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The Annotated Ramsar List: Bangladesh
The Annotated Ramsar List of Wetlands of International Importance
The Convention on Wetlands came into force for Bangladesh on 21 September 1992. Bangladesh presently has 2 sites designated as Wetlands of International Importance, with a surface area of 611,200 hectares.
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Tanguar Haor.10/07/00; Sunamganj; 9,500 ha; 25º09'N 091º04'E. Bangladesh's most important freshwater wetland, the site lies in the northeastern part of the country in the floodplain of the Surma River, one of the main tributaries of the Brahmaputra at the base of the Meghalaya Hills in adjacent India. The area harbours some of the last vestiges of natural swamp forest and is totally flooded in the monsoon season, apart from artificial hillocks upon which homesteads are constructed. Tanguar Haor provides habitat for at least 135 fish and 208 bird species, including 92 waterbird species and 98 migratory bird species, and including 10 IUCN Red Book and 22 CITES listed species. About 30-40,000 migratory waterfowl converge on the area in the northern winter months, and rare species such as Pallas's Fish-eagle Haliaeetus leucorhyphus are relatively common and breed in the area. Tanguar Haor also supports a rich fishery and is regarded as one of the country's richest breeding grounds for freshwater fish. Threats include over-exploited fishery stocks and uncontrolled taking of waterfowl, and the local community has been denied access to the resources by leaseholders of the fishery, which has led to conflicts. Under the National Conservation Strategy Implementation Project-1, a first management plan was produced in 1997 and a new one is going into implementation in 2000, which is intended to restore access and use rights. Hunting of turtles, tortoises, and waterfowl is widespread and part of everyday life, and the way of life - living in homesteads built on mounds -- is said to be unique in this part of Bangladesh. Ramsar site no. 1031.Most recent RIS information: 2000.
The Sundarbans Reserved Forest. 21/05/92; Khulna; 601,700 ha, 22°02'N 089°31'E. Reserved Forest, World Heritage Site. At the confluence of the Ganges, Brahmaputra and Meghna rivers, which with the innumerable small channels and creeks flowing into the Bay of Bengal dissect the whole area creating the largest contiguous mangrove forest in the world, the site is a hotspot of rich flora and fauna, home to a number of unique and endangered species of plants, animals like endangered Royal Bengal Tiger (Panthera tigris tigris), vulnerable Pallas Fishing Eagle (Haliaeetus leucoryphus) and Masked Finfoot (Heliopais personata), and critically endangered River Terrapin (Batagur baska), all listed in the IUCN Red Book, rare species of shark (Glyphis gangeticus) and very rich avifauna with 315 species, of which 84 are migratory. Many fish species depend upon this transitional zone between freshwater and saline water pushed by high tides from open sea, for spawning and juvenile feeding. The wetland is remarkable for protection from the tidal surge generated from the cyclonic depression in the Bay of Bengal. Abundant fish and biomass resources are harvested by local communities. Artifacts and festivals within the site have high Hindu religious and cultural importance. Reduction in fresh water flow due to water diversion, the construction of dykes combined with the pollution of the industries and the ports of Khulna and Mongla have affected the plant and fish population. There are 8 research field stations that provide data for ongoing studies and research. Recently an information center was established at Khulna and a management plan is under preparation. Ramsar site no. 560. Most recent RIS information: 2003.


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Last night was the holy grail of red carpet fashion. The Metropolitan Museum of Art's annual Costume Institute gala paid tribute to the late and legendary designer Alexander McQueen.
Among my fav fashionistas of the night are:
Sarah Jessica Parker paying homage to the late designer in a gown from the McQueen archives
Rihanna in a one shoulder lace gown byStella McCartney
Blake Lively sparkling in a Chanel toga
Joan Smalls in a long-sleeved, floor length Tom Ford gown
Kerry Washington in mint green Escada
Carmello Anthony in all black and LaLa Vazquez in a tulle blush one shoulder Vera Wang gown
Keri Hilson in a knit grey Versace dress finished with a tulle train
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Survivor - Worlds Apart began with the players diving up into tribes by social class, mainly, "white collar," "blue collar," and "no collar."
Boston guy Rodney wanted to clarify that he wasn't as stupid as he looked.
"Everybody looks at me and thinks I'm a meat head, but against the competition, I'm a fillet Mignon and everyone else is just a steak."
Of course, much to Rodney's surprise, or maybe not, there are several other cuts of steak that are considered to be even better than a fillet Mignon.
|Given his view on women, Rodney Lavoie, Jr.'s not a Boston butt...He's just another ass from New England.
Rodney told the rest of the blue collars that he still moves furniture and Jacuzzis for a living even though he'd moved on to much bigger an better things, the world of sales, out of fear of intimidating them with his intelligence.
Why do I think that Rodney Lavoie, Jr. is now a car salesman?
Each tribe was asked to select one leader, who then had to pick one person to come along with him/her for a task.
White collar leader and sleazeball Joaquin chose recent divorce So to join him. Blue collar leader Dan chose oil driller Mike to go along. Meanwhile, no collar leader and YouTube sensation Will chose rich girl Jenn to be his bitch.
Each pair was then presented with the option to take a big bag of beans back to their tribe, or a smaller bag in return for a clue to the Hidden Immunity Idol, with nobody else any the wiser.
The only team to bit was the "white collars," where Joaquin talked So into screwing their tribe over in return for the clue saying, "That's a silly decision."
However, nobody at camp believed that they were being honest when they saw the size of Joaquin's bag of beans.
And while the "white collars" were busy trying to figure out the best way to fuck each other up the ass, the "blue collars" worked together and found a butt-load of crabs, made fire, and built a shelter right away.
However, not everything was perfect with the "blue collars."
Creepy Boston Guy tried to use his sister's death to bond with the the girls, then went on to say, "My strategy from day one - get the girls. Girls, they want to sit back and let a man take the leader role,"
And while the "blue collars" weren't expected to get by on their smarts, oil driller Mike decided to try and get some extra protein in his diet...by eating a scorpion.
"I knew when I came out here, that if there was an extra chance to get protein, I was going to take that chance...I'm the type of guy, if I see an opportunity in front of me, I'm gonna go grab it."
Sure enough, that caused Mike to puke, pass out, and possibly die.
After establishing that Mike's an idiot...Dan realized that he didn't fit in with the rest of the "blue collars," and took issue with their plan to build a raised shelter supported by nothing but bamboo.
"I'm a fat guy, it's not going to hold."
|Dan Foley: Fat guy in a little suit!
At the "no collar" camp, Fabio guy tried to form an alliance with Jenn, and then immediately fell in love with her.
However, Jen was in love with Joe, and thought that he, and not Fabio, should be on the cover of a romance novel.
And after Jenn and Joe made fire together, Fabio guy's jealousy got the best of him and he interrogated Jenn about her feelings for Joe.
"I want to ask you a real human being question. Do you feel more of a connection with Joe? You're not attracted to him, not even a little?"
However, Jenn was smart enough to turn things back on Fabio guy, and she asked him if he was still on board with the alliance he had proposed. Sure enough, he was...Like, he really, really was.
"I do. I really want that."
Unfortunately for Jenn, Fabio guy reclaimed her by rubbing his scent all over her face.
"Vince hugged me forever after. We smell bad. We smell bad, okay. Do not get that (his armpits) all over my face."
|Vince Sly: What girl wouldn't want this guy's swiss chard all over her face?
Not trusting her tribes "leaders," Carolyn noticed Joaquin and So sneak off to look for Idol. More importantly, she paid attention to where they looked, and beat them to the punch by finding it first.
The First Immunity Challenge consisted of an obstacle course with a puzzle at the finish, with the first two teams to complete it winning immunity and fire starting tools.
With the "no collars" winning and the "blue collars" coming in second, the "white collars" earned a trip to Tribal Council thanks to Shareen, who fucked up on the puzzle so bad that she had to be replaced, but by that point it was too late.
To make things worse, the "white collars" were the only tribe that hadn't been able to make fire on her own.
Before Tribal Council, Tyler tipped Carolyn off that her name had come up in discussions. That caused her to tell him that she had found an Idol, and she lobbied to vote So out.
At Tribal Council, Joaquin and So threw Tyler and Max under the bus for being in an alliance with them.
However, Carolyn was feeling so cocky that she not only didn't play her Idol, but she made up some purely ridiculous nonsense as well saying, "Oh by the way, I am just as athletic as anyone else."
While Carolyn was completely full of shit, So was still voted out, and just like that, the "white collars" voted out their most athletic player.


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Caught in a cold stand-off: Voices from eastern Ukraine
From Mariupol on the south coast to Sumy near the northern border, people in Ukraine have told the BBC of their reactions to the pro-Russian demonstrations and the military response from Kiev.
Pro-Russian activists renewed their protests against the interim government by occupying official buildings in eastern Ukraine at the start of the week.
The occupations are continuing in many places and the government of acting President Olexander Turchynov has warned it will retake control by force, beginning with Ukrainian troops entering the town of Kramatorsk.
William, Kramatorsk
I am staying in Picholkino, part of Kramatorsk, about 10km from the centre of town.
There was a firefight this morning, with 10 armoured personnel carriers (APCs) and Ukrainian soldiers. It sounded like well-controlled rifle fire and then there was auto fire near the end of the fight. There was returning fire from a different direction but very little.
The APCs then made their way over a small bridge on the Torets river, heading uphill toward a highway that leads to both Kramatorsk and Donetsk. About four APCs were left in Kramatorsk.
Currently I am hearing choppers outside. A big gunship just went overhead. There were a lot of jets but right now it seems to have subsided. People are still outside the government building.
Ilia, Mariupol
I'm concerned that in our city we have a very grave situation. Our local government building is locked and is occupied by protesters demanding a referendum and for us to join Russia. Our streets are empty of people.
It is sufficiently safe to walk in the city, but the police and other services advise not to go on the streets unless we need to, so it's better to be at home.
Most of the people here don't support unifying with Russia, they just support enlarging our local powers. The Russian propaganda here is very strong and people don't understand why we would want reunification.
Bill, Sumy
It's extremely quiet in Sumy. It's very much a pro-Ukrainian city. Every morning convoys of cars are driving up and down with Ukrainian flags.
These small demonstrations - and they are small - in Donetsk, it's historic. It goes back 50 to 60 years. People were moved from Russia to work in the coal mines.
All demonstrations here - on Sunday, for example - have been pro-Ukrainian. Everybody here would vote to be part of Ukraine.
Michael, Lugansk
Yesterday I bought a lot with a partially constructed house, classed as a rubble pile. We were going to go to the gas company today but shooting could start anytime.
Some buildings have been taken over. The violence is affecting business here. The demonstrators here have arms and start shooting, so you're afraid to go to work.
Eugenia, Kharkiv
It's a really terrible situation here, maybe not so terrible as in Horlivka or Lugansk, but still awful.
Ordinary civil citizens here in eastern Ukraine, in my city, want to stay in Ukraine. We don't want the referendum, we just want a new peaceful life without Russian tension and pressure, but we are helpless.
I think we should stay in Ukraine as Russia is not part of our country - it's a different mentality.
Now it is very hard as we have a lot of Russian citizens who have come here and pretend they are citizens of Ukraine. They go into the town centre drunk and throw things at ordinary people who support the Ukrainian government.
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Elizabeth Hyde planted our grape vine, long ago: a concord, I think. After Elizabeth died the house and the land more or less went to sleep, but those vines continued to grow along the ground up where she had her big vegetable garden. Skipper, who always kept an eye on things, built a wooden fence around them to keep the sheep and deer from plundering them. So when we first arrived, the vines lay tangled and forlorn inside and over the remains of a weather-beaten wooden fence.
After our first year we took down that old fence and included the vines inside the new vegetable garden. Ambitiously, Greg built an arbour for the grapes. We pruned them and trained them, sort of. But there was only so much we could do besides tearing out the single huge trunk and starting over. Which I wasn't that interested in. The arbour was pretty enough in the garden's second summer, with its vines growing this way and that and its translucent leafy canopy. Last year we got maybe a cup of grapes, and Greg made one little jar of grape jam. I figured we had built the arbour for the benefit of our bird friends, and I left it at that.
Quietly, behind my back, the grapes grew.
This year I paid no attention to the grape arbour. As summer went on some vines got too long and started hitting me in the face as I walked into the garden, so I whacked them off. But that was as far as any pruning went. Gradually, though, I started noticing that there were clusters of grapes forming here and there. Oh well, I thought, the birds will be happy this year. I did not get my hopes up. I barely looked at the arbour. After all, I had collards to consider, and chard, and beans. Important things.
This past week was apple harvesting time around here. The big-time action was all in the apple trees, but in the middle of the week Greg mentioned that he thought the grapes were ready to harvest, too.
So I picked the grapes, about four and a half gallons once I took them off their stems.
So I picked the grapes, about four and a half gallons once I took them off their stems.
Though we should have been putting two and two together all along, the bounty of the grape arbour caught us off guard. I had thought that the birds would swoop in at the last and stage a gigantic avian grape-fest, and that whatever we got would be an afterthought, their leftovers. But now instead we had oh-so-much of a good thing, requiring immediate attention. The rushing torrent of apple momentum would have to wait.
Jam was what we aspired to, not merely jelly. Not something smooth and simple and jelly-like, but something dense, more complex. But it turns out that jam -- as opposed to jelly -- is complicated to make. There are many time-consuming steps. These are the ones I did: taking the grapes off the stems, then separating the pulp from the skin of each and every grape. So that you end up with a pot of pulp, called must, and a separate bowl of skins. As far as I know there is no machine for doing this, or at least not at our house.
After that I turned everything over to Greg. I can't even tell you how many steps came next, since I stayed out of the kitchen. There were many, many steps, involving rarely-used and mysterious equipment and supplies. All evening, until midnight, the kitchen was filled with the purple aroma of grapes and the reading out loud of snippets from various recipes pulled off the Internet, which sounded like nothing so much as the muttering of charms and spells.
This morning I came downstairs to discover magic jars of grape jam, more than I can count, a rich dark colour amidst the brightness of the apple harvest.


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Jeff to measure my oal I use a fired case, flatten the neck slightly on one side so it will grip the bullet. stick a bullet in the case .050", color the bullet with a black sharpie, insert case and close bolt. Extract case, extract bullet if stuck in lands, push bullet back in case to where the case neck flat scrapped off the marker. measure. repeat a couple times. Then I take my longest reading and push the bullet in the case that far. I then close it in the chamber again and measure, the bullet should not stick in the lands now, but may push in the case .005-.015" more. once the measurement does not change that is my "touching land" dimension. I then start load development .030" deeper.
However, I've got two rifles that are in the works right now for which modified cases are not available - 6BRX and 6Dasher. I know there are many different ways of measuring the bullet to lands to come up with max OAL before you start jamming, but I was hoping you could detail your process here.


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Ongoing investment in information and communication technologies (ICT) by financial service providers in South Africa is driving the transformation of the sector towards a more digitised service model.
A growing demand in mobility and ubiquitous access to broadband connectivity has resulted in the adoption of omni-channel models in order to deliver efficient services and engage with customers.
New analysis from Frost & Sullivan finds that the South African financial services sector was among the largest consumers of ICT in 2014, spending $1,3-billion. The sector's ICT spend is expected to expand at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 3,8% to reach $1,5-billion in 2019.
"In order to have better visibility on their customers' needs, as well as overall operational risks, financial service providers are looking to leverage technology," says Frost & Sullivan ICT industry analyst Lehlohonolo Mokenela. "This allows them to offer more personalised services for an increasingly demanding and technology-savvy customer base."
Financial institutions in South Africa are facing unprecedented levels of competition and rising costs to maintain their brick-and-mortar operations. They are, therefore, turning to emerging technologies and new service models in order to grow revenues, while keeping operations lean.
Despite increasing technology integration within the industry, concerns around the security of solutions, such as the cloud and bring-your-own-device (BYOD), are limiting the pace of technology uptake. As a result, financial institutions in South Africa largely favour private cloud models over the public cloud, in spite of the latter's cost advantage.
"Key industry players will be keen to build their services and operations around technology in order to improve customer value. However, they are still taking a more gradual approach, undoubtedly wary of the reputational costs of security breaches," notes Mokenela. "However, advances in security in the long-term, will likely ease the concerns of CIOs."
It is critical that ICT service providers develop a deeper understanding of the underlying industry-specific trends and how solutions, such as big data and mobility, can be used to leverage them. This will enable them to provide relevant solutions for financial service companies, which in turn allows them to improve service delivery and minimise their costs.
The report, "ICT Spend in South Africa – Financial Services Sector" is part of the Frost & Sullivan Connected Industries Growth Partnership Service programme.


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Monday, September 1, 2008
Brief Update.
So clearly we were caught up in all the "will we need to evacuate drama?", well I was anyways. Im pretty sure I am a premature evacuater, Im willing to call it for a few deep puddles and a stiff breeze! That and sewing project didn't leave me enough time to blog, BOO!
I toyed around today with a stunning personal realization, I am ernie.... I found the quiz at http://www.helloquizzy.com/tests/the-your-sesame-street-persona-test. They also offer a Which smurf are you test? but really??? come on, there is only one smurfette all the rest are boys.... which brings up interesting questions.... where did the smurflings come from?
You are Ernie
You are more sloppy, more abstract, and both introverted and extroverted.
Here is why are you Ernie.
You are both sloppy. You might not always know where everything you need is. Perhaps you don't even care. Ernie sure doesn't. Hey, when you got a best friend that is anal about cleaning you can afford to not worry about it. Sure Ernie likes taking baths, but that's just to spend time with his ducky.
You both can be abstract thinkers. Ernie is a dreamer by nature, always making up songs while he plays. He comes up with fanciful adventures. You definitely are not afraid to take chances in life. You only live once. You may notice others around you playing it safe, but you are more concerned with not compromising your desires, and getting everything you can out of life. This is a very romantic approach to life, but hopefully you are also grounded enough to get by.
You are both somewhat introverted. Ernie enjoys spending time with others, but he is also quite content to be in his own fantasy world with his duckies. Unlike Bert, he has other friends to spend time with. Like Ernie, you probably like to have some time to yourself, but you do appreciate spending time with your friends, and you aren't scared of social situations.
The other possible characters are
Cookie Monster
Big Bird
Oscar the Grouch
Kermit the Frog
The Count
Guy Smiley
Posted by Jennifer at 9/01/2008 06:52:00 PM
Labels: Funny stuff
2 comments:
- Carrie Thompson said...
I am Bert! who would'a thunk it...
glad your all safe and all unevacuated...
- September 1, 2008 at 10:32 PM
- Coplings said...
I will sing rubber ducky, if you sing about the "pigeons...."
Now I just have way too many sesame street sketches rambling through my head...
- September 1, 2008 at 10:39 PM
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The method used. Dipping bananas in hot water, 47-49°C for ten minutes. Then stored normal condition. Chilling experiment was also done, stored at 8-10°C for 8 to 10 days.
HWD was able to reduce finger rot and anthracnose infection. No drastic effect on fruit ripening under normal surrounding up to six days. Saba bananas turned ripe soft two to three days later than untreated. Bananas subjected to further chill treatment had less chilling injuries. The same results were observed on Latundan.
Based from the study results, hot water dipping is a must to prevent postharvest diseases such as finger rot and anthracnose, delay fruit ripening, reduce chilling injuries and to attain better fruit quality.
The article was according to bar digest, "Hot Water Dip Improves Banana and Mango Fruit Quality" by Rita T. dela Cruz. Please refer to "Extended Hot Water Dip" for mango fruit information. I think EHWD instruction is more detailed and comprehensive. The latter study never included bananas though.
The study was conducted by Dr. Antonio Acedo Jr., Marilou Benitez, and Dr. Ma. Cherry Abit or Leyte State University, LSU.
HWD and EHWD are cheaper alternatives of Vapor Heat Treatment, VHT.


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It may be a little odd to start a new post with a map of the London Underground, but this one celebrates 150 years of the transport system, and I am a great fan of maps! My favourite, of course, is the red Central Line, running right through the middle of the map, this line would regularly take me home from many happy shopping trips to the West End, long working days and visits to friends and family. With new bits being added all the time, including a new gondola over the Thames, the map is an ever changing feast of spaghetti, and I often wonder if there is actually any ground left under London. Maybe the reinforced concrete tube tunnels are the only support the city has. Hmmm, probably best not to ponder that one too much!
Ah, back to botanicals then. Working on two pieces at once is a strange way to go, but with time pressing it has to be done. It's also hard to do step by step blogging when you are doing two at the same time, hence you haven't really seen the progress.
So, the dreaded nemesis that is the mixed floral and the challenging illustration are being worked on together. For the mixed floral, I went with a tangly, twiggy combo of rose hips, hazel, Garrya, Camellia and berries. Lots of shiny surfaces here but it's not looking too bad. These phots were taken before I finished last week, so this one is more or less done now. Phew!!
|Hazel buds
|Camellia buds with just a hint of the colour to come
|Hazel catkins and prunus berries
The illustration is a rather more formal affair, which is as it should be of course. The dissection details are being done in graphite, I love working with pencil as it has such a sophisticated, simple appeal. Going with a lovely, stately Iris reticulata with this one. There are some good opportunities for dissection and I haven't really had a chance to work in blue. What happened to the Hellebore? Ah, well, that all proved a bit much with the time allowed. Maybe next time old thing!


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Well 2013 has started off interesting at work. We have a shift bid and i got a decent number i am sad to say the call center i am working at is closing a hour earlier then before.. I really like the night shift but am starting to realize i need to change my life a bit and I am starting to look at sleeping differently to be able to do more.
I still am on twitter and had found this picture there.. i just find it silly :)
I need to see about a twitter plugin for here still..
In terms of World of Warcraft I have started doing a community deal called #TeamTwitterRaid with @shamanRongar
Last Week we did 10 man Throne of Four Winds.. and downed the main boss in 1 min 32 seconds.. barely enough time for a lust to be used!!!
I had been worried there was alot of mechanics.. we never encountered them!
HEHE Nice combo of a time machine!
I am still watching Doctor Who whenever it comes on and I don't care about spoilers Mr Song/Pong/Doctor!!! I will tweet them to my hearts content!!!!
I thought this was interesting to see what these guys looked like in real life.. its.. normal.. they are you and me. Means anyone can learn more about the universe if they want!
I am still a AVID/Crazy fan of Scott Johnson's The Instance podcast and his drawing he does!!! MEH!!!
Sadly i feel like this some days.. its going crazy and ahhhhhh!
Feel like it right now cause i have to go to bed.. short post again still wanting to get back into doing it often but failing horribly!!


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I had such a good day! I don't know about everyone else, but I rarely have a day where one nice, or good, thing happens....all day long!
Firstly, I saw a bit of karma in action this morning, which left me smiling and thinking, what a lovely start to the day! I often wonder, when people are rude, or disrespectful or downright nasty, why don't I see karma biting them in the you-know-what? I never see it happen, but today I did. It was very satisfying! :)
I'm off work for the next 10 days, holidays, and I have a BIG birthday coming up next week. At the morning coffee break, I was taken completely by surprise by my co-workers, a gi-normous fudge chocolate cake, candles and a card. It was so lovely and I felt very special.
Then, a friend at work I'm particularly close to, came by later with a very generous voucher for my favorite store. Ok, at this point, I was thinking, can this day get any better? Oh yes it can! heehee
My boss let me off early - yippee - and when I came home, there was a package from one of my all-time-favorite places to shop, Black Phoenix Alchemy Lab. If you love fragrances, you must pay them a visit. Along with the perfume oil I ordered, they very sweetly included free little samples (they call them imps ears) - oh my - just divine.
And this is what I feel like doing now in the dark, mossy woods...
So, now I've lit some candles (Jasmine and Feu du Bois) and I'm sitting with my honey, feeling grateful for the day that was. It gives me hope I can have some more days like this...simple pleasures.
Have a magical, wonderful weekend and look for enchantment everywhere! ~Siobhan xox


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It's time for Round 2 of our Most Crushworthy competition — the 'ships version! Last week, fans voted on the most crushworthy TV parents.
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"One Tree Hill's" Nathan and Haley Scott took 21% of the vote, with Tami and Eric Taylor from "Friday Night Lights" just behind them with 16%. With all the other competition taken out of the running, can Coach and Mrs. Coach overtake Tree Hill's most beloved duo?
Nathan and Haley started off at opposite ends of the Tree Hill High social spectrum, but they shocked everyone when they got married in the middle of their junior year. Their son, Jamie, was born the day of their high school graduation, with Haley going into labor in the middle of her Valedictorian speech, naturally. Thanks to the magic of television, we next saw Jamie as a happy almost-five-year-old. In Season 8, they welcomed their second child, a daughter named Lydia. These two survived psychos galore and came out on top after nine seasons. Who wouldn't love them?
While Dillon, TX wasn't quite the magnet for insanity as Tree Hill, Tami and Eric faced their fare share of real-life hardship — not the least of which was their petulant daughter, Julie, and their odd-looking baby, Gracie Bell. Whether they were facing major conflicts, like whether to move across the country, or more minor issues (his and hers closets, baby!) Tami and Eric were an undeniable team and a force to be reckoned with, particularly as they parented not only their own two girls, but an entire town full of wayward youths.
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(3BL Media / theCSRfeed) March 2, 2012 - Québec's FIRST Robotics Festival will take place March 15 to 17, 2012 at the Uniprix Stadium in Montréal. This large-scale event will bring together more than 5,000 people from 67 schools across the province, and will showcase the accomplishments of elementary and high school students as they take on high-calibre technological challenges. "In recent years, businesses, universities and schools have mobilized to engage Québec's youth through educational robotics projects that promote academic perseverance and create an opportunity for engineering talents to flourish," asserted Laurent Beaudoin, Chairman of the Board of Directors of Bombardier Inc. and co-founder and Chairman of the Board of Directors of FIRST Robotics Quebec. Bombardier provides significant financial support for the event and two Aerospace employees co-chair the organizing committee. Also, more than 40 additional Aerospace employees volunteer as mentors, judges, inspectors, safety personnel, and the like, to ensure the event's success.
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Oh, The Places You'll Go! de Dr. Seuss
"Out there things can happen,
and frequently do,
to people as brainy
and footsy as you.
And when things start to happen,
don't worry. Don't stew.
Just go right along.
You'll start happening too."
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Niall had such a great time he tweeted a message of thanks on his twitter account. "I would to thank @BritishMonarchy and of course queen Elizabeth for her invite to Buckingham palace yesterday evening. It was a fantastic evening and an absolute honour to be there! great to see two great countries come together like that!'
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A study at Oxford University, UK, and published in the Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health suggests that there is little evidence that occasional heavy drinking during pregnancy can harm the unborn baby. Dr Ron Gray, lead author, said that women should not take the report as a licence to drink alcohol during pregnancy, but that it offers reassurance to those who may have had the occasional session of heavy drinking, particularly before they realised they were pregnant. Health professionals still advise against drinking alcohol during pregnancy. [BBC, 14 November]
A pro-life group in Colorado has gained approval from the state's supreme court to start collecting signatures for a ballot proposal for a constitutional amendment that would define a human embryo as a person from fertilisation. In approving the language of the proposal, the court over-ruled objections from the pro-abortion lobby. Colorado for Equal Rights has six months in which to collect 76,000 signatures. Similar campaigns are being run in five other states. [Guardian, 14 November]
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A British woman, Sarah Wiffen, has given birth following keyhole surgery to correct a prolapsed womb. The operation was carried out at the Royal Bolton Hospital by Mr Jonathan Broome, a consultant obstetrician and gynaecologist. Mr Broome also delivered the baby by caesarean section. It is thought to be the first birth after such a procedure. [BBC, 13 November]
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|Cuexcomate, an Aztec community
|Bungamati, a community in Nepan
- Frequent interaction among the same agents;
- Low-cost access to information about other community members;
- A tendency to favor interactions with members of one's own community over outsiders;
- Restricted migration to and from other communities.
- "Of all the topics recently addressed under the rubric of the archaeology of communities, identities and identity formation have been most salient." (p.701)
- "These scholars focus on the constitution of past social groups through dialogic relations to other subjects as well as the material world. In this approach, community is a social group with an explicit discursive identity that develops through participation in meaningful practices, at meaningful places, and using meaningful objects." (702) [Editorial remark from the peanut gallery: Do you think they are interested in meaning?]
- There is a major focus on "intersubjectivity" (702).
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Since its inception in 1983, Gyan Devi Public School has successfully completed over three decades of imparting quality education to students. From a humble beginning, the school has gradually evolved over the years, keeping intact its sturdy foundation built on a strong value system. We have added three branches Gyan Devi Montessori School ,Gyan Devi Middle School and Gyan Devi Kindergarten which are testaments to the brand name which is synonymous with quality, commitment, hard work and discipline. The journey has been a successful and satisfying one.
I can proudly say that at Gyan Devi, we have a talented, dedicated and caring team of teachers, each of whom works diligently to ensure that the abilities of the children in our care are nurtured and developed completely. These teachers work as a team to make the school a very special place for the child. Various activities are conducted throughout the year to bring out the hidden potential of students. Values and attitudes of these students are nurtured intrinsically and extrinsically through assemblies, plays, clubs, campaigns and various competitions. The school also has a well furnished library, laboratories and a spacious playground, along with special provisions for vocal and instrumental music, art and craft, dance and drama, educational trips as well as computer education.
Following the CCE pattern of the CBSE in letter and spirit, we aim at providing a broad, well-balanced and relevant curriculum. We encourage positive social behaviour, emphasizing on respect for 'gurus', for parents and elders, for the school, for school mates and for the environment. We provide a stimulating and enriching environment so that our students can enjoy all aspects of the learning process. We also value regular interaction with parents and regard the 'home-and- school' partnership as an essential part of the education process.
Our ex-students have done us proud by excelling in various professional fields, both in India and abroad. We feel really humbled when they visit us as confident young adults and tell us that they attribute their success to their alma mater. We shall continue to work hard for the holistic development of our students, so that they go out into the world as truly global citizens of tomorrow.
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"A bientot," she said.
"On the lawn out there—farther out, in the starlight," he whispered—his voice broke—"my darling—"
She bent her head, passing slowly before him, turned, looked back, her answer in her eyes, her lips, in every limb, every line and contour of her, as she stood a moment, looking back.
Austin and Boots were talking volubly when he returned to the tables now veiled in a fine haze of aromatic smoke. Gerald stuck close to him, happy, excited, shy by turns. Others came up on every side—young, frank, confident fellows, nice in bearing, of good speech and manner.
And outside waited their pretty partners of the younger set, gossiping in hall, on stairs and veranda in garrulous bevies, all filmy silks and laces and bright-eyed expectancy.
The long windows were open to the veranda; Selwyn, with his arm through Gerald's, walked to the railing and looked out across the fragrant starlit waste. And very far away they heard the sea intoning the hymn of the four winds.
Then the elder man withdrew his arm and stood apart for a while. A little later he descended to the lawn, crossed it, and walked straight out into the waste.
The song of the sea was rising now. In the strange little forest below, deep among the trees, elfin lights broke out across the unseen Brier water, then vanished.
He halted to listen; he looked long and steadily into the darkness around him. Suddenly he saw her—a pale blur in the dusk.
"Is it you, Philip?"
She stood waiting as he came up through the purple gloom of the moorland, the stars' brilliancy silvering her—waiting—yielding in pallid silence to his arms, crushed in them, looking into his eyes, dumb, wordless.
Then slowly the pale sacrament changed as the wild-rose tint crept into her face; her arms clung to his shoulders, higher, tightened around his neck. And from her lips she gave into his keeping soul and body, guiltless as God gave it, to have and to hold beyond such incidents as death and the eternity that no man clings to save in the arms of such as she.
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In "The Fighting Chance" Mr. Chambers has taken for his hero, a young fellow who has inherited with his wealth a craving for liquor. The heroine has inherited a certain rebelliousness and dangerous caprice. The two, meeting on the brink of ruin, fight out their battles, two weaknesses joined with love to make a strength. It is refreshing to find a story about the rich in which all the women are not sawdust at heart, nor all the men satyrs. The rich have their longings, their ideals, their regrets, as well as the poor; they have their struggles and inherited evils to combat. It is a big subject, painted with a big brush and a big heart.


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So, here's the latest. In October, state Rep. Vince Leach* (through AZ law firm Snell & Wilmer) filed a Third Amended Complaint. The 23-page document lists eight plaintiffs, with House Appropriations Committee vice-chair Vince Leach in the lead role. But he's not the only state lawmaker conspicuously seeking what amounts to relitigating several issues that have already been decided in favor of the Commission. Senate Appropriations chair Don "Shoot 'em up" Shooter is also on the list.
The allegations of wrongdoing by the AIRC include violations of Open Meeting Law, failure to start with a proper Grid Map, "abandoning" the Grid Map that they did adopt, failure to deliberate properly, not properly considering the recommendations of the legislature, failure to properly advertise the Draft Maps and improperly selecting mapping consultant Strategic Telemetry. More specifics on the previous OML ruling may be reviewed here.
More than 400 posts to the Arizona Eagletarian from December 2010 through 2012 (when the adopted maps were first used for elections) and into 2013 (when Republican tantrums/lawsuits began to be heard) document the deliberation that the AIRC did. Allegations to the contrary in Leach are unfounded and designed to try to undermine the will of Arizona voters.
Additionally, those allegations and lawsuits have the effect of squandering taxpayer funds for frivolous partisan whining. The significance of that squandering is partly hidden by the recent filings by Leach plaintiffs and by Commissioner Rick Stertz. Stertz apparently at least partly swayed Judge Brodman into taking the Leach claims about the OML seriously.
Further, in the TAC, Vince Leach complains that allegations which were dismissed from the Second Amended Complaint are going to be appealed. So, our "good friends" Leach and Shooter, and some of their Republican co-conspirators are now declaring their intent to further waste taxpayer funds regardless of the disposition of claims in the TAC.
Vince Leach and Don Shooter want, as a gift from taxpayers, and from Judge Brodman, declaration that the Congressional map currently in use is invalid and unenforceable. They also want all business conducted by the AIRC "in violation of the OML" to be declared null and void. Gosh, how much of what the voters enacted does that mean they want overturned?
They ALSO want the court to demand taxpayers pay for ALL of the legal costs (attorneys fees). Talk about a ballsy demand!
Now, I realize that all of the things listed in the TAC are standard/boilerplate lawsuit language. They may not expect to actually complete their Hail Mary pass, but the fact that they are even suing is a gross insult to the taxpayers of Arizona.
That two sitting Republican lawmakers -- both directly tied to determining on what taxpayer funds may be spent -- are demanding taxpayers pay for this dubious effort -- in almost certain violation of the Arizona Constitution's gift clause -- is unconscionable. Voters should be outraged.
Perhaps Leach and Shooter are counting on outrage fatigue to provide them adequate cover in this case.
Anyway, reflecting back to the recent post about Leach, where I quoted the YS and the next day the YS included a correction, I obtained updated information.
Since then, the AIRC did file a motion to disqualify Secretary of State Reagan from functioning as a plaintiff and joined in Commissioner Mathis' motion to disqualify Attorney General Brnovich from representing Reagan.
The motion to disqualify Reagan spells out the reasons the SOS was a nominal defendant as well as setting forth reasons why she cannot function as a plaintiff. The bottom line is she has no standing to make a political case against the AIRC.
Let me also point out that Commissioners Freeman and Stertz by waiving legislative privilege clearly are trying to make it look like the other commissioners are hiding something. The fact of the matter is that the alleged OML violations were already litigated and the court determined NO violation occurred.
So, why are the two Republican commissioners trying to undermine the work of the commission? We can only speculate that it's for partisan reasons. Of course, if either of them would like to issue a rebuttal to my inference, I'd be happy to publish it.
Ultimately, this case boils down to frivolous claims, plaintiffs (including two sitting lawmakers) trying to personally benefit from gifts provided by taxpayers, and two redistricting commissioners trying to undermine the work of the entire AIRC.
Amicus briefs filed in support of the AIRC in the recent Harris SCOTUS oral arguments may provide necessary illumination. One, filed by Princeton Prof. Samuel Wang said,
Amicus Samuel S. Wang, Ph.D., operates the Princeton Election Consortium blog, which since 2004 has been devoted to statistical analysis of election processes and predictions (see http://election.princeton.edu/). He is Professor of Neuroscience and Faculty Associate of the Program in Law and Public Affairs, both at Princeton University. [...]
In sum, because the results of Arizona's elections are inconsistent with the existence of an effective anti-Republican partisan gerrymander, this Court should reject appellants' argument insofar as it relies on any such intention by the Commission to disadvantage Republicans.Why else would Republicans seek to undermine the will of Arizona voters, if not to try to gain a partisan advantage? They aren't likely to get a victory in Harris based on direct claims of gerrymandering, so now they have to launch the Hail Mary in hopes of getting a do over on claims of improper procedure.
It IS time for the people to demand this litigation be dismissed altogether, by the plaintiffs.
*Vince Leach says it's an HONOR to represent you and, he says,
I already serve as the Vice-Chairman of the House Appropriations Committee where I get to look after your tax dollars.Isn't it peculiar that the Senate Approps chair and the House Approps vice-chair are now wanting to gift themselves taxpayer funds to pay for their aggressive efforts to undermine the will of the voters?
Merry Christmas, you silly LD 8 and LD 13 voters, you're treating ALL Arizona taxpayers to a ride on Santa's open sleigh!


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Time was running out for hundreds of sick and starving civilians needing immediate medical care in the besieged Syrian town of Madaya, a top aid worker said Tuesday.
An aid convoy entered the blockaded town on Monday, bearing desperately-needed food and supplies for thousands. Dozens are thought to have died from starvation or a lack of medical care in Madaya, and activists say some of the town's inhabitants were reduced to eating leaves.
The World Health Organization (WHO) was on Tuesday conducting door-to-door assessments to figure out who required immediate evacuation. The initial estimate of evacuations was 400 but could jump dramatically, according to WHO's Syria representative Elisabeth Hoff.
"We have approached the Syrian government, but we still do not have a proper dialogue on [evacuations]," she said, adding that time was running out for those who were ill. "We cannot wait for these negotiations to take place, we need to start to treat these people immediately."
Horrific images of emaciated residents and tales of desperation have emerged from Madaya, which has been blockaded for six months by government and pro-government forces.
Trucks carrying food and medical supplies reached Madaya near the Lebanese border Monday and began to distribute aid as part of an agreement between warring sides.
But until a deal to evacuate residents is reached, Hoff said the WHO was working to bring mobile medical units into Madaya to treat the most severe cases.
Another convoy was simultaneously delivering aid to two Shiite villages, al Foua and Kefraya, in the northwestern province of Idlib some 200 miles away. Rebel fighters in military fatigues and with scarves covering their faces inspected the aid vehicles in the rain before they entered.
FROM JAN. 7: Trapped Syrians Starving to Death in Besieged TownJan. 7, 201600:59
Madaya is besieged by pro-Syrian government forces, while the two villages in Idlib province are encircled by rebels fighting the Syrian government.


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Penalty: Imprisonment for 10 years.
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How to Report a Collection Agency to the Better Business Bureau
Filing a complaint with the BBB against a debt collector is relatively simple. Visit the Better Business Bureau's website at www.bbb.org. Select your region of the country and select the online complaint form. Fill out the complaint form to the best of your ability. Include any actions debt collectors from the company in question have taken that are illegal. For example, any of the following complaints can be included in your BBB report:
- Calling you in the middle of the night or at other odd hours
- Contacting you after you've sent a cease and desist letter
- Using foul or vulgar language on the phone
- Calling your repeatedly, dozens of times a day
- Informing others, such as your family members or employer, about your debt
This is just the tip of the iceberg. Any violation of the Fair Credit Reporting Act can be included in your BBB report. You must include your name and contact information when submitting your complaint. The BBB does not accept anonymous complaints.
Will the Better Business Bureau Do Anything About Collection Agency Complaints?
The Better Business bureau will process your complaint and send a copy of the complaint to the collection agency. The collection agency then has the opportunity to address the complaint and resolve the issue. In most cases, this doesn't happen. Collection agencies are notoriously cavalier about their customer relations. They know their reputation is mud just by being a collector. Thus, it benefits the company very little – if at all – to bother with BBB complaints.
If the collection agency answers the complaint, it may propose a solution which the BBB will then pass on to you. Most likely, however, it will merely forward the BBB copies of documents "proving" that the collector is right and you are wrong. Since few collection agencies have proper and thorough documentation of consumers' debts, the documents forwarded will likely be the same bogus documents collectors like to try and validate debts with. You know, those computer printouts with your name and debt on them:? This doesn't prove anything and certainly doesn't serve as a sufficient counter to your claim that the company broke the law.
Will Your BBB Complaint Hurt the Collection Agency's Rating?
If the collection agency is a BBB accredited business and does not adequately address and resolve your complaint then yes, your report will hurt the company's rating. But, knowing how their very existence is infuriating to most consumers, few collection agencies bother to seek accreditation with the BBB. Those that do are taking a big risk. Nobody sends in a positive report to the BBB about a collection agency's performance except, perhaps, the creditor.
Should I Bother Filing a BBB Complaint Against a Collection Agency?
If the likelihood that the collection agency will even respond to your complaint is low, should you even bother filing one? Yes! Some of the larger collection agencies are accredited with the BBB. This is for the benefit of creditors who may consider hiring them. Accredited business have to respond to your complaint or risk damaging their BBB rating. In addition, if the proposed resolution doesn't satisfy you (and it won't) the company must go through mediation.
Accredited businesses recieve three free mediations, but consumers have to pay for these services. Most consumers who file complaints that reach this point, don't want to fork over the cash for mediation with the company and give up the complaint. The BBB then considers the situation "resolved" and sides in the company's favor. After all, it did everything it was supposed to do, right?
How Much Does BBB Mediation Cost?
From what I can tell, mediation for accredited members is roughly $1500 and $3000 for non-accredited members. The consumer is supposed to pay at least half of this, plus $250 an hour for the mediator. This reeks of a scam. Few consumers have that kind of money lying around to force a BBB-accredited business to do what's right and, in this case, follow the law. That doesn't mean you shouldn't file a complaint and keep a record of doing so. It's just one more bullet in your collection agency arsenal.
I'd love to hear from people who have filed BBB complaints against debt collectors and how those complaints panned out. Have you gone through this process? What happened? Was the collection agency accredited? Did it respond? What solution did the collector propose? Leave your stories in the comments section.


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I hope this information doesn't count as a necro bump, but I do believe this is still relevant. Also, to users who have been banned after cat blitz, were you refreshing immediately after each occurrence, and how frequent did you receive them? I suspect that 201 errors are also a refresh trap.
Server: Rabaul (ラバウル)
Which country you are located in: US
When you started receiving your cats:
-First instance: Mid-September
-Current instance: 10/31/16
If this has happened before: See above.
How you connect to the game: Chrome, no viewers and directly to DMM. I also use the KC Android app.
Playing on a PC or something else: Windows, Debian, and Android App.
Whether or not you are a ranking admiral or are making very active attempts to rank: Nope.
Any use of 3rd party program like CE, macro: Nope.
F5/refresh a lot at specific spots? : I never refresh. I suck it up if I end up in a bad node no matter how much salt it generates.
Usual gaming habits. How often did you grind and where.:
At work, I just use the Android app to send expeditions out, and not even immediately after the timer is up. (I.e.: #6 is 40 minutes, but I retrieve it more than an hour from sending it out.). I rarely sortie my ships at work. In the morning, I do my dailies like modernization and docking.
At home and at night, I do 1-5 and 2-3 to finish dailies and weeklies.
How long do you tend to play KC?: 4 hours when I get home. Probably an hour or two on Android at work at most, but I always retrieve and send out expeditions way past the timers for each.
Notice any unusual activity before cats started raining, such as slower connection/lag/frequent DC: Suspicious latency when browsing through screens. EX: Moving from quest screen to expedition screen.
What was your activity when it first started raining cats:
-First instance: 1-5 Kai Ni leveling spree on Chrome.
-Second instance: Inncocently trying to get to the expedition screen on Android.
How often are you receiving the cat errors: Sporadically. Sometimes 10 minutes, sometimes immediately after clicking start.
If your game has recovered, when did it recover and what have you done before it returned to normal: I survived the first blitz by putting the game aside for a week. Nothing happened for over a month. Currently waiting a week for the current blitz to clear up.
If you were banned or have been banned for this error: Nope.
Further remarks:
-I left my KC Android app running before I went to bed in the first instance. This was so that I could retrieve my overnight expeditions while taking advantage of the daily quest reset to instantly finish the 3 expeditions quest. I stopped this practice as I suspect it triggered the 201 blitz.
-Also in the first instance, I was doing intensive leveling. This includes 1-5 and 4-3 runs and PVP.
-I'm the kind of person who taps pretty quickly. In the second instance, I went from the main screen to the quest screen by tapping quickly on Android. I immediately received the error after attempting to get to the expedition screen.
-Second instance may have also been caused by my 2-3 grinding and refusal to refresh. I was attempting to clear the 3 transports daily, but I kept on getting sent to the boss instead. This caused me to sortie to 2-3 more than I wanted to.
-Upon receiving the cat error, I never immediately get back into the game or refresh right after it rears its horrendous salt-generating head. I always close up my browser and wait more an hour before coming back. This entails logging into DMM again after that time, waiting a few more minutes, and then going to KanColle's page via my bookmarks.
-Confirmed 201 without a viewer by extracting the server responses through Chrome's network activity monitor.
svdata={"api_result":201, "api_result_msg": <random crap after this>
-Ruled out connection problems on Android by using an OTG Ethernet adapter (And several more.)
-You'd think the system would be more lenient to fast clicking activity now that the Android app has been out for some time, and there are people who can tap pretty damn quickly. Plus, KC contributed to the increase in sales of touch-enabled Windows devices in Japan.
-I'll gladly add more relevant info if asked.
Last edited by 3ka_zuki; 11-05-2016 at 06:44 AM. Reason: Added more relevant info.
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Server: Sukumo Bay
Which country you are located in: Philippines
When you started receiving your cats:
First instance: 11/20/16, about 2 in the afternoon, when retreating from E-4E
Current instance: 11/20/16, 4pm
If this has happened before: Not yet
How you connect to the game: KC3 Kai and KC Android app.
Playing on a PC or something else: Windows and Android App.
Whether or not you are a ranking admiral or are making very active attempts to rank: Not really sure, but i'm trying to clear E-4E Q node then i retreated and catbomb appeared.
Any use of 3rd party program like CE, macro: No.
F5/refresh a lot at specific spots? : I did refreshed a few (by few, i mean less than 5) times in the past because of accidentally pushing to the next node with critical ships but i never encountered Error 201.
Usual gaming habits. How often did you grind and where.:
Early morning after i took warmups, i open the Android app to do PVP, expeds, construct and develop. At college during breaks, usually i do expeds. At home at night, i play most. I usually grind at 3-2 and 2-2 for dailies and weeklies
How long do you tend to play KC?: 3 hours at home. 1 or 2 hours total on Android at breaks. Yesterday, i did played Kancolle for 10 hrs, but didn't received a catbomb
Notice any unusual activity before cats started raining, such as slower connection/lag/frequent DC: Nothing, it just appeared out of nowhere when retreating from E-4E Q node. After that, everytime i retreat from E-4E (any nodes), i will get a catbomb with Error 201
What was your activity when it first started raining cats:
First instance: Retreating from E-4E Q node
Second instance: Retreating from E-4E S node
How often are you receiving the cat errors: Everytime i retreat from any nodes.
If your game has recovered, when did it recover and what have you done before it returned to normal: Not yet, it just happened 2 hours ago.
If you were banned or have been banned for this error: No
Further remarks:
I accidentally felt asleep few times before with the KC Android app running, but i didn't got any catbombs.
All instances happened during retreating from E-4 (So far).
Upon receiving the catbomb, i tried few more times then i opened Kancolle thru DMM, but i didn't sortied because of the fear of getting banned.
I confirmed that it is error 201 because upon receiving a cat bomb screen, i received a notification on KC3 Kai that i received an Error 201.
I did played 10 hours yesterday, and about 6 hours awhile ago because of the event.
Ruled out clearing cache both on PC and Android app.
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I from VietNam, i get an error like this, I try a different internet networks, and smartphone and PC to, but they all the same stick bug, PC Laptop get error 201, and smartphone play Few minute try 3g and 4g networks to, but get the same error, then i see the cat, I'm very desperate, how do I repair and fix it, some one help me pls, beucase event will soon T.T
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@SetsunaOgiso NO DON'T LOGIN TO KANCOLLE !!
stop playing for a while, my case disappear after 2 weeks and have been playing normally since then (it happened 2 weeks before last event)
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Spring Event 2017 catbombed
It seems no one getting this error in 2017... am i the only one?
Damn Tanaka i can't even farm any ship in this event. Luckily i cleared the event before this 201 cat occurs.
1. Buin
2. Indonesia
3. 11 May 2017 (it's been one week with catbomb nonstop)
4. First time
5. KC3Kai
6. PC, using smartphone once in a while.
7. No, but i always clear 1-5, 1-6, 2-5, 3-5, 4-5, 5-5, 6-5 every month for the medal.
8. Nah. tried CE on 2nd account, but not this one.
9. This refreshing is probably the fault. i keep getting connectivity error (damn roommate using all the bandwidth) before the 201 cat started raining.
10. OREL, dailies, weeklies, monthly.
11. i grind crazy. about 15 hour perday (nolife).
12. frequent DC because of the sometimes unstable connection.
13. 201 cat started raining when i farm E-5 spring 2017.
14. i can't seem to get 30 min mark without 201 cat raining on me. tried farm E-5 despite this, but catbombed at last node lul. RIP RESO.
15. no sign of recovering soon. probably will recover after spring event maintenance. let's see. Hope to see you next event Roma *sobs*
16. Not banned yet, Tanaka pls don't. so much money have been splurged into this account..
201 Error still persist. Ah f**k this sh*t Tanaka... I'll go play my 2nd acc for a while then
i'm back, checking if the error still persist or not. and it is. and still on 5 min span. why u do this to me tanaka. why...
i'm thinking of retiring. should i say goodbye to this game? maybe i should.
update 21 july 2017, the cat is gone now. finally. but only 2 weeks left to prepare for summer event. fuck my life
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Recently having tons of catbombs, I use Poi and haven't seen anything about 201, will keep an eye out on the next taiha. This is fucking stupid as I only do weeklies and some 5-4 to level CV's andd BB's
I hate to resurrect this thread, my buy patience is gone... today has been 201-catbomb hades.... I play more than I should in general... almost all of last month was 4-3 or 5-4 interspersed with 2-3 and others for dailies. At work I tend to do a few expedition renewals, no sorties... that's pretty common each day... depends on how much work I have to get done... work comes first of course... but the afternoon EVERY expedition that came back was a catbomb when trying to reload the fleet... getting home and start my normal play in the evenings, and every returned expedition resulted in a cat at reload .... then every time I went to 5-4 the first node it would cat at some point... either going into the sortie or after... one of them it did it after playing through the whole node, catted, came back and was still fully fueled as like I didnt even get to the first node... just ruined morale... then forced 5-4 over and over and made it once out of 5 sorties .. rest all cats... but 2-3... just fine... but got catted on expedition return.....
And its not the "connection error" cat.. its ALL been 201 API cats... been checking my IP and its not changed.... I can't see any drops anywhere... only other major activity is watching youtube.. as I always do..
- Server:Palau
- Which country you are located in: USA
- When you started receiving your cats: Today
- If this has happened before: 201 cats before have been really scarce.. and usually obvious issue... usually server not responding cats...
- How you connect to the game. KC3Kai
- I wasn't "trying" to rank but as I've been heavy leveling the last month, I was at least in the top 500... was round 120ish at the end of the month ... today of course down...
- Any use of 3rd party program like CE, macro: Notta...
- F5/refresh a lot at specific spots? How many refreshes have you done for that day or the day prior? What's the duration and did you make any changes to the fleet in the mean time? I just want to know if you just AFK at that same spot or actually switch around a lot as an active player. :: Never F5. Never. I tend to have the same fleet in normal play over the last 4++ years... but most of the last month have used presets to rock between subs for 2-3 and a leveling fleet for 4-3 or 5-4.
- Usual gaming habits. How often did you grind and where. :: most of last month was 4-3 leveling of DEs.... last day was more 5-4 for DD...
- How long do you tend to play KC? 2-3 hours a day? All day even while at work? All day... basically..... at least 6pm-2am most days with the expeditions at work if I can...
- Notice any unusual activity before cats started raining, such as slower connection/lag/frequent DC: Nothing really noticable.
- What was your activity when it first started raining cats: at work, expeiditon return, would go to refill and poof... 201-CAT
- How often are you receiving the cat errors: all the time now.... every sortie to 5-4.... since I've stopped 5-4 to write this (to do 2-3 in not-watching mode) only 1 cat from expedition return.
- If your game has recovered, when did it recover and what have you done before it returned to normal :: nothing yet...
- If you were banned or have been banned for this error:: not yet.. never been banned.


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In an interview with Vulture, Moffat explains that a lack of any wedding details in the original Sherlock Holmes stories inspired his desire to know how it all went down. The book version had John Watson and Mary Morstan get married in between mystery insstallments, but that didn't satisfy Moffat.
"I remember being a 12-year-old kid thinking, 'Oh why didn't we see Sherlock be the best man? Please can we see that?'" Moffat explains in the interview.
With no speech appearing in the Sir Arthur Conan Doyle stories, Moffat made up his own mind about what the speech would include. "I thought what Sherlock would do is he'd sit there and think, 'Everyone's gonna think I'm gonna make a right c***-up of this. Everyone thinks I'm going to screw it up. So I'm going to make them think that, and then of course I'm going to say something lovely,'" Moffat explains. "And I always thought he'd do it well because he's a genius and he cares about his mate — he wouldn't let his mate down."
Why would a "high-functioning sociopath" like Sherlock care about this at all? According to Moffat, it's because Holmes isn't a sociopath at all.
Moffat's vision of the best-man speech turned out just as he desired. "I loved writing the speech, and I don't normally cry when I'm writing," he says. "Sadness doesn't make me cry. I think a simple expression of devotion probably does."
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Still reeling from her last encounter with evil (The Blood Spilt, 2007), Stockholm attorney Rebecka Martinsson accepts a probationary position as special prosecutor in a third fraught murder case.
For someone who was such a big noise when she was alive—she was head of information for the global corporation Kallis Mining—Inna Wattrang certainly met with an ignominious end. When the Kiruna police finally identify her and trace the murder scene from the chilly spot where her body was found back to her own home, they realize that she was methodically tortured before being stabbed to death. Who could have done such a terrible thing to a woman with such deep roots in the community? The events that unfold from here on out—90 percent of them in the past—dramatize the ways roots can go entirely too deep for comfort. Shifting between present and past with disconcerting rapidity, Larsson reveals the intricacies of Inna's past with her brother Diddi, an incompetent who ends up handling Kallis Mining's finances, and Mauri Kallis, a local boy who makes good beyond his wildest dreams. The shifting relationships among this unholy trinity—compounded further by the arrival of Mauri's long-separated sister Ester, a gifted artist—are so baroque and perverse that they eclipse the official investigation and reduce Rebecka and Anna-Maria Mella, the police inspector she's working with, to supporting roles. As Ester reflects shortly before the climactic bloodbath that carries off most of the cast, "[W]hile her feet are following the black path, she herself is living in another world. You could call it a memory, but it's happening now. Again."
Larsson's attraction to the pathology of psychological and physical violence is so baleful and intense that it's almost a relief to see her troubled heroine upstaged by an even more troubled group of suspects.


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|#26 Steven Fogarty (John Autey Pioneer Press)
The big game on Friday night was top ranked Minnesota traveling to South Bend Indiana to take on 4th ranked Notre Dame as part of a 2 game set. Game 1 goes to the Notre Dame Fighting Irish 4-1 as the Irish did a masterful job of playing defense limiting Minnesota's offensive chances.
Steven Fogarty (NYR 2011 3rd)Vince Hinostroza had a secondary assist on what proved to be Notre Dame's game winning goal. Fogarty got the play going in the Golden Gopher defensive end finding Vince Hinostroza in the right corner and Hinostroza fed Sam Herr perfectly for Notre Dame's 2nd goal. The goal would prove to be the game winner as Notre Dame would hold Minnesota to just 1 game.
Fogarty earned his 2nd assist of the season (1-2-3) on 1 shot but he was 4-7 on his faceoffs. Teammate Robbie Russo (NYI 2011 4th) was scoreless on 1 shot and even for the game. For Minnesota, Brady Skjei (NYR 2012 1st) was scoreless on 2 shots while Taylor Cammarata (NYI 2013 3rd) was scoreless on 1 shot.
Jake Bischoff (NYI 2012 7th) was a healthy scratch for Minnesota as the 2 teams will face off again on Saturday night.
Griffin Reinhart (NYI 2012 1st) had the only assist on his Edmonton Oil Kings 5th goal as the Oil Kings shut out the Kamloops Blazers 5-0 for their 3rd straight shutout win and 4th overall straight win. Reinhart and his blueline corps helped to kill 8 Kamloops penalties. Reinhart is now 1-5-6 on the season.
Teammates Adam Pelech (NYI 2012 3rd) and Troy Donnay (NYR 2013 UFA) were scoreless as their Erie Otters held off the Ottawa 67's 3-2.
Victor Crus-Rydberg (NYI 2013 5th) got a secondary assist on what turned out to be the game tying goal as his Plymouth Whaler Whalers ended a 3 game losing streak after a 3-2 shootout win over the Guelph Storm. Crus-Rydberg is now 3-13-16 on the season after the assist.
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Doyle Somerby (NYI 2012 5th) was introduced to his 1st Boston University/Boston College matchup and it did not go well for Somerby's Boston University Terriers as they lost to the 8th ranked Boston College Eagles 5-1. Somerby was scoreless and a -2 for the game.
Stephon Williams (NYI 2013 4th) saw his record fall to 2-4 after his Minnesota Mavericks lost to the Bowling Green Falcons 4-3. It appears that Williams has been hit by the "sophomore jinx" as it seems he just can't buy a win these days. Besides the 2-4 record, Williams has a 3.40 Goals Against and a 0.867 save percentage.
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Namaste from Pondicherry, India
Beautiful Ripple Yoga Community!
Happy New Year! I hope that everyone has a happy and prosperous 2016 filled with joy, serenity and peace. We started the New Year off with the 22nd Annual International Yoga Festival sponsored by the Pondicherry Board of Tourism. All of the students from the ashram were given a speech to make at the Festival!! Some of us were pretty nervous, but I was OK – I have a lot of experience speaking in front of people! My talk was on Yoga for Stress Management and I hope to make the video available to the community soon. We need to upload it to Youtube.
The primary cause of stress in our lives can be found by looking in the mirror. Harsh lesson right? But it is reality, or Satya. For those who are interested in the anatomy, it works like this. We perceive things in our lives through our senses which is then filtered into the brain through any ignorance that we have and our ego. Again, ignorance does not mean stupid, it means we have yet to gain knowledge. This signal of perception goes into our brain into the emotional center, which is the limbic system. This system surrounds the hypothalamus gland. If we perceive an external factor as stressful, such as our job, our boss, our kids, etc. the emotional part of the brain bombards the hypothalamus with this message. That gland then releases hormones into the body causes the physical, or psycho-somatic reactions to stress in the body.
Once we understand that stress and the results of it are self-induced by our misperception of the world, we can overcome stress and anxiety by overcoming self. We have to recognize that we are responsible for our lives, which means we are responsible for our thoughts, emotions and actions. There is never anyone to blame for anything. Here at the ashram we call Patanjali Ashtanga Yoga the "No Excuse Yoga". To overcome perception is to overcome self, and THIS is exactly what Yoga does for us. Probably not the type of Yoga that you have ever practiced, but it is now the Yoga that we teach at Ripple. Real Yoga, Authentic Yoga. This is what I am bringing back to all of you in the lovely community and what has already begun integrating into the teaching through the current teaching team. Check out the Foundation Classes, my friends.
On a side note, I am an example of stress and anxiety gone amok. In my 30s, I was so stressed out from work that I was hospitalized with heart palpitations, sweats and shortness of breath from hyper ventilation. I was prescribed Paxil and Xanax, rather than treating the underlying cause. I wasted 5 years taking those drugs and countless hours in counseling when all I needed was self-realization and the practice of Yama and Niyama, which I have been practicing now for 7 happy years.
Many of you have asked, especially new students, why I look so happy in all the photos. It is because I am happy, and it is because I practice Yama and Niyama!!
Yoga is Unity, We are One, see you in less than 80 days!!!!
Enjoy, keep practicing, continue evolving and so much more to come!! As always if you have any questions, you can email me directly at firstname.lastname@example.com. I answer all emails!!!!
In Unity and Love,