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Help for Tune Smithy
Window 50
From Tune Smithy
Stereo Pan
Set stereo pan positions for each part for a more immersive experience...
You can use this to place individual instruments in different locations to get a more immersive experience. For instance in a string quartet, the violin is to left, then second violin, then viola then cello in that order.
See also #Standard orchestral layout below.
How to show this window
Ways to show this window include: the Pan button in many of the main window tasks, or Parts | More | Stereo Pan...
Keyboard shortcut Ctrl + 9 or Ctrl + Pan
How to use this window
Highlight the part you want to pan. Then set a value in the text box below the Value column.
You can also use one of the presets. Set the number for:
Number of parts to set for the left right buttons
to a number higher than 1, and some buttons will appear with presets left right, all to centre and (if number of parts to pan is more than 2) first part to centre)
To pan hard left, use 0 and to pan hard right set the number to 127. Often even when a note is panned hard left, you may hear a bit of the note in the right speaker. This is more natural sounding, because if you listened to a performance with the instrumentalist far left, you would hear some sound in your right ear. Other synths will give no sound at all in the right speaker when the sound is panned hard left. If you find the separation of the parts too harsh, you may feel the recording is more realistic sounding if you make the range just a touch less, say 10 to 117 or some such.
For this reason the presets pan from 10 to 117 instead of 0 to 127. You can change this by varying the the Range for buttons to set pan.
Another way to vary the pan automatically is to use auto pan.
auto pan options
The auto pan option to pan by part pans automatically so that the first part is to the left, and the last part is to the right, which makes the music more immersive if the parts haven't been given pan positions individually.
The options to pan by the position in the chord, and by position in scale are sometimes of interest - they create an effect where the notes move about in position within a single phrase or chord. Keyboard music sounds like this from the point of view of the player or a listener in a suitable position close to the keyboard - the notes are spread out spatially with the low notes to the left and the high notes to the right.
Composers sometimes use panning effects like this, creating an aural impression of a performer floating about in space.
It's also useful if you want to distinguish notes of a chord by their spatial postion. The Lissajous patterns for two note chords correspond to the patterns you get if you have hard panning, and the sounds for the left and right speakers are used for the two axes of the Lissajous curve.
Standard orchestral layout
In a standard orchestral layout, the strings follow a similar layout to a string quartet, percussion, horns, clarinets, piccolo, flutes are mid left, trombones, trumpets, bassoons, oboes and cor anglais are mid right, tuba and double bass are far right.
See seating plan for Philharmonia concerts 2001/2
Select the part you want to highlight
What is a part?
In a program without instant pitch bend retuning, this window would just show the midi out channels. However when you use pitch bends to change the tuning of the scale, it is the software that deals with the midi out channels rather than the user. The user doesn't work at that level at all (normally).
This is why: To play a chord, e.g. a justly tuned major chord 1/1 5/4 3/2, using midi pitch bends, the only way to tune it correctly is to play the notes on different output channels - for instance the 1/1 may be played on channel 1, the 5/4 on channel 2 and the 3/2 on channel 3. That's because in midi, (normally anyway) the pitch bend is set for a channel as a whole. The software does this channel swapping automatically - the notes change channel frequently to let them be retuned correctly and smoothly. So it is normal for the notes of a single chord or melodic phrase to be spread out over several midi channels. This sort of thing is something software can be programmed to keep track of in a routine (though complicated) fashion, but is mind boggling for a user of the software.
So as a user of the software, you need something else to work with rather than Midi out channels, and that's where the Parts come in. You just set up a part much as you would do for a channel in twelve equal type Midi work. You set it up with a midi instrument, controllers, pan position etc. You don't need to worry about the techy details of which midi out channels to send all the pitch bends and other messages to. FTS keeps track of all those details for you. The software will send the notes on whatever channel is appropriate, depending on its records of which notes have been sent on them previously - and it will also set the pitch bends accordingly for each channel, and also send any controllers and other messages to the correct channels as well.
However, if you are interested to see where the notes did get relayed to, just show the Out | More | Notes Currently Playing (Ctrl + 47)) window and you will see them all listed there, with the pitch bends in cents for each channel.
You will find that notes that need the same pitch bend often share channels, for instance all the 5/4s may play on one channel, or notes a quarter tone sharp or flat or whatever may all get played on the same channel - as long as they have the same requirements in terms of other controllers such as pan position etc.
To make sure that FTS does the channel mapping optimally for your current out device(s), run the Out Devices Capabilities Wizard in the Out menu.
Shows which instruments play which parts.
To change the instrument for a part, use the PARTS window. Then highlight the part to change, and select a new instrument from the Instruments menu, the Wave shape player, non melodic percussion, or the custom voices.
You can highlight more than one part - click on the first part in the Parts window (Ctrl + 9)), and then drag with the mouse to seelct more than one part. Or use Shift + click on the last part or Ctrl + click to add just one part to the highlight.
Then you will be able to change the instrument for all the highlighted parts at once. If you hold the SHIFT key down when you select an instrument, then you can select it, and the instruments that follow it in the menu into all the highlighted parts in the parts window - that's useful if you want to try out several instruments at once.
You can select non melodic percussion into any part. The non melodic percussion needs to be played on a General Midi synth or sound card - most sound cards are GM, but many specialist musicians synths are not. The non melodic percussion notes all get played on the Midi output channel 10 (normally).
You can select melodic instruments into part 10 as well, they will be relayed to other channels instead of channel 10 for a GM synth.
When you play notes from Midi IN, you would expect notes sent to FTS from channel 10 to play non melodic percussion. That's what happens if you have In | Options | Select Parts by Input Channel - then FTS will treat all notes from channel 10 as non melodic percussion instrument selections.
You can customise the way FTS deals with non melodic percussion using In | Options | Opts (Ctrl + 92)) and Out | Options | Device Capabilities (Ctrl + 106)).
A quick way to set up your Midi Out settings appropriately for your current midi Out device is to run the Out | Out Device Capabilities wizard.
Whether pan is enabled for each part
Enable pan for the highlighted parts
The current pan value for each part
Pan value for the highlighted parts
Value... - SPIN
Adjust the pan value
Left right
Pan the number of parts to set from left to right
First part in play in centre
Pans them alternatively outwards left then right, with part 1 in the centre
All to Centre
Sets them all to the centre - 64
Choose pan values
Select the stereo pan position for each part yourself
Automatically pans instruments left to right in the order of their part numbers
You set how many parts this applies to with the Number of parts to set field below.
Pos in scale
Pans all notes from left to right up the scale, back to left again at repeat
Pos in arp
Pansleft to right in arpeggio position order, back to left at repeat
Pos in chord
Pans the notes in current chord left to right in order played...
As you play the notes of the chord move around so that at any time, the entire current chord gets panned from left to right in the order the notes were played.
When you play a single note it is panned to the centre. If you add a second note, the first note gets moved to the left and the second note is played to the right. Adding a third note moves the second note to the centre and the third note then goes to the right and so on.
The same happens when you release the notes, all the notes still in play are auto panned left to right in the order they were originally played.
Lowest (left-most) of the pan values to set for the buttons, or for auto-pan
Adjust the lowest of the range of pan values to set
Highest (right-most) of the pan values
to - SPIN
Adjust the highest of the range of pan values to set
In - Yes
When selected, Tune Smithy responds to midi in pan change messages...
Usually selected. A midi in pan change message will switch off auto pan.
You may need to switch this off to auto pan in some situations. For instance if you return a midi clip in the retuning midi player or retune the output from notation software then it may set pan positions for the instruments and you may need to set FTS to ignore those before it can auto pan the notes or parts.
To switch it off just when auto pan is switched on, select the No In for Auto Pan option - which shows up when any of the auto pan options is switched on.
Less <<
Shows this window with either less space, less options, or alternative layout
Help = F1
Click for help for this window. Or F1. Other opts: Shift , Alt, Ctrl + click...
F1 or click shows the help for the current window in your web browser.
Some windows may have no help yet in which case the help icon is shown crossed out with a red line.
Shift + F1 or Shift + Click brings up the tool tips extra help window (this window) to show any extra help for a tool tip.
You can tell if a tool tip has extra help if it ends ... like this one.
Ctrl + F1 or Ctrl + click takes you to the list of keyboard shortcuts for Tune Smithy.
Alt + F1 or Alt + click (alternatively Caps lock physically held down + F1 or Click) takes you to the on-line page at the robertinventor.com web site about the current main window task - which gives a short introduction to it for newbies to the program. If there is no on-line page specific to a task, takes you to the main tune smithy page on the web site.
Since the help for Tune Smithy is currently a bit out of date and needs to be redone completely for the new 3.0 release, then you may find the on-line page for some of the newer tasks particularly useful.
Organise Windows = F2
Or F2 - Reset / save / open for individual windows, right click for cat. list...
Shows the Organise windows window - which you can use to reset all the parameters for the current window - or save them all, or open previously saved parameters for just this window. Also has a drop list of all the windows and their shortcuts.
Midi Out Dialog Star
Tip of the day - Midi Relaying category - right click for neighbouring windows...
Left click for a tip of the day in this category.
Right click to see a menu of neighbouring windows.
The neighbours are the ones you most often move to after this one or within a minute of this one, arranged by popularity.
So as you continue to use FTS, it will learn your habits, and the neighbouring windows listed here, should be the ones you most often visit after this one.
Neighbours, and Previous - Up - Next
Help For Tool Tip - Shift + F1 (Ctrl + 141)
Midi Out / Save Timing (Ctrl + 58)
Look for Moment of Symmetry scale (Ctrl + 128)
Similar Waves For Pitch Detection (Ctrl + 127)
Musical e-card To and Subject (Ctrl + 124)
PC Keyboard Player - To Show, sustain and controller (Ctrl + 123 or Ctrl + K1)
Muscial E-card Picture and Tune (Ctrl + 122)
N.B. This list of neighbours may change when these pages are updated.


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I have been in communication with non-Catholics regarding religious matters, and, as is habitual for Protestants to do, they have pointed out a Bible verse to explain a belief that they held. For the majority of the objections they have, I have been able to find answers that I feel are conclusive evidence for the beliefs of the Catholic Church to be correct. However, there is still one passage that I have not been able to find articles that explain what the bible verse is actually trying to state. Some articles, like many Protestants, do jump around to other verses of the Bible to show the scriptural support of the Catholic idea on this issue, but I have yet to find an article that explains why the verses being analyzed are being incorrectly interpreted by these Protestants, and how these verses are supposed to be understood. The hesitancy of the Catholic Church in having an official interpretation of Bible verses does not exactly help my research either. I was wondering if one of you could help me with my predicament.
The verses in question are Ecclesiastes 9:5, 6 and 10. The entire Book of Ecclesiastes to me is difficult to understand, since sometimes it appears that individual verses contradict each other. The understanding of those Bible verses for my friends is that they show that the dead are in a state of sleep, they do not interact with the rest of the world, and they are simply awaiting the second coming before they can go to Heaven for ever or suffer punishment until their soul is consumed and dies again.
I realize that the verses that they point, if we take them to mean that the dead are asleep, feel out of place from the rest of the topic being discussed in chapter 9, but I cannot think of what else they are indicating. I have read that the writer was writing before Jesus' time so did not have the full understanding of what happens after death, but it is difficult for me to tell the Protestants that the writer of Ecclesiastes was simply wrong in his understanding of death, since they view the Scriptures as being all 100% true. Thank you very much for your time into this matter. I have been searching for a satisfactory and clear answer for quite some time, and feel frustrated with the lack of solid arguments regarding this specific verse.
Dear Alma,
Peace in Christ!
God speaks in Scripture to reveal Himself and His plan of salvation. He writes using human authors and their abilities as writers who write precisely what God inspires them to write. This is why in the Catholic Church biblical interpretation begins with discovering what the human writer wished to express in his words (Catechism 110). This is because whatever the human writer wanted to say, we can be sure that God Himself is speaking to us.
The writer of Ecclesiastes was not attempting to answer our questions about the afterlife. Too put it perhaps too simply, the author was giving wisdom about how to live life well on earth ("under the sun"). The following commentary regards verses 8:16-9:10:
"The righteous and the wise and their works are in God's hands for him to deal with at his sole discretion. But no one knows whether God loves him or hates him, because happiness and adversity, coming as they do to the righteous and the wicked alike, are no indication of how a man stands with God. Everything (whether adversity or prosperity) in front of man (i.e. which man will experience) is vanity. That things happen alike to both good and bad has the effect of favoring the development of evil and misconduct in men while they live, and afterwards they go to Sheol, where they will no more participate in the activities that make up life on earth. Man is here and now to take enjoyment in and by his labor and to manifest exteriorly his interior contentment, for such is God's will. Moreover he is to engage in physical and mental activities while life lasts, for the activities of earth are absent from the abode of the dead."
(A Catholic Commentary on Holy Scripture, ed. Dom Bernard Orchard et al, New York: Thomas Nelson & Sons, 1953, p. 494)
It is the opinion of at least this commentary that the human writer of Ecclesiastes is not attempting to answer our questions about the afterlife. Sound interpretation of the Bible seeks above all to draw the true meaning out of the text (exegesis) and never to funnel meaning into it (eisegesis). The literary context of the ancient inspired author and the historical circumstances in which he wrote must be respected if his words are to be correctly understood (see Catechism 110).
For more information on interpretation of Scripture, please see our Faith Fact Making Sense out of Scripture: The Four Best Kept Secrets in Biblical Studies Today.
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Updated 8:53 pm, Thursday, October 25, 2012
NuStar Energy LP reported a third-quarter loss Thursday, mostly due to its asphalt and fuels marketing operations.
The San Antonio-based pipeline, storage and refining company reported a loss applicable to limited partners of $6.5 million, or $0.09 per unit, for the quarter ending Sept. 30. In the third quarter last year, NuStar reported net income applicable to limited partners of $59.8 million, or $0.92 a unit.
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I'm beginning a new project and that means new rules and new approaches. For this project I'm toying with the idea of "painting" backgrounds. I'll be the first to admit that I have very little sense when it comes to using color. I do love a challenge though so I figured I'd just dive in head first and learn as I go.
Because of my lack of knowledge about choosing and mixing color I needed a process that gets me over the initial hump. What I eventually landed on is what's outlined in the above image. All the work you see was done in Manga Studio, but can easily be replicated in Photoshop. Being unfamiliar with Painter or similar programs I can't speak for them.
I start out picking the colors I want for the deepest shadows and block them in using a non antialiased brush (in PS I'd use the pencil tool) and the paint bucket. When approaching a new color situation I'm unfamiliar with I'll often pick a base color I would like for the shadows (in this case a dark lavender) and fill a layer with it. On another layer above that I block in local color. Then I can adjust the opacity of the local color layer until I get what I'm looking for. I didn't do that on this panel however since I already had a strong idea of what I wanted.
Next I choose the color I'd like as the main light source. In this case I wanted a warm, golden light to match the tone of the scene. I generally just fill a layer set to "add" (in PS it's called "Linear Dodge") and fill that layer with that color. Then I can use the flats layer to select parts of the image and carve the shadows out of the light layer. Most people I know prefer to work in the opposite way- adding light with a brush rather than subtracting it with an eraser- but carving shadows just makes sense to me so that's how I do it.
Then I create another layer set to "Add" (or "linear Dodge") and use various brushes to add details and texture.
Finally I add another layer also set to "add" and paint in bounced light. Generally I pick the color of whatever surface the light is bouncing off but in this case I wanted a more airy and light feel so I picked the color of the sky. This helps me define forms and create atmosphere.
Like I said, I'm new at this and I'm sure I'll look back on it and be mortified at how stupid I was, but for now it gets me through.
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Where do things stand in the debt limit mess? My best guess: What we're really seeing right now is Republicans attempting to implement an organized retreat and surrender.
Here's why. Conservatives entered into the debt limit with entirely unrealistic expectations. Moreover, having already lost battles they apparently (and, again, unrealistically) expected to win on health care and the government shutdown showdown earlier in the year, many Republicans committed even more strongly to their unrealistic expectations on the debt limit. But Dems insisted on new revenues and drew a hard line on restructuring entitlements — and all signs were that they would not give.
So Mitch McConnell's original proposal to transfer control of the debt ceiling to the president with absolutely no deficit reduction was basically a strong warning to Republicans: you're not going to get what you really want. He was letting them know that they could choose to negotiate their best surrender — or, if they refused to do so, they would wind up getting almost nothing at all.
I think that's also the best way to understand the Gang of Six revived package — it offers Republicans another way out of their mess. Of course, it's almost entirely symbolic. Down the line it's possible that some actual legislation can emerge from it, but there's no chance that "down the line" will be before the debt limit is extended, and there's no way to guarantee that "down the line" will ever happen. But this is nonetheless an escape hatch of sorts — Republicans could package a debt limit increase with a symbolic vow to implement the Gang of Six proposal later.
So what choices to Republicans have now? They can choose the clean McConnell plan — no actual deficit cutting, but lots of symbolic blame for raising the debt limit thrown at Barack Obama and the Democrats. They can choose a modified McConnell, which would probably be packaged with a relatively small amount of spending cuts. Or they can package a debt increase with a symbolic Gang of Six vote, which would not by itself reduce the deficit.
The key thing here is that every one of these options is a surrender.
Yes, it's true that under some of these options Republicans get spending cuts. But they would be nothing even remotely like what some of these folks, particularly the Tea Partyers, ran on and have been promising their constituents. And what's basically happening now is that the relatively responsible GOP leaders are offering them various choices on how they'd like to give up.


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The Curse of Monkey Island
First posted on 10 January 1998. Last updated on 14 December 2009.
It has been a long 6 years since Monkey Island 2: LeChuck's Revenge has delighted legions of adventure gamers with its legendary mix of humor and devious puzzles. For many LucasArts fans, The Curse of Monkey Island is therefore a long overdue sequel. Yet, with the departure of creator Ron Gilbert, many fear that this sequel may not live up to the high expectations of the media and the fans. Fear not! The Curse of Monkey Island not only retains all the atmosphere of the Monkey Island series, its superior graphics and gameplay ensure the rivalry between Guybrush and LeChuck to continue on for another chapter!
After the weird ending in Monkey Island 2: LeChuck's Revenge, Guybrush Threepwood is not really sure what has just happened. He is floating in the middle of the Caribbean Sea in a bumper car with only a half eaten corndog for food! Suddenly, he finds himself in a middle of a ship battle just outside of the Plunder Island. LeChuck takes him as a prisoner onto his boat, but Guybrush manages to escape (and sink LeChuck's boat) while stealing a huge diamond engagement ring from LeChuck. After he finds his love Elaine Marley on the beach, Guybrush asks Elaine to marry him and puts the ring on her finger. Yet again, it is Guybrush's usual luck—the ring is a cursed voodoo ring and Elaine is transformed into a gold statue! Even worse is that Elaine is again kidnapped by LeChuck who is now in the form of a burning demon. Guybrush has to find a rescue Elaine and defeat LeChuck for a third time. LeChuck just cannot seem to get used to the fact that he is supposed to be dead!
Many fans, including I, are worried about how the design team of The Curse of Monkey Island is going to pick up the story after the weird ending in the last game and how the series may survive without Gilbert. To this end, The Curse of Monkey Island is a very positive surprise. The spirit of Monkey Island is the same in this sequel as in the previous titles and the whole storyline is indeed very "monkey"ian. Everything is explained at the conclusion of this game—what happened at the end of the Monkey Island 2: LeChuck's Revenge? What is Big Whoop? Is LeChuck really Guybrush's brother? Can the boy get the girl? Why do adventure games cost so much? Where do babies come from? All will be revealed in the end.
Installation is very compact. The game occupies just 1.2 MB of hard disk space plus 400-500 KB per save game. This is a respectable achievement, as most computer games nowadays take up over 100 MB of hard disk space. The graphics in The Curse of Monkey Island have undergone quite a change. Guybrush has grown twice as big as he is in Monkey Island 2: LeChuck's Revenge and he has shaved his beard! All the graphics are now in high resolution SVGA. "If people say it looks like Disney, we have failed," says Jonathan Ackley, the co-project leader. They have certainly not failed! The new graphic style fits perfectly into the Monkey Island universe. The Curse of Monkey Island looks absolutely gorgeous. Since the interface does not take up any space on the screen, the artists can put their talents to full use. I have never seen such detailed background arts in a computer game. The artworks are just stunning! The beautifully drawn indoor and outdoor environments make the game so good looking that one can just stare at them instead of playing the game. Character animation is also really smooth. The trademark cut scenes, which LucasArts fans have got accustomed to, are also there and are nicely tied into the story. The game engine uses the legendary SCUMM (Script Creation Utility for Maniac Mansion) interface. There is an option to enable an advanced 3D SCUMM interface for systems that are capable of hardware acceleration. The music in the game, as expected from any LucasArts production, is simply outstanding. The Monkey Island theme sounds better than ever. The music is atmospheric and excellent throughout the game. Some of the old themes from the series are also here, but most of the songs are brand new. These are tunes that you keep humming in your head. You have been warned! I just wish there is a separate soundtrack CD.
The interface of The Curse of Monkey Island is brilliant. It is similar to the interface used in Full Throttle. When clicking on an object, the action coin pops up. You can then choose hand, eyes, or mouth. The hand represents actions such as take, use, open, and push. The eyes are used to examine an object. The mouth initiates actions such as talk, eat, bite, and inhale. The interface works perfectly and is flexible. It is also context sensitive, so the action choices change with the objects of interest, bringing a whole new dimension to some puzzle play. The inventory is brought up with a simple right click.
The Curse of Monkey Island, like its predecessors, is split into parts. There are 6 parts, with the first part being a sort of a warm-up sequence. The game starts on Plunder Island where Guybrush starts his adventure. He then sets sail for Blood Island where he hopes to find a way to lift the curse. Along the way to Blood Island and Skull Island, Guybrush goes through some very amusing encounters, including many old friends and enemies such as the Voodoo Lady who has since moved to Plunder Island as well as Wally the Cartographer who tries to be a pirate. Guybrush also meets the former used coffin salesman Stan and the vegetarian cannibal Lemonhead. The new characters in this game are as colorful and fun as the old ones—Murray the demonic skull, Haggis McMutton (the pirate barb... or "buccaneer hair stylist"), and the whole Goodsoup family (known for their famous soup restaurant chain).
The ability to interact with the game characters is a priority for LucasArts, so there is a lot of speech in this game. LucasArts has chosen an excellent voice cast for all the characters in the game. The voice of Guybrush is provided by Dominic Armato, while those of Elaine and LeChuck are provided by Alexandra Boyd and Earl Boen respectively. The voices of several Hollywood actors are also featured, including Gary Coleman (Arnold of Diff'rent Strokes), Dave Madden (Ruben Kincaid of The Partridge Family), and Alan Young (Wilbur Post of Mr. Ed). Among the voiceovers, only Stan's voice is a small disappointment (for me, at least. I think of a faster and perhaps more Italian voice for him). The design team has chosen a relatively unknown cast to record the voiceovers of the lead characters. It should be credited for trying to find voices that fit the game characters and just big names just so they can be advertised. Guybrush comments on everything and everyone. His comments include the funniest jokes in the game. The Monkey Island humor remains the same (What does a banjo duel sound like? Not to mention the singing pirates.). The game also pays homage to popular pop culture. There are the mandatory quotes from Star Wars and, if you are careful, you can find jokes about other computer games like The Dig, Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis, and Myst. Max the rabbit makes a cameo appearance, as usual.
There is much to explore in The Curse of Monkey Island. The design team has written descriptions for all the places and objects in the game to make it really interactive. These include objects that cannot be picked up or do not have any real function in the game. Yet, they are more than just part of the background arts since Guybrush can look at them and be amused by them. This makes the replay value of this title much higher than the usual adventure title because you are bounded to find something new every time you replay the game. Like Monkey Island 2: LeChuck's Revenge, The Curse of Monkey Island offers 2 different levels of difficulty to choose from—the regular version, "a lovingly crafted voyage of infinite adventure", and Mega-Monkey "with even more sadistic conundrums". The level you choose cannot be changed after you start the game, so choose wisely.
There are many action sequences in this game. At the beginning there is the cannon firing, but the real action begins with the hilarious ship to ship combat after you leave Plunder Island. This mini game is a combination of the classic game Pirates! and the insult sword fights from Secret of Monkey Island. LucasArts has learned a lesson from fan feedbacks about the action sequences in Full Throttle, so adventure gamers who do not like action play can relax. Most of these action sequences are quite easy, and you can bypass most of the ship to ship combat by choosing the easier option when Haggis asks about it at the beginning of the third part of the game. Thus, your adventure experience should not be affected by your combat skills.
The Curse of Monkey Island is a long game. For most players it should offer 30-40 hours of quality entertainment. You definitely get great value for your money. In the US, LucasArts even offers the first 2 games in the series free with the purchase of this title. On the other hand, the ending for this game may be a bit flat. It is not be as funny as the previous games, thought it is still a worthy and an entertaining ending for this trilogy. Some gamers may criticize the numerous farfetched plot twists in this game as a feeble attempt to cover up the numerous discrepancies left behind from the previous game endings. On the other hand, some may just call it creative writing!
Who may enjoy The Curse of Monkey Island? Everyone. You have to be a dreadfully staid gamer if you do not find yourself entertained by this title. While fans of the previous games in the Monkey Island series may get the biggest laughs out of the twisted plot connections across the trilogy while reminiscing elements that are oddly familiar, no previous knowledge of the Monkey Island series is needed to enjoy this game wholeheartedly. Guybrush's witty comments and humorous attitude should keep you smiling. In the end, The Curse of Monkey Island is a worthy sequel to a classic LucasArts series.


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Building Resilience — A Community Response to Trauma
An estimated 26 percent of children in the United states will experience a traumatic event before the age of 4. While our understanding about the effects of trauma are continuously evolving, Crittenton Children's Center is committed to providing the most effective care possible for these children, their families, and the communities in which they live. We continually strive to stay up to date on research, science, and treatment approaches to trauma.
Exposure to traumatic or violent experiences negatively affects the health, education, and development of preschool-aged children in Kansas City's urban communities. Without intervention, these children often experience lifelong emotional disturbance, social developmental delays, and learning problems.
With the help of families, friends, providers, and the community, children and youth can demonstrate resilience when dealing with trauma.
One way we are changing the way adolescents respond to trauma in early childhood is through our Head Start-Trauma Smart program. This innovative program created by Crittenton Children's Center therapists addresses the high incidence of complex trauma that negatively impacts the lives of 3- to 5-year-old children. This trauma includes:
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0315.30 Satisfactory Performance
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1. General satisfactory performance standard:
1.1. Members shall maintain sufficient competency to properly perform their duties and assume the responsibilities of their positions. Members shall perform their duties in a manner that will maintain high standards of efficiency and service in carrying out the functions and objectives of the Bureau. Unsatisfactory performance may be demonstrated by a lack of knowledge of the application of laws required to be enforced; an unwillingness or inability to perform assigned tasks; the failure to conform to work standards established for the rank, grade, or position; the failure to take appropriate action on the occasion of a crime, disorder, or other condition deserving police attention; or absence without leave.
2. Satisfactory performance during confrontation management:
2.1. In this subsection, the Bureau requires that members be capable of, and apply, effective force when necessary. It also sets performance standards for decision making during confrontations, and requires that members use sound tactics and good decision-making during a confrontation and work diligently toward applying, when practical, less force than the maximum allowed by the constitutional standard and minimizing or avoiding force when possible. This subsection also requires members to develop and display over the course of their practice of law enforcement good confrontation and force management skills.
2.2. The Bureau requires that members be capable of using effective force on behalf of the public, when appropriate, to manage the risks of confrontations.
2.3. It is the intention of the Bureau to accomplish its mission as effectively as possible with as little reliance on force as practical.
2.4. The Bureau places a high value on resolving confrontations, when practical, with less force than the maximum that may be allowed by law.
2.5. When managing a confrontation, members must make confrontation management decisions based on available options reasonably calculated to resolve the confrontation safely and effectively, with as little reliance on force as practical.
2.6. In applying this standard to a member's performance, the Bureau shall evaluate the member's decision-making from the perspective of the member at the moment the decisions were made. This confrontation management standard is separate from and does not modify the use-of-force standard in Directive 1010.00. The relevant inquiry for this confrontation management standard is whether the member pursued the Bureau's goal of resolving a confrontation safely and effectively with as little reliance on force as practical and whether there is a valid reasoning in the member's confrontation management decision-making.
2.7. Over the course of their practice of law enforcement, members must develop and display the skills and abilities that allow them to regularly resolve confrontations without resorting to the higher levels of force allowed by the constitutional standard.
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Women's voices rise up to reclaim the night
A survivor of domestic violence, a 'radical cheerleaders' troupe and a womens choir will be among the many voices rising up this Friday night for Reclaim The Night.
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A survivor of domestic violence, a 'radical cheerleaders' troupe and a womens choir will be among the many voices rising up this Friday night for Reclaim The Night.
The event, a global campaign first held in Australia in 1978, is an annual protest against violence towards women and children.
The Hunter Womens Centre in Mayfield and Carrie's Place womens refuge in Maitland are the organising groups for this Friday night's Reclaim The Night events.
Service manager of the Hunter Womens Centre Joanne Hawkins says Newcastle's event will begin at 6pm in Gregson Park, at the same time as an event will take place at the High St Mall, Maitland.
According to organisers the event represents 'the coming together of women within the community to publicly address the issue of men's sexual violence towards women and children in an open rally and march'.
In a media released issued by the organising committee the centre said: "Sexual violence and physical assault affects the lives of many women."
"In Australia in 2006, 84 percent of sexual assault survivors were female. Woman's rights are compromised by the existence of a mental curfew, which prevents them from feeling safe on the streets at night."
Ms Hawkins said: "We've got a rally happening where we've got a range of guest speakers, people talking about sexual violence against women and children."
"The rally actually starts at six o'clock and we've got some soup and bread rolls to offer people to give them some sustenance for the march down to Hamilton Station.
"We've got police escorts too because they're allowing us to close down the roads for our march."
In Maitland domestic violence survivor and 2004 Australian of the Year Donna Carson will speak about her experience with domestic violence, which led to horrific burns that almost cost her her life.
The High St Mall event, beginning at 6pm, will begin with spekaers then loop through the CBD returning to High St, where the womens 'Choir Of No More Knocks' and other performances will take place.
Both the Newcastle and Maitland groups encourage women and children only, with men encouraged to show support from the roadside along the march routes.
"It's a bit of a contentious issue, men and Reclaim The Night," Ms Hawkins said.
"They're welcome as support people, so they can line the streets and they can cheer the women on."
Local committees have been formed to support local Reclaim The Night with activities such as banner making and letterbox dropping in affected neighbouring areas.
The Loft youth centre in Newcastle has done banner making workshops.
"The young women from The Loft have had a lot of involvement," Ms Hawkins said.
Other support has come in the form of grants from NSW Office of Women and fundraising gigs at local hotels.
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Vital Burnley Prediction League-The Play Offs!
The season has finished with a tie for the prize places so a playoff will be required to establish the winners in 1st,2nd and 3rd place. The final league table was as follows:
First place is a tie between claretfromaway and Dale so they will both now play off to decide who wins the first prize of £50 and who will win the second prize of £25.
Competing for third place is Dad, Barnsey and Couch Potato with only 1 person able to scoop the £10 prize. The other two will leave with nothing!
The play off competition will be to predict the final two games of the season for both Bolton and Blackburn.
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Slang a male friend; esp., an older man who is a friend, protector, advisor, etc.
Origin of goombahphonetic spelling, spelled of dialect, dialectal pronunciation of Italian compare, godfather, friend
A companion or associate, especially an older friend who acts as a patron, protector, or adviser.
Origin of goombahProbably alteration of Italian compare godfather from Medieval Latin compater ; see compadre .
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- (US, slang, pejorative) A person of Italian descent.
- (US, slang) A companion, pal, close friend, or associate, used especially among Italian-American men. It sometimes has the connotation of an older friend who acts as a patron, protector or adviser.
Probably originates from the Neapolitan cumpà, (Italian compare and the Sicilian cognate, cumpari, akin to Spanish compadre), and literally means "godfather," but used to denote "friend." Often used to refer to 'family friends' or friends close enough to be considered an 'aunt' or 'uncle', though not related by blood. To an English-speaking ear, the unaspirated stops of the Southern Italian dialect (especially Neapolitan) are interpreted as voiced stops, yielding "goombah."
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I will forever be grateful to the Special Olympics, and Unified Sports. I was a sophomore at Catoctin High School, Thurmont, MD, when I began participating. We would gather three times a week for practice and competition. Competing with my special needs teammates was an amazingly enriching and re
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Some years ago my youngest daughter (aged 4) was asked "what's the matter with him?" about her brother's best friend
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I was 17 years old when my second baby brother was born (I am now 20). They changed my entire mindset and vocabulary.
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Nine high school students enthusiastically embraced the role of volunteer as they underwent training at the newly launched Young Athletes site in Smorgoni, Belarus.
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This is the first year my school has done this, so it's amazing to see what we have accomplished
A week ago, I had a life-changing experience. My best friend called me the R-word.
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Hopefully, in my lifetime, the word will end and my children and grandchildren will not even know the word existed.
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The first major phase of the 24-month USAID-supported "Play Unified" project in Serbia ended with pledges from 20 schools to continue the success of the program.
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Tim Shriver, Chairman of Special Olympics International, gave a keynote address to more than 500 school sport professionals at the YST's National Conference.
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There was one conference that we hosted that changed my life completely. That conference was Special Olympics. Every time I talk about this I just get so excited because it was such an empowering experience.
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Learning carefully from the sea, its vast silences & ancient stories
I recently conducted a two-day workshop in Helsinki, on two different islands in the Baltic sea, with 10 participants. The workshop was coordinated with the exhibition Dissolving Frontiers, one of many exhibitions, incubators, projects, and more that are part of Frontiers in Retreat, […]
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SUPERKILEN – Extreme Neoliberalism Copenhagen Style
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We made and installed a network of bat houses in Urbana, Illinois, to support the local and regional bat population, but also to begin a conversation about re-making the built environment.
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Will Kingsley be the next to commit to the Cards?
With the current dead period in effect between college coaches and players until this coming weekend, the recruiting front is somewhat quiet for now. But all of that is about to change very soon. Right now coaches are allowed only one call a week to prospects, but starting this weekend the contact can become more frequent and then there will be two more live evaluation periods in July in which coaches can scout players and attend AAU games in person. That's when things really start to heat up. With this years change to allow coaches back on the road for spring evaluations, the summer will now result in a more narrowed focus of players. In years past, the coaches were essentially starting their evaluations in July. Now they've already seen a lot of the players in person and have an idea on who to pursue the hardest. Meaning, expect the Louisville staff to turn up the heat on 6-7 guys and begin to heavily pursue verbal commitments. Here's a quick look at the current 2013 targets and what we're hearing about the staff's interest and whether the Cards have a legit chance at landing their services.
Point Guard
Best Chance: Tyler Ennis – 30%
With all the rumor and speculation about Stevie Clark (a late possible reclassification to the 2012 class with interest in Louisville) and the uncertainty of whether or nor Terry Rozier will qualify, this remains one of the most difficult positions to handicap. Multiple outlets have now reported that the Cards are starting to go all-in with elite St Benedict's / CIA Bounce product, Tyler Ennis. Though he has a who's-who of college programs recruiting him, we know there's heavy reciprocal interest and Louisville should get a visit at some point. We also know that the UofL staff keeps in close contact with Virginia-based point guard Anthony Barber (though it's not known if that interest has heated up or slowed down since early April). Also, with rising 2014 point guard Quentin Snider already in the fold, the Cards appear to be well set-up for the future. Still, until the Rozier news is finalized – one way or the other – this position remains a question mark for the immediate future.
Shooting Guard
Best Chance: Anton Gill – Committed; Sindarius Thornwell – 30%
Louisville is already in great shape at the two guard with Raleigh native Anton Gill already committed. But the staff continues to pursue a few other names in an attempt to add future depth. Lancaster, SC product Sindarius Thornwell was one of the biggest movers in the latest Scout.com 2013 rankings as he shot all the way up to #19 and has established himself as one of the most explosive players in the entire class. There's heavy interest from Louisville and it appears to be reciprocal. On the down side, Thornwell still has a long list and doesn't appear to be anywhere close to making a decision. Recently, Louisville has also turned up the heat on Scout.com's #62 ranked player, Davon Reed (Princeton, NJ). According to Mike Hughes of Inside The Ville, the connection here is new assistant Kareem Richardson who was recruiting Reed hard while he was still with Xavier. Reed holds offers from the likes of Syracuse, Villanova, Georgetown, Cincinnati, West Virginia, Miami, Wake Forest and others.
Small Forward
Best Chance: Greg McClinton – 50%
Probably the most loaded position currently for Louisville is the three-spot. With Wayne Blackshear (sophomore), Luke Hancock (junior) and Angel Nunez (sophomore) there may not be a ton of playing time immediately available for someone. Then again, Blackshear plays the two as well and with a solid season he could possibly make the jump to the NBA. Hancock can also play both positions, and Pitino has expressed interest in playing Nunez some at power forward in certain situations down the road. As far as we know, only two small forwards are receiving heavy interest: 6-6 Winston-Salem, NC (Hargrave Military Academy) product Greg McClinton and everyone's consensus #1 overall player, 6-7 Chicago (Simeon) star, Jabari Parker. Landing Parker is probably a pipe dream at this point but the staff has showed him a lot of love over the last year. McClinton had a rough spring on the AAU circuit and saw his name drop out of the Top 100 rankings, but he remains an interesting prospect and has tons of potential. He has Louisville in his final five and will attend Hargrave Military Academy (Kevin Keatts' former school) with Gill this coming year.
Power Forward
Best Chance: Jarrell Martin – 30%, Malik Price-Martin – 30%
Similar to the point guard situation, a lot could change in the upcoming weeks. Right now, newly-available 2012 prospect Montrezl Harrell (who got his release from Virginia Tech after they fired head coach Seth Greenberg) has heavy interest in Louisville and will visit this coming weekend. He's also reportedly interested in Kentucky, NC State and Florida. He was recruited to play at Hargrave by Keatts before he left to take the Louisville job last summer. If Louisville lands Harrell, then there's no immediate need for a power forward in 2013. You would have Chane Behanan and Harrell, a formidable combination to say the least. However, if the staff continues to pursue PF's, it may be because they fear Behanan could leave early for the NBA if he has another big year. Right now 6-8 Malik Price-Martin (Miami, FL) has Louisville in his final five and he attends the same high school (Monsignor Pace) as Rakeem Buckles. Louisville also appears to be heavily pursuing 6-8 Baton Rouge star, Jarrell Martin. Like McClinton, Price-Martin has seen a dip in his stock recently but Martin remains a top prospect and is currently ranked 28th overall. Martin visited Louisville for a game this past January and was "blown away" by the atmosphere and facilities. We'll see if they can get him back on campus this fall for an official visit in an attempt to seal the deal. A lot of what happens here could hinge upon Harrell's decision.
Best Chance: Moses Kingsley – 65%
There appears to be some conflicting reports out there on the interest levels between a few top center prospects and Louisville. Several names have appeared on the Cardinals' radar, including BeeJay Anya (Hyattsville, MD), Scout.com's top ranked 2013 center, Kennedy Meeks (Charlotte, NC), Dominic Woodson (Saxtons River, VT) and Moses Kingsley (New Albany, MS). And while all are publicly saying that their appears to be two-way interest between them and Louisville, we're starting to hear differently. Anya, like Jabari Parker, is blowing up to a whole different level and might be a reach for Louisville at this point. Woodson reportedly has some baggage and was let go from his Prep School this past year. Meeks is a massive player that needs to lose upwards to 60-75 lbs to even be close to being able to play for a college team. He has incredible footwork and touch but his size and work ethic could hinder him from remaining a top priority for Louisville. It's probably safe to say that all three of those players are no longer options. Watching this past year's team run the floor (once they got healthy) you can see that Pitino wants a versatile big man that can move and run the floor without wearing down (part of the reason why Dieng is such a good fit). To that end, Moses Kingsley appears like the best fit. Though he's still raw offensively and needs to gain weight (sound familiar?) he's incredibly intelligent and has a knack for blocking shots on the defensive end. A native of Senegal, he has already endeared himself to Pitino and Dieng (after visiting Louisville back in February) and there should be immediate playing time for him after next year.
As always, we'll keep you up to date as things change and play out over the next several weeks.


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Google Home Takes On Amazon Echo. In Other News, Jeff Bezos Sleeps Like A Baby.
So today Google finally had its big launch event and one of the devices on the dais was Google Home. Here are all the reasons why Google Home poses no real threat to Amazon's established Alexa line of smart home devices.
Google Home does not boast a more impressive feature set.
When it comes to innovative tech, whoever succeeds in planting the flag and getting the first toehold has a huge leg up on any future competition. Google Home needed to offer an incredibly compelling case to get Alexa device owners to jump ship, and in that, it failed.
I generally avoid passing judgment on any new device or service before it's shipping, because I know how easy it is to over-promise before a new device actually hits the market. I'm making an exception here because even if I assume Google Home will make good on every feature promised today, it's not going to offer me anything better than I'm already getting from the Echos I already own.
It can be used to control HUE lights and Nest thermostats. Just like Alexa. It can offer news, weather, sports and traffic reports. Just like Alexa. It will have skil—oops, I mean "plug ins". Just like Alexa. It has far-field speech recognition. Just like Alexa.
Are you seeing a common thread here?
Google has a long and embarrassing history of abusing consumers' privacy. Does that sound like a company you'd invite to bring an always-on, always-listening device into your home?
OK Google records, stockpiles and analyzes your queries for marketing purposes by default.
Google has been scanning not only its own customers' emails, but the incoming emails of people who use other email services, for years. In fact, they're being sued over it as I write this.
And that's just the very tippy-top of the Google privacy violation iceberg.
The privacy policy for Google Home rests on Google's general privacy policy. And that's not good. For example, in answer to the question, "What does Google do with the data it collects?", Google answers:
…on surfaces where we show ads, we use data to show you ads that are relevant and useful, and to keep our services free for everyone.
In other words, just as with every other Google device and service, your data will be gathered and shared with Google's "trusted partners" for marketing purposes. And if you think "keeping our services free" hints that the Google Home service may eventually be ad-supported, I'd be hard pressed to argue with your suspicion.
Full disclosure: I use Gmail and many other Google services, but I do so with my eyes wide open and no expectation of privacy. When it comes to an in-home, always-on, always-listening device, I set the bar quite a bit higher.
But It Can Play Google Music!
Yes. In other words, it can stream music from Google's own music service just like Alexa can stream music from Amazon's own music service. I call that a draw at best, and given that I've been warning people away from the Google Play Store due to serious security concerns for years, LONG before Alexa came on the scene, I'd actually award the advantage to Amazon Music on this one.
But It Can Run A Google Search!
No, it can't. Neither can Siri or Cortana. All of them only simulate a true Google search, and they do it by hiding most of the available result set from the user. When the search provider gets to decide which results to push to the top of the list, and the provider stands to make money by favoring certain results over others (like in the case of Google, for example), how much can you trust the results?
But It Offers Whole-Home, Synchronized Audio!
So will Alexa, when Sonos wraps up its current beta test of this exact same functionality via Alexa integration. But here's where Amazon's got Google Home beat: Sonos is the far superior audio system. Would you rather have a whole home full of music being played through Google Home's itty bitty speakers, or Sonos's high end audio devices?
But It Can Translate Foreign Languages!
Sort of. Via Google Translate, which is far from a perfect translator. To people for whom translation capability is very important, Google Translate isn't good enough at it to get the job done. For everyone else, it's a novelty and the same type of functionality is available via Alexa skills.
But It's Cheaper!
On that point, you are absolutely right. But isn't there some kind of saying about getting what you pay for?
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A Cartoon for you and your Best Friend, Sweeet.
Home of the Rex and Dexter comic strip featuring a wiener dog Rex and his loyal master Dexter.
What is meant is that these cartoons are free of logic, free of common sense, free of gravity and all those funny rules. So why do the cartoon characters stick to the ground? Easy – They stick glue to their shoes.
If the moon were made of cheese, space mice would have eaten it long ago.
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Adobe has reported a higher-than-expected profit for its Creative Cloud, which is a subscription based software model.
Adobe has been shifting to its web-based subscription service Creative Cloud from a licensing model since last year and there appears to be a lot of take up.
The company said it added 221,000 paid Creative Cloud subscribers in the latest quarter, taking the total to 700,000.
Adobe expects to add even more Creative Cloud paid subscribers in the current quarter than in the second quarter.
Adobe took a big risk when it said that upgrades for Creative Cloud, which includes Photoshop, Illustrator and Flash, would be available only through online subscriptions and abandon licences completely.
While this means lower revenue in the short term as fees are collected monthly, it does mean a better long term outlook.
Adobe has predicted revenue of $975 million to $1.03 billion while Wall Street had thought the company would be lucky to make $1.01 billion.
It was not all good news for Adobe. Net income fell to $76.5 million from $223.9 million a year earlier. If Adobe has not moved to the subscription model things would have been very bleak indeed.


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Uruguay's Luis Suarez has knee surgery
- Written by Abdullahi
- Published in FOOTBALL
Luis Suarez has undergone minor knee surgery but has not been ruled out of the World Cup, the Uruguay Football Association (AUF) announced today. The 27-year-old injured the meniscus in his left knee while training with the national side, and after an MRI scan it was decided to send the player for a minor operation.
Suarez's arthroscopic surgery lasted about 30 minutes and he is likely to be sidelined for at least a couple of weeks but Uruguay officials remain confident he will be fit for the 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil™. The South American's first match is against Costa Rica on 15 June before they face England in Sao Paolo four days later.
"Yesterday, Wednesday 21st of May, Luis Suarez suffered an intense pain in his left knee after an undergoing a normal warm up," read a statement from the AUF. "He had an MRI scan which confirmed a partial lesion of the external meniscus of his left knee.
"On Thursday morning, he underwent an arthroscopic partial resection of his meniscus in the Medica Uruguaya hospital. There was no evidence of any further damage to the knee. His participation to the World Cup in Brazil has not been ruled out."
AUF president Wilmar Valdez suggested if Suarez's recovery went to plan he could return to training in just over a fortnight.
"We know the surgery was a success and that the injury is not serious. We have to wait and see how he recovers," he told Uruguayan newspaper La Ovacion.
"We had very little time to react and without knowing the extent of the injury, we didn't want to raise the alarm to the public. These are injuries that, considering Suarez's fitness and if the recovery is good, will not take long for him to return to play.
"We have to calculate if he will arrive for the first, second of third (group game at the World Cup). We know that normally the recovery period, if all goes well, is around 15 days to return to training.
"We all know what Luis represents to the national team and more so, considering the great form he was in. Considering how valuable he is to the national team, it is a big concern for us."
Suarez, who was named the Professional Footballers' Association and Football Writers' Association player of the year after scoring 31 league goals, is his country's all-time leading scorer with 39 in 77 appearances.


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Situated in the historical district, this eco-friendly hotel is within a 10-minute walk of Maastricht University, St. Servaas Church, and Market. Natural History Museum and Basilica of Our Lady are also within 15 minutes.
Hotel Features
Along with a restaurant, this smoke-free hotel has a bar/lounge and a coffee shop/café. WiFi in public areas is free. Additionally, valet parking, conference space, and dry cleaning are onsite.
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Hotel Amenities
The hotel offers a restaurant and a coffee shop/café. A bar/lounge is on site where guests can unwind with a drink. Public areas are equipped with complimentary wireless Internet access. Event facilities measuring 269 square feet (25 square meters) include conference space. This eco-friendly hotel also offers a library, a terrace, and tour/ticket assistance. Parking is available onsite for a surcharge.
Kruisherenhotel Maastricht is a smoke-free property.
- Conference space size (meters) - 25
- Library
- Terrace
- Bar/lounge
- Luggage storage
- Babysitting or childcare
- Elevator/lift
- Breakfast available (surcharge)
- Conference space size (feet) - 269
- Conference space
- Tours/ticket assistance
- Restaurant
- Total number of rooms - 60
- Coffee shop or café
- Dry cleaning/laundry service
- Free WiFi
- Number of buildings/towers - 3
- Wedding services
- Babysitting or childcare (surcharge)
- Valet parking (surcharge)
- Smoke-free property
- Garden
- Multilingual staff
Family Friendly Amenities
- Family Hotel
- Free Wi-Fi
- Babysitting or childcare (surcharge)
Available in all rooms: Free WiFi
Available in some public areas: Free WiFi
Valet parking (surcharge)
Room Amenities
- Air conditioning
- Phone
- Free bottled water
- Minibar
- Daily housekeeping
- Turndown service
- Slippers
- Bathrobes
- Free toiletries
- Hair dryer
- Iron/ironing board
- In-room safe
- Desk
- Flat-panel TV
- Free WiFi
- Room service
- Individually furnished
- Individually decorated
- Pillow menu
Where to Eat
Buffet breakfasts are available for a surcharge and are served each morning.
Kruisherenrestaurant - This fine-dining restaurant serves lunch and dinner.
Outdoor Cafe - This café serves light fare only. Guests can enjoy alfresco dining (weather permitting).
Room service is available.
Nearby Things to Do
The recreational activities listed below are available either on site or nearby; fees may apply.
- Golfing nearby
- Boat tours nearby
- Cave exploring/spelunking nearby
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Check-in time starts at 3 PM
Check-out time is noon
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Children and extra beds
- Children are welcome.
- Pets allowed for an extra charge of EUR 25 per pet, per night
- Restrictions apply
- For more information contact the property at the number on the booking confirmation
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Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy.
- A tax is imposed by the city: EUR 5.75 per person, per night
Optional extras
- Fee for buffet breakfast: EUR 25.00 for adults and EUR 15.00 for children (approximately)
- Valet parking fee: EUR 34.00 per day
- Pet fee: EUR 25 per pet, per night
- Late check-out fee: EUR 50
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Guests can arrange to bring pets by contacting the property directly, using the contact information on the booking confirmation (surcharges apply and can be found in the Fees section).
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Hotelstars Union assigns an official star rating for properties in Netherlands. This property is rated 5 stars.


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You ARE loved. Jesus died on the cross for YOU. Whether you believe in Him or not, He still loves you. Isn't that amazing??
"And the very hairs on your head are all numbered. So don't be afraid; you are more valuable to God than a whole flock of sparrows." - Luke 12:7
Just think about that today. Don't worry about the bills or your job or any other troubles. Just know that God loves you, and there is nothing more powerful than that.
Just ask my niece...
It's that simple.
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So, recently I posted my somewhat unexpected stance (especially from me) that nudity does not make something artsy. Last night, I was discussing it with my pal Nakul and his friend Ash, both of them distinctly opinionated and interesting debate companions. And, I suppose to make the point clear, I do think that nudity can be art, I'm just saying it isn't by default. A square is a rhombus, a rhombus doesn't have to be a square, yadda yadda.
But, I wanted to illustrate this point to them with a work last night and couldn't find it. Lucky for me I have the advantage of time and internet tonight, and was able to scrounge up this photo from Noah Kalina. Without a doubt Noah Kalina is my favorite artist working in photography right now (wanna know why? start by looking here, here, here, here, and especially here). And, part of why he's my favorite is that, despite having more topless women than a strip bar, whenever he breaks out the skin it's always breathtaking, interesting, or so at odds with the rest of the photo that you spend the next twenty seconds trying to figure out why that girl has no shirt on. And, while it's a trick he uses time and time again, somehow he keeps shifting the context so that while you can start skimming past them faster, it's rare that any of them are such that you can offhandedly dismiss them.
Case in point, this screwball shot with the topless brunette on a hillside with a Big Gulp. The day I figure out exactly what this means is the day I'll finally decide to finish reading Finnegan's Wake. After all, the infamously complex novel might be easy sailing if I can decipher this. But that's the magic. If the girl were clothed, this would still be a good shot for the art world (the commercial world would of course scoff it away immediately, and that's a shame). But she's not clothed, and that adds the extra impetus to stick with the photo, and it keeps adding back into the off-kilter atmosphere. It brings something unexpected to the scene, and just as unexplained. It adds mystery, and mystery is good.