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Jaw reconstruction, otherwise known as orthognathic surgery, is a method to correct or adjustment to any form of jaw irregularities. Many times, problems with the bite or the alignment of the teeth can be corrected using jaw corrective methods of dental and orthodontic treatment. This is a specialized way to correct any defects of the jaw relating to the structure. There are several ways through which these defects can occur; automobile accidents being the most common. Jaw reconstruction is a process used to correct jaw problems such as: open bites, difficulty chewing, difficulty swallowing, temporomandibular joint (TMJ) disorder pains, excessive wear of the teeth in the jaw, and receding chins. It can also be used to take care of severe orthodontic problems involving the relationship between the teeth and the jaws, including the correction of under-bites and congenital defects related to jaw development. It can also help alleviate sleep apnea, a potentially life-threatening condition.
People that have problems related to the jaw, tooth alignment and facial asymmetry, may have difficulties chewing, talking, sleeping, and may benefit from having orthognathic surgery. These procedures can also be used to correct aesthetic issues, such as a protruding jaw or an unbalanced facial appearance. The use of orthodontic devices like retainers are often the best way to ensure you have a successful outcome.
Conditions that can be treated with corrective orthognathic, jaw surgery include the following:
Jaw reconstruction is crucial to make adjustment and corrections to many dental issues such as:
There are different cases, conditions and problems regarding jaw reconstruction and every patient's needs are different. The first and the most essential component is a consultation with the restorative or general dentist, an orthodontist, and an oral surgeon. The surgery may occur in a hospital or an equipped dental office setting, with the type of anesthesia that's most appropriate for the process, and for your comfort. Because the actual surgery is generally performed in the mouth, it often leaves no visible scars. After the procedure, most general pain and swelling can be controlled by prescription medication. Soft foods and liquids are advised following the procedure.
In jaw surgery, cutting one bone is known as an osteotomy while the medical procedure on both the upper and lower jaws is known as a bi-maxillary osteotomy, or a maxillomandibular headway. It is optimal to perform the surgery after development has stopped, usually around age 13-15 for females and 16-18 for males. Bone plates and screws are used to secure the jaw's new position, and in some cases a bone graft will be needed. Bone can be transferred from your leg, hip, or rib and placed with temporary wires.
Orthodontic treatment may be needed before and after jaw surgery, and the whole process can take several years to complete. Comprehensive facial x-rays and computer imaging is used to plan the procedure and show you how your bite will be improved after the whole process. When you understand the method and benefits it is much easier to make the commitment to complete the treatment. The surgery will require general anesthesia and an outpatient hospital stay of 1 to 5 hours. Your jaw will be wired shut during recovery and you will need to take about 8 weeks off from any activities that could pose a risk of facial trauma.
Although orthognathic surgery is mainly used to correct functional problems, it can also dramatically enhance your appearance and improve your quality of life. New technology now provides the tools and techniques needed to reduce recovery time and maximize results. It can help improve your ability to chew, speak, and breathe, as well as restore self-confidence.


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s6-log is a reliable logging program with automated log rotation, similar to daemontools' multilog, with full POSIX regular expression support.
s6-log [ -d notif ] [ -q | -v ] [ -b ] [ -p ] [ -l linelimit ] [ -t lastlinetimeout ] [ -- ] logging script
s6-log reads and compiles logging script to an internal form. Then it reads its standard input, line by line, and performs actions on it, following the script it is given. It does its best to ensure there is never any log loss. It exits cleanly when stdin closes or when it receives a SIGTERM or a SIGHUP.
A logdir (logging directory) is a place where logs are stored. s6-log can be scripted to write into one or more logdirs.
A logdir may contain the following files:
In a logdir, selected lines are appended to the current file. When current becomes too big, a rotation happens. The current file will be possibly processed, then it will become an archived log file named @timestamp.s, where timestamp, a TAI64N timestamp, is the absolute time of the rotation. If there are too many archived log files in the logdir, the older ones are then deleted. Logging then resumes, to a brand new current file.
You can use this mechanism to ensure that your logs never fill up the available disk space, for instance: something that neither syslogd, nor syslog-ng, nor rsyslog offers.
A processor script can be set for every logdir. When a rotation occurs, current (which has then been renamed previous) is fed to processor's stdin, and processor's stdout is saved and archived. processor can also read the state file on its fd 4; what it writes to its fd 5 will be saved as the next state file, for the next rotation. A processor script runs with the logdir as its working directory.
Processors should not background themselves: s6-log considers the processing done when its processor direct child dies. Processors should exit 0 on success and nonzero on failure; if a processor fails, s6-log will try it again after some cooldown time.
Processors make s6-log Turing-complete by allowing you to use any external program to handle log files that are going to be archived.
When starting up, s6-log reads its arguments one by one; this argument sequence, or directive sequence, forms a logging script which tells s6-log what to log, where, and how.
Every directive can be a selection directive, a control directive or an action directive. A valid logging script always contains at least one action directive; every action directive can be preceded by zero or more selection or control directives. s6-log will exit 100 if the script is invalid. If it can process the script but the last directive is not an action directive, s6-log will emit a warning.
These directives tell s6-log whether to select or deselect lines it reads from stdin; actions will only happen on selected lines. By default, every line is selected.
These directives tune s6-log's behaviour for the next actions.
Note that unlike the other control directives, the t and T directives are not sticky: their effect will disappear after the next action directive, and they need to be reapplied if necessary. If both a t and a T directives are given before an action directive, the TAI64N timestamp will always appear before the ISO 8601 timestamp.
These directives determine what s6-log actually does with the selected lines.
s6-log -b n20 s1000000 t /var/log/services/stuff
Logs all of stdin, prepending every line with a TAI64N timestamp, into the /var/log/services/stuff logdir, with a maximum archive of 20 log files of 1 MB each; makes sure every line has been written before reading the next one.
s6-log n30 E500 - +fatal: 2 - +^STAT =/var/log/foobard/status f s10000000 S15000000 T !"gzip -nq9" /var/log/foobard
Because it is exactly what execlineb is for.
Because the syslog mechanism and all its implementations (save one) suck. I'm not being judgmental; I'm just stating the obvious.
When asked why he started rsyslog, Rainer Gerhards came up with a lot of hand-waving and not a single word about technical points. There is a reason for that: rsyslog is forked from sysklogd! So, no matter how many bells and whistles are added to it, it still suffers from the same basic flaws.
The problem with syslogd does not come from such or such implementation. The problem comes from syslog's design in the first place.
syslog is slow, it's unsafe, and it's incomplete. The only reason people use it is because it's historical, it exists, and there hasn't been any serious alternative yet, except maybe multilog, which s6-log improves upon.
Unix distributions already do this to some extent, but it's at best unclear where the logs go for any given program.
So, given a program, where are its logs sent ?
In a logging chain situation, every service must have its own logger. To avoid syslogd's design mistakes, one logger process per service must be run. s6-log fits that role. Using s6-log as your one-stop logger offers the following benefits:
You mean you want to send, live, every log line over the network via UDP ? You can't be serious.
Do yourself a favor and use s6-log to write log lines to a logdir, with a processor script that sends files-being-archived to the network, possibly after compressing them. More reliability, less log lines lost, less network traffic, better engineering. If you have no disk to even write the current files to, write to a small RAM filesystem.
If you have to log stuff live via the network, you do not need any local logging software. You don't even need syslogd. Just filter your stderr via some grep that selects lines for you, then sends them to a network socket. A trivial shell script, or execline script, can do that for you.
Do not insist on using syslogd. It does nothing magical, and nothing that can't be done in a simpler way using simpler tools.

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In Baccarat, the objective of the is to create a hand totaling 9 or as close to that as is feasible. The card 10 upwards, i.e. the picture cards are usually taken as 0. All of the other cards are taken at face value and the Ace as 1. The values most of them . cards dealt to a person are counted and should the sum exceeds 9, then only once they value belonging to the sum is taken under consideration. So, if a player has cards 2 and 6, then a total value is 1. However, if a player has 5 and 9, any total value is 14, which exceeds 9. So, only 4 is considered for the reason for the sport. A player can ask for any third card if overall value of the first two cards is less than 5, or maybe ten. The card dealer can also take one third card in the event an player achieves this.
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Bilingual School Psychologist FT OR Intern (2024-2025)
Spanish speaking preferred.
Job Description
Salary Schedules
Jordan School District offers a comprehensive benefits package at competitive premiums. The benefits package includes:
Medical (3 plans, 2 networks), includes an Employee Assistance Program
Voluntary Dental
Voluntary Vision
Basic Life/Accidental Death and Dismemberment $50,000
Supplementary Life and AD&D
Long Term Disability
Worksite Benefits (Aflac)
An overview of all the benefits included can be found at https://jordandistrict.org/departments/insurance/
Benefit eligible employees are automatically members of the Utah Retirement Systems (URS). This means that the District contributes into the URS plan on your behalf each month. After the URS vesting period of four years, you will have either the Hybrid option, which is a combination of a pension with a 401k plan, or the 401k option if you choose. Both plans are employer-paid. You can also choose to enhance your retirement with URS by contributing additional money from your paychecks into a 401k, 457, Traditional IRA, or Roth IRA. Learn more about URS retirement plans and investment options at www.urs.org. You may also contact the Payroll Department at 801-567-8154 with any questions.


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John Morgan
John Morgan is a cultural geographer whose research focuses on landscapes of the U.S. South, food geography, and vernacular regions.
He is author of The Log House in East Tennessee, coauthor of The Unknown World of the Mobile Home, and he is working with fellow E&H geographer Edward Davis to complete a book manuscript on Collards and the American South.
Most of Morgan's research is based on field observation and data collected in the field. He has incorporated E&H students into several of his field projects, including the completion of several historic buildings surveys in East Tennessee.
Morgan is currently involved in a field project in which he compares and contrasts the historic role and characteristics of relict lime kilns in Appalachia and England.
University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN
Ph.D., Geography -
East Carolina University, Greenville, NC
M.A., Geography
B.A., Spanish
Courses currently taught include:
Weather and Climate; U.S. and Canada; Conservation of Natural Resources; Economic Geography; Land Use Planning; Food, Energy, and Agriculture, and History and Geography of Virginia and Tennessee. Morgan also regularly leads students on summer travel study ventures to the American West and the Gulf Coast.
Current Research:
Collards in the American South; Liming Appalachia
Student Research:
Coyote Invasion of Southwest Virginia; Hunting Activities of Southwest Virginia College Students; Historic Buildings of East Tennessee
Upcoming Research:
Paving Brick Manufacturing in the U.S. South


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Gwyneth Paltrow Is Selling a Candle Scented Like Her Vagina Apparently
The "This Smells Like My Vagina" candle is 10.5 oz and sells for $75 but is currently sold out. It is only available to purchase for people living in the United States, Europe, Canada and U.K.
The description of the product on the website explains how exactly the candle came to be. "This candle started as a joke between perfumer Douglas Little and GP [Gwyneth Paltrow] —the two were working on a fragrance, and she blurted out, 'Uhhh..this smells like a vagina'—but evolved into a funny, gorgeous, sexy, and beautifully unexpected scent," it reads.
The company claims that it is "perfect as a candle" and when doing a test run at Goop Health, it sold out in hours. As for what exactly it smells like, the company revealed the primary scents that were blended to create the candle. "It's a blend of geranium, citrusy bergamot, and cedar absolutes juxtaposed with Damask rose and ambrette seed that puts us in mind of fantasy, seduction, and a sophisticated warmth," it claims.
The company will be the subject of a Netflix documentary, The Goop Lab, that is set to debut on January 24.
You can join the waitlist to purchase the candle, here.


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As American men left for the war front in World War II, they left behind vitally important factory, war production plant and civil service jobs. These were booming industries, thanks to increased demand caused by the war, or positions necessary for daily life, like post office workers. It was quite a predicament, and the U.S. government turned to the War Advertising Council, which implemented a massive national campaign to usher women into the workplace. Known as the Women in War Jobs campaign, it is considered even today to be the advertising industry's most successful "recruitment" campaign in the United States [source: Ad Council].
The propaganda campaign utilized a series of persuasive patriotic posters and messages featuring different versions of the now-legendary icon Rosie the Riveter. One version of Rosie painted by Saturday Evening Post artist Norman Rockwell depicts the antithesis of prewar femininity: a muscular woman in factory garb, brandishing a riveting machine and her lunch box. (You can see Rockwell's painting on the Rosie the Riveter memorial Web site.)
The campaign targeted several groups of women. First, women already in the workplace (particularly minority women and those who held low-paying positions) were encouraged to upgrade to factory jobs with better wages. Next, girls barely out of high school were recruited. After it became obvious that still more workers were necessary, the campaign went after married women with children who didn't really need -- or even want -- to work. Several persuasive messages permeated the campaign, especially the importance of patriotism and the idea that the war would end sooner if women at home filled the shoes of absent male workers. Fear propaganda also insisted that more soldiers would perish and women would be considered "slackers" if they didn't step up to the task [source: National Park Service].
These efforts were wildly successful. By 1945, more than 18 million women were in the workforce -- up from 12 million in 1940. Many of these women were employed in traditionally male-dominated roles, such as aerodynamic engineers, railroad workers, streetcar drivers and lumber and steel mill employees [source: U.S. Department of Transportation]. Despite the fact that the women were doing the same jobs as their absent male counterparts, they earned roughly 65 percent less [source: PBS]. Women in the workplace also had to contend with the negative attitudes of male co-workers, exclusion from higher-ranking positions and other glass ceiling effects.
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Shakira is partnering with Fisher-Price to launch a line of baby toys as well as a Web series for moms
Shakira is partnering with Fisher-Price to launch a line of baby toys as well as a Web series for moms. The Mattel, Inc.-owned company announced Friday that the First Steps collection of toys and baby gear would be available in November. Shakira co-developed six products, including a bouncer that plays music, alphabet blocks and a musical soccer ball, an ode to her soccer-playing boyfriend Gerard Pique, who plays for FC Barcelona. All of the proceeds will benefit her Barefoot Foundation, which provides education and nutrition to children in impoverished areas of her native Colombia. Pre-order on Amazon for the products begins Monday. Geoff Walker, executive vice president of the Fisher-Price Global Brands Team, said in an interview Thursday that Shakira contacted the company about collaborating. The Grammy-winning singer, who is pregnant and is the mother of 21-month-old Milan, is the first celebrity Fisher-Price has partnered with. "She brings in both authenticity and emotion, and I think that's why this is such an exciting moment," Walker said. With her foundation, one of Shakira's main initiatives has been early childhood development, which attracted Fisher-Price to the global star, Walker said. "I saw how important developmental milestones are and how toys can help babies reach them — including with my own son," Shakira said in a statement. "I wanted to design a line of toys that stimulated development in the crucial early stages of life, the stages in which learning can be achieved through supervised play, fostering the development of psychological, social and motor skills." The 12-part Web series debuts Monday and targets millennials. Some of the minute-long episodes will feature her son. Shakira is one of the most popular celebrities on social media. She is the first person to reach 100 million likes on Facebook. Walker said as a result of the collaboration, Fisher-Price would be open to more celebrity partnerships. "It's about finding an authentic mom that is relevant to the millennial crowd," he said.


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Now you're leading application management
What were you thinking?
Remember way back when…back when you were a sharp, young developer on the move? You knew the technology from the ground up and loved helping others find solutions to their problems. And now you're running the show.
You've gone from having a fanatical focus on doing the work to managing a small army of others doing the work of developers and support resources—leaving behind a lot of the good stuff that used to get you excited. Social media, cracking code, adding value, solving business problems. Is that what you had in mind?
Now you're leading application management


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Christina Suzann Nelson joins Lola to discuss her book "The Way It Should Be". (10:25)
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Atlanta Falcons running back Warrick Dunn has presented a new home to a single father and his four children in Tallahassee in a first for "Homes for the Holidays," a program of the Warrick Dunn Foundation that historically has assisted single mothers in Tampa, Baton Rouge, La., and Atlanta in achieving the American dream of home ownership.
Dunn greeted FSU employee Osei Nyahuma, 50, on the front lawn of his new four-bedroom, two-bathroom home in the Tallahassee Highlands subdivision. Nyahuma's home, sponsored by Big Bend Habitat for Humanity's "25th Anniversary Build," required him and his family to complete 400 "sweat equity" hours of work on the house.
"Over the years, I've matured and realized it is important to help out folks who are trying to help themselves," Dunn said regarding the addition of single fathers to the "Homes for the Holidays" program.
Following the presentation, Dunn, a 1997 graduate, received the Circle of Gold award from the Florida State University Alumni Association in honor of his leadership and commitment to the university and the Tallahassee community. He joins an elite group of 160 FSU alumni who have received the award.
"We are proud to award the Circle of Gold award to Warrick, who epitomizes the strength and character that we think represents the alumni of FSU," said Gene Walden, interim president and CEO of the FSU Alumni Association.
Nyahuma, anticipating a home inspection, was overwhelmed to arrive to a sea of supporters flooding his new property. Dunn escorted him through his fully furnished home, equipped with everything a first-time home buyer needs. In-kind sponsor Aaron's Sales & Lease Ownership provided all furniture, appliances and televisions. Through title sponsor Prudential Tropical Realty, the house is equipped with groceries, linens and lawn care products—everything down to the toothbrushes.
"I was worried about furnishing our home," Nyahuma said. "I can't remember the last time I sat on a new couch. This is truly a blessing."
Nyahuma and his children, ages 14-20, realized the American dream of home ownership in time for the holidays.
With his many philanthropic activities, Dunn is a candidate for the designation of Neighborhood MVP of the Year, a competition sponsored by Home Depot and the NFL. FSU fans and alumni can help him win the title by voting on line or through the Warrick Dunn Foundation's home page: www.warrickdunnfoundation.org.
The award recognizes NFL players who are making a positive impact in their communities through charitable programs and contributions. It also directs attention to their alma maters.
Since its inception in 1997, "Homes for the Holidays" has assisted 74 single parents and 192 children in Tallahassee, Tampa, Baton Rouge, La., and Atlanta. Of those, Nyahuma is the first single father to receive assistance—and the first "Homes for the Holidays" recipient in Tallahassee.
"Homes for the Holidays" was established by the Warrick Dunn Foundation in 1997 as a way to honor the life of Dunn's mother, Betty Smothers, a police officer and security guard, who was killed during a robbery attempt while working as an off-duty police officer in Baton Rouge. Title sponsor Prudential Tropical Realty and in-kind sponsor Aaron's Sales & Lease Ownership contribute to furnishing and equipping each home. For more information, visit www.warrickdunnfoundation.org.
To date, Dunn has assisted 74 single parents and 192 children and dependents.


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Cheyenne Frontier Days 2019 Night Show Lineup Announced
(Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images, Photo by Mark Metcalfe/Getty Images, Photo by Cooper Neill/Getty Images for iHeartMedia, Photo by Rick Diamond/Getty Images)
On Thursday, Dec. 6 Cheyenne Frontier Days announced all but two of the performers for the 2019 Frontier Nights entertainment series. Also, the Professional Bull Riders (PBR) has added Cheyenne to its exclusive Last Cowboy Standing series and the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association (PRCA) Rodeo will return to the arena in 2019.
The Daddy of 'Em All welcomes Tim McGraw with Devin Dawson , Keith Urban, Rascal Flatts with Clint Black, Josh Turner with Tanya Tucker, Miranda Lambert, and Lady Antebellum with Kelsea Ballerini and Midland.
"We are very excited about the performer lineup for 2019," Contract Acts Chairman Randy Krafft said in a statement. "We are still working on our remaining shows and will announce them as we get them signed."
The 123rd Cheyenne Frontier Days will be July 19 through 28, 2019 at Frontier Park in Cheyenne, Wyoming.
Tickets will go on sale Saturday, December 15 at 9:00 AM at Online here, at the Cheyenne Frontier Days Ticket Office, and by phone at (307) 778-7222. Concert ticket prices range from $39 to $81.
We want to know which show you want to see CFD. Enter here for your chance to pick your favorite concert and beat the box office.
2019 will mark McGraw's and Urban's fourth CFD appearance. This will be Rascal Flatts' third, and Lady A's and John Turner's second time at the Daddy of 'em All. Clint Black has also been to CFD twice before, and next July will be Ballerini and Midland's Frontier Days debut.
All tickets for all performances will go on sale December 15 at 9:00 AM.
2019 Cheyenne Frontier Days™ Entertainment Schedule
July 19: Lady Antebellum with Kelsea Ballerini and Midland
July 20: Rascal Flatts with Clint Black
July 21: Josh Turner with Tanya Tucker
July 22-23: Professional Bull Riders – Last Cowboy Standing
July 24: Miranda Lambert
July 25: Post Malone
July 26: Keith Urban with Walker Hayes
July 27: Tim McGraw with Devin Dawson
July 20 – 28: PRCA Rodeo action
For a full events schedule go to cfdrodeo.com.


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The counties where the anti-vaccine movement thrives in the US
By Peter J Hotez, Baylor College of Medicine
As a pediatrician-scientist who develops new vaccines for neglected diseases, I spent most of my career in the Boston-Washington, D.C. corridor.
While working in the Northeast, I had heard a few things about the anti-vaccine movement. As both a vaccine scientist and a father of four, including a daughter diagnosed with autism and intellectual disabilities, I followed the emergence of doubt over vaccine safety in the general public.
Ultimately, in scientific circles, any debate ended when an overwhelming body of scientific evidence demonstrated there was no association between vaccines and autism.
But then, in 2011, I relocated to Houston's Texas Medical Center. I soon learned that, unlike in the Northeast, where the anti-vaccine movement so far seems restricted to small groups, the Texas anti-vaccine movement is aggressive, well-organized and politically engaged.
There are now at least 57,000 Texas schoolchildren being exempted from their vaccines for nonmedical reasons, about a 20-fold rise since 2003. I say "at least" because there is no data on the more than 300,000 homeschooled kids.
I'm worried these children, who are mostly concentrated either in the Austin area and towns and cities in north Texas, including Plano and Forth Worth, are at high risk of acquiring serious or even deadly childhood infections such as measles or whooping cough. Texas also ranks near the bottom in terms of adolescent girls getting their HPV vaccine to prevent cervical cancer – only four states had lower vaccination rates.
I then began to wonder about other parts of the U.S. Together with colleagues from Baylor College of Medicine and Texas Children's Hospital, where I work, we did an in-depth study of kindergarten schoolchildren who receive vaccine exemptions across the country. Currently, 18 states allow nonmedical vaccine exemptions for either "conscientious objector" or "philosophical/personal belief" reasons. We were able to obtain information on 14 of those states.
A clear picture emerged: Vaccine exemptions are on the rise in 12 of the states we looked at. Indeed, anti-vaccine activities appear to be more of a western phenomenon, especially in the Pacific Northwest (Idaho, Oregon and Washington) and the American Southwest (Arizona, Missouri, Oklahoma, Texas and Utah).
What exactly is going on in the West, where many parents shun vaccines and take their children out of vaccination programs? Researchers are still at the early stages of understanding the reasons behind the anti-vaccine movement. A couple of these states, Oklahoma and Texas, host well-organized political action committees that lobby their legislatures and even raise campaign funds for candidates to endorse anti-vaccine positions. These committees appeal to parental fears of unwarranted government interference.
What's more, some studies suggest that vaccine refusal is linked to affluence, and possibly with affluence there is greater access to the internet. There are now hundreds of anti-vaccine websites on the internet, many of which still allege that vaccines cause autism or that autism is a form of "vaccine injury," neither of which is true.
The anti-vaccine movement also effectively uses social media to share their message. Some studies show that anti-vaccine social media has created an "echo chamber" effect that strongly reinforces negative attitudes towards vaccines.
Of course, scientists have proven the safety of vaccines over and over again. As the father of a daughter with autism, I have recently written "Vaccines Did Not Cause Rachel's Autism." My book details both how and why vaccines cannot cause autism based on the scientific literature, as well as the challenges my wife Ann and I face daily as parents and guardians of Rachel, now an adult living with significant intellectual disabilities.
The effects of anti-vaccine websites and social media, together with the PACs, are quite powerful. They include a terrible measles outbreak in Minnesota in 2017; measles outbreaks in New York and Missouri this year; and almost 200 influenza deaths of unvaccinated children.
However, my newest concern are the counties in the American West, where a high percentage of kids are being opted out of vaccination programs. I believe that these are the areas most vulnerable to terrible measles or pertussis outbreaks in the coming years. In the past year, Europe has been inundated with measles, including dozens of deaths, due to large declines in vaccine coverage. I'm concerned the U.S. could suffer a similar fate.
Peter J Hotez, Dean of the National School of Tropical Medicine and Professor of Pediatrics and Molecular Virology & Microbiology, Baylor College of Medicine
This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Read the original article.


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A 'Donkey Kong' Movie Starring Seth Rogen Is In The Works
Seth Rogen will reportedly star in a Donkey Kong movie, after lending his voice to the role in the upcoming computer-animated Super Mario Bros. movie directed by Aaron Horvath and Michael Jelenic. According to Giant Freakin Robot, Donkey Kong will become the next Nintendo movie at Illumination Entertainment, and is currently in development now.
It's important to take reports like these with a grain of salt, as plenty of projects have sat in development for years before coming to fruition — if they even happen at all. Likely, the arrival of a Donkey Kong standalone flick will have a lot to do with the success of the Super Mario Bros. animated movie. If Illumination senses there's potential for a lucrative franchise, we can probably expect to see more Nintendo characters take center stage in their own spinoff projects.
With Chris Pratt voicing the titular role of Mario, the Super Mario Bros. project will star Charlie Day as Luigi and Anya Taylor-Joy as Princess Peach. Jack Black will play Bowser, Keegan-Michael Key will appear as Toad, and Rogen, of course, will be Donkey Kong. The world of Nintendo is full of iconic characters, so who knows? Maybe we'll get a full Nintendo Cinematic Universe one day.
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Configuring permissions for cross-controller triggers
If all controllers in the CloudBees CI cluster will be managed controllers and there are teams who will need the ability to promote artifacts and trigger jobs on other teams' controllers, administrators should also configure the CloudBees CI cluster's Authentication Mapping to Trusted controller with equivalent security realm .
This will grant Anonymous users permissions to view a team's controller and job configurations. These permissions will be used by a controller in the CloudBees CI cluster to discover any downstream jobs on another team's that it needs to trigger - e.g. a developer team's controller handing off an artifact to the QA team's controller for testing.
operations center acts as a gateway between each of the connected controllers, so a request from one connected controller to another will first be routed through operations center. Each request will be tagged with the authentication that originated the request.
Defining this default authentication mapping strategy standardizes client controllers' level of trust or authentication/authorization strategies and enables the cross-controller communication necessary for teams to trigger jobs across their controllers.
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"Wrought by my hand, bathed in my blood, bound to my will. By these ways did I forge a fetish meant to draw forth the infinite energies beyond our reality. Simple as it may appear to be, it is my gateway to understanding."
- — From the writings of Ocran Orana
A Daemon Weapon is a mighty artefact of Chaos, a blasphemous union of the Materium's matter and the Immaterium's spirit. It is most often given as a gift from the Ruinous Powers to their favoured mortal servants.
As the name implies, a Daemon Weapon is a weapon into which has been bound the essence of a Chaos Daemon. A Daemon Weapon is most often a close quarters weapon, although Daemonic ranged weapons have been encountered.
Quite often the Daemon is bound into the weapon as the result of a punishment rendered by its patron Chaos God, but at times exceptional mortal servants of Chaos manage to entreat a Daemon to assist them in their exploits of slaughter, and the Daemon binds itself willingly to its bearer.
A Daemon Weapon is a sentient item that grants tremendous power to its wielder. The weapon itself is often quite destructive in its own right, and nearly all Daemon Weapons allow their bearers access to their daemonic senses, heightening their perceptions of their surroundings.
The bound Daemon, if it has not been driven to insanity by its imprisonment, can also counsel its bearer or even manipulate them. Bound Tzeentchian Daemons are particularly fond of and apt at this.
The simple fact of bearing a Daemon Weapon is a source of immense prestige amongst the servants of the Ruinous Powers, a true mark of the favours of the god(s), and the bearer will soon see their personal flock swell with eager underlings.
But this power comes at a dangerous price: the bound Daemon cares neither for mortal frailties nor limitations, and will rebel if its bearer does not use it for constant slaughter or the fulfillment of whatever the Daemon deems to be its own personal goals.
If the bearer does not succeed in controlling their weapon, they will be killed as soon as the weapon finds a better prospective wielder, quite often by the contrivance of the Daemon Weapon, as it withdraws its support at a critical moment.
Daemon Weapon Types[]
Daemon Weapons are by their nature unique, for every Daemon is an unique individual. However, weapons containing the essence of similar types of Daemons will have similar properties, and the power granted to its bearer will ultimately be in accordance with the power of the Daemon bound within.
A blade containing a Lesser Daemon will be as a child's toy in comparison to one containing a Greater Daemon, but will be much easier to placate. And even a weapon containing the least of Warp entities is already a blasphemously powerful item, able to channel raw Immaterium energies to sunder and destroy anything it strikes.
The Ordo Malleus has identified many types of these blasphemous weapons, to better oppose them, as listed below.
Chaos Undivided[]
Daemons of Chaos Undivided who become bound into weapons will often take the following form:
- Accursed Crozius - An Accursed Crozius is the mark of office of a Word Bearers Dark Apostle. When the Chaplains of the Word Bearers Legion willingly embraced Chaos in the days before the start of the Horus Heresy they ritually desecrated their once sacred weapons. Bound within these talismans of Chaos is a Daemon of Chaos Undivided who grants the Apostle additional protection and oratory prowess.
- Black Mace - This malefic mace is said to have been cursed by each of the Daemon Primarchs. One who is struck by it instantly collapses into a mouldering pile of bones, while the curse spreads in a deadly shock wave to all those foes of the Dark Gods in the vicinity.
- Blade of the Hydra - Long ago, this oversized Chainsword was of purely ceremonial use. Since the Daemon Prince Gharual of the Nine Sundered Souls was bound inside it, however, the blade has been a fiendish tool of destruction. Those with a will strong enough to control its multiple thirsting mindsets can cause the sawtoothed blade to shimmer into not one, but several swords that gnaw and gnash with an immortal hunger. These extra blades are insubstantial when the wielder wills it, and razor-sharp when the flesh of his enemies is near. This artefact is only available to the Heretic Astartes of the Alpha Legion.
- Claws of the Black Hunt - These vicious hooked talons have spilt the blood of thousands of victims since their creation in the soul forges. Worn by the master of the Black Hunt, a vicious ritual that precedes the greatest of Night Lords invasions, they are so encrusted with gore they are almost black. This congealed fluid is so thick it cannot even be seared away by the vicious energy field that runs about each claw. This is seen by some as a clear sign of a gory blessing from destructive gods. Even when the wielder swipes the air near a foe, not quite making contact, the victim's armour and flesh still mysteriously part as if slashed open by a fierce and invisible beast. This artefact is only available to the Heretic Astartes of the Night Lords.
- Cursed Crozius - This artefact was once the rod of office for a founding member of Lorgar's Chaplains, one of the first of his kind to be sent into the Legiones Astartes in order to watch for signs of sedition. In truth, it has always been the weapon of an Archtraitor. First used in anger to bludgeon a Praetor of the White Scars to death, it still bears the indelible stains of that first treacherous kill to this day. The wielder of the Cursed Crozius is instilled with all the knowledge they need to slay the Loyalist thralls of the Corpse-God. This artefact is only available to the Heretic Astartes of the Word Bearers.
- Dark Blade - A Dark Blade is jet-black, containing no reflection or marks that mar the perfect satin darkness of its blade, although the hilt, pommel and grip are often richly embellished. The Dark Blade is a hungry killer that feasts on the souls of the slain and urges its bearer on to further acts of barbarity until it is sated.
- Dreadaxe - A Dreadaxe contains the bound essence of an entrapped entity with a vampiric thirst for souls that is especially partial to destroying daemonic rivals. These bound Daemons hate all others of their own kind, and a Dreadaxe is especially efficient when used in combat against other Daemons.
- Ether Lance - The Ether Lance is a Daemon Weapon which acts as a conduit to the Warp. Its bearer can launch bolts of Empyrean energy at his foes or draw them into the lance, eventually consuming them utterly while powering more blasts from the weapon.
- Kai Gun - A Kai Gun Daemon Weapon resembles a huge bolter of archaic design, so large that a normal man would be unable to lift it. It is a two-handed weapon that acts as a psychic catalyst, turning the hate and malice of its wielder into tangible bolts of potent energy.
- Murder Sword - So deadly are the wounds from this blade that some believe it is actually the Anathame -- the legendary cursed weapon suspected to have laid low the Warmaster Horus within the swamps of Davin's Plague Moon before the start of the Horus Heresy. The sword is undoubtedly of eldritch provenance, for with a sacrificial ritual it can become the bane of a certain foe above all others.
Daemons of Khorne are only bound into a weapon as a punishment or when they are vanquished by the Blood God's foes. They utterly detest this imprisonment, and quickly become insane as a result of their captivity and inability to actively engage in slaughter.
- Ar'gath, the King of Blades - When a Daemon is bound within a weapon by its infernal master, it rarely submits willingly to this terrible incarceration. The same cannot be said for A'rgath. A lifetime of slaughter and zealous dedication saw this butcher granted daemonhood. Such was his devotion to Khorne that instead of accepting immortality as a Daemon Prince, he instead chose to take the form of a deadly blade so that he could spill the lifeblood of Khorne's greatest enemies. Their hand guided by A'rgath's spirit, the sword's wielder becomes nigh unstoppable. To wield Ar'gath in battle is to become one with the blade itself, for the Daemon guides its bearer's every thrust, parry and killing blow with unerring accuracy. Countless are the rival Chaos Champions and mortal heroes that have fallen to its power.
- Axe of Blind Fury - Bound within this fabled Power Axe is the essence of a Greater Daemon. It rages against its eternity of servitude, resulting in grievous violence against the enemy and, sometimes, its owner or tneir allies.
- Axe of Khorne - Infused with the insatiable bloodlust of Khorne's own rage and fury, an Axe of Khorne is a mighty weapon borne by Bloodthirsters and favoured mortal Chaos Champions of Khorne. It is not a true Daemon Weapon in the strictest sense, for it is not sentient and will not rebel, but the rage of the Blood God will spur its bearer to commit carnage to a point that he will lose any instinct for self-preservation he might still have possessed in his pursuit of more blood for the Blood God.
- Berserker's Glaive - A Berserker's Glaive takes the form of a mighty two-handed blade, and contains the essence of not just one, but an entire host of Bloodletters incarcerated within the fabric of this great sword. Their collective rage drives the bearer into an apoplectic state of bloodlust. As the blade hews through its victims, the Daemons within drink deep of the essence of the slain, amplifying their wielder's bloodlust to ever greater heights until they are little more than a living engine of death and destruction. The Lesser Daemons' fury at being imprisoned is transmitted to the wielder who will be forced to constantly fight to control it. However this very fury will also tremendously augment the bearer's aptitude for carnage in melee.
- Bloodfeeder - A Bloodfeeder, also known as an Axe of Blind Fury, takes the form of a gigantic two-handed axe, and contains the bound essence of a vanquished Bloodthirster. Only the mightiest of servants of Khorne ever wield such a potent weapon in battle, for the amounts of constant slaughter necessary to keep the Bloodthirster in check is nigh on impossible to achieve.
- Carnage and Slaughter - The Bloodthirster Skarbrand wields a pair of daemonic axes called Carnage and Slaughter that each bear the caged fury of a Bloodthirster within them. To face the Exiled One in combat is therefore to face the combined wrath of three of Khorne's Greater Daemons!
- Firestorm Blade - A mighty greatsword sometimes seen in the hands of Khorne's most favoured Bloodthirsters, the Firestorm Blade is a massive straight sword engulfed in an impossibly bright nimbus of white fire. At the whim of its wielder, the blade can discharge great gouts of flame at targets within a considerable distance, burning its victims with overwhelming Warpfire. Only one Firestorm Blade has ever been seen within the Vortex, wielded by a powerful mortal champion by the name of Mithros. The man and his army descended into the Lower Vortex with dreams of conquest, and were never heard from again. Many claim that his blade—and other similar objects—is still out there, just waiting for someone powerful or insane enough to claim them.
- Forgewhip - It is a long-held belief of numerous blood-cults within the Screaming Vortex that Khorne himself created the original Forgewhip from the essence of a Flesh Hound he wished to punish for failing to catch its quarry. All those that have witnessed the power of a Forgewhip can attest to the inner fury of the weapon, and the way it seems to seek out targets of its own accord. The weapon takes the form of a long whip with many tendrils, each of which appears to be made out of fire and glows with a white-hot inner heat. The fiery cords twist and writhe, crackling with energy and burning the very air around them.
- Great Axe of Khorne - Easily the most recognisable symbol of the Blood God, the Great Axe of Khorne is one of the most destructive Khornate Daemon Weapons. Enormous and frightening to behold, each is a horrific fusion of bone, brass, and blood. Its grip is wrapped in the skins of champions foolish enough to challenge the wielder, and its blade is forever slicked with the blood of every head it has taken. At the heart of each Great Axe of Khorne, trapped with the strongest Warp-binds imaginable, is the essence of a Greater Daemon of Khorne. The rage from their imprisonment knows no bounds, and their fury lends near-unlimited power to each swing and to each strike.
- Gorewhip - These belts of twisted, blood red sinew are studded with sharpened chunks of broken bone. Each arching swipe of a Gorewhip creates a crack that shakes the sky and a burst of energy that can rip a man in two. They are often characterised as one of the chief weapons of Khorne's avatars—the Bloodthirsters—and any mortal lucky enough to possess one is said to have Khorne's direct favour.
- Hellblade - Forged from the essence of a vanquished Bloodletter, a Hellblade is the standard weapon wielded by other Bloodletters. Like an Axe of Khorne, it is not a true Daemon Weapon in the strictest sense, for it is not sentient and will not rebel.
- Heart-Ripper - A rarity for a Daemon Weapon of Khorne, a Heart-Ripper often takes the form of a rabid, snarling reaper autocannon, the twin barrels emerging from the jagged maw of the Bloodletter or Flesh Hound bound to the gun. Each time the gun fires it howls with rage, imprinting Khorne's fury onto every Warp-enhanced shell. Unlike other ranged Daemon Weapons, the Heart-Ripper still needs to be reloaded, although whether that is to feed the ammunition hoppers or simply to feed the Daemon within remains a mystery.
- Khartoth the Bloodhunger - According to the whim of Khorne, the Daemons of his realm take part in an immense tournament. Khorne takes the Daemonsword known as Khartoth the Bloodhunger, which is capable of cutting through not only matter but also time, and hides it within one of his Flesh Hounds. The legions of Khorne fall upon each other with sword and axe, slaughtering and butchering whilst hunting the Flesh Hounds, who tear apart any Daemon who approaches. The Daemon brave, strong or fortunate enough to slay the Flesh Hound containing the Daemonsword becomes the Lord of the Slaughter, and may wield the Bloodhunger. For a day or an age, as Khorne sees fit, the Lord of the Slaughter enjoys great privilege in battle. When Khorne wearies of his Lord of the Slaughter's exploits, the Blood God begins the tournament again. A Flesh Hound devours both wielder and sword, combining their essence, and the Daemons battle again until Khorne finds a new Lord of the Slaughter.
- Soulfire Lance - Taking the form of a twisted spinal column or collection of broken bones stretched unnaturally into a long staff, the Soulfire Lance is a gateway to the Immaterium. Each time the bearer squeezes the Lance, the Daemon within howls, unleashing a vortex of Empyrean energy that draws its victims into the Lance itself.
Weapons containing a Daemon of Nurgle serve as a conduit for Nurgle's favorite diseases and pestilences.
- An'garrach- A weapon perhaps more infested than possessed, An'garrach has a long history and has changed hands more times than anyone cares to recollect. A Legion Chainsword containing the bound essence of one or more Nurglings, An'garrach exists to spread illness, and is too stupid a creature to realise the indignity of its situation. More enthusiastic than most other Daemon Weapons, it revs its motor and drools pus-filled oil with annoying regularity, perhaps explaining its frequent change of ownership.
- Fathers of Blades - Rumoured to be the original Plagueswords created not long after Nurgle came into being, the ancient Fathers of Blades have spent millennia spreading corruption. Their cracked and rusted lengths deaden the senses of those nearby, and any who mistime their swings find their attacks deflected off its corroded edge.
- Balesword - A Balesword is a Daemon Weapon of Nurgle. These plague-infected blades are favoured melee weapons of the Heralds of Nurgle called Poxbringers and the Blightlord Terminators of the Death Guard Traitor Legion.
- Manreaper - A Manreaper is an enormous Power Scythe that has been dipped in the filth of Nurgle himself. Carrying a shard of the Plague God within, these virulent weapons are much sought after by the servants of Nurgle, even if they sometimes claim the life of their bearer as well.
- Pandemic Staff - A Pandemic Staff is a close combat weapon that acts as a vessel of Nurgle's favourite contagions, their afflictions joyfully spread in the Materium.
- Plaguebringer - Plaguebringers are forged from the very essence of Nurgle's best diseases, and are utterly fatal to any living being that the weapon comes in contact with, even the toughest of foes. The standard weapon of Plaguebearers, it is not a true Daemon Weapon in the strictest sense, for it is not sentient and will not rebel.
- Plague Knife - The hallmark weapon of the Death Guard Traitor Legion, which was originally their close combat blade, the Plague Knife is a broad trench dagger, which was a brutal and efficient weapon in hand-to-hand combat. When the Astartes of the Death Guard were transformed by the corrupting influence of Nurgle, these blades transformed as well. Now they have become Plague Knives, corroded weapons coated with rust and numerous diseases, the better to spread Father Nurgle's vile blessings across the galaxy. Only those pure in his sight such as his Plague Marines are granted such a weapon, and any lesser being suffering even the slightest wound is gifted with one of his innumerable creations such as Nurgle's Rot or the Weeping Pox.
- Plaguesword - A Plaguesword is a large, corroded one-handed sword that drips with venomous pus and the pestilent blessings of Grandfather Nurgle, its touch being utterly lethal to mortal foes.
- Puscleaver - This blade bears the infamous Gurgling Doom contagion. One struck by the blade typically has only a few agonising solar seconds left to live before they finally realise the glory of Nurgle's generosity and keel over gurgling phlegm. Only servants of the Plague God may wield this artefact.
Weapons containing a Daemon of Slaanesh seek to overload the victim's senses, inducing a long and excruciating agony instead of slaying them outright.
- Blissgiver - A Blissgiver is a Daemon Weapon that takes the form of a slender blade or writhing whip whose merest touch can induce a pleasurable coma, allowing the victim to be captured alive.
- Lash of Torment - A Lash of Torment is a Daemon Weapon resembling an animated whip that twists and coils with a mind of its own, feeding on a victim's terror and pain, before telepathically sharing it with any beings who are close by. This is highly entertaining for servants of Slaanesh, and utterly horrifying for its victims.
- Needle of Desire - The Needle of Desire is a Daemon Weapon which takes the appearance of a long, slim double-pointed needle inscribed with blasphemous runes within runes all the way down to a microscopic level. One half is embedded in the arm of the Chaos Champion bearing it where it absorbs the foul narcotics naturally synthesised by Champions of Slaanesh, allowing the bearer to inject those into other beings using the other end of the Needle. The bearer will often share this gift with friend and foe; and while to another servant of Slaanesh it is an incredibly intense and pleasurable experience, the drugs contained within are utterly fatal to anyone or anything else.
- Witstealer Sword - A Witstealer Sword is a Daemon Weapon utilised by the Daemons of Slaanesh, particularly his Greater Daemons, the Keeper of Secrets. As this sword bites into flesh, it saps the foe's mind, stripping more away with every cut until nothing of their memories, personality or sanity remain.
Weapons containing a Daemon of Tzeentch either boost the bearer's psychic powers, or allow him access to psychic abilities he would be incapable of wielding on his own.
- Bedlam Staff - A Bedlam Staff is an ancient Daemon Weapon that takes the form of a stave which is exclusively employed by Thousand Sons Chaos Sorcerers to use as a foci for their powers. The few remaining examples of these fell weapons are steeped in ten millennia of wild psychic power. Enemies struck by the power of these powerful staves have their nervous systems overloaded by Warp energies, rending conscious thought from their minds, leaving them unable to act and vulnerable to further attacks.
- Deathscreamer - A Deathscreamer is a Daemon Weapon that channels the psychic power of its bearer into howling bolts of arcane energy that rip their target apart.
- Krz'at'tchal - Once a weapon proudly serving the Astra Militarum many thousands of Terran years ago, the Flamer now known as Krz'at'tchal has been a Daemon Weapon for so long that it barely remembers existence beyond the bizarre flesh and steel of its prison. Once a Flamer of Tzeentch, the Daemon now projects its many-coloured flames through the mutated nozzle of the Flamer it calls home.
- Pandemonium Stave - Potent Daemon Weapons of immense power, Pandemonium Staves are wielded only by Tzeentch's greatest champions. Longer than a man is tall and consisting of a single rod of roughly hewn and psychically bonded black granite, these staves tend to cast unnatural shadows, drawing in nearby light and glowing softly in a pattern that can make those that stare at it too long feel sick. The dull glow quickly changes to a bright white when the wielder channels his own psychic energy down the length of the stave, and the Daemon contained within screams out, adding its own caged fury to the power of the attack.
- Seer's Bane - The Lord of Change Malach'raccatax was cruelly punished by Tzeentch for having the temerity to utter an undiluted truth in his infernal master's presence. Now bound within a sleek blade, Malach'raccatax scythes through its victim's mind even as its keen edge cuts their flesh. Psykers are especially susceptible to this harrowing mental assault as Malach'raccatax uses their innate connection to the Warp to tear their soul to shreds.
- Warp Blade - A Warp Blade is a Daemon Weapon that is gifted to the mightiest of Chaos Sorcerers and most devious of plotters. A Warp Blade has the power to dissipate and scatter psychic energy aimed at its bearer. This tends to attract the denizens of the Warp, who hungrily sniff out the source of the power and can be set angrily upon any bystanders.
Unique Daemon Weapons[]
Some Daemon Weapons and artefacts are truly unique, and they have risen to infamy alongside their bearers:
- Anguish - Little is known of the Daemon Weapon known only as Anguish. Some amongst the arcane scholars of the Ordo Malleus doubt that it even exists. Anguish is reputed to take the form of a long basket-hilted sword -- its hilt dotted with thorny spines, its mirror-like blade etched with images of bird feathers and lidless eyes. It has been said to radiate a chill like that of the void between stars and to have an edge so sharp that it can cleave the curtain of reality; opening a wound-like portal into the Warp through which the wielder of the blade may pass through to far and strange places.
- Agoniser - Found in the vaults of the world of Occatus I, the Agoniser is a potent and mighty Daemon-possessed Runesword wielded by the fallen Adeptus Sororitas Miriael Sabathiel. Snaking tubes connect it to a needle in Miriael's arm, where it absorbs the foul narcotics naturally synthesised by the bodies of the Champions of Slaanesh. She also wields a daemonic Bolter, another gift to her from Slaanesh for her service as his Champion.
- Artekus Scourge - The Artekus Scourge is a daemonic weapon originally borne by the infamous Chapter Master Artekus Bardane of the now-Excommunicate Traitoris Relictors Space Marine Chapter. This weapon appears as a flail tipped with balls of pure energy in the form of screaming daemonic faces. The flail snaps and gnashes at the souls of those it hits.
- Axe of Kha-Aksha - This fell Khornate relic serves as a prison for the essence of the Bloodthirster Kha Ak-Lash Kha-Aksha. In his pride, the Bloodthirster rebelled against his lord and master Khorne, and was doomed to this fate by the furious Blood God. This infamous Bloodfeeder Daemon Weapon has over time become legendary over the whole region of space adjacent to the Calixis Sector known as the Screaming Vortex, as its wielders have all carved themselves bloody empires before succumbing to the insane fury of the trapped Daemon within the weapon. Today, the Axe of Ka-Aksha can be found on the planet Messia within the Vortex, waiting for the servant of the Blood God who will tear it from its current wielder's grasp.
- Axe Morkai - Claimed by the Space Wolves' Great Wolf Logan Grimnar from a mighty lord of the World Eaters he defeated during the First War for Armageddon, the Great Wolf had the molten-bladed axe reforged in the image of the Fenrisian Wolf-God, Morkai. Time has proven Grimnar wise, for he has used the blade to fell even the mightiest creatures of the Warp, including the Daemon Primarch Magnus the Red.
- Black Blade of Angron - The Primarch Angron's personal daemonic sword, this gigantic black blade could cleave anything in two. This weapon was destroyed by the powerful psychic defence of the Grey Knights during the First War for Armageddon.
- Black Blade of Antwyr - The Black Blade of Antwyr is a Warp-spawned weapon that was captured by the Daemon-hunting Grey Knights Space Marines and is impervious to all means at the the Grey Knights' disposal to destroy it. The Grey Knights were reluctant to simply cast the dangerous artefact into the void of interstellar space where they knew that eventually a new bearer would be drawn to its evil aura or to seal it away in a vault within their fortress-monastery on Titan as it would only invite corruption to its guardians. A fateful decision was made to place the Black Blade of Antwyr into the safest prison the Grey Knights could conceive; the hands of the Chapter's own Purifiers. Castellan Garran Crowe is the current guardian of the malefic weapon, and it continuously brings him into both physical and spiritual peril by tempting him with Chaos' promises of power or seeking to bind his will with black sorcery. Such is his indomitable will that he wields the Black Blade as a conventional sword, his purity of soul and spirit keeping its evil at bay.
- Blade of Phaedron - A Chapter relic of the excommunicated Relictors Chapter, inside the Blade of Phaedron lies the seething soul of a Daemon possessed of a great enmity for all its kin. Although it is unremarkable when employed against a living thing, against a Daemon the blade will blaze white with the pure heat of the captive Daemon's rage.
- Black Mace - This fell weapon is said to have been blessed (or cursed) by each of the Daemon Primarchs in turn. The Black Mace takes the form of a large ornate bludgeon, and so fell is the power contained in this baroque abomination that any struck by it collapses immediately into mouldering bones, while the horrendous curse that just brought the poor soul low seeks to spread to any living being standing nearby.
- Blade of Decay - The Blade of Decay is a sword carried by one of Nurgle's most favoured Greater Daemons, Scabeiathrax. It has the power to rapidly decay anything it touches. Organic creatures that are hit with the blade find their flesh rotting away before their eyes and armoured vehicles rust away with the sudden passage of centuries when hit.
- Deii'Sh'thuhl, the Whispering Blade - Fell legends from the area of space known as the Screaming Vortex speak of two former Renegade pirate captains, both having sworn fealty to Slaanesh, but rivals in every other thing. The endlessly escalating conflict of both reaver captains ultimately drove them both to ruin. While still mortals, both constantly sought to outdo the other, each transforming his fleet into a pleasure den and torture chamber to craft new perfections of mass sacrifices and exquisite agonies. Both mortals were eventually rewarded with ascension to daemonhood, but this only served to fuel their rivalry, which only ended when one of them crafted an exquisite blade, hewn from a single turquoise crystal, which was hailed as an impossibly precise piece of art. Unwilling to concede defeat, his rival then willingly bound himself to the blade, pouring his essence into it in order to steal victory. Despairing, but unwilling to destroy his masterpiece, the other Daemon Prince cast the blade into the Screaming Vortex, unwilling to again set eye on his defeat. Thus was born the blade known as Deii'Sh'thuhl, a prison from which the victorious contestant whispers endlessly of unspeakable depravations to any mortal foolish enough to pick up the blade.
- Drach'nyen - Bound to the will of the mighty Chaos Lord Abaddon the Despoiler, this arcane blade contains the bound essence of Drach'nyen, a writhing Warp entity that can rend reality apart. Legend states that Drach'nyen was birthed in the Warp from the psychic echo of the first human murder. Now in the form of a mighty Daemonsword, and fuelled by countless millennia of homicide and death, Drach'nyen's power is so great that it effortlessly sunders all that it touches.
- Goreseeker - Containing a Flesh Hound of Khorne, this razor-fanged axe confers those creatures' best known traits upon the one who wields it. It was last seen in the hands of the Aspiring Champion Gorath Varix, who was leading a warband of Khornate Berserkers during a raid on the world of Midael. Varix was confirmed dead in the battle's aftermath, but the weapon was nowhere to be found.
- Gore Thirster - Gore Thirster is a monstrous cleaver of dark metal whose pitted and stained surface sweats beads of blood. Within Gore Thirster's crudely forged metal is bound a Daemon of rage and slaughter whose hunger for blood is without limit. Those who wield this tool of atrocity find their senses overlaid with the red rage of the thing bound within, and to master Gore Thirster they must overcome a fearsome will focused upon murder and destruction.
- Hesht, the Granter of Vengeance - Hesht is a dagger with two parallel blades of twisted metal like the teeth of a predatory beast. Thrust into the chest of an enemy, the Daemon bound within the blades gorges on the victim's essence and soul. The victim is slain in the most complete and terrible manner possible, and the Daemon strains hungrily at its bonds seeking more life on which to feed. Hesht was forged by the foul enemies of the Imperium that were driven from the Calixis Sector during the Angevin Crusade. In desperation, they turned all their vile arts to make weapons both great and small to try and turn the tide against the forces of the Imperium. They failed and were annihilated, but their vile creations, of which Hesht is one, endured and were left to tempt and corrupt those who had vanquished their creators.
- Khartoth the Bloodhunger - Khartoth a mighty Daemonsword that has the capability of cutting through not only matter but also time. The Daemons of the Blood God's kingdom in the Realm of Chaos are known to take part in an immense tournament. Khorne takes the Daemonsword and hides it within one of his Flesh Hounds. The daemonic legions of Khorne, the Blood Legions, fall upon each other with sword and axe, slaughtering and butchering one another in order to obtain the fell weapon. The Daemon brave, strong or fortunate enough to slay the Flesh Hound containing the Daemonsword becomes the Lord of the Slaughter and may wield Bloodhunger for a day or an age, as Khorne sees fit. The Lord of the Slaughter enjoys great privilege in battle amongst the other Daemons of the Blood God. When Khorne grows weary of his Lord of Slaughter's exploits, a new Flesh Hound devours the wielder and the Daemonsword, combining their essence, and the Blood God begins the tournament anew.
- Midnight - The weapon called Midnight has had many other names in the time since its forging beneath strange dying stars. The Daemon bound within Midnight is a thing that has been imprisoned for so long that all that remains is its hunger; hunger for light, for hope, for life. Light and warmth are drawn to Midnight. Its true shape is a mystery: it is glimpsed only as impressions of razor edges and barbs glimpsed in a pall of darkness.
- Nach'ra'ael the Hungering - The final prison of the Daemon Prince Nach'ra'ael, this sword was crafted specifically to hold the Daemon by artisans enslaved by a rival's warband, the name of which is long lost to history. A horrifically powerful weapon, the blade seems to move between the worlds of the Screaming Vortex seemingly at random, appearing occasionally in the hands of a warlord powerful enough to claim it without succumbing to the weapon's inhabitant. In this, Nach'ra'ael perhaps has the last laugh, for it has managed to reclaim former glories by possessing unworthy wielders.
- Silence - Silence, to give it the macabre nickname favoured by its wielder, the Daemon Primarch Mortarion of the Death Guard Traitor Legion, is a massive two-handed battle scythe with a blade span as long as most human warriors are tall. This formidable weapon is accounted as one of the most fearsome blades wielded by any Primarch. Since Mortarion's finding by the Emperor during the Great Crusade, there have been dark whispers that the blade is of xenos-tainted origin, and some familiar with the legend of the Death Guard Primarch's early life believe it to be none other than the weapon of the terrible charnel creature that once named himself Mortarion's "father."
- Silver Blade of the Laer - The Silver Blade of the Laer was a single-edged sword of elegant xenos craftsmanship recovered by Fulgrim, Primarch of the Emperor's Children Legion, from a great temple dedicated to the Chaos God of Pleasure in the aftermath of the cleansing of the Xenos World of Laeran by the forces of the III Legion in the closing days of the Great Crusade. Unbeknownst to Fulgrim, however, it held the essence of a powerful Greater Daemon of Slaanesh which would eventually overpower and possess Fulgrim during the Drop Site Massacre on Isstvan V. After freeing itself by taking control of Fulgrim's body, the Daemon later gave the Silver Blade, now bereft of its possessing Warp entity but still a finely crafted weapon, to Captain Lucius, sensing great potential for mastering the way of Slaanesh within the arrogant Astartes.
- Sword of Saint Aquitaine - The Sword of Saint Aquitaine was recovered by the Relictors Chapter immediately prior to its debasement and subsequent possession by a daemonic entity, and contains a nightmarish creature of such power it can turn day into night.
- Rot Giver - Rot Giver is a huge hammer of corroded iron. Its surface is patterned with blooms of rust and decay that to a fevered mind might seem to be foul marks and hateful runes growing from within the metal itself. The weapon was said to have been made of metal torn from space hulks which had drifted in the warp for seven thousand years and forged in a furnace fired by corpses before being quenched in the slime of a plague pit. Rot Giver is surrounded by a nauseous air of decay; metal left in is presence crumbles to rust, wood rots, and dead flesh begins to turn pale and rotten. Only the one who can master the will of the Daemon within Rot Giver is untouched by its power. Undiscovered and untamed in millennia, Rot Giver now lies in a Space Hulk. Once a great warship long ago, the Space Hulk drifts through the Fydae Great Cloud waiting to be found once again.
- Lash of Bitterness - The Lash of Bitterness is a long whip of bones and teeth taken from humans and the predatory creatures of Iocanthos. Within it is bound the tortured essence of a Warp creature whose being is consumed by fear and insanity. The Lash of Bitterness was said to have been created by a slave champion of the Crow Father and to have been wielded in combat against Drusus himself. It was recovered from the battlefield by servants of the Holy Ordos in the wake of the saint's cleansing of Iocanthos, and it is now is sealed in the Lightless Vaults of the Tricorn palace -- its twitching coils muttering vileness and wishing ill to all life.
- Mace of Judgement - The Mace of Judgement is a symbol of Imperial might and purity that was violated by the Pilgrims of Hayte and turned into a mockery of its original purpose. The mace has a haft and head of dark, wrought metal topped with winged fist clasping a skull of adamantium. Charred spills of parchment inscribed with tracts from the Book of Judgement coil the mace's length, secured by seals of thick wax. It was a weapon made to demonstrate the might of Imperial law and punish those who deny its authority. The Mace of Judgement was possessed by Adeptus Arbites Judge Mielira, who was captured by the Pilgrims of Hayte while countering their activities on Vaxanide. Rather than kill their prisoner, the Pilgrims of Hayte took her weapon and bound into it a Warp thing of madness and endless hate. They then set Judge Mielira free and returned her mace of authority. The cultists watched while the Daemon in her weapon twisted the Judge's own faith and conviction and made her a monster to whom all were guiltily and worthy only of death. Mielira the Bloody was finally killed by vassals of Inquisitor Skane. However, her black mace that had become the trademark of her atrocities was never recovered.
- Samni'arius - Samni'arius is a Daemonsword that the Khornate Daemon Primarch Angron wields in the Era Indomitus alongside his chainaxe Spinegrinder. This Daemonic sword is of prodigious size and contains the essence of a powerful Slaaneshi Daemon named Samni'arius, whose gladiatorial posturing offended the Daemon Primarch enough for him to administer the beating of a lifetime using nothing more than an unworked iron bar -- forging the new blade in the process.
- Sceptre of Ten Thousand Moons - The Sceptre of Ten Thousand Moons is long rod of obsidian from which grinning sickle moons leer in constantly shifting patterns. Topped with a spray of silver feathers and a blue gem the size of a human eye, the Sceptre of Ten Thousand Moons possesses a destructive power craved by sorcerers and deceivers of all kinds. It is said to have passed through the hands of dozens of Warp dabbling cults in the Malfian Sub-Sector, and is whispered to have betrayed each one it has served to their destruction. In whose hands it resides at present remains unknown.
- The Spear of Countless Eyes - The Spear of Countless Eyes is a tall spear of hammered bronze whose dark wooden haft is carved with lidded eyes that open and close to reveal rolling yellow irises and black slit pupils. It was created by the Warp corrupted hunter tribes who dwelt on Iocanthos long before the Imperium claimed it. The Spear of Countless Eyes is said to make a hunter able to see with unnatural clarity and be able to feel all that passes around him as if it were the touch of wind on his skin. Though the old dark ways have long been burnt from Iocanthos, such relics as the Spear of Countless Eyes endure to as a memory of a dark past that may return once again.
- The Whispers of Delight - The Whispers of Delight were Daemon-bound daggers created by the Order of the Amethyst Serpent on Malfi. Each dagger had a long blade of amethyst that twisted like a tongue of fire, a hilt of bladed and spiked finger loops, and was etched with the dying words of thirty-six sacrifices to Slaanesh, the Prince of Pleasure. The Whispers of Delight were given to the order's assassins, who were reputed to be able to persuade their victims to grant them admittance to their most intimate chambers before their throats were cut. After the Order of the Amethyst Serpent was broken by the Ordo Malleus, three of the Whispers of Delight were recovered. However, it is believed that more exist and survived the destruction of their makers.
- Vilemaw - Once borne into battle by Ahn Sokar, the Icon Bearer and later Coryphaus of the Word Bearers Traitor Legions' 39th Host, this bolter somehow found its way to a makeshift shrine of bone and steel on the reaver world of Iniquity, awaiting a worthy master. Though the daemonic beast imprisoned within is only a minor Warp entity, little more than an Astral Spectre, the weapon itself is a relic of the Traitor Legions, proud and belligerent, and unwilling to suffer the touch of mere mortals. With every unworthy soul who attempts to claim this weapon, the shrine grows a little larger.
- Black Crusade: Core Rulebook (RPG), pp. 194-202
- Black Crusade: The Tome of Fate (RPG), pp. 38-39
- Black Crusade: The Tome of Blood (RPG), pp. 40-42, 120, 137
- Black Crusade: The Tome of Excess (RPG), pg. 37
- Black Crusade: The Tome of Decay (RPG), pg. 43
- Codex: Chaos Daemons (4th Edition), pp. 32, 40
- Codex: Chaos Daemons (6th Edition), pp. 61-63
- Codex: Chaos Daemons (8th Edition), pp. 41, 98, 100, 130
- Codex Heretic Astartes - Chaos Space Marines (8th Edition), pp. 162-163
- Codex Heretic Astartes - Death Guard (8th Edition), pp. 68-69, 81
- Codex: Chaos Space Marines (3rd Edition, 1st Codex), pp. 28-29
- Codex: Chaos Space Marines (3rd Edition, 2nd Codex), pp. 13, 19-20, 43-44, 47-48, 51, 55-56, 59, 61
- Codex: Chaos Space Marines (4th Edition), pg. 93
- Codex: Chaos Space Marines (6th Edition), pp. 64-65, 69, 91
- Dark Heresy: The Radical's Handbook (RPG), pp. 174, 179-183
- Dark Millennium Warhammer 40,000 Collectible Card Game (2003), Miriael Sabathiel - Corrupted Sister of Battle Card
- Dark Millennium Warhammer 40,000 Collectible Card Game - Hope's Twilight (2006), Miriael Sabathiel - Champion of Chaos Card (Ultra Rare)
- Realms of Chaos - Slaves to Darkness (2nd Edition), pp. 94-97
- White Dwarf 273 (US), "Index Malleus - Infernal Threat" by Phil Kelly and Graham McNeill, pp. 90, 92
- Fulgrim (Novel) by Graham McNeill
- Daemon Weapons of Legend
- Warhammer Community - Angron Can't be Banished? Find Out Why in New Lore From Codex: World Eaters


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I've been putting off writing this post because I get so gosh darn emotional when I think about the past year. What a wild year it has been! When I found out that we were expecting twins, I was completely terrified, yet totally excited. How in the world were they going to fit into our family, and how in the world was I going to manage four kids under five?! I won't lie and say it was a totally seamless transition, they were the perfect babies, Caroline and Smith were the perfect toddlers, and my hair looked awesome every day. The truth is, at times it was really hard. There were definitely days where I took things hour by hour. There were days that someone was crying at all times (one of those someones may have been me, ha). But through it all, I tried really hard to savor every single minute with those sweet baby boys. Because I knew from experience how fleeting those minutes are.
From the moment they were born, Henry and Tucker have been inseparable. In the early days, they cuddled up together in their crib, arms intertwined and sleeping nose-to-nose; and now they crawl around the house together, laughing, babbling, and playing ball with each other. They are just so much fun these days, and I know it will just keep getting better.
So as their first birthday rolled around, we knew we wanted to have a big party to celebrate the milestone. I of course agonized over the theme - or whether to even have a theme. In the end, our love for Mexican food won out, and we threw a big fiesta! Since everyone jokes that first birthday parties are for the parents anyway, we just threw the party we wanted! And let me tell you - this party was fun for all ages - babies, kids, and adults alike all had a blast.
I wanted a colorful, fun party, so I went with bright shades of yellow, green, blue, and orange. And because chalkboards are so fun and trendy these days, I incorporated those into the decor as well.
Since the party was in the afternoon, I didn't need to serve a whole meal, but I wanted some substantial snacks. The menu was as follows:
- Three types of salsa: rustic roasted salsa, roasted tomatillo salsa, and corn salsa.
- Baked Chicken Taquitos (a quadruple batch, and they were demolished!)
- Baked Tex-Mex Pimento Cheese Dip served in the crockpot
- Fruit salad
- Guacamole bar - individual cups of guacamole, with an array of toppings and mix-ins. This was a huge hit!
We also had some"kid" snacks out for the really littles ones - applesauce pouches, puffs, and cheddar bunnies are always a hit with Smith and the twins.
I served the tortilla chips in brown lunch bags, and it made it so easy to just grab your chips and be on your way (plus no worries about little hands spreading germs to everyone by reaching into a community bowl!).
I wanted a fun background for the twins' highchairs, so I covered some letters in multi-colored yarn to spell "uno." This was a really easy craft, and one I did while watching Top Chef one night. I also made tissue paper banners for a few areas, and these were super easy as well. Please don't mind my window - I promise it's not dirty - it rained the day of the party!
My favorite element however, was the background behind the food table. I bought a roll of black paper, and Joey drew "Uno" in similar script to the invite, then I taped up some paper medallions for pops of color. I attached another tissue paper banner to the tablecloth, then used a piñata for the centerpiece. The cupcake stands were also DIY, using this tutorial, and orange crepe paper that I cut into fringe.
Finally, we blew up tons of brightly colored balloons, which Smith promptly got a hold of and released to the top of our 2-story foyer....
Since there were close to two dozen kids in attendance, we wanted to have plenty for the little ones to do to keep them happy and busy. I ordered wooden maracas, then broke out our markers and extensive sticker collection. The kids loved decorating the maracas, and it made for a fun favor to take home as well. I also taped down brown paper to the table, so that my kitchen table didn't end up covered in marker and frosting ... bonus that it provided more places for the kids to color!
Remember the piñata from the food table? Well it was stuffed with candy. And while we didn't take any pictures, after the cake, we broke it open. Obviously the kids loved that as well :)
Speaking of cake, I'm no cake decorator, so I just frosted their smash cakes and covered up the imperfections with sprinkles. They donned their sombreros, we sang happy birthday, then it was time to eat!
Tucker and Henry love to eat, so they unsurprisingly dug right into their cakes as well. I'm pretty sure they sat there eating cake for close to an hour. And they even snuck bites of each other's cake, ha!
The Mexican-themed first birthday party was a blast, and we were so happy that so many of our friends and family could be there to celebrate with us. Henry and Tucker had a great time, and it was such a fun party to plan. Here's to another year of health and happiness!
Invitations: Endash Designs (etsy shop)
Paper Medallions and paper serving cups for guacamole and salsa: TomKat Studios
Rubber Ducks and Maracas: Oriental Trading Company
Food Tents and Guacomole Menu: My fabulous friend Courtney! (go bug her to start an Etsy shop!)
Inspiration for "Party Like There's No Mañana:" Little Baby Garvin


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Crowd Funded Projects a Model for Planning?
The internet has opened up new resources for funding opportunities. Platforms to advertise projects and find sponsors and funders are developing fast. On such platform is Kickstarter, where developers can promote their project and ask for funding to develop prototyps and deliver products. Others are Go4funds, JustGiving or Profunder. They all have their specialities and niches but essentially they are all about projects and proposals that need to be funded.
A new project called Spacehive has come up in the UK with its own niche in this popular funding circus. The focus is on building projects as they call it neighbourhood improvement projects. As it says on the page "For people with inspiring project ideas, Spacehive allows you to pitch for support and funding from your community. For everyone else it's a refreshingly easy way to transform where you live: just find a project you like and pledge a donation. If it gets funded, it gets built!"
The founder Chris Gourlay describes the Spacehive as the world's first online funding platform for neighbourhood improvement projects. The project went live only last December (2011-12-07) and has so far listed a total of seven projects. These range from a Rooftop Aquatic Farm to a Dog Training Facility to the Community Centre project in Glyncoch.
As far as the projects range so do the costs. The platform has no cost restriction or a minimum. For examples the community centre wants to raise some £792,578 and the Revive North Pond project needs £42,320 or the Stokwell Urban Oasis needs only £2,952.
So far none of the projects have been successful. In fact the Glyncoch centre will be the first project to hit the dead line on the 30st of March. The projects currently needs a further £23'000 to go ahead next month. The next 22 days will be nerve racking for the project officials who desperately want their project to go ahead.
Image taken from gka.org / The existing community centre in Glyncoch built in 1977. Could do with an update no question about that.
The media has already responded to the project and BBC has reported from Glyncoch after Steven Fry has tweeted about it. The social media is quick in picking stuff like this up and once more Twitter was the media of choice to discover the Spacehive platform. With over 4 million followers Steven Fry tweeting about it is great promotion and the community hopes this will bring the project the remaining money in funds they are short.
The projects are however not purely community funded. The Glyncoch project for examples has already had funding of 95% when is was listed on the Spacehive platform. This funding is Government money the village was promised for a new community centre. Only the remaining £30'000 the project team is trying to raise on the internet for the new centre to serve the 4'125 strong community.
Image taken from spacehive.com / The newly proposed community centre for Glyncoch to be built for 7. There are no plans of or drawings, mentions of a program or what kind of facilities exactly it will offer. Its only a simple SketchUp image showig some building form the outside. Very difficult to see how it will unfold its qualities but it seems to be enough to try and rais substantial amounts of money.
Getting the public involved in local projects is nothing new interesting however, is the way the new trend on the internet is pushing terminologies and understandings of such projects. What does it mean if such a project for a community centre that is desperately needed is now promoted a crowd funded project. How does that change the responsibility previously carried by official government bodies and what does such a model mean for the next generation of urban project?
Platforms for crowd funded projects are nothing new as we have discussed above. THey work for software and app development, for products and now also have their big platform for art, but does it work for community projects? Can such a model replace the states responsibility to deliver and maintain standards in communities including infrastructure and facilities like a community centre.
The current UK Government will be very pleased if such a funding process takes off and becomes a model for other community project. It will mean that even in the delivery for public projects competition and free market can be introduced. Cameron could try and argue that the best promotion team could win any community the much deserved project with the add-on of ,if they can't, they don't deserve it. Let the crowd decide who needs what. It fits perfectly with the Tories plan to run schools privately as academies, privatise the police as outsources services to private security providers and now also let public projects be delivered privately.
Image taken from spacehive.com / A project for A Roof-top Aquaponic Farm for London! producing fish and vegetables is one of the other projects looking for funders on the Spacehive platform. This project will need £45,602 to go ahead. The project is promoted by urbanFarmersUK a project related to urbanfarmers.ch a Group based in Zuerich, Switzerland.
A state and especially a planning and urban development does't work like that. Values, excellence and quality are not something that is naturally delivered in the free market. Urban planners and practitioners have to stand for such qualities with their expertise. The future of our cities is not to be placed in the hands of lay people, for such important tasks experts should be put in place to develop such plans for the interest of the community.
The deliver should similarly be payed by the state or the local government using the taxes. People already pay a contribution to the community and this should be directed into such projects. The people from Glyncoch have all payed their tax towards this community centre and its not the point to now turn around and say well we are 30'000 short so all of your pay £10 extra and it will get payed. They already have payed!
Further more developing such funding options for urban development will change the responsibilities. The government will no longer be in charge and therefore also looses the power to controle what is happening. Who will be setting the standards and guidelines if the new road or bridge or dump is crowd funded? It will be very easy for large companies and businesses to manipulate such a process and get it don their way whilst ignoring all regulations and guidelines by pretending to work with the community.
Especially here in the UK it will be dramatic since the current development frameworks already are heavily influenced by private interests with the local authority and the government having very weak measures and tools to develop a community based vision. Other countries such as Germany, the Netherlands and Switzerland have much better developed frameworks and instruments for urban planning and community development.
It will be vital to strengthen the public official in delivering such community projects and bring back authority to plan ahead and deliver. This is the only way for consistent and sustainable development of the communities through out the country. The public can privatise these responsibilities they have to remain in the powers of the authorities.
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