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There is so much information on this one today that I decided to put it all in one place. Let's start with the Concept Art.
We have added some new concept art to the site today showing some of the work going into creating the buildings of Hyboria!
When building an MMO one of the things that a great deal of time is spent on is creating the world itself! This is particularly true when you are dealing with a wonderfully deep license like the world created by Robert E Howard. The world has been envisioned by millions of peoples reading his books for decades and everyone has an ideal in their mind when they think of Cimmeria, Stygia, Tortage or anywhere else you care to mention!
Bringing it all to life is no easy task - from concept art, through three dimensional art, to the world builders carefully putting everything together a whole lot of work goes into creating the world that the players will be able to explore.
This week we wanted to show some of the fine details and attention to detail that goes into designing every aspect of the world and a great example is the buildings of Hyboria! To be more specific in this instance the buildings that players will find in Cimmeria, the birthplace of Conan himself.
Go check out those huts!
Next on our tour of Conan is the Forum Competition.
Ready to show off your creative writing skills? Find out more about our great forum competition.
Now is your chance to show the Age of Conan community your creative works! We are looking for a story about a character you will play or a character living in Hyboria. The top 3 creative stories selected will be allowed to set their own custom forum usertitle*!
Your story can include several things including how you came to Hyboria, what your current profession is, any major events in your life that affect what you do now, childhood memories, your friends, your lifestyles, and lots more.
The rules are simple...
* Your submission must be about a civilian in the Hyborean world and you cannot portray your character as a hero.
* Your submission must stay in the theme of the Age of Conan. (i.e. no cars, planes, computers, etc..).
* Your submission must not be tied to any major storyline characters or alter or influence change in the main storyline of REHs works. (i.e. You cannot be cousins with Conan and have a latte with him every Tuesday down at Tortage Coffee Shop).
* Your submission must be 700 words minimum and only one submission per person will be considered. The only accepted formats are Text Files (.txt) and Rich Text Files (.rtf) only.
* You must be registered with the Age of Conan Forum located at http://forums.ageofconan.com/ and your account must be in good standing.
All submissions must be recieved by June 9th, 2006 to [email protected] with the subject: Character Biography Contest - [Forum Name]
Winners will be chosen and announced by June 16, 2006.
Unfortunately you can count me out of this one. My writing skills rival the slowest first grader.
Last but not least, our favorite Barbarian will be making an appearance at this year's DragonCon.
t's that time of year again as we make our annual visit to Dragoncon and invite players along to join in the fun!
We are delighted to confirm that we will be attending the Dragoncon convention in Atlanta in September and will again be having a player gathering for people to come and meet us and chat about the game and join in on some competitions and fun!
There will be members of the development team there to answer your questions and join in the fun!
If you are attending and want to reserve a place at one of our evening gatherings please send an email to [email protected] with the subject line Dragoncon gathering with your name and details. Space will be limited and will be allocated on a first come first served basis.
Dragoncon is a great convention and a whole lot of fun and we look forward to seeing you all there!
So much goodness that I'm spent!
To read the latest guides, news, and features you can visit our Age of Conan: Unchained Game Page.


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Faced with the prospect of having the days free to yourself for a week whilst in Melbourne, what would you do with all that time? Go shopping? Well I did have some of that planned, for Melbourne has some uniquely beautiful boutiques down its narrow laneways and maze of interconnecting arcades, but I was also going to visit sites and monuments which I had been too young to appreciate on previous trips. However these were mere filler activities for those periods in between meals. So while Monsieur Poisson was exercising brain cells at his training course, I took to the streets of Melbourne with a very healthy appetite.
The tart is generous in size with four pear halves and is decorated by a split vanilla pod for good measure. Monsieur Poisson finds the tart a little too crusty with toffee around about a third of the edge and finds the tart hard to finish due to its sheer size. The crème anglaise is wonderfully runny and is punctuated with vanilla seeds.
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For males, 11.4 per cent of those surveyed in Singapore wanted to be engineers; 9.2 per cent wanted to be scientists; and 8.5 per cent, airplane or helicopter pilots. Following close are those in the health profession – doctors/nurses/paramedics came in at 6.3 per cent. Police officers made the cut-off at 5.5 per cent.
A total of 8,000 professionals all over the world took part in the survey.
Globally, males wanted to be engineers (10.9 per cent), pilots (10 per cent), scientists (7.7 per cent), doctors/nurses/paramedics (5.3 per cent) and astronauts (4 per cent). Apart from the last entry, Singaporeans, it seems, reach for similar stars.
Singapore-based females seem to be the nurturing sort, with 'teacher' leading the surveyed pack at 14.8 per cent. Doctors/nurses/paramedics follow with 13 per cent; lawyers at 8.7 per cent; journalist/novelist at 4.3 per cent; and fashion designer and stylist at 4.3 per cent.
Internationally, females aspired to be teachers (10.7 per cent); doctors/nurses/paramedics (9.5 per cent); journalists/novelists (6.8 per cent); veterinarians (5.4 per cent); and lawyers (5.2 per cent).
Though aspiring, 'Superhero', 'Prince/Princess' and 'Ninja' clocked in at 1.3 per cent, 0.5 per cent and 0.3 per cent respectively.


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The Post War Outlook for Young Business Men
By DeWITT EMERY, President, National Small Business Mens Association, Inc.
Delivered before the Annual Meeting of the United States Junior Chamber of Commerce,Chicago, Ill., June 14, 1943.
Vital Speeches of the Day, Vol. IX, pp. 563-566.
WHAT is the Post War Outlook for Young Business men? The only way I can truthfully answer! that question is by saying, "I don't know." However, based on a projection into the post-war period of the rapidly expanding pre-war centralized control, I'd say that the post-war outlook for young business men is bad, very bad. In fact, worse than it has ever been at any given time in the entire history of our Republic.
About all a young business man can look forward to under the centralized control philosophy is more and more, and then still more, regimentation in every phase of his existence. It recently came to light that under the termsof the lease used by at least one of the government housing projects, it's necessary for the tenant to get written permission from the government before having a baby. When regimentation reaches that stage, all of the other things, such as being told by the government what to eat and how much, what you may or may not wear, where you have to live, where you must work and for how much, whether or not you can have a car and if so, how many miles you are permitted to drive it in a given period, all these things and many others fall into the class of minor irritants.
Under centralized, if a young business man should be foolish enough to want to go into business for himself,he'd undoubtedly have to get the approval of from five to twenty-five bureaucrats. And if he did, finally, succeed in getting permission to go ahead, his troubles would only be beginning. He would unquestionably have to hire his help through a government employment office and pay a scale of wages fixed by a bureaucrat. He'd only be allowed so much of certain materials, all of which he'd have to account for to four or five different departments, bureaus or agencies, on literally hundreds of different forms. He'd only be allowed to make sales in a certain definitely defined territory at prices fixed by order or decree.
If at any time he was inclined to show a little independence and exercise some initiative, he'd more likely than not be sat upon by a bureaucrat and should he at any time on anything fail to go along with everything his bosses, the bureaucrats, wanted, he'd probably be put out of business overnight by having his materials shut off, his employees assigned to other jobs and his customers forbidden to buy from him.
That isn't a very pretty picture is it? But, of course, there would be compensations. Yet, indeed. In return for giving up his liberties and being a slave of the state, he'd be promised security from the cradle to the grave. What more can anyone ask. Security provided by the government from the cradle to the grave, according to the "planners", is all there is. There ain't no more.
Some of you may think that I'm overdrawing this picture of centralization. That the sort of thing I'm talking about just can't happen here. You may feel that I'm just a plain, everyday, ordinary, reactionary calamity howler. However, before you reach such a conclusion, let's follow the advice of our "Brown Derbied" friend and "look at the record."
In looking at the record, please keep in mind that we are only taking a hasty glance. Were we to take an all-inclusive look, we'd have to stay right here until at least this time next week. Also keep in mind, while we are looking at the record, that from almost the very inception of our Republic the Federal Government has been growing in power, thereby becoming an ever increasingly important factor in our national life. Up until recent years the expansion was very gradual, its largest single impetus prior to 1933 being, perhaps, the income tax amendment which went into effect in 1913. An interesting side light on this is that when the income tax amendment was being considered on the floor of the Senate, one senator said he was opposed to it because he felt such a tax would get bigger and bigger until some day it might amount to as much as five or ten percent.
I'd like to trace for you the development of the power of the Federal Government during the period of its gradual expansion, but I'm afraid we won't have time for that. And further, for our present purpose, the recent rapid expansion in this power is more important.
I want you to keep in mind that the glance we are about to take at the record is the pre-war record. Suppose we start our glance with the bank holiday in 1933 which closed every bank in the country and before any bank could reopen it had to have permission from the government to do so. In many cases, the reopened bank had the government as a partner because of the funds advanced by an agency of the government. From that day to this, banks and bankers have been anything but free agents. In fact, one of my banker friends told me recently that it has now gotten to the point where it is necessary for him to get permission from an official of the government before he can wash his hands during business hours.
Following the bank holiday came a perfect deluge of new Federal agencies, some of them created by law, others
by executive order. Among these new agencies we find the following, which I'll name in alphabetical order rather than by the dates they were established:
Agricultural Adjustment Administration
Civil Aeronautics Authority
Civilian Conservation Corps
Export-Import Bank
Farm Credit Administration
Federal Communications Commission
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Federal Housing Administration
Federal Savings and Loan Association
Federal Security Agency
Federal Works Agency
Government Relations and Science Advisory Committee
National Defense Advisory Commission
National Labor Relations Board
National Railroad Retirement Board
Public Works Administration
Railroad Retirement Board
R. F. C. Mortgage Company
Resettlement Administration
Rural Electrification Administration
Rural Rehabilitation Division
Securities Exchange Commission
Social Security Board
Tennessee Valley Associated Co-operatives
Tennessee Valley Authority
Temporary National Economic Committee
United States Employment Service
United States Maritime Commission
Wage Hour Division
Works Progress Administration
I have named thirty out of a total of one hundred twenty-four agencies of the government created between March 4th, 1933, and May 1st, 1940. I won't take time to give you the names of the other ninety-four. I have here the complete list of one hundred twenty-four if any of you care to look it over. Some day I'll extend the list to include all of the new agencies created since May 1st, 1940, but don't believe I'd better undertake that until the paper shortage has been licked.
Each of the thirty agencies I named, and each of the ninety-four I didn't name, issued rules or regulation of some kind. Some of them issued a large number and some comparatively few, but the sum total of the regulation applied by these one hundred twenty-four new agencies of the government adds up to a sizable chunk of pre-war regimentation—yes, quite a sizable chunk. And that's the point I want to make, particularly for the benefit of the "it can't happen here" boys.
I'd like to comment on several of these agencies but we haven't time for that. Therefore, we'll pass up all of them except A.A.A. and we'll talk a little about it because the record of the operation of the farm program under A.A.A. furnishes what might almost be called perfect data for the next point I want to make.
You undoubtedly remember that the A.A.A. was brought into existence to save the farmer. It provided an over-all plan for farmers to replace the then haphazard method whereby each farmer decided for himself what he'd raise and how much. Quotas were fixed for several crops. Surplus were to be eliminated and above all, prices were to be raised and the farmers' income greatly increased. Over the period of five years which we shall consider, several billion dollars of the tax payers' money was poured intothe farm program. What was the result? Here are some of the figures. Those on prices were compiled from the official record of the Department of Agriculture and those on imports, from the official records of the Department of Commerce.
The average price of wheat 1921 through 1932—before planned economy—was 1.017 per bushel. The average price of wheat 1933 through 1937—during planned economy—was 85 1/2 cents per bushel, a decline of 16.2 per cent. During the same period corn declined 4.3 per cent, cotton 34.7 per cent, cattle 17.1 per cent, hogs 15.9 per cent, and potatoes 26.9 per cent. So, on increasing the price of farm products planned economy didn't work so well.
During the period 1933 through 1937, little pigs were slaughtered, crops of various kinds were plowed under and bounties were paid out of the public treasury for not raising this and that. What was the result? A comparison of imports on hogs, cattle and corn will give us at least a good idea of the answer.
In 1933 we imported 6,470 pounds of hogs.
In 1937 we imported 16,555,218 pounds of hogs.
In 1933 we imported 74,658 head of cattle.
In 1937 we imported 494,945 head of cattle.
In 1933 we imported 160,288 bushels of corn.
In 1937 we imported 86,337,248 bushels of corn.
In 1937 approximately thirty million acres were held out of production, and had our food requirements been produced at home, approximately twenty-five million acres of the land held out of production would have been cultivated.
That's the record for five years of planned economy as applied to agriculture, not in France or Germany or Italy or Russia or Japan or China, but right here in these United States of ours. That's the record taken from the official records of the Department of Agriculture and the Department of Commerce. So, with this record before us of how planned economy works, is it any wonder—if we go into the post-war period under even broader and more stringent centralized control—that I say the post-war outlook for young business men is bad—very, very bad)
I haven't mentioned W.P.B., O.P.A., W.L.B., O.C.D., O.D.T., or any of the other war agencies. I haven't said anything about taxes, or the national debt, or renegotiations, or F.C.C.'s absolute control of the air under the recent Supreme Court decision. I haven't commented on organized labor, export markets, Uncle Sam's playing Santa Claus to the Universe, and a whole host of other things all of which have an important bearing on the post-war outlook. It's impossible in the time allotted to me to make a complete analysis of all of the factors which have a bearing on post-war conditions. Nor have I talked about Social Security, particularly the Wagner-Murray bill which is the blue print for security from the cradle to the grave. This bill was introduced in the Senate a few days ago and each and every one of you should ask one of the senators from your state to send you a copy of it. Tell him you want a copy, of S. 1161 and when you get it, study it carefully. It's important, because this bill for the first time reveals the ultimate objective of the planners.
I want to comment briefly on one phase of O.P.A. activity, also say a few words about renegotiation, then conclude by giving you my idea of the other side of the picture. So far we've looked only at the darker side, but there can and, I believe, should be a brighter side, a much brighter side. Provided those of us who do our fighting on the home front have sense enough and guts enough to see to it that our Republic remains a Republic, that the bill of rights continues in force, that this country stays within the framework of the American way of life, and that American institutions, including private property and private enterprise, do not fall by the wayside.
The O.P.A. activity I want to call your attention to is the determined effort now being made to establish grade labeling. Under grade labeling, brand names would cease to exist. Which is to say, cigarettes, for example, would be grade A., B. and C. and so on. No manufacturer would have any product identification, which means, of course, that he would not have anything to advertise and if there wasn't any advertising, how long would newspapers and magazines be able to continue publication without being subsidized by the government? And if the government was putting up the money, who would control what went into the news and editorial columns? All of which adds up to the fact that "there are more ways of killing a dog than choking him on butter."
Now for those few words about renegotiation. The renegotiation law became effective on April 28th, 1942, its purpose being to prevent excessive profits on war production. What constitutes an excessive profit was not defined in the law, nor were rules of procedure laid down. In other words, the law is pretty much a blanket piece of legislation under which the several Price Adjustment Boards, each of which operates independently, have complete freedom to recapture profits and to force down prices as they see fit.
I'm not in any sense advocating that any war profiteer be permitted to keep ill-gotten gains. The worst thing in the world which could happen to American business would be for this war to be followed by the scandals on excessive profits which followed World War I. On the other hand, I am vigorously advocating that war contractors be permitted to retain a reasonable profit; that provision be made in renegotiation for reconversion; that renegotiations take into account all of the costs of production, including income and excess profits taxes, and that the cloak of secrecy which now surrounds renegotiations settlements be dispelled.
There isn't anything in the law which says that renegotiation must or should be applied before taxes, and since profit is not actually a profit until the full cost of doing business has been deducted, and most certainly taxes are part of the cost of doing business, renegotiation settlements should be made on a net basis, the profit allowed should be after taxes. Also, there isn't anything in the law which says that renegotiation settlements must be kept secret. Certainly, there is no need for secrecy so far as the conduct of the war is concerned because information on the settlements made with the larger companies whose stocks are listed on the stock exchange can be obtained from the statements they file with S.E.C.
As it is now, no manufacturer has any idea what to expect under renegotiation. He hears about one company which was allowed thirty per cent on its selling price and then about another company which only received ten per cent on cost, and so on. His turn to be renegotiated may not come for a year or more during which time he doesn't know whether he's afoot or on horse back. And with this unknown factor added to all of the other uncertainties connected with doing business these days, it makes efficient operation almost impossible.
If settlement were publicized and a manufacturer in Missouri, for example, knew what profit had been allowed to a company in the same line of business in New York, he'd at least have some idea what to expect when his turn came.
So much for that. I said a moment ago that there should, and I believed could, be a brighter side to the post-war outlook for young business men. I'll go farther and say that the post-war period should provide the biggest and best opportunities that ever existed for young men at any time, any place on the face of the earth from the beginning of recorded history. I know I'm taking in a lot of territory and I do it deliberately.
What could possibly make the vast difference between the picture drawn by my opening statement and the picture drawn by the statement I have just made. The answer is factual information. Abraham Lincoln summed up this situation in a few words a good many years ago. He said, "I have faith in the common people. Tell the people the truth and the nation will be saved." I have that same faith. If I didn't have, I wouldn't be here talking to you today.
We all know that the judgment of any executive is no better than his information. Too many of us, however, overlook the fact that exactly the same thing is true of a truck driver, a carpenter or brickmason, a plumber or a factory worker, or any other American citizen. When these people understand what private capitalism is and what private enterprise means to each individual citizen in the country and to his family, the vast majority of them will be just as staunch advocates of individual free enterprise as you and I.
How many of these people do you suppose have the facts on planned economy which I gave you concerning the A.A.A.'s farm program? I haven't any idea either, but it's certainly a mighty small percentage. How many of them know that labor gets more than eight-four cents out of every income dollar? There are literally thousands of similar pieces of factual information which should be gotten to all of our people all the way down to the bottom of the lowest income groups.
That's an awful lot of folks to reach, but they can be reached and they must be reached if the brighter side of the post-war picture is to become a reality.
Please understand that I don't want anyone to at any time do anything which will in any way hinder or disrupt our war effort. Winning the war in the shortest possible rime and with the smallest possible loss of life is more important than anything else, and must be considered by all of us all of the time.
There are many things, however, which all of us can do to help prepare for the dynamic, rapidly expanding economy we can and should have following the war which will not in any way interfere with the war effort. Scientific development has compressed into the last two years the normal advancement of fifty years and this development applies to everything—automobiles, refrigerators, housing, clothes, furniture, anything you can think of. When the shooting stops, there will be in this country a pent-up demand for goods the like of which the world has never known. And there will be more money in the hands of the lower income groups than ever before.
What's our first step if we want to help prepare for peace? I'd say it is to eradicate the philosophy of scarcity from the minds of all of our people. To me that philosophy is the silliest thing that anyone ever seriously suggested. If it was carried to its ultimate conclusion, it would mean that after awhile everyone would have everything for producing nothing. Absurd—certainly it is, but nevertheless, that's the soothing syrup which has for years been fed to millions of Americans. There never has been and there never will be a successful substitute for hard work and thrift.
An equally silly idea is that of persons who contend our frontiers are gone, that this country can't develop any further, that the beat we can possibly look forward to is a static economy and, therefore, we might as well get busy dividingup what we have because we'll never have more to divide.
I'm not much given to making predictions, but here's one you can paste in your hat band. Within ten years after the end of the war, at least sixty per cent of the total production in the United States will be on new products which were not and never had been in commercial production when the war ended. That's what I think of the idea of a static economy. The use of farm products as raw material in industry is just getting rightly started and a great stream of unbelievable things is coming out of research laboratories. I should qualify this by saying that my prediction is based on our being governed by laws, not by executive orders, decrees or directives emanating from two hundred or more boards, bureaus, agencies or departments. Also, it is based on the government acting as an umpire, management being free to go ahead on its own initiative.
A new born baby might be used to illustrate the fact that security from the cradle to the grave is dead wrong. The first thing that happens to him is, he's held up by his heels and given a good hard smack. If he starts yelling, starts struggling, he has a chance to live. If he remains passive, doesn't try to help himself, that is both the beginning and the end. Our Creator intended that life should be a struggle from the cradle to the grave and I for one am perfectly willing to bow to His judgment.
I might go a step further along this line by pointing out that no matter how much reading or studying you may do, you can't make me an educated person. If I want an education, I must work for it myself. By the same token, no matter how much manual labor or how much exercising you may do, you can't put any muscle on my arm. If I want muscle, I've got to earn it for myself. Also, if I want security, it's up to me to provide it for myself and, personally, I wouldn't have it any other way.
There are many other things I might mention, but I believe what I have said lays the foundation for a suggestion I want to make, which is that you and I and tens of thousands like us must immediately become salesmen of the finest product anyone ever had to offer—the United States of America.
Our line is complete. It includes constitutional government, the Bill of Rights, freedom of opportunity, private enterprise and all of the related items which go to make up the true American way of life. The first step we must all take is to become thoroughly familiar with our merchandise, and then to everlastingly push the sale of it. Certainly we'll meet resistance, but you know a good salesman really doesn't Start to sell until the prospect says "no."
Part of our selling must be that we ourselves fully discharge our duties as citizens which, among other things, include expressing our views at frequent intervals to our elected representatives in public office. This is tremendously important and is one place where most of us are mighty lax.
Public opinion is always the final determining factor in a Republic, and you fellows, when you go to your homes in every part of the country, can be very effective in creating public opinion in your respective communities. How about it? Are you willing to become salesmen of America? Are you willing to help in reinforming and reselling America and American institutions to Americans? If you are, and if I can at any time be helpful to you in any way, don't fail to call on me.
And now I want to leave one final thought with you and I earnestly hope you'll keep it with you all the time from now oil That is . . . "ETERNAL VIGILANCE IS THE PRICE OF LIBERTY."


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Overjoyed Davina McCall, David Walliams and co finish 1,000-mile Sport Relief bike ride
The team - which also included organiser David Walliams and fellow comedians Russell Howard, Patrick Kielty and Jimmy Carr plus actress Miranda Hart, – crossed the finish line, raising £1 million for their cause in the process.
Posing at the Land's End signpost, the exhausted team could finally rest after cycling for 82 hours and battling gruelling conditions on the way.
Since setting off from John O'Groats they've faced blizzards, snow capped mountains and temperatures hitting minus 15C.
Waiting to greet the man behind the challenge, David, was his model fiancée Lara Stone. After receiving a kiss and hug from the stunning blonde, David said: "It has been an amazing challenge, so much harder and more gruelling than any of us thought it would be.
"To have raised a million pounds in four days is a fantastic thing - thanks so much for everyone who sponsored us, it kept us going."
The money from the challenge will go to helping vulnerable people living incredibly tough lives here in the UK and in some of the world's poorest countries.


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The law on scattering ashes in the UK is fairly relaxed. You can even scatter or bury ashes in your garden if you wish. There is nothing explicit in the legislation to restrict people in disposing of cremated ashes.
While the regulations may be on your side, the difficulty may come in gaining permission to scatter or bury ashes on someone else's land. You should definitely have the landowner's permission. And certain places are definitely off-limits.
One piece of advice: you are more likely to gain permission and less likely to be disturbed if you choose somewhere in the countryside or wilderness.
Local authorities: Local authorities don't like people scattering ashes in public parks and gardens, especially in urban areas because the parks are relatively small and a lot of people use them. Also, if you wish to conduct a ceremony, it is unlikely that you will have the privacy or space that you need to make it a special event. That said, it may be worth trying your local authority to see if they can make an exception for a small ceremony in a secluded spot if you have a very good reason.
Faiths/religions: If the deceased had a faith, then it is worth checking what the religious implications are of scattering, burying or splitting the ashes.
Overseas: It is much better to have the various permissions you need ahead of any travel to ensure that it is as stress-free as possible.
Position of various landowners: The following organisations have a stance on scattering ashes. Check the relevant web pages for more specific requests:
Those that say YES, if:
Cemeteries/On a family grave – You may wish to scatter or bury someone's cremated funeral ashes on the family's grave. Not all cemeteries allow scattering and, if you intend to bury them, then you will need to make sure that you are the ones with the rights to do this. For example, if it is a grandparents' plot, it is likely that a number of others may also have a right to bury there and space may be limited. Contact the cemetery owner in the first instance. In addition, if it is a church land (as opposed to council-owned), you will need to speak to the vicar or priest and please bear in mind that they may wish to conduct a service irrespective of your wishes as it is their land. Whilst this may not be the deceased's belief system, it may be better to do this and have the occasion marked. Clergy can be reasonably accommodating and we would suggest that you ask them to find a mutually agreeable resolution.
Woodland Trust – is happy to let you scatter. However, they do ask that you do not hold any kind of formal ceremony in the woodland in question and do not disturb the ground in any way.
National Parks – This is dependent upon each individual park. North Yorkshire National Park states that: "There is no hard and fast rule. You should start by asking the person who owns the land on which you would like to spread the ashes".
The National Parks' authorities don't actually own the land; they are similar to a planning authority. As they state: "Not ours – but ours to look after".
In your own garden – As long as you own the property, this is absolutely fine. A word of caution: the house or garden may not always be in the family's possession so, should grandchildren or future generations wish to visit the site, they may find it difficult or awkward.
Those that say NO or with severe restrictions, sorry:
Forestry Commission – does not allow ashes to be scattered on its land.
Peaks in Scotland and Wales – Welsh conservationists and The Mountaineering Council of Scotland have asked bereaved relatives to avoid the most popular sites and even to bury ashes rather than scatter them. They feel that it has a significant impact on plant life. It has been recommended that, when considering a chosen spot for the disposal of your ashes, people should avoid iconic mountain tops, by opting instead for a corrie, a certain point along a ridge or beside a particular tree on the lower slopes of a mountain.
Here is what the Ben Nevis Partnerships says: "While no attempt will be made to dissuade anyone from scattering human ashes on Ben Nevis, you should try to choose an area away from the summit cairn, and also away from the north face on which a number of alpine plants struggle to survive."
Royal Parks – states: "We would prefer that you don't. These remains contain high levels of minerals and other elements which, over time, can sterilise the soil and leach into watercourses, disrupting the delicate natural balance."
A note: Scattering ashes and the environment
Many organisations state that they do not allow scattering for environmental reasons. Cremated ashes are rich in calcium and phosphorus that can affect alkalinity and act as a fertiliser. It depends upon the frequency of the scattering and the sensitivity of the environment as large amounts of ashes scattered in a sensitive environment will, in time, have an impact. However, we have found no evidence to suggest that occasional scattering in ordinary environments, such as a field or beach, is likely to cause any demonstrable negative impact.
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Though he was "totally stunned" Rick Santorum could be considered a viable presidential candidate, former Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell (D) praised him on Morning Joe as a "great pork Senator." Said Rendell: "You know, Rick over the course of time, some things he did very well, he was a great -- I hate to say this, he was a great pork Senator. I would call him and say we need this, we got it. He was a great pork Senator."
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Commonwealth by Ann Patchett. I've attempted to read Patchett before (apparently there was an aborted attempt to finish State of Wonder), but there are a couple of Patchett fangirls in my club who really lobbied hard for us to read this one, so I waited and waited and waited and my request finally came in at the library.
I spent a couple of pleasant afternoons reading this book on the couch. The writing was fine, the plot was interesting enough, and the characters were diverse and entertaining. That said, our last book club book was Moonglow and it was just so brilliant and memorable that this Pathcett book was just not as exciting. I finished Commonwealth about a week before we were all meeting and I had to brush up on it before I went to see everyone because the details were already lost to me after only a week. The novel was fine. It was an enjoyable read and we had a great discussion about familial relationships at book club based off of it. But it won't stick with me and I doubt I'll put any more Patchett on my list of books to read.
It won't hurt to read this book, but with so many great books out there to read, including the entire Chabon catalog, I think you could spend your time better elsewhere.
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Commonwealth by Ann Patchett
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I just read this one! It took me a day, and I enjoyed it enough that I kept reading it until it was finished. But thinking about it, I can't really say WHY I enjoyed it so much. Good writing, solid character development... but in the end it maybe felt more like a character study of the family rather than a story? Not sure.ReplyDelete
I have Moonglow on my nightstand, waiting for me to crack it...
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Outplayed for all of the first quarter, the home team finally has snapped out of their 15-minute funk.
The Packers lead the 49ers, 7-6, following a touchdown pass from Aaron Rodgers to Jordy Nelson.
The 14-play, 70-yard drive featuring no play longer than nine yards started with an interception of 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick by Packers cornerback Tramon Williams. It came after the San Francisco defense had suffocated the Green Bay offense on three prior drives, which generated a total of six yards.
Now late in the second quarter, the momentum has swung sharply to the Packers. Which based on the first quarter seemed like something that wouldn't happen.


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ERCIM News No.48, January 2002 [contents]
E-Governance: The Case of the Finnish Parliament
by Olli Mustajärvi
A major portion of information management in the public sector consists of document management. Therefore, implementation of better services for the citizens in an information society requires effective implementation of electronic document management. This case has been characterised as the most important document management project in the Finnish public administration ever.
SGML offers for the purposes of e-governance a technology for document management by enabling long-term accessibility of information in documents. SGML and XML are definition languages by which standard document structures can be defined.
The SGML standardisation project in the Finnish Parliament was carried out with the University of Jyväskylä. The effects of the standardisation have concerned documents, document production, archiving practices, information distribution, and inter-organisational collaboration.
Discussion about building and supporting e-governance by means of SGML started in 1994. The goal of the project was to evaluate alternatives for standard document formats, to design preliminary standards for parliamentary documents, and to develop methods for standardisation. During later phases the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ministry of Finance, Prime Ministers Office, and a publishing house also participated in the project. During 1995-1998, a method for document analysis was developed in the project and four domains were analysed. As part of the analysis, preliminary DTDs were designed for 21 document types. Since Finland has two official languages, Finnish and Swedish, all legislative documents have to be available in both of the languages.
The use of SGML (or XML) on a specific domain requires document standardisation. The standardisation means agreement upon rules, which define the way information is represented in the documents of the domain. SGML standardisation does not concern documents only. Successful implementation of the standards of a domain may require major changes in work processes as well as in the tools used in the work. Especially inter-organisational document standardisation covering many document types has proven to be an extremely complicated task.
The work of the first project has been followed by projects where selected companies have developed and implemented SGML solutions (DTDs and tools) for a specific subset of documents, and the Parliament and ministries have redesigned their work processes. The first implemented document repository in SGML form was the archive of laws and statutes which was published by the Ministry of Justice in 1997. In the archive, links to documents in the archive of the Parliament are automatically created. The SGML format was produced by a conversion from word processing files. Conversion of text files was also used in the early version of a new SGML-based budgeting system implemented by the Ministry of Finance in 1998. In the Parliament, the goal was to initiate document production where documents would be originally authored in a structured form. Changing the document production processes and authoring tools has been a major reengineering effort.
The quality of the documents available on the web has however improved as a consequence of the SGML implementation. Documents are now available in three forms: HTML, PDF, and SGML. People working in the Parliament are able to print documents with slightly different layouts for different purposes, eg, for different phases of legislative drafting.
In February 2000 the Finnish Parliament decided on new goals for information distribution, including a goal for the distribution of consolidated legal texts. After the decision, the Ministry of Justice commenced a project for implementing an SGML-based consolidation. A pilot system implemented in the Parliament demonstrated that using the SGML form as a basis, the consolidated legal database can be realised and updated with reasonable costs. The consolidated Finnish legal database is expected to be in use in 2002 at the latest.
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REQUIEMS FOR THE DEPARTED is an audacious exercise in joining the dots between Ireland's mythological heritage and the current explosion in contemporary Irish crime writing. Basically, Gerard Brennan and Mike Stone have commissioned a number of modern crime stories based on Irish mythology. Contributors include Brian McGilloway, Arlene Hunt, Ken Bruen, Adrian McKinty, Una McCormack, Garbhan Downey, Sam Millar and Stuart Neville. Among the myths invoked are those of Diarmuid and Grainne, the Children of Lir, Queen Maeve and the Brown Bull of Cooley, the Hound of Cu Chulainn, and the Banshee.
What editors Stone and Brennan have attempted to do is draw parallels between the narrative tensions of an ancient and modern form. Much is made, for example, of the female characters in the myths, such as Queen Maeve and Grainne, as forerunners of the manipulative and often deadly femmes fatales of crime fiction.
It's also true that narrative fulcrums such as greed, sex and the lust for power are timeless, as most of the stories here confirm.
Arlene Hunt's 'Sliabh Ban' is a modern take on the Queen Maeve story, in which revenge plays a considerable part in motivating the main character, whose husband has not only run off with a younger woman, but taken her prize racehorse with him. Hunt's story is perfectly pitched between myth and modern story, particularly in terms of the tragic ending.
On the other hand, Adrian McKinty's story 'Diarmuid and Grainne' makes few concessions to the myth that inspired it. While acknowledging the elopement element of the myth, it is to all intents and purposes a hard-nosed tale of an undercover cop on the Border between the Republic and Northern Ireland making a fatal error of judgment while investigating dissident Republicans. Gritty and brutal, it belongs in the category of contemporary story, and shies clear of indulging the mythological aspects.
John McAllister's 'Bog Man', on the other hand, reverses McKinty's approach almost entirely: his protagonist is Tarlóir, an enforcer of the peace who goes up against the Morrigan clan in the years immediately following the arrival of St Patrick. McAllister drenches his tale with ghosts, gods and the superstitions of pre-Christian Ireland. In effect, McAllister frames the ancient tale with the modern concept of the police procedural. Where McKinty takes the myth and looks forward, McAllister takes the contemporary form and looks back. Both are equally persuasive.
Less persuasive in terms of style is Neville Thompson's 'Children of Gear', a riff on the 'Children of Lir' story. Thompson sets his story in modern Dublin, yet uses the ancient names for his characters in a tale of a family lost to heroin. The net result is that the story never allows the reader to accept the story as fully myth or modern crime story, but that unsettling aspect contributes to the fact that Thompson's forceful and unadorned reworking of the myth is a haunting one.
Some stories have only a tenuous connection to Irish mythology and legend - John Grant's 'The Life Business', for example, offers a couple of glancing references to St Patrick in what is otherwise a compelling coming-of-age tale. Others, such as Ken Bruen's 'She Wails Through the Fair', which takes the myth of the banshee for its inspiration, are entirely suffused with by the story's inspiration.
Two stories, both police procedurals, are faithful to the mythology to an almost simplistic degree, yet both are the most successful at drawing out the timelessness of the myths. Brian McGilloway's 'Fisherman's Blues' and Garry Kilworth's 'Hats Off to Mary' seem to skim the surface of the source material: entirely contemporary, they both convey the apparent simplicities of the mythological narratives, while also sketching in the often crude motivations that lie beneath what we often simply skim ourselves when rereading mythology.
REQUIEMS FOR THE DEPARTED doesn't always reach the standards set by its audacious concept. By its very nature, and the nature of the material from which the stories take their inspiration, the tone is uneven, with some stories trading in black humour, others in irreverent revisionism, and some striving too hard to locate what is essentially a prehistorical morality in a contemporary setting.
That said, the collection is for the most part a vibrant reimagining of a body of literature that is in danger of being preserved in the literary equivalent of aspic. It is at worst a long overdue shot in the arm for Irish myths and legends, and deserves to be taken seriously as a courageous attempt to revitalise a tradition that is in danger of being smothered in academic dust. - Declan Burke
Meanwhile, here's a link to a piece on REQUIEMS I had published in the Irish Times last month.
Lately I have been mostly reading: MY FRIEND JESUS CHRIST by Lars Husum, ORCHID BLUE by Eoin McNamee, SPIES OF THE BALKANS by Alan Furst, BAD INTENTIONS by Karin Fossum and FALLING SLOWLY by Robert Fannin.
Praise for Declan Burke: "Burke shows again that he's not just a comic genius, but also a fine dramatic writer and storyteller." – Booklist. "Proust meets Chandler over a pint of Guinness." – Spectator. "Among the most memorable books of the year, of any genre." – Sunday Times. "A hardboiled delight." – Guardian. "Imagine Donald Westlake and Richard Stark collaborating on a screwball noir." – Kirkus Reviews. "A cross between Raymond Chandler and Flann O'Brien." – John Banville.
Tuesday, July 13, 2010
Nobody Move, This Is A Review: REQUIEMS FOR THE DEPARTED, edited by Gerard Brennan and Mike Stone
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- Sean Patrick Reardon said...
As I am thinking of purchasing this, the review was helpful. It seems worthy of a read.
- July 13, 2010 at 1:51 PM
- Michael Stone said...
An excellent and fair review. Cheers, Dec.
- July 16, 2010 at 9:14 AM
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Being in the moment, is not about forgeting the past and forgoing the future.
Being in the moment, is about forgiving the past and forging a brighter future.
So she said to mi, Life, my teacher, and she addded, "O Human, once you have implemented it, you shall become a Momentous Being."
She then smiled her sly smile and winked her wicked wink, "The operative word over here being, implemented."


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Feast your eyes on colourful, riotous action. Super science and supernatural collide.
The Rook is better. However, this is still a fun book. I hope there will be more (next stop America...the Croatoan?)
I loved The Rook!! This sequel was a weak follow up. The characters and the storylines overlapping and so overwritten. I couldn't finish it.
I love the world and the powers that come with it and enjoyed the stepping away from Myfanny Thomas' perspective. It's quite easy to see that this will not be the end of the series with the loose ends at the end of the book.
This is a sequel to The Rook (so this book will definitely make more sense if you read The Rook first). I had been wondering if this book would be as enjoyable as the first one, and when I picked it up and noted how big it was, I was a little concerned. However, from the very first chapter forward, I was hooked and enjoying myself immensely. I enjoy O'Malley's snarky sense of humor and dry wit, and how he writes things like, "Joe, meanwhile, had been so absorbed by the Curious Incident of the Sporadically Vaporous Asian Woman in the Alleyway that he's missed his friend's discommoding behind him." I snickered to myself a few times, and found that I was frequently surprised by the story (which is nice, because I wasn't always able to predict what was going to happen).
I thought this was a fun book. My only issue with it was that it was overly long winded in parts. A good 100 pages or so could have been cut without impacting anything. Overall though, I'd recommend this book for a fun airplane/beach read.
I loved The Rook and have been waiting impatiently for the sequel and it didn't let me down. This book is told in 3 point of views instead of the previous book's 1 but it works as you need the information that each person gives you. It has all the fun and craziness of the first book in a story that forces enemies together to solve the threat to their newfound peace.
I love love love The Rook, and I've been waiting for this sequel. Happily, the wait was worth it. I'm a big fan of action packed stories that focus so strongly on women. Odette and Felicity are just as enjoyable to read as Myfanwy and Shantay from the first book, and all four are distinct, well-rounded individual characters. Add in a mix of sly wit and humor with gross sci-fi elements and you have my perfect summer read.
A beautifully written, atmospheric, twisty little novel about the secret monsters inside all of us, and what happens if we choose to let them go. Describing this novel as "ghostly" physiological thriller is a perfect way to capture the little bit of supernatural the book contains, and which sets what could be just another tale of mean girls apart. You will need to play close attention as you read.
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Nilla,did you notice any issues with the crops not losing food once hit with cold? whatever is already produced on the fields doesn't rot or freeze.it just waits for the farmers.pic: produce not being hurt by frost.lettuce should have frosted,should be losing tomatoes.the growth bar doesn't show damage due to cold.fields seem dependant on summer temps only. if it is warm enough, they grow.whatever is produced,waits for the farmers.some crops should be more affected by cold than others.


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Looks like there was a solid tie between the months of July and December for our fav of the year! I'm pretty fond of any winter month as that is my favorite season.
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Yesterday, I had to play the Wicked Witch of the West, a mother's prerogative. We booked tickets to see the second Kingsmen movie. As they're working on the freeway to go around Aberdeen, we were guided along a detour that almost got us to Aberdeen via Inverness, but we managed to get there just in time. I got my phone out and showed the lady the Q-code. "Okay," she says after scanning it, "Can I see some IDs please."
Now you must know that we are regular visitors at the cinema. Not that I've seen this particular lady before, but we are visiting this place about twice a month. Never before have we been asked for IDs. I have, however, since my kids turned fifteen, told them to bring IDs to the cinema. We buy them student tickets and to see a 15-rated movie they need proof of studentship and being older than fifteen.
I turned to my children and they are both shaking their heads. They didn't bring their IDs. The woman said we couldn't go in without proof they were students and older than fifteen. I browsed my whole photo gallery on my phone, but she wouldn't accept any photo of my kids in school uniform. Of course, I didn't have any proof of their age either. My son looks like he could be eighteen and my daughter could pass for twelve (they are twins nevertheless).
I 'lost the plot' and reacted very badly, cursing at anybody who tried to get my attention. We got a refund and drove back again. I didn't speak a word the whole trip. I even refused a chocolate as a peace offer and the kids know it's bad when their mother refuses to eat chocolate. My husband didn't get it. He even tried to soothe me. I was laughing on the inside but put up a wicked face until the end. When we got home I gave everybody a hug and told them to never to forget their IDs again. We then watched the first Kingsmen movie from the comfort of our home instead.
Sometimes, you just have to let your kids know they screwed up big time for them to remember not to make that mistake twice 🙂 .
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Director: Sandra Kwan Yue Ng
Stars: Alex Fong, Francis Ng, Sandra Kwan Yue Ng
Country: China
Language: Mandarin
A group of people is living in apartments in Humble Grove. Construction businessman want to take the apartments under his control, so people in apartments are living inside from many years. Soon, building gets haunted by supernatural powers, instead of vacating the building, they hire a ghost hunter to hunt down the ghosts.


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Accent on Youth – Theater Review
Accent on Youth, a Broadway comedy from the 1934-35 season. David Hyde Pierce heads the cast in this rollicking salute to love's possibilities, both on stage and off. Successful playwright Stephen Gaye (Pierce) is about to abandon his latest script, when his young secretary offers him new inspiration.
This is what I would call butler comedy, in that it obviously has a butler in it. If this is your cup of tea, then you might like "Accent on Youth". You can tell, I didn't. I suppose the reason most people are going to go is because of David Hyde Pierce, but I just found the whole thing a bit tedious. It was written a long time ago. It is set in the '40s. The costumes are fabulous, but not worth your time. One star.


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|The Weiners
Sorry for that little tangent. This post is about the weekend prior to my chili cook-off. This weekend was truly one of the best I've had in these parts in quite a while. Like a donkey eying up your mother for stealing it's back-scratcher let me get right to the point. Both my wife and I are huge fans of Tosh.0 and when I found out he was going on tour (his tour being called Tosh Tour Twenty Ten) I secured tickets the very moment they went on sale. That was months ago. Fast forward to a few weeks ago when after researching all of the restaurants in the nearby area (Woodberry was already booked up, but I'm finally going there next month, I can't wait!) I settled on checking out b Bistro in the Bolton Hill neighborhood of Baltimore as our pre-show dinner destination. Who the flippity floppity fucking foreskin doesn't love some good old alliteration, eh? Goddamnit, even when I try to be succinct with my writing I still end up babbling about dumb shit. GET TO THE FREAKING POINT YOU SILLY FUCK.
We made car go to place, sat down, put food in mouth. How's that for getting to the point? Booyah! The spacing was a bit tight, and I was sitting on some bizarre booth that ran the length of the dining room and was lined with long uncomfortable cyllyndrical pillows, but we really loved the space otherwise. The high ceilings and floor-to-ceiling windows reminded us of Cafe du Clocher Penche and that was definitely a good thing.
|Now that's a view!
|Hey Culley, you suck.
We tossed around some ideas for appetizers and I almost went with the Fig Leaf Farm Petite Spinach Salad with local bacon lardons, bleu cheese, creamy mustard dressing, and a poached farm egg after seeing one go by but the wife said it would be too much food combined with the other items I wanted to try. Ultimately, we agreed to try the charcuterie plate since neither of us had ever ordered one and b Bistro owns their own farm and most (not all) of the meats were made in-house.
|Isn't the proportion of meats to toast a little off?
|Thinly sliced animal parts
For our entrées I had been eying up the Ragout of Springfield Farm Lamb Leg with gold potato gnocchi, fried almonds, and sheep's milk cheese ever since I looked at their menu online so I went with that, and the Mrs. had been on mussels kick so she chose the Moules and Frites in a green curry broth with leeks and coriander leaf, hand cut fries, and garlic aioli.
|This is exactly the type of food I like to eat...
|...so go eat it right fucking now!!
|Moules and Frites (Mussels and Fries for you Cecil County folk)
|Don't you just want to fork one of those into your gaping facehole?
A lot of people claim that Baltimore is a strong force in the national food scene, but I haven't experienced much to support that statement. b Bistro would definitely fit that bill.
We tipsily walked over to the Lyric Opera House for the show. After we both hit the head, we waited in line for cocktails and then were told (of course) that they weren't allowed into the theatre, so bottoms up! With a pretty strong buzz going we found our seats and proceeded to laugh our sloppy balls off. Daniel Tosh had two openers, both of which were very funny, but he, as expected, stole the show. The highlight is when he discussed his mom's reaction to one of my favorite quotes from Tosh.0: "I want to tongue punch your mom's fart box". Classic.
|I kept screaming "Show your tits!" but no one responded...
|The object of my heterosexual (I think...) man-crush
I didn't really get any great shots of the food, I was too busy stuffing my face and pounding beers, but here's a small gallery of the shots I did manage to take in between rounds of flip cup and shrimp boils.
|He's a fucking grilling fool
|There wasn't a single rib left and I'd be lying if I said I didn't dip the cornbread in the mussel broth...
|Who's that retarded guy in the back? Oh, wait...
|Get the fuck out of here with your Thin Mints, Samoas are where it's at!


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/ ˈvəln(ə)rəbəl / [vuhl-ner-uh-buhl]
1. capable of or susceptible to being wounded or hurt
2. open to moral attack, criticism, temptation, etc.
Usually when vulnerability is used in description of another person it has a negative connotation to it; I don't think I have ever come across anyone who believed being vulnerable was a good thing. I got to thinking though, and started to question why it had to be implied so negatively all the time.
When people are found to be in their most vulnerable of states generally it is a result of uncontrollable factors like loss, lack of experience, heartbreak and the like. Although experiences that generally cause vulnerability are less than favourable I don't see the harm in losing yourself to emotions for a while, feeling hurt, feeling betrayed, feeling like you can't trust anymore or feeling like you just have no idea what you are doing. In my opinion there is little else in the world that reminds me that I am alive than to have to experience these vulnerabilities. The more life we live the more instances of vulnerability we are exposed to and how we come out is how we grow, how we move forward and shape our futures. We were all inexperienced and thus vulnerable at one point in our lives so how can we go on associating that stage in others' lives with something that is always negative?
An inexperienced child may be considered vulnerable to injury when they are near a hot stove because they just don't realize the consequences of what could happen when they come into contact with the stove. Once the child gets burned they usually learn their lesson and although they felt brief pain they are far less likely to have to feel it again as they now know better. The basic principle carries out through our lives with most situations we have to deal with, we go into things without a clue or happen to be momentarily blinded and we get burned. Even though we've been burned we heal from the burn with skills in how to prevent future, perhaps more serious burns seeing that vulnerability as helpful rather than a burden.
Clearly, taking advantage of someone in an obvious state of vulnerability isn't exactly a noble idea, however taking a minute to understand why they are could be. Exposing your vulnerabilities can be just as dangerous for an individual as it could be for an army in battle — when you let someone else know how you've been hurt or where you lack experience you could be giving the other party an upper hand. Although, when it comes to relationships would you ever honestly be proud to boast you hold such an "advantage"? I think knowing the details of such moments [to an extent] can be a lovely thing as I believe intimacy can grow from it. Knowing another person is just as imperfect and susceptible to their emotions as you are can be comforting. In addition, it can help provide the leverage needed to take an extra leap of faith which could lead to something great, and even if it doesn't at least the past experiences have matured you enough to see things off with a little dignity still intact. I think I would rather learn from my most vulnerable of moments than live my life with regrets.
Listening to wide varieties of music I have come across all sorts of songs that make me feel all sorts of things and even some that do nothing for me. What I have come to notice is that I tend to gravitate to the artists who are not afraid to expose their vulnerability through the words and emotion in their music. Honesty is a beautiful thing and instead of playing a situation off to be something different, why not feel the true feelings it conjures up? The Dallas Greens, Dan Mangans and Michael Bubles of the world don't have large female followings for no reason, for a woman a man who actually appears to feel is almost, if not as sexy as some hunk of a man strolling a beach in a Speedo (work with my analogy here okay).
I am not 100% sure where I wanted this mind reel of mine to go however it makes enough sense in my head. Don't be afraid to feel and experience life because you could render yourself vulnerable, you can't live life completely while you are hiding behind fear. Being vulnerable isn't always a bad thing, it's just a constant reminder that we've never experienced it all.


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Spellbinders – Game Review
Why are we enchanted by Spellbinders? We like shiny things and this game sparkles. Spellbinders is a lane based strategy game where you throw unit after unit into the fray to battle an opponent to the death. Intelligent use of unique spells or the correct placement of a unit will decide the winner when your heroic minion inflicts the last point of damage with his last breath.
Polished – They really brushed the shoe polish on this game. It looks very clean and everything flows well. Menus and buttons are natural to use and easy to navigate. We also appreciate that the game mechanics are simple enough to be easily employed on a smart phone but elegant enough to make it feel like you're actually important to the outcome of a match.
Tutorial – This game is easy to play because of the great depth of the tutorial and intuitive nature of the gameplay. We didn't encounter a thing that confounded us and we certainly never felt like the tutorial was patronizing us like the man-sized-children we are. A well balanced education on how to play the game left us feeling neither snubbed for our lack of understanding nor over-educated on things we were already proficient with.
Free-2-Play – This game is free to play with the option for in app purchases. We're frugal people and we love a game where we can trade in our time instead of our dime.
Multiplayer – While this game is online multiplayer we haven't yet found a way to challenge a friends to a 1v1 duel. It would seem you are only able to compete with random foes with a similar rank to your own. Being able to subject friends and family repeatedly to bitter defeat would have made this game considerably more enjoyable.
Other Thoughts
Double Up – By viewing ads you can acquire extra runes which allows you to play this game entirely for free if you're willing to put in some extra play time to earn them.
Pay-with-ads – Want more goodies? Watch an ad whenever you'd like for a chest full of goodies to help you on your way to supreme dominance over your enemies!
Official Website
Developer: Kiloo
Multiplayer: Yes
Where to Buy/Download:Android / iOS


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La Grand-Place: who knew a polygon could be so beautiful?
If you only had time to see one attraction in Brussels, go to La Grand-Place. This city square puts all other squares to shame. It's a little overwhelming looking at it all, but a good overwhelming. It's a type of overwhelming that happens too infrequently in life. So, when you're there staring at the spires and buttresses, savor it, because as far as polygons go, it's going to be hard to find a square as majestic in its architecture again.


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Innovation and Entrepreneurship Initiative
Research Innovation
Goal: To create an environment that incentivizes innovation and encourages collaboration across the UC system in the endeavor to address major societal challenges.
Strategy: We will build and expand award and grant programs designed to promote and support these research innovation and entrepreneurship efforts by faculty and students.
Programs we have implemented or are in the planning phase include:
Prime UC
Offers one $150,000 award and three $50,000 awards to the best UC-affiliated startup companies with early-stage innovations related to therapeutics, consumer health, medical devices and diagnostics.
Presidential Research Catalyst Awards
Stimulates innovative research in areas of strategic importance through a competitive, multi-campus research grant.
Grad Slam
Challenges graduate students to present their research to the public in under three minutes. The winners from each of the campus competitions go up against each other to compete for a $6,000 prize and UC-wide recognition.
Precision Medicine Awards 2015
Two competitive one-time awards in Precision Medicine funded by the State to encourage faculty to integrate clinical data with genomic, environmental, socioeconomic, mobile and other patient data. The winning proposals will make it possible to diagnose infections more quickly, and conduct research into the use of tumor DNA to develop more successful cancer therapies for children.
Alzheimer's Disease Research Initiative
A competition to encourage work that will translate UC faculty-generated ideas to early phase clinical trials and observational studies using the infrastructure of the UC Alzheimer's Disease Cooperative Study (ADCS) in San Diego.
Award for Outstanding Faculty Leadership in Presidential Initiatives
Presidential Initiative teams have been invited to nominate faculty champions, by October 12th.


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Hydrochlorofluorocarbon. A physical blowing agent containing at least one carbon, one fluorine, and one chlorine atom in its structure (for example: HCFC-141b). Effective January 1, 2005, the U.S. Environmental Protection Administration (EPA) issued a "Use Ban" regulation on HCFC-141b blowing agent, meaning that SPF systems containing HCFC141b could not be domestically produced or imported, under penalty of law, after this date. The regulation also required that any existing inventory of finished product containing HCFC 141-b could not be applied after June 30, 2005.
SPFA believes that the path to a healthful, safe, high-quality and performing SPF installation travels through the hands of a knowledgeable, trained, experienced, and ideally PCP-certified professional contractor.


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Olympic swimming champion Otylia Jedrzejczak has auctioned off the gold medal she won this year in Athens to raise money for children with leukaemia.
Jedrzejczak, 21, sold the gold medal she won for the 200 metres butterfly to a Polish food company, Victoria Cymes, for £43,000, which she will donate to the Wroclaw Medical University.
"I'm extremely happy that we were able to obtain such a high sum of money," Jedrzejczak said. "It will be a nice Christmas gift for these children, and for me that I can help them in some way."
Jedrzejczak said she was inspired to help children with leukaemia by a book she read before the Olympic Games about a boy who died from the disease, and vowed that if she won gold she would auction the medal for the cause.
Alicja Chybicka, the head of the teaching hospital's cancer unit, said the funds would go towards building a rehabilitation centre, buying medical equipment or for research. Jedrzejczak will decide how the money is spent.
"This girl has a heart of gold – it is people like her who make a true difference in these children's lives," Chybicka said. "All of our children love Otylia and say she is their hero."
The Polish state mint made a solid gold replica of the original gold-plated medal and presented it to Jedrzejczak, her trainer, Pawel Slominski, said.
She also still has the original silver medals she won in Athens in the 400m freestyle and 100m butterfly.


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Youcompare is a product comparison website. Their business philosophy is to provide a 'Quick and simple solution to navigate the complexities of competing provider products'.
A logo was developed that demonstates the 'zeroing in' on choices from many, to few to one. A bright colour palette and loose hand drawn icons help convey the brand's friendly personaility.


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1920x1200? How did you know my odd 16:10 screen resolution?
Anyways, I've already used this as my desktop wallpaper like 4 years ago and now I will again.
This is perfect.
Such a great series and detail. Vandheer has sleeves here, which I did not notice.
I feel bad for not giving the actual game the four score. Well, that's probably because it was too hard for me. Or it lacked medals. This is an absolute masterpiece and it's great to see such wonderful detail put in. I don't even remember the game being this epic! Everything is just flawlessly detailed.
It seems like you get better all the time with fanart. The background is also great. I think there are wings on the logo. I understand what that means with the title obviously. The best part is probably the giant lightning bolt. It shows the action off perfectly!
Really enjoyed the previous games, as a whole though i was more of a fan of the tyrant king than the lone warrior, really liking the more detailed artstyle, still holds the same feel as the previous games which i also like.
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Maui Oceanfront Marathon Events
Sunday, January 24, 2010
Marathon start time is 5:45 a.m. near Wailea Overflow Parking Lot
Half Marathon at 6:45 a.m. at Kamehameha Iki Park
15 K starts at 7:20 A.M. at Papalaua Beach
5K start time is 8:20 a.m. Cut Mountain, 7/10th mile, south from Launiupoko Park
There is no post race shuttle bus service.
There is free public bus service back to Kaanapali from the Wharf Cinema
There is local public bus service for a $1 or $2 ride. That will leave the Wharf Cinema across from the Banyan Tree Park just north of the finish line all the way back to near the Wailea Start line across the street from the Shops of Wailea. (After a bus change at Maalaea Harbor)
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The Maui Oceanfront Marathon is community event benefiting local school teams, clubs,
and Maui non profit groups that help put on the Marathon.
The Maui Oceanfront Marathon Course:
The start is just below the Wailea special event parking area on Wailea Iki Road.
The course travels down Wailea Iki Rd to Wailea Alanui Drive (Shops at Wailea and Marriott Hotel)
and then onto South Kihei Rd at mile 1,
through oceanfront Kihei Town with a left turn onto Highway 30 at the 11 mile mark at Ma'alaea Bay
and continues oceanfront all the way to Front Street at the South end of Old Lahaina Town.
The last mile is through oceanfront residential and ends at oceanfront Kamehameha Iki Park adjacent to 505 Front Street.
All of the course is on asphalt and the shoulder of the road. The shoulder is mostly between 4 and 6' wide.
The course has many scenic pull outs and public beaches for family and friends to park, picnic and support your run.
A great course to qualify for Boston.
The course was measured and certified November 15, 2008 by Ron Pate.
Certification Number is USA-2009-001-BDC


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Sophisticated Weddings
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Brisbane, Queensland
Planning a wedding is a very precious and personal experience. Sophisticated Weddings will guarantee to eliminate any disasters that may occur and take the stress out of planning your special day, no matter if you are planning the wedding yourself; or would like us to participate in part of the planning process; or we can just take care of everything for you.
About Us
My name is Lisa Morris and I've been running my own wedding planning business in Brisbane for over 3 years. Before I became a successful Wedding Planner, I was the event manager for several of Australia's most prestigious hotels and restaurants. In total, I have had over 25 years of experience in the event management and hospitality industry.
Sophisticated Weddings provides consulting and planning services for all styles of weddings. Our consultants are experienced and dedicated professionals with many years of event planning experience. Our goal is to offer you a truly unique experience that will leave a lasting impression on you and your guests.
Our Services
Sophisticated Weddings can assist you with:
- Themes and decorations
- Invitations & stationary
- Venue and hospitality selection
- Menu design
- Catering
- Music & entertainment
- Favours & bombonniere
- Bridal accessories
- AV & special effects
- Production design
- Professional photography
- Professional Video production
- Furniture hire
- Event planning and management
- Budget administration
- Personal shopping
- Destination weddings
- Honeymoon selection
Knowing that a professional is managing all the planning will enable you to relax and enjoy your engagement.
Why should I use a wedding planner, when I can do it all myself?
Weddings are among the most beautiful, yet most stressful events we have in our lives. So why not invite a professional to lend a hand? Planning a wedding takes an incredible amount of time, especially if you want it done right. Wedding planners know the industry and the local wedding suppliers. Having a wedding planner is like having a personal assistant who is there to do all of the calling, ordering, and looking after details that you may not have time to do.
If I book a free consultation am I obliged to sign a contract?
No – Your first consultation is completely free and you have no obligation to sign an agreement with us. However at the end of the consultation we will ask you if you would like us to plan your wedding for you and then if you do want us to go ahead we will get you to sign a contract.
How much time is required to plan the average wedding?
The wedding industry standard is approximately 250 hours to arrange the average wedding. This includes research, planning, booking and finalising everything. However if you do not have the experience this can be far greater and take up all your spare waking hours.
I don't know where to start?
This is what we do best. Once you book a free consultation, we will sit down with you and work out exactly what you would like on your special day and once you sign an agreement with us, we will then go through preparing a budget and working with you to ensure that your special day goes exactly as planned.
Will I be free to make my own choices?
The final decision is always yours. We will give you options and will talk with you often, however as you pay the bills the final decision is always yours.
When should I arrange my free consultation?
As soon as possible, whether you are getting married in a couple of weeks or a couple of years, arrange for a free consultation now and we will start the planning process.
We are on a tight budget. Can you help us?
Definitely. We are happy to work with all budgets, we would love to sit down with you and work through your ideas, please just give me a call.
Do you offer packages?
We do have packages available, however, we will usually tailor each package to suit your specific needs as we realise our clients are all unique and so too is your wedding day.
What is the maximum number of guests you can cater for?
No wedding is too large or too small; the team at Sophisticated Weddings will work with you to plan your special day no matter the size or style of your wedding.
Can you help us with accommodation and transfers for our wedding guests?
Yes, we can source suitable accommodation for your wedding guest and arrange all their transport to and from the wedding.
Do you have contingency plans for inclement weather?
Of course, a plan B is always taken care of and ready to implement.
Can you assist me with my Bride and Groom pre-wedding parties?
We can offer you many options for your Hen and Bucks night celebrations.
Do I need a permit to have a beach or garden wedding ceremony?
Yes, you do need a permit if you're holding your wedding ceremony in a public park, garden or even on the beach. Some council's do charge a fee and have rules and regulations they like you to adhere to.
We would like to have a beach wedding but don't know where to start looking?
We can make suggestions for the ideal beach or garden location for your ceremony, just let us know your requirements and leave the rest to us.
I live overseas and wish to get married in Queensland can you help?
Yes, we are able to help interstate and international clients with the planning of their wedding all consultations are conducted through email contact. We email photos, quotes etc. so the decisions are still yours.
I want to have something a little different can you help?
Yes we can. The impossible usually just takes a little longer but usually it is possible.
What my clients are saying
Dear Lisa
Thank you so much for all your help in planning our wedding. I really didn't know where to start and I am so grateful that you where there to step in and help me focus on the important issues and major decisions. I am really bad with small details and it was just great to have you there to sort them out for me, otherwise I would have ended up a nervous wreck trying to work it all out by myself.
I had thought that a wedding planner was a real luxury but I see now how sensible it is to get professional help for such a big event. It was too big for me on my own. It was also great just to have someone to talk to when I felt overwhelmed or unsure. You kept your calm and kept everyone on track. And you made it fun too. I can't thank you enough, the day wouldn't have been as special without your help. You were absolutely brilliant.
Thanks again for everything
Dear Lisa,
We would like to thank you for being part of our wedding and sharing this special time with both of us. Thank you for all your hard work and we are happy to have met you.
Hi Lisa,
We wanted to say a BIG thank you for all you did to make our wedding the best day of our lives! We had an awesome day and night and none of it could have been possible without all your input, ideas, patience, understanding and hard work.
It was exactly how we had hoped it would be and much more!
We honestly could not have done it without you! We are still talking about it and so are our guests – they say it was the best wedding they have been to!
Hi Lisa
Amazing amazing amazing!!! So happy to see all hard work paid off. You were such a wonderful help and made my day so relax-ing for me… you were a legend. Thank you so much!!


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The zeugl's lair, or nest, is the scene of the last boss creature battle in The Witcher. It is located in a part of the sewers in the Temple Quarter which was previously inaccessible. The entrance to this area is found by going through the door immediately east of the Dwarven blacksmith shop in the nonhuman district and then descending to the cellar.
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In this episode, the boys put the World Heroes series under the microsope. Originally released on SNK's MVS arcade hardware, the series was a fighter with a few quirky differences, from a roster of well known historical icons, to potentially the first fighter to introduce mid air fireballs!
Also in the Geekdom Cinema, Tim explores further into his Ozploitation Habit with Not Quite Hollywood. Then marvels at a slew of old school Trailers in Drive in Delerium- The New Batch! All lovingly supplied by our mates at Umbrella Entertainment. So put your feet up, punch a pixellated bull in the face, and don your finest slouch hat, and most of all. Enjoy.
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Another opportunity to use cookies is with callbacks. By using the rpc_gss_set_callback() function, a server can specify a user-defined callback so that it knows when a context first gets used. The callback is invoked the first time a context is used for data exchanges, after the context is established for the specified program and version.
The user-defined callback routine takes the following form:
bool_t callback (struct svc_req *req, gss_cred_id_t deleg, gss_ctx_id_t gss_context rpc_gss_lock_t * lock void ** cookie);
The second and third arguments, deleg and gss_context, are GSS-API data types and are currently exposed. See the GSS-API Programming Guide for more information. Note that deleg is the identity of any delegated peer, while gss_context is a pointer to the GSS-API context. This pointer is necessary in case the program needs to perform GSS-API operations on the context, that is, to test for acceptance criteria. You have already seen the cookie argument.
The lock argument is a pointer to a rpc_gss_lock_t structure:
typedef struct { bool_t locked; rpc_gss_rawcred_t *raw_cred; } rpc_gss_lock_t;
This parameter enables a server to enforce a particular QOP and service for the session. QOP and service are found in the rpc_gss_rawcred_t structure described in Example 5–14. A server should not change the values for service and QOP. When the user-defined callback is invoked, the locked field is set to FALSE. If the server sets locked to TRUE, only requests with QOP and service values that match the QOP and service values in the rpc_gss_rawcred_t structure are accepted.
For more information, see the rpc_gss_set_callback(3NSL) man page.