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I am after MtG Nationals, reporting in, but I could only attend to Sunday's part. Event included tournaments in Standard, Standard Draft and Modern, total of few hundred people. However, great most of them participated in Standard/Draft, which left Modern with about 20-30 players (5 rounds). Playing decks were among others Tron (a lot of), UW Control, Ponza, Storm, UR Control, Eldrazi Taxes, Jeskai Control, Smallpox, some deck using Ensnaring Bridge, Titan Shift. Many people droped event after 1-2 loses. So let's wade into battle:
UW Control 0-2
First mach was against guy from my local meta, so we perfectly knew what each other play. And he exploited that perfectly. Both games he had perfect anserws for my every move, game 1 I got him down to 12, game 2 to 9, but I simply stood no chance, even with Diffusion turn 2 both games. Once board got stabilized, there was nothing I could do.
Sideboard IN: 1x Diffusion Sliver, 2x Frenetic Sliver, 3x Harmonic Sliver, 1x Sliver Hivelord, 1x Dormant Sliver; OUT: 4x Galerider Sliver, 1x Gemhide Sliver, 1x Syphon Sliver, 2x Dismember.
Ad Nauseam 2-0
It was my first time with this deck, but I did rather well and little lucky. First game I saw opponent playing Blue/Black Scrylands, suspend lotus and 4 Serum Visions in a row, so decided to go in tempo damage, attacking with Mutavaults rather than casting sliver and leaving them in summon sickness. I developed board, hit him down to 4, then he casted Angel's Grace, discarded Simian Spirit Guide, and played Ad Nauseam, drew entire deck with losing life down to -50, with last 3 mana played Phyrexian Unlife and passed turn. I was able to deal him about 8 damage this turn, but from beggining of game I had Necrotic Sliver in hand, four mana and few slivers with Manaweft, so I went safely and played Necrotic. Opponent had at least one Pact of Negation in hand, but could do nothing due to Cavern of Souls. I sacrificed Galerider Sliver to destroy Phyrexian Unlife and that was it. Game 2 I had near perfect curve, opponent found no answer nor engine piece, and eventually dropped game.
Sideboard IN: 3x Harmonic Sliver, 1x Homing Sliver; OUT: 2x Dismember, 1x Syphon Sliver, 1x Darkheart Sliver.
UB Fearies 2-0
I never got hit in these games. First one I just kept playing slivers and very soon they were out of opponent's range. He played Bitterblossom on second turn, but barely anything else. Galerider and Diffusion gave him most trouble I think. In last turns opponent tried to ambush me with 3/1 flash fearie, which I responded with lord out of Vial, and that was it. Game 2 opponent kept deadly risky hand with only one land, and that killed him, for he stayed on that for three another turns. It was too much to make any return, especially since he admited later he had no Damnation in deck at all.
Sideboard IN: 2x Warping Wail, 1x Diffusion Sliver, 3x Harmonic Sliver; OUT: 1x Sedge Sliver, 2x Dismember, 2x Necrotic Sliver, 1x Aether Vial.
BG Tron 0-2
Both of these games were completly in my favor, opponent had poor hand, struggled to get tron online, lacked aswers to hold me. Yet I did not use this. Instead I got stuck on 1/1 slivers on board. Game 1 I safely played Collected Company on my turn 4, and saw 4 lands, Aether Vial and Dismember. Barely did any damage, it was so bad that opponent eventually had to take game over. Game 2 went same way, opponent had almost zero interaction with me, I played few laughable threats before he assembled tron and Ugin cleared me out. Frenetic failed me with 4 slivers of 5 including himself. And it was over.
Sideboard IN: 1x Telekinetic Sliver, 2x Frenetic Sliver, 3x Harmonic Sliver, 1x Diffusion Sliver; OUT: 2x Dismember, 1x Syphon Sliver, 1x Sedge Sliver, 2x Aether Vial, 1x Darkheart Sliver.
BG Tron 1-2
Another Tron, but this time we at least had some game. Not first though, because Karn-turn-3. Game 2 I played Aether Vial, Galerider, Predatory and Gemhide before Tron assembled and Karn hit Predatory away (his 3 turn). Luckly I had Vial on 2 counters and Sinew in hand, so on endstep I played him and killed Karn following turn. Opponent tried to lock me with Betterskull, but got locked himself by Harmonic Sliver, and every another sliver perfectly coming when needed. Batterskull avoided trigger by returning to hand, forcing me to destroy my own Vial, but I had upper hand. I tried to abuse my luck before some bomb drops and screws me, so we were at race. Opponent played Wurmcoil Engine, which I destroyed with Galerider's enter trigger, but 2 tokens remained. He equipped deathtouch with Batterskull, and attacked for 10 lifelink damage. I had useless Warping Wail in hand and Eldrazi Scion fell under wheels, still healing him to 11. I managed to lethal in next swing. Game 3 was all about surviving one more turn. Tron sticked early, Karn went in, followed by Ugin. Like previous player did not had Tron for like ages, this one had it every game. AND Karn on hand.
Sideboard IN: 1x Telekinetic Sliver, 2x Frenetic Sliver, 3x Harmonic Sliver, 1x Diffusion Sliver, 2x Warping Wail; OUT: 2x Dismember, 1x Syphon Sliver, 3x Sedge Sliver, 2x Aether Vial, 1x Darkheart Sliver.
Tournament started really awful for me, but I never actually thought about top 8 or winning when coming here in a first place. As rounds went, there was real chance for me to get there with my results, but that 4th round with Tron ended my struggle indefinitly. I felt realy down for this one, not because it kicked me out of top 8 (I belive), not because mistakes, but because it was game impossible to lose. Otherwise, I played really interesting matches with slivers, but I also see how much we lack bombs in our decklists, ones that unanswered takes over game for itself. Getting into topdeck mode with empty board is impossibly hard to get out. I cannot point any particular card that was especially good, but they worked together well. Overall.
Sorry for long delay, I had some internet issues.
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Oct 19, 2017 Posted in: Deck Creation (Modern)
Oct 13, 2017Good point guys, I totally missed that vial-bestiary thing. Pokedex out, I'll move Dismembers to main, I feel it may be important to play interaction in 60 for variety of decks. Two slots in sideboard left, I think about Sentinel(race), Homing(search), Syphon(burn/race), Dormant(on control) or Blur. Or Psionic Sliver.Posted in: Deck Creation (Modern)
Oct 12, 2017I'm going to participate in MtG Nationals this weekend, with list down here. You guys have some advices for me? I decided to go with standard sliver list, for little better durability. I don't have slightest idea what I may face there, any help would be greatPosted in: Deck Creation (Modern)
Oct 10, 2017I played few small "tournaments" (less than 10 players) over past week, haven't reported them due to terrible results, played against WU Control, WG Vizier Elves, Mardu Superfriends and WB Smallpox. All of them lost 0-2. Overall, I suffer from slivers weak spots, which are card draw, bad topdecks (four Galerider Slivers in a row, then Aether Vial against control), running out of gas, board wipes, single removal (played 2 lords on empty board, both got Fatal Push), chump-block with spirits, being locked by planeswalkers, etc. WU Control clears my slivers easly with turn 3 Gideon of the Trials +1, Path to Exile Sedge Sliver, Supreme Verdict 4 slivers in play, gideon's + on Mutavault every turn, and suddenly I have no cards in hand, opponent have 4, planeswalker on board and who knows what else. Lack of interaction hurts with elves, I can't reliably kill opponent before he assembles Ezuri-Vizier-Devoted combo. Which is strange,this deck in theory should had hard time holding me off. There are much more planeswalkers seeing play lately, which give me hard time. Even if I manage to take down one, it already did fine job in either killing my slivers, disrupting strategy, generating advantage over me, and I must either commit my all force to it (Lingering Souls), or go for player and get terribly torn by abilities. I mean, seriously, last couple of weeks were terrible. Necrotic Sliver does good job taking out planeswalkers, manlands and certain threats, but it never actually feel good to use it, costs 6 mana without Vial, sliver and usually results in losing Necrotic anyway. I'm taking out Sedge Sliver for a while, regeneration does not help much with all these Damnation and exile I'm having in my meta. Syphon Sliver leaves main deck now, Darkheart takes it's place. Syphon can enable you massive life gains I admit, but Darkheart works at instant speed, gives some profit against spot removal, and proves more reliable. I also moves fourth Diffusion to main, as well as Dormant Sliver (with more sac/blink abilities defender should be less of a problem), Homing and Megantic Sliver for little testing.Posted in: Deck Creation (Modern)
Ayronna, how did you do in PPTQ?
Sep 28, 2017Red XIII do you have problems with playing around your own Root Maze? Also, why 4 Homing Slivers? Are they not too mana expensive for casting, and too many for tutoring Megantic and Telekinetic? I'm not much of specialist, but I would try to play as many 1-drops as possible, especially Virulent Sliver that is in your colors and ends game on itself? And it stacks. Poison 1-mana slivers may be actually faster than waiting for Megantic to show up, or as alternative win condition. There is actually nice synegry around that play, several 1-drops, and either lock opponent with mana/spell deny while beating, or play mana sliver to turn 1-drops into mana dorks to cast Megantic and swing next turn. Also, once you have Virulent on board let's say on turn 2 (turn 1 Root Maze), opponent is put under pressure, while you can hold mana for counters. If it isn't budget deck, you may also consider Aether Vial, to sneak slivers on battlefield while keeping mana for anserws, or if lands doesn't come. I like Faithless Looting here, it looks great (on paper at least). So:Posted in: Deck Creation (Modern)
4x Striking Sliver, 4x Diffusion Sliver, 4x Virulent Sliver, 2x Gemhide Sliver, 2x Megantic Sliver
Not sure about Venom. Can anyone actually play effective and dangerous creature against your deck? Play 1-drop insted? Sidewinder Sliver could wreck Lingering Souls and other 1/1 tokens.
Cautery Sliver is as I understand for something like Devoted Druid or Noble Hierarch?
1-2x Telekinetic Sliver. Too good in this deck not to play, but 4 mana.
4x Sleep isn't too much? I feel 2 would suffice. You could play with 2 Lead the Stampede and 1 Spell Pierce maindeck. Or another sliver. Or some bounce spell.
Since all lands already enter the battlefield tapped anyway, maby change City of Brass and\or Mana Confluence into tap lands? You have way too many lands that keeps pinging you every tap. You can even go for unplayable otherwise 3-color lands, name Frontier Bivouac. Anything that comes tapped and gives bonus for it, like scry. Abuse your game style as much as possible.
If you however want quick tempo with little control, reduce deck from cards that are least devoted to your plan, and play creatures with disruption. Since you play red, even Lightning Bolt and other burn finishers would suffice.
Hope I helped.
Galerider Sliver. I can't count how many times this guy won me game out of nowhere, Jund only plays 1 Olivia with flying. Topdecking Galerider often equals win. Hand disruption hurts, so Liliana of the Veil, Dark Confidant, Tarmogoyf, sometimes also Death Shadow. Rest preety much like Worldsaverinc said. Warping Wail, Chameleon Colossus, Sedge Sliver, Hivelord, Dismember, Diffusion Sliver. I would consider sideboarding out Aether Vials, for same reason as for Grixis Death Shadow. To have more anserws and treats than they.
Sep 16, 2017Results from two events I participated:Posted in: Deck Creation (Modern)
RG Hollow One 1-2
In game 1 opponent got way too many lands and nothing else, conceded when I had 2 lords, Sedge and Syphon on board. In game 2 however he had perfect play, turn one fetch to shock to Insolent Neonate, turn 2 Faithless Looting, discard land and 4/3 green creature with haste and return to battlefield if cast two creature spells, sac Neonate, and cast two Hollow One for 0, returning green guy and swing for 4, summary 12 power on board. Game 3 I lost because missed trigger from Harmonic, and didn't kill Hollow One.
WU Control 0-2
Both games opponent easly controlled me, Spreading Seas on Caverns, counters, Spell Queller, Path to Exile, Gideon of the Trials +1 ability, boardwipes. Not much to say here.
Jund 1-2
Game 1 I have stolen win with Collected Company, hitting Galerider and lord, Vial in another lord, swing for kill. Game 2 I had bad draw, opponent had lot of removal, killed me with Olivia Voldaren, pinging for 1 damage my slivers and attacking. Game 3 he had again lot of removal, what slivers left could not hold Tarmogoyf for hitting 5 every turn, as well as Olivia.
Mistake with Harmonic probably costed me first mach, as well as not enough lords to stand against early creatures with base 4/4. Against Jund I should have mulliganed until Diffusion show up. I felt terrible after all, and decided to change deck, entirelly rejecting my earlier choices. No more Legion and Hivelord in main deck.
WU Control 1-2
Same guy as previous. He uses Spell Queller to catch uncounterable slivers and Collected Company, and attacks with that 2/3 flying. Harmonic do great job against Spreading Seas and Detention Sphere. Frenetic is vital in this matchup, but coin failed me every time here, so it's realy bad. Necrotic can kill Gideons and Elspeth easly, but got eaten by Spell Queller. I won one game only because sideboarded Descendants' Path reveled lord on top, which opponent countered, tapped himself and I draw Collected Company with Galerider and Sedge, which was enough to push. It's gonna be so much fun after that new planeswalker ruling hit
Boros Burn 0-2
Completly without chance. Game 1 opponent had perfect hand, and killed me ridiculusly fast. Game 2 we stuck board with Monastery Swiftspear, 2 Goblin Guides and Harsh Mentor and Shrine of Burning Rage on his side and 2 Sinew and 2 Predatory and Diffusion on mine. I had about 4 life, he about 16. I drew Syphon, casted and attacked with four 5/5 lifelink slivers, whch he responded with Skullcrack. Blocked all with his creatures, killed me with Shrine following turn.
BR Pack Rats 1-1 (time run out)
Both games were long, both opponent hit board with Blood Moon turn 3. First game Vial and Manaweft kept me alive despite Moon. Opponent was attacking me with Goblin Rabblemaster tokens, but had nothing else to do. I kept htting him with 1/1 lifelink Galerider (Syphon), eventualy draw 4-th land to cast CoCo hitting Sedge and Diffusion. Opponent decided to go all in and attacked, but did not know that Sedge's regeneration is separete from having swamp in play, so I could block and not lose any creature. Without blockers and with my lethal he conceded. Game 2 we got stuck on board again, this time he had however Dark Confidant and Pack Rat. Segde, Syphon and Manaweft allowed me to hold attacks, hoping to win by Confidant's draw damage, unfortunatly opponent cast Anger of the Gods, forcing me to tap for regeneration, than attacked with 4 Pack Rats, killing me on spot.
I currently preety much copied top sliver decks, see how it goes. Sliver Legion and Hivelord cannot be cast with Mutavault in play, and it is terrible issue, resulting in moving Hivelord to sideboard and Legion out. I'll try Descendants' Path for some time, rest is very standard list. Lately I have been losing almost every game, so changes are needed. Or something.
Deck you posted seem nice Loki_Lionheart, it's werid aggro-control. Not sure about 4 Diffusion, but Phantasmal is cool. I wonder how it works in practice.
Sep 3, 2017Welcome back.Posted in: Deck Creation (Modern)
Hollow One Discard 2-1
Game 1 lost to early Hollow One and Monastery Swiftspear, too big to handle for my slivers, because of Mutavault I could not cast Sliver Legion, lacking one mana of color. Game 2 I played Sedge, Manaweft, 2 Sinew's and Syphon before opponent hit Blood Moon, overvalued his 3 Monastery Swiftspear's. Game 3 won with race.
Affinity 0-2
Game 1 opponent quickly smshed me with infect land. I had game 2 pretty much won by lethal, and I terribly misplayed by attacking with one too few slivers, allowing opponent to survive and kill me on counter attack.
Smallpox 0-2
Result like always, I keep losing cards to Smallpox, we go to topdeck mode, and planeswalker hits board - Gideon, Liliana, Sorin, whatever. I am prety much screwed by then.
Overall: I lose to affinity - too fast, too explosive, easly overmaneuver slivers with tricks. I lose to boardwipes, what dies remains dead and we trade one card for multiple. I lose to Smallpox in general - planeswalker in topdeck mode is game over, trading is very unfavorable for me, pleanty of answers. Doesn't feel too good. Can you lend me some help?
As for sticking with less colors for slivers and without Sedge, I would suggest BantGWU combination: Galerider, Diffusion, Predatory, Sinew, Collected Company, Manaveft, so easly forgotten Mirror Entity, (which is somehow substitute for Sedge), Sentinel, Chameleon Colossus and Harmonic all can play there. As for mana base, we go for only 4 rainbow lands, which are Cavern of Souls, not Sliver Hive, though it hurts me to even think about it. Also 4 Mutavault, and 12 other lands in combination of basics and dual. Bant colors also have acces to good utility cards, so there is room to experiment. What do you think?
Aug 5, 2017Thanks for link, this will be realy helpful.Posted in: Deck Creation (Modern)
WU Spirits 2-0
Both games won with combination of Cavern, Sedge, Swamp and Syphon. Opponent had rather poor hand both times.
RG Ponza 2-0
Game 1 I start, opponent had perfect hand, turn 1 forest - arbor elf, turn 2 shock land, two enchantments on forest, bird of paradise and blood moon, turn 3 another arbor and dragon with monstrous and haste. I went with turn 1 mutavault-vial, turn 2 hive, diffusion, vial in galerider, turn 3 land only. Turn 4 I went with ridiculous play - vial in necrotic, sac galerider and destroy forest. All of sudden he was unable to get back from that. Game 2 I raced him, Inferno Titan could not kill my slivers due to Diffusion.
WB Smallpox 0-2
Both games opponent kept me on none to 1-2 lands from start, no vial, hand disrupted, planeswalkers on board.
Jul 31, 2017Yoy did rather well ekienhol, grats. Do you also have feeling Death's Shadow decks become somewhat more tolerable to play with? Eldrazi Tron less so, yet I feel like they NEED good/great hand in order to win with us, otherwise dies quickly. In vast Modern, I belive we all have to accept there will be deck types terrible to play against, like any other deck have. Why you side out Diffusion against Tron?Posted in: Deck Creation (Modern)
Ayronna your core looks standard, Galerider-Sinew-Predatory-Manaweft-Diffusion combo. Anything else is your personal taste, which is always great in slivers, although I agree with Worldsaverinc about Chameleon Colossus over Mirran Crusader. It's true Mirran helps against Shadow AND Tarmogoyf, but Colossus synergies with slivers, his protection already blasts Grixis DS who can only interact with Snapcaster and hand disruption, and Mirran costs double white mana, which you have only two lands to produce and Manaweft. You higly risk being unable to cast it (I think?). I could also suggest more life based sliver, Syphon Sliver and Darkheart Sliver, helps against burn and race. Never played against Elves/hardcore combo decks, can't realy help How does your maindeck Bonescyte works? We were wondering it some time ago. And how often you use Virulent? Also praise our sliver gods Sliver Legion Sliver Hivelord.
Anyone have troubles casting Colected Company due to mana? Lost Legacy against combo decks? Speed up deck? Oh, and I found this thing lying around internet, Creeping Renaissance, 1 sideboard against slower less-control decks. I might give it try.
Jul 29, 2017Here we go again,Posted in: Deck Creation (Modern)
Grixis Death Shadow 2-0
In game 1 he had a lot of disruption, sabotaging my plans, damaging himself down to about 6, I could only hold my ground waiting for opening to swing, which never came. Then, with 4 life, Darkheart, Diffusion and token I topdecked Hivelord, and he could not finish me with his 2 Death Shadows and Snapcaster (Tasigur died to Dismember, after returning useless by then Fatal Push). He even had to cast Street Wraith normally to use swampwalk, yet Darkheart and tokens kept me alive. Galarider allowed me later to hit and win. Sideboard IN Syphon, Venom, Chameleon Colossus, 2x Frenetic, Diffusion, Two-Headed , OUT 4x Vial, 2x Darkheart, Harmonic (7). Game 2 I kept good hand, but still fell off with his removal and strong creatures, then Hivelord saved me again similar way. Opponent conceded when it was clear game will go like previous.
Abzan Tarmogoyf 2-0
Game 1 opponent kept hand with probably all removal his deck possessed, my slivers kept dying one by one. I managed however to trage Necrotic with Tarmogoyf, he didn't see many other creatures for some time, yet got me low. Hivelord stabilized board, bought me enough time to play other slivers and eventually won . Sideboard IN Venom, 2x Frenetic, Relic of Progenitus, Necrotic, OUT Harmonic, 2x Darkheart, 2x Vial (5). Opponent starts, turn 1 Noble Hierarch, turn 2 Liliana of the Veil. Ouch. I played Galerider and Predatory (killed quickly), opponent activated Liliana's + over and over, but I managed to navigate what to discard, keeping her loyality on same level with Galerider, we put like 5 cards on graveyard this way, to point I could put sliver tokens in respond to lili's -2. He could not attack with Hierarch or Spirits without endangering Liliana, kept drawing lands, while I established little board with no lords. You may not belive me, but hey, Hivelord hit board, and I could start attacking, safe from destroy and trade. Liliana stayed on board realy long, since I realized it's more profitable to ignore her and go for life points.
Eldrazi Tron 2-0
My nemesis, we both dislike playing each other. Game one I started with 4 lands on hand, went wide with slivers (manaweft + hive), while he made Tron turn 3, played Thought-Knot (lands on my hand only), turn later Reality Smasher both attack, and that didn't went well for him, because exposed to my counter attack with slivers and Mutavaults, Darkheart ensuring my survival - his life went down a lot. He played another Smasher and passed turn, taking defensive approach. Topdeck Galerider. Sideboard IN Venom, Necrotic, Telekinetic, Syphon, Two-Headed, 2x Frenetic, OUT 4x Vial, Darkheart, Sentinel, Diffusion (7). Game 2 I played aggressively with Syphon, Galerider, Sinew and Darkheart (one CoCo played), so when I got hit by All is Dust, both lifelink and Darkheart settled my life at 41, including constant damege from Matter Reshaper (In the meantime he played two Chalices on 2 and 3 counters). On clear board he tapped out to play Endbringer, leaving himself on mercy of my second CoCo I kept on hand. Hit Sedge and Predatory, swing with 2 Mutavaults as well.
W/U Spirits 1-1
We took draw, since we were only pair with full set of wins. Played for first pick. Game one I got manaflowed, with only Manaweft and Darkheart in play, no chance at all. Sideboard IN 2x Syphon, Striking, Two-Headed, 2x Frenetic, Diffusion, OUT 2x Dismember, Hivelord, 2x Darkheart, Vial, Homing (7). Game 2 he didn't play many creatures, I pushed with Syphon and lords. Game 3 he made few major mistakes, attacking with spirit smaller than my blockers once, we traded blows, yet he got me to 5 life(I kept my slivers on safer attacks to not lose any, hoping for suprise gamesteal), than I topdecked Syphon. I managed to get life back, pushed him down to 10, than opponent made another terrible mistake: atttacked with Selfless Spirit and Mausoleum Wanderer, kept two spirit lords to block. I barely got enough damage through, but won.
Overall I don't now how, but I ended on first place. Every single game was challenging for both me and opponents, great games indeed (save last one), with really few parts based fully on luck. Hivelord was ridiculous in first two matches, winning me four games in a row, all from edge of death, Galerider is win condition, plain and simple, Legion saw no play this time, Sedge makes slivers virtually unkillable, Mutavaults are pure gold. Tron played had really bad luck with me, unable to stop my board or delay it, also wasted time playing these two Chalices that gave him nothing (I never noticed that Cavern of Souls counters these). Games with Spirits were tough race, life gain won along with Diffusion.I'll try to find room for one Syphon in main deck, maybe for Darkheart, I realy could use some life gain in first games . I noticed to sideboard out Aether Vial realy often, siding slivers insted. I will also side Venom and something else in place of 2 Warping Wails, I never put these to play. I also have issue with opponents left with 2-3 life and I can't reach them anymore (stabilized board). My pick from redraft was Liliana of the Veil. 10/10 would play again.
I had not time to make changes in deck.
Turn-4 Emrakul
Game 1 opponent drown in mana, free win. Luckly for me I knew by then his deck. Sideboard IN 2x Frenetic, Venom, 2x Warping Wail, Necrotic, OUT 2x Dismember, Hivelord, Darkheart, Harmonic, Homing (6). Game 2 Emrakul, the Aeons Torn entered board from Polymorph turn 4. I could actually win this game, sacrificed lands and 2 Vials, saved 2 lords and diffusion, but he played then Lingering Souls, blocking my way. Game 3 I raced him desperatly, killing before he found cheat spell.
Jund Delirium 2-1
Game 1 I had perfect curve, turn 1 Mutavault to Vial, turn 2 lord, vial in Galerider etc. He had no removal. Sideboard IN Two-Headed, Diffusion, 2x Frenetic, Venom, Relic, Necrotic, OUT 4x Vial, Darkheart, Sentinel, Harmonic. Game 2 I was stuck on 2 lands including Mutavault, yet it took him forever to kill me. Game 3 was under time pressure, long end tiring. I had to mulligan to 5, and we played trading cards game. Sliver Hive and lands helped me greatly, took down Liliana of the Veil, 2 Dark Confidants, Grim Flayer, and we get stuck on clogged board, unable to press. In last minutes I dopdecked Galarider and won (we were both on few life points).
Eldrazi Tron 2-0
Apperently we play every time we met, way too often maby. Game 1 was clean kill, Galarider, Manaveft, two lords, Mutavault, more lords, Tron runs few removal in main to deal with slivers. Sideboard IN Syphon, Telekinetic, Venom, 2x Frenetic, Necrotic, OUT 2x Vial, Homing, Sentinel, Sedge, Darkheart (6). Game 2 opponent had some anserws and pressure, but early Syphon and Frenetic kept me safe.
WB Smallpox 0-2
Game 1 opponent started, played some replacing itself land turn 1 and Smallpox turn 2, killing my Hive. I had too few lands, wrong colors, he controlled board with spirits, liliana and removal. Easly beaten. Sideboard IN 2x Warping Wail, Two-Headed, Striking, Syphon, OUT Necrotic, 2x Dismember, Hivelord, Darkheart. Game 2 went terrible, mulligan to 5, one land on hand. Land got destroyed soon, I got another few turns later. Mutavault, Then another one. And another. Casted only Warping Wail against Smallpox.
Overall result is very good, won three hard matches. I will need to make changes in deck, I keep siding in Frenetic Sliver in great number of games, Warping Wail could be great in last match, but doesn't really help anywhere save sorcery based combo. I think both Venom and Relic of Progenitus will take it's slots. I noticed people started siding against me cards like Grafdigger's Cage and Hallowed Moonlight to lock Aether Vial and Collected Company, so it is possible I start siding them out sometimes. I also need to do something about aditional reach when my slivers can't finish game. Bad manabase for that though.
Tron struggles greatly against me lately, we can actually exploit they few removal presideboard. I know it's easier said than done, but Tron plays cards not realy useful against us (Relic of Progenitus, Chalice of the Void, Karn Liberated). We are surely on clock of All is Dust, as well as pressure of Turn-2-Seer-Turn-3-Smasher, but it's winable. Of course it is possible I simply had luck. I never realy feel good whoever I got paired with, like there were no good matchups for slivers, but somehow manages to win. It may be our werid deck mechanics, people need specific anserws against it, which is never too good in only 15-cards sideboard. Main deck Hivelord is actually good thing, often locking opponent's removal and boardwipes, as well as creatures.
Sorry for textwall.
Jul 25, 2017Prismwake Merrow Scuttlemutt Distorting Lens Nightcreep Cloudchaser Kestrel Indigo Faerie Niveous WispsPosted in: Deck Creation (Modern)
Yup, Ghostflame is better then these, negates protection from color as Worldsaverinc mentioned, but still really narrow. Even Sigarda, Host of Herons would be better here. We will work something out eventually, I'm sure.
Jul 24, 2017I always thought about Striking as advantage against aggro/token decks, without Venom it is not very useful against Tron. To tell the truth, it is also hard for us to put any non-sliver cards in our usually 12 colorless mana base (Cavern, Hive and Mutavault), Relying too much on Manaslivers doesn't seem good idea since they have priority in eating removal like all the time. To fight Tron I think we need deathtouch/blink combo to kill Eldrazi and avoid sacrifice, Dismember and exile, where regeneration gives little help. Siding out Sedge may be right call. Ceremonious Rejection sounds tempting actually. On side note, menace sliver proved itself worthy, against WB tokens, Jund Tarmogayf and Abzan Tarmogayf, +1 in sideboard.Posted in: Deck Creation (Modern)
Jul 18, 2017Congratulations on nice result ekienhol! Always glad to hear you guys are doing finePosted in: Deck Creation (Modern)
Seems Chameleon Colossus was right call against black-heavy decks, huh? About Eldrazi Tron, I would higly recommend using Necrotic to blow their lands/big threats and Telekinetic to tap them (Reality Smasher triggers on spells only), Venom to kill creatures usually bigger sooner than ours and Syphon, who greatly pushes us forward in damage race. It is more control and react game (or aggro race?). I also noticed you side out Blur sliver almost every game.
I personally hope for nice sliver token generating in upcoming sets, also flash and damage reach in better Psionic Sliver. Until we get our missing trample sliver, why not to settle for nice Two-Headed Sliver? I will actually give him try soon, getting around these pesky chump blockers more-or-less. In Hour of Devastation we got potential push through blockers with upside, like Driven // Despair and Crash Through. I need to get some ideas myself, have tough time with Jund/Abzan Tarmogoyf/Scavenging Ooze (any tips for these?) AND, someone dare to play hate in form of Olivia Voldaren!
Kizzel slivers are super fun to play and brew to your personal style, but you may find them less devoted to primal tactic of beating down hard, which is both upside and downside.
Wish me luck guys, tomorrow another event!
Jul 13, 2017And here we go, result form yesterday:Posted in: Deck Creation (Modern)
WB tokens 2-0
Game 1 Opponent had no turn-one-disruption, I pretty much safely developed my board with Galerider and Predatory (which ate Path to Exile), blowed his Bitterblossom with Harmonic turn three, killed soon after since he get mana flooded, only having Shambling Vent to defence. Sideboard IN 2 Striking Sliver, 1 Harmonic, 2 Warping Wail, OUT 1 Necrotic, 1 Diffusion, 2 Darkheart, 1 Vial. Game 2 He cast Inqusition turn one, I put few non-lord slivers on board, while he Intangible Virtue and Stony Silence. My Collected Company hit Harmonic and Galerider, taking care of both. Then he cast Damnation and cleared board, but I had one card in hand still - another CoCo. Eventually I overpovered his spirits/fearies, but he still kept me in check with Vault of the Archangel. Praise first strike.
Merfolk 2-0
Game 1 I was afraid of this game, since Merfolk can quicly outrace slivers, even in one damn hit. Galerider turn 1, followed by others for clear damage, pushed opponent to defence and eventually he lost too much life to come back. Harmonic on Spreading Seas. Once again, CoCo proved to be uncontested stuff of nightmares. Sideboard IN 1 Venom Sliver, 1 Syphon, 1 Harmonic, 2 Striking, OUT 2 Darkheart, 1 Necrotic, 2 Diffusion. Game 2 Great one, quick too. He settled on two Islands, dropping merfolk every turn, I on three - Mutavault, Cavern, Overgrown Tomb around turn 5. He had two lords, two 2/1 and something else, I Predatory, Gemhide, Striking, Harmonic (killed my own Vial). It gave me a lot to think about - opponent have like 6 cards in hand, I have three: Sentinel, Legion and Sedge. What to play? I eventually decided to go all in, tapped all lands and slivers for Legion and Sentinel. I had to take risk, since if opponent would turn my land to Island, I couldn't block anyway due to islandwalk. It was me or him next turn. And he didn't topdeck. Next turn I played Sinew, awekened Muta and swinged for 64.
Grixis Death Shadow 0-2
Game 1 Started well. I took opponent down on life, he kept killing my slivers, then I suddenly lost gas completely. He cleared board, countered CoCo, put Death Shadow, swing with Temur Battle Rage. Sideboard IN 1 Venom, 1 Necrotic, 1 Syphon, OUT 1 Harmonic, 1 Vial, 1 Darkheart. Game 2 Mulligan to 5, kept hand with Hivelord, Legion, Mutavault, two other lands and Gemhide on top. Thoughtseize got out Hivelord, Gemhide killed with Lightning Bolt, Terminate vs. Legion, he took himself to 1 intended. Snapcaster and Shadow killed me safely. Yup.
Eldrazi Tron 0-2
Game 1 Was rather unlucky. Thought-Knot turn 2, Reality Smasher, Reshaper, Karn... Stuff. Not much to say. Sideboard IN 1 Telekinetic, 1 Venom, 2 Warping Wail, 1 Necrotic 1 Harmonic, OUT 4 Sedge, 2 Darkheart. Game 2 Was long, we kept trading a lot, I could play only thanks to vial turn one, spend 2 Harmonic, 2 Necrotic, Galerider and Predatory to get rid of his Smasher, Gravedigger's Cage, Walking Ballista, Urza's land and Reshaper, he hit board with All is Dust and excellently baited me for CoCo to play ANOTHER one, well.I took him down to 1, got killed by Smasher.
Ended 2-2
Deducation: I feel REALY bad with result. First two games were great because depending little on luck, while rest - disaster. People seems to start adapting to slivers, so I may need to change some things soon. Legion once again deserve spot in deck,he steals games and puts pressure. Harmonic really needs place in main too. I am also satisfied so far about 1 Homing Sliver in main, since I can turn him into sliver bullet stuck on bottom of library thanks to CoCo or virtually any sliver in response with vial in play. Thanks for advice about Mutavault guys, particularly Eternaleend, works like a charm. Any tips for sideboard against Grixis and Tron? And how do you see 1-2 Dusk//Dawn in side? I sometimes wish to get back slivers form graveyard when no cards on hand.
Jul 2, 2017Eternaleend, of course, and I really appeciatePosted in: Deck Creation (Modern)
Four additional 2/2 slivers under lands sounds tempting, I will definitely test it, though it may be harder to activate Collected Company without City. Well, we will find out.
Harmonic is nice, actually. It's rather luck that I didn't had to destroy my Vials so far, but he protects me well against "gotya!" type cards like Moon, Chalice, some enchantments etc. so there are way less games where you get locked. I recommend it, even with that risk. Same goes for Necrotic.
For sliver gods I play two of them main due to one reason - they turn game around. Once any hit board, opponent MUST deal with it as soon as possible. Hivelord - no sweepers, no combat trade, no destroy, and sedge is vulnerable to wrath/damnation. Legion for 7/7 and often massive grow. I treat them as finishers or bombs, haven't failed me so far (Except burn but seriously...). My meta is rather slow too.
Despite more devoted and deadly decks like elves or melfork, slivers are really fun deck to play and flexible. Only mana base is tricky, but otherwise there is simply no hate card except Blood Moon that could deny us any way to come back.
As for sideboard, I have:
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When we were there on day 5 of Chinese new year, it was full house.
This is what I mean when I said China -full- House. ;P
We were walking from front to the back of the cafe looking for seats.
Meanwhile, we explored this very long and slim old time shop house and cam-whoring.
Also with a wine room.
Nice courtyard.
When we were about to give up and leave as we found no empty table, there's people leaving from the first table near the entrance.
We were lucky. :)
Fy had her crushed mint and lime soda, RM10.
Very refreshing.
My cappuccino, RM10.
Not as good as I expected, as many said good.
Maybe they were busy serving such a huge crowd on that day.
Chenyee's latte, RM10.
No magic as well.
Pineapple upsidedown (RM8) and kahlua tiramisu (RM12).
Nice cakes~
The pricy chicken pie (RM30), but with the oh-so-tasty mashed potato, we satisfied. :)
We wanted to try a dish with avocado, but unfortunately it's unavailable on the day.
The crowd started to dismiss after an hour.
Chenyee's doodle.
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text: ONCE IS NOT ENOUGH FOR TOM AND KATIE! COUPLE IN RUSH FOR 2ND CHILD By JOHN SOUTH TOM CRUISE and KATIE HOLMES are hiding another baby secret less than two months after the birth of baby No. 1, they're already working on baby No. 2! The 43-year-old "Mission: Impossible" star and his bride-to-be became parents of daughter Suri on April 18, but Katie can't wait to have another one, insiders say. In fact, they say she may already be pregnant! "Tom and Katie are so thrilled with Suri that they want to have a second baby right away," said a source close to the couple. "And they're hoping to announce the news as early as their planned July 4th weekend wedding. "Before Suri's birth they talked about having two or three kids and they don't want to wait." In fact, 27-year-old Katie never dreamed she'd take to motherhood so well. "Katie was really scared of becoming a mom," an insider divulged. "She didn't know what to expect and she was worried that she'd be overwhelmed by all the responsibilities. But she's loving every minute of being home with Suri. Katie isn't at all concerned with getting back to work."


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Internationally renowned artist, Luke Jerram, has been installing over 2,000 clocks at the National Trust's Castle Drogo to bring his travelling installation, 'Harrison's Garden' to Devon, ready for visitors to see when this exhibition opens to the public on Friday 14 July.
A rare chance to see a vibrant tapestry by artist Grayson Perry, created for his popular Tomb of the Unknown Craftsman exhibition at The British Museum, is set to be displayed at the National Trust's Castle Drogo from Saturday 5th March.
The 15ft wide Map of Truths and Beliefs, created by Perry in 2011, will be part of the new Truth and Triomphe exhibition at the castle. Perry's tapestry will be hung alongside a French masterpiece, the 300 year old Char de Triomphe, made for King Louis XIV and believed to have hung in the Palace of Versailles during his reign. Continue reading…
Teign Spirits – an exhibition of large scale contemporary photographs in the landscape at Castle Drogo
As the huge 5-year building conservation project to save Castle Drogo continues, artists have been invited to create new contemporary artworks to respond to and interpret the project and the fascinating history of the site.
One of the creative partners working at Castle Drogo is the established photographer Mike Smallcombe. For the past year Mike has been gathering stories and images to create a series of ten large-scale photographs to display around the site.
What might happen if Castle Drogo was left to the elements? From 9 March, a perfect glass 'drip' suspended in a trophy cabinet, a room where Dartmoor appears to have taken over, help bring to life the castle's past and give an insight into how it's being saved.
Has spring sprung for you? In some places the season is coming out to play with many flowers making appearances for the first time this year. Continue reading…
A World War I commemorative stone sundial was unveiled in Drewsteignton Village Garden yesterday, marking Remembrance Day.
Tim Cambourne, Castle Drogo Project Manager said: 'There is a very close connection between the Trust and the residents of Drewsteignton and surrounding villages. Many of the craftsmen working on the castle enlisted along with Julius Drewe's three sons.
Ever since Castle Drogo was built 100 years ago, it has let in the Dartmoor rain. With water pouring in from the roof, walls and windows, by 2012 the situation was critical, and this spectacular granite building could have been lost.
Following a massive appeal, work has begun in earnest on repairing the castle. Today saw a specialist 100 tonne crane arrive at the property to lift a series of granite lintels, each weighing little over 1 tonne, as well as a large oak beam back onto the roof structure.
With work to save Castle Drogo in full swing, visitors with a head for heights now have the chance to climb some stairs to reach a 20-metre high viewing platform set above the roof. Taking in breathtaking views of the Teign valley and Dartmoor on the way up, from the top there's a bird's eye view of all the painstaking and skilled conservation work going on.
From 8 March, Castle Drogo is fully open every day, and this is a unique opportunity to get 'under the skin' of the last castle built in England. This stunning fortress was designed by Edwin Luytens, one of the greatest architects of the twentieth century, as an ancestral family home with all the latest mod-cons for Julius Drewe, a grocery millionaire who retired at just 33.
The next few years promise to be busy ones for the National Trust at Castle Drogo. This is the most exciting time in the history of the castle since its initial construction. After receiving funding from the Heritage Lottery Fund and Interreg, a European grant, work has started on a 5 year major building project to save this iconic place from assault from wind and rain. What's great is that the Castle will stay open for the entire project and the mammoth task of erecting the huge scaffolding structure over the southern half of the castle has now begun.
The scaffolding will be one of the largest structures on Dartmoor. The carefully designed Scandinavian HAKI system, which is quicker to erect than traditional scaffolding, is designed to be able to withstand the extreme Dartmoor weather, while protecting the building as the work progresses. The massive buttresses will hold the temporary roof in place and withstand huge wind loads; it is 10 lifts high.
But what the castle still needs are more volunteers to help tell its story. There are loads of opportunities for people to get involved as volunteers, from Room Guiding and conservation cleaning to car parking and managing the estate. The latest opportunity is to run the scaffold viewing tower; a platform is being erected within the scaffolding for visitors to be able to safely get to roof level and get a birds eye view of the incredible work taking place.
Tim Cambourne, Senior Project Manager, says "Castle Drogo is such a fascinating property and this is a great time to be involved. We are starting one of the most ambitious conservation projects the National Trust has ever embarked on but we need volunteers to help us bring this project alive. The next four years will be hard work, and a period of great change, the result will be to save the castle so it can be enjoyed by generations to come"
As a charity, the National Trust is dependent on the help of its volunteers. It would not be possible to open Castle Drogo without the volunteers who generously give their time. If you would like to do something that is interesting, enjoyable and rewarding, why not consider getting involved? You can meet new people, learn new things, use your skills and, of course, have fun.
Whatever your interests or availabilities, there is a volunteer role for you so why not see another side of Drogo and spend your time in beautiful, grand surroundings, by joining the team and helping to ensure the future of this fabulous place.
You do not need any prior knowledge of the property as all necessary information, training and full support is provided. Also travelling expenses are reimbursed and you get the opportunity to learn new skills, meet new people and go out for trips and meals.
To find out more about any of the volunteering opportunities at Castle Drogo, please contact Sarah Lawrence, Volunteer Development Officer, on 01647 434114 or email email@example.com.
One of the largest projects ever undertaken by the National Trust to save Castle Drogo in Devon from certain ruin has now begun.
The castle has suffered major structural problems ever since completion resulting in serious leaks and water penetration throughout the building. Without extensive conservation work the castle would eventually have become inaccessible and this national treasure would have been lost forever.
Although building work will have a dramatic influence on what visitors will see at Castle Drogo for the next five years, the Castle will be very much open to visitors during this time.
Visitors will have the opportunity to learn all about the castle's history via a series of theatrical installations by Codsteaks, a company of designers best known for their scenery for films with Aardman Animations such as 'The Pirates! In an adventure with Scientists!'
Dramatic installations, based on letters, postcards and plans from the archive, will show how and why Castle Drogo was originally built. Visitors will immediately understand how Mr Drewe made enough money to build his very own family castle and why it was built on Dartmoor. They will discover how a dedicated team of stone masons and craftsmen helped the renowned architect Sir Edwin Lutyens create his masterpiece, and how sometimes things were not as straightforward as Lutyens, Drewe and their clerk of works, J.C Walker, hoped they would be.
Visitors will also learn about the challenges in saving this 20th century castle and why Antony Drewe offered the castle to the National Trust.
Spaces unaffected by the building work have been used to store the castle's contents safely, so no room will have the 'lived in' look it used to have. Instead, objects have been grouped and displayed in new ways, to help tell the story of the family, their lives and times. Two rooms, newly open to the public, are now stores where conservation work can be carried out by the staff. Here, visitors will get a chance to see this work close up and understand better how the objects in the collection are cared for.
Finally through the windows at the top of the castle there will be the chance to enjoy the changing views down the Teign gorge and contemplate the river where Mr Drewe enjoyed fishing for salmon on his new estate, living the life of a country gentleman in the shadow of the castle he dreamt of.
In a few months time, visitors will get chance to experience a 'once in a lifetime' chance to scale the outside of the castle walls on a scaffolding tower. They will see for themselves the re-pointing and re-roofing work that is essential to the building's survival, and be able to take in the views across Dartmoor which makes this place so special.
The whole project will be brought alive by the volunteer team who will help present the castle in a completely new way with rooms never before seen open to the public.
The castle opens to the public on Saturday 9th March daily until the 3rd November.


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The effect of a complementary e-learning course on implementation of a quality improvement project regarding care for elderly patients: a stepped wedge trial
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Implementation Science
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First Online: 02 March 2012Received: 23 December 2011Accepted: 02 March 2012DOI: 10.1186-1748-5908-7-13
Cite this article as: Van de Steeg, L., Langelaan, M., Ijkema, R. et al. Implementation Sci 2012 7: 13. doi:10.1186-1748-5908-7-13
BackgroundDelirium occurs frequently in elderly hospitalised patients and is associated with higher mortality, increased length of hospital stay, functional decline, and admission to long-term care. Healthcare professionals frequently do not recognise delirium, indicating that education can play an important role in improving delirium care for hospitalised elderly. Previous studies have indicated that e-learning can provide an effective way of educating healthcare professionals and improving quality of care, though results are inconsistent.
Methods and designThis stepped wedge cluster randomised trial will assess the effects of a complementary delirium e-learning course on the implementation of quality improvement initiative, which aims to enhance the recognition and management of delirium in elderly patients. The trial will be conducted in 18 Dutch hospitals and last 11 months. Measurements will be taken in all participating wards using monthly record reviews, in order to monitor delivered care. These measurements will include the percentage of elderly patients who were screened for the risk of developing delirium, use of the Delirium Observation Screening scale, use of nursing or medical interventions, and the percentage of elderly patients who were diagnosed with delirium. Data regarding the e-learning course will be gathered as well. These data will include user characteristics, information regarding use of the course, delirium knowledge before and after using the course, and the attitude and intentions of nurses concerning delirium care.
SettingThe study will be conducted in internal medicine and surgical wards of eighteen hospitals that are at the beginning stages of implementing the Frail Elderly Project in the Netherlands.
DiscussionBetter recognition of elderly patients at risk for delirium and subsequent care is expected from the introduction of an e-learning course for nurses that is complementary to an existing quality improvement project. This trial has the potential to demonstrate that e-learning can be a vital part of the implementation process, especially for quality improvement projects aimed at complex health issues such as delirium. The study will contribute to a growing body of knowledge concerning e-learning and the effects it can have on knowledge as well as delivered care.
Trial registrationNetherlands Trial Register NTR: NTR2885
Electronic supplementary materialThe online version of this article doi:10.1186-1748-5908-7-13 contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.
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Autor: Lotte Van de Steeg - Maaike Langelaan - Roelie Ijkema - Cordula Wagner
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Contribution to Composers' Symposium: Composers on what the word 'inspiration' means to them compiled by Gregor Forbes (limited edition of 20 copies). Also featuring contributions from Jay Capperauld, Gregor Forbes, Sam Beagles, Lucy Hollingworth, Martin Keary and Henry McPherson.
I think the reason I do what I do in my creative pursuits can be reduced down to what I would say is the coming together of circumstances I experience in my life, and properties of the medium I am working with (usually music/sound) that excite me on a more abstract level, and feel like an appropriate vehicle for me to respond to these circumstances in a way that is both fulfilling and engaging for myself and, hopefully, an audience.
These 'circumstances' I refer to are any situation or environment that I find myself in that stimulates some sort of feeling for me that I can't necessarily resolve by logical thinking; something that I feel the need to attempt to make sense of through responding to it through the process of composition – a process that for me involves an interplay of logical and non-logical thinking and action. The reason I believe the excitement for the medium comes into the equation for me also explains why what I make takes the form it does. There are many things going on in my life and the world I am in that I feel engaged in, yet some of these I feel the need to respond to through my work and some of these I don't. Similarly, there are so many things about the medium I work in – that I either come across through the work of other artists or through my own experimentation – that I find incredibly exciting, yet I don't feel the need to use all of these things (whether they are specific techniques or general aesthetics) in my work.
This is why I don't believe I find 'inspiration' in any one place or thing. Neither is it something that is 'internal' or 'external' to me. I am able to recognise it arises from these combinations of encounters in my life and work, but how it works beyond that – that is, why certain combinations of factors come together to drive me to do what I do and others do not – I am not yet quite so sure of.
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(RSF/IFEX) - Will 2012 be as bad as last year for Chileans working in the media, particularly news photographers and cameramen, as well as journalists and bloggers close to protest movements? The fear is well-founded and has been highlighted once again as support for the protest movement in the poor southern region of Aysén has spread, and students have once again gone on the march.
The negative trend apparent in Chile, which has fallen from 33rd to 80th out of 179 countries in the latest world press freedom index compiled by Reporters Without Borders, is unfortunately set to continue in view of the reported attacks on journalists.
"At issue once again are the abuses by the security forces, especially the carabinero militarized police," the press freedom organization said.
"Detentions, although short in duration, are often accompanied by the destruction of equipment, amounting to censorship. Such incidents have led to the cancellation of an attempt by some journalists to hold talks with the carabineros' command on preventive measures.
"Precise instructions must be given to the security forces, and made available publicly, and video journalists must be given a guarantee that they will be compensated for any equipment seized or destroyed."
Ricardo Uribe, a cameraman with the Colombian news station NTN 24, was detained on March 15 in Santiago during a demonstration by students in the Parque Bustamante which was violently dispersed by carabineros.
Witnesses said the students made no attempt to hide their faces, did not build barricades or take violent action. The journalist was detained on the grounds of impeding the actions of the security forces and was kept in a carabineros' bus, preventing him from covering the disturbances in a normal manner.
Several attacks on journalists were reported during demonstrations in Santiago in support of protests in the Aysén region. Since the start of the year, residents in Aysén have been expressing their dissatisfaction at the region's economic isolation, high fuel prices, low minimum salaries and lack of health and medical infrastructure.
The first of these was on 24 February when Félix Madariaga, a journalist with the Corporation of Promotion and Defense of the People's Rights (COPEDU), was detained by carabineros, who assaulted him and refused to attend to his injuries.
He was forced to seek medical attention by himself and, while he was being treated, he was questioned by carabineros who failed to ensure that a colleague or lawyer was present as required by law.
Also in Santiago, Jason Suder, an American reporter for the English-language newspaper Santiago Times, was arrested as he was photographing the interrogation of a young demonstrator, and was taken to a police barracks in the city centre.
His status as an international journalist granted him no protection from the carabineros' brutality, as he recounts in an article in the Huffington Post.
Two more cases of injurious assault were reported in the capital during demonstrations on 7 and 8 March – those of Jorge Zúñiga San Martin, a photographer with the magazine Punto Final, and a freelance colleague Cristián González.
In Aysén itself, the regional radio station Radio Santa María reported that one of its journalists, Rodrigo Labarca, was assaulted by a carabinero on 13 March, but fortunately suffered no serious injuries.
Reporters Without Borders is also concerned about the consequences for the free flow of information of the application in Aysén of the State Security Law, enacted under the 1973-1990 dictatorship and unchanged since, and of the 1984 anti-terrorism law, used in the recent past against Chilean and foreign journalists in the southern region of Araucania.
Aysén protests and student rallies have worrying impact on journalists' safety
(RSF/IFEX) - Will 2012 be as bad as last year for Chileans working in the media, particularly news photographers and cameramen, as well as journalists and bloggers close to protest movements? The fear is well-founded and has been highlighted once again as support for the protest movement in the poor southern region of Aysén has spread, and students have once again gone on the march.


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Hi experts, I seem to be running into problems with samba shares not being visible from windows machines in an Azure environment.
I have two SLES boxes one 11 SP4 and the other 12 SP2 the latter has shares that once enabled for guest access are visible from windows machines via their ip address. However the 11 SP4 machine's shares enabled in Yast the exact same way are not visible at all.
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Examination Success!
Congratulations to all our Year 11 who received their examination results this morning. There were many individual success stories that have contributed once more to a fantastic overall School result. This year 94% of students gained 5 A*-C (including English and Maths), with 100% of students gaining 5 A*-C (excluding English and Maths). The College saw a rise in the top grades of A* and A grades by 5% to 35% of all grades achieved and 60% A*-B. Students achieving on average 10 GCSE grades at A*-C. A celebration of their success will of course be formally recognised at the Annual Speech Night presentations in October.
Not to be out done the Year 10 early entry for English, Maths, and RE produced some fantastic indicators of the academic strength of this year group. With 97% A*-C in Maths (with 82% of these grades A*-B!), 90% in English (66% grades A*-B) and 95% (84% A*-B) in RE! Although the out-going Year 11 have statistically proven to be the best in the College for the last 5 years, they had better watch-out!
The results for the early entry module in RE for Year 9 were also available today and here College students produced some outstanding module results.


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I wrote this on Day 43 of being single. Never thought I would put this up here tbh. It's for all the other brokenhearted girls out there, especially those who've been in long-term relationships.
Back then, I've been putting my thoughts out everywhere, on a third Instagram dedicated to moving on, on a second Twitter account dedicated to ranting, on notebooks and on Whatsapp chats to my friends. It really does help, getting it all out. And I've almost forgot how much I loved sitting at the table, typing away for a new blog post.
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Building Science Fundamentals is a two-day seminar that teaches the basic knowledge needed to design and build durable, energy efficient, affordable and healthy buildings. The registration fee for this seminar is $795.
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Designed for current users who want to take it to the next level, this class will enhance the quality and speed of your WUFI results. Tips and tricks, hands-on practice with advanced examples, and discussion of field validation exercises are all part of this advanced seminar. The registration fee for this seminar is $395.
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, Westford, Mass.
Building Science Experts' Session is an annual two-day seminar that focuses on advanced building science topics. This session is intended to provide thought provoking professional development for experienced building industry professionals who are interested in healthy, durable and energy efficient new and old buildings. The registration fee for this seminar is $795.
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February 26-28, 2014
International Roofing Expo
, Las Vegas, Nev.
March 20-25, 2014
RCA International Convention and Trade Show
, Anaheim, Calif.
April 7-8, 2014
High Performance Buildings Conference
, San Francisco, Calif.
September 10-12
2014 ASHRAE/IBPSA-USA Building Simulation Conference
, Atlanta, Ga.
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SANTA FE, N. M. - The possible addition of a broadband internet transmitter on an existing radio com-munications
tower outside Chama has been added to the items being considered by the State Game Commis-sion
during Wednesday's meeting.
The Radio Communications Bureau of the General Services Division has requested the commission
consider adding the transmitter to a tower on Rabbit Peak.
The Commission will meet at 9 a. m. at the Indian Pueblo Cultural Center, 2401 12th St. NW. Other
items on the agenda are: the big game regulations for the 2004- 05 hunting seaons, land management and
state park development at Eagle Nest Lake, revision of elk tag allocations on the Valles Caldera National,
Preserve and a closed executive session.
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INCLUDES MP3 CODE. The Collectable Few was born in West London in 2008. United by a love of '80s New Wave records and fuzzy US guitar bands, the quartet create infectious sun-fuelled pop songs with multi-layered melodies and dance-worthy beats. 'Headstrong' is the band's long-awaited debut single and the follow up to their self-released 4-track EP 'Half The Night', which dropped in summer 2010 to much critical acclaim. Produced by the band themselves and long time cohort Nick Evans in London, it was mixed and mastered by up-and-coming producer Andrew Maury (Ra Ra Riot, Kisses, The Static Jacks) whilst doing live sound for Ra Ra Riot on their nationwide US tour, and at his studio in New York City. The track displays a modern, glossy pop sheen, and contains quite possibly the band's biggest hook to date, one that rivals the likes of White Lies and Kings Of Leon for sheer boldness, audacity and plain ambition. The flip side sees Maury drive the song towards the dancefloor (and Hype Machine charts), with a beat-heavy reworking under the much lauded RAC (Remix Artist Collective) tag.
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Sonya Doctorian is a video and photojournalist whose work focuses on documentary stories. She recently completed the Ted Scripps Environmental Journalism Fellowship at the University of Colorado. Living in Boulder is a homecoming for Sonya, who was a video journalist for The Rocky Mountain News until it closed in 2009. She moved to The Washington Post as deputy director of photography, then served as the Post Magazine's senior photo editor. She has led three photo staffs as director of photography; The St. Petersburg (FL) Times, The State newspaper in Columbia, SC and The Knoxville (TN) News-Sentinel. She began her career as a staff photographer at The Tampa (FL) Tribune.
Sonya earned a masters in documentary filmmaking from American University in Washington, DC and a bachelor of journalism from the University of Missouri.
Her challenge and passion is to show people's lives as they unfold through real-time observation.
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You are either a Competitor or Fan.
This time of year wrestlers need to be extra careful of getting caught up in the "Fan Mentality." I will admit it is harder today than ever before. Rankings, seedings, predictions, forums, interviews, newspapers, box scores. Then there is social media which amplifies everything- Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and on and on. Then there is Trackwrestling. Interviews, matches and endless past results. Then comes the mental gymnastics we play in our mind. Well I beat this kid by 3 points, he beat him by 4, so this will be a close match.
There is one major problem with all of this hype. It doesn't help you wrestle better. Will reading my opponents past results help me finish a single leg? How about turn my opponent or get off the bottom? That's a big NO! Most wrestlers I talk to say that they wrestle their best out of state or when they don't know their opponent. There is a simple reason why. They are focusing more on themselves than their opponent.
The good news- This is a quicker fix than most mental training. Simply steer clear of the "fan mentality" and distance yourself mentally or physically from people who are involved in the hype. You are either in the circle or out of the circle. A wrestler or a spectator. You can't be both effectively.
Mindset Tip- Don't look at or talk about rankings, forums, box scores, articles, Trackwrestling until the season is over. When you have an urge to do so, watch a technique video instead or get your mindset training done. Use social media to your advantage not to add pressure. Focus on the things that will help make you a better wrestler and competitor.
New Team Update: Newberry College
Wrestling Mindset is proud to announce that we will be working with the Wolves of Newberry College for the remainder of the 2015 season. They are coached by Jason Valek (head coach). The Wolves have finished in the top four at the National Duals in five of the last six seasons with runner-up finishes in 2009, 2010, 2012 and 2014.In 2013-14, the Wolves went 18-2 in dual action and qualified eight wrestlers for the NCAA Division II National Tournament. B.J. Young claimed his third career All-American honor with a sixth place finish at 141 lbs. Jared Holliday at 184 lbs. and Matt Wade at heavyweight also earned All-America honors. Newberry also claimed its highest finish in the team academic standings at 15th while finishing in 16th at the national. Holliday earned CoSIDA Academic All-America honors and he and teammate Seiji Borja were NWCA first team All-Academic.
Toughness isn't Optional
Wrestling season demands toughness. Each season brings ups and downs, wins and losses, good practices and bad, injuries and frustration. Your response doesn't just build character it reveals it. You have to be tough to be successful. You have to be stubborn about your goals. Expect adversity, deal with adversity and finally overcome adversity.
The wrestlers on top of the podiums in March believe that no matter what happens during the season it has made them stronger. Maybe you are not 100%. Maybe you have been beaten and bruised. Great wrestlers are the most stubborn about their goals. They believe that no matter what happens (losses, sick or even injured) they will win state and national titles in March. They are tough and continue to build Mental Toughness throughout the ups and downs of a long season.
Toughness isn't optional to be successful in wrestling. It is mandatory.
Wrestling Mindset is proud to announce that we will be working with the Fighting Scots of Edinboro University for the remainder of the 2015 season. Edinboro won their 4th consecutive PSAC Championship last season and finished 5th in the Division I NCAA tournament. They are coached by Tim Flynn (head coach), Cliff Moore and Colt Sponseller.


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Author Pens Pet Guardian Self-Defense Manual
Devoted dog owners know the dilemma -- my dog is old and has health issues: I know he doesn't feel great, but how should I know when to let him go to the big dog park in the sky?
James D. Schwartz, a retired Colorado fee-only financial planner, knows the problem well. "A large number of guardians (pet owners) have told me the same thing about asking their vets when it's time to say goodbye. In response to the question: 'How do we know when it's time?,' the response is something like, 'Oh, you'll know when it's time,'" he writes.
This answer wasn't good enough for Schwartz, owner of three standard poodles. He began to research this and other issues, including pet vaccination laws and public policy, micro-chipping, the low down on picking the right veterinarian, pet health insurance and more. Schwartz has, in fact, done an exhaustive analysis on the current state of the small-animal veterinary industry, leading him to publish his research and conclusions in his book, "Trust Me: I'm Not a Veterinarian!"
Schwartz has created what amounts to a pet owner's self-defense manual, offering advice on everything from pet cremation to up-to-the-minute facts on controversial pet vaccination practices and the frequent life-threatening or fatal results vaccination can have on older animals.
Experience with vaccination and his dogs Buddy, Nicki, Moolah, Elle, Max, Ricki and Moses led Schwartz to question and examine the science, practice and public policy of pet vaccination, leading him to the conclusion that veterinary vaccination practices, evidently dangerous to pet health, are in actuality a huge cash stream to small-animal vet practices. In his book, Schwartz deconstructs the financial and legislative implications for our pets that, in most cases, function as family members.


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The Department of Education's Professional Master of Education (PME) has been shortlisted for the Postgraduate Course of the Year (Arts and Humanities) in the GradIreland Higher Education Awards 2018.
This is a great recognition for the calibre of the PME in the Department and is the only PME course in the country to be shortlisted. The overall winner will be announced on 24th November 2017 so fingers crossed!
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Help! My Extremely Unreliable Sister Applied for a Job at My Company.
Dear Prudence answers more of your questions—only for Slate Plus members.
Every week, Mallory Ortberg answers additional questions from readers, just for Slate Plus members.
Q. Unstable sister trying to get a job at my workplace: My sister, who works in my industry, has had a lot of trouble with employment over the recent years. She has been diagnosed as bipolar but refuses to get treatment, as she is highly paranoid and distrustful of doctors. She has been fired from all of the positions she has had for the past three or four years for conflict between employees or directly insulting her superiors.
After struggling to find a job for several months, she told me that she applied for a job at my company, specifically within my office, which is midsize. It is not that I fear conflict between the two of us, but I fear that her behavior with other co-workers will reflect poorly upon me.
Any guidance on navigating this sticky situation? Should I assume the HR department will weed her out in the screening process, or do I need to take matters into my own hands? I feel that if I was honest with her about not wanting her to work at my company, she would blow up at me and proceed to try to get the job anyway.
A: If your sister's job history is as sketchy and full of unexplained gaps as you say it is, I think the odds of her getting called in for an interview are slim to none. You didn't recommend her as a candidate, so unless your workplace is unusually judgmental, I can't imagine how her behavior could reflect badly on you, unless at some point during the interview process you were asked to give a reference and you lied or otherwise covered for her.
If you feel absolutely compelled to, you can certainly speak to your boss about your sister's application and explain that you can't give her a good reference given her history of directly insulting her superiors, but you don't need to bring up her mental health when her job history speaks for itself. You're not obligated to explain to your sister why you don't think she should work at your company; there are numerous bureaucratic levels in place during the hiring process for exactly this reason. The likeliest outcome is that nothing will come of it.
Q. Reaching out or staying mum: My friend A and I were very close in childhood. We haven't lived in the same place in a long time and naturally drifted apart over the years, but we reconnected at a family event and have stayed in better touch since, making an effort to visit with one another when we happen to be in each other's cities. Her mom and my mom are very close, and I know through that grapevine that she is currently going through a divorce. Etiquette-wise I'm not sure if I should reach out or not. We're not especially close right now but obviously have a long history. I want to be there if she needs anything but also don't want to contribute any stress during a difficult time. What say you?
A: It would not, I think, add to your friend's stress levels if you contacted her and acknowledged reality. Her divorce is not a secret. You've recently reconnected and you're interested in staying close, so go ahead and call her and ask if you can take her out to lunch next time you're in town. If she doesn't want to discuss the details of her divorce, don't press but certainly let her know you're available if she wants to talk. That is what friends do, so don't worry you're intruding or causing additional stress unless she gives you reason to think so.


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I still vividly remember when I started climbing, struggling on 5.8's, and looking at folks on 5.12's in amazement. How could anyone possibly climb that? In those days, the ultimate goal in our community's eyes was to send 5.13a and onsight 5.12a… But that kind of ability just seemed so inhuman to me, how could anyone even climb 5.12, let alone onsight it!?
One year ago, eight years later, I climbed my first 5.13a, and onsighted my first 5.12's. I still can't entirely believe I did it. It seems too surreal, too superhuman for someone like me to achieve. That's the kind of stuff reserved for strong climbers, not me… No matter how strong I get, it seems that kid struggling on 5.8's will still be looking outward with a sense of awe and wonder: "How is that physically possible?!" I'm always surprised when one day, after a lot of training… It is! And then, a few months later, it becomes easy.
I felt dizzy just typing that last sentence. I've never felt like I'm special, especially not in climbing, so I'm always surprised whenever I achieve something. Climbing is maddeningly difficult, and yet… I've trained hard enough to develop these magic moments where it all comes together and just feels like the most natural thing in the world. Then once I realized that was possible, I trained specifically to lengthen those moments and live in them. When I was injured in Yosemite last spring, I thought I had lost that irretrievably. How could someone climb peacefully with no sense of equilibrium?
I hid in the basement and trained all winter once I realized my injuries were healed, and at the beginning of March, I returned to my old favorite haunts to take the fingers for a test-drive. Not only were they doing better than expected, but I was stronger than I'd dared even to hope. I managed to onsight "Thieves" (5.12a), and snake the redpoint on "Gas Chamber" (5.13a). I've never screamed with excitement after a send, but… Well… Fortunately, it was a weekday at the crag, so nobody had to hear me!
Much to my surprise, It felt like my fingers were just getting started.
I had a notion that some old favorites might go as solos with my newfound security on the wall from this winter's training, so I returned to Foster Falls and rehearsed "Bottom Feeder," "First Offense" and "Satisfaction" about a half-dozen times each to prepare, and then it was just a matter of waiting for the right day. To train my mind, during the waiting period, I made a "dry run" at Sandrock by repeating every 5.11 I've ever soloed in a single afternoon and was surprised to feel solid enough on all of them that I could repeat the lines on command, even "Dreamscape"… Which held the title of my hardest solo at the time
Then, the day after, Lohan invited me out to Little River Canyon to run laps on local testpieces. I hopped on "Boy" and "The Lion" and they felt casual. The lines are crazy steep, but the great thing about steep climbing is this: As long as you hold the grade constant: the steeper it gets, the bigger the holds are! These routes were so steep that the holds were large enough to make the climbing felt even more secure than my Foster Falls circuit. Game on!
I couldn't decide which set of climbs I wanted to go for… Boy and Lion? Or the Foster Falls Circuit? When the weather finally cleared enough, I realized I could have both and planned to do it all in a single weekend, starting in Little River Canyon.
I started with "Boy", and it went smoothly. To me, it was slightly nerve wracking because I knew the crux was a boulder problem at the very top, and the last move of that bouldery crux was the hardest. I had that in my head the whole way up, but once I laid my hands on the holds, I felt completely calm and restful. In retrospect, I think that contemplating life at the base of the climb was the real crux! Next, I went for "The Lion", which had a lower and more secure crux. I wasn't as anxious, but I got excited once I fired the crux and had to collect my head to fire the finish smoothly. The routes don't top out on the wall, so I traversed right and climbed down to the ground via a wandering path across the opening moves of a few 5.11's. I managed to dodge any of the cruxy bits by traversing from route-to-route and the downclimb felt about 5.10.
After pulling off the solo of a 5.12c, I knew my lines at Foster Falls would go well, but the weather soured. Rain was now forecasted for 3 pm instead of the 5 pm I had planned. I was worried I wouldn't have time to warm up, but then I thought back to the day I sent "Gas Chamber" and remembered that I had warmed up on "Satisfaction", and it felt good… So I figured that would be a good way to start the day. My primary anxiety was about the possibility of having an audience; that's just weird when I'm near the upper limit of my comfort zone… I just don't want to have the distraction… I saw some other climbers walking towards the wall and glanced at my heart rate monitor. I spiked at about 150bpm because I was anxious about their affect on my performance and almost called the whole thing off… But they kept walking, my heart rate dropped, and now at least my body felt warmed up!
Satisfaction starts off with some moderate 5.10 into a stout 5.11 section, and then you're in the crux. For me, the crux beta requires a lie back off a right hand-jam, to stretch left to a quarter inch crimp. Hike the feet, reach up right to another quarter inch crimp, then flow left hand into a BOMBER finger-lock. When leading the route, cross-clipping off of that finger-jam always felt like the crux. Soloing the climb felt like cheating since I was able to skip that stressful clip without worries. As soon as my left hand sunk into the finger lock, all the morning jitters disappeared, and I relaxed my way to the finishing ledge where "Satisfaction" ends and "First Offense" begins.
After sitting on that ledge for a while to contemplate life, I just trusted my abilities and executed the moves through the roof. "First Offense" is 70ft exposed from the first move off the ledge, which really got into my head while I was sitting there thinking about it, but once I pulled onto the massive jugs my entire face split into a giant grin: This is what climbing is all about! I topped out, slipped off my climbing shoes and walked the long way back down barefoot, stubbing my toe HARD in the process. I figure one day I'll learn to walk straight, but it's really not a high priority at the moment!
When I glanced at the readout of my heart rate monitor, the lowest intensity periods were while I was climbing, and the highest were while I was walking back down. Apparently I feel more secure on the wall than on foot!
For the last lap of the day, I swung into the layback at the start of "Bottom Feeder", but in my head, I was scared by the crux deadpoint. It's SUPER committing. When I got to the crimps at the setup of the move, I wasn't feeling it at all. "Dreamscape" had a deadpoint, but you're launching from good holds, so if you screw it up, you can just hold on with that hand and try again. "Bottom Feeder" doesn't have this luxury, you're launching from a really bad pocket, so you've gotta stick it. I don't like to roll the dice on something like that, so I reversed the crux and climbed back down to the base. I was a little bit bummed about the climbing but happy that I made a good decision. There's no room for ego up there.
As a consolation prize, I took a second lap on Satisfaction and First Offense… But this time, I clipped my cruzers onto my belt-loop for the hike down. Among certain crews in the stone master era, it was once said that "Any asshole can get lucky once, the second time is the solo." And I have to say that the second time felt way better than the first! Once I knew how good the solo felt, all the anxiety disappeared and the only thing left was good climbing. In this case, the second time really was the solo, because that's when I finally relaxed enough to enjoy it.
Looking back, I realize that I'll be back to solo "Boy" and "The Lion" again someday, because it was just a super fun experience. If you like numbers and grades, it's notable that on paper it looks like I jumped from soloing 5.11c to 5.12c in the space of a weekend… But the real quantum leap that I've experienced is one of feeling solid and secure. Now, when I solo my hardest climbs, there is no feeling at all of doing something special. Everything was locker; everything was secure to the extreme degree where I would gladly repeat it again, and don't feel the need to wait for the mythical "special moment." I'm one with those climbs now, and I can enjoy them on my terms.
Ten months ago I was supposed to be dead, and now I'm more alive than I could have possibly dreamed
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Taking the place of the stereotypical coffee shop as the entrepreneur's workplace, coworking areas had been initially created as a result of they provided an alternate workspace, away from isolation or house. Estimates suggest there were some 760 coworking places within the US in 2011, up practically ninety% over the yr before.
Conjunctured in Austin, Texas say they, "present a inventive setting for entrepreneurs that encourages collaboration. A kitchen incubator, also called a culinary incubator, is a enterprise incubator devoted to early-stage catering, retail and wholesale food companies.
In 2005, Brad Neuberg gave start to the original coworking website, the Hat Manufacturing facility based mostly in San Francisco. They've found that coworking can result in new jobs, partnerships, referrals, and friendships. Regus, the managed office area firm, provides Businessworld, a subscription service with membership playing cards for their 1,200 locations.
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Innovation happens while collaborating with people with a shared purpose." It is a coworking house with a growing group of freelancers, entrepreneurs, and mobile staff who've grown tired of working alone. The more broadly interpreted terms reminiscent of business centers, shared workplaces, and even wifi cafes.
The more info phenomenon is international and the time period 'coworking' is even utilized in different languages, as in '©spaces coworking' in French. Coworking is the social gathering of a gaggle of individuals, who're nonetheless working independently, but who share values and who are fascinated within the synergy that may occur from working with talented individuals in the identical house.
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