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Welcome to Antigua and Barbuda
The easygoing English-speaking people who call Antigua and Barbuda home have a reputation for humor, hospitality and a "no problem" attitude towards life. Visitors to these shores rarely want to leave and are usually planning to return even before they takeoff.
Over the years Antigua it self has become very important as the hub of the Eastern Caribbean and V.C. Bird International Airport has seen a tremendous increase in the number of services from North America and Europe.
It is also very easy to visit neighboring Caribbean Islands while comfortably based here. Facilities in Antigua and Barbuda are also being developed to add variety to life. There is a great range of Hotel from world famous luxury resorts to homely little establishments where the owner knows everybody by name and the famous stay by incognito.
The capital of St. John's also has two exciting waterfront developments for you to explore. The sunniest of the Eastern Caribbean Islands, Antigua is also the largest of the English-speaking Leeward Islands, about 14 miles long and 11 miles wide.
With 365 white sand beaches, Antigua claims to have one for every day of the year. The island is a must-see destination for scuba divers and snorkellers, who come from around the globe to explore the breathtaking nearly unbroken wall of coral reef that surrounds the island.
Once known as the "gateway to the Caribbean" because of its location and natural harbors, Antigua is dotted with reminders of its nautical past, from Nelson's Dockyard, one of Antigua's finest physical assets, built by Horatio Nelson in the eighteenth century, to the beautifully restored Redcliffe Quay. More than 100 picturesque stone windmills, some now housing bars, shops, restaurants, and homes, serve as a testament to Antigua's role in the sugar trade.
It's always summer in Antigua, with temperatures rarely falling below 25C, or exceeding 30C. Most of the island's water comes from the desalination plant and is potable, but bottled water is widely available everywhere. The local currency, the EC$, is pegged to the US$ (EC$2.60 = US$1) and can be obtained from banks or ATMs island-wide. Most establishments welcome US$ cash or travelers cheques, and major credit cards are widely accepted.
About the Antigua Resort
The Resort comprises of 30 executive suites studio residences (either as single or double unit configurations) and a 19 room hotel rooms.
All rooms are equipped with private balconies, ceiling fans, air condition units, In-room safes, satellite television, hairdryers, direct dial phones, wireless broadband internet access. The resort has a health spa, turkish steam bath, fully equipped fitness centre and a dedicated emergency room with first aid and accident/emergency assistance available.
Room Descriptions and Amenities
The Antigua Yacht Club Marina offers you an opportunity to enjoy Antiguan hospitality
Each accommodation offers dramatic views of the Falmouth Harbour and the Marinas. They come equipped with ceiling fans, air condition units, electronic safes, DVD/CD players, flat screen televisions, wall mounted hairdryers, direct dial telephones, wireless and modem internet access, daily housekeeping service and fully equipped laundry facilities.
There are four types of accommodations:
Hotel Rooms
All guest rooms have private balconies with views of the Marina. The furnishings are a Asian/Italian fusion with the wooden Indonesian furniture and a 100% cotton Italian linens and soft furnishings. The rooms and bathrooms are both quite large by hotel standards.
Garden View Studios
They offer great vistas of the tropical gardens with views of Falmouth Harbour in the background. It comprises of a Roomy bedroom, small kitchenette, and a nice modern bathroom. They are 60 Sq Meters (637 Sq Ft), they are quite spacious and comfortable.
Sea View Studios
They offer unobstructed panoramic views of the harbour and the marinas. They come equipped with a cozy bedroom with a four post bed, a good size modern bathroom, small kitchenette and a spacious balcony. They are 63 SQ Meters (679 Sq Ft).
One Bedroom Executive Suites
They feature a very roomy bedroom/bath suite and a very large living room/kitchen. It is a split level unit with the bedroom/bathroom suite located on the bottom floor and the living area on the top floor. This type of accommodation boasts of 2 separate balconies, one on either level, they give you stunning views of the tropical landscaped gardens and the most spectacular Falmouth Harbour.
About the Marina
Situated in Falmouth Harbour, the Antigua Yacht Club Marina is ideally located among shops, boutiques and restaurants. The historic Nelson's Dockyard is just a few minutes walk away as well as the beautiful "Pigeon" beach.
Boats drawing up to 25 feet are able to be accommodated stern to/alongside and all berths have water and electricity (110, 220, 380 Volts up to 400 amps). The AYC Marina features an exclusive on the water complex which includes a gourmet Restaurant, a Travel agent, chandlery, 2 cafes, supermarket and liquor store, 3 boutiques, a book shop and much more. The AYC Marina offers duty free fuel facilities and a new system of delivering fuel that allows you to pump directly to your slip at up to 250 litres per minute.
Wireless internet connection available all over the AYC Marina area.
The AYC Marina hosts the Antigua Classic Yacht Regatta in April followed by the Antigua Sailing Week.
For More Information and Booking - aycmarinaresort.com


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Wren Lea Trindade, our first Blue Rose Girl Baby!
Yes, one of the Blue Rose Girls had a much more eventful Thanksgiving than the rest of us. While I was playing Barbie Dream House with my niece, Anna brought the beautiful Wren Lea into this world! Let's all give a collective awwwwwwww for the adorable baby!
Since Anna is going to be a bit busy, we're having a guest blogger fill in for her during the month of December. So, please, also welcome our December Guest Blogger Rebecca Sherman!
Rebecca is a fabulous agent with over 9 years of experience at Writer's House. Her clients include Lunch Lady author/illustrator Jarrett Krosoczka, the Scott O'Dell Award Winner Matt Phelan, Caldecott Honor Illustrator Brian Pinkney and Blue Rose Girls Anna Alter and Grace Lin (moi! The photo one the left is from the Newbery Banquet).
And not only is Rebecca a wonderful agent, I'm happy to say that she is also a friend. I knew we were going to get along great when during a visit to NYC we went to dinner and I couldn't decide on what to order. "All the appetizers sound amazing!" I said. "Then, let's just get all of them!" she said. And we did.
So please welcome the new girls to our blog and we hope you look forward to hearing from them (though Wren's words may need some Mommy-deciphering in the beginning)!

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T.G.I. Friday's Yokosuka, Casual American Restaurant in Kanagawa
T.G.I. Friday's (Yokosuka), Casual American Restaurant in Tokyo
T.G.I Friday's is the world's number 1 casual restaurant & bar chain with more than 900 stores operation in 60 countries. The first Japanese branch opened in Shibuya, August 1999. Currently, expanded to 8 stores in Tokyo and Kanagawa. In true American style, T.G.I Friday's offers American flavors in generous, filling portions. The décor of antique style interiors and the famous dynamic bartender performances are just few reasons to visit Friday's.
T.G.I. Friday's is located in Shibuya, Roppongi, Shinagawa, Ueno, Machida, Yokohama, MM21 (Sakuragicho), and Yokosuka.
T.G.I. Friday's Yokosuka Information
Yoake Bldg 1-3F, 1-6 Wakamatsu-cho, Yokosuka-shi, Kanagawa
11:30 am – 1:00 am (Sun, Mon-Thu, holidays), 11:30 am – 3:00 am (Fri, Sat, Day before holidays)
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sips etc. red-and-white blog launch party!
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You know when you're having such a great time at a party that you don't want to leave (or if you're hosting, you don't want your guests to leave)? That's how I felt Saturday night.
It was the perfect combo of low maintenance menu and decor, fabulous guests, having the chance to actually visit with friends, the food and drinks turning out really well… just fabulous all around.
But let me back up. My sister-in-law and I were throwing this party because…
To celebrate this blog launch, a party was an order, of course. But not just any party. A red-and-white, grown ups only soiree with a super laid back vibe, a red velvet heavy treat buffet and lots of yummy Sips! Want to see some (more) pics?
Red and White, like our blog!
The pumpkin chai martini was the signature cocktail of the night. We also had a Latte Bar (my dad is a coffee afficianado, so he was manning the espresso machine!), an H2O station (I'm not exaggerating when I say I think I'll be adding this to all of the parties I throw from now on! So simple, but so fabulous!), hot apple cider, and (my favorite part of the whole party) a Recommended By You Bar. My contributions? Clementine Izzes, Diet Coke and a bottle of Moscato. Read more about the Recommended by YOU Bar here.
Lots of yummy red treats– red velvet cupcakes, red velvet whoopie pies, red vines, mini kit kats, skittles and peanut butter M and M packets (thanks goodness Target had trick or treat candy on sale!). My friend Katie made this a.maz.ing brownie macaroon concoction. Heavenly.
And the boys made sure there were plenty of savories to balance the sweets- Buffalo Chicken Dip (the hit of the night- I think my brother is going to share the recipe at the Sips blog soon), fried pickles, and veggies!
The all red-and-white decor was uber simple to pull together! In fact, I don't think I made a single thing for this party.
The bunting was from my Hostess with the Mostess Surprise Party
The stacked paper block garlands were from the Cat in the Hat Baby Shower
The pom pom trim, balloons and streamers were in my stash
I happened to have a couple of red and white cake stands on hand
And we bought a couple rolls of red and white striped wrapping paper at Ikea and used it EVERYWHERE (for the canopy above the treat buffet, as runners on all of the tables, to wrap a couple of boxes to use as treat stands, everywhere!).


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GoPro Hero 8 Black
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GoPro augments its already impressive action camera line with the HERO8 Black, the versatile next-generation action cam designed to capture smooth, stable footage of your latest adventure, from a simple boat trip to a wild jump-off-a-mountain ride. The HERO8 Black features updated HyperSmooth 2.0 stabilization to produce smooth, gimbal-like movement at all supported frame rates, without the need for a gimbal. You can also use the HERO8 Black as a webcam on your computer using a free, downloadable app. Additional updates include a sleeker physical design with a "folding fingers" type base for fast mounting, a redesigned battery door for quicker battery changes, a lens with twice the impact resistance as the HERO7, an optional Battery Mod for nearly 2.5x more battery life, an optional flip-up Display Mod to make viewing your frame easier, an optional LED Light Mod, and an optional Media Mod to expand your accessory possibilities.
The GoPro HERO8 Black supports up to UHD 4K video resolutions, and time-lapse, up to 1080p240 slow motion, and super-slow-motion video. Still images can be captured in up to 12MP resolution in bursts of up to 30 images per second with the updated SuperPhoto with HDR support that helps reduce blur and enhance detail in low-light situations. It also features an updated Night-Lapse function to shoot and process up to 4K time-lapses at night. The LiveBurst function allows you to record 1.5 seconds before and after your photo to give you more choices for the best frame. The lens field of view (FOV) choices have also been updated to four modes: Narrow, Linear at 24.4mm, Wide at 16.5mm, and SuperView at 15.1mm.
Like its predecessor, the HERO8 Black supports direct streaming to Facebook Live. It's also waterproof to 33', suiting it for surfing, snorkeling, and swimming activities. Separately available floats and housings are available separately for additional water support and even deeper underwater activities down to 196'. The touchscreen provides quick and easy management, but when your hands are full, the HERO8 Black understands 15 voice commands in over ten languages and accents so you can verbally control the HERO8 Black. Just shout "GoPro, take a photo" and your HERO8 will use your current settings to snap a photo, making selfies a breeze.
New Features in HERO8 Black
- Smaller, more streamlined design
- Use it as a webcam on your computer using a downloadable app and the latest camera firmware
- Swapping mounts and changing batteries has been made even faster
- Lens is two times more impact resistant
- Improved HyperSmooth 2.0 stabilization and TimeWarp 2.0 time-lapse
- Night-lapse and LiveBurst support
- Slow motion up to 1080p240 and stability improvements
- Change easily between lens FOV with Narrow, Linear, Wide, and SuperView modes
- Media Mod option can add more lighting and audio as well as another screen
- Optional Battery Mod multiplies runtime 2.5x
- Optional Display Mod and Light Mod add more capabilies
HyperSmooth 2.0 Video Stabilization
SuperPhoto with HDR
TimeWarp 2.0 Video
Live Streaming
- Zoom (v 5.0.5 and newer) and Zoom Chrome Extension
- YouTube Live (using Chrome)
- Webex (using Chrome)
- Google Meet
- Microsoft Teams
- Skype
- Twitch via OBS
- BlueJeans
- GoTo Meeting
- Snap Camera
- Facebook Rooms
- Facetime for Desktop
4K60 Video and 12MP Photos
Shoot Vertically
- Control your HERO8 Black hands-free with over 15 voice commands and accents like "GoPro, take a photo" and "GoPro, start recording"
- Natively waterproof down to 33' without a housing
- Slow things down to 8x to relive the moment with slow motion
- The intuitive touchscreen features three main capture modes with streamlined settings
- Frame your photos and videos in Touch Zoom by simply touching the screen (operates in select video modes)
- Face, Smile, and Scene Detection functions
- Auto-transfer to your smartphone with the GoPro app for quick social media updates
- GPS Performance Stickers display your speed, distance, and location
- Create QuikStories with the GoPro and Quick mobile apps
- Advanced noise suppression actively filters out wind, vibration, and handling noise for crisper, clearer audio quality
- Capture JPEG photos for easier storage, or shoot in raw for the highest quality
GoPro Apps
GoPro (iOS/Android)
Use your iOS or Android device to live-preview and play back shots, control your GoPro, and share on the fly
- Live preview makes it easy to frame the perfect shot
- Get full remote control of all camera functions
- Share photos and videos to Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and more
GoPro Quik (iOS/Android)
Edit videos with just a few taps
- Analyze your photos and video clips to find great moments
- Add transitions and effects, and sync everything to the beat of the music
- Customize your story with text, filters, music, and more
GoPro Quik | Desktop (Mac/Windows)
Import and edit your videos with just a few clicks
- Transform your footage into edited videos synced to music
- Automatically import your photos and videos and share your best shots
- Comes bundled with GoPro Studio for more advanced editing


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O'Shea, Ltd. "#1 Inventory Sourcing company in the United States"
Welcome to the homepage of O'Shea, Ltd., a wholesale & inventory turnaround company based out of Kansas City, Missouri. Our offices are located on the Country Club Plaza. We have been in business since 1975 storing our inventories at our Underground Limestone Cave warehouse. Premier Wholesale & Inventory Turnaround Company since 1975
Premier Wholesale & Inventory Turnaround Company since 1975
To learn more about O'Shea Ltd. please explore our site. Our inventories are constantly changing and many inventories we do not list on our site, so please contact us for all our current inventories.
Novitec Rosso Ferrari F430 "Super Coupe"$360,000 or trade of inventories at equal value
What do you get when you take Italian passion & beauty and add in German precision? ONE HELLUVA A RIDE!!! Introducing the "Super Coupe"....The "Miracle Workers" at the German based tuner Novitec Rosso have taken a Ferrari F430 with an F1 Transmission and have upgraded EVERYTHING!!! Aerodynamic upgrades include a front splitter, side skirts and an enhanced rear diffuser. A 1-inch lower suspension kit with double-adjustable shocks and stiffer anti-roll bars. 20 inch custom black & chrome five-spoke wheels, upgraded brakes, a Novitec Rosso exhaust system (think the screaming Ferrari on steroids!) and a carbon fiber airbox and engine bay.....But most importantly this Super Coupe comes with a dual supercharger induction system that takes the F430's already impressive #'s of 0-60 in 4.5 seconds and top speed of 180 mph to a jaw dropping, g-force enhanced, can you handle this car times of 0-60 in 3.4 seconds and top speed of well over 210 mph!!!!! So you can spend $2 million dollars on a Bugatti Veyron or $1.6 Million on a Lamborghini Reventon.....or you can get the Super Coupe and with the money you saved you can build your dream home on O'Shea's land in Estes Park, CO!!!
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Directed by Melville Shavelson
Starring: Peter Cushing, Sally Struthers, Ruth Gordon
Genres: Biopics, Drama, Magic
93 minutes | Full Screen | Color | English
Made for television, The Great Houdini tells the life story of famed American illusionist/escape-artist Harry Houdini and his wife Bess. Studiously avoiding covering the same ground as the 1953 Houdini theatrical-film biopic, director Mel Shavelson's script for Great Houdinis spends a great deal of time on the conflict between Harry's Catholic wife Bess and his Jewish mother. The spiritualism angle so important to the Houdini story allows the 1976 film to recreate Houdini's meetings with "true believer" Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Again departing from the 1953 Houdini, this later film does not end with Houdini's death from peritonitis in 1926; instead, we watch as the widowed Bess desperately tries to make contact with her husband in the "other world," all the while debunking phony mediums, just as her husband had done. Paul Michael Glaser and Sally Struthers star as the Houdinis, with Ruth Gordon as Harry's mother Mrs. Weiss, Peter Cushing as Conan Doyle, Jack Carter as Houdini's brother, Adrienne Barbeau as his mistress, Nina Foch as a medium, and Vivian Vance as the all-around best friend/severest critic, who narrates the film. The Great Houdini first aired on October 8, 1976.


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Newer technology products are often being engineered for disposal rather than repair and reuse. This is a disturbing trend that hurts the economy and the environment. All AFTRR members are committed to responsible reuse and that's why we're proud of our affiliation with the Repair Association (Repair.org).
The Repair Association, previously the Digital Right to Repair Coalition, was formed in 2013. The Association represents everyone involved in repair of technology — from DIY hobbyists and independent repair technicians, to nonprofit refurbishers like AFTRR and the aftermarket.
A free, independent market for repair and reuse is more efficient, more competitive, and better for consumers. Repair helps create local jobs, and repair and reuse benefits the environment by reducing end-of-life electronic products. The freedom to maintain, innovate, and improve upon our products is imperative. These basic freedoms are essential to American economic growth and creativity, and must be preserved for the 21st century.
Work with us to help the Repair Association fight for the rights of consumers everywhere.


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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Father Denis Wilde, OSA, associate director of Priests for Life, was among six people arrested today during a peaceful protest outside the White House.
Father Wilde was representing Priests for Life at an organized protest of the HHS contraception mandate that violates the First Amendment guarantee of freedom of religion. Priests for Life yesterday filed a lawsuit against the Obama Administration that seeks to permanently block the implementation of the mandate because it imposes clear violations of conscience upon any American citizens who morally object to abortion and contraception.
Father Wilde and the other protesters, including the Rev. Pat Mahoney of the Christian Defense Coalition, were cited for "Failure to obey a lawful order" as they knelt in prayer in front of the White House. They each paid a $100 fine and were released from custody.
"Occupy Wall Street protesters have been occupying federal property for months, but when we kneel in prayer, the police are called in and we are arrested," Father Wilde said. "We knew that was the risk when we gathered today, and we will do it again regardless of the risk. What people of faith – of every faith – need to do now is stand with us."
Father Frank Pavone, National Director of Priests for Life, said the New York-based organization remains committed to battling the HHS mandate because it forces Americans to become morally entangled in practices they find objectionable.
"As an organization of Catholic clergy, as a corporation that employs 60 people of various religious backgrounds, and as a ministry whose very purpose is to protect and promote the pro-life teaching about the specific practices at issue in the HHS mandate, we are particularly well-positioned to fight against this intrusion of conscience," Father Pavone said.
To see the lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court, Eastern District of New York, on Wednesday, click here: https://www.priestsforlife.org/hhsmandate/priests-for-life-v-sebelius.pdf
Priests for Life is the nation's largest Catholic pro-life organization dedicated to ending abortion and euthanasia. For more information, visit www.priestsforlife.org.


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World Council of Churches assembly gets underway in KoreaPosted Oct 31, 2013 |
[Anglican Communion News Service] The 10th Assembly of the World Council of Churches (WCC) opened on Wednesday 30 October in Busan, Republic of Korea under the themeGod of life, lead us to justice and peace.
The opening service of common prayer on the first day of the Assembly honoured diverse faith traditions from around the world. The gathering prayer included deeply moving litanies of lamentations, cries and hopes from the churches in Africa, Asia, the Caribbean, Europe, Latin America, the Middle East, North America and the Pacific.
The first plenary session of the assembly welcomed delegates and participants to Busan. The mayor of Busan, Hur Nam Sik, moderator of the Korean Host Committee of the WCC assembly the Rev. Dr Kim Sam Whan and the WCC general secretary Rev. Dr Olav Fykse Tveit welcomed all the assembly participants.
Tveit expressed thanks to the Korean churches, the city of Busan and the government for their gracious hospitality and welcome. Tveit addressed participants of the assembly which includes some 3000 participants representing 345 member churches of the WCC, including youth, WCC staff members, stewards, co-opted staff, interpreters and more than 1,000 Korean church members and day visitors. All these participants represent more than 100 countries.
Tveit also welcomed three churches accepted into the WCC fellowship since its 9th Assembly in Porto Alegre, Brazil in 2006. These churches are the Independent Presbyterian Church of Brazil, which joined in 2008; the Lao Evangelical Church, 2008; and the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Jordan and the Holy Land, 2013.
The moderator of the WCC Central Committee, Rev. Dr Walter Altmann, formally declared the assembly open.
Expectations of the assembly
At the opening, four young people were invited by WCC president Rev Dr. Ofelia Ortega Suárez to share their expectations of the WCC assembly. These young people included Sonia Tzvozanni from Cyprus, Thomas Kang from Brazil, Thabile Lolo from South Africa and Takape Baleiwai. They shared short videos showing their home contexts and expectations, which included calls for the WCC assembly to address issues of poverty and climate change. The assembly received video and written greetings from the Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I and Pope Francis of the Roman Catholic Church.
In its first business session, the Assembly received for action and discussion the reports of the moderator of the Central Committee and the WCC general secretary which reflected on the journey to Busan since the Porto Alegre, Brazil Assembly of 2006.
The 10th Assembly will continue through 8 November, with thematic plenaries on Asia, mission, unity, justice and peace. The assembly also includes an exhibition and encounter space featuring exhibitions and displays from Korea and beyond, book events and more than 20 workshops during the day in the Madanghall at the BEXCO Center, the WCC assembly venue in Busan. Madang is a Korean word that denotes a courtyard in a traditional Korean house, village or palace.
The Assembly is the highest governing body of the WCC and brings the fellowship of churches together in prayer and celebration. The Assembly has the mandate to review the work of the WCC, and to determine the overall policies, to issue public statements and to elect new members of the WCC Central Committee.
— J. Ayana McCalman is a lawyer and a missionary for the Council for World Mission. She works for the United Congregational Church of Southern Africa as communications and justice advocacy officer.


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- For the classic server option dedicated to emulate the original experience, see World of Warcraft: Classic.
World of Warcraft | ||||
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Developer(s) |
Blizzard Entertainment After release: Team 2 | |||
Publisher(s) | Blizzard Entertainment[1] | |||
Designer(s) |
Rob Pardo Jeff Kaplan Tom Chilton | |||
Composer(s) |
Jason Hayes Tracy W. Bush Derek Duke Glenn Stafford | |||
Platforms | Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X, (Linux via Wine or Cedega) | |||
Release | ||||
Latest release | ||||
Genre(s) | Massively multiplayer online role-playing | |||
Mode(s) | Multiplayer | |||
World of Warcraft, often abbreviated as WoW (or, when referring to the original game, vanilla, classic, or pre-BC), is a massively multiplayer online roleplaying game (MMORPG) developed by Blizzard Entertainment and released on November 23, 2004, on the 10th anniversary of the Warcraft franchise, three years after its announcement on September 2, 2001.[8] It is the fourth released game set in the Warcraft universe, and takes place four years after the events of Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne.[9]
Selected World of Warcraft articles[]
- Instances by continent
- Instance grouping guide
- Newbie guide
- Choosing a class
- Travel guide
- Talent builds
- For many more, visit guides
Four years after the Battle of Mount Hyjal, tensions between the Alliance and the Horde begin to arise once again.[10] Intent on settling the arid region of Durotar, Thrall's new Horde expanded its ranks, inviting the undead Forsaken to join orcs, tauren, and trolls. Meanwhile, dwarves, gnomes and the ancient night elves pledged their loyalties to a reinvigorated Alliance, guided by the human kingdom of Stormwind. After Stormwind's king Varian Wrynn mysteriously disappeared, Highlord Bolvar Fordragon served as Regent, but his service was marred by the manipulations and mind control of the black dragon Onyxia, who ruled in disguise as a human noblewoman. As heroes investigated Onyxia's manipulations, ancient foes surfaced in lands throughout the world to menace Horde and Alliance alike.[11]
There have been nine expansions to World of Warcraft:
- The Burning Crusade was released on January 16, 2007.[12]
- Wrath of the Lich King was released on November 13, 2008.[13]
- Cataclysm was released on December 7, 2010.[14]
- Mists of Pandaria was released on September 25, 2012,[15]
- Warlords of Draenor was released on November 13, 2014.[16]
- Legion was released on August 30, 2016.[17]
- Battle for Azeroth was released on August 13/14, 2018.[18]
- Shadowlands was released on November 23/24, 2020.[19]
- Dragonflight was released on November 28/29, 2022.[20]
Additionally, World of Warcraft: Classic, released on 26/27 August 2019,[21] provides a way to experience the game as it was before any expansions, World of Warcraft: Burning Crusade Classic released on 1/2 June 2021, provides a way to experience the game as it was during its first expansion and World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King Classic released on 26/27 September 2022, provides a way to experience the game as it was during its second expansion but introducing new features like the Titan Rune Dungeons.
Over time, the game's expansions have been integrated into the base game. With the release of patch 9.0.1 released on October 13, 2020, all World of Warcraft subscribers (or those with game time) automatically have access to all of the content and features of all the expansions up to Battle for Azeroth at no additional cost. After Patch 10.0.0 was released on 25 October 2022 it was expanded by Shadowlands
Further story development is also made throughout its franchising, via online media, novels, comics, manga, RPG books, Trading Card Game, and board games.
Account levels[]
- Main article: Account#World of Warcraft account levels
- World of Warcraft: Free Trial - Try World of Warcraft for free - level to 20.
- Veteran Edition - Accounts that had a subscription at one point that are currently inactive. It allows these accounts to use the same benefits and limitations as a free trial account.
- Subscription / Game time (monthly payment). Also get access to the Classics.
- Latest expansion release - requires subscription.
Player Customization[]
- 2 factions: Horde and Alliance.
- 24 playable races:
- 14 core races: Human, Dwarf, Gnome, Night Elf, Orc, Troll, Undead, Tauren, Blood Elf, Draenei, Goblin, Worgen, Pandaren, Dracthyr
- 10 allied races: Void elf, Lightforged draenei, Nightborne, Highmountain tauren, Dark Iron dwarf, Mag'har orc, Kul Tiran, Zandalari troll, Mechagnome, and Vulpera
- 13 classes: Mage, Warlock, Priest, Rogue, Druid, Hunter, Shaman, Warrior, Paladin, Death Knight, Monk, Demon Hunter, Evoker
- 14 professions, enabling resource gathering and item crafting:
- 11 primary professions: Herbalism, Mining, Skinning, Alchemy, Blacksmithing, Enchanting, Engineering, Leatherworking, Tailoring, Jewelcrafting, Inscription.
- 3 secondary professions: Cooking, Fishing, Archaeology.
- (First Aid, a secondary profession was removed with Battle for Azeroth)
- Different specializations for each class that define the player's abilities, strengths and role in the game.
- The talent system allows customization of the character's passive and active abilities.
- Glyphs are additionally used to customize the character's abilities.
Gameplay System[]
- General System
- A casual-friendly character progression system.
- Being offline (resting) increases your experience points gain.
- In-game trading, mail service, auction system, text and voice chat.
- Two server types: Normal and RP.
- PvE and PvP Systems
- PvE System:
- Thousands of quests.
- Dungeons, Raids, and Scenarios.
- Island expedition scenarios.
- Invasion Point scenarios.
- Warfront scenarios.
- 1 to 5 player content: Horrific Visions and Torghast, Tower of the Damned.
- Solo only content: Brawler's Guild and Mage Tower Challenges.
- Garrisons, Class Order Halls and Covenants.
- PvP Honor system:
- PVP talent system.
- Turn on or off War Mode for PvP in the open world.
- 13 Battlegrounds: Warsong Gulch, Arathi Basin, Alterac Valley, Eye of the Storm, Isle of Conquest, Battle for Gilneas, Twin Peaks, Silvershard Mines, Temple of Kotmogu, Deepwind Gorge, Seething Shore, Battle for Wintergrasp, Ashran.
- PvP Brawls with only 1 accessible a week in weekly rotation.
- ( Strand of the Ancients a battleground was removed with Battle for Azeroth)
- Arena PVP System for 2v2, 3v3, and 5v5 intense, small area combat (12 different PVP arena locations).
- PvP objective world quests.
- Dueler's Guild.
- PvP difficulty island expeditions.
- A variety of seasonal world events: Darkmoon Faire, Children's Week, Midsummer Fire Festival, Love is in the air, Feast of Winter Veil, and more.
- More events were added in later expansions: Brewfest, Pirates' Day, Day of the Dead, and Pilgrim's Bounty.
- Unique one-time events: Gates of Ahn'Qiraj, Scourge Invasion, Dark Portal opening event, World of Warcraft anniversaries, and others.
- Micro-holidays (patch 7.1.5): including Call of the Scarab, Hatching of the Hippogryphs, Glowcap Festival, and others.
- Continues and expands the lore from the Warcraft universe.
- Streamlined questlines and NPC-voiced storytelling.
- User Interface and Customer Support
- Customize AddOn and Interface with some game commands support.
- Client seamlessly supports both Mac and Windows operating systems. Linux users can play via Wine, however this is not supported and can be buggy at times.
- North America (English-US - US & Canada).
- Oceania (English-US - Australia, Hawaii, New Zealand).
- Latin America (Spanish).
- Brazil (Brazilian Portuguese, 2011).
- Europe (English-UK, French, German, Spanish, Russian, Portuguese-Brazilian, Italian).
- South Korea.
- China (Simplified and Traditional Chinese; including Singapore, Thailand, Malaysia, and the regions of Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Macau).
Subscriber numbers[]
World of Warcraft's subscriber numbers have fluctuated tremendously over the years. With a peak of 12 million monthly subscribers in October 2010,[22] World of Warcraft remains among the most popular MMORPGs[13][23] and holds the Guinness World Record for the world's most popular subscription-based MMORPG.[24][25][26][27] Though World of Warcraft had dropped to 7.4 million subscribers as of the release of patch 6.0.2[28], when the Warlords of Draenor expansion released a few weeks later it briefly jumped all the way back up to 10 million[29] before settling back down to 7.1 million.[30] In the final report in October 2015, there were 5.5 million subscribers.[31]
In January 2014 it was announced that more than 100 million accounts and 500 million characters had been created over the game's lifetime, with players in 244 different countries.[32][33]
In November 2015, Blizzard announced that they would no longer give regular updates of subscriber numbers, as they felt there were better performance metrics they could use.[34] For a graphical representation of subscriber numbers up to November 2015, click here.
Date | Subscribers |
December 2004 | 400 thousand |
March 2005 | 1.5 million |
June 2005 | 3.25 million |
September 2005 | 4.25 million |
December 2005 | 5.6 million |
March 2006 | 6.4 million |
June 2006 | 6.6 million |
September 2006 | 7 million |
January 2007 | 8 million |
March 2007 | 8.5 million |
June 2007 | 8.8 million |
December 2007 | 9.75 million |
February 2008 | 10.2 million |
October 2008 | 11 million |
December 2008 | 11.5 million |
March 2009 | 11.5 million |
December 2009 | 11.5 million |
October 2010 | 12 million |
March 2011 | 11.4 million |
June 2011 | 11.1 million |
September 2011 | 10.3 million |
December 2011 | 10.2 million |
July 2012 | 9.1 million |
September 2012 | 10 million |
December 2012 | 9.6 million |
March 2013 | 8.3 million |
June 2013 | 7.7 million |
September 2013 | 7.6 million |
December 2013 | 7.8 million |
March 2014 | 7.6 million |
July 2014 | 6.8 million |
October 2014 | 7.4 million |
November 2014 | 10 million |
December 2014 | 10 million |
March 2015 | 7.1 million |
July 2015 | 5.6 million |
November 2015 | 5.5 million |
As of Q2 2021, World of Warcraft is among the three largest franchises of Activision Blizzard, alongside Call of Duty and Candy Crush.[35]
- See also: World of Warcraft evolution guide
The history of World of Warcraft has its origins in Project Nomad. Accounts differ as to the timing of this project, some stating that work began on it after the release of StarCraft,[36] others that development on the game had begun prior to the "crunch period" of StarCraft's development, and as a result, developers were transferred to work on the RTS game.[37] Nomad itself was to be a sci-fi squad-based shooter, some of its developers taking inspiration from Necromunda, others from Final Fantasy.[38] Those in the former camp conceptualized a squad-based game where players would build up squads of soldiers, upgrade their abilities, find new guns, and go online to challenge other players' armies.[39] Its gameplay would be similar to that of the X-COM games.[40] Those in the latter camp wanted an adventure/RPG game.[39]
The lack of direction didn't help and the game was scrapped in favor of World of Warcraft.[38] During development, Kevin Beardslee and Bill Petras wanted to make something else entirely different from what Nomad was, specifically a more accessible version of EverQuest. Nomad was scrapped and development on World of Warcraft began two days later.[39]
Development of World of Warcraft was first announced in September 2001[41] at the ECTS tradeshow. There was little fanfare in the original announcement, and the original development team consisted of around fifty individuals.[42] Inspiration was taken from other MMOs such as Ultima Online and EverQuest, using the lore and characters of Warcraft as the basis for the setting. It would be a risky venture, as the company had grown used to games passing the 1 million sales mark, whereas EverQuest had peaked at the 500,000 subscriber mark. While a subscription fee would help recoup costs, there was unease as to whether the game's reception would be as positive as Blizzard's previous games,[43] and it was thought that the game would only appeal to pre-existing Warcraft fans.[42] Furthermore, few members of Blizzard had experience in developing MMOs, and while they enjoyed playing them, there was fears that the game would be overshadowed by Star Wars Galaxies and EverQuest 2. When the game was first announced, members of the press often asked Blizzard as such, seeing them as "the RTS company."[44] By 2002, the game's visual design was being worked on.[45] There was initial pushback in Blizzard as to the Alliance/Horde faction divide, as some feared that some players wouldn't like it because they couldn't play with friends (if they chose different factions).[46]
Development of World of Warcraft led to the solidification of the "Warcraft style" (of artwork), according to Samwise Didier,[47] though the first shift towards said style occurred in-between Warcraft I and II.[48]
The game originally had a true to life day-night cycle, which dictated when events and spawns would happen. This idea was scrapped so that players wouldn't have to disrupt their real lives to do these time-specific activities.[49]
The game had a significant "crunch period" of development.[50]
The game released in late 2004. Surpassing expectations, the game had reached 5 million subscribers by the end of 2005. Blizzard had to develop tech and customer support on the fly in order to keep up with the demand.[43] Not only was it well received by the critics,[51] but it also became the best selling PC Game of 2005 and 2006.[52] It was recognized at the 2005 Spike TV Video Game Awards where it won Best PC Game, Best Multiplayer Game, Best RPG, and Most Addictive Game.[53]
In 2007, Blizzard predicted that the game would last for five more years, which spurred them to develop Titan as their successive MMO.[54]
As of 2014, Blizzard's intended development pattern is to keep content at a relatively steady pace—still producing expansions, but with shorter gaps between content implementation.[55] The game has been likened to a sandbox with content being added over time.[56] Expansions are planned out in advance, with narrative threads in one expansion leading to events in the next.[57]
On October 30, 2014, lead designer Ion Hazzikostas stated that World of Warcraft will still be around at its 20th anniversary, in 2024.[58]
As of June 2016, the World of Warcraft team comprises around 235 people.[59]
System requirements[]
The system requirements for the game evolved a lot from its original version. Details of this evolution, and the current requirements, can be checked on this article.
World of Warcraft is inhabited by a large number of creatures. The following creatures were added in Vanilla World of Warcraft before the release of expansions:
- Humanoids
- Centaur
- Dryad
- Earthen
- Elves
- Flamewaker
- Furbolg
- Gnoll
- Gnome
- Goblin
- Grell
- Harpy
- Human
- Keeper of the grove
- Kobold
- Lost one
- Makrura
- Mok'nathal (in Vanilla introduced as a single NPC)
- Murloc
- Naga
- Ogre
- Orc
- Spirit Healer
- Qiraji
- Quilboar
- Tauren
- Trogg
- Trolls
- Forest troll
- Ice troll
- Jungle troll
- Sand troll
- Jungle trolls shapeshifted into unique cat & snake humanoid forms as well as individual bat & spider forms that resemble a gargoyle & nerubian
- Zandalari troll
- Dire troll (in Vanilla found among forest, ice, jungle & zandalari trolls)
- Wendigo/Yeti
- Wildkin
- Worgen
- Giants
- Beasts
- Basilisk
- Bat
- Bear
- Panda (in Vanilla Collector's Edition: Panda Collar)
- Beetle
- Cat
- Chicken
- Chimaera
- Clam (as a intractable item)
- Core hound
- Cow
- Coyote
- Crab
- Crocolisk
- Darkhound
- Deer
- Dinosaurs
- Fish
- Frog
- Gazelle
- Gorilla
- Giraffe
- Gryphon
- Hippogryph
- Horse
- Hydra
- Hyena
- Kodo
- Larva
- Owl
- Pig
- Rabbit
- Rat
- Roach
- Sand reaver
- Sea lion
- Scorpid
- Sheep
- Silithid
- Snake
- Spider
- Squirrel
- Tallstrider
- Thunder lizard
- Turtle
- Two-headed dog-like beast
- Vulture
- Wind serpent
- Wolf
- Worm
- Wyvern
- Zhevra
- Dragonkin
- Dragon (in Vanilla five types)
- Whelp & Drake (younger versions of dragons)
- Chromatic whelp & drake
- Plagued whelp
- Whelp & Drake (younger versions of dragons)
- Drakeadon
- Drakonid (in Vanilla six types)
- Dragonspawn (in Vanilla six types)
- Faerie dragon
- Demons
- Demonhunter
- Doomguard
- Dreadlord
- Eye of Kilrogg
- Felguard
- Felhound
- Felsteed
- Imp
- Infernal
- Satyr
- Succubus
- Void hound
- Undead
- Abomination
- Flesh giant (cyborg type in Vanilla)
- Flesh titan
- Plague-dog
- Animated weapons
- Banshee
- Bone golem
- Crypt fiend
- Crypt lord
- Frost wyrm
- Gargoyle
- Ghost
- Lich
- Mur'ghoul
- Shade
- Skeletal horse
- Skeletal wind serpent
- Undead gnoll
- Undead high elf (in Vanilla introduced as a single NPC)
- Undead human
- Undead quilboar
- Undead troll
- Wight
- Wisp
- Wraith
- Mechanical
- Alarm-O-Bot
- Bombling
- Crowd pummeler
- Harvest golem
- Mechanical chicken
- Mechanical dragonling
- Mechanical gorilla
- Mechanical sheep
- Mechanical squirrel
- Mechanostrider
- Elemental
- Aberration
And many creatures are added in each World of Warcraft expansion:
- World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade#New creatures
- World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King #New creatures
- World of Warcraft: Cataclysm#New creatures
- World of Warcraft: Mists of Pandaria#New creatures
- World of Warcraft: Warlords of Draenor#New creatures
- World of Warcraft: Legion#New creatures
- World of Warcraft: Battle for Azeroth#New creatures
- World of Warcraft: Shadowlands#New creatures
- World of Warcraft: Dragonflight#New creatures
- The introduction of Warcraft: Orcs & Humans already greeted the player by welcoming him into the "World of Warcraft". Before its cancellation, the tagline of Warcraft Adventures: Lord of the Clans was also supposed to be "An Adventure Game in the World of WarCraft".
- Blizzard has considered making a "World of Warcraft 2" since 2004.[60] J. Allen Brack has expressed doubts about the possibility of a sequel, stating that "there's not really a great model for a successful sequel MMO."[61]
- In China, many models had to be edited due to not being allowed to show bones. For some examples, see the trivia sections of Lord Marrowgar, Sindragosa, [Winged Steed of the Ebon Blade], and Forsaken. Bones and skulls are usually replaced by loaves of bread.
- Carbot Animations made cartoon-styled parodies of World of Warcraft called WowCraft.
- World of Warcraft appears in the book, "1001 Video Games You Must Play Before You Die".
- In 2018, World of Warcraft was #41 on IGN's Top 100 Video Games of All Time.
- World of Warcraft is featured at the Computer History Museum's Make Software: Change the World! exhibit since they opened in January 2017.
- On page 204 of the World of Warcraft instruction manual, the "Additional Thanks" section includes "Happy 30th to RUSH".
- ''World of Warcraft'' Trailer
- ''World of Warcraft'' Gameplay 1
- ''World of Warcraft'' Gameplay 2
- ''World of Warcraft'' Gameplay 3
- ''World of Warcraft'' Gameplay 4
- ''World of Warcraft'' Gameplay 5
- ''World of Warcraft'' Gameplay 6
- ''World of Warcraft'' Gameplay 7
- ''World of Warcraft'' Cinematic
- ''World of Warcraft'' Cinematic Enhanced to 4K
- ''World of Warcraft'' TV Spot
- Patch 1.1.0 - Onyxia's Lair Trailer
- Patch 1.5.0 - Battlegrounds: Warsong Gulch
- Patch 1.6.0 - Assault on Blackwing Lair
- Patch 1.6.0 - Darkmoon Faire Trailer
- Patch 1.7.0 - Rise of the Blood God
- Patch 1.7.0 - Battlegrounds: Arathi Basin
- Patch 1.9.0 - The Gates of Ahn'Qiraj
- Patch 1.10.0 - Storms of Azeroth #1
- Patch 1.10.0 - Storms of Azeroth #2
- Patch 1.11.0 - Shadow of the Necropolis
- Patch 1.12.0 - Drums of War
- 8 years of WoW
The gameplay video displayed is the first, released on November 23, 2004. Other videos were also made before the European release.
See also[]
- Game manual
- Loading screen
- A listing of World of Warcraft-related sites.
- World of Warcraft Mac OS X Icons
- Timeline (World of Warcraft) for a timeline of game milestones since its announcement.
- The World of Warcraft Townhall
- EU English realms info
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Jay Beagle
Theme: "The secret of success is to be ready when your opportunity comes."
-- Benjamin Disraeli
Jay Beagle played in 31 games last season. It might have been a quiet 31 games but for one thing…well, two actually. He scored two goals, and both of them were game-winners. It was a sense of timing expressed in an otherwise unremarkable season.
Except now he is taking up the mantle of the "energy" forward that was worn by Matt Bradley for six seasons in Washington before he signed with the Florida Panthers this past summer. It is hard to get a handle on a player who has only 41 games of NHL experience, but maybe there are some hints from his 211 games with Hershey over the past four years.
Playing 211 regular season games and another 44 playoff games at Hershey suggests that Beagle has served a thorough apprenticeship. In those 211 regular season games with the Bears he was 47-48-95, plus-1. Compare that to a Joel Ward, who in his 209 regular season games played with the Houston Aeros in the AHL was 38-48-86, plus-11. In his first taste of NHL action, Ward played 11 games with the Minnesota Wild in 2006-2007 at age 26 and was a modest 0-1-1, even. He scored 17 goals with Nashville the following year. Beagle is 3-2-5 in 41 games over three years with the Caps. What he will do with what could be a full season's worth of work -- at age 26 -- could be interesting to watch.
But scoring might be a pleasant surprise, if it is to come from Beagle. In camp he has spent a fair amount of time on a line with Jeff Halpern and Matt Hendricks. The charm of that line might be that it could be a pain in the neck to play against. A fourth line with that make up will, with Halpern and Hendricks, probably provide more offensive punch than last year's edition of the fourth line. Beagle could provide that added energy, and even perhaps complement Halpern and Hendricks on the offensive end of the ice. He scored goals at an 18-per-82 game pace with Hershey, so the notion is not entirely out of bounds.
Fearless' Take: Beagle is the latest Bear to take a place with the Caps (assuming he survives training camp) from the conveyor belt of champions that have been the Hershey Bears. In three post-seasons with the Bears, Beagle was a member of two Calder Cup championship teams. He joins Mathieu Perreault (assuming he survives camp), Karl Alzner, John Carlson, Mike Green, Jeff Schultz, and Michal Neuvirth among those who have graduated from Hershey teams having won championships.
Cheerless' Take: How is it that a center who plays in an organization that is thin in the skin at that position takes four years in the AHL to make the big club?
The Big Question… Will Beagle wear the Weagle?
He has gone from playing three to seven to 31 games in his three partial years with the Caps. The Caps did some rearranging among the third and fourth line forward personnel, swapping out Matt Bradley, Boyd Gordon, Eric Fehr, Marco Sturm and Jason Arnott for Troy Brouwer, Jeff Halpern, Mattias Sjogren, and Joel Ward. But there is room for a player like Beagle, who has evidenced (at least in the AHL) and ability to pot a goal here or there, to win faceoffs (55.2 percent of 152 draws taken last year with the Caps), be responsible (one giveaway in 31 games), and not take an inordinate number of penalties (four minor infractions in 31 games).
In the end…
Beagle is essentially assuming Matt Bradley's spot on the roster. He does not exhibit quite the feistiness Bradley displayed (Beagle has had five fights in his pro career – all at Hershey; Bradley had ten last season alone). But he does a lot of things capably enough, or at least has shown an ability to do them in serving his apprenticeship at Hershey. Beagle is in a situation not unlike Mathieu Perreault. In their own ways, each of them have probably done as much as they could at Hershey to prepare themselves for the NHL. For each it might be a case of demonstrating that they can now stick on an NHL roster, or be branded a "tweener" – a player who can fill in on an emergency basis from time to time, but who isn't likely to be getting a sweater on a regular basis at the NHL level. Beagle is getting his opportunity now, and whether he is ready will determine whether he is successful in being in the lineup on a steady basis.
Projection: 63 games, 6-8-14, +1
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30.4. Asynchronous Commit
Asynchronous commit is an option that allows transactions to complete more quickly, at the cost that the most recent transactions may be lost if the database should crash. In many applications this is an acceptable trade-off.
As described in the previous section, transaction commit is normally synchronous : the server waits for the transaction's WAL records to be flushed to permanent storage before returning a success indication to the client. The client is therefore guaranteed that a transaction reported to be committed will be preserved, even in the event of a server crash immediately after. However, for short transactions this delay is a major component of the total transaction time. Selecting asynchronous commit mode means that the server returns success as soon as the transaction is logically completed, before the WAL records it generated have actually made their way to disk. This can provide a significant boost in throughput for small transactions.
Asynchronous commit introduces the risk of data loss. There is a short time window between the report of transaction completion to the client and the time that the transaction is truly committed (that is, it is guaranteed not to be lost if the server crashes). Thus asynchronous commit should not be used if the client will take external actions relying on the assumption that the transaction will be remembered. As an example, a bank would certainly not use asynchronous commit for a transaction recording an ATM's dispensing of cash. But in many scenarios, such as event logging, there is no need for a strong guarantee of this kind.
The risk that is taken by using asynchronous commit is of data loss, not data corruption. If the database should crash, it will recover by replaying WAL up to the last record that was flushed. The database will therefore be restored to a self-consistent state, but any transactions that were not yet flushed to disk will not be reflected in that state. The net effect is therefore loss of the last few transactions. Because the transactions are replayed in commit order, no inconsistency can be introduced - for example, if transaction B made changes relying on the effects of a previous transaction A, it is not possible for A's effects to be lost while B's effects are preserved.
The user can select the commit mode of each transaction, so that
it is possible to have both synchronous and asynchronous commit
transactions running concurrently. This allows flexible trade-offs
between performance and certainty of transaction durability.
The commit mode is controlled by the user-settable parameter
, which can be changed in any of
the ways that a configuration parameter can be set. The mode used for
any one transaction depends on the value of
when transaction commit begins.
Certain utility commands, for instance
, are
forced to commit synchronously regardless of the setting of
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between the server's file system and the logical state of the database.
The commands supporting two-phase commit, such as
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If the database crashes during the risk window between an
asynchronous commit and the writing of the transaction's
then changes made during that transaction
be lost.
The duration of the
risk window is limited because a background process (the
) flushes unwritten
records to disk
The actual maximum duration of the risk window is three times
because the WAL writer is
designed to favor writing whole pages at a time during busy periods.
An immediate-mode shutdown is equivalent to a server crash, and will therefore cause loss of any unflushed asynchronous commits.
Asynchronous commit provides behavior different from setting
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is a server-wide
setting that will alter the behavior of all transactions. It disables
all logic within
that attempts to synchronize
writes to different portions of the database, and therefore a system
crash (that is, a hardware or operating system crash, not a failure of
itself) could result in arbitrarily bad
corruption of the database state. In many scenarios, asynchronous
commit provides most of the performance improvement that could be
obtained by turning off
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of data corruption.
also sounds very similar to
asynchronous commit, but it is actually a synchronous commit method
(in fact,
is ignored during an
asynchronous commit).
causes a delay
just before a transaction flushes
to disk, in
the hope that a single flush executed by one such transaction can also
serve other transactions committing at about the same time. The
setting can be thought of as a way of increasing the time window in
which transactions can join a group about to participate in a single
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The term "Macedonian Call" refers to a God-given vision that directed the route Paul took on his second missionary journey (Acts 15:39—18:22). Paul's plan was to visit and strengthen the churches he had planted in the Asian province of Galatia during his first journey. After that he hoped to take the gospel to unchurched regions. Paul and his companions, Silas and Timothy, had plans to head directly west, but they were "kept by the Holy Spirit from preaching the word in the province of Asia" (Acts 16:6–8).
It isn't known exactly what caused Paul and his team to shift their plans, but somehow the Spirit made it plain to them that they were not to go to the southwest portion of Asia Minor. They next tried heading north to Bithynia, located along the southern coast of the Black Sea, but, again, "the Spirit of Jesus would not allow them to" (Acts 16:6–7). So, the missionaries skirted the region of Mysia and came to the seaport city of Troas.
It is evident that these early missionaries were sensitive to the leading of the Holy Spirit. The route they took relied heavily on the direction of the Spirit and on prayer. Had they followed their original plans, their work would have been confined to Asia Minor (modern-day Turkey). As the Spirit closed doors, the missionaries continued to seek direction for their journey.
After being redirected twice, Paul was at a standstill in Troas, on the eastern coast of the Aegean Sea. There Paul received the Macedonian Call: "During the night Paul had a vision of a man of Macedonia standing and begging him, 'Come over to Macedonia and help us'" (Acts 16:9). This vision was the clear direction they needed. "After Paul had seen the vision, we got ready at once to leave for Macedonia, concluding that God had called us to preach the gospel to them" (Acts 16:10).
An interesting change of perspective occurs between Acts 16:8 and Acts 16:10. In verse 8 the narrative is written in the third person ("they"). But in verse 10, the first person ("we") is used—the narrator includes himself in the action. It is apparent that Luke, the author of Acts, met Paul in Troas and joined the company of missionaries. Some believe that Luke was the "man of Macedonia" that Paul had previously seen in his dream and that, once Paul met him, he knew beyond a doubt that he was to accompany Luke on a western voyage.
Paul obeyed the vision. If the Macedonians needed help, then they would go to Macedonia (the northern and central parts of modern-day Greece). The Macedonian Call resulted in Paul and his companions' sailing from Troas to Neapolis, stopping for the night on the island of Samothrace. From Neapolis, they continued on to the Roman colony of Philippi, the leading city of that district of Macedonia (Acts 16:11–12). This area is still known as the gateway to Europe. Up to that point in history, the gospel had been limited to Asia, and many historians credit Paul's heeding the Macedonian Call with the spread of Christianity into Europe and the Western world.
Much happened in Macedonia. Lydia's conversion (Acts 16:14–15), the deliverance of a fortune-telling slave girl (Acts 16:16–18), Paul and Silas' imprisonment in Philippi (Acts 16:16–28), the conversion of the jailer and his household (Acts 16:29–34), and Paul's preaching in the Areopagus in Athens (Acts 17:16–34) are some of the highlights of the second missionary journey.
Paul planted several churches in response to the Macedonian Call. Local bodies of believers were established in Philippi (Acts 16:40) and Thessalonica (Acts 17:4) in Macedonia, and in Corinth in nearby Achaia (Acts 18:1–11). These churches were important in the growth of the early church and enjoyed a long-term relationship with the apostles. Five of the New Testament Epistles were written to these three churches.
The history of the church—and of the world—forever changed because of the God-given dream known as the Macedonian Call.


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Beer, Benjamin Franklin, and Make it Happen
It's a very simple quote, but one that conjures up a lot of good images…..especially when you find out that it was Benjamin Franklin who said it.
I'm sure you all know who Ben Franklin is, but in case you need a refresher….he was one of North America's greatest citizens. He was a scientist, an inventor, a statesman, a printer, a philosopher, a musician, and an economist. He lived a very positive and motivating life, but as you can tell from the quote……he seems like he was a pretty fun loving guy as well.
It's great to get results and leave behind a legacy as did Benjamin Franklin, but I'll bet he would feel proud to know that this fun quote is one of the things he left behind. He knew that the serious side of life was important, but he also was able to realize that the fun side of life is what matters most.
This is a pretty simple quote, but I guess I felt myself taking it a little deeper this week. I feel like I have been around people lately who are looking at life from the wrong perspective. They live by crazy rules, and then create new rules just for the sake of adding more rigidity to the world. They take a simple world that works pretty darn good, and make it more confusing, stressful, and gloomy. In fact, they try to take the fun out of just about anything that could possibly be fun.
Maybe it's because these people feel as though they are important or something and need to create, and live, in a world of rules in order to feel significant. What I know is that none of these people are anywhere close to being as important as old Ben Franklin, yet he still remained simple, rule free, and happy.
Relish in life's simple pleasures….and if you are in a position of power, try not to get caught up in the seriousness (and nonsense) of it all. The world needs more laughter…….not rules. Make it Happen.


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Duty and Desire
Book 2 of The Hearts of Honour Series
by Elise de Sallier
Release Date: June 18 , 2015
Published by The Writers Coffee Shop
Grace Daniels, the village of Hartley's resident midwife and herbalist, would like nothing more than to ease the suffering of Jonathan Loring's young son, Peter. But the widowed Blackthorn estate manager is as prejudiced against her illegitimacy as he is her "witchy" profession. When Peter's physicians say they can do no more for the boy, Jonathan finds himself in the unenviable position of having to turn to the woman whose skills he has scorned.
Drawn together out of duty, Jonathan and Grace's relationship soon becomes characterised by a not-so-hidden desire. Having found a degree of independence unheard of for a lady, Grace has no intention of submitting to the bonds of matrimony. Not that Jonathan, who has lost his inheritance and has to work for a living, is in any position to propose.
With marriage out of the question, their only option is both shocking and dangerous . . . to become lovers.
Grace Daniels pulled her cloak tightly around her shoulders. The blustery wind tugged strands of her long, black hair free from her bun, intent on using them to whip her face. To add insult to injury, the misty rain—which she could have borne quite easily—was now falling in heavy splats. Several icy drips had worked their way through her worn, woollen wrap, sending shivers down her spine.
What joy.
As the midwife and herbalist for the village of Hartley, Grace traipsed around the countryside in all sorts of weather, but that didn't mean it wasn't a trial. She really should have taken up William, the viscount Blackthorn, on his offer to supply her with a horse-drawn chaise. How she would find time to care for a horse was beyond her. There were so few hours left in her day already, certainly not enough for a decent night's sleep on the rare occasion she wasn't called out to assist with a birth or an emergency. If the viscount knew the reason for her reluctance, he would probably offer to pay for a stable boy to assist her. But Grace didn't like to feel beholden—not even to her best friend's husband—although it was somewhat unavoidable, considering he now funded her work.
Startled by a horse's whinny, she looked over her shoulder to see—as if conjured from her imagination—just the sort of hooded chaise William had suggested would be suitable for her needs. Unfortunately, the driver was more likely to appear in her nightmares than her daydreams.
Jonathan Loring, retired military officer and the Blackthorn Viscountcy's new estate manager.
"Get in. You can ride with me the rest of the way up to the manor."
Grace bristled at her unwelcome rescuer's tone even as the wind tugged at the ribbons of her bonnet. Personable in appearance, with golden hair and a close-trimmed beard, Mr Loring was already well-respected by the local populace, though he had a knack for rubbing Grace the wrong way. If she were a cat, she would have hissed.
"Don't dawdle, Miss Daniels," he added in his typically autocratic manner. "There's no point getting any wetter than you already are, unless you enjoy impersonating a drowned rat?"
Grace narrowed her eyes. She would have given a great deal to be able to turn her back on the obnoxious man and keep walking, but a not-so-distant clap of thunder heralded a strengthening in the storm. If only she hadn't misread the weather.
"Oh, very well," she muttered, clambering aboard with little of the attribute for which she was named evident in either movement or demeanour. To make matters worse, the bench seat was barely wide enough to accommodate them both. Leaving a respectable distance between them simply wasn't possible, as she was forced to squeeze into the narrow space between the sidewall and Mr Loring's immovable thigh. Thankfully, he made no comment about her damp skirt pressing against him, merely jerked his chin towards the prancing bay gelding.
"I'm sorry I couldn't climb down to assist you, but Ned's hard to handle in this weather."
After placing her bag next to her feet, Grace gave him a withering glance. "That would have been unnecessary, as I am quite capable of getting into a vehicle unaided. It also would have been unwise, as it's plain to see you need to keep both hands on the reins lest your horse bolt. I've no desire to be bowled over and left facedown in the mud."
"Neither do I, which is why I wasn't fool enough to attempt the manoeuvre." Mr Loring huffed a breath while urging his horse to trot up the steep, muddy road that led to Blackthorn Manor. "I was merely trying to explain my less-than-gentlemanly behaviour."
"Since we both know I'm not a lady, the gesture would have been wasted. Unless you're trying to convince me you would show the same courtesy to your average, run-of-the-mill servant?"
"If a woman needed my help, then I would render assistance regardless of her station," he replied, biting off each word as if displaying the early signs of lockjaw.
While the man was as irritating as a prickle in one's shoe, Grace couldn't deny she received an inordinate amount of pleasure from goading him.
A great believer in living happily ever after, Elise began her lifelong obsession with the romance and paranormal genres when she was far too young to be reading either. After more than thirty years of marriage to her very own romantic hero, she now knows great relationships don't just happen, they take work . . . which doesn't mean writing about them can't be a whole lot of fun!
While raising a family, Elise established a career as a counsellor and family therapist. Seeking an escape from the stresses of her work, she discovered the world of fan fiction, and her timid writer's muse made its voice heard. After 2.3 million hits, 20,000 reviews, and an e-mail from an acquisitions editor at The Writer's Coffee Shop Publishing House, her life found a new and fascinating direction.
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"I'll definitely be picking up more books by this author and can't wait for the next instalment of this series which stars Hannah's friend, Grace."Amy Alvis, Historical Romance Lover
"I loved it. That could be my entire review, right there. But I need to gush a bit more. A wounded hero. A woman with a backbone and caring heart. A bit of angst as I wonder if they will overcome the obstacles that stand in their way of true love.... The flow of the story was natural, not rushed, and I enjoyed every page. I'm very happy to hear that there will be more in Ms. de Sallier's Hearts of Honour series. I want the next one now!" Kathie, First Page to the Last Book Reviews
"This is the third book I've read by this author and I couldn't help falling in love with de Sallier's characters once again. I was completely taken into the story not just by Hannah and William, but by the secondary characters at the same time... If you enjoy Regency Romance, you will love Passion & Propriety." Lindsey Gray, Author on Author Book Reviews