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The single most important element to our business is our clients. We value them and look after them.
Having strong values is what defines us,
acting on them helps us achieve in business
Trust provides the foundation for navigating complex environments
Collaboration that is critical to innovation and lasting success
We have an open and transparent environment, the truth is same for everyone
Reliability is doing what you said you'd do when you said you were going to do it
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When we say on our game, we actually mean that we know this stuff inside out we have been doing it nearly 30 years
We sell ourselves on the fact that we bring extra value but are confident that our prices will always be competitive
Rocket science it is not, but we are damn passionate about keeping ourselves up to date in software and hardware
We are creatives at our core and love nothing more than to create good brands for clients that help directly help them achieve their business goals.
We have earnt our stripes managing projects for the likes of Bank of New York, Church of Scotland, Honda, P&G, NHS & Pfizer
With user experience design we enhance customer satisfaction and improve usability, resulting in higher conversions
We know more than a thing a two about ink on paper, we are often involved with small and large print runs, global distribution and nationwide mailings
I have worked with Leon for just over 2 years on various client projects through our company, MacDonald and Rees. We specialise in Ancestral Exploration and finish the story in an elegantly bound Family Chronicle which is a collaboration of facts, history, family stories and pictures. Fearless Creative has always taken the time to understand our needs and been pro-active, flexible and professional in our dealings with them.
- Julie MacDonald, MacDonald & Rees
I've met many creative professionals over time and sad to say many are just not very creative. That's not the case with Leon at Fearless Creative. It's where for him every project starts from. It felt at times he had 'got there' ahead of me with my own ideas which he then improved upon. He couples the extraordinary with a vast knowledge of the industry and outputs to add value to any project he touches. All that done with efficiency and humour besides. The work I do with Photohonesty is precious to me and those I photograph. A trust not given lightly. To find Leon was fortunate, to work with him enjoyable, the outputs potentially transformative. Thank you.
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I have worked with Fearless Creative's owner Leon Wilkes for a number of years and found his work to be creative and he has provided excellent customer service. The work that he has done for me included creating and producing marketing material, printed brochures, create a new company logo, and website. I have no hesitation in recommending Fearless Creative.
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Having the chance to meet quite a few people last week, I took the opporunity to pick their brains and get more ideas for the Chicago Bucket List. There's nothing better than learning about new in Chicago that I didn't know about before!
Gina (@gLorinJewelry) from Wisconsin:
1. The Matchbox – drink the Pineapple Gimlet
2. Lill Street Art Center pottery lesson
3. Jump in Lake Michigan
4. Mirai Sushi – Eat the makimono which is spicy octopus and spicy tuna
5. Richard's – dance and drink margaritas, eat the boneless chicken dinner, and have a hard boiled egg.
I have tried only jumping in Lake Michigan. A trip to Mirai might be well warranted, but where is the best sushi in Chicago without spending $100? I've also been over at Ricard's very briefly but didn't have ID so I didn't get a chance to check it out for very long.
Mary (not_contrary) from Louisiana:
1. Eat at Kuma's
2. Ice skate at Millennium Park
3. Take a boat ride (either architectural boat tour or a sail boat)
4. Go to a Bears / Cubs / Sox game
5. Throw a big party on a roof!
I have eaten a Kuma's burger and gone skating in Millennium Park. I fell too many times to count and won't be looking to ice skate anytime soon! It's funny, every year I tell myself I'm going on a boat tour and totally forget. I'm going to have to take care of this once the weather warms up. Now, where to throw a party on a good roof….
Jeanelle (@chowbelle) from Chicago:
1. Eat at Alinea
2. Eat Mario's Italian Lemonade
3. Go on the Chicago Architectural Foundation river cruise
4. Sit at the 50-yard line of a Bears game
5. Dance at a set with DJ Kwest-on
6. Listen to jazz at The Green Mill
Alinea, Alinea, Alinea. I've the scratch for this but would feel terrible going through so much money for dinner. The juice is likely worth the squeeze but I will have to arrange a crew to go for it. Jazz and slam poetry can be achieved on Sundays at the Green Mill.
Lisa (@Lisa_Pugliese) from Chicago Suburbs:
1. Mario's Italian Lemonade
2. Architectural river cruise
3. Italian restaurant crawl
4. Italian Beef at Serelli's
5. Ice cream at Capannari's in Mount Prospect!!
It's looking like this Mario's Italian Lemonade has got to be excellent or something since I've heard from no less than half a dozen people about how good it is. Is Serelli's better than Mr. Beef & Pizza or Jay's? I may have to go investigate.
Tom Rubin (El_Chorizo) from Oak Forest
1. Pizano's Pizza
2. Skydive in Sandwich, Illinis
3. Chocolate Bar at the Peninsula Hotel
4. Chicago Ghost Tour
5. Ruth's Chris Steakhouse
6. Bachelor's Grove
With the Peninsula winning some Michelin stars, the Chocolate Bar there should be worth taking a close look at. Sandwich, Illinois frightens me but I have survived a trip out there before. Pizano's is an unknown but I've had the luck to go to school right by one and enjoy their great pies.
Thanks everyone for your ideas, I still have more to post up this weekend!

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New York, Aug 31 (IANS) In what could shed light on why soldiers march in step, researchers have found that men who walk in unison judge potential threats as less formidable than men who walk alone.
The act of marching itself makes the soldiers see potential enemies as less frightening, the study suggested.
"Humans find synchronous behaviour very rewarding, whether people are performing religious rituals or performing the wave during football games," said Daniel Fessler, an evolutionary anthropologist at University of California, Los Angeles.
For the study, the researchers recruited 96 men and asked them to walk 244 metres alongside another man, who was actually an employee working with the researchers.
In half of the cases, the men were told to walk normally while the rest were asked to walk in unison with the other man.
After walking, the men were shown an image of an angry male face. The researchers then asked them to estimate the man's height, his overall body size and his muscularity.
The men who had synchronised their walk rated the angry man as shorter and smaller than the men who had walked naturally, Live Science reported.
The study appeared in the journal Biology Letters.


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Bret Bielema wants a trophy for Michigan State-Wisconsin. OK, Bret. You got it ...
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Clearly, a big game. The winner takes the catbird seat for the conference's stretch run.
But Wisconsin coach Bret Bielema wants more. He sees this as a rivalry contest, and one that should come with all the necessary trimmings.
"I was kind of disappointed that we don't have a trophy with it," he said of the Wisconsin-MSU game. "I think it's merited and it's really gotten to that status."
You want it, Bret? You've got it.
There are plenty of already established trophy games in the Big Ten. Here's a semi-humorous, semi-serious look at a few would-be trophy tilts.
Both schools already play in a few notable trophy games, and the winner this week could very well be on its way to claiming the first ever Stagg-Paterno Championship Trophy.
The games on the field have been competitive over the past few years, no doubt. But that's not what makes a trophy.
Trophies are made by atmosphere, history and surroundings.
And since Madison and East Lansing are both tremendous tailgating environments
Suggestion: The Battle for The Old Rolling Cooler
Nebraska and Iowa have already given this game a name, calling it "The Heroes Game."
There hasn't been a specific trophy assigned to the game just yet, though one could be announced prior to this season's Nov. 25 matchup.
Heroes is nice, but there's no way, no how, this trophy gets invented without reference to the amount of farm machinery churning hard near both campuses. ...
Suggestion: The Battle for The Old Rototiller
There haven't seen too many rowdy meetings in this series, but that really doesn't prohibit a trophy creation (see The Little Brown Jug).
Penn State is known as Linebacker U, Northwestern is coached by legendary Big Ten linebacker Pat Fitzgerald.
But that's not where we're going with this.
Both schools feature cat-scots: Nittany Lions and Wildcats
Suggestion: The Battle for The Old Ball of Yarn
Actually, this used to be a trophy game, but was defunct in 1943 due to Minnesota's refusal to accept the trophy out of respect for World War II.
Everyone has their reasons, but it's time to bring back the fabled "Slab of Bacon" trophy. This trophy has, of course, been replaced by Paul Bunyan's Axe.
But come on. It'd be cheap to make, easy to put together and adored by all. Bring it back.
Suggestion: The Battle for the Old Slab of Bacon
You know I would love to hear your suggestions for would-be Big Ten trophy games. Drop me a comment or an email.
But, for now, on with the notes.
Melanie Maxwell I AnnArbor.com
Michigan State (5-1, 2-0 Big Ten)
As if beating in-state rival Michigan wasn't sweet enough for the Spartans, the gang from East Lansing now finds itself in the driver's seat for the Big Ten Legends' Division championship.
And if MSU can manage to knock off Wisconsin at home in a prime time tilt this weekend, then the Spartans clearly become the team to beat in the Big Ten moving forward.
There's plenty of work to do before that happens, and a bad loss at home to the Badgers could knock MSU off this perch rather quickly. But for now, anyway, things are looking pretty good on the banks of the Red Cedar.
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Indiana (1-6, 0-3)
Indiana sits here in part because it can't be Minnesota every week, and in part because the Hoosiers are terrible.
Midway through last week, I took to Twitter to express my shock at how Indiana was a 40-point dog to Wisconsin. Forty points? Against a conference opponent? I don't care how bad you are, I wrote, that seemed high.
WIthin minutes, I was reminded by several Twitter followers how wrong I was, and how bad the Hoosiers really were. On Saturday, they were proven right, and I was wrong.
Wisconsin not only covered, but the Badgers did so with room to spare, beating woeful Indiana by 52 points.
How bad is Indiana? Rather than attempting to let the football team have Saturday all to itself, the IU basketball team decided to trump its campus brother by hosting its midnight madness event later that night.
Don't worry Bloomington-ites, Indiana's basketball season officially begins with an exhibition on Nov. 5.
Last week's heavy lifter: Montee Ball, Wisconsin junior RB
This is starting to get ridiculous.
Ball accounted for four more touchdowns last week, three on the ground, and one with his arm. He became the first non-Wisconsin quarterback to throw for a touchdown since 1982, and now has had a hand in 18 total touchdowns through six games.
Ball is on a 12-game pace to score 32 rushing touchdowns this season. He's also second in the Big Ten with 653 rushing yards.
Standout stats:
Sacks allowed by the Michigan offensive line prior to last Saturday. The Wolverines allowed seven sacks in a loss at Michigan State, the fourth straight in the rivalry.
The number of Big Ten teams ranked among the nation's top 36 defenses. Michigan State (No. 2), Penn State (No. 6), Wisconsin (No. 7), Illinois (No. 12), Ohio State (No. 18) and Michigan (No. 36).
First downs achieved by Minnesota through two weeks of Big Ten play.
Average margin of victory for Wisconsin through six games this season.
"What he's done, what he's experienced and what he's earned is a lot of respect. Nobody would second guess (starting him) in this facility." — Ohio State coach Luke Fickell on his decision to start the previously suspended Boom Herron last week, rather than one of his backs that wasn't suspended.
Off the cuff:
His playing days may be long over, but former Michigan State and NBA standout Steve Smith still knows how to box out.
Following the Michigan-Michigan State game at Spartan Stadium last week, AnnArbor.com colleague Kyle Meinke and I were waiting to catch an elevator from the press box to the field for postgame interviews.
So was Steve Smith.
And apparently, no elevator is big enough for Steve and Kyle. With the elevator reaching full capacity, Smith declared "media first." He then boxed Kyle out of the elevator, and flashed a grin as the door closed.
We caught the next one.
Follow Steve on Twitter @NBATVSteve. Follow Kyle on Twitter @kmeinke.
I urge you to hassle them both for some sort rematch.
Nick Baumgardner covers Michigan sports for AnnArbor.com. He can be reached at 734-623-2514, by email at firstname.lastname@example.com and followed on Twitter @nickbaumgardner.
Fri, Oct 21, 2011 : 3:17 a.m.
MSU-UW trophy should be a dairy cow. MSU would rather the trophy was a pair of handcuffs (they have plenty of them) but I'm sure UW would favor a cow instead.
Stephen Landes
Thu, Oct 20, 2011 : 6:28 p.m.
Wisconsin-MSU trophy? A giant cheese (Dairy State and Moo U) which they can "cut" after the game and share among the winners: Wisconsin cheddar for Madison and Limburger for Eat Lansing.
Thu, Oct 20, 2011 : 5:17 p.m.
"Battle for the Old Rolling Cooler"? PERFECT. Although your cooler looks new and is blue. To remedy that just lend it to a fraternity or sorority for a weekend at both schools. And change the colors to red and green. But then it would probably have to be called "Battle for the Old Broken Christmas Cooler".
Thu, Oct 20, 2011 : 2:29 p.m.
I must admit, I don't understand how not accepting the Slab of Bacon trophy showed respect for WWII. Was it because of food rationing? Was Wisconsin's team depleted because they were off serving in the war? Seriously, someone please help me understand this.
Thu, Oct 20, 2011 : 4:09 p.m.
The Wisconsin football team was far from depleted during WWII. The University of Wisconsin was a major military training site during war. Look up the player rosters for Wisconsin ('42-'45). Then, for example, look at Michigan's roster for the late 40's. Names look familiar? The G.IU. Bill was a great recruiting factor (along with Fritz).
Nick Baumgardner
Thu, Oct 20, 2011 : 2:32 p.m.
Thank you, Bmore! I actually said the same exact thing out loud when I first heard about that. I believe it had to do with the coach not wanting to participate in trophy celebrations while a war was going on. Out of respect, I believe. However, maybe the bacon had something to do with it as well. In any event, bring it back.
Thu, Oct 20, 2011 : 1:28 p.m.
Misdemeanor State U v The Olentangy Stench U = The Burnt Couch Trophy (possibly sponsored by Art Van or Value City) Northwestern v Michigan = The Charles Dickens Trophy (A Tale of Two States of Mind Surrounded by Reality)
Thu, Oct 20, 2011 : 12:51 p.m.
"catbird seat?" Let's get back to the 21st century!! :)
NC Wolverine 20
Thu, Oct 20, 2011 : 12:51 p.m.
Nebraska v. Iowa = Farmageddon. Trophy = dual purpose missile/corn silo.
Feat of Clay
Thu, Oct 20, 2011 : 7:53 p.m.
Absolutely, love this idea. As for the original suggestion....I think of a rototiller as something found in the suburbia. Give me a good disc harrow any day!
Nick Baumgardner
Thu, Oct 20, 2011 : 1:03 p.m.
I like your style, NC.
Thu, Oct 20, 2011 : 12:30 p.m.
Great article, made me laugh out loud. BUT... you gotta do some research. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Ten_Conference#Football_2 Wisconsin still plays for a trophy with Minn. - the Paul Bunyon Axe Floyd of Rosedale is probably the coolest story. I feel that trophys shouldn't be contrived. The Brown Jug and Floyd of Rosedale are great in this regard (not being contrived). Why Bert Bulimia want a trophy with Sparty is beyond me, it would be an irregular cross over trophy and contrived to boot. Kind of worthless.
Thu, Oct 20, 2011 : 12:40 p.m.
Ooopps. Sorry, needed to read a little more. My bad.


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A customer was running into a strange issue with documents that were located in a document library which had strict permissions, but the documents were returned in the search results to all users AND users were able to open them. So it looked like SharePoint didn't obey the security settings.
In the past someone played around with the anonymous access setting. Because the environment is used as an intranet this was not supposed to be configured, so we disabled anonymous access on web application level. A few weeks ago, we noticed that users were able to open sites and documents even though they did not have permissions to it.
After some investigation and checking with Microsoft it turns out that SharePoint had some left over anonymous settings. Even though anonymous access was disabled at web application level, users were still able to access the documents anonymously.
As it turns out does the disabling anonymous access on the web application level only remove the administration pages of anonymous access, it does not remove all settings that have been configured before that. To make matters worse, we even ran into an extra issue:
After we re-enabled anonymous access, configured anonymous access on site level to None instead of Entire Web Site and a full crawl ran, the documents were still returned and available for users. Some more investigation turned out that, just like permissions, the anonymous access settings were also copied when breaking inheritance. Picture the following situation:
- Enable anonymous access on the web application
- Configure anonymous access on a top level site to Entire Web Site
- Break the permissions inheritance of a document library and change the permissions
- Set anonymous access on a top level site back to None
- Disable anoymous access on the web application
Basically what happens: If you remove anonymous access form the web application only, on the webs it remains set. In case of the document library. By default it inherits permissions form its parent. The permission inheritance most probably was broken on the doclib when anonymous access was still enabled. The permissions were copied from the parent and the anonymous access remained enabled.
In order to fix this issue, I have written a PowerShell script which loops through the site collection, checking each web and each library or list. If it encounters a web or list that has anonymous access configured, it disables that access.
[Reflection.Assembly]::Load("Microsoft.SharePoint, Version=126.96.36.199, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=71e9bce111e9429c")
$site = new-object Microsoft.SharePoint.SPSite("http://<site collection url>")
foreach ($web in $site.AllWebs) {
if ($web.AnonymousPermMask64.ToString() -ne "EmptyMask") {
$web.AnonymousPermMask64 = [Microsoft.SharePoint.SPBasePermissions]::EmptyMask
foreach ($list in $web.lists) {
if ($list.AnonymousPermMask64.ToString() -ne "EmptyMask") {
$list.AnonymousPermMask64 = [Microsoft.SharePoint.SPBasePermissions]::EmptyMask
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Friday, May 6, 2016
Focus on You
We're only a few days into May but already our gallery is alive with beauty. The texture in these shells from Karen Kirby's Flickr stream are a beautiful example of this month's theme: texture. Please take a walk through Karen's Flickr page(s), you're in for a treat. Karen is a wonderful photographer and we're so happy to have her sharing with us today.
Labels: Focus on You, FOY
4 comments:
- Rhadonda Sedgwick said...
Simply beautiful! Love it. Talent beyond belief!
- May 6, 2016 at 8:09 AM
- Cathy H. said...
I love Karen's photography! The soft colors of the shells are beautiful!
- May 6, 2016 at 8:45 AM
- Barbara Marincel said...
Soft and dreamy! So lovely...
- May 6, 2016 at 9:57 AM
- Karen said...
Thank you Dotti for featuring my photo here and to Terri for inviting me to this group!! A great bunch of people, thank you for your nice comments!!!
- May 6, 2016 at 6:14 PM
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HaaS (Hardware as a Service)
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Associate Professors | MIT Pune
Institution Name: MIT World Peace University
Institution Profile:
MIT Pune is now MIT-World Peace University
MIT-World Peace University (MIT-WPU) is situated in Pune- the cultural capital of Maharashtra. Surrounded by the Western Ghats, Pune is located on the Deccan Plateau on the banks of the serene Mula-Mutha River. The city of Pune boasts of a rich and vibrant heritage witnessing the courage and bravery of the Marathas and Peshwas. A thriving vibrant metropolis it has still retained some of its colonial-era charm.
A landmark in Pune, the architectural grandeur and splendour of the buildings of MIT Pune are a testimony to a rich legacy of over 4 decades in the field of education. Known to be among the top education institutions in India it was established in the year 1983 by Prof.Dr.Vishwanath D. Karad and is among the first engineering colleges in the private sector in Maharashtra.
We endeavour to prepare our students to become responsible citizens, adept to face the present situations and future challenges in a fast, rapidly changing world by incorporating best of academics and values. We aim to ignite the young minds by reviving our time tested value systems- ethos, culture and traditions.
Location: Pune
Job Description:
MIT-WPU invites applications from eminent academicians for various positions in Engineering, Management, Liberal Arts, Science and Commerce. Ph.D, NET / SET qualified candidates with minimum 5 year of experience may apply.
How to apply: Interested candidates Please post your application to given e-mail address
Note : Do mention the fraternity (school or faculty name) and the position you are applying for in Subject line.
Website: www.mitwpu.edu.in
E-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com
MIT-World Peace University
S.No.124, Paud Road, Kothrud, Pune,
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Beaufort News
Burning boat sinks off Hilton Head Island; shrimp boat destroyed by fire at Savannah pier
Five people were rescued from a 75-foot recreational vessel that caught fire about nine miles east of Hilton Head Island at about 11 a.m. Friday, according to the U.S. Coast Guard.
The passengers were rescued from a life raft by another boat, according to Lee Bower of Coast Guard Base Charleston.
The burning vessel sank near the mouth of Port Royal Sound channel, with smoke rising from the water visible from the shore.
The Coast Guard is investigating reports of oil pollution, Bower said. The cause of the fire has not been determined, he added.
Meanwhile, in an unrelated incident, a damaged shrimp boat towed to the President Street pier in Savannah after the Coast Guard rescued two passengers from it Thursday was destroyed by fire Friday morning.
Firefighters battled the blaze on the Justin Bradley for more than three hours beginning at 6:30 a.m., according to Southside Fire Department assistant chief of fire operations Hugh Futrell.
Owner and captain Jason Frazier and another passenger were sleeping onboard and escaped without injury, Futrell said.
A tanker and two fire engine companies contained the fire to the shrimp boat, and firefighters climbed on board with chain saws and axes to extinguish the flames, Futrell said.
The fire began in the engine compartment but its exact cause has not been determined, Futrell said. The shrimp boat was a total loss.
Follow reporter Allison Stice at twitter.com/BlufftonBlogIP.
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The Archers: original Clarrie Grundy actress returns to role she created over 30 years ago
Heather Bell will reprise the character from February following the departure of Rosalind Adams
Actress Heather Bell will be back in Ambridge from February as she returns to the role of Clarrie Grundy, a part she created back in 1979. She will take over from Rosalind Adams, who is leaving the Radio 4 drama after 25 years:
"I am really excited to be returning to Ambridge, catching up with old friends – will we even recognise each other after all these years? – and working with such a great team again," says Bell. "At the same time, I'm quite terrified about stepping back into Rosalind's big shoes and living up to the task of making sure I stay true to Clarrie for all those discerning Archers listeners.
"Clarrie has always been a fun part to play, and even though as people we are totally different, I perhaps feel closer to her now that I am a grandmother myself, so I'm looking forward to meeting my radio grandchildren, my sons of course, and I can't wait to work with those two talented daughters-in-law".
Listeners will be able to hear the actress's return on Sunday 10 February with her reappearance coinciding with Clarrie's son Will's 30th birthday celebrations.
The Archers's editor Vanessa Whitburn said today: "We are delighted that Heather will be returning to Ambridge with all her skill and enthusiasm for the part. We were set the challenge of finding an actress who could continue with the great work that Rosalind Adams has done down the years, ensuring Clarrie retains her special place in listeners' affections, and we are incredibly lucky to have tempted Heather back."
The character of Clarrie has been a mainstay of the series since the late 1970s, with her most recent major storyline being back in 2011 when she became the unwitting carrier of E coli. This landed several people in hospital and brought her employers at the Bridge Farm dairy close to financial ruin.


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I came to the program because of my desire to find a new way of making economics relevant to First Nations' communities because nothing has seemed to really work that both reaches the community and engages them. I found a way to do that here.
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25 weeks
25 weeks.
people are finally starting to notice that I'm pregnant. at work, people come up to me and casually say "is that a baby belly I spy?" I wear dresses a lot during the week, since my pre-pregnacy pants don't fit anymore. my dresses that still fit are the more blousey ones but my belly is beginning to really show and finally starting to poke out from underneath them.
I know what people mean now when they say, all of a sudden your belly just pops. I've thought I've had a pretty big belly all along, though something about how I'm feeling this week makes me think our little man had a major growth spurt. plus, I put on 5lbs in 3 days! it's like all of a sudden I just weighed 5 lbs more and I was like, what the heck! I'm also noticing that my belly button is a lot shallower than once before. I have a really deep belly button and I can finally see the bottom!
105 more days! and whoa… it's almost February? where did the time go!
{I thought these pics were funny. Levi and I were in a hurry to get out of the house so he was kind of shooting pics at me paparazzi style so naturally they were all blurry. but I look so happy! also, I just wanted to say thanks for reading, friends. I appreciate your support and loving comments!!}


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'Bruce Conner: It's All True' is the artist's first monographic museum exhibition in New York, the first large survey of his work in 16 years, and the first complete retrospective of his 50-year career. It brings together over 250 objects, from film and video to painting, assemblage, drawing, prints, photography, photograms, and performance. Read more.
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Summer Junior Resident Fellowship Program
On Monday 29th of June, the annual Summer Junior Resident Fellowship Program commenced at the Center for Khmer Studies. Under the guidance of senior political scientist Dr. Markus Karbaum, students from Cambodia, the United States, and France gathered to study contemporary Cambodia and learn from each other's cultures and experiences. Until 7th of August, each student will develop his own research project with subjects covering different fields such as political science, arts, anthropology, and history. Students from abroad will also learn the Khmer language, which will prove helpful for their fieldwork in Siem Reap and Phnom Penh. Additional fieldtrips – to the Khmer Rouge Tribunal, the Royal Palace and the Angkor archaeological park – will offer invaluable insights and new perspectives from their academic points of reference.
CKS welcomed Mr. Ali Al-Nasani
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JRPGs and WRPGs have, like, a billion different combat and leveling systems, with each series generally having their own, or overhauling it for each game.
My vote for best combat:
Grandia Xtreme.
Sure, Xtreme was a dungeon crawler...and the weak link in the series. But I feel it perfected the combat, without having battles drag out as long as Grandia 3, imo. Interuptting attacks and making your opponents times spent charging null and void is AWESOME.
My vote for best leveling system:
The leveling allows for so many different character types. Offering near limitless replay value. And world leveling offered a decent challenge all the way through. Unless you fucked up your build. Or got to really high levels. I tend to stop and 25-30.
There. Now it's all RPGs. Because my distinction was rather pointless, seeing as how WRPGs all have their own systems, too. And I wouldn't want anyone to feel left out.
Although...dungeon crawling, loot grabbing Diablo style RPGs all feel very similar...
I like what happens in fallout games, it's more simple and straight forward.
My favorite JRPG is always, without so much as a possible doubt . . .
Legend of Dragoon.
If only for the battle system alone. But it's not at all just that, it goes SO much farther. The dragons themselves, their origin, the other species in the world. Oh and the character development.
This isn't the classic anime paradigm either. In this story the main char an his "childhood friend" START by doing the love/not relationship without ever wanting to admit they really do love each other despite them being the ONLY ONES not willing to admit it. By the end of the first disc the two of them have at least matured enough to admit they care more about each other than friends. And by the middle of the second disc (or end, that disc goes by very quickly) they have gotten to the point of being IN a relationship, and it lasts
As for my favorite levling up system, that would hands down be Star Ocean Second Story's system.
You get points for each level, and buy sets of skills that give you more HP/MP, more effect from items, stronger magick, better stats otherwise, additionally much better stats, ability to craft, upped ability to craft, and also a special skill that lowers the ammount of points it takes to gain any other skill.
It was so different, so unique, an so brilliant . . . and also so simple.
I'd have to say my absolute favorite RPG system is the SPECIAL system used in Fallout 1 & 2. As much as I love FO3, Bethesda sorta missed the point of the SPECIAL system. I know I'm going to catch tons of flak for this, but I also really like the system in Morrowind as well as Oblivion.
I like Fallout 3's, it is simple enough, everything adds something new and they actually tell you properly when you level up.
Mass Effect's bugged me as pretty much every point added on about a couple of % to each statistic and didn't really give anything new. Not to mention the fact that it doesn't tell you when you level up beyond a little writing on the side that gets lost amongst all the combat information given. Seriously, on my first play through I reached level 5 before having realised, as I wasn't aware of what the noise meant.
Mass Effect 2 made it more helpful and each add on more useful, but dumbed it down far too much for my liking.
I'll say...that's my biggest gripe with it. It's the reason I don't wanna play it to the end, actually. DEAR GOD! I thought ME1 was simple...
Fallout 3's leveling system is one of the best, in my opinion. Mainly because every time you level up you feel stronger and unlike in Oblivion it's a lot easier to level up and keep track of your progress.
Best combat:
Persona 4. Persona 3 was great and P4 improved on everything. Dungeon crawler, where you wander a map looking for next level (or to kill monsters or find chests). To initiate combat, you must make a contact with the enemy. If your character strikes his back, your team gets a bonus round. If you strike enemy's front, normal fight begins where either you or the enemy (if he's a lot stronger than you... or at least faster) start. Enemies can surprise you, too, if you don't attack them, they get a bonus round.
During the fight, it's your typical "find the enemy weakness and exploit the hell out of it" combat, which is unfortunately a double-edged sword. Your enemies can exploit your character's weakness AND THEY WILL DO IT. Most of the fights consist of hitting the weakness on every enemy, knocking them down and performing an All Out Attack (when everyone attacks the lying foes and deals huge damage to everything) or making a Follow-Up attack (one of the teammates will either knock down enemies or kill one enemy, depending who makes the FU attack).
Also, your melee attacks might miss and you might fall, your enemy's attack might miss and he may fall, magic attacks can be dodged (even AoE ones) and you can no longer have party-wide damage repelling spells on (there used to be enemies who Block every single Elemental attack and use that reflecting spell for Physical attacks.... nightmare). It's extremely fluid and if it wasn't for turns, it would feel like a great action game.
Best leveling system:
Diablo 2's system of "just one more level" which sucked you into the game well into 80s.
Okay, seriously now: Oblivion. I adore the way you use skills and attacks to level, and you level to use them. There are a lot of flaws, like you can effortlessly train some abilities by creating a very, very weak spell of opening door, standing before some object of door nature and leave a paperweight on the attack button, come back in 30 minutes. Or toggle crouching and turn on the walking button, get behind an NPC and leave your "run" key on for 30 minutes. Poof, you are now one stealthy bastard.
Also because there are some abilities (like Sneak or Alchemy or Diplomacy) which level your character up, but you aren't getting stronger. Enemies do. It's "fixed" by getting mods that stop enemies from getting levels along with your character and instead having pre-set levels... but that affects the game in some unpleasant ways (like having to travel far, far away to get any good loot, since you no longer meet thieves and bandits with awesome weapons and armor).
Still, it's an incredibly fun system.
Insanity says hi.
"I'MMA GONNA HEADSHOT THEM WITH SNIPER RIFLE... wait, I died?"
The Shadow Hearts series has a wonderful combat system using the Judgement Ring. It's simple, skill based, not so hard that it is intimidating and can be made easier using items, if desperate it can be made easier than that (but at reduced effectiveness) on the flip-side it can be made hard for increased power. It gives clear and fitting advantages for good effort and it makes you feel like you have a greater sway on the outcome of battle.
Same here I lost a lot of interest in that game when I saw how simple they made it, now I'm just dragging myself through it.
My favourite system would probably be a mix between morrowind, kotor and neverwinter nights, I'm not too fussed about combat I just want a huge choice of skills that are actually useful and unique.
It's just the leveling that's simple. I don't recall us ever saying that game was too easy.
I personally liked the old Diablo II way of doing it, you level up, you put five points on your stats and one point on a skill.
Simple, you play longer and you get stronger and can do fancier stuff (we don't need to get bogged down in 'systems' or 'grids' or crap like that).
I liked it, but seeing it in so many games and variations got old REALLY fast.
Simple doesn't mean easy or bad. I'd prefer not waste time behind the menus and inventory screens and focus on the gameplay and story. The first game was overcomplicated when it came to menus, now you say ME2 is too easy.
We'll have to wait for ME3 to fix EVERYTHING. Because they fixed most of the things in ME2 anyway.
My preference in combat depends on what sort of RPG I'm playing.
For WRPGs, I usually prefer a KotOR sort of gameplay where battles are in real time, but you can pause and choose your next few attacks, giving the game a more strategic feel.
I like JRPGs to have turn-based combat with good, simple interfaces, like the Persona games. It's a huge pain in the ass to have to deal with the sort of interface that makes you go through about four menus every time you want to do something as simple as a basic attack (looking at you, Final Fantasy XIII).
That's still better than the god-awful attempts at real-time combat that games like Star Ocean IV and Eternal Sonata use, though.
For leveling systems, I like the approach that most WRPGs and Shin Megami Tensei games take - raise a stat or two, maybe pick a new skill or ability, and go back to your game. It really bugs me when you have no say in the way your character evolves or you're presented with a system that only creates the illusion of choice (Final Fantasy XIII again).
I NEVER SAID IT WAS TOO EASY! I'd just like a little more depth to character creation that a class choice and a few skill points. Choosing a gun is really null, since the newer guns are pretty much always 100% better than the last one.
Best combat: Kingdom Hearts II
Best leveling: Mass Effect
I like the combat in, well, I almost want to say Pokemon. To me, this feels like a "true" RPG, where what matters most is the planning and level of your fighters, not reflexes. If we're counting games where twitch-fighting skills count, my vote goes to River City Ransom. BARF!
My favourite levelling system is Fallout 3. I like choosing perks at every level, and my gaming OCD gave me perfect stats by level 30. I hated the levelling in Oblivion, because it encouraged jumping around constantly tapping the "Cast Spell" button.
For WRPGs, I say Mass Effect.
For JRPGs, I say Pokemon.
But then again, I haven't played so many RPGs to really say anything.
Mass Effect 2 -- Loved it because it was so fast!
Oblivion had the most structurally and soundly advanced, so that comes in second (would come in first if I wasn't so bad at games).
Yeah. My first character in Oblivion...well...umm. He was a stealth Orc or something stupid that didn't work out well....
Leveling system: Mass Effect
ME1 had a robust and entertaining leveling system with everything you could ever want. Huge amounts of items, a relatively quick leveling pace (at least until L40), and tons of interesting choices to make, even though you could have most abilities mostly maxed by L60.
The only real downside to ME1 was the stale and often boring combat. Once you got Frictionless Materials, you just activated the Pistol ability and held down the trigger until stuff died. Biotics were great, but a lot of stuff was immune to them. Mass Effect 2 GREATLY improved the shooter mechanics, but it really dumbed down the leveling system and customization features from the first game.
Now if only BioWare could somehow get both of these correct for ME3, we'll all be in for a fantastic experience.
Combat: Oblivion
Good old grinding for me. Legend of Dragoon or most/all of the Final Fantasy games. Run around in a field, find an enemy group, kill and loot them, repeat x9,001
I have to agree on that. Mass Effect 2 had a very streamlined system. I loved that characters out of battle were learning as well.
Oblivion was the most realistic of any game although you could get screwed if you werent paying attention. (I blame leveling enemies on that. Really it should have had harder regions not leveling enemies but that's just me.)
Harder regions would punish people who explore, though.
Best Combat: Tales of Symphonia
Best Leveling System: Oblivion
Oblivion really does have a solid levelling system as far as the flexibility and organic growth, but the nature of the progression of the character compared to enemies made it really difficult to tell if you were actually getting stronger. One minute you can be carving through everything in sight, then level up, and suddenly find yourself getting mauled by the very critters you were previously carving with reckless abandon.
I short, I really enjoy the Elderscrolls levelling style in principle, and enjoy the Oblivion combat immensely, but feel that Morrowind had levelling right the first time, and they should have left it at that. At least it was possible to properly fear entering a dungeon in that game, in case you weren't prepared...
I wasn't a big fan of Oblivion's, because I felt that I wasn't really in control. I didn't want to use spells because I had to increase my archery, etc.
Favorite combat system would definitely be Final Fantasy XIII. Smoothly allowed for a general focus on overall strategy, with the ability to do some micromanagement if needed, and made for a fast-paced, strategic system.
Leveling system... not sure. I've rarely seen any that are revolutionary: it's all just a matter of getting points when you level up and putting them toward various things in one way or another.
And I feel the need to give a shout-out to Final Fantasy VII's Materia system: it was for out-of-battle management, and not leveling, but deserves praise. Best magic management system I've ever seen in a game.
The system of the Witcher, with it's focus on preparation, awareness of your enemy and surroundings and positioning. I don't like it because it should be used in every RPG ever, i like it because it's a system specifically tailored for emulating the witcher experience and the gameplay it provides is very immersive and close to the novels.
Sure it was a bit... rough around the edges but there is lots of potential for further development as shown in a Rise of the White Wolf gameplay video and The Witcher 2 alpha leak.
It's just the way games, and specifically RPG games should be done, mechanics should be changed and modified to fit the atmosphere and the feel that the developers want to convey and not the other way around.
Combat system: Valkyrie Profile (Lenneth). The system had its flaws, such as having mages being basically the same, and not enough enemies that forced you to use the finer points like feints, over/under attacks and such. However, its pace and emphasis on timing makes up for it in my mind. Then again, fighting games are my second-favorite genre so i might be just a wee bit biased here.
Leveling system: Sphere Grid. No contest. When I first played FFX, the sphere grid seemed like just another gimmick (similar to the horribly un-polished FF8 junction mess). On a closer look, we have a system that is simple at first, but adaptable to your later needs.
I don't know, but titan quest was pretty sexy.
Wizardry 8 remains my favorite RPG/system to date so far.
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I like to look at American soccer in decade long chunks. American soccer in the 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s and 2000s looked different in each decade and each decade demonstrated growth over its predecessor.
The '60s was the last decade of soccer as strictly a foreign sport. In the 70s, the NASL brought the sport to American born spectators in large numbers for the first time. The '80s introduced the sport to children en masse. The '90s brought two World Cups (including a USA victory in '99) and MLS. The first decade of the 21st century gave us soccer stadia and international success with a quarterfinal appearance for the US Men in the 2002 World Cup and runner up honors in the 2009 Confederations Cup.
The steady progress leads to two important questions. Will the sport continue to grow in the next decade on these shores and if so, how will that growth be manifested?
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- Media and society are mainstreaming soccer at unparalleled rates. Soccer bashing media members have been replaced with soccer knowledgeable journalists. American television and the internet have provided unprecedented forums for soccer coverage and discussion.
- That mainstreaming will result in better athletes playing soccer and better coaches teaching soccer.
- The world is getting smaller. More Americans are watching international soccer on television, more Americans are playing overseas and more foreign born players are moving to the US at a young age. Each of these developments will result in better players representing the US and more Americans following soccer as fans.
- MLS will be twice as large as it was a decade prior. Having 20 teams instead of ten will double the number of Americans playing the sport at the first division level and will double the number of Americans (and Canadians) watching first division local teams.
- Fans are becoming more passionate. The growth of soccer spectatorship in the last decade is not measured only by the increased quantity of fans, but also by the increased intensity of their support. More fans are caring about the sport and their favorite teams (domestically and internationally) than ever before.
The answer to the second question is the fun one to consider. What will be the milestones of soccer growth in the USA over the next ten years? Let's peer together into the crystal soccer ball and see 11 developments by 2020. Why 11? Because it's part of the soccer blogger code that any list has to have the same number of items as players on the field.
- The US Men's National Team will dominate CONCACAF more than any other nation dominates its own confederation. The idea of the United States making Mexico its hexagonal pet seems outlandish now, but twenty years ago the idea that the USA would stand shoulder to shoulder with its southern neighbor was incredulous.
- Major League Soccer will merge with the Mexican Futbol League resulting in a mixed two division, three nation league with 40 clubs in Canada, the US and Mexico. It seems impossible, but even some of Jules Verne's dreams came true. The MFL and MLS merger will increase North American interest exponentially and lead to unimagined rivalries and pots of gold derived from broadcast, merchandise and ticket sales.
- The merger of the two giant CONCACAF leagues will permit promotion and relegation between the new 1st and 2nd Division leagues.
- United States men will appear in their eighth straight World Cup and advance to the semi-finals without surprising anyone. US Soccer's Project 2010 will miss the goal of being competitive for the World Cup trophy by a couple quadrennials. In the last twenty years, the US men have gone from a surprise qualification in Italy with Paul Caligiuri's miraculous shot heard 'round the world to a virtual expectation of qualification in South Africa. The leap from qualifying expectation to semi-final expectation is not that far.
- An American male world class star attacker will emerge. He won't be named DaMarcus or Landon or Freddy, but there is very likely a very young soccer player out there today who will blossom in the next decade and become a true world class attacking player. He may or may not be born in the United States, he may or may not ever play in MLS, but there will be an American star that will turn heads wherever he plays on any stage and will inspire another generation to try to become as special as him.
- WPS will have eleven years under its belt and there will be several other quality pro women's soccer leagues competing for world's best status.
- The USWNT will no longer be a lock to be in the World Cup's semi-finals. Much like the shrinking world is improving the US men's chance of success, globalization is bringing high level women's soccer to nations worldwide that previously viewed soccer as a men's only activity.
- American soccer stadia will be well into at least its fifth generation by 2020. If Crew Stadium is first generation, Home Depot Center, Pizza Hut Park, Toyota Park etc. are 2G and Red Bull Arena is 3G, American soccer stadia will at least be on its 5G by 2020. 5G stadia will typically be 40,000 seat, urban venues with full roofs, soccer museums, pubs and high end and high tech amenities except in Seattle where the Sounders will be playing in the brand new 120,000 seat CenturyTel Mega Stadium.
- Baltimore United will be reminiscing about the glory days of the late '90s…and Brooklyn will take revenge on Walter O'Malley, by stealing one of LA's teams and rebranding them Brooklyn USA.
- The owners of the New York Monster Energy Drinks will need to raise the roof of Monster Arena to accommodate more seats for their new tenant and for the expansion of their trophy room needed when they add their tenth consecutive MLS Cup. The Monsters tenant will be the EPL's New York FC who will earn plenty of frequent flyer miles travelling to away matches on the new generation SST.
- American newspapers will all have soccer beat reporters writing regular features, columns and analysis….ok, just wanted to see if you were still paying attention. This prediction of course is a joke, because we all know that there will be no daily newspapers in ten years.
I hope this column will be preserved in a (virtual) time capsule and reviewed a decade from now. The Pitch Invasion reader with 2020 vision may very well laugh and say, "Whoa, that guy was delusional!" But if he does, will it be, because these thoughts underestimated or overestimated the sport's growth in the next decade?


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The last play and the score tied. I was in for the final inbound of the game.
It was a good group to be amongst and against, sort of the game you would wanna watch rather than play. One of my teammates, however, loved the idea of shooting the ball even when there are five men on him. yep… ballhug! Bakaw!
It was like that for most of the game until, in the final play …a miracle. The clouds opened and the light of heaven shone on my teammate gracing him with charity, generosity and unselfishness (its all thesame thing but it would take more than one grace for him to pass that ball). I was the recipient of this pass, and oh did it feel like having the One ring.
One ring to find them
One ring to bring them all
And in the darkness bind them!
I breathed profusely and sported a crazy smile that resembled .Gollum "Finally (gasp), the ball (gasp), its in my hands." …and, obviously, i didnt want to pass it back. I lavished at the idea to take the final shot of the game and give my team the win!
I geared to take the shot while ahead I saw my opponents running towards me like innocent little nice people who's greatest wish was for me to miss the shot (or reach me in time for a foul). I was at a triumphs moment where, like in the Spiderman movie, everything suddenly moved so slowly – the time clock was extra long, the people rushing towards me seemed to be from a mile, and the goal got larger. I knew then… I was on fire!
So i take the shot in clear perfection certain that it will go in …and it did.
…Then it went out.
Words cannot describe the feeling. Like being Michael Jordan one minute to being back to the Care Bears the next. We lost that game because of me, and I felt my teammates annoyance from not passing the ball back.
The only prize i got from it is something off my photographic memory — of how funny they looked when they jumped altogether clamoring to catch a shot that wasn't gonna go in anyway.


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Police told to discriminate in stop and search - as if Lawrence never happened
16 October 2010
Liberty has warned the Government against draft police guidance that would allow race to be a basis for stop and search without suspicion under section 60 of the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994.
This proposal flies in the face of recommendations in Sir William Macpherson's Inquiry into the death of Stephen Lawrence and would also breach the Equality Act 2010, which prohibits race discrimination by public bodies. Section 60 of the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994 allows for a police officer to stop and search without suspicion in a designated area for a 24 hour period. The suggested amendments to the PACE guidance, which govern the exercise of police powers, state that whilst officers 'must also take particular care' not to discriminate, there 'may be circumstances…where it is appropriate for officers to take account of an individual's ethnic origin in selecting persons and vehicles to be stopped'
These changes also contradict the signal sent by Government plans to revise the controversial and divisive powers of stop and search without suspicion under the section 44 of the Terrorism Act 2000. This followed Liberty's victory in the Court of Human Rights earlier this year in the case of Gillan and Quinton.
Isabella Sankey, Director of Policy for Liberty said:
'Stopping and searching individuals without suspicion is divisive enough without telling police they can directly discriminate on the grounds of race. Significant progress has been made since the Lawrence Inquiry but the Home Office's planned changes to PACE will set the clock back and jeopardise race relations in the UK.'
The amendments would also mean that police no longer have to record a 'stop and account', when a person is stopped by an officer and asked to account for their presence or actions. The requirement for police officers to record details of all stops, including the self-defined ethnicity of the person, was recommended in the Macpherson Report with the intention of improving accountability and safeguarding minority ethnic communities from institutionalised racism.
Contact: Liberty's press office on 020 7378 3656 or 07973 831 128
Notes to Editors
1. The consultation on amending PACE Codes has not been published on the Home Office website and was only made available to certain interested organisations.
2. The proposed changes will alter the binding Guidance issued to police under the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 [PACE], which governs the use of police officer's discretionary powers. The Guidance which specifically applies to stopping and searching members of the public is set out in PACE Code A.
3. The report of the Stephen Lawrence Inquiry can be accessed here: http://www.archive.official-documents.co.uk/document/cm42/4262/4262.htm The recommendations on ethnic monitoring read as follow:
4. That the Home Secretary, in consultation with Police Services, should ensure that a record is made by police officers of all "stops" and "stops and searches" made under any legislative provision (not just the Police and Criminal Evidence Act). Non-statutory or so called "voluntary" stops must also be recorded. The record to include the reason for the stop, the outcome, and the self-defined ethnic identity of the person stopped. A copy of the record shall be given to the person stopped.
5. That these records should be monitored and analysed by Police Services and Police Authorities, and reviewed by HMIC on inspections. The information and analysis should be published.
6. Police officers often ask individuals to stop and account for their presence or actions. Ethnicity monitoring of these types of stops is important as it reveals any patterns of disproportionate targeting of minorities. As of January 2009, the forms for 'stop and account' were scrapped to reduce the burden on police time, following on from a recommendation from Sir Ronnie Flanagan that officers provide a 'receipt' instead. The Flanagan report recommended that the self-defined ethnicity of the person stopped should continue to be recorded (see http://www.polfed.org/Review_of_Policing_Final_Report.pdf ). Liberty did not oppose changes to scrap the stop form as a record was still to be made and ethnicity monitoring was to continue. Liberty believes that removing the requirement for any record to be made could seriously undermine accountability and community trust and confidence. More information is available here: http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/about-us/home-office-circulars/circulars-2008/032-2008/
7. Section 60 of the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994 allows for stop and search without suspicion. This power is similar to s44 of the Terrorism Act 2000, as geographic areas can be designated for stop and search without suspicion on the basis of 'expediency'. Liberty believes this power is already overly broad and open to challenge on the grounds that it is inconsistent with Article 8 (respect for privacy) of the Human Rights Act 1998. Inserting a direction that officers may take a person's ethnicity into account in deciding whether to stop them would, in Liberty's view, clearly breach Article 14 (non discrimination) of the Human Rights Act 1998 and the Equality Act 2010 and make the powers unlawful.
8. Section 29 of the Equality Act 2010 prohibits direct discrimination in the discharge of public functions. The Equality Act consolidated a number of anti-discrimination laws including the Race Relations Act 1976 which previously included the prohibition on discrimination on the grounds of race.


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Virginia Wesleyan University will be honored by the Chesapeake Bay Foundation (CBF) with the organization's top award at "DC on the Half Shell" which will take place on Monday, February 26, in Washington, D.C. The event will jointly recognize VWU and Washington College for their leadership and commitment to educating the next generation of Chesapeake Bay leaders.Virginia Wesleyan University Board Chair David Kaufman, his wife Kay, and Washington College Board Chair Larry Culp, and his wife Wendy, have been designated honorary co-chairs for the event, which raises vital funds for CBF's education and restoration efforts. The last Half Shell event raised enough funds to allow for the planting of 20 million juvenile oysters on sanctuary reefs in Maryland and Virginia and more than 17,000 trees across the watershed. In addition, 9,600 oyster shells from the event were brought back to CBF's Maryland Oyster Restoration Center to be used on sanctuary reefs in the Bay. The Chesapeake Bay Foundation will recognize Virginia Wesleyan for the new Greer Environmental Sciences Center. VWU's 44,000-square-foot facility provides unprecedented opportunities to study the marine sciences, ecology, and preservation and sustainability of the natural world. It marks the University's commitment to the field of environmental science, and it invites collaboration with organizations such as the Chesapeake Bay Foundation's Brock Environmental Center, the Virginia Aquarium & Marine Science Center, and the Virginia Institute for Marine Science. Washington College will be honored for its Center for Environment and Society, which envisions a healthy and thriving Chesapeake Bay and watershed in which natural systems and human communities are in balance. The Center promotes environmental issues and social values through various interdisciplinary academic programs including the Chester River Observatory and Field Research Station, energy programs, archaeology, and the unique Chesapeake Semester, in which select students journey in, on and around the 64,000-square-mile watershed.


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Do you have any gently worn or new shows that are taking up extra space in your closet? Shirley Power, from the Hutchinson community, is collecting shoes that will go to micro-enterprises in developing countries such as Haiti, Nicaragua, Guatemala and Tanzania to name a few. The money generated from the show drive benefits St. Jude Children's Research Hospital.
We are accepting all kinds of gently-used or new, styles, sizes (adult's and children's) but no roller skates, ice skates or ski boots,please.
Any shoe donations can be dropped off to Esther Smith (662-7877), Lacey Depenbusch (694-1238) or Shirley Power (669-8682) by Tuesday, May 29th. Thank you for your generosity!


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She was given 2,500 bits in cash, and 17,500 in Equestrian bearer bonds, worth 500 bits each. These were legal tender in many large companies and often used to trade when physical bits were not practical due to their weight and the space they took up. The bearer bond represented the owner's entitlement to the specified amount of bits, when requested at a bank or building society. However they were easier to forge than bits, so were often accepted with skepticism or not atall by smaller companies, not wanting to lose out on coin due to fraudulent trading.
Over six and a half years of Little Pony: Friendship is Magic fanfic reviews, commentary, and more!
Friday, April 7, 2017
Mini-Reviews Round 180
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I'm glad to see Lord Max's story is still hanging together well. The author's rate of output has long since outpaced my ability to keep up with it, so I dropped out way back around chapter 9, but not for a lack of interest or quality, just a lack of time. Based on the premise alone, I expected it to be something easily dismissed, but I was very pleasantly surprised. I did talk to the author about this not being that intrinsically pony, and that he may well reach a bigger audience branding it as straight fantasy, and he has expressed some interest in doing so once he has it finished.ReplyDelete
"Although this is by all accounts Not Dead, the update pace is murderously slow--the entire story is sitting at only 7000 words after a year and a half!"ReplyDelete
Pfft. Amateur. Come back to me when you've passed the five-year limit. :(
Also, based on that passage, the story seems a bit confused on what bearer bonds and legal tender are. Two mistakes of that kind from a single (randomly selected?) filler paragraph isn't a great sign.ReplyDeleteReplies
I'm not sure whether this is the case in the US, but over here (UK) the phrase "legal tender" is very widely used in a much looser sense than its strict definition. I wouldn't have a particular problem with its being used to mean that the items in question could be used like paper/metal money. The main exception would be if the precise technical meaning was relevant to the story.Delete


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McNulty's Shoes
MEN's SHOES
How it all started…..
James McNulty came over from Ireland, opening his first shoe shop in Scholes, Wigan in 1858.
James secured a contract to make boots for the Wigan Coal & Iron Company.
In 1900, Library Street was being built in Wigan town centre. James purchased the shop at 31 Library Street now having two shops within the Wigan area.
James asked his son Robert (Snr) to manage the Library Street shop.
James died in 1922. The businesses continued to grow strong in Scholes and Library Street.
How it continued…..
Around the 1950's Scholes was redeveloped, so the shop there had to go.
Unfortunately Robert (Snr) died in 1954, the management of the business passed to his two sons Robert and Patrick.
The business in Library Street expanded into number 29. In the early 1970's the shop was modernised having an external and internal refurbishment.
Within this era the business sold the famous 'Royal' a classic hardwearing brogue which proved popular with young people as a great school shoe (remember the metal segs in the heels).
The business sold high class ladies shoes with matching handbags for special occasion's brands such as Renate and Gina Shoes.
The shop reverted to its original premises at 31 Library Street having an original wooden shop frontage installed.
How it is today…..
Today we have the fourth generation of the family running the business. Brothers Patrick and Shaun who are looking to keep the family name going for another one hundred years!
McNulty's Shoes sells fashionable ladies and men's shoes. We are able to fit the wider foot. We stock a range of branded stylish comfortable fitting shoes.
We would like to thank all our loyal customers who support McNulty's Shoes as we continue to sell stylish footwear for all occasions.
Have a shoe fitting experience by qualified footwear specialists. Call in today it would be great to see you.
McNulty's Shoes
Monday: 9am – 5pm
Tuesday: 9am – 5pm
Wednesday: 9am – 5pm
Thursday: 9am – 5pm
Friday: 9am – 5pm
Saturday: 9am – 5pm
Our shoe shop is located in the heart of Wigan town centre.
Have a shoe fitting experience by qualified footwear specialists. Call in today it would be great to see you.
McNulty's Shoes, 31 Library Street, Wigan, Greater Manchester, WN1 1NN.
01942 244100
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10 Corporate and Premium Gift Ideas
When it's time to shop for premium gifts, business folks look for three things: gifts that are stylish, functional, and reasonably priced. Here's a list of ten corporate and premium gifts that are sure to please for any occasion.
1. Travel mugs and water bottles
Place your business name proudly on an eco-conscious gift that lasts! Travel mugs and water bottles are among the most used and most visible of any premium gift items.
2. Golf accessories
Any golf-loving colleague will love receiving a packet of wooden golf tees or a box of high quality golf balls. Keep your business on top of the game by printing each with your company name.
3. Tote bags
From simple reusable shopping bags to elegant laptop carriers, tote bags of all kinds make a functional and much-appreciated gift. These are great for giveaways at special events!
4. Luggage
For a high-end corporate gift, consider a rolling duffel, handy toiletry bag, or carry-on suitcase. Frequent flyers will think of you and your company every time they use these thoughtful customized items.
5. Electronic goodies
Techies of all ages will remember your company when you present them with a custom printed cordless mouse, USB flash drive, or music player earbuds. Electronic gifts are especially appropriate for software businesses or social media marketers.
6. Personal care gifts
Add your logo to a top quality manicure set, a stylish pair of sunglasses, or a handy pedometer. Personal care gifts show your appreciation for the whole person rather than just another business associate.
7. Desk and wall clocks
Have you ever noticed how often you check the clock? Take advantage of this universal human habit with your business name on an attractive desk or wall clock. You'll be giving a much needed gift – the gift of time!
8. Desk accessories
Add some class to a colleague's desk with a personalized pen caddy, a desk organizer, or a perpetual calendar. Don't forget to add some logo-embossed pens for a truly useful and memorable corporate gift.
9. Recreational gifts
From a logo-decorated inflatable drink floater to a fully accessorized luxury picnic basket, your sporting contacts will love receiving a fun outdoor gift. Add a custom printed beach ball for the kids and please the whole family!
10. Chocolate
Of course, just about everyone loves chocolate. But for a truly unusual and memorable corporate gift, have your company name and logo pressed right into a custom chocolate bar! There's no more delicious way to make a sweet impression on clients and associates.


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All you have to do is comment on every blog for chance at the special surprise giveaway. You have through Sunday at 11:59PM EST to get your comments in! Winner will be announced on Monday.
Today they are debuting the 2 new 4x6 stamp sets. They each include one darling little tiny, several sentiments, decorations and a fun friend.
Meet ......Deck the Halls Tobie
Sadly I didnt get to play with one of these darling sets. Stupid stamp supplier shorted the samples. I did however create a few cards just for today's hop!
Let's revisit a few of the stamps that came out earlier this week....
The lovely Deer Mae with her pretty little presents:
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Adding to the Wiki
The E30 Wiki lives and grows on your contributions. If you've got something you think other's should know, here's how to share the knowledge.
Creating an Account and Logging in
Before you can make new pages or edit the existing ones, you'll need to sign up for an account. Because of the huge number of spambots trawling the web, you'll need to ask your nearest friendly SysOp to make an account for you. Contact Grrrmachine, Steve or Skipunda through the Zone with your desired username and password, and one of them will set you up with the power to create and edit content on the Wiki.
Once you've got your hands on your account details, you can log in.
Starting a New Page
While there isn't a special button to click to make a new page, it's still very easy to do.
In the address bar of your browser, you'll see the address for this page. It should be this:
Delete Adding_to_the_Wiki and type what you want your page to be called. For example, if I wanted to write a new article on changing wheels I might want the title to be "Changing Wheels". I would navigate to:
Think carefully what you want to call the page, because once it's made, you can't change the name.
Things to note:
- Underscores become spaces
- The page names are currently case sensitive so Changing Wheels is different to changing wheels.
- Capitalisation. Please use sensible capitalisation, not CHANGING WHEELS, changing wheels or perhaps ChanGinG WHEels - you get the idea.
- Pages can only be deleted by a Wiki admin - please contact Grrrmachine or another SysOp for deletion requests.
Uploading images and files
Pics need to be uploaded to the Wiki server. To do that, there's a link at the bottom of every page in the grey bar: Upload file
Files upload just the way they do on any other website. Find the file on your PC, give it a sensible description, and click Upload File.
Two things can go wrong:
a) Your file has the same name as an existing pic. This is common if you've taken the pic with your own camera, and it's called DSC_0135 or something like that. To change it, just give the pic a sensible name in the "Destination Filename" box.
b) Your picture is too big. Some cameras take pictures up to 4.5Mb which, while pretty, is way beyond practical for a simple car website. You'll need to resize the picture to a far more reasonable file size; around 200kb.
To do that, load up the file in Paint (free with Windows: go to Start, Programs, Accessories and you'll find it) and find the Resize button. When you've got it, click the button "Pixels" and enter the number "800" in the "Horizontal" box (this should change the number in the "Vertical" box automatically.)
Now you can save the picture with a NEW NAME, and make sure it's saved as a .jpg. Once you do that, you should find that your previously huge file is now a more sensible 150kb or so, and it's ready for uploading.
Once a file has been uploaded, you link to it within the article using the following code:
Please note file names are also case sensitive.
It's very easy to organise a Wiki page. The most important thing is to know how to use "=" signs.
If you want to make a new chapter or heading inside your page, just put the chapter heading in between two "equals" signs, like this: =Engines=.
Then, if you want a sub-heading, use two equals signs, like this: ==Four-cylinder Engines==
As soon as you put four headings like this into your article, the Wiki will automatically make a Contents box at the top of your page. That way, readers will be able to jump quickly to the important information in your article. If you're writing a How To... guide, this is really very useful.
For more of these simple formatting options, take a look at the list on Wikipedia: Wikipedia Cheatsheet
For pages that are incomplete please add the stub template by placing the following text at the start of your article:
This will ensure that it's easy for users to find and update articles that need updating.
Tables can be somewhat tricky. Good information can also be found on the wikipedia site: Tables Help
Tables on this site should be created like the below:
Please note the class="wikitable" attribute.
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