinking more than 14 units of alcohol a week. If you do drink that much, it is best to spread it over three or more days.
One unit of alcohol is 10ml of pure alcohol, which is equivalent to half a pint of normal-strength lager or a single measure (25ml) of spirits.
A small glass of wine contains about 1.5 units, a standard glass is 2.1 and a bottle of wine contains 10 units.
Meanwhile, a can of lager, beer or cider is two units. A pint is two or three units, depending on whether it is lower or higher strength.
According to the NHS, someone may need help if:
- They often feel like they need a drink
- Drinking causes them to get into trouble
- Other people warn them about their alcohol consumption
- They think drinking is causing them problems
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After being criticised as arrogant for not responding to his prize, artist says he will attend award ceremony if possible
Bob Dylan was left speechless by the news that he was to be awarded the Nobel prize for literature, he has said, breaking more than two weeks of silence since the announcement.
The artist was criticised as arrogant by a prominent member of the academy that awards the prize last week, having failed to respond to repeated calls. Even a brief acknowledgement of the award was removed from his website soon after it appeared.
But, in a call with Sara Danius, the permanent secretary of the Swedish Academy, Dylan said: I appreciate the honour so much, adding: The news about the Nobel prize left me speechless.
And, in a separate interview with the Daily Telegraph his first since the award he said he would absolutely attend an award ceremony if its at all possible. Dylan told the paper: Its hard to believe amazing, incredible. Whoever dreams about something like that?
The Nobel Foundation, which released details of Dylans conversation with Danius on Friday, said it had not yet been decided if the artist would attend any events during the Nobel week in Stockholm in December.
The Nobel Foundation will share information as soon as it is available.
Dylans spokesman did not respond to requests for clarification.
Making the award announcement, Danius compared Dylans work to that of ancient Greek writers Homer and Sappho. Asked about the comparison, Dylan said: I suppose so, in some way. Some [of my own] songs Blind Willie, The Ballad of Hollis Brown, Joey, A Hard Rain, Hurricane and some others definitely are Homeric in value.
He declined to remark on the meanings of those songs, however. Ill let other people decide what they are, he said. The academics, they ought to know. Im not really qualified. I dont have any opinion.
Theres a certain intensity in writing a song, he added. You have to keep in mind why you are writing it and for who and what for.
The singer also tied songwriting to his interests in painting and sculpting, though he recognized that not all of his ambitions would achieve the same success as his music.
Id like to drive a race car on the Indianapolis track. Id like to kick a field goal in an NFL football game. Id like to be able to hit a hundred-mile-an-hour baseball. But you have to know your place. he said. There might be some things that are beyond your talents.
Everything worth doing takes time. You have to write a hundred bad songs before you write one good one. And you have to sacrifice a lot of things that you might not be prepared for. Like it or not, you are in this alone and have to follow your own star.
The academy announced that Dylan would be awarded the prize on 13 October, saying he had created new poetic expressions within the great American song tradition.
But that was followed by silence, leading to criticism of Dylan and speculation over whether or not he would even accept the honour. On the night that the announcement was made, Dylan played a gig in Las Vegas but did not refer to the news.
A week later, the words winner of the Nobel prize in literature appeared on his website, along with a promotion of a new book of his lyrics. But that had been taken down by the next day.
Soon afterwards, in comments broadcast on a Swedish television station, the writer and academy member Per Wastberg said Dylans failure to respond to overtures was impolite and arrogant and put the academy in an unprecedented situation.
Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/oct/29/im-speechless-says-nobel-winner-bob-dylan-as-he-breaks-his-two-week-silence


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Mogadishu residents are mourning the loss of their mayor, who died Thursday of injuries suffered in a suicide bombing July 24 that killed at least six other people.
Abdirahman Omar Osman, 53, simply known as "Injineer Yariisow," which translates from Somali as "the small engineer," was the highest-level Somali government official killed in the city's frequent deadly terrorist attacks in recent years.
With tears running down his face, Aden Osman stood motionless in front of Mogadishu's city headquarters, the place where the late mayor was targeted as he was meeting with senior officials of his administration on security.
"Indeed, the terrorists that killed our mayor made us feel a deep pain and sadness inside, but we cannot let them tear us down and make us demoralize," said Aden Osman, 21.
"The people of this city have lost a great man and a leader. We have been mourning for three days," and flags will remain at half staff, Ibrahim Omar Mahadalle, deputy regional administrator of Mogadishu, told VOA Somali. "May Allah rest his soul in peace. He led this city by example."
Abdirahman Omar Osman fled from Somalia's civil war in 1990s. He lived in Britain for 17 years, where he became a naturalized British citizen.
Somalis in London who also mourned his death remembered him as a statesman.
Mahadalle, who first met Osman in London 15 years ago, described him as "a patriot, optimistic and brave man."
"Despite living in London, he was always busy with Somalia affairs and how his home country would return to its own legs," said Mahadalle
"Today the people of Mogadishu lose their mayor, but I lost my father. May Allah grant him the highest rank of paradise," Mohamed Omar, the late mayor's son and a student at London's Queen Mary University, tweeted as tribute to his father.
Hard worker
Politicians he worked with, close friends and colleagues described Osman as a hard worker.
Among the dozens of government jobs he held was adviser to former Prime Minister Abdiwali Ali Gas, who also was the Puntland regional leader.
"When I was the prime minister between 2011 and 2012, Osman was my adviser. I remember him as a humble man with more work and less talk," Gas said.
Husein Jabiri, a friend of the late mayor, said, "The loss of Osman hurts me. He was a close friend of mine. We worked together at the ministry of information. He was a sincere and hardworking leader. I pray to Allah to grant him eternal peace."
More grief, loss
The death of the influential mayor was not the only major source of grief for residents of Mogadishu, which has over 2.5 million residents and accounts for about one-quarter of the country's total population.
"For a city that has been struggling in defiance of lawlessness, deadly terror attacks and anarchy for nearly three decades, I think the death of its mayor meant to us only an addition of a salt to an already bleeding wound," said Yusuf Abdullahi, 26, a recent university graduate and Mogadishu resident.
Hotel and restaurant attacks and assassinations of government officials have been common occurrences in the city, but among the major terror attacks that always remain fresh in people's minds is the deadly hotel bombing in Mogadishu in December 2009 that killed at least 20 people, including three Somali Cabinet ministers.
In June 2011, Abdishakur Sheikh Hassan, the Somali interior minister, died in a hospital after a suicide attack at his home, apparently carried out by a niece.
In October 2011, the Islamic militant group al-Shabab used a truck bomb to kill more than 70 people, mainly young students waiting for exam results at the Education Ministry.
In October 2017, another militant truck bomb killed 587 people in the country's deadliest terrorist attack.
"People in this city have had enough of grief and losses of their loved ones, and the mayor's killing is another sadness," said Mogadishu University's Dr. Mohamed Isse Liban.
"Mogadishu saw a number of its great men and women being killed one after another in terror attacks. It seems as if people here wait for their death in an open graveyard," said Ahmed Abdi Hadi, a Mogadishu resident.
Funeral delayed
Mogadishu on Saturday began preparing to say its final goodbye to the mayor. About 100 prominent residents and officials gathered at the airport to await the return of Osman's body from Doha, Qatar, where he had received treatment for his injuries. But government officials eventually told the crowd that the plane would not come until Sunday and that the mayor's funeral had been delayed.
Investigation under way
Somali officials said the fatal attack was under investigation. The terrorist group al-Shabab claimed responsibility for the attack, saying it was targeting U.N. Special Envoy to Somalia James Swan, an American citizen, who had met with the mayor last month.
Francisco Madeira, special representative of the chairperson of the African Union Commission for Somalia, and Swan both called for the arrest of Osman's killers.
"As we come to terms with the passing of the mayor, terrorists should be aware that their cowardly attack will not break the people's resolve to forge ahead," Madeira said in a statement Thursday.
"He was a true friend and companion of AMISOM and supported, without reservation, our mandate to help usher in a stable, peaceful and prosperous Somalia," said the AU envoy.
Swan, the U.N. envoy, said, "His work must be continued, and those responsible must be brought to justice."


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Joseph Kornmeyer (2x great grandfather on my husbands paternal line) was born Dec. 7, 1840 in Baden Germany and christened in Boehringen, on Aug 27, 1840. His parents were Martin and Maria Ursula (Uhl) Kornmeyer. Joseph was part of generations of Kornmeyers that are listed in the Catholic Church there in Boehringen.
This map shows the town circled in red.
The surrounding country side today is still farmlands. It is about 1 mile to the lake below and less then 6.5 miles to Lake Konstanz. Children born to Martin and Maria where: (1) Therese (1835), (2)Martin (1836), (3)Peter (1838), (4) Joseph, (5) Gabriel (1842), (6) Philipp (1844) and (7) Mathilda (1846).
Joseph was 8 in 1848 when the parish records state that the family left for America. His mother had either just died or died on the trip to Rotterdam, where they boarded the Ship Jane E. Williams, for an average 3 month voyage to New York, arriving on October 7, 1850. Wow two years to go from Baden Germany to New York. What hardships did they have on their travels? Were the docks swarming with travelers for the gold fields in California? Was there a lot of illness around them? I would think that was quite the adventure for a 10 year old boy. I wonder if he was sorry they were leaving everything familiar for the hope of a better life in America? From my own experience of moving when I was ten, I was quite angry for several years, and we only moved about 200 miles.
In the 1860 Census for Boonville, New York we find Joseph (19) listed as a farmer the same as his father and the other members of the family. His father has married Rosa Jackle and Joseph has a new sister listed as Amelia (11) born in New York and a new brother John (5) born in New York. The age for Amelia is probably off as is Phillip's age which is also listed as 11 and he should be 16 while I would hazard a guess that Amelia is barely 10.
In the 1870 census Joseph would be 30. But I have been unable to locate him He married Josephine Isabella Good in 1868.
They had three children only one lived to raise a family of their own. Fredrick Joseph Kornmeyer was born July 7, 1869 in Hawkinsville, New York, Mary Louisa was born December 26 1871 and died a little over 4 mos. later on May 2, 1872.
Their third child George Lewis Kornmeyer was born 19 June 1873.
Four months later Joseph Kornmeyer died at 33 years of age on 13 October 1873.
His son George dies the following year on 28 June, 1874,
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A jury has found polygamist religious leader Warren Jeffs guilty of child rape.
The leader of a polygamist sect of Mormonism known as the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of the Latter Day Saints (FLDS), was found guilty of forcing two teenage girls into "spiritual marriage," and fathering a child with one of them when she was 15.
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Ah, January! After the flurry of Christmas – wrapping presents, baking cookies, hosting family – the bright skies and peaceful, quiet days of January always arrive as relief. I pack away the decorations with glee and crack open a fresh pocket calendar, ready to restart my life.
Many of us take the New Year as a time to bring ourselves back to center. This is the point of all those resolutions: join a gym, lose twenty pounds, read a classic every month. But this year, I recognized my list of resolutions as all-too-familiar companions. I've adopted the same must-do's every year; yet each January, there they are, still in need of attention.
It reminds me of when my younger son was small and seemed deaf to my requests. No matter how many times I told him to stop running around and get in the car, he did so only when I threatened to quarantine his stuffed animals. A therapist finally pointed out that I yelled instructions to my son so often he had stopped listening; it was all just background noise. "Don't speak to him until you are ready to make sure he hears you," she suggested. What wisdom! It worked like a charm.
Which raises the question: am I ready to listen to myself? And how about listening to the "small quiet voice within," as the Quakers say? Perhaps I'm embracing the wrong resolutions. After all, I'll probably be fighting those same extra pounds the rest of my life. Maybe this year I could resolve to do something more radical, like adopting a resolution aimed outward, something to benefit the larger world instead of myself.
As I thumbed through my friends' holiday cards, I was struck by how many contained messages pleading for peace. As terrorism and violence rock our world and the climate swings more precariously, many of us long for more safety and calm.
My resolution, then, will be to work for peace, wherever and however I can. I'll start with those around me and work outward, following the guidance of the Quaker Peace Testimony: "The work of peace is the work of sustaining relationships of mutual human regard, of seeing and speaking to that of God in everyone, of seeking peace within ourselves, the family, the community and the world. The Kingdom of God is both present in each of us and a goal yet to be fulfilled. The task may never be done, but sustained by God's love we are called to pursue it."
Wendy Swallow, Clerk of Reno Friends Meeting
email: wswallow54 (at) gmail.com
The opinions expressed above are not necessarily those of Reno Friends Meeting.


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The Equine Disease Communication Center (EDCC) offers alerts about equine diseases that have been confirmed by reliable sources. The following information is from the EDCC. The following reports are in chronological order from most recent to oldest from previous reports.
EHM at Fair Grounds Racetrack
A diagnosis of equine herpesrvirus myeloencephalopathy (EHM) in one horse at the Fair Grounds racetrack in New Orleans, Louisiana has been confirmed by the attending veterinarian. The horse had a fever last week, became neurologic on December 25, 2016, and was euthanized. Laboratory test results on December 26 from the LSU diagnostic laboratory were positive for EHV-1, which can cause neurologic disease. The barn where the horse was stabled has been quarantined. Equine herpesvirus myeloencephalopathy is a reportable disease in Louisiana and is monitored by the state veterinarian's office. More details and official information from the state veterinarian's office will be provided as they become available. For more information on EHM go to http://equinediseasecc.org/diseases.aspx.
About EDCC
The Equine Disease Communication Center works to protect horses and the horse industry from the threat of infectious diseases in North America. The communication system is designed to seek and report real time information about disease outbreaks similar to how the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) alerts the human population about diseases in people.
The goal of the EDCC is to alert the horse industry about disease outbreak information to help mitigate and prevent the spread of disease. Ultimately frequent and accurate information about diseases outbreaks improves horse welfare and helps to prevent negative economic impact that can result from decreased horse use due to a fear of spreading infection. As part of the National Equine Health Plan the EDCC will serve as part of the communication to help educate and promote research about endemic and foreign disease.
Working in cooperation with state animal health officials and the United State Department of Agriculture, the EDCC seeks information about current disease outbreaks from news media, social media, official state reports and veterinary practitioners. Once information is confirmed, it is immediately posted on this website and messages sent to all states and horse organizations by email. Daily updates are posted until each outbreak is contained or deemed no longer a threat.
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|Shifting type
|80-100 km
|120-500 km
|600-1000 km
|1100-2500 km
|Few items
|Rs 4,000-7,000
|Rs 6,000-10,000
|Rs 10,000-12,000
|Rs 12,000-15,000
|1 BHK House
|Rs 8,000-10,000
|Rs 10,000-14,000
|Rs 15,000-18,000
|Rs 16,000-20,000
|2 BHK House
|Rs 10,000-13,000
|Rs 14,000-20,000
|Rs 21,000-25,000
|Rs 26,000-30,000
|3 BHK House
|Rs 15,000-18,000
|Rs 20,000-24,000
|Rs 25,000-28,000
|Rs 30,000-35,000
|4 BHK House
|Rs 21,000-25,000
|Rs 28,000-32,000
|Rs 35,000-40,000
|Rs 41,000-45,000
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Rate Chart for Car Transportaion in Jhamshedpur
|Car types
|Upto 500 km
|600-1000 km
|1100-1800 km
|2000-3000 km
|Hatchback Car
|Rs 2,500-5,000
|Rs 3,000-6,000
|Rs 5,000-8,000
|Rs 6,000-10,000
|Sedan Car
|Rs 6,000-10,000
|Rs 12,000-18,000
|Rs 16,000-25,000
|Rs 20,000-25,000
|SUV Car
|Rs 12,000-15,000
|Rs 16,000-20,000
|Rs 20,000-25,000
|Rs 26,000-29,000
|Luxury Car
|Rs 15,000-20,000
|Rs 21,000-25,000
|Rs 26,000-30,000
|Rs 31,000-35,000
|Sports Car
|Rs 18,000-25,000
|Rs 26,000-32,000
|Rs 36,000-40,000
|Rs 41,000-45,000
Rate Chart for Bike Transportaion in Jhamshedpur
|Bike types/Power
|300-500 km
|500-800 km
|800-1300 km
|1300-2000 km
|100cc - 150cc Bike
|Rs 2,500-3,000
|Rs 3,000-5,000
|Rs 4,000-7,500
|Rs 6,000-9,000
|150cc - 200cc Bike
|Rs 3,000-5,500
|Rs 4,500-6,000
|Rs 5,000-8,000
|Rs 7,000-10,000
|200cc - 250cc Bike
|Rs 3,100-6,000
|Rs 5,000-8,000
|Rs 6,500-8,500
|Rs 8,000-12,000
|250cc - 350cc Bike
|Rs 3,500-6,500
|Rs 5,500-9,000
|Rs 7,000-10,000
|Rs 10,000-15,000
|350cc - 500cc Bike
|Rs 4,000-7,000
|Rs 6,000-10,000
|Rs 7,500-10,500
|Rs 10,500-15,500
|Sports Bike
|Rs 4,500-7,500
|Rs 6,500-12,000
|Rs 8,000-12,500
|Rs 11,000-18,000
|Cruiser Sports Bike
|Rs 5,000-8,000
|Rs 7,000-12,500
|Rs 8,500-13,000
|Rs 12,000-18,000
|Off-Road Sports Bike
|Rs 5,500-8,500
|Rs 7,000-12,500
|Rs 9,000-13,500
|Rs 12,500-18,500
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Hot on the heels of getting an R blog rating, I saw this on KristieJ's blog!
84%How Addicted to Blogging Are You?.
Hmmm....still room for a little more addiction!
Thursday, June 28, 2007
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LOL! I was 71% addicted.ReplyDelete
LMAO - Whoa! So far you're the winner!! 84% - *g* - That's pretty high.ReplyDelete
No Way!!! What are ya doing over there!! ;)ReplyDelete
Wow. I'm only 58% addicted. I'd better try harder. :)ReplyDelete
Hmmm I'm 56% addicted....much lower then Darla and the rest of you. Maybe part of the reason is, I spent so much watching TV *grin*ReplyDelete
I was only 74% addicted. I feel much better about myself now.ReplyDelete
Well, my blog got a PG rating; and I'm 49% addicted to blogging.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJuly 01, 2007 10:56 pm
Wow that's pretty addicted!ReplyDelete
I am surprised you beat me!ReplyDelete
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Add Social Sharing
One of my favorite tools that you can use to accomplish this real quickly is the addthis.com plugin. You can add this plugin if you are on a common platform such as WordPress or you can take the code and add it to your site manually. Using a plugin is one of the faster ways however to socializing your website.
This tool will allow your visitors to share your content easily on the platform of their choice if they really like it. This kind of referral traffic can be a huge benefit to help you with your online marketing goals.


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DOA4 slips in Japan again
Still December though.
Looks like Dead or Alive 4 has slipped another couple of weeks in Japan.
According to a report from Game Watch, Tecmo's now planning to release the Xbox 360 beat-'em-up on December 29th in Japan. The developer said it regretted the need for the delay, but due to a stability problem with online head-to-head fighting it was unavoidable.
It had been down for the 17th. The original plan of course was to have it out on December 10th - this Saturday - to coincide with the Xbox 360's launch in the region, but Team Ninja's perfectionist attitude wouldn't permit it. During a recent interview, project head Tomonobu Itagaki remarked that he despised the release-now-patch-later culture and wouldn't go down that path with any of his games.
What this latest delay means for the game's European and US prospects is unknown at this point - the game had already been delayed in both regions, with most retailers quoting a mid January European date.


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CFP: New Graduate Student Online Peer-reviewed Journal (grad) (ongoing; online journal)
I would like to call your attention to a new graduate student online
journal: gnovis. I am the managing editor and we are soliciting
papers for a special issue on all humanities topics. We're particularly interested in the intersection of humanities and computing. The journal is peer-reviewed
and hosted at Georgetown University in the program for Communication,
Culture & Technology. It is accessible at
http://gnovis.georgetown.edu. We are currently undergoing a website
redesign, so excuse any intermittent broken links.
We encourage graduate students to submit papers on any Humanist
related topic! Faculty, please encourage your students to submit
papers as well!
Marcus Holmes
Georgetown University
Communication, Culture & Technology
Managing Editor, gnovis
As Georgetown University's peer-reviewed journal of Communication,
Culture and Technology (CCT), gnovis strives to foster innovative
research and design, reward scholarly excellence, and celebrate the
exploration and understanding of technology as it both shapes and is
shaped by political, economic, social, and cultural actors and
institutions. gnovis seeks to place disciplinary paradigms into
dialogue with each other, illuminating the clarity and contradictions
therein and the manner in which they are codified into our social fabric.
Our Work:
The Peer Review: gnovis is a peer-reviewed journal that employs a
double-blind review process. Professors may nominate students' works
that in order to recognize their academic achievement, intellectual
rigor, and innovative transdisciplinary approach to scholarship.
These articles are published as "Feature Articles".
gnovis' Distinguished Peer Reviewers are those CCT students who have
demonstrated exceptional academic achievement and forward-thinking
scholarly work in their own studies, are able to recognize and
discriminate exceptional scholarship produced by their peers, and
show a commitment to furthering the values of CCT-minded scholarship
in both academic and professional endeavors.
The Multimedia Features: Interdisciplinary thought and research does
not occur in a vacuum, nor is it strictly articulated through
academic papers. As an online journal, we have the opportunity to
explore the dialogue between disciplines in new and creative ways.
gnovis Multimedia Feature Articles seek to move classroom learning
off the page, to explore CCT-related themes as they occur in other
academic and professional settings. Feature Articles recognize CCT
student's ability to extend classroom learning beyond the CCT
boundaries by molding cutting-edge scholarship with multi-media
journalism. Feature Article Writers participating in this initiative
submitted proposals for consideration articulating their unique
approach to developing these themes. Those chosen sought to reach
beyond the format of a traditional printed scholarly journal and
proposed a creative use of text and technology to articulate their theme.
From the Literary Calls for Papers Mailing List
Full Information at
or write Jennifer Higginbotham: higginbj_at_english.upenn.edu
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We make a great assortment of single player and multiplayer poker games.
Poker Cache
An adaptation of the classic Poker Square with the addition of cache spots. Play Stud, Wild Stud or Draw.
Push Your Luck Poker
Compete against an opponent and your own greed as you try to make the best three poker hands.


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10/10/2017 / By Michelle Simmons
Next to iron, zinc is the most abundant mineral found in the human body. This mineral is essential in cellular metabolism, immune function, protein synthesis, wound healing, DNA synthesis, and cell division. Moreover, zinc enhances better growth and development during pregnancy, childhood, and adolescence. Zinc is also essential for proper functioning of the taste and smell senses.
It should be noted that strict vegetarians and vegans, alcohol drinkers, and those who avoid red meat are more prone to a zinc deficiency. Listed below are six warning signs to take note of.
In order to avoid zinc deficiency, experts recommend to eat foods rich in zinc or take zinc supplements. Zinc can be found mainly in different foods, red meat sources and non-red meat sources. Red meat sources include beef, pork, lamb, veal, and bacon. On the other hand, non-red meat sources include almonds, butter beans, chicken breast, cheddar cheese, turkey meat, and soya bean. (Related: Zinc deficiency: its actual cause and direct impact on human health.)
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- Sargon II
died 705 B.C., king of Assyria 722-705.
* * *died 705 BCAssyrian king (r. 721–705 BC).He continued the empire-building work of his presumed father, Tiglath-pileser III. One of his aims was to prove the might of the Assyrian god Ashur by enlarging the empire he had inherited. His conquests ranged from southern Babylonia to Armenia and the Mediterranean. He probably died in battle in northwestern Persia. His son, Sennacherib, succeeded him.Sargon II, detail of a relief from the palace at Khorsabad; in the Louvre, ParisBy courtesy of the Musee du Louvre, Paris; photograph, Maurice Chuzeville
* * *▪ king of Assyriadied 705 BCone of Assyria's (Assyria) great kings (reigned 721–705 BC) during the last century of its history. He extended and consolidated the conquests of his presumed father, Tiglath-pileser III.Sargon is the Hebrew rendering (Isaiah 20:1) of Assyrian Sharru-kin, a throne name meaning "the king is legitimate." The name was undoubtedly chosen in reminiscence of two former kings of Assyria, particularly in commemoration of Sargon of Akkad (flourished 2300 BC).Although Sargon's ancestry is partly veiled in mystery, he was probably a younger son of Tiglath-pileser III and consequently a brother of his predecessor Shalmaneser V, who may have died ignominiously or may have been deposed. It was for Sargon to resume the conquests and to improve the administration of the empire his father had begun to assemble.Upon his accession to the throne, he was faced immediately with three major problems: dealing with the Chaldean (Chaldea) and Aramaean chieftainships in the southern parts of Babylonia, with the kingdom of Urartu and the peoples to the north in the Armenian highlands, and with Syria and Palestine. By and large, these were the conquests made by Tiglath-pileser III. Sargon's problem was not only to maintain the status quo but to make further conquests to prove the might of the god Ashur, the national god of the Assyrian empire.When Sargon succeeded to the Assyrian throne, Marduk-apal-iddina II (Merodach-Baladan II) (Merodach-Baladan of the Old Testament), a dissident chieftain of the Chaldean tribes in the marshes of southern Babylonia, committed the description of his victory over the invading Assyrian armies (720 BC) to writing on a clay cylinder, which he deposited in the city of Uruk (biblical Erech; modern Tall al-Warkāʾ). The presence of this record obviously did not suit Sargon. After having discharged other commitments, he uncovered Marduk-apal-iddina's record and removed it to his own residence, then at Kalakh (modern Nimrūd), substituting what has been described as an "improved" version that was more to his liking.The extant texts reveal little about Sargon himself. With few exceptions, ancient Mesopotamian rulers have left no documents from which to write an actual biography. No personal documents have survived from Sargon's reign; but it seems fair to assume that phraseologies uncommon in the inscriptions of other Assyrian kings, found in his texts, must have met with his approval, even though it is uncertain whether such phrases—sometimes turning into what is obviously poetry—were in fact conceived by Sargon himself or ascribed to him by his historiographers. The discovery, at Nimrūd (Calah), of a series of omens, the texts of which are written in cuneiform on beeswax encased in ivory and walnut boards and marked as being the property of the palace of Sargon, perhaps also throws some light on Sargon the man. Although he may not have introduced the method of recording cuneiform texts on wax, this novel method of committing texts to writing apparently took his fancy. This assumption tallies well with the interest he took in the engineering projects undertaken in cities he conquered. Sargon's palace at Khorsabad (Dur Sharrukin) was dedicated in 706 BC, less than a year before he died.An unparalleled record of Sargon's eighth campaign (714 BC)—in the form of a letter to the god Ashur—has been recovered. According to this letter, Sargon, in 714, led the Assyrian armies from Kalakh, which at the time was still his residence, into the areas around modern As-Sulaimānīyah in Iraqi Kurdistan and into the highlands of the Zagros range beyond. His purpose was to come to the aid of allies of the Assyrian realm who were threatened by Rusa I, a king of Urartu and a bitter enemy of Assyria. During the progress of this campaign, the author of the account visualized, or anticipated, the reactions of his adversary as, from a mountain, he watched the approach of the Assyrian armies. The passage, like many others in this unique text, constitutes an ingenious stylistic device unparalleled in Assyrian historical literature. The phraseology employed by the author is original by Mesopotamian standards as they are known today: inventive, resourceful, testifying to a fertile mind, and clearly deviating from the commonplace platitudes that mostly characterize the standard accounts of Assyrian kings. Whether or not Sargon himself is responsible for the wording of this narrative, it is to his credit that an account of this nature emerged from his chancery, with his approval and endorsement. Sargon is assumed to have died in battle in 705.Jorgen Laessoe
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Creating and managing the service catalog
This section describes how to create and configure the organization's service catalog. The topics in the section include the following tasks for BMC Digital Workplace administrators and BMC Digital Workplace Catalog administrators:
Set up sections in the BMC Digital Workplace service catalog
|Setting up sections in the Catalog
|Configure the catalog view as required
|Configuration example
Configure the BMC Service Request Management items to be displayed in the BMC Digital Workplace service catalog
|Service requests from BMC Service Request Management
|Configure connections to external systems to be able to create enhanced services
|Connecting your catalog to external systems
Review the process of creating enhanced catalog in BMC Digital Workplace Catalog and publishing them to BMC Digital Workplace.
|Enhanced service catalog process overview
Create enhanced catalog items in BMC Digital Workplace:
|Building enhanced service catalogs
Create promotional banners in BMC Digital Workplace Catalog and configure them to be displayed in BMC Digital Workplace
|Creating promotional banners
Create and configure virtual marketplaces to entitle enhanced catalog items to end users
|Entitling end users to services, bundles, and banners
Check the status of enhanced service requests in BMC Digital Workplace Catalog console
|Reviewing the status of service requests
|Review the tutorials to create example service bundles.
|Tutorials - creating service bundles