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Mayan and Caribbean Spirit - Honduras & Guatemala
7 days / 6 nights from/to San Pedro Sula
Day 4: Río Dulce - Livingston - Río Dulce
This morning the adventure will take place by boat through one of our more prestige natural beauties: Río Dulce. During the 3-hours boat drive we pass the Chocon Machacas Biotope, which is a refugee for the rare manatees. The small village of Livingston is located at the Guatemalan Caribbean coast and famous for its exclusive mixture of cultures such as Garifuna, Afro-Caribbean, Maya and Ladino. As Livingston hasn't been connected to Guatemala's road network so far, it can only be reached by water. After an interesting excursion we return to our hotel in the afternoon, where you can relax at the pool or enjoy the view onto the river.
Day 5: Río Dulce - Omoa - Tela (Honduras)
We continue through the Guatemalan Caribbean driving through scenic landscapes and banana plantations. After crossing the border with Honduras at Corinto, we reach the next Caribbean beach village, which is Omoa. Omoa is one of the oldest towns in Honduras. We visit the historical San Fernando Fortress built by the Spaniards to protect the coastline and ships from attacks by British pirates. The fortress offers a magnificent view of the bay and the Merendón mountain range. We proceed to Tela located at Honduras' Caribbean coast. Enjoy the Caribbean flair relaxing in a hammock among the shades of a coconut palm. The typical seafood prepared according to local recipes gets you in the mood for a delicious dinner. 2 overnights in Tela.
Day 6: Tela
Today is left free to enjoy the atmosphere of Tela and its sandy beaches. Tela is famous for its history as a banana emporium. Since the late 19th century Honduras' economy was based on the cultivation and production of bananas. In 1914 Tela became an important port as headquarters of the Tela Railroad Company, a subsidiary of the United Fruit Company. After the Tela Railroad Company had left, tourism became more and more the economic engine of the town. Nowadays Tela is famous for its beaches and the beauty of its protected areas. Among Tela's protected areas are Punta Sal and Punta Izopo National Park, the Botanical Garden Lancetilla and Texiguat Wildlife Refuge. Optional activities can be organized.
Day 7: Tela - San Pedro Sula
At your convenient time we return to San Pedro Sula. End of the program or extension of your stay with another of our itineraries.
* This tour can be extended or shortened. You can also propose program changes. A great option to extend the tour by one or two days is a visit to the impressive Mayan ruins of Tikal.
* We suggest an extension stay on the Bay Islands or at the beautiful Pico Bonito Lodge. This tour can also be combined with one of our Honduras itineraries. Don't hesitate to ask for the different options.
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Mesoamerica Travel Assistance Day 1
Local Guide Day 2
Mesoamerica Travel Guide Day 3-5
Entrance fees & transfers according to itinerary
Local taxes
Rates valid until 16.12.2018
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3 persons U$ 849.-
4 persons U$ 819.-
5 persons U$ 769.-
6 persons U$ 719.-
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Guys, unfortunately I don't live off this blog. If you ever read my bio on this site, you're aware I'm currently an Economics student, so I don't have much spare time to dedicate here. Also, as I'm writing on WordPress, I don't have AdSense or any other form of profiting off traffic, so my absences are (unfortunately) often. Hopefully I'll manage one day to squeeze some time from my schedule to write a piece or two per day.
Still, relevant news? CBF's Team of the Year was announced, and after the jump you'll find the names.
In our usual and famous 4-2-2-2 scheme – even though most coaches these days are actually using 4-2-3-1 – CBF selected the following players as the "top of the crop" in the current edition of Brazilian League.
- Goalkeeper – Diego Cavalieri (Fluminense)
- Right-back – Marcos Rocha (Atlético Mineiro)
- Right center-back – Réver (Atlético Mineiro)
- Left center-back – Leonardo Silva (Atlético Mineiro)
- Left-back – Carlinhos (Fluminense)
- Right central midfielder – Jean (Fluminense)
- Left central midfielder – Paulinho (Corinthians)
- Right midfielder – Lucas (São Paulo)
- Left midfielder – Ronaldinho Gaúcho (Atlético Mineiro)
- Right striker – Neymar (Santos)
- Left striker – Fred (Fluminense)
- Coach – Abel Braga (Fluminense)
- Revelation – Bernard (Atlético Mineiro)
- Best player overall – Fred (Fluminense)
In all fairness, this seems to be a very political choice. While one team (Atlético Mineiro) lit up the championship in the first half of the league, the other (Fluminense) was much better in the second half and ended up as league winners 3 rounds ahead of the end. Still, most of those names deserve recognition, like Jean who was simply superb along the year as well as Cavalieri and Fred for their consistency and Ronaldinho Gaúcho, who gave the turnaround to his critics and was the central piece of Cuca's Atlético Mineiro side who would certainly become champions had they maintained their rhythm in the second half of the league.
Unfortunately, Fluminense's early confirmation of their fourth Brazilian League title made the championship become a bit boring. There's only one thing which haven't been decided yet: who will be the last team relegated to the Brazilian League Second Division, a battle that can be decided until Sunday, making a whole round of derbies simply useless.
May 2013 be less obvious!

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Last weekend I headed down to my old stomping grounds of DC to check out the Document The Fresh opening exhibition. Avid Couch Sessions readers would already know that two of our Couch Sessions contributors were featured at the gallery–the woman known as Lady Glock, and our own Vickey Ford. You have seen a lot of their work on the site recently and I'm glad to see it featured on a gallery wall. Along with esteemed photographer Rosina "Teri" Memolo, the opening night was a success.
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Burnley defender Andre Bikey could make a welcome return to action.
The Cameroon international has missed the Clarets' last three games following the rib injury he first sustained at Millwall at the start of October.
After a period of recovery he could now return to challenge Michael Duff and Clarke Carlisle for a starting place against Doncaster.
Laws said: "We are hoping he gets through that all right and he is included in the squad, which again will give me food for thought because Andre has been one of our most consistent performers."
Striker Martin Paterson made his first Championship start since September in Saturday's 2-2 draw at Norwich and looks certain to retain his place after scoring a brace against the Canaries.
Doncaster defender Joseph Mills is doubtful with an ankle injury.
Mills, on loan from Southampton, sustained the injury in Saturday's home win over Millwall and did not train on Monday.
Rovers manager Sean O'Driscoll, who has no other new injury or suspension problems, could recall James Chambers or Mustapha Dumbuya to his back four should Mills fail to make it.
Midfielder Martin Woods is still struggling with a groin strain, striker Billy Sharp is several weeks away from a return to action due to a torn hamstring and defender Adam Lockwood is recovering from a fractured toe.
Long-term absentees Simon Gillett and defender George Friend remain sidelined due to knee injuries as Rovers chase back-to-back league wins for the first time this season.
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From July 2013, the Institute adopted a new Gift Policy. Instead of the traditional wine bottle as a gift for presenters at IPAA WA's seminars, events and conference, the Institute will now make a donation on behalf of its speakers to a charity.
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Black and White Polka Dot & Stripes
My black and white polka dot clutch has been with me for years now and I'm always finding new ways to incorporate it into new outfits! It's one of those pieces with staying power that didn't cost too much. I think, if I remember correctly, that I thrifted this secondhand for about $4 a few years ago and have been in love with it ever since! [See how I've worn it here, here, and here]
It's funny how a "crazy" piece works so well to be the statement piece of an entire outfit sometimes. I would never give this little baby up! In this case, I found it played nicely off of my new calf hair polka dotted smoking slippers. These babies are so comfy when I'm teaching I can hardly stand it!
You ever wake up and think to yourself? If it was socially acceptable to wear pajamas to work, today would be the day? Well friends, today was that day. And luckily, I had Our World Boutique to help me through it with this awesome striped (I call it my "referee" tee) top. With a simple flowy top in silk, I could definitely feel like I was wearing my pajamas today while donning one of my favorite rosette necklaces (p.s. you still have 2 days to enter to win one here!)
A black and white palette makes mixing prints super simple and tasteful. When I first started to dive into the trend, the thing that scared me off the most was the doubt in my ability to play with the colors the right way. I've since gotten over that fear–but if you're just starting, black and white is definitely the way to go.
It's HUMP DAY again! Hope your week is going well 🙂
Outfit: Top c/o Our World Boutique| Similar clutch| Loafers via Gap Similar here| Pants via Forever 21| Similar necklace
Side note: I could've used this advice two days ago when I was having a tough day. Often times, I feel we put too much pressure on ourselves to be "perfect" and do everything by the book. It's more important to hold yourself to a standard of grace, not perfection!
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Ummm first of all can you stop being so cute?? 😉 Haha I'm obsessed with this look!
Second, yes, that quote is amazing.
love the print mixing! prettiest
Love this outfit, the necklace and flats are so cute and pulled together so nicely.
xo, Lee
Can never go wrong with black and white. The mix of patterns is perfect. XO
Black and white is the ultimate combination. Love this outfit and the purse and shoe combo. Black and white tribal print is really in and I would love how you would style that!


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Native unprotected animals:
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little raven
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*Galahs and little corellas can only be taken by means of shooting.
**A permit from the Animal and Plant Control Commission is required for a dingo.
You must have a Hunting Permit to take unprotected native animals from the wild. Permission to take unprotected animals from conservation parks and national parks will not generally be given.
You do not need a permit to destroy unprotected native animals by shooting. You do need a permit for any destruction of galahs and little corellas that involves trapping and carbon dioxide narcosis.
We acknowledge and respect the Traditional Custodians whose ancestral lands we live and work upon and we pay our respects to their Elders past and present. We acknowledge and respect the deep spiritual connection and the relationship that Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people have to Country.
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BBQ Pitmaster Wins on TLC Reality Show
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A BBQ competitor has two big things to celebrate right now — the launch of his new line of BBQ and rubs and he just won a major BBQ contest on the TLC network.
"Pitmasters" was shot during the American Royal Competition and Rod Gray said it was great to win on his home turf.
"We've cooked over 400 contests but believe it or not when they turned the cameras on it was like we were newbies all over again," Gray said.
The show was taped back in October, but since it didn't air until Sunday night, he had to keep his major news secret.
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Launch Task Manager with hotkeys
The basic way to run the task manager Window is by pressing Ctrl + Shift + Esc key. This is a global hotkey present on any keyboard, it means these keys are available from any app you executing and even when your Explorer shell is not executing.
Execute Task Manager from the context menu
Right click at the empty space of the taskbar. At the context menu you will be clever to pick the Task Manager item.
Run Task Manager from the CTRL+ALT+DEL security screen
Pressing Ctrl + Alt + Del keys together from the keyboard, a security window will appear select "Task Manager".
The Run dialog
Press Win + R to open run window and in the Run box type below given command:
Hit Enter key, and Task Manager will be appeared.
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2019 Medicare Coverage Plans; The Do's And Don'ts
A medical program is inevitable for all of us. This kind of programs helps us in case of emergency. It helps senior citizens to overcome their health issues.
It is difficult when it turns 70s for those who are seeking for Medicare coverage plans. A Medicare health program is much to deal with your criteria. For a Medicare advantage plan, a person will be paid only 80 percent of the total medical expenses. Choosing your insurance is a difficult task indeed. People will inevitably spend researching their advantageal health coverage online "medicare coverage plans; The Do's and Don'ts". Companies which are undertaken by the government should be your first priority. It is difficult to identify those advertisements as well as finding an unbiased agent to discuss your concerns and questions.
Before doing anything, you have to admit that you are researching and learning. It will help you prepare for purchasing Medicare advantageal plans most efficiently, as well as most responsibly.
These are the steps you need to follow before heading towards any medicare advantage plan.
- DON'T rely on a friend's experience
When you have an experienced friend then it's easy for you to seek for good plans. Usually, people go for other's advice so that one can have an overview of a new thing. Better opportunities should be availed by getting things into your hands and indulge yourself by examining different plans.
- DON'T choose a strict coverage plan
Beware of such plans which refrain you from having a regular check to your physician outside your plan recommended healthcare providers even in case of emergency. Few plans allow you to have a regular checkup but charge you much higher for this.
- DO opt for Medicare
Medicare advantages insurance plans are delineated in such a way that it can also be used with normal plans. You have to keep an eye on the fact it is usually not appraised for anyone but it does support your other plans. People gauge them as wastage of money. While visiting your doctor it is unequivocal that you might have to pay for your healthcare, but in this case, you just don't have to pay. All your premium amount is used at the time of need.
- DON'T pick a plan with changing premiums
There are numerous companies with changing premiums plans. Beware of those plans which keep their eyes on premiums instead of your plan. Generally, everyone has to pay for premiums who purchase a Medicare advantage plan each month of a particular type. Gradually, premium increases because of inflation and other factors are there but it won't increase because of your age.
Above mentioned steps helps a person in engaging with Medicare advantage plans; the do's and don'ts. Choosing a Medicare advantage plan is good for old aged people. These plans are no doubt have good security. There are many pros and cons to each program. Every situation is different. There is no one size fits all situation.


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These 2 days, I had been busy farewell-ing a friend of mine! It seems that I am busier during holiday! I have a lot of unfinished chores, works, and even some extra projects to do. Haiz, all of these are most probably my own fault to make myself busy! Anyway, today, this post is specially dedicated for a girl! Yes, not just any girl in town! She is my big sister lah!!!!Hahaha, apparently, she is going to Australia to live with my bro-in-law. So, it is almost 2 months already since she left. Nothing will ever be the same! But, we can't always expect life to be the same, right?
I know that Floria Putrajaya, this event ended a long time already. But, the scent, the colour are still vividly printed in my senses! Yes, this post is for you, my sis! If you read this, aren't you glad that we went for Floria instead of sleeping at home..Hahaha!
Warning: This post will be filled with photographs! So, please be patient while waiting for the photos to be loaded!~~~Btw, I used one of the photos for Merdeka Celebration Post(^^)@ here~
It was quite far away! Yes, it was within within Putrajaya! But, luckily we managed to find it! After parking the car, we marched into the exhibitions. The admission was free! and, one thing I must complain!!!! It was baking-hot outside; therefore, they should at least prepare for more roofings!
Now, here was the outside area! I bet it would be more beautiful if we come at night. However, due to time constraint, we could only see so much! Those white lanterns should be stunning at night!!~~
Of course, because of the high temperature outside, we quickly went inside the tentsthere! Inside the tent, it was a whole new exhibition of flower arts. I was snapping non-stop on the unique flower arrangement. Haiz, at this moment, I again hope for my DSLR to come into my arms. But, no, I don't have a DSLR, just have to live with my amazing Lumix FS6! Yeah!!!!~~~
This was one of the most amazing items in the tent! Everything was made out of plants, flowers~~~It was very chic!!!~~ It was definitely not easy to make this at all!!!~~
After the flowery visits, we went back home and rested for a while before driving to LCCT! It was quite a ride! Located so far away~~~(><) and We also had our dinner over there @ Old Town! It was by far the worst Old Town in Malaysia!!!! Service bad! Food bad!! Everything bad!!!
There she was! Standing there, worrying that her luggage would exceed the limits! Dear sister, hope that you will have a great start and a great life in Australia! Like the Chinese proverb - The beginning is the hardest (万事起头难)As long as you have the determination, no matter how much time you use, you will definitely find your path there! Enjoy your new life there!
All the best to you! May you find a fruitful path in Australia!!!!(^^)


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Once it was common to think of Britain's economy as being comprised of two distinct parts. There was the onshore, or non-oil economy, and often – I am talking about three decades ago here – its performance was underwhelming.
Then there was the oil economy, booming as a result of the opening up of the North Sea as one of the world's most important sources of oil and gas from the 1970s. Combine the two and you got a healthy growth picture. Exclude oil and things were not nearly as strong.
Today, the picture is reversed. The non-oil economy is far from strong but it is growing. Output in the oil economy, by contrast, is falling fast.
A few days ago we had another instalment of the economic puzzle. There was a big, 82,000 fall in unemployment over the latest three months and, official figures showed, a net rise in employment of 499,000 over the past 12 months.
At a time when the economy has not grown at all, according to the gross domestic product figures, employment has risen by nearly half a million – to its highest ever number of 29.6m – and hours worked and vacancies have both increases sharply.
Some of this puzzle will be resolved in the fullness of time by data revisions. Some of it reflects the fact that pay has been, and continues to be, very subdued: it is currently rising by just 1.8% annually.
Part of the story, however, is to do with oil. Britain's onshore economy is doing a lot better than its offshore economy. The decline in North Sea oil and gas output, a trend that began in the late 1990s, is striking.
Britain's recovery began in the middle of 2009. For the North Sea, however, that was the start of an acclerated decline in output. In October, North Sea production stood at just 51% of its June 2009 level. The overall economy has grown, though not as much as anybody would have hoped, but North Sea output has halved.
In the old days, such a development would have been devastating, because North Sea oil had a bigger weight in the economy. These days the effects are smaller but still significant. So, instead of shrinking by 0.1% over the past year, as the overall GDP figures suggest, the non-oil economy has grown by 0.2%.
Compared with 2009, overall GDP has risen by 3.3%, its non-oil equivalent by 4.1%. Simon Ward, an economist with Henderson Global Investors, notes that this recovery is less of an outlier when adjusted in this way: the profile of non-oil GDP becomes more like the late 1970s and early 1980s.
This does not, I emphasise, solve all the puzzle. If you take the non-oil figures at face value, this is still a much weaker recovery than we would like. It points to an economy that has averaged only 1% to 1.5% growth in the recovery phase, and that growth has slowed the longer the recovery has gone on.
But it is part of the explanation and it has a couple of other interesting aspects. The first concerns Scotland. The debate about Scotland's fiscal future under independence rests mainly on the proportion of North Sea revenues it would be allocated.
Fast-falling North Sea output suggests this is a shaky foundation on which to build an independent country. The Institute for Fiscal Studies recently concluded that if Scotland were assigned North Sea revenues on a so-called geographical basis – something that would have to be debated – its budget deficit would be proportionately smaller than the rest of Britain, thogh it warned about the volatility of such revenues.
For every swing, however, there is a roundabout. If Scotland were to get most of the oil revenues, its economy would also be more oil-dependent in general. The oil/non-oil distinction, important for Britain as a whole, would be hugely significant.
The IFS calculations suggest that North Sea oil and gas would account for 18% of the Scottish economy. What this means, by my calculations, is that Scotland would have had no recovery at all over the past three years.
It would, in fact, be rather worse than that. Assuming Scotland had the same 4.1% non-oil GDP rise as the rest of the country, this would be more than outweighed by the near-halving of output from a sector that makes nearly a fifth of its economy. Scotland's GDP would be 4% to 5% below its mid-2009 levels and even further below pre-crisis levels.
The other interesting question is whether we can look to a future in which energy once more drives the economy rather than acts as a drag on it.
On Thursday the government gave its approval to Cuadrilla, an energy firm, for the resumption of "fracking" – hydraulic fracturing – for the exploitation of shale gas reserves. Shale gas is environmentally problematical and most of the evidence suggests that recoverable reserves do not approach those of the North Sea.
The British Geological Survey, however, which is the most reliable independent source, says "UK potential is as yet untested" and that there are "abundant shales at depth". It has identified significant accumulations, including Widmerpool Gulf near Nottingham and the Elswick Gasfield, near Blackpool.
Caution is justified. Shale gas may never have the transformative effect on Britain it is having in America. But even an echo of those early North Sea days, when oil and gas helped mend Britain's damaged public finances and helped the balance of payments, would be very welcome.
On both counts, we need all the help we can get.
This piece is cross-posted from David Smith's EconomicsUK with permission.


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The remains of journalist Nat Nakasa, in a coffin draped in a South African flag, arrives in Durban, South Africa, Tuesday, Aug. 19, 2014 where he will be reburied, South Africa's arts and culture ministry said. South Africa is repatriating the remains of Nakasa, a black anti-apartheid journalist, who died in the United States in 1965 and was buried there until his recent exhumation.
JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA (AP) — South Africa's "native of nowhere" is finally home.
The remains of Nat Nakasa, a black anti-apartheid journalist from South Africa who died in the United States in 1965 and was buried there until his recent exhumation, arrived on Tuesday in the South African coastal city of Durban.
Nakasa's casket was escorted on its long journey by a delegation including his sister, Gladys Maphumulo, and other members of his family. On arrival, soldiers marched beside the flag-draped coffin. At an airport ceremony, an animal skin lay underneath the casket in line with mourning tradition.
It was an elaborate homecoming for a talented, anguished man described by many as a victim of apartheid, the system of white minority rule that ended with South Africa's first all-race elections in 1994. Nakasa's repatriation served as a sad reminder of the harsh racial politics of the time, but also as an opportunity to celebrate South Africa's democratic advances since that era of conflict.
"Today Nakasa returns to a South Africa that is remarkably different from the one that he left fifty years ago," Nathi Mthethwa, South Africa's arts and culture minister, said in a speech. "He would be pleased to know that this year we celebrate the twentieth anniversary of the freedom that he fought for so courageously."
Nakasa's family had viewed his remains and decided not to remove the soil from the bones, keeping a symbolic connection with the American people and the rest of the world, Mthethwa said. Nakasa worked for DRUM magazine and other publications in Johannesburg half a century ago. He left South Africa in 1964 for a Nieman fellowship at Harvard University. The South African government had not issued him a passport, making it impossible for him to return home.
In an article titled "A Native of Nowhere," he wrote with sardonic humor about the implications of leaving South Africa with only a government-issued "exit permit." "According to reliable sources, I shall be classed as a prohibited immigrant if I ever try to return to South Africa. What this means is that self-confessed Europeans are in a position to declare me, an African, a prohibited immigrant, bang on African soil. Nothing intrigues me more."
At the age of 28, Nakasa plunged from the seventh floor of a building in New York City. His death was ruled a suicide, and he was buried at Ferncliff cemetery in Hartsdale, north of the city. Ryan Brown, author of "A Native of Nowhere: The Life of Nat Nakasa," has reported how Nakasa felt increasingly alienated in the United States, partly because of his uncertain legal situation as a South African unable to return to his country. She also wrote that Nakasa was concerned for himself because of a history of mental illness in his family.
The U.S. and South African governments monitored Nakasa while he was in the United States, which was struggling with its own legacy of racism at the time, according to Brown. There are conspiracy theories about his death despite a lack of evidence of foul play.
"He died under mysterious circumstances," South Africa's arts and culture ministry said in a statement. The South African National Editors Forum said only that Nakasa died "tragically," and has welcomed the return of his remains. Nakasa will be reburied on Sept. 13, ending a long repatriation effort that began in the late 1990s and eventually secured necessary resources and state involvement, it said.
"This is a proud moment for South African journalism and the nation as a whole that we have been able to give Nat his last wish, returning to the land of his birth and to rest eternally with his ancestors," the editors' forum said in a statement.
In the United States, the writer was buried in the same cemetery as Malcolm X, the civil rights activist assassinated a few months before Nakasa's death. Nakasa's new resting place will be the Heroes' Acre cemetery in Chesterville, the Durban township where he was born.


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The other night I dreamed about a golf club. It was situated next to a good sized river, and the course itself was on the other side of the river. The clubhouse stood four storeys high, and the top level had a beautiful patio which extended way out over the river. At the end of this patio was the first tee; you started your round by driving over the river onto the fairway, and then by taking a little boat across. The final hole was a long par three spanning the river; the tee was on the course side and the green was adjacent to the clubhouse, so you had to carry the river with your final tee shot. It was awesome.
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The UK gaming retail industry was worth nearly £4.2 billion in 2015, up a healthy seven per cent from the year before.
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Arakaki, Kei
---There is value in all existence---
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Birth Name:
Arakaki, Kei
Shinigami Aliases:
Two-hundred and four years old
Birth Date:
August 9th
Rank Status:
Non-Elite | 3rd Seat
Affiliated Division:
Yonbantai (4th. Division)
With an athletic frame adorned with sharply toned muscular features this shinigami stands five feet-ten inches tall at a weight of one-hundred seventy pounds. Being quite robust for his size he is commonly mistaken for the rougher of sorts. Long shoulder length hair falls from the top of his head retaining a unique off whitish/pink hue. His defined yellow eyes bringing out the entirety of his angular facial structure. He wears the traditional black shinigami kimono underneath a dark purple Gi.
Diagonally overlapping that is an off white sash fastened to the midsection by a light gray linked chain. His feet are kept in white socks inside of light brown basket woven sandals seen standard amongst most all shinigami. His zanpakuto is kept at his right waist side whilst his squad insignia is assigned to his left shoulder. His most notable feature is the heavy scar that runs diagonally across his chest starting from his left collar bone and spanning down to his upper right rib.
In terms of social interaction this shinigami is usually reticent and quite passive. Freely content with ignoring negative comments and unnecessary situations. Though at times he speaks his mind, especially when the value of others is challenged. His number one pet peeve is those who believe they are more valuable or important than others. He believes everyone's existence is precious and should be respected.
His take on proper duty and self defense at times override his personal ideals to uphold his professionalism as a Shinigami. Though it is worth noting he is not one to be used for immoral undertakings. His expression most often bears a look of seriousness but is not always reflective of his true emotions within. Among contemporaries he can be sociable but is usually reserved and is normally of few words. Around superiors he is formal and more apt to speak when spoken to.
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Once Upon A Time
Kei was born into the wealthy Arakaki family that was known primarily for their successful eastern trading hub business, Ara-Sky, and other various entrepreneurial ventures. Needless to say Kei grew up with a silver spoon in his mouth and he lived the life most people dreamed about. Although contrary to popular belief Kei was not a stuck up rich kid. Though he was rich, it was not his wealth he found pride in but his families belief in value. 'To value is to love, but to set value is to challenge'. Not only was this the Arakaki family belief but it was also the philosophy that drove their companies to the top. In school Kei was seen as the orthodox spiritual as oppose to the snobby rich kid which in turn seemed to be a good thing.
He would always rave about the positive and negative sides of value and how they formed a balance as a sort of yin and yang. Although most people ignored him and found him redundant it was better than being bullied and ridiculed like most others. Kei's life went on under that routine like fashion up until a few days after his final birthday. There was a sudden uproar concerning a gang of professional thieves that were notorious for attacks at major corporations. Being that the Arakaki family was one of the largest major trading companies they would be at the top of the list for the gangs next attack.
Life for Kei had turned upside down, he was taken out of school and kept away from the outside world due to the threats against his families enterprise. Kei was hidden in the families underground cellar and watched over closely by the companies security force for months on end. During his detainment Kei developed a temporary yet reticent personality due to his solitude and a stubborn demeanor from constantly demanding living essentials from the guards.
After being hidden away for safety for months in the cellar the news had confirmed the capture of the crime syndicate. With confirmation of the threats to the Arakaki enterprise officially void Kei and his family were reunited back in their enterprise estate. However, later that night an update on the syndicates capture had proven to be incomplete as a small group of the gang still remained at large. Unfortunately by the time the news reached Kei and his family the assailants had set fire to their living quarters killing Kei and his parents within minuets after the attack.
After Life
The sound of the explosions and the embers inside of the building were still evident to Kei as he screamed for his mother and father. He soon noted a chain that protruded from his chest that led deep into the fire. Assuming he was chained up by the attackers Kei pulled as hard as he could to yank the chain off but his efforts were futile. Then suddenly a figure appeared from out of the flames and began walking towards him. It was hard to discern much in the midst of the flames but Kei could make out the silhouette of a kimono and the outline of a katana on the hip of the figure as he approached.
"I'll tell you anything you want just let me go, I don't want to die like this!"
Kei said to the figure as he unsheathed his sword.
"Hate to break it to you kid but its the end of the road. Don't worry though, I'll get you started on a new one."
Those were the last words he heard before waking up in an alleyway surrounded by people dressed in rags and covered in dirt. After being helped up by the mysterious people, he was quickly briefed on his situation. He was dead. The people explained to him that he was in Rukonagi, the district just outside of the Seretei. After loosing his mind for a few days over the fact that he was dead, Kei finally accepted his situation and felt it best to move on as best he could. Though for some reason he could not deter his attention away from the sight of fire, as it for some reason triggered distant memories of a life he had somehow forgotten.
He remembered one of the people speaking about the 13 court guards and how everyone in the district envied the shinigami due to their lush accommodations in comparison to the slums of Rukonagi. A side from being dead another thing was odd. He was hungry? How could he be hungry if he was dead? Later, he was told by a district elder that he was most likely reiatsu capable and that it was a blessing to be so lucky. After realizing that he could further himself in the after life Kei began to spar around town and train himself so that he could enter the soul society and perhaps become a shinigami of the court guards. After many years of training Kei had entered as an applicant for soul society, representing the many aspiring youths of Rukonagi who were not as fortunate as he to poses spiritual energy
It had become apparent almost immediately that the easiest part of this process was applying since it had no official prerequisites other than being reiryoku capable. Among him in the application stages were a majority of noble blooded kids, visually no older than himself. They carried an air about them that was not only haughty but suggested distinguished talent for the area of shinigami expertise. These assumptions made him feel no less comfortable, but it was their accuracy that took a chunk out of his confidence. The entrance exam for the most part was straight forward, you had to demonstrate that you possessed spiritual energy. This was to be done by performing a rudimentary kidou in the area of destruction, in Kei's case the spell of demonstration would be the lowest rank of its kind, Hado#1 Sho.
The demonstration would be performed against a straw target dummy attached tightly to a rope from above, this way it would be easy to judge the caliber of each applicants technique. Being one of the last to approach and proceed with a demonstration, Kei got the horrid privilege of watching all of the noble blooded kids go first, effectively showing off their level of prowess and skill as they each passed with flying colors. A couple other kids from Rukonagi passed as well but that comfort was nowhere near enough to jump start his confidence back to life. Before long Kei was called to center stage to perform his demonstration. He was informed he had a total of three attempts to perform Shoon the suspended straw target. Before he began he was briefed on the process in performing the spell by an anonymous evaluator somewhere behind him and from that point there was no turning back.
Kei's initial attempt at the Hado yielded more insight than results, he could feel his reiryoku being manipulated by the magical incantation. His only trouble was being able to follow through with the mysterious force guiding his spiritual energy which resulted in a weak and untamed ripple in the air that had the strength of a passing breeze behind it. The snickering and barely audible remarks emanating from his fellow applicants caused a fit of embarrassment but failed to derail his determination. Upon his second attempt he was able to let go of his natural restraint against the Hado's manipulation on his reiryoku resulting in a forceful shot that knocked the straw dummy back, causing it to swing violently in all directions before coming back to a complete stop many moments after. Needless to say, Kei found himself adorning his white and blue academy uniform only hours after his impressive display.
His progression through the curriculum would last the full term, though most of his noble academy mates finished under the allotted term due to their acclaimed talent and were appointed to squads rather hastily. Although not nearly as talented as his noble counterparts, Kei dedicated himself and worked diligently, practicing the four major combat forms (Hakuda, Hoho, Kidoand Zanjutsu ) until he was blue in the face. By his last year he had gotten the hang of all the combat forms except for Hakuda, hand to hand combat was something he just wasn't cut out for, his glass jaw a testament to this fact. In spite of that short coming he was exceptionally noted for his serene displays of the soul burial technique which proved to overshadow his lack of toe to toe skills.
After successfully graduating on the full time line from the academy, Kei found himself as merely another applicant once again, the only difference this time was that it was for the title of a full fledged shinigami. After applying to all of the division in numerical order, as he felt it was the most logical way to go about it, he was finally excepted into the arms of a squad after being denied a couple times prior. The only difference with the court squad was that he was actually given a chance to prove his abilities as a guest on a convenient mission run to the human world where he impressively did away with a few medium hollows that surprise attacked the small squadron he was being graciously accompanied by.
After the heads of the squad received word of Kei's impressive display on the mission run he was humbly and officially accepted into the court guards, being presented with his own black kimono and Zanpakuto. Excited to have finally achieved full fledged shinigamiship, the disappointment of his starting duties surrounding around menial tasks such as cleaning and filing papers hit him hard. However, over time he gradually became accepting of his tasks and began to perform them with pride. Often times he would reflect on his life in Rukonagi and compare it to how well he had it as an unassigned shinigami of the one pf the court guards. In a sense his rags to riches triumph was what helped him form the overly optimistic attitude he is attributed with today.
With his new found attitude it was no surprise that his daily assigned tasks began to find themselves completed in much more timelier fashions than his unseated division counterparts, allowing for him to work in a training regiment into his routine. It was during this span of time in which Kei began to become more adept in meditation. He found himself less concerned with extrapolating on the combat basics he had spent years learning as opposed to the utter importance of resonating with ones own zanpaktou. Kei spent a span of years routinely attempting to speak with his zanpaktou spirit in an informal manner, trying to slowly build a relationship with it.
It wasn't until a near fatal encounter with a strong hollow on a rare patrol mission in the human realm that Kei was finally presented with his zanpaktou's name in the heat of confrontation. The battle left him with a diagonal scar across the center of his chest from shielding a fellow comrade from death with the front of his own body. Upon his return his actions during the battle were promptly evaluated and he was quickly deemed most suited for the 4th division due to his ability to save and protect lives. He was excepted in as the squads 3rd seat due to the special circumstances of his transfer and high recommendations on the count of his brave and heroic performance.
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An article on Futurity.org entitled "Going Easy on Yourself May Improve Health" showed that being tough on yourself can have ramifications in the production of inflammation in your body-mind — the #1 killer of mankind. Here's an excerpt:
"Then, the participants took one stress test a day for two days and their levels of interleukin-6 (IL-6), an inflammatory agent linked to stress, were recorded before and after each test. After the first stress test, participants with higher self-compassion had significantly lower levels of IL-6.
"On the second day, Rohleder and his team found something unexpected. Those with low self-compassion had higher base levels of IL-6 before the test, suggesting that they may have been carrying the stress they experienced the day before.
" 'The high responses of IL-6 on the first day and the higher baseline levels on the second day suggest that people with low self-compassion are especially vulnerable to the adverse effects of this kind of stress," Rohleder says."
Interleukin 6, according to Wikipedia, is related to the following diseases:
Role in disease
IL-6 stimulates the inflammatory and auto-immune processes in many diseases such as diabetes, atherosclerosis, depression, Alzheimer's Disease, systemic lupus erythematosus, multiple myeloma, prostate cancer,Behçet's disease, and rheumatoid arthritis.
Advanced/metastatic cancer patients have higher levels of IL-6 in their blood.
IL-6 is also implicated in depression:
The epigenetic (factors that alter gene expression) effects IL-6 have also been implicated in the pathology of depression. The effects of IL-6 on depression are mediated through the repression of brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) expression in the brain; <snip>
Downregulation of BDNF, therefore, may cause decreased connectivity in the brain. Depression is marked by altered connectivity, in particular between the anterior cingulate cortex and several other limbic areas, such as the hippocampus.[45] The anterior cingulate cortex is responsible for detecting incongruences between expectation and perceived experience.[46] Altered connectivity of the anterior cingulate cortex in depression, therefore, may cause altered emotions following certain experiences, leading to depressive reactions.[46] This altered connectivity is mediated by IL-6 and its effect on epigenetic regulation of BDNF.[42]
So, to keep your brain working effectively and to have a happy life, reduce your IL-6 by taking it easy on yourself! We need to have the attitude of little Jessica here.


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To celebrate 10 years, the Rocket City Brewfest is starting fresh with this year's craft beer festival.
In 2008, Free the Hops created a fundraiser the craft beer community loved. As the breweries in the Huntsville/Madison County area grew, so did the festival. Fast forward 10-years, and the festival has a new date and location for 2018.
The 10th Annual Rocket City Brewfest offers two sessions at Campus 805 on June 8 -9. This event is rain or shine. Attendees get a commemorative glasse, where for a penny-per-pour, they can find the very best craft beers, meads, and ciders sold in Alabama to fill them.
Plus guests enjoy great local food vendors and regional music acts! This is the primary fundraiser for Free The Hops, who utilizes said funds to support legislative efforts of the Alabama Brewers Guild, as well as provide educational opportunities and membership perks in the community at large.
Carie Partain the President of Free the Hops and Sally Badoud, Marketing Director and the first female on the Free the Hops Board of Directors gave us the details!
In the new space at Campus 805, the festival will not be quite as spread out. It will be more user-friendly and accessible. This year Free the Hops partnered with the Alabama Brewers Guild, which means more specialty and brewer select offerings will be available among all of the best brews in the Alabama market.. Don't worry, the Cider and Mead tent will still be in place.
Due to the space available, they are limiting the number of tickets sold so that festival goers can have a better experience. There is nothing worse than being crowded and trying to grab your favorite brew! Designated driver tickets will be available for those not wanting to drink or who are not of age.
Misting Tents will be provided so people can cool off. Carie and Sally said they know June is not the coolest month in Alabama, but with the tents and free water to drink everyone should stay hydrated.
Kids are still welcome to come play on the green with a ticketed designated driver. Strollers are not encouraged but feel free to bring a blanket or strap up with your baby!
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One thing both women wanted to stress is that this is a Free The Hops event on Butler Green and not a brewery at the location event. You can't expect to take your glass into Straight to Ale/InnerSpace/Yellowhammer to have it filled. You may only drink in the festival area. There will be no alcohol being brought in or out of Brewfest parameter.
Previously, Rocket City Brewfest followed Panoply and WhistleStop. That usually fell on Mother's Day weekend. Both Carie and Sally said they loved the festival, but using their Mother's Day on Sunday to clean up was not the best way to celebrate.
When Birmingham's Magic City festival moved to August, it left an opening in June. With better weather expectations and the weekend before Father's Day, it seemed like the perfect time to move to June.
They also wanted to keep things fresh for people who come year after year. 10 years seemed like the best time to move forward with some changes to the festival/fundraiser like moving to Campus 805.


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My Apprenticeship - Friday, July 9, 2004
This summer I'm revisiting my short apprenticeship at Object Mentor. I'll be posting commentary on all my posts from the summer of 2004 exactly 5 years later to the day.
Friday 7-9-04
Revision: the State Map Compiler C Sharp version isn't done. It doesn't actually work, as Micah showed us. I feel pretty bad about it because we should have tried the things he tried before showing it to him. The SMCC# produces code that's meant to be part of a larger program. We really should have written the larger program to make sure it works. Bad apprentices. Bad!
On the positive side, I'm becoming a lot more familiar with how this SMC thing functions as we plow through it again (and again, and again). After looking at some UML with Micah we decided to re-design how the C# version of the SMC is written to avoid using inner classes. Which is good because they were confusing me.
David and Paul have suggested that they start writing an 'Anti-Jake' blog. Treachery! We shall speak of them no more.
Tonight I'm going to a ChAD meeting (Chicago area Agile Developers). It's starting at 6:30 at the Loop-area DePaul campus, but my train doesn't arrive until 6:25. So I've got 5 minutes to get off the train, unfold my bike, and peddle my ass on over to Jackson and Wabash.
Last night I bought my airplane tickets to XPAU (eXtreme Programming Agile Universe) which is being held in Calgary this year. I'm pretty excited about going ' should be a great chance to learn a bunch and maybe meet somebody who will offer me a job. (stop laughing -- it could happen). The crazy part is that I have to be back to start my teaching gig the morning after the conference ends. At 8:30pm Calgary time, I get on a flight to Las Vegas, NV. Somewhere around midnight I get on another plane which takes me to Chicago. Arriving at 4:30am. Yipes! I guess I'll sleep a few hours at the airport and take a cab to school. The alternative is taking the 'El back to my home in Chicago, and then getting in my car almost immediately (gotta beat that traffic) to go back to school. That first day is gonna be a little bit crazy. Luckily, it's only a day of meetings -- no teaching required.
Yeah, you should probably run the code before you declare it done. "But all the tests pass" is not an excuse. In fact, it's an insult to your test suite.
XPAU is now just called 'Agile.' I'm speaking at Agile 2009 in August in Chicago, it's going to be weird going back there after all these years as a presenter.


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scientiasalon.wordpress.com | Article Link | by Massimo Pigliucci
"All our knowledge begins with the senses, proceeds then to the understanding, and ends with reason. There is nothing higher than reason." So wrote Immanuel Kant in his Critique of Pure Reason, one of the most influential philosophy books of all time. Kant is also the philosopher credited for finally overcoming the opposition between empiricism and rationalism in epistemology, as he realized that neither position, by itself, is sufficient to account for human knowledge.
Kant was notoriously awoken from what he termed his "dogmatic slumber" [1] by reading David Hume, who had written in his Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding:
"All the objects of human reason or enquiry may naturally be divided into two kinds, to wit, Relations of Ideas, and Matters of fact. Of the first kind are the sciences of Geometry, Algebra, and Arithmetic … [which are] discoverable by the mere operation of thought … Matters of fact, which are the second object of human reason, are not ascertained in the same manner; nor is our evidence of their truth, however great, of a like nature with the foregoing. … If we take in our hand any volume; of divinity or school metaphysics, for instance; let us ask, Does it contain any abstract reasoning concerning quantity or number? No. Does it contain any experimental reasoning concerning matter of fact and existence? No. Commit it then to the flames: for it can contain nothing but sophistry and illusion."
The second part of the quote makes it clear that Hume, in turn, was reacting to the philosophical excesses of the Schoolmen, the medieval logicians who attempted to discover truths about the world by sheer power of mental analysis — an approach that, to be fair, goes back at the least to Plato himself, who was himself impressed by the effectiveness of mathematics in arriving at conclusions with certainty, and thought that the task of philosophy was to do likewise when it came to its own spheres of interest.