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Welcome to another edition of my bi-weekly interviews. I'm sorry this is a week late but better late than never eh? Anyways, I'm excited to share with you the beautiful, kind, and talented writer and blogger, Deborah Glover from the blog: BookyGLover.
1. Please Tell Us About Yourself?
My name is Deborah (Booky Glover). I am from Ondo state, Nigeria, but I live in Lagos. I am a Choleric/Melancholic, my parents first child, and with that position comes responsibilities. I am a teacher by profession and a writer by passion. I'm also a Christian. and a foodie who reads, writes, listens to music and loves to make new friends. I began my blog writing for my eyes only in 2005 but began blogging for anyone to visit starting in July of 2015.
2. What Does Writing and Blogging Mean To You?
Writing is a means of expressing myself. Whatever I am feeling, thinking of, or going through, I can write about it. Writing became more important to me when I began to experience unpleasantness in life. It became my means of surviving. I wrote down my pain and anger and all this writing made me feel better. It helped me see that the things I was going through were not quite as bad as I thought. Writing my thoughts down also gave me understanding about my situation and a different perspective.
"Writing became more important to me when I began to experience unpleasantness in life. It became my means of surviving. I wrote down my pain and anger and all this writing made me feel better." – Deb Glover
3. Where do you Find Your Inspiration and Motivation to Write? Do You Find There Is A Time of Day You Enjoy Writing Most?
Life is my motivation. I see people, I listen to their tales and in the stillness, the words come to me. After I start writing, I don't stop writing until I feel my flow of thought is cut off. Music is inspirational as well.
I don't have a particular time I prefer writing. There are times when I wake early in the morning with the intention of writing and nothing comes out. At these times, writing becomes a chore and I write a lot of nonsense.
But, there are times when I'm walking down the road and a line comes to me, or many words rush into my mind. In those times, I pick up my pen and book and scribble beside the road. Other times I write in the receptionist office while I wait for a job interview. I write at odd times and I've learned to keep a paper and pen with me at all times, even at my bed side.
4. What is Your Most Current Writing Project? Have You Published Any Writing or Are Your Planning to Publish Any?
I'm working on a book. It's a novel. I have been really lazy in working on it but in good time I'll finish it. I have a complete Novella. It needs editing work, a book cover, and then publishing. However, I feel skeptical about it. I completed the novella back in 2014.
"Life is my motivation. I see people, I listen to their tales and in the stillness, the words come to me. After I start writing, I don't stop writing until I feel my flow of thought is cut off." – Deb Glover
5. What Kind of Publishing Are You Considering? What Is Your Process of Writing Like?
I have books I have read on publishing a book and I've chosen to self-publish online before publishing paperback novels. The first book I publish might be free.
My writing process begins when a thought drops into my mind and I write until the flow of ideas stops. Then I leave my work for a while — a few hours, a day or more — then I return to it to edit or see what can be made better in the story. For the stories or poems I write on my blog site, they are mostly unplanned. I write as the inspiration comes. I write for myself and hope that someone out there can relate to what I am feeling or what my feelings manifest as.
6. Do Prefer Certain Areas of Writing or Reading? Do You Have Favorite Genres? Do You Have Any Helpful Advice for Other Writers?
I like reading historical romances, detective books, poetry, African writers (mainstream), and sometimes I read Christian books. Apart from these genres, I read pretty much anything as long as it is a book. I only fling a book to the corner of the room when I'm halfway through the book and it is not making sense yet. I like to give every book I choose to read a chance.
Advice for other writers would be: Write. Write to please yourself. No one has written the exact way you write, no one has seen the world the way you see it. No one will put it down the way you would.
"My writing process begins when a thought drops into my mind and I write until the flow of ideas stops. Then I leave my work for a while — a few hours, a day or more — then I return to it to edit or see what can be made better in the story." – Deb Glover
7. Is There Anything Else You Would Like to Share With Us Pertinent to Writing or Yourself?
Every writer shares bits and pieces of herself/himself. We are after all everyday people. I find out that when those bits slip into my work, I produce something beautiful. A work that makes me ask myself, 'Did I really write something that good?"
8. Please Share With Us Your Top Three Favorite Blogs:
- Jacqueline Oby-Ikocha — Jacqueline's posts vary from poetry, fiction, personal issues, to photography. She hosts blogging parties and I've always enjoyed meeting new bloggers through them.
- Sweet Aroma — Oneta Hayes is a great-grandma who is passionate about life, living, Christianity, humanity, and most importantly, she shows me how to be a better person through her comments on my blog posts. She's one awesome woman!
- Adebisi Olatunji FeminineMaterz — Adebisi does not write so much poetry but she shares the reality of our world in regards to the viewpoints of a woman. She dabbles in story writing and so far, it has been fun following her blog.
P.S – Most of the blogs I follow are awesome and I could talk about each of them and tell you how beautiful they make my day.
9. Please Share With Us Some of Your Favorite Links from Your Blog:
Keep Moving Forward
By Deborah Glover
"If you can't fly then run, if you can't run then walk, if you can't walk then crawl, but whatever you do you have to keep moving forward." ~ Martin Luther King Jr.
One-Liner Wednesday.
Thank God, I've been a lot better. I am taking each day with all the bravery and courage my little heart can muster. I recently have had issues with my phone and this makes blogging, writing, or reading a chore. I have abandoned my e-books for paperbacks and long hours of chatting has changed into hours of reading my Bible and reading books I have not touched or opened in two years.
The words of Martin Luther King Jr. keep ringing in my heart. I have to keep moving forward. This quote has been my father's favorite. We have had tough times in the family and he always said the quote below to me. He would quote Martin Luther King Jr words.
I won't give up. You shouldn't give up too.
Until next time,
"Booky, I won't say there are problems so I won't make an effort to be better. I have to keep investing time in my career, my vision and you have to do the same. If you can't run, you walk…." — Mr. Glover (Deborah's Dad)
Here Are Three More Links from Deborah's Blog to Read:
- To My Damaged Friends by Deborah Glover
- My Love: For One Day by Deborah Glover
- Indian Movies and I by Deborah Glover
Thank you so much to Deborah for sharing her writing and bits of her life with us. I appreciate her wanting to be interviewed and hope she is happy with the results. I am looking forward her novella and current novel, being published through self-publishing or otherwise. Here is the link to Deborah's blog one more time: BookyGLover.
If you are a writer or blogger who would like to be interviewed for my biweekly interview series please contact me through my contact page HERE. See you in a week, I'm going to try to get the interviews back on their every second Monday schedule.
©Mandibelle16.(2017) All Rights Reserved.


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Cami (Age 30)
Jefferson City, TN
About CAMI :
"I occur shy at first and a little quiet maybe..
Untill the ice is broken and we have got to know each other some more. Trust is the key here.
Besides all that I'm a pretty decent girl.. with a great appetite for sex.. Ones the ice is broken
I'm looking for you if you're a little dominant and demanding in the bed room.
Oooh and I'm pretty adventurous and fun loving so no boring guy please ;-D"
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About DELOISE :
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About CLARITA :
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About TRUDIE :
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"AHH Hate Iceland!"
|aka Nrrrrrrrn
Actual picture of Nairn from the air.
|Nrrrrrn Anthem
|Tilda Swinton
Nairn (ˈnɛərn/ Gaelic: Inbhir Narann/ Nairneese: nrrrrrrrrrrn) is the fastest toon in Scotland and a former burgh in the Highland council area. It is an ancient fishing port and market toon. Nairn is one of the most religious toons in Scotland boasting more that 15 religious meeting grounds.
The toon is now best known as a seaside resort, with two golf courses, a small theatre, one small museum, more than enough churches and too many genetically modified seagulls.
Disclaimer: Nairn is in no way affiliated with the "chef" Nick "The Knockoff" Nairn.
Around 16 miles (26 km) east of Inverness 20 mins as the gull flies), 571 miles (918Km) from London,England (A hoor a long way as the gull flies).
As Nairn is so close to Inverness it is often considered another part of Inverness by councils and is covered by the same heartless money grabbers most notable is Danny Alexander. It is for this reason Nairn is often known as Nairn by Inverness to outsiders and stupid folk.
The A96 runs directly though Nairn much to the joy of the locals who will often use this as a point of argument when asked to pay extra for postage because Nairn is within the highlands and therefore the terrain is far to inhospitable and every parcel must be flown in by helicopter.
King James VI of Scotland, when he travelled to London,England looking for wool and wild women upon becoming King of England, boasted that in his kingdom he had a toon whose only street was so long that the people living at one end could not understand the language of those at the other. He was speaking of Nairn, formerly split into Scottish Gaelic-(Fishertown massive) and Scots-speaking communities (Posh chunts). A town of two halves in other ways, the narrow-streeted fishertown surrounds a harbour built by Thomas Telford while Victorian villas stand in the 'West End'.
"I have a town whose only street is so long that the people living at one end can not understand the language of those at the other so how about that. "
During the Wars of the Three Kingdoms, the battle of Auldearn was fought near the town, between Royalists and Covenanters, the Aldernites never stop going on about it. They planned a revolution unless this was put in here. It is believed that the Duke of Cumberland stayed in Nairn in the flats above Ashers the night before the battle of Culloden but after getting "Awfa hammered" he called in sick.
It was not until the 1860s that Nairn became a respectable and popular holiday town. Dr. John Grigor (a statue of whom is located at Viewfield banging a hooker) wasgifted a house in this coastal town and spent his retirement there as is now a local highland custom. He valued its warm climate and advised his wealthy clients to holiday there. Following the opening of the Nairn railway station in 1855, new houses and hotels were built in the elegant West End. The station is on the Aberdeen to Inverness Line. Originally this was the last stop on the line from London due to the inhospitable terrain on what is now the main Dava branch line to Inverness.
Since layed in 1970 the A96 from Inverness to Aberdeen passing through Nairn town itself has been a constant source of local frustration first starting in 1971 when Angus McAngusson a local of the Inverness area wanted a quicker way to get his cows to Elgin without having to get though the rush hour traffic. Everyone else agreed that a by-pass was in order but nobody could really be bothered making one. From this day until today nobody could be arsed doing it so nobody has but every house in Nairn pays homage to Angus thinking it sounds like a grand idea and so the locals place a sticker in the window of there homes so everyone knows they like the sound of a by-pass as long as somebody else will make it. Other than that no a lot happened.
21st Century[edit]
Nairn has become the R.S.P.B.'s largest breeding colony of Seagulls, visitors and locals alike can often be found training adult birds in divebombing and shit targeting, visiting foreigners(weegies staying at local caravan park) are often amazed at the dexterity of the Seagulls in their ability to snatch a whole "bag'o'chips oot their hunds".
A Recent upgrade of the High St has managed to make what was a shithole into an even more unattractive shite hole with the addition of what the locals refer to as "that wee bump on the road".
In 2012 the first real superstore was built just close enough to Nairn that the locals turned up in droves to see it being opened. The legendary Nairn Sainsbury's which sells more than one kind of vodka has become the larges talking point in Nairn for years to come.
"I don't need *hkup* to go all the way to the cally *hiikp* to get pissed"
The town hosts the Nairn International Jazz Festival each August, usually attracting some well-known and world class musicians, lots of snobs and countless amounts of NEDs who were on there way to shoot seagulls. Also this year Oscar-winning actress Tilda Swinton Nairn's national mascot, who lives in Nairn and is the only famous person to have ever done so, created a film festival entitled "Ballerina Ballroom Cinema of Dreams" which was a great ego rub for her. Created out of an old bingo hall in the town it generated worldwide press about the festival and Nairn. Nairn is also the host for the annual Nairn Book & Arts festival which takes place every year in June where awards are presented by the dolphin overlord king eeeeek.
Nairn stages one of the biggest Highland games in the North. The first event was held in 1867 by Jock and Ally trying to decide who would have the porridge that week, and it is now one of the few where entry remains free. The games were a major event in the local social calendar until the people stopped being amused by logs flying through the air.
Old people, lots of them.
Nairn is known as a world class golfing destination by at least three people, with two 18 hole Championship swimwear models on the course. One of these, The Nairn Golf Club is one of the greatest traditional links courses in the world and was established in 1887 by Frank Sinatra. Its designers include Archie Simpson, Old Tom Morris and James Braid. It has hosted many tournaments culminating in the 1999 Walker Cup and is visited by golfers from all over the world (even as far as Manchester). Local man Hugh Cunningham has shown in the extreme hazards on the Dunbar course in this YouTube clip.
The local football team is Nairn County F.C., who play in the Highland Football League with one other team. They recently picked up their first trophy in 31 years when they won the North of Scotland Cup 3-1 against rivals Forres Mechanics F.C. at Grant Street Park, Inverness after every other member of the mechanics died. The town has another football team, Nairn St Ninian, who are a junior outfit currently in training to save a goal, or score one, or dribble, or do more than fall over the ball.
Sneak peek at the Nairn Junior team training.
Gossiping is the most common sport in this small village and almost all residents have taken part in this all year long sporting even since berth.
Developed as a home defence plan during world war II the sport has no rules but the ultimate aim of confusing outsiders, one of the most common tactics is the "Who's the father?" formation of lies.
Who's the Father?[edit]
During the "Who's the father" section of this game a woman is impregnated and every person that sees the woman must then try to deduce the identity of the father of the child. This game's practical use during world war two was to prevent the Jerries knowing which children were bread for war by army officials.
As an added difficulty the father is often left unaware if he is the father or not.
Nairn has a vastly abundant faiths for such a small town, resided over by many "Holy leaders" over the years the names and patrons of the holy churches of Nairn have gone through many incarnations and yet on nearly every Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday Friday, Saturday and Sunday (the holy days of drinking) the people of Nairn visit there local church sometimes just referred to as "The local" to partake of holy beverages and chant.
The Holy Cally Bar Nairn[edit]
Boasting the only Holy meeting place in Nairn where it's patrons are able to take part in ceremonial danceing on a designated "dance floor" The Holy Cally Bar Nairn has in recent years held most appeal for the younger generation of Nairnites.
Followers of The Star Hotel and Bar[edit]
The most renowned Leader of The Followers of The Star Hotel and Bar Reverend Colin Barron (more commonly known by his flock as Rev. Roach has single handedly though many years of devoted drinking of communal ale paid for The Star Hotel and Bar to keep it's doors open and continue it's good work among the community.
People not born in Nairn but we wish were[edit]
- Oscar Wilde but he did visit once.. ok he passed though but he nearly stayed.


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ALBANY -- Lorna Patterson is willing to take on New York's top health official for her right to be flu vaccine-free.
The registered nurse in Albany Medical Center's emergency room is among a group of nurses who plan to file a lawsuit against state Health Commissioner Dr. Richard Daines to prevent the mandatory vaccination of New York's health care workers with the H1N1 flu virus.
"It takes away our freedom of choice," Patterson told reporters during a news conference Monday. "Our health is being affected."
The deadline for the state's health care workers to receive the swine flu vaccination is at the end of next month, though some employers have moved that up to the end of this month.
The four nurses will file a lawsuit against the state this week to prevent the forced vaccination, said their attorney, Terence L. Kindlon.
"This is a significant civil rights issue," Kindlon said. "We think people are being forced to do something by the government."
If Patterson and Kathryn Dupuis do not receive their shots within the next two weeks, they will likely lose their jobs in the emergency room at Albany Medical Center. Patterson said the vaccination was rushed into production in a matter of months and that its effect has not yet been properly studied.
Patterson said the vaccination could be dangerous for people, including pregnant women, and that more time is needed to understand its effectiveness. She said she is not willing to risk her health and does not think it is fair that she should lose her job.
Outside of New York City, 91,000 FluMist doses -- the inhalant form of the vaccine -- were delivered by the end of last week. Health care workers are at the front of the line for those to receive the first round.
A similar suit filed last week in New York City names Commissioner Daines and Jeffrey Kraut, chairman of the state Hospital Planning and Review Council, and contends it is beyond the state's authority to mandate getting the vaccines. Kindlon said the New York Civil Liberties Union and other groups may file similar legal action in the coming weeks.
Daines has said that vulnerable people and those who haven't been immunized come to hospitals and that they need to be protected from the possibility that medical workers carry the virus. The commissioner has said health workers in hospitals, clinics and other settings must be vaccinated by Nov. 30 or risk losing their jobs.
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control estimates it will have provided states with 186 million doses of the H1N1 vaccine by January. New York officials expect the state to receive 6.7 million doses for upstate and 5 million doses for the city.
New York is the first state to mandate flu vaccinations for health care workers. The nurses preparing to file the lawsuit have already collected more than 400 signatures of health care workers against the forced vaccinations and are helping plan at rally scheduled for this Wednesday at the Capitol.


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Date: Nov 01, 2012
Press Release Number: 174-2012
The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey reports the following update on conditions at its transportation facilities as of 2:45 p.m. today.
LaGuardia Airport opened both runways today at 7:00 a.m. Carriers are providing limited service but are continuing to ramp up operations throughout the day.
JFK International opened a third runway today and the airport is fully operational. Airlines are continuing to restore full flight schedules; however, flight service will vary by carrier.
Newark Liberty International is fully operational and airlines continue to increase service.
Stewart International Airport is operating normally.
Teterboro Airport is open for service during daylight hours, with both runways operating.
We remind all airline passengers to confirm flight times, departures and arrivals with the airline carriers before traveling to the airports.
AirTrain JFK has resumed limited service. Service is available between Jamaica Terminal and Federal Circle, and from Federal Circle to Howard Beach Station. Port Authority buses will provide shuttle service between Federal Circle and the passenger terminals. In keeping with the State of New York's transit emergency status, AirTrain JFK fares are suspended Thursday, November 1, and Friday, November 2.
AirTrain Newark continues to operate at full service taking passengers to the NEC where they can take Amtrak (limited services) to Newark Penn Station and Philadelphia. AirTrain Newark fares are suspended Thursday, November 1, and Friday, November 2.
Tunnels and Bridges
The George Washington Bridge, Goethals Bridge, Bayonne Bridge, Outerbridge Crossing and Lincoln Tunnel remain open. Motorists are advised that the City of New York is not allowing vehicles with fewer than three passengers to cross the Lincoln Tunnel and enter Manhattan between the hours of 6 AM and midnight.
The Holland Tunnel remains closed until further notice.
All PATH service is suspended until further notice.
Port Authority Bus Terminal
Greyhound Bus service into and out of the PABT resumed today. Commuter bus carriers continue to add service, and all PABT retail tenants are open for business. Passengers are urged to check with carriers before leaving for the bus terminal.
World Financial Ferry Terminal
Ferries are running between New Jersey and New York from 7 a.m. until 6:30 p.m., starting from Paulus Hook, Weehawken and Hoboken North at 14th Street and going to the World Financial Ferry Terminal in Battery Park City.
For further information, customers should go to nywaterway.com.
The Port Authority's maritime facilities are closed until further notice.
Port Authority staff and engineers remain on site at all Port Authority facilities to inspect conditions, assess damage, and perform repair work. Our primary goal is to ensure the safety of our workers and those who use our facilities. We will resume operations at our facilities as quickly as possible consistent with safe operations.
For up-to-date information on our facilities, follow us on Twitter @PANYNJ. For further information for New York State, visit http://www.governor.ny.gov/stormwatch. For New Jersey, visit www.ready.nj.gov.
Port Authority of New York and New Jersey
201-595-4530 or 201-595-4531
Founded in 1921, the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey builds, operates, and maintains many of the most important transportation and trade infrastructure assets in the country. The agency's network of aviation, ground, rail, and seaport facilities is among the busiest in the country, supports more than 550,000 regional jobs, and generates more than $23 billion in annual wages and $80 billion in annual economic activity. The Port Authority also owns and manages the 16-acre World Trade Center site, where construction crews are building the iconic One World Trade Center, which is now the tallest skyscraper in New York. The Port Authority receives no tax revenue from either the state of New York or New Jersey or from the City of New York. The agency relies on revenues generated by facility users, tolls, fees and rents as well as loans, bond financing, and federal grants to fund its operations. For more information, please visithttp://www.panynj.gov.


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Approved by the Faculty Senate
April 20, 2011
WHEREAS: The Professional Affairs Committee of the Faculty Senate has studied the provisions of Chapter 4 of the Faculty Handbook, dealing with Professional Development Opportunities for faculty, and
WHEREAS: Consistent with the direction of the Board of Regents, the Committee has recommended clarification and updates, and has recommended separating the provisions of the chapter into separate "policy" and "procedures" sections, and
WHEREAS: The Faculty Senate concurs with those recommendations, and
WHEREAS: The content proposed below has already been approved by the Faculty Senate, the President, and the Board of Regents as part of Faculty Senate Bill 10-A-06,
THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT: the Chapter 4 of the Faculty Handbook be amended by inserting the following procedures after the policy section entitled "College Level Professional Development Program":
Faculty Senate Bill 11-A-22 begins here.
College Level Professional Development Procedures
A. Each college, school, and Kent Library shall maintain a Faculty Development Committee, composed of one (or, at the discretion of the unit, two) representative(s) from each department within the unit, such representatives being elected by the full-time faculty in each department.
B. The Faculty Development Committee shall recommend to the faculty of the unit a
membership rotation plan for the Committee, as well as a procedure to be used for
allocation of the available funds. The allocation procedure may consist of:
1) an allocation of the funds on a per capita basis to each full-time faculty member in the unit,
2) a competitive application process incorporating criteria and priorities, or
3) some other procedure.
The initial membership rotation plan and allocation procedure shall be effective once approved by a majority of unit faculty voting in a unit-wide meeting, by mailed paper ballot, or by electronic ballot. Annually, the Committee shall review the unit procedures and submit to the faculty any suggested revisions, subject to the required majority approval, as above.
C. One-tenth of the total amount allocated to the college, school, or Kent Library for the fiscal year shall be designated for use by the dean. These funds will be used at the dean's discretion to support
development activities for faculty members of the unit, and shall be listed in the annual reports, as below.
D. For units that use a competitive application process, the dean shall receive applications
and forward them to the Faculty Development Committee. The Committee shall evaluate
the applications in accordance with the approved procedures, and shall submit its
recommendation to the dean regarding the funding level. The dean will consider recommendations
to fund proposals in a timely fashion. If approval is granted, the dean will provide
for the appropriate disbursement of the award. If approval is not granted, the dean
will provide explanation to the committee. If there is substantial disagreement on
the awarding of funds, the matter will be referred to the College Council for final
For units using a per capita allocation, the funds shall be available to faculty members in the same manner as the departmental-level faculty development funds.
E. Within two months of the end of each fiscal year, the dean will compile and publish or distribute (in printed or electronic form) to the faculty of the college, school, or Kent Library a list of recipients of all development grants awarded, purposes, funds expended, and the remaining balance of all available funds.
F. Information concerning the unit procedures, funding periods, and/or applications shall be made available through the dean, department chairpersons, or members of the Faculty Development Committee.
G. Unit procedures and criteria that were in force at the time of the approval of this policy, and that are not in conflict with it, shall remain in force until revised according to the provisions above.
Procedures contain portions of:
Faculty Senate Bill 87-A-02R, approved by Faculty Senate Apr. 1987, by Board of Regents May 1987
Faculty Senate Bill 10-A-06, approved by Faculty Senate Mar. 24, 2010, by Board of Regents June 22, 2010
Amended by Faculty Senate Bill 11-A-22, approved by Faculty SenateApril20, 2011, by PresidentApril, 2011
Approved by the Faculty Senate
date: April 20, 2011
Approved by the President
date: April, 2011
Please comment using the procedures for campus review form on the important information and documents page.
Posted to Faculty Handbook
date: February 19, 2013


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This comprehensive pneumatics engineering section includes power cylinders, control valves and actuators. Used extensively in mining, construction, mechanised manufacturing installations, transport and dentistry, pneumatic systems provide a safer, more cost-effective and flexible alternative to electrically powered actuators. A central compressor or vacuum pump powers the system, controlled by manual and automatic valves or strong metal solenoid assemblies. Industrial applications frequently employ rough vacuum technology with wide pump plunger mechanisms and a large surface area to power heavy machinery. In contrast, smaller pumps for precise tools run at faster speeds but are more prone to strain and wear. Pneumatic logic system (or air logic control) devices such as logic gates, relays, boosters and timers are occasionally seen in some older installations. This reliable option was preferred when safety factors or upgrade costs were prime considerations. More recently, however, electronic control systems have become more common due to their smaller size, superior precision and the enhanced functionality associated with digital controls. Pneumatic system accessories and common parts on offer here range from air treatment components, check valves and fittings to straight, angled and T-joint pneumatic connectors.
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Didn't make it to Venice again this year? Not in the cards? (Or the budget?)
Content yourself instead with a taste of that romantic Italian city. After all, we eat to remember travels; why not eat to summon visions we've not yet enjoyed?
Venice has a diverse culinary history with myriad flavors. Nowhere else is that as apparent as with cicchetti — small, intensely flavored snacks served in bacari (bars) and restaurants. Think of the tapas of Spain or pintxos of Basque country. Cicchetti (cheek-KAY-tee) come in a variety nearly as infinite as the fishes in the sea — an apt metaphor since seafood figures large among these bar snacks, as you'd expect in a city built on islands: stewed squid over polenta, fried tuna balls, baccala (salt cod). And from the land, you might see hard-cooked egg halves, spicy rapini over polenta, fried polenta sticks with stracchino cheese and so much more.
Many of those are featured in a new book, "Cicchetti and Other Small Italian Plates to Share" by Lindy Wildsmith and Valentina Sforza. While Sforza covers the rest of Italy, Wildsmith zeros in on cicchetti.
"I just love Venice," says Wildsmith, speaking by phone from London. And she loves cicchetti, from the years she spent living and working in the city. "I always wanted to write about them."
She also claims as motivation that everything else about Italian cuisine has already been written. Perhaps. True or not, making cicchetti at home presents the Italophile — and other home cooks — with a wealth of dishes to try.
Cicchetti evolved from the necessity of kitchen economy, Wildsmith says, from cooks using up leftovers, especially liver and onions.
"There was not enough for another meal, but enough for a snack," she says. Today they are served at any time and at every hole-in-the-wall bar in Venice — people often eat them standing out in the piazza. And they are solely Venetian.
"You won't find it elsewhere, even elsewhere in the Veneto," she says, meaning the region of which Venice is the capital.
A platter of cicchetti might include skewered bites (food on sticks figure big in the bacari) like Wildsmith's fried pumpkin here, or a little something over polenta (another cicchetti staple, whether cooked, cooled, cut and fried or served creamy), like the spicy rapini here from Bar Ombra, in Andersonville, which specializes in the snacks, offering a couple of dozen.
While cicchetti are most often as simple as these, they can be more complex, such as the beans in peverada sauce, a condiment with a Renaissance pedigree with its combination of chicken livers, salami and anchovies.
Those anchovies impart flavor from the sea, as they do in a piquant sauce from Michael "Mikey" Sheerin that he created for his fritto misto (a mix of fried items, in this case vegetables). Sheerin is executive chef of Cicchetti, which has an opening planned for November or December in Streeterville. Its focus can be attributed to a motive similar to Wildsmith's.
"We wanted to create something that is unique in Streeterville (Chicago neighborhood)," says Sheerin. Though the restaurant will offer an array of freshly made pastas, the titular cicchetti will star. Sheerin, formerly of Trenchermen, Blackbird and other restaurants, is excited about playing with ingredients of the Italian pantry, such as agrodolce and gremolata.
"There's a lot of layering of flavors," he says. "I've found an Italian fish sauce I plan to incorporate."
That sauce, colatura di alici (made from fermenting anchovies), grounds his garnish for the fritto misto. The tender vegetables in a light, crispy batter require a number of steps but deliver you-can't-stop-eating-them flavor. A great addition to your home cicchetti platter.
Oh, and don't forget an ombra, a small glass of wine, or an aperitivo. A drink is always served with cicchetti, quite often a spritz, a refreshing combination of a bitter, such as Campari or Aperol, topped with prosecco.
And Venice? Maybe next year.
Spicy rapini with garlic and citrus over creamy polenta
Prep: 15 minutes
Cook: 12 minutes
Servings: 8
From Bar Ombra in Chicago. The rapini stalks are served whole over the polenta. For a richer polenta, stir in 4 ounces mascarpone and 1/4 cup freshly grated Parmesan.
1 bunch rapini
3 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
2 cloves garlic, thinly sliced
Pinch kosher salt
1/4 tsp dried red pepper flakes
Zest of half a lemon
2 cups cooked soft polenta, see note
1. Break or cut the rapini into stalks. Trim the tough stems from the rapini, about the bottom quarter. Cook them in a large saucepan of boiling salted water, 2 minutes. Drain, save 1/4 cup of the cooking water. Cool rapini in an ice bath to set the color. Drain and dry rapini.
2. Place 2 tablespoons olive oil and the garlic in a large skillet; turn heat to medium. When garlic begins to color, add rapini, reserved rapini cooking water and salt. Cook until rapini is tender and cooking water has evaporated.
3. Toss rapini with chili flakes, lemon zest and remaining 1 tablespoon olive oil. Season with salt. Serve over hot polenta.
Note: Cook 1 cup instant polenta in 4 cups water, following package directions. You will have extra polenta for another meal.
Nutrition information:
Per serving: 200 calories, 3 g fat, 0 g saturated fat, 0 mg cholesterol, 38 g carbohydrates, 5 g protein, 9 mg sodium, 4 g fiber.
Sweet and sour pumpkin stuzzichini
Prep: 25 minutes
Cook: 35 minutes
Servings: 8
From "Cicchetti" by Lindy Wildsmith and Valentina Sforza. For this recipe use a small pumpkin, also known as a pie pumpkin, or sub with butternut squash. We also liked this dish when eaten while the pumpkin is still hot.
1 pumpkin (2 pounds), cut into 8 equal pieces, seeds removed
2 small onions, finely sliced
1 to 2 tablespoons olive oil
3 tablespoons white wine vinegar
4 cups sunflower or canola oil
1/4 cup flour seasoned with salt and pepper
1 tablespoon finely chopped flat-leaf parsley
1. Heat the oven to 350 degrees. Put pumpkin in a baking pan; roast until just tender, 30 minutes.
2. Meanwhile, cook the onions with olive oil in a skillet over medium heat until tender, 10-15 minutes. (Do not allow them to color.) Add the vinegar; leave to cool.
3. When the pumpkin is ready, allow it to cool. Then pull the skin away from the flesh; cut the flesh into bite-size pieces.
4. Put the sunflower or canola oil in a deep heavy pan over high heat. Put the pumpkin pieces in a large plastic bag with the seasoned flour; shake well. (Discard the excess flour.) Lower the pumpkin pieces into the hot oil to fry quickly, working in batches if necessary; scoop up the pieces with a slotted spoon as they turn golden. Transfer to paper towels to drain; arrange on a serving platter.
5. When all of the pumpkin pieces have been fried, cover them with the onions. Leave to stand for at least an hour before serving. Dust with the chopped parsley. Serve on toothpicks or in dishes.
Nutrition information:
Per serving: 91 calories, 5 g fat, 1 g saturated fat, 0 mg cholesterol, 11 g carbohydrates, 1 g protein, 2 mg sodium, 1 g fiber.
Fagioli beans in peverada sauce
Prep: 25 minutes
Cook: 25 minutes
Servings: 4
9 ounces dried fagioli beans (dried fava beans), soaked overnight, or 2 cans cooked fava beans tossed with a bay leaf and 3 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
1 slice bacon
1 bay leaf
4 ounces chicken livers
4 ounces sopressa or other top-quality salami
4 anchovy fillets
1 handful flat-leaf parsley (or a sprig of sage), plus more for serving
1/4 cup extra-virgin olive oil, plus more for drizzling
1 clove garlic
Zest of 1 lemon plus 2 to 3 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
3/4 teaspoon salt
Freshly ground pepper
3/4 cup wine vinegar (red or white)
1 ounce fresh breadcrumbs, about 1/3 cup
Soft polenta or crusty bread
1. Rinse the soaked beans; heat to a boil in a saucepan of water with the bacon and bay leaf. Reduce heat to a simmer; simmer until tender, about 1 hour. Add salt to taste toward the end of cooking time. Alternatively, use canned fava beans; rinse them before using.
2. Finely chop the chicken livers, salami, anchovies and parsley or sage together on a board.
3. Put 1/4 cup olive oil in a skillet; add the garlic. Cook over low-medium heat. Discard the garlic when it starts to brown. Increase the heat; add the chopped ingredients and lemon zest. Add salt and pepper to taste; cook 5 minutes. Add the lemon juice, wine vinegar and breadcrumbs. Cook over low heat, stirring from time to time, until the sauce turns velvety, 20 minutes.
4. Pour the sauce over the beans in a serving bowl. Stir well; drizzle with olive oil. Sprinkle with more parsley. Allow to stand for a few minutes before serving; serve in dishes over polenta or with crusty bread.
Nutrition information:
Per serving: 261 calories, 21 g fat, 4 g saturated fat, 120 mg cholesterol, 7 g carbohydrates, 12 g protein, 907 mg sodium, 1 g fiber.
Fall frito misto
Prep: 50 minutes
Brine: 2 hours
Cook: 3-5 minutes per batch
Servings: 16
This recipe is from Michael "Mikey" Sheerin , executive chef of Cicchetti, a new restaurant with an opening planned for November, at 661 N. St. Clair St. The recipe makes enough for 16 small bites, or it can serve half that many people with a more substantial serving. For the Brussels sprouts, smaller pieces work best, about 1 3/4 inches in diameter. Colatura di alici, an Italian fish sauce, is difficult to find. You can substitute with another type; we used Red Boat.
2 quarts water
1/4 cub plus 1 tablespoon kosher salt
Juice of 2 lemons
1 pound each: Brussels sprouts, cauliflower, baby artichokes
Zest and juice of 2 lemons
2 ounces colatura di alici
1 habanero, seeded, chopped
1 teaspoon honey
1 clove garlic, chopped
1 cup flour
1/3 cup each: cornmeal, cornstarch
1 teaspoon smoked paprika
1 teaspoon cayenne pepper
1 tablespoon granulated garlic
1 teaspoon kosher salt
1 bottle (12 ounces) lager beer, such as Peroni
2 quarts frying oil
1. For the brine, stir water, salt and lemon juice together in a large container until salt dissolves. Clean and trim the vegetables; cutting the cauliflower into bite-size pieces. Place into lemon brine; allow to rest, 2 hours.
2. For the sauce, combine lemon zest and juice, fish sauce, habanero, honey and garlic in a bowl, mixing well with a whisk; set aside.
3. For the batter, combine the dry ingredients in a medium mixing bowl; add 1 Peroni beer at a time, stirring with a whisk (looking for thin consistency). Heat the oil in large pot or home fryer to 375 degrees.
4. Drain vegetables from brine; discarding brine. Spread on a kitchen towel. Once oil is heated to 375 and vegetables are semi dry, add veggies to batter and mix thoroughly.
5. Pull vegetables from batter in batches; fry carefully, stirring the veggies every so often so they don't stick. Remove from oil when golden brown. (They should be cooked through and crunchy.) Place on paper towels to drain for a minutes. Season with salt. Serve, drizzled with the sauce.
Nutrition information:
Per serving: 79 calories, 3 g fat, 0 g saturated fat, 0 mg cholesterol, 12 g carbohydrates, 1 g protein, 350 mg sodium, 1 g fiber.


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While our readers are already discussing director Zack Snyder's fantasy-action story of self-empowerment in the comments section of the Sucker Punch review, this is the place where you can discuss spoilers about the movie without worrying about ruining it for people who haven't seen it yet.
To help steer discussion we've added an analysis of Sucker Punch to help clarify some of the details that left some moviegoers scratching their heads.
That said, Snyder does leave some elements of the film up for interpretation - making it impossible to answer everything with absolute certainty.
It goes without saying, this article is full of spoilers. So, if you still plan to see the film, and don't want anything spoiled for you - look elsewhere.
Does our Sucker Punch explanation match your theory? Find out!
The Dream within a Dream
Following Babydoll's arrival at the asylum, the film presents viewers with three realities:
- The Asylum
- The Burlesque Illusion
- The Fantasy Realms
Despite the fact the majority of the movie is spent within the context of the burlesque reality, we know from the early images at the beginning, as well as the closing scene with the orderlies, that the dance setting was an illusion Babydoll (more on her later) developed to deal with the horrors of her actual environment.
It's strongly hinted that the girls are being sexually abused by the orderlies and other employees at the asylum (most notably when the orderlies show reservations about allowing Blue to be alone with Babydoll after her lobotomy). The dark, and most logical, interpretation of the film suggests that Babydoll imagines herself "dancing" (and subsequently dispatching her oppressors in fantasy settings) whenever abuse is taking place, retreating into a world where she has increasing control over her oppressors - hypnotizing them with her dances (in the dancer illusion) and outright killing them (in the fantasy worlds).
After the first few "dances," Babydoll begins to use this time with the abusers as a distraction, so that the other girls can go around and collect the necessary tools for the escape - essentially sacrificing her body for the sake of the mission - a theme which is revisited in the closing act of the film.
Are the other girls merely representations of different aspects of Babydoll's psyche?
While it's possible that, at one point, Snyder intended for Rocket (the little sister), Amber (the shy one), Blondie (the naive one), as well as Sweet Pea (the big sister), and even Babydoll herself (the fighter), to be avatar-like representations of various aspects of Babydoll's personality - given what we see in the final film, there are a few problems with this theory.
First and foremost, Babydoll sees the girls in the real asylum world. It's plausible that, as she began to fantasize, she merely superimposed the four girls' visages onto the non-physical aspects of her own personality - i.e. visible avatar-like manifestations of abstract impulses. However, given the seriousness with which Snyder presents the real world in the closing moments of the film, it's implied that the people in the fantasy world have a direct connection to people in the real world. Despite minor flourishes, Babydoll is directly interacting with the same people in the burlesque reality and the actual asylum: the burlesque cook is still the cook in the asylum, the burlesque Mayor is the custodian, the burlesque High Roller is the doctor - these people are not avatar-like representations of something abstract - they are rose-tinted filters placed on-top-of real people (who exist in a harsher reality). As a result, it stands to reason that the core girls are real people - real people that Babydoll is interacting with, not just in the fantasy world, but in reality as well.
Furthermore, it's Sweet Pea who escapes the asylum in the real world, which would be an extremely unsatisfying ending, if there were no genuine connection between her character and Babydoll (who sacrifices her own freedom to make it happen). If the one psyche theory were correct, in a movie about guilt, oppression, and empowerment, it would have made much more sense for almost any of the other girls/personalties to have escaped, especially Rocket - the little sister that Babydoll was unable to save in real-life. Instead, it's Sweet Pea who escapes - the same big sister who wasn't able to protect her little sister.
It's an interesting idea, with cool thematic implications but, given what we see in the final film, tangible evidence of the one psyche theory is either undermined by Sucker Punch's convoluted story-telling or other conflicting details.
What is the connection between the fantasy worlds and the reality of the asylum?
By the end of the film, Snyder makes it obvious that many of the events taking place in the dancer reality do have implications in the actual reality of the asylum. Dr. Vera Gorski mentions to the surgeon that prior to her lobotomy, Babydoll started a fire, stabbed an orderly, and successfully ensured Sweet Pea's escape.
However, it remains unclear how involved the other girls were in the actual events in the asylum. Sweet Pea does successfully escape - which could indicate that Babydoll and the other girls were working together much in the same way as she imagined them in the burlesque club reality. That said, it's unclear how much contact Babydoll actually had with the other girls, or how lucid any of them would have actually been (they all appeared pretty drugged up in the first scene at the asylum).
Similarly, assuming the girls were working as team, it's still unclear whether or not Rocket, Blondie, and Amber died (as they did the burlesque reality), were lobotomized (like Babydoll), or were simply caught. Whether or not Snyder intended to leave this fact up for interpretation is unclear. Though, given the positive changes that seem to be promised for the asylum (as a result of Gorski's revelation about Blue), it would make sense that whatever happened to the other girls - their fate wouldn't be something that could easily be undone.


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Last Chaos – Guardian/Apprenticeship Guide
Guardian/Apprenticeship Guide by drake_hunter
Version: 1.35 | Updated: 06/09/08
Last Chaos Guardian/Apprenticeship Guide
E-Mail me at firstname.lastname@example.com
I have regained access to my older account, the one with MarisaFE on it.
Also, you can email me or message me freely if you want me to be your
guardian, but I won't mandate that and finish it right there.
B-Why I made this guide
C-Guardians and you (The Apprentice)
D-Apprenticeship Application
E-Leveling up to 20
---1: Titan
---2: Knight
---3: Healer
---4: Mage
---5: Rogue
---6: Sorceror
F-Huzzah! The benefits of hard work
H-Version list
B-Why I made this guide
Why did I make it? No one forced me, let's just say I had some time to kill,
and since there aren't that many guides that are too helpful on the net,
why not?
I also love to help people, be it real life, or in-game. I've just been
promoted to a Squad Leader in my high school JROTC unit, as well, so that
only reinforces my overall belief, "Help those who need it."
You'll see me in-game quite often, unless I get grounded and such.
C-Guardians and you (The Apprentice)
Guardians, some people need them and others don't, but if you're new to the
game, definitely get one. Most Guardians will help tremendously.
To get a Guardian, either press F7 on your hot key or press "A" and register.
D-Apprenticeship Application
There are rules to sign-up/being an apprentice.
1, You can only apply between the levels of 1 and 10.
2, You cannot change your guardian once you signed up with him/her.
(You can but it lowers your reliability *.*)
3, You should sign up only if you're sure about going to level 20 and beyond.
If you think you can do all 3 of the above, then you've got yourself a
E-Leveling up to 20
This is the main challenge of the apprentice; working upto level 20. I'll put
a little guide for each class.
1: Titan
Level 1 - Level 5: Titans are powerhouses whether they have on their great axe
or great swords. Right from the beginning, you should run over to the wolf
pack and chop those up to bits instead of monsters like Fox or Deer.
Level 6 - Level 9: The wonderful patch of farmland a little bit past the
wolves puts Jaguars on your hunting list. Buy some potions from Merchant Geres
you should use them now, Jaguars are pretty vicious and like to attack you on
Level 10 - Level 14: Sasquatch? Weren't they extinct? No, this game has them,
and they are a great source of experience and skill point experience.
They're not too far off from the Jaguars, either. Expect to reach level 14
in hours of gameplay.
Level 15 - Level 17: Horn Beasts, or Elder Werewolves. I actually like where
the Horn Beasts spawn so I hunt those instead. But you have a choice of what
to hunt. Elder Werewolves have a slightly better drop, but I won't get into
much on that subject. (Optional: Velfist Temple)
Level 18 - Level 20: Velfist Temple would be a good choice right now.
Make sure you take the hall to the left of you when you enter, and keep
going along the halls and up the stairs to get to where the Corpse Sergeants
are at.
2: Knight
Level 1 - Level 7: Knights are more efficient in defense, so you might have
to stick with hunting Fox during level 1 to level 2 or 3. Beyond that period
is hunting wolves.
Level 8 - Level 10: Jaguars remain a good source of experience. Potions are a
must and you should have armors up-to-date
Level 11 - Level 14: Sasquatches, like Titans. If you use dual swords, which
is recommended, you shouldn't have problems here.
Level 15 - Level 17: Horn Beasts, horn beasts, and more horn beasts.
Drakes are ok as long as you have a party with a healer. Divine Shield is
a must here, since Horn Beasts have a pretty high defense, so you'll want to
match that.
Level 18 - Level 20: You have a choice, you can either go train at Dratan,
Dark Goddesses or Prokion Temple; or, you can stay at Randol and go hunt some
Drakes. It's up to you to make that decision.
3: Healer
Level 1 - Level 5: With your trusty bow in hand, go out there and put the hurt
on the foxes and wolves that roam the grasslands of Randol.
Level 6 - Level 10: You really don't need healing potions at this point since
you have the Self Heal skill... so go hunt Berserk Wolves or Jaguars, take
time to heal yourself now and then.
Level 11 - Level 14: Sasquatches, if you're planning to solo those. If you're
gonna hunt in a party with your friends, you can go up to Horn Beasts as long
as you're careful and heal frequently.
Level 15: - Level 18: Alot of people will be asking you to party at this point,
it's only natural since that's the logic in almost all mmorpgs; love thy
healer. Right? Yeah, I'm right. Drakes or Velpist Dungeon Party galore.
Level 19 - Level 20: Velpist or Prokeon is a smart choice. No further
explanations will be needed for that part.....
4: Mage
Level 1 - Level 7: Any wolves will be fine? The reason? You have magic.
Everyone knows magic owns :D
Level 8 - Level 9: Jaguars, why only two level's worth? You'll see why in a
second. But for now, put the hurt on them with Energy Volt
Level 10 - Level 13: Well, since magic owns so much, you actually have two
options. Train at sasquatches, for more skill point exp, or go to Horn Beasts.
By now you should've learned to take advantage of their slow speed.
Level 14 - Level 16: Elder Werewolves shouldn't impose much of a problem
to you now... You have Energy Volt and Energy Cutter... right?
Level 17 - Level 20: Go to Velpist to see if there's any Skeleton Lancers and
Corpse Sergeants you can blast to bits... oh wait, the spawn rate is perfect..
5. Rogue
Level 1 - Level 6: In the lower levels, I prefer attacking with crossbows.
Despite the power loss, it gives you range, and that's not a bad thing.
Try poking the wolves' eye's out with the crossbow at this period.
Level 7 - Level 9: Jaguar hunting... as long as you don't run into a mob of
three or four of these, you should be fine.
Level 10 - Level 15: Sasquatches when they appear yellow or white to you.
Once again, they have the best source of experience and skill point experience,
so go for it. When Sasquatches turn green, and I think they do so at level 15,
go try Horn Beasts.
Level 16 - Level 20: Velpist Temple can yield alot of results. Good ones,
mostly. Good drops, good variety of monsters. Who can complain?
6. Sorceror
Level 1 - Level 4: Sorcerors may as well be called Elemental Necromancers,
because, in all things essential, thats what they are. They summon elemental
spirits to help them out in battle. Most common being the Earth or Fire, you
rarely see Wind elementals being summoned. Wolves are good in this period.
Level 5 - Level 10: Jaguars from level 5? With an Earth Elemental at your
side, they should impose little or no problem at all. Just have potions at the
ready, just in case.
Level 11 - Level 13: Sasquatches yield the ultimate results with little effort.
Why? You should have two spirits now, Earth and Fire, fighting for you at the
same time.
Level 14 - Level 17: Horn Beasts. For this you should switch out your Fire for
the Water Elemental. Let the Earth make the heavy pounding and the Water shoot
from afar.
Level 18 - Level 20: Velpist Temple or Dark Goddesses at Dratan Desert. I
recommend Velpist because of the heavy mobs of Skeletons and Corpses.
F. Huzzah! The benefits of hard work
So you've reached level 20. Congratulations. For your hard efforts, you
receive a variety of rewards.
-You get a specialized weapon of your class.
Titan: Spirit Murderer
Knight: Light of Odin
Healer: Athena's Indignation
Mage: Rhine Order
Rogue: Legends of Lost Devices
Sorceror: Blushion Fallarm
One thing that I keep getting asked is why they never get a event weapon
when they reach level 20. There's only one answer for this problem. You didn't
assign a guardian when you were level 1 through 10.
When you do become a Guardian, you'll probably start the process of trying to
find your own apprentices. When your first apprentice gets to level 20, you
get a small bonus. Reputation Points. These can be used to exchange Extreme
Stones.(You need 200) Reputation Points are also required to be able to
purchase the the Class Repuation Armors.
You can get both from Trader Coen next to Scroll Trader Gerel.
G. Tips
- Keep your potions at a good amount all the time. Potions can be bought from
Merchant Geres.
- While training, sitting is a good alternative to potions if you don't want
to waste them yet.
- Update your gears as frequently as you can.
- You can wear armors higher than your level, as long as they stay
within a limit. For example, if you're a level 14, and right now you're wearing
level 14 armor, then you can wear level 17 armor with no penalties. The limit
is 5 levels within your level. (Ex: 14 + 5 = 19 > 17)
-You can equip weapons higher than your level as long as the weapon is 4
levels within your level.
- Quests from Level 1-7 aren't really worth doing, especially the absorption
- The scroll trader next to Merchant Geres sells two very useful items,
the return scroll and the scroll of memorization. The Scroll of Memorization
can save a point and move to the saved point anytime, and the Scroll of Return
always moves you back to a town in case of emergency. Of course, they don't
activate by themselves.
- There's the matter of items you get for hunting, the only ones worth
holding onto are the following; Tool Aids, Moon Stones, Pan Flutes, Drake Eggs,
and Heaven Stones. Equips are ok, but you should really sell them to the NPCs
most of the time.
- Turn on Merchant Mode (Selling things to other players in the game) by
pressing "A" and double clicking the Merchant Mode Tab.
- The appropriate prices for selling valuables from hunts are listed below.
Heaven Stone: 300k to 600k gold (Any higher is overpriced.)
Moon Stone: 15k gold (Recommended use over sell)
Tool Aids: 18k to 25k gold (I sell these for 10k)
Pan Flute: Free to 10k gold
Drake Egg: Free to 10k gold
-I only play on Katar Server 5. This server is non-PVP.
V 0.25 - Created 6/13/07; Added all main information.
V 0.50 - Edited 6/15/07; fixed some errors with the guide and added more tips.
Also added info on reputation points.
V 0.75 - Edited 6/18/07; added the Sorceror Event Weapon, the Blushion
Fallarm. Fixed errors.
V 1.00 - Edited 7/17/07; added a warning to the rewards section
V 1.25 - Edited 12/17/07; added a reopening statement and edited to the
current issue at hand.
V 1.30 - Edited 12/23/07; fixed introduction, price guide, and tips in
V 1.35 - Edited 6/9/07; after a long period of inactivity and school
I'm back for the summer. Edited parts of guide.
One thing is certain; I made this guide, and you can't, won't, and shouldn't
take this guide from me and take it as your own. Only thing you can do with
this guide is read through it. If you want to use it, contact me through the
locations at the top of this guide.
I made this guide with information, most from friends I play with. The tips
in this guide among some of the other stuff are based on my thoughts.
I'm not perfect, so if you read this and catch misspelled words and other
things like that, e-mail me or msg me in-game or on myspace.
Credits to Aeria Games & Entertainment and T-Entertainment for the game.
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Shaking Cocktails, Making Martinis
The main reasons for shaking drinks are to chill a cocktail, mix the ingredients, or put a head of foam on some cocktails.
As a general rule, you should shake all cloudy drinks (including cream drinks and sours), and you should stir all clear drinks. Never shake a cocktail that has carbonated water or soda. For some drinks, such as the stinger or martini (recipes below), ask your guests whether they prefer them shaken or stirred.
All shook up
Most professional bartenders use the Boston shaker to mix drinks. It consists of a mixing glass and a stainless steel container that overlaps the glass. To shake a cocktail in a Boston shaker, follow these steps:
1. Put some ice cubes (if called for in the recipe) in the glass container.
2. Add the cocktail ingredients.
3. Place the metal container over the glass container.
4. Hold the metal and glass containers together with both hands and shake with an up and down motion.
Make sure that you always point the shaker away from your guests. This way you avoid spilling anything on them if the shaker isn't properly sealed.
The two pieces of the shaker may stick together after you shake a drink. Never bang the shaker against the bar or any other object; instead, gently tap it three or four times at the point where the glass and metal containers come in contact.
When pouring or straining the cocktail, always pour from the glass container.
Martini madness
A real martini is simply a couple ounces of ice cold gin (or vodka if gin isn't your thing) with a dash of vermouth. Some people like more or less vermouth than others (or none at all), and some people prefer an olive or a twist of lemon or even a pearl onion for a garnish. But that's really about it when it comes to true martini variations. Other cocktails are "martinis" only because they're served in martini glasses.
Here are three fruit-flavored "martinis" to enjoy:
Apple Martini
1-1/2 oz. Glacier vodka
1/2 oz. Schoenauer Apfel Schnapps
Dash of cinnamon
Shake with ice. Strain into a chilled martini glass. Garnish with a slice of apple.
Limón Martini
2 oz. Bacardi Limón
3/4 oz. Martini & Rossi Extra Dry Vermouth
Splash cranberry juice
Shake with ice and strain into chilled martini glass. Garnish with a lemon twist.
2 oz. Absolut Raspberri
1/2 oz. Cointreau
1/2 oz. cranberry juice
1 dash lime juice
Lime wedge
Shake with ice and strain into a well-chilled martini glass. Garnish with a lime wedge.


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Dropshipper necesitaba un nuevo diseño de página web y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 8 diseños de 4 diseñadores freelance.
I need one (1) design template for use with two (2) web pages. Once you see what the application is about, the potential for more contests or recurring work is very likely!
We are a gift drop shipping company for online retailers. National Gift is offering Web pages for it's own customers (which are online retailers) while they either wait for their online store to be completed or if they want to use the web pages for search optimization purposes.
The users are able to preview the Web site as they add information, and there should be continuity with both pages.
Again, the creative I did for the interface is not very good. As a matter of fact, the second page doesn't match the first page.
Why a compelling design is necessary:
This site builder Web site is a lead generation tool. It's a cool web page builder that should contain a great color palette and design elements that would simplify and entice a visitor to build their web pages immediately upon arriving at the site.
- Background image to replace the green insplot or trees or whatever that is.
- You will need to submit the first page in order to get to the second page. Be sure to enter the word "TEST" in one of the name fields!
- This is the existing Page 1: http://www.comingsoonpro.com/national.cfm - Need arrows that point out steps 1 and 2, along with the instructions.
- This is the existing Page 2: http://www.comingsoonpro.com/proces…count.cfm- Need an arrow that points out step 3 on the second page.
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Stopped by your blog and followed. I hope you'll do the same for mine. I don't know how you do it! :)
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Hi there! I would love some followers too at Geca's Realm
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This colorful stir-fry combines green bell pepper, orange carrots and red onion along with spice-coated chicken for a delicious result. The cooking happens quickly, so it's a good idea to measure out and prepare all the ingredients in the recipe before you fire up the wok. Enjoy the smoky aromas that emanate from the pan and the combination of spices that titillate the taste buds.
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by Joslyn Thoresen
I'm a film viewer who mostly enjoys the whole ensemble; what I truly relish are the particular details of well-dressed characters. It is with this particular taste that I present a montage of some of my favorites: the lessons from the stylists, costume designers, cinematographers, directors, and others with 'the eye' behind these films enjoyed on the SFFS and SFIFF screens.
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Florida: It Ain't Just Gators.
Life 101 has been merciless since my return from the weeklong
drinkfest spiritual retreat with the Usuals in Florida. Still, I figure that, lest this place die on the vine, I should take a few moments to share some very important observations about the Alligator Sunshine State and my time there this year with the Usuals and the Regulars from Non-Jersey places such as Fort Wayne, Indiana, Shelbyville, Illinois, Longview, Washington, Kansas City, Missouri, Ashtabula, Ohio and Chattanooga, Tennessee.
Of course, there was the ever-present Angst over the possibility of confronting one of those man-eating, woman-eating, pet-eating, semi-underwater prowling, bacteria-ridden, loathsome creatures commonly referred to as alligators. Spending just about all our time poolside
drinking like sailors on liberty discussing trends in modern literature does wonders to take one's mind off alligators, but who knew that there would be a species of wildlife that could invade the sanctity of "poolside" quaffing inner reflection – and invade it in spades.
You might ask, what species, other than the prehistoric, people-eating variety, could disrupt the Usuals'
vodka swilling moments of serious introspection? Would such animals be larger and more ferocious than an alligator, a lizard, or a monster snake?
Would they be heavily dentitioned, rabies infected mammals?
Would they be avian beasts that swooped down upon us, much as they did Tippi Hedren in the famous movie by Alfred Hitchcock?
"Yo, so Jimbo, what could possibly interfere with the Usual Suspects' long tradition of pool-sitting, pool bobbing and shit shooting?"
Farookin' LOVE BUGS, that's what!
I know that those of you who live in Florida (particularly on the Gulf Coast) know about these hateful, six-legged shits, but for youse guys who don't know what they look like, take a gander here. You can also see a close up shot here.
Notice how the two insectoturds are conjoined at what for us civilized folks would be called "the ass". It is the aforesaid heiney to heiney ass-f**king that gets them the name "Love Bugs." Yes, they fly about in this kinky coital state until the female (the larger of the pair) decides she has had enough of the male (the small sorry ass who gets dragged about much like a farookin' "Coppertone" sign behind one of those planes that flies up and down the beach at the seashore) at which time she dumps his ass so she can go lay her eggs, which will eventually result in a shitload more bugs.
There were ZILLIONS of them! No, make that GAZILLION BILLIONS of them. They blackened the exterior walls of the place, they covered the walkways, and they blackened the pool's surface until their dead asses sank and had to be vacuumed from the bottom of the pool.
The good news for us (and for mankind in general) is that these disgusting creatures do not sting. The bad news is that nothing – abso-farookin'-lutely NOTHING keeps them away. We tried everything from citronella candles (they seemed to like the smell) to those Pic coiled insect repellent things, which I have not seen since I was a kid and which smell like what we used to call "punks". The little bastards flew around in the smoke as if they were sniffing perfume!
Out of desperation, we even tried blasting our immediate area with deadly insect killing spray hoping to create a zone of death into which the little flying fornicating winged shits would not enter. Wrong. They flew into the kill zone and died what I can only presume to be a happy death.
Finally, after a day or so of bug battle, we realized that we had been beaten by their superior numbers and their seeming willingness to die an ecstatic death (terrorist bugs!). While this cursed infestation put a damper on some outside activities, we simply moved our
binge drinking spiritual symposia to one of our screened in lanais. After a couple three chocolate vodkas, the little f**king (literally) beasts looked rather comical flitting about outside the screens.
This is the first time in seven or so years that we have had this problem at this time of the year. Some of the locals speculated that it had something to do with the dry spell that Florida has been having. I just hope we remain Love Bug free for at least another seven years.
Still, this proved that it will take more than GAZILLION BILLIONS of farookin' bugs to keep the Usual Suspects from
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During an interview on stage at TechCrunch's Disrupt conference, Yahoo CEO Carol Bartz just told TechCrunch editor Mike Arrington to "fuck off."
First Carol complained that the media is expecting too much from Yahoo so soon after she joined. She said that it took Apple 7 years to grow its market cap after Steve Jobs returned.
She told Mike "you are involved in a very tiny company."
"It probably takes a long time to even convince yourself what the hell to do."
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Smokeless Tobacco Advocate Rails Against 'Frauds, Extremists, Liars'
"These anti-tobacco extremists want nothing short of seeing all the tobacco companies go out of business," says the director of Smokefree Pennsylvania.
After I pointed out the rather cozy relationship between former Congressman Steve Buyer and former campaign donor RJ Reynolds (NYSE:RAI) -- for whom Mr. Buyer advocated tirelessly while in office and is now employed by as a lobbyist -- an email arrived in strident rebuttal to my "misleading smear."
The sender was one Bill Godshall, director of a group called Smokefree Pennsylvania. He took exception to my calling Steve Buyer's 2009 comparison of smoking tobacco and smoking lettuce "specious," writing: "If caffeine addicts obtained all or most of their caffeine by rolling up and smoking dried tea leaves, tens of millions of Americans would be dying from smoking tea leaf cigarettes. Would Rhorlich (sic) similarly mock and demonize people who truthfully point out that drinking caffeine (in teas, coffee, or sodas) is a far less hazardous way of obtaining caffeine, and that abstaining from caffeine was the only way to reduce diseases caused by smoking of dried tea leaves?"
Mr. Godshall maintained that Steve Buyer is, in fact, "advocating tobacco harm reduction (i.e., smokefree tobacco alternatives) for Reynolds," which he described as "the most important public health campaign to save the lives of smokers (i.e., tobacco harm reduction)."
An intriguing position. But is it true?
Fifty Trillion Shades of Grey
As one might expect in such complicated matters, the answer is...sort of.
While Bill Godshall insisted to me,"These anti-tobacco extremists want nothing short of seeing all the tobacco companies go out of business," the reality is quite a bit more nuanced.
Here's how Kenneth Warner, a health economist at the University of Michigan, described the competing interests at work to the New York Times:
The one extreme are the folks who believe that no product containing nicotine or tobacco should be permitted on the market unless it has undergone review. The other extreme is to say that any product that superficially appears to be significantly less risky than cigarette smoking should be permitted on the market to allow consumers to have a less hazardous option.The less hazardous option that Bill Godshall believes in is what the industry refers to as "smokeless" -- dip, snuff, and snus, as well as e-cigarettes. Godshall is near-evangelical in his passion for the stuff, as evidenced by our two-hour-and-ten-minute phone interview.
"The FDA's real goal is to silence the freedom of speech of the tobacco companies," Godshall told me. "It's illegal for a tobacco company to say smokeless is 99% safer than cigarettes, which it is -- but that's illegal, it's a federal felony. The FDA's position is that no tobacco product is less hazardous than any other tobacco product. My goal is to get 50% of people in America to switch, then the anti-tobacco extremists won't be able to lie anymore: 'Smokers need to do exactly what we tell them to do.' The only way to quit is to use FDA-approved products but 90% of the people who have used them have failed? Quit or die, that's their whole strategy. They don't want to talk about harm reduction -- there's not one harm reduction advocate in the federal government."
To this, Danny McGoldrick, Vice President for Research at the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids (an organization for whom Bill Godshall saves some of his most vitriolic commentary: "Prohibitionists who keep saying they 'want to protect the children,' even though 99% of all tobacco consumption in America is by adults, but whenever there's a policy debate, the word 'children' is used in every single sentence"), says there's nothing inherently wrong with the concept of harm reduction; it simply must be implemented appropriately and scientifically.
"We're not closed to the idea of harm reduction, but it needs to be done in a regulated environment," McGoldrick tells me. "Letting tobacco companies be the ones marketing harm reduction products is absolutely ridiculous. Remember the 'light' and 'low-tar' debacle? They were supposed to be 'safer.' Why start trusting them now?"
McGoldrick says that, in addition to the currently available cessation aids, like GlaxoSmithKline's (NYSE:GSK) Nicorette, e-cigarettes and the like "may be part of the answer one day," but "there's a path to do that in a responsible fashion." Otherwise, he tells me, it's a "recipe for absolute disaster."
(McGoldrick also "begs to differ" with Kenneth Warner, saying in a follow-up email: "Promoting regulation to ensure that any modified risk claims in fact improve public health is hardly extreme and quite reasonably could be seen as falling squarely in the middle of the two extremes. It's not just being on the market, it's how you market the product. The FDA law was designed to not discourage innovation but to make sure new products and any claims made about them improve public health. That is why it provides a path for modified risk claims. It was passed by large majorities in both houses which doesn't happen with any bill these days, much less extreme ones.")
Big Tobacco Attempts an End-Around
Last month, Danny McGoldrick testified before the Public Health Committee of the Oklahoma House of Representatives on "evidence-based approaches to tobacco prevention and cessation in Oklahoma." Once again, exposing Big Tobacco's ulterior motives was the order of the day.
To wit:
In recent months, tobacco companies and others have approached state health departments and state legislatures like yours to try to convince them to pursue harm reduction strategies using smokeless tobacco and other products. These proposals have included asking states to promote smokeless tobacco as less harmful than smoking, taxing smokeless tobacco at a lower rate, and even diverting tobacco prevention funding to this approach.
As you hear these proposals for states to do the bidding of tobacco companies, you should keep in mind some important points. The large cigarette companies, including Philip Morris, which now owns United States Smokeless Tobacco, and Reynolds American, which now owns American Snuff Company (formerly Conwood), are now in the smokeless business. It is rather unlikely that they actually want their smoking customers to quit using this highly profitable and addictive product. In fact, these harm reduction proposals come on the heels of some of the largest declines in cigarette consumption in history, so they are more likely an effort to keep customers and get new ones.
"Clearly, tobacco is not just about cigarettes anymore," Bishop says.
Sales of "other tobacco products," or "OTP," have grown from 6.9% to 10.2% since 2002, due to "the continued decline in demand for cigarettes, as well as new product innovation in the OTP category."
"You need to hang your hat elsewhere and even major manufacturers are hanging their hat elsewhere. You need to follow their lead," agrees Mary Szarmach, vice president of trade marketing and government relations at Gasamat Oil Corp/Smoker Friendly, explaining that "cigarettes will no longer give retailers the dollars they need to survive."
Obviously, the Philip Morrises (NYSE:MO), RJ Reynoldses, Lorillards (NYSE:LO), and British American Tobaccos (AMEX:BTI) of the world are attempting to replace lost business with something else, under the guise of benevolence. However, as Danny McGoldrick testified in Oklahoma, if the tobacco companies "want to promote smokeless tobacco or anything else as a smoking cessation product, they can do this through the Food and Drug Administration like other cessation products by demonstrating with science that their products are a safe and effective way to quit smoking.
"If the evidence is anywhere near what they claim, this should not present a problem for them," he told the panel of lawmakers. "And while they complain about the costs of doing so, they spend over $10 billion marketing their products and countless other dollars on lobbying and other efforts to stop those interventions that do work to reduce smoking. Even if they don't have the money, a small price increase would easily bring in additional revenue. Every other smoking cessation product goes through this process; the makers of the products that kill people should bear at least this much responsibility."
"The point," McGoldrick tells me, "is that there is a process in place now to ensure that products marketed as reducing harm actually do so. By asking states to do this marketing for them, the companies are attempting an end-run around the FDA law."
Follow the Non-Existent Money
Though Bill Godshall is fully in favor of smokeless tobacco products, he is vehemently against cigarettes.
"I went down to RJ Reynolds, pleading with them to develop and market new smokeless tobacco products," he told me. "I've been urging them to be much more aggressive in marketing their products; I convinced them to run a full-page ad in the New York Times urging smokers to switch to Camel snus for the new year."
Naturally, this raises an important question: Who pays Bill Godshall for his advocacy work?
"Most of my money comes from me and my wife's personal finances," Godshall said. "Tobacco companies have offered me money, but I've never taken it. They can't believe I'm giving them all these great ideas for free. I got into this field because of ethics and humanity, I was always taught to tell the truth and to be honest with the public and not deceive them. I spent 20 years going after the cigarette company executives for lying and misrepresenting the dangers of cigarette smoke and held them accountable in court, but now no one is holding these so-called public health agencies accountable. They are lying; it is outrageous. They are frauds, they've been covering up, lying, and misleading the public for the past 25 years about smokeless tobacco and now they're afraid they're going to get caught."
Could it really be that Godshall's is a personal crusade not financed at all by Big Tobacco?
One well-placed source in the public health community who spoke to me on condition of anonymity thinks so.
"Bill Godshall is a true believer," the source says. "I really don't think he's been bought off by anyone; he's not taking money from the tobacco companies. There's no smoking gun here -- I think he just really, really believes in what he's doing."
"I've been falsely accused many times," Godshall told me. "Now that I'm doing harm reduction, the prohibitionists, moralists, they just want to ban it outright because it's coming from a tobacco company."
However, Danny McGoldrick just can't wrap his head around the idea of Big Tobacco's collective conscience telling it to guide people to smokeless for their health.
"Smokeless is not a safe alternative to smoking and there's no evidence that people use smokeless tobacco to quit," he says. "But if the data are so overwhelming, they can go to the FDA and get indication as a smoking cessation device," he says. "If these companies are so convinced of this, why do they spend 18-times more money marketing cigarettes than they do marketing smokeless?"
However, says McGoldrick, "Considering cigarettes kill 400,000 people a year, they should really stop marketing them anyway."
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Fox News Poll: 57% Think Next Generation Will Be Worse Off
A majority of voters think life for the next generation of Americans will be worse than life today, according to a Fox News poll released Friday.
The poll also finds that three-quarters of voters think the United States is weaker today than it was 10 years ago. Moreover, almost all consider the current economic and unemployment conditions a "crisis."
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The 74 percent that thinks the country is weaker today includes sizable majorities of Democrats (61 percent), Republicans (87 percent) and independents (78 percent). Overall, far fewer voters -- about one in five -- believes America is stronger than a decade ago (19 percent). Democrats (31 percent) are three times more likely than Republicans and independents to feel that way.
Fifty-seven percent of voters think life for the next generation of Americans will be worse than life today. That's up significantly from 39 percent who thought so in 2002. Thirty-two percent think life will be better, down from 41 percent.
Nearly half of Democrats (48 percent) think life will be better for the country's youth -- that's nearly three times the number of Republicans (17 percent) and almost double the number of independents (26 percent) who think so.
About a third of those living in lower income (32 percent) as well as higher income households (35 percent) think life will improve. Back in 2002, there was a wide 17 percentage point difference between those groups, with higher income respondents much more likely to say life would be better for the next generation (55 percent).
What does the next generation think about its future? About a third of those under age 35 think things will be better, while 51 percent say worse. By comparison, 67 percent of those ages 65 and over think things in the country will be worse for the next generation.
The national telephone poll was conducted for Fox News by Opinion Dynamics Corp. among 900 registered voters from April 6 to April 7. For the total sample, the poll has a margin of sampling error of plus or minus 3 percentage points.
Despite the apparent pessimism, the poll also finds that a 59 percent majority believes America is still the "land of opportunity." Thirty-nine percent disagree.


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Networking on Your Laptop
The Control Panel sports a few icons to help you get onto a network on your laptop. This includes wired and wireless connections, the Internet, dialup, and other networking options. Windows Vista uses the Network and Sharing Center icon. Windows XP has the Network Connections icon.
Network Sharing Center: This is the main networking icon for Windows Vista. The below figure shows this handy window. You can also get to this window by clicking the Network Center link or button in any other window.
Network Connections: In Windows XP, this Control Panel icon displays a list of networking items in the computer, including wired and wireless connections, the Internet, dialup, and other networking options.
For both Windows Vista and Windows XP, you can quickly get to the networking hardware center by double-clicking the wee li'l Networking Guys icon on the system tray or notification area. The icon looks like two computer monitors, one overlapping another.


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Saab is not producing cars any more but it hasn't abandoned its estimated 1.5 million customers.
The company's parts and service arm, Saab Automobile Parts AB, continued its expansion this week by opening a North American subsidiary to serve an estimated 500,000 Saab owners in United States and Canada. That's the largest concentration of Saab owners anywhere.
Saab Automobile Parts North America joins similar independent companies established in Great Britain and Sweden that serve an estimated 70 percent of the world's Saab owners.
Saab Automobile Parts, which is not part of the bankruptcy process that shut down the company's vehicle making unit, also provides technical support to about 1,200 workshops globally.
"Our mission is to take care of all Saab owners," Lennart Stahl, CEO of Saab Automobile Parts, told Automotive News Europe. He added that in countries such as Italy and Spain Saab continues to meet customers' needs through its national sales companies while in places such as Belgium it serves Saab owners through an independent importer.
Saab Automobile Parts also is keeping the company's Trollhaetten factory from collecting dust through an agreement that allows it to use the press and body shop to make replacement big parts. About 30 people are involved in producing hoods, doors and fenders at the plant.
So while Saab's future remains uncertain, at least the heart is still beating. Stahl is confident the patient won't be down for much longer. "There is no question that someone will take over the company," he said. "We expect to hear something in the coming weeks. It looks promising."