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Monday, September 12, 2011
A Transient Endgame
The Transient endgame needs to become a First Class Citizen. Or at least as close to First Class as we can get without destroying the Extended endgame. Luckily there is a good model for a Transient endgame: Pickup Raids.
Pickup raids have a number of good qualities. It's the latest content, the latest storyline, the latest artwork, the best gear. So what are the elements necessary to make Transient raiding successful?
1. A Specific Difficulty Setting
Extended raiding is meant to be difficult. You're expected to wipe, to kill bosses slowly. Your team becomes greater than the sum of their parts as they work together over the course of several nights.
Transient content has none of those advantages. It needs to be easier. Having a separate difficulty setting, let's call it Easy, decouples Transient tuning from Extended tuning. Transient raiding can be tuned separately. As well, it's not just lower dps or healing or tanking requirements that go down. A separate difficulty setting can also adjust or remove mechanics which are too unforgiving for a Transient setting.
Adding an Easy difficulty setting is the best way to go here. As well, an Easy setting will benefit those guilds at the lower end of the Extended spectrum.
2. Automatic Group Creation
In my view, Transient content is crippled without automatic group creation. Sitting around in Stormwind spamming trade chat with "LF 1 Tank" is a horrific waste of time.
For Transient content to work, there needs to be a Raid Finder.
3. A Barrier to Entry
The final element a good Transient raiding system needs is some way to tell players that they are ready or not ready for the content. There is a reason mods like Gearscore came into being.
There are two ways of doing this: attunements or gear checks. What I would suggest would be a combination of the two. An attunement quest chain to get into the first (and only the first) tier of raiding.
Second, if you look on the WoW armory, there's a really nice "audit" tool that tells you if you are missing gems or enchants. I would have an audit tool built into the Raid Finder, and you cannot sign up unless your character passes the audit.
4. Flexibility in Completion
Transient groups are not stable. You might not kill all the bosses in one group. You need some way to kill bosses with multiple groups. The flexible lockouts that already exist are probably good enough.
The only improvement I can think of might be a system where you can create raids where deeper bosses are dead, but early bosses are not. I.e. If you've killed Ragnaros, you can still join a raid which has the first few bosses up, but Ragnaros does not spawn. I don't know if this will be too weird, but the other option is joining a raid which is already at the final boss and getting stuck with only one boss kill that week.
I think that would be enough to get a solid Transient raiding system up and running. Having Transient raids drop the same item level of gear as Extended raids (even if less gear drops) keeps the Transient endgame on the same footing as the Extended endgame.
A first class Transient endgame would help WoW immensely. Transient players would have an endgame that that fits their playstyle. Even Extended players would use a Transient system for alts or times when their mains can't raid. And it would provide a perfect opportunity to get rid of all the excessive mechanical baggage such as valor points, multiple raid sizes, and multiple item levels of gear that the raid game has accumulated. A chance to go back to the simple, clean roots of raiding. Get a group, kill the boss, get some shiny loot.
13 comments:
- Anonymous11:09 PM, September 12, 2011
I firmly believe that the best model for casual raiding would be completely separate raids and a much larger cap on numbers. Go for a more Hollywood feel, design it as an evening's entertainment, keep the difficulty down, and design around player zergs.ReplyDelete
But what kind of rewards would you give for this content? Better than hard 5 man instances? Better than normal mode regular (extended) raids?
Interesting idea Spinks. That is certainly a play style that appeals to a segment of the population, given the popularity of Crossroads raids in days gone by. Award JP like HP for being "part of the action". Maybe put some more trade goods up for sale for JP. (Rift works a bit like this, yes?)ReplyDelete
I'll be very interested to see what Blizzard's raid finder ends up being like. One direction I've seen bandied about is that a random raid queue could pop for a single boss encounter - clear its trash, kill it, done. Then you can queue again and get any other boss.
I read (somewhere) recently about the idea of Easy mode raids. These are raids where the bosses, rewards, and composition needs are tuned downward to allow a more casual style.ReplyDelete
eg. In Tier 11 the rewards might be 365, bosses might be missing a key bastard ability, or or has less affect, and the lockout would not be shared.
Reward wise the offering might even go as low as the same level as the current "hard" 5 mans, as the goal is to allow entry and success in the content, not to devalue the rewards of Normal and Heroic runs.
@Rohan, one thing I'm wondering about, do you think the difficulty of the content should be so that the transient groups will always kill the boss(es) or should there be a chance they will walk away without a kill? In the latter case, should they get any reward for their unsuccessful tries too?ReplyDelete
Also, I was wondering whether the transient raid model could be used to get back to the "progress through all raids" gearing model. I'm not sure whether there will be enough people in the old raids to make them viable (i. e. short queues) - that is what I see as the most compelling argument not to make people gear through old raids.
@Typhoonandrew, I don't think the transient raids need to award better items than the extended ones because then the majority of extended players would just go for the transient content in order to get the rewards. I don't see a reason for separate lockout either, I would even propose a shared one: I haven't done heroic raids in 3.2 but I am yet to see someone praising the separate lockout for normals and heroics in ToC.
I think there's transient and extended content. But there's also transient and extended player interaction.ReplyDelete
What's the great thing about raiding? The thing that motivates you for weeks to farm the same bosses? Is it a) "the content" or b) "beating the content together with your "friends""?
I think for most people it's clearly and mainly b). It's the extended player interaction. And in a group for transient raid content that falls away because you're playing together with random strangers for which you don't give a shit. It's not only transient content (good) but also transient player interaction (bad).
Raid content is the wrong content for transient content players.
"Content" must be created in a way that you care about the people you play with. "Content", no matter if transient or extended "content" should be created in a way to lead to some extended player interaction.
If that's not the case then you're soloing alongside each other and if that's the case there's no point to group at all and no point to create group content for your soloing players.
@Rohan I'm not sure your as on target with this post. As a Transient myself who's recently left WoW, I'm not truely as attracted to the large group content. Without the large group commitment it feels too much like herding cats (thinking to the weekly raid quests in Wrath) - I can't see transient raiding being any thing more than a mess that requires an Extended content player to be present to herd the horde.ReplyDelete
I think that something akin to the last three heroics in Wrath is the path - but make it mean more somehow. It's a parallel path that either in appearance or actuality supports the extended path - there's content that your server must clear - or must keep clear in order for raiding content to open/remain open. In wrath, it was great to get into the citadel (albeit in three small dungeons), what was missing was some requirement to go in and keep going.
I guess the big issue is that Transient players don't necessarily want raiding content, they want rewards and progression for their time and effort, but it has to be tasks tailored to the individual or small PUG group. Why can't you have challenges that test the individual to the same level that a raider in an extended group is challenged? Why does individual or small group content have to be "grindy"? That's what I want to go hand in hand with the more social content that is only available in an MMO (read: holiday events, guild gatherings, auction house, etc.).
- Anonymous12:20 PM, September 13, 2011
Building on what Kring and Khrakan said...ReplyDelete
I don't believe that raid content is for transient players.
Even by your own definitions, it becomes immediately confusing
"Transient group content is content that is expected to be completed in a single session of play."
"You need some way to kill bosses with multiple groups." - regarding transient raids.
These statements contradict themselves. It makes it seem that the only differences between Extended content and Transient content is that "Extended content is...where the group is composed (more or less) of the same individuals throughout".
I wouldn't be totally against another difficulty setting for raid content (still not sure why it's such a popular idea though). Although I disagree that this will, or should, bring in those players that currently do not do it.
Khrakan has some good points that I'd like to build upon.ReplyDelete
The pick-up raid concept works for transients who want to do extended content but for whatever reason can't raid with their guild and/or friends. For those who aren't interested in raids or don't have time to go raiding, the pick-up raid is a non-starter.
The transient PvE endgame now is to run heroic 5-mans into the dirt, but the implementation of that endgame is problematic at best.
As it is right now, the two Zul's are the "ICC 5-mans" of Cata. When you hear people complain that "there's only two 5-mans to run in Cata", that's what they're talking about. You can't throw all of the Cata heroic 5-mans together like you could in Wrath, so you have to make a choice between the Zandalari 5-mans or everything else. If you're geared up with Zandalari loot, the other 5-mans will be akin to running A-N at the end of Wrath.
Now, Blizz could fix the gear issues by creating a "sliding scale" heroic, where the bosses are tweaked in health and damage based on the group's iLvl. That way, the heroic boss in Stonecore that the-barely-ready-for-heroic group sees is different than what the Zul veterans see.
Even so, this only puts a band-aid on the entire problem of transient content for endgame.
What I think is needed are some Quel'Delar-esque questlines for endgame in Cata. Q'D wasn't a legendary, but it was the best non-raid PvE weapon in Wrath, and it had a great questline to go with it. Maybe if there were class specific quests for transient endgame, that would be worthwhile.
Did you see today's announcement? :DReplyDelete
The "Quel'Delar-esque questlines" were great if you happened to get the drop. I got it once, through dumb luck grinding every day as a Tank on 3 characters. That is not transient.ReplyDelete
The content delivery for transients should be focused on getting those players to have an appreciation and exposure to the lore and fights that the serious players have. They don't have to be challenged greatly for doing it, as it is more about seeing the content and closing the story loop than being a realm leader.
It is ok too that these runs will wipe. They'll be no better than Baradin Hold - and that is fine.
I've been a serious raider and I'm a transient now, but not by choice (so much). This way I'll see and possibly defeat the content, which is enough. It is better than watching from afar while guys do Sunwell or BWL and not really understanding the overall game.
@Kadaan - "Did you see today's announcement?" Yup, its an easy mode raid.ReplyDelete
I asked about this a few days ago and it seems pretty close to what they are thinking. http://typhoonandrew.wordpress.com/2011/09/13/easy-mode-raiding-why-not/
@masterlooter, you are right to a degree.ReplyDelete
The idea is that you could complete a Transient raid in one play session, but if the group breaks up you aren't completely finished. I.e. you can still join another group working on the content.
Throughout the history of humankind, games have been am overwhelmingly Transient activity.ReplyDelete
From chariot races and gladiator fights of Roman days, to dice and card games played in the smoky medieval taverns, to the Mayan ceremonial ball matches, to family evenings spent over Monopoly, the result of the game was almost always determined in a single gaming session.
The Extended gaming style did not surface until the emergence of D&D and other tabletop RPGs.


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Keep him with Islanders 16 (50%)
Send him back to Windsor 16 (50%)
I'm waiting until the final day to vote myself and have not made up my mind, he has to look like he can play at this level. For now I want to see the next few games and what he can do without Okposo.
Usually I answer my e-mails directly instead of responding in the blog but Mike asks why I did not write anything on Msg NY/Hockey Night being cancelled given I discuss media here?
My only initial thought is what this means for Butch Goring who I would like to see in a job with the Islanders and not the Cablevision-owned Garden but as long as he is on television like Howie Rose, Billy Jaffe they all are under contract to Msg with Mike Emrick, Chico, Steve Cangialosi, C.J Papa and anyone else you can name.
Only actual Islander employees are Chris King and Steve Mears calling games which is why Sherry Ross left the Daily News to call Devils hockey.
As for the rest I do not watch the Msg shows anymore and go out of my way to avoid it because of Msg's poor treatment of the Islanders for over a decade on a station that one year will show classic games before the opener and the next will not even allow live internet games from training camp. The team even had to fight for a pregame while the Devils received one with three side reporters while the latest Msg suit in President Michael Bair tells us what the Garden is going to do.
I'm glad the ratings were so poor that it was cancelled when my teams postgame show and the coaches press conference were cut off because Al Trautwig wanted to do another Ranger infomercial, I wish it were cancelled immediately.
Whatever MsgNY/Sportsdesk was it will be back in another format with a different name. Virtually all of what the Msg personalities contribute beyond the six broadcasters for three teams is worthless and over the last decade plus has only served to make hockey even more invisible.
My advice to all Islander fans is watch nothing but the pre-post games with the telecast and turn the channel when they shove High School Sports at us and do not watch one second of a Ranger game on Msg or help their ratings ever.
Do not ask the media any questions while Islander games are on a station called Msg Plus with some games on channel 51/199 that are not even advertised on the cable guide here in NYC as they tell us this is enhanced coverage?
Stop giving the other team a triple rating while our clubs games are buried on channels that are not good quality with only one Islander centric show. Folks like Neil Best will use it to make a case one team is more popular than another because it's been set up to help one club while hurting the other but it's not true.
Put eighty two Islander games on Msg with a full pre/post game and classic contests/shows year round while burying the Rangers on Msg+whatever with no programming or advertising for the next five years and then we will see who is more popular.
When Msg gives all four teams it owns tv rights (Sabres also) the exact same coverage and content space on television we can revisit it, until then no Msg.
Low ratings force changes, it's up to you.
Steve asks what's the deal with the World Junior Championships?
I will be covering the World Championships like last year with a section on the main blog. It's too early to know who will be participating for the Islanders as most teams still have to have a camp and make final cuts for something that begins with invites in the summer.
Thanks for the question.
Quick Hit:
The most funny thing I read this week was the same paper (Vancouver Province)here who ripped the Islanders was the only one who did not give Henrik Lundqvist the pass the local media did when he pulled himself with Iain MacIntyre writing " It must have been done telekinetically " as he tried claiming Ranger coach Tom Renney signalled him to the bench.
If DiPietro did this the media would have been all over him in a game against Robert Luongo for the rest of his career.
This was Tuesday:
"Recently, we have had two supplemental discipline incidents involving direct elbow blows to the head," the memo from league disciplinarian Colin Campbell read.
"This is a play that we have been trying to remove from our game for a number of years. In one case there was no injury and in the other incident, the elbowed player received a concussion. Both players delivering the elbows had never before been involved in supplemental discipline.
"We cannot and will not tolerate blows to the head that are deliberate, avoidable and illegal," the memo read.
We better see the same standard held here or it's not worth wasting time talking about it any longer.
Love Chico Resch, always will but who is he kidding here?

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4 hrs
379 m
Hard track
Covered in snow part of the year
Dead Horse Gap
(0km) Cascades Trail track head → North side of Thredbo River Bridge track
2.1 km
44 mins
Hard track
(2.13km) North side of Thredbo River Bridge track → Bobs Ridge
2.7 km
1 hr 4 mins
Hard track
Veer right: From the intersection, this walk heads uphill along the management trail[15], away from the Thredbo River. The trail soon bends left and crosses a smaller creek[16], then winds up out of the valley, passing some short granite tors[17] (on your right). Here the trail bends right and leads up into the snow gum forest. The trail climbs up along the ridge (with a view across the valley to Thredbo behind) and about 900m after entering the snow gum forest, the trail flattens out for a few hundred metres (passing a faint track on your right which leads to a clearing). The trail then begins to climb again and after about 200m, leads through a section of dead snow gums and continues uphill to find a 'Bobs Ridge' sign[18] near a few large granite outcrops (on your right) and some great views.
Bob's Ridge
Maps for the Bob's Ridge Trail walkYou can download the PDF for this walk to print a map.
These maps below cover the walk and the wider area around the walk, they are worth carrying for safety reasons.
|Chimneys Ridge
|1:25 000 Map Series
|Jacobs River
|1:100 000 Map Series
Cross sectional view of the Bob's Ridge Trail bushwalking track
Analysis and summary of the altitude variation on the Bob's Ridge Trail
Overview of this walks grade – based on the AS 2156.1 – 2001
Under this standard, a walk is graded based on the most difficult section of the walk.
|9.7 km
|4 hrs
Grade 4/6
Hard track
|Short steep hills (3/6)
|Quality of track
|Formed track, with some branches and other obstacles (3/6)
|Directional signs along the way (3/6)
|Experience Required
|Moderate level of bushwalking experience recommended (4/6)
|Forecast, unforecast storms and severe weather may impact on navigation and safety (4/6)
|Limited facilities, not all cliffs are fenced (3/6)
Some more details of this walks Grading
Here is a bit more details explaining grading looking at sections of the walk
Around 4.8km of this walk has short steep hills, whilst the remaining 85m has gentle hills with occasional steps.
Quality of track
Around 4.8km of this walk follows a clear and well formed track or trail, whilst the remaining 85m follows a formed track, with some branches and other obstacles.
This whole walk, 4.8km has directional signs at most intersection.
Experience Required
Around 2.6km of this walk requires a leader a with moderate level of bushwalking experience, whilst the remaining 2.2km requires some bushwalking experience.
This whole walk, 4.8km is affected by forecast, unforecast storms and severe weather events that may impact on navigation and safety.
This whole walk, 4.8km has limited facilities (such as not all cliffs fenced).
Similar walks
Starting near Dead Horse Gap on the Alpine Way, you will follow the wide Cascade Trail past Bobs Ridge to Cascade Hut in the Pilot Wilderness Area. You follow the Thredbo River for a while before heading over Bobs Ridge, enjoying the distant views into Victoria. The walk then explores a few wooded forests before crossing Cascade Creek and then finding Cascade Hut. The hut is a great place to rest or camp.
Total climbing: 797m
19.6 km Return
7 hrs 30 mins
Hard track
Other Nearby walks
This loop walk starts from Dead Horse Gap and does a large circuit up to the Eagles Nest Restaurant and down the Chairlift before returning along the Thredbo River. Along the walk there are stunning views from the top of the Rams Head Range, before the opportunity for lunch at Australia's Highest Restaurant, followed by an enjoyable chairlift ride down to Thredbo. There is then the tranquil snow gum forest surrounding the Thredbo River on the way back to Dead Horse Gap.
Total climbing: 710m
10.1 km Circuit
5 hrs
Hard track
This enjoyable walk starts at Dead Horse Gap, the highest point on the Alpine Way. The walk follows the Riverside track downstream, along the Thredbo River, through the valley and the snow gum forest to the cascades lookout. This walk follows a well defined track and, although close to the road, you can feel a million miles from anywhere.
Total climbing: 135m
4.1 km Return
1 hr 45 mins
Moderate track
Starting from near Dead Horse Gap on the Alpine Way, this walk follows the signposted track across Bogong Creek and up the ridge to top of Kosciuszko Express chairlift. This walk provides wide views that expand as you climb, exploring a snow gum forest lower down and the open grass herb fields as you pass above the tree line. The chairlift offers an easy ride down the hill, or there are a variety of options to walk down to the village.
Total climbing: 486m
5.3 km One way
3 hrs
Hard track
4.7 km Return
2 hrs
Moderate track
This walk explores the Thredbo River from the village then loops around the golf course before returning along the roads to the Valley Terminal. You will see some snow gum forests and enjoy the Thredbo River from many angles. Allow some extra time to sit on a rock beside the river and enjoy the trout swimming past.
Total climbing: 105m
3.3 km Circuit
1 hr 15 mins
Moderate track
Starting from Thredbo Village you wander along a few roads to the Thredbo Golf Course then follow the track as it winds along beside the Thredbo River to the Alpine way just near Dead Horse Gap. You will stroll through some lovely snow gum forests and enjoys views down to the river from the cascades lookout and various bridges. An enjoyable way to explore the Thredbo River and the valley environments.
Total climbing: 224m
4.8 km One way
1 hr 45 mins
Moderate track
This walk explores the native bushland around the winter skiing area. After riding the Kosciuszko Express chairlift up the hill, arriving near the Eagles Nest restaurant, the walk winds through the snow gum forest, following ski runs and bush tracks back down the hill. The walk passes the popular Thredbo Bobsled and continues around the back of the tennis courts, back to the village.
Total climbing: 65m
3.7 km Circuit
2 hrs 30 mins
Hard track
This walk starts with a scenic journey to the top of the hill on the chairlift. Starting along Merritts Nature walk, this walk soon detours down the hill by following a series of signposted management trails and ski runs. The walk visits a few scenic creeks, but the main highlights are the wide views of Thredbo Valley.
Total climbing: 167m
5.8 km Circuit
3 hrs
Hard track
This scenic walk explores the start of the track heading towards Mt Kosciuszko from the top of the Kosciuszko Express chairlift. The walk takes you to the Kosciuszko Lookout, following along side the Rams Head Range, along the metal walkway. This walk takes in the views of Thredbo, North Rams Head and Mt Kosciuszko. From the lookout you can even see the headwaters of the Snowy River, a few hundred meters to the north.
Total climbing: 149m
3.8 km Return
2 hrs 30 mins
Hard track
This walk starts at the Thredbo Village and takes a ride up the Kosciuszko Express chairlift to the Eagles Nest restaurant. Then on foot, you head along the footpath, winding up towards Mt Kosciuszko, passing North Rams Head and the Kosciuszko lookout. The walk soon arrives at the metal platform overlooking Lake Cootapatamba. There are great views through this alpine area along this popular walking track.
Total climbing: 287m
7.5 km Return
3 hrs 45 mins
Hard track
This popular walk starts with a ride up to the top of the Kosciuszko Express chairlift, and goes to the top of Mt Kosciuszko. From the top of the chairlift, the walk follows a footpath, passing the Kosciuszko and Cootapatamba lookouts, as it winds up to Rawson Pass. At Rawson Pass, the walk meets the old Kosciuszko road and Australia's highest public toilet. From here, the walk continues up the footpath to the top of Mt Kosciuszko. Enjoy the view, and return the same way. If you would prefer the extra walk, you can avoid the chairlift by following Merrits Nature trail or the Dead Horse Gap track.
Total climbing: 459m
12.4 km Return
6 hrs
Hard track
This walk starts with a ride up the Kosciuszko Express Chairlift. There is an opportunity to eat at Australia's highest restaurant, before heading over the Rams Head Range. After enjoying the spectacular views from the Rams Head Range, the walk drops to Dead Horse Gap, then follows a bush track along the Thredbo river. After passing the golf course, the walk returns to the base of the chairlift. Alternatively, you may organise a lift from Dead Horse Gap.
Total climbing: 144m
9.8 km Circuit
4 hrs 30 mins
Hard track
Plan your trip to and from the walk hereThe Bob's Ridge Trail walk starts and ends at the Cascades Trail track head (gps: -36.522927, 148.26452)
Your main transport option to Cascades Trail track head is by;
Car. A park entry fee is required for driving into the park.
(get details)
Fire DangerEach park may have its own fire ban, this rating is only valid for today and is based on information from the RFS Please check the RFS Website for more information.
Weather ForestThis walk starts in the Snowy Mountains weather district always check the formal BOM forecast or pdf before starting your walk.
Forecast snapshot
Park Information & Alerts
Short URL = http://wild.tl/brw
Gallery images
There are other downloads I am still working on.
You will probably need to login to access these — still all free.
* KML (google earth file)
* GPX (GPS file)
Special Maps/ brochures
* A3 topo maps
* PDF with Lands Topo map base
* PDF with arial image (and map overlay)
I wanted to get the main site live first, this extra stuff will come in time.
Happy walking
Matt 🙂


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Painkillers 'are the cause' of millions of headaches
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Up to a million people in the UK have "completely preventable" severe headaches caused by taking too many painkillers, doctors have said.
They said some were trapped in a "vicious cycle" of taking pain relief, which then caused even more headaches.
The warning came as part of the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence's (NICE) first guidelines for treating headaches.
It is also recommending acupuncture in some circumstances.
"Medication overuse headaches" feel the same as other common headaches or migraines.
There is no definitive UK data on the incidence of the condition, but studies in other countries suggest 1-2% of people are affected, while the World Health Organization says figures closer to 5% have been reported.
While painkillers would be many people's instant response, they could be making sufferers feel even worse.
Prof Martin Underwood, from Warwick Medical School, who led the NICE panel, said: "This can end up getting into a vicious cycle where your headache gets worse, so you take more painkillers, so your headache gets worse and this just becomes worse and worse and worse.
"It is such an easy thing to prevent."
'Tipping point'
Exactly how painkillers have this effect on the brain is unknown.
Most of the people affected are thought to have started with either everyday, tension-type headaches or migraines. The headaches then became worse as they treated themselves at home.
Manjit Matharu, a consultant neurologist at the National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, said there was a tipping point at 10 to 15 days of using pain relief each month when the drugs became the issue.
He said: "This is a huge problem in the population. The figures in terms of the number of people who have medication overuse headache are one in 50, so that is approximately a million people who have headaches on a daily or near daily basis because they're using painkillers."
People with a family history of tension-type headaches or migraine may also be genetically more vulnerable to medication overuse headaches. They could be susceptible when taking pain relief even if it is not for headaches.
The new guidelines for doctors in England and Wales advise telling sufferers to immediately stop taking all pain relief. However, this will lead to about a month of agony as patients contend with regular headaches without pain relief, until symptoms eventually improve.
The panel said other options for controlling any underlying headaches, such as preventative treatments, could be considered.
The guidelines also include a recommendation for acupuncture in patients susceptible to migraine and tension headaches.
"We would expect that to lead to more people getting acupuncture, but given there is good evidence to show this is effective for the prevention of both tension-type and migraine-type headaches then that is a good thing because people are getting access to an effective treatment," Prof Martin Underwood said.
Doctors have also been asked not to refer patients for brain scans "solely for reassurance" that they do not have a brain tumour. The NICE panel said a tumour would come with other symptoms such as a change in behaviour or epilepsy.
The chief executive of the Migraine Trust, Wendy Thomas, said: "The guideline will assist with accurate diagnosis, appropriate referral and evidence-based information for those with troublesome and disabling headaches.
"It will also raise awareness of medication overuse, which can be an issue for those with severe headaches.
"People with disabling migraine will experience improved quality of life as a result of this guideline."
Dr Fayyaz Ahmed, the chair of British Association for the Study of Headache, welcomed the guidelines.
He said: "Headache is the most prevalent condition and one in seven of the UK population has migraine.
"The condition puts an enormous burden on the healthcare resources and the economy in general."


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Novo Nordisk obesity drug results underwhelm investors
Overweight and obese diabetes patients given high doses of Novo Nordisk's drug liraglutide achieved 6 percent weight loss in a clinical trial, only slightly above the loss seen in those on a lower dose.
The Danish group, the world's biggest insulin producer, said on Monday it was pleased with the results. But investors worried about where it left Novo's strategy for a premium-priced high-dose obesity treatment and shares in the company fell 4 percent.
Novo Nordisk said subjects with Type 2 diabetes achieved 6 percent weight loss with 3 milligrams of liraglutide in the advanced Phase III trial compared to 5 percent in those on 1.8 mg.
Patients given a placebo also lost 2 percent of their weight, so the placebo-adjusted loss for the higher dose was 4 percent, analysts noted.
"Five and 6 percent is on the low side in efficacy, but it is important to note that it is enough to be approved by the FDA (U.S. Food and Drug Administration)," said Michael Friis Jorgensen, senior analyst at Alm Brand.
He said the share price reaction was harsh but reflected broader uncertainty about Novo's prospects, following an earlier setback for new diabetes drug Tresiba in the key U.S. market.
"We are pleased about the outcome of this trial and look forward to getting the results from the two remaining trials in the SCALE program," said Mads Krogsgaard Thomsen, chief science officer at Novo.
Soren Lontoft Hansen, an analyst at Sydbank, endorsed Thomsen's view, arguing the results were "robust" - but an analyst at a major bank, who asked not to be quoted before he published on the subject, said the results were only "so so".
The fact there was just a marginal benefit from using the highest dose was a particular concern for the company's high-price strategy, he added.
Novo wants to turn the injected drug - already on the market as a treatment for Type 2 diabetes under the brand name Victoza - into a multibillion-dollar-a-year product for the seriously obese.
While some in the industry are skeptical about using so-called GLP-1 diabetes drugs such as liraglutide to fight obesity, Thomsen believes the approach can offer cost-effective benefits.
Glucagon-like peptide-1, or GLP-1, drugs work by stimulating insulin release when glucose levels become too high. Their ability to induce weight loss is an added benefit, since type-2 diabetes is linked to obesity.
Novo Nordisk expects to complete the two remaining Phase III trials in the so-called SCALE clinical trial program by mid-2013.
When used in diabetes as Victoza, liraglutide is given at daily doses of either 1.2 or 1.8 mg. Novo, however, has been betting on a higher dose to produce greater weight-loss in the obese.
Novo Nordisk shares were down 4.2 percent at 8.45 a.m. ET, underperforming a 0.4 percent fall in a European drugs sector index.
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expectations. We knew the LEDs' long life and the resulting reduction in maintenance costs would be a major benefit, but there have been some other very welcome outcomes too."
- Steve Ellingford, Centre Manager
The Bayfair Shopping Centre is the first shopping centre in New Zealand to switch the general, office, and outdoor areas entirely to energy efficient LED lighting.
Not only are we seeing 64% energy savings in our lighting, which is even more than forecasted, but the new LEDs have more than matched the lighting output of their predecessors. In fact, they far surpass them. For example, the car park, which was previously a bit dark and gloomy, is now lit-up and far exceeds the prior light levels.
"Another major bonus is the enhanced aesthetics the LEDs deliver. The Philips LuxSpace LEDs in particular have changed the visual dynamic in the interior of the shopping centre and helped create a more attractive aesthetic environment for consumers."
By managing the project from concept to completion, Philips not only ensured minimal disruption to the shopping centre, but it also worked with the owners to secure an Energy Efficiency Conservation Authority (EECA) subsidy for part of the cost of installation because of the significant energy efficiency benefits of the project.
"The Philips team were amazing to work with. They completed all the work entirely after hours so there was no disruption to business, which is remarkable considering the scope of the project. We're also delighted to have substantially reduced our energy emissions and to have had this recognised by EECA," says Mr Ellingford. Over 1,450 individual light fittings were replaced. In keeping with the environmental aims of the project, all redundant fittings were broken down and recycled – a total of 2,476 kg of materials.
Bayfair Shopping Centre is proud of its environmental initiatives – such as the LED re-fit -project with Philips – and has since been put forward for environmental awards including the Fairfax Sustainable 60 Awards and the Sustainable Business Network Awards. The Bayfair Shopping Centre is the first shopping centre in New


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The 2010 Lotus Evora four-seater's been priced at $73,500, making it four grand cheaper than a base 911. With 276 HP powering 3,046.8 Lbs, does that make it a nice pipe or a crack pipe?
Here's the press release:
2010 Lotus Evora Pricing Will Start at $73,500 in the US
In preparation for the arrival of the all-new 2010 Evora into the US market during the first quarter of 2010, two Evoras are set to begin a 44 dealer Open House Tour. Following are the Evora's US market product content, option packages, pricing details and the full Open House Tour schedule.
All-New 2010 Lotus Evora Prepares for Launch
While Evora production for the UK and European markets has been ramping up for months to begin fulfilling their orders, production for the US and Canadian markets has yet to begin. Though the Evora has only been shown on a few occasions thus far in the US and Canada, approximately the first two months of production are already pre-sold. To enable more sports car aficionados an opportunity to see the Evora in person, starting Friday, November 13 two Evoras will embark on a 44 dealer Open House Tour of the US.
The Lotus Evora in Summary
The Lotus Evora will enter the sports car market as the only mid-engine 2+2 in production. Evora is designed for people who desire the exotic sports car characteristics of stunning design, exclusivity, dramatic proportions and performance. However, it offers real-world usability, surprising efficiency and a unique sense of occasion as well.
Powered by a 3.5-liter V-6 producing 276 hp at 6,400 rpm and 258 lb./ft. of torque at 4,700 rpm, the Evora employs innovative lightweight chassis technology to ensure all-around exceptional dynamic performance, in keeping with the great Lotus tradition. From its beginning over 60 years ago, Lotus' consistent guiding principle has been to achieve 'performance through lightweight' and that's always meant all facets of performance including efficiency. The Evora provides unassailable proof of this ethos as the only regular production car in the world capable of accelerating from 0 – 60 mph in under 5 seconds (4.9), on up to a top speed over 160 mph (162) while also delivering 30+ miles per gallon on the highway.
Inside the Evora simplicity meets sophistication in an exquisite combination of detailing and hand-built craftsmanship. By using only the finest leather from renowned experts Muirhead, the interior is hand-trimmed and twin-stitched to create a beautifully tactile and visually striking environment. Genuine aluminum instrument and center console surfaces contain ergonomically positioned controls providing a purposeful drivers' cockpit. The leather wrapped steering wheel is tilt and telescopically adjustable, flat-bottomed to ease entry and exit and made from ultra-lightweight magnesium to provide super-precise feel through the wheel. The adjustable Recaro seats cradle the occupants and, along with the perfectly placed aluminum pedals, complete the optimum connection between driver - Evora - and the road. The rear seat area is cleverly hidden within the exotic, mid-engine profile of the Evora. An Alpine audio system with available touch-screen navigation, iPod™ (and other MP3 player) connectivity, Bluetooth and other amenities make the journey all the more pleasant. The Evora is a pure sports car that you can happily, comfortably enjoy every day.
For peace of mind, the 2010 Lotus Evora has a 3-year/36,000-mile limited vehicle warranty with an 8-year chassis perforation warranty.


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Writer Margaret Wheatley's poem, "The True Professional," isn't entirely original and she lets everyone know this.
It's a "found poem," Wheatley explained on her website. All of the lines of "The True Professional" are phrases "found" in Parker J. Palmer's book The Active Life.
After taking these lines, Wheatley "played with them and extended them beyond Parker's original prose" as a tribute to the author for "the profound influence he's had on my work."
According to Palmer, a true professional, or leader, "is a person whose action points beyond his or herself to that underlying reality, that hidden wholeness, on which we all can rely." Wheatley constructed her poem around this definition.
In my view, Wheatley's poem provokes inquiry and critical reflection for all leaders.
Using Palmer's words, Wheatley wrote: "The true professional is one/who does not obscure grace/with illusions of technical prowess,/the true professional is one/who strips away all illusions to reveal a reliable truth/a reliable truth in which/the human heart can rest. Unveil the illusions/unveil the illusions that masquerade/the illusions that masquerade/as reality and reveal the reality/behind the masks."
In part one of this leadership challenge, I would like to focus on Wheatley's call to "unveil the illusions." Many of us might have been schooled and socialized to believe that true professionalism lies in our technical prowess—our ability to deliver results, to perform, to contribute to the bottom line—to make profit. Have we focused way too much and too long on the ends and given little attention to the means? Do we only define the means within the boundaries of leader-making—pushing, commmanding, controlling, manipulating and even coercing others to do things in order to produce results?
In their 2006 article Responsible Leadership in a Stakeholder Society: A Relational Perspective, Thomas Maak and Nicola M. Pless wrote, "In mainstream leadership theory, which explains leadership in the context of hierarchically structured firms, driven by profit and shareholder value maximization, the leader as the great man is expected to influence 'followers to achieve group/organizational goals that reflect excellence defined as some kind of higher-level effectiveness.'"
The illusion Wheatley writes of appears to be the mainstream view of the true professional—a reactionary leader that responds and acts based on external provocation with botched actions that stagnate progress. These actions ignore an important truth Wheatley notes: "When we act, the world acts back."
According to Maak and Pless, mainstream leadership theory accepts that the leader-follower relationship is built on inequality: the leader is in charge and the follower does the leader's bidding without question. The authors also point out that mainstream leadership theory fails to explain the success of leadership in vertical network structures where leaders are expected to mobilize stakeholders. Leaders essentially fail to motivate from within.
Why do leaders continue to grope in the dark attempting to satisfy and meet (or exceed) the expectations of higher-ups and shareholders instead of "operating from within," as Wheatley and Palmer suggest?
Not acting "from a sense of who we are and what we want to do, but from our anxious reading of how others define us," as Wheatley wrote, makes us reactionary and inhumane. Could this mean that leaders operating in this realm of leadership live an illusion? Could the persistence to live in this illusion be a reflection that some leaders are either not aware or have lost focus of something critically fundamental?
In his 1994 book A Higher Standard of Leadership: Lessons from the Life of Gandhi, Keshavan Nair cautioned that "we have come to accept that a lower moral standard is necessary to get things done in the real world of politics and business. This is the gospel of expediency – the double standard of conduct. It is fueled by the idea of winning at all costs: that results are the only things that count."
Nair reminds us that, as a leader, Mahatma Gandhi was not governed by policies, but principles and values. Gandhi "asked us to reject not only physical violence, but violence to the spirit," Nair wrote.
Could violence to the spirit be the reason why Wheatley speaks of the human heart needing to rest? Have our spirits been butchered and battered by violence in our families, workplaces, communities, and other settings so much so that we are in dire need of another way of being that will enable our hearts to rest? Could the illusions that mask themselves as reality be these violent acts to the spirit that drive the pursuit of professionalism and leadership—a drive that is all about pushing ourselves and others to perform, to deliver results, and to not pay attention to the means and methods used to attain goals?
Do we live in an illusion—a bubble of our own creation—that must be, as Wheatley wrote, "unveiled" so that we can get a glimpse of the real truth? Could this be the same truth Gandhi, as a leader, knew to be the path to attaining grace, purpose, and meaning in his life's work be what today's leaders need for a more humane way of being in leadership with self and the other? Could it all come down to basing our actions on values that can help create a space for the "human heart to rest," as Wheatley wrote?
Nair explained, "Absolute values are necessary in every field, whether you are a student or teacher, parent or child, manager or employee, politician or constituent. Leaders, however, have the greatest responsibility. Without the compass of absolute values, what instrument do they have to guide others?"
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MAC Eyeshadow Swatches - Browns (Part 1)
MAC Tete-a-Tint Eyeshadow
MAC Eyeshadow Swatches – Browns (Part 1)
As promised, here are even more brown MAC Eyeshadows ($14.50 for 0.05 oz.) — I have a few more palettes to work through, including more neutrals (which include more browns, too).
Tete-a-Tint is a soft, medium-dark peach-brown with a Matte2 finish. It is now discontinued. Inglot #337 is similar but less warm–more of a brown than tinted with burnt peach.
Amber Lights is a rich, warm-toned coppery bronze with a frost finish. Inglot #405 is similar, perhaps more bronze than golden.
Soft Brown is a muted, medium-dark tan brown with a matte finish. Inglot #337 is closer to Soft Brown than it is to Tete-a-Tint.
Bamboo is a soft, yellowed brown with a matte finish.
Motif is a pale yellow with a duochrome of pink iridescence. It has a frost finish.
Arena is a softened, medium beige-brown with a satin finish. Illamasqua's Furore is similar but a little more orange.
Espresso is a neutral, dark brown with a matte finish.
Mystery is a cool-toned, gray-brown with a satin finish.
Smut is a cool-toned, charcoal brown with burgundy shimmer and a velvet finish.
Satin Taupe is a dark taupe with a frost finish. Bare Escentuals Meteorite is similar.
Romp is a medium-dark, golden brown with a frost finish. Urban Decay Rush is similar to Romp, but it's less golden.
Shades like Amber Lights, Romp, and Satin Taupe are some of MAC's standout eyeshadows within their entire permanent range. Whether the colors are ones you'd wear or not, these are highly pigmented, smooth-textured, and so easy to blend. I have found that the neutral range of mattes is a cinch to work with; they really aren't fussy–not powdery, chalky, or poorly pigmented. Soft Brown is one of MAC's bestselling eyeshadow shades. Arena works so lovely as an all-over lid color because it has a subtle sheen but still remains rather sedate. Mystery and Smut are nice browns for those with cooler undertones. The only shade that falls a little short is Motif, which has a slightly gritty texture and less than perfect color payoff.
MAC Eyeshadow Swatches - Browns (Part 1)
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MAC Tete-a-Tint Eyeshadow
MAC Amber Lights Eyeshadow
MAC Soft Brown Eyeshadow
MAC Bamboo Eyeshadow
MAC Motif Eyeshadow
MAC Arena Eyeshadow
MAC Espresso Eyeshadow
MAC Mystery Eyeshadow
MAC Satin Taupe Eyeshadow
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HALIFAX – Some passengers angered by air travel ordeals say its time airlines in Canada be required to publicly disclose complaints of baggage problems, cancelled flights and tarmac delays, just like their counterparts do south of the border.
Tiffany Flowers said she waited six days in Halifax after a weather delay cancelled her Jan. 3 Porter Airlines flight to Montreal, despite clear days in both cities.
Flowers said her autistic son, 14, missed a medical appointment to adjust his medication as a result.
"You're at the mercy of the airlines," said the 32-year-old student and graphic designer.
Flowers said Ottawa should post airline records for delays, baggage mishandling and cancellations online for travellers.
"People put their lives in the hands of these airline companies, and we have no record," she said.
Brad Cicero, a spokesman for Porter Airlines, said in an email that severe weather and fully booked flights led to a seat shortage. He said the company is reviewing how it operates when there are weather disruptions.
Michael Janigan, a lawyer for the Public Interest Advocacy Centre in Toronto, said an overhaul of passenger rights laws is needed, beginning with public disclosure of complaints on mishandled baggage, boarding denials due to overbooking, cancellations and delays.
He said the federal government could follow the model of the U.S. Department of Transportation website, which posts such records online.
"What we have here is a complete lack of keeping performance statistics like we have in the United States … to keep track of barometers of airline success," Janigan said.
A spokeswoman for Transport Canada said in an email there is no law in Canada requiring airlines to publicly disclose consumer complaints. She did not comment on whether Ottawa keeps any records internally.
"The government continues to monitor the situation and will take whatever measures are required to ensure consumers are treated fairly," said Karine Martel.
Marc-Andre O'Rourke, executive director of the National Airlines Council of Canada, said in an email it is difficult to comment on a public disclosure system since no proposal is before the government.
"Each airline has a very different type of operation and network," he added. "This means varying numbers of passengers, baggage, number of connections, etc. As such it makes timely and useful comparisons more difficult."
He said on-time performance statistics are tracked for some flights on FlightStats, a privately run website.
But Brooklyn Elhard, whose Air Canada flight from Orlando, Fla., to Toronto was delayed Jan. 4 for two days due to mechanical problems, said she wants more information about airlines in the future.
"It would change the way people travel if they actually knew what they were signing up for," said the 24-year-old music student.
Elhard's flight took off for Toronto but returned to Orlando after experiencing the mechanical problems.
She said money was provided for meals but that didn't fully cover the cost, a taxi refused to honour an Air Canada voucher, baggage was left unattended on a carousel for more than an hour and a subsequent flight was cancelled when a warning light came on in the cockpit of the same plane.
Isabelle Arthur, an Air Canada spokeswoman, said in an email passengers on the flight were offered discounts for future travel and said the incident occurred as the airline was struggling with extreme weather conditions that reduced the availability of aircraft and crew.
Statistics on the Canadian Transportation Agency's website indicate the number of complaints handled informally by the agency has grown over the past year.
From April 1 to Sept. 1 of last year, the agency was involved with 230 Canadian airline complaints after passengers tried to resolve them matters with their airlines. That compares to 143 complaints for the same time period the year before.
But Janigan said the agency's complaints-based system isn't particularly consumer-friendly, and he sees a need for an airlines complaint advocate and tougher enforcement laws.
The agency said passengers who formally complain to the agency must show that a domestic airline's compensation rules for problems such as damaged baggage, cancelled flights and refused boardings aren't reasonable based on existing law, rules of natural justice and evidence.
Janigan said he prefers the enforcement penalties the U.S. Department of Transportation sometimes imposes if it finds airlines are violating set rules on minimum compensation rates.
In 2013, Delta Airlines was penalized $750,000 for improperly bumping passengers due to overbooking, while United Airlines was fined $1.1 million for stranding passengers aboard airplanes on the tarmac during a weather delay in Chicago in July 2012.


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Go to GunAppreciationDay.com and sign the petition
to defend gun rights
Go to our Facebook page and like us
Join the Facebook "event" page January 19 – Gun Appreciation Day
Then invite your friends to join!
President Barack Obama and his sycophants aren't pulling any punches while they attack our Second Amendment rights.
It's about time we started fighting back and playing for keeps.
Liberals have cowed down too many of our supposedly conservative leaders. Instead of standing strong for our right to bear arms, they're giving into the emotional whirlwind of the leftist PR storm for gun control.
It's abundantly clear by now that it's up to We the People to stand up and make our elected officials do their duty, and protect the Constitution.
That's why we've brought together a broad coalition of grassroots conservative groups who are ready and willing to take on the Obama Machine, go toe-to-toe with establishment "moderates," and repudiate the lies and misinformation spread by the liberal media.
1- Go to GunAppreciationDay.com and sign the petition to defend gun rights
2- Go to our Facebook page and like us
3- Join the Facebook "event" page January 19 – Gun Appreciation Day
4- Then invite your friends to join!
We at Political Media, along with coalition members the Second Amendment Foundation, Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms, Special Operations Speaks, Revolution SuperPAC, Citizens and Country, Social Security Institute, Committee to Draft Judge Andrew Napolitano, Conservative Action Alerts, Women Warriors PAC, and Conservative Action Fund are joining together to make a clear statement against the gun grabbing schemes of the left.
We've declared January 19th – two days before Obama's Inauguration – to be Gun Appreciation Day. And we're urging Americans nationwide to show their support for gun ownership.
We need every patriotic American to turn out en masse at gun stores, gun ranges, and gun shows from coast to coast.
The Obama Administration has shown that it is more than willing to trample the Constitution to impose its dictates upon the American people. If the American people don't fight back now, Obama will gut our Second Amendment rights – just as he deviously gutted the First with Obamacare.
Make sure that the crooks in this Administration know that we won't take this laying down. If you are at all able, block off some time on the 19th and take part in Gun Appreciate Day. Invite your family, friends, and neighbors, too – anyone who believes in our Founder's views on the Second Amendment needs to be there. I hope you'll join the movement as people form lines "around the block" at gun stores, gun counters, gun shows, and gun ranges to protest the Obama administration's assault on gun rights.
We have never had a president who so callously disregards the Constitution, Congress, the courts, and the will of the American people.
And that's why this outpouring of public support is so important for our constitutional safeguards to keep and bear arms. If, as this president claims, the American people are at risk from murderous rampagers, the logical solution is to extend our rights to protect ourselves with guns, not present a docile target.
Will you commit to standing up for the founding principles of our nation?
Are you willing to take action for the sake of our God-given rights enshrined in the Constitution?
Now more than ever, America needs dedicated patriots like you. For the sake of our Republic, please don't leave the call unanswered.
Yours Truly,
Larry Ward
Chairman, Gun Appreciation Day


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Does your work deal critically with issues of race and ethnicity? If so, you might consider applying for this 2012-13 Artists-in-Residence program at the University of Chicago:
The Arts + Public Life Initiative and the Center for the Study of Race, Politics & Culture invite applications for their joint 2012/13 Artist-in-Residence Program beginning November 2012 and culminating in a public exhibition at the Reva and David Logan Center for the Arts in August 2013. The program awards a ten-month residency to outstanding Chicago-based artists and collaboratives—with an emphasis on those whose work critically engages issues of race and ethnicity—and provides the opportunity to (1) draw on the University of Chicago's resources, critical faculty, and student body to develop, advance, and disseminate their work; (2) deepen individual practices through critique, public engagement, skills and knowledge sharing; and (3) create a space where personal inquiry and collaborative relationships can flourish.
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Amazon Cuts The Cord: Now What For Abe and Alibris?
By Michael Stillman
Just when it seemed there was enough confusion in the online bookselling world, Amazon decided there wasn't, and proceeded to terminate their well-established relations with the top used book selling sites. The ramifications of their decision immediately spread to Abe, Alibris, and Half.com. Where it all will settle is anyone's guess, but once the stuff hits the fan, no one is ever quite the same.
Of course Abebooks has been leading the way in controversy over the past few months. They have been redesigning their site in a way which, if intended to antagonize the...


text: SOS Children's Village Chiang Rai To SOS Children's Villages, the fate of the children in the poor northern provinces of the country had been of great concern for quite some time. A fundraising campaign within the country finally made it possible for our organisation to help these children. A bleak future for children in one of the poorest parts of Thailand An SOS family cooking together (photo: SOS archives). The city of Chiang Rai is the capital of Chiang Rai province in northern Thailand. The province, which borders Myanmar (Burma) and Laos, is one of the poorest parts of Thailand. Traditionally the population has dedicated itself mainly to the cultivation of opium using slash-and-burn techniques. Although now illegal, this form of cultivation continues and causes deforestation, thus increasing ecological threats such as floods and landslides. However, due to the remoteness of the area and the lack of mineral resources, the population has hardly any alternative ways of earning a living. Large parts of the population of the northern provinces are immigrants from neighbouring countries. Most of them are not even officially registered as Thai citizens and therefore have no civil rights, cannot assume regular jobs or obtain land titles. Driven by poverty and malnutrition, scores of unaccompanied Burmese children cross the border into Thailand every day. Most of them have never received a formal education, since there are only very few schools in the border area of Myanmar (Burma); in addition, the schools usually charge fees that poor families cannot afford. Therefore these children are forced to earn their living in Thailand by taking any job they can get. Many of them do not speak the Thai language, so they end up doing menial work in tea parlours, restaurants or hotels or, in the worst cases, engaging in overt or clandestine prostitution. Due to their traumatic childhood experiences, once they become older they run great risks of becoming addicted to the locally produced amphetamines, and many of them find themselves working for drug barons in the area. Others move to the large cities in the south, where quite a few of them engage in illegal activities. There are numerous reports of child-trafficking to other provinces. A fundraising campaign within the country brings hope The Thai government has launched a number of projects to help abandoned and orphaned children in the north of the country, but there is still a great need for long-term family-based care. Therefore, SOS Children's Villages Thailand started a fund-raising campaign in the country and managed to raise the money needed to ensure that some of these children could be cared for in SOS families. What we do in Chiang Rai Children in our care during a workshop (photo: SOS archives). SOS Children's Village Chiang Rai took in the first children in January 2006. It is located on the main road from Bangkok to the North at a distance of about 12 km from Chiang Rai International Airport. A hospital, a market, schools, a college and a university are all within a radius of about 12 km. SOS Children's Villages tries to strengthen local families by providing a kindergarten where professionals look after children while parents are at work. For poor families, especially for single parents, it is very important to have a place where their children are looked after during the day. Hot meals are served at the kindergarten every day, which helps families keep their children well-nourished. Children whose families can no longer take care of them can find a loving home in one of the 14 SOS families. In order to make sure that they are well-integrated into society, they attend the SOS Kindergarten together with local children. Later they go to local schools, where they can make friends and become part of the wider community. SOS Children's Villages offers special programmes for young adults. They can live together while they attend vocational training or higher education. With the support of qualified counsellors, the young people develop perspectives for their future, learn to shoulder responsibility and increasingly make their own decisions.


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Five-Year-Old Zay Zay Could Be the Future of Standup Comedy
Some kids want to be a fireman, a professional athlete or a superhero when they grow up. Five-year-old Zay Zay dreams of one day becoming a standup comedian. From the looks of his adorably funny YouTube routine, this kid might have the creative chops and charisma to keep that dream alive long enough for it to become a reality.
Standup comedy can be a tough profession requiring a ton of perseverance. Luckily for young Zay Zay, he is a natural showman and his dad is pretty solid at writing his act. With over 47,000 views in just three days, Zay Zay has been getting a lot of positive feedback on YouTube.
Zay Zay explains to his viewers what it's like for him to be a kid in a way that will undoubtedly give you flashbacks of what it was like to be five. YouTube is responsible for making stars out of many young up-and-coming kids, and this little guy definitely has WAY more talent than most of the others. (We're looking at you, Rebecca Black). We expect big things out of Zay Zay in the next 10-15 years.


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I wish you would ever write me a letter half as long as I write you, and tell me, if you may, where your fleet are gone; what sort of defense Virginia can make against our common enemy; whether it is so situated as to make an able defense. Are not the gentry lords, and the common people vassals? Are they not like the uncivilized vassals Britain represents us to be? I hope their riflemen, who have shown themselves very savage and even blood-thirsty, are not a specimen of the generality of the people. I am willing to allow the colony great merit for having produced a Washington—but they have been shamefully duped by a Dunmore.
I have sometimes been ready to think that the passion for liberty cannot be equally strong in the breasts of those who have been accustomed to deprive their fellow-creatures of theirs. Of this I am certain, that it is not founded upon that generous and Christian principle of doing to others as we would that others should do unto us.
Do not you want to see Boston? I am fearful of the small-pox, or I should have been in before this time. I got Mr. Crane to go to our house and see what state it was in. I find it has been occupied by one of the doctors of a regiment; very dirty, but no other damage has been done to it. The few things which were left in it are all gone. I look upon it as a new acquisition of property—a property which one month ago I did not value at a single shilling, and would with pleasure have seen it in flames.
The town in general is left in a better state than we expected; more owing to a precipitate flight than any regard to the inhabitants; though some individuals discovered a sense of honor and justice, and have left the rent of the houses in which they were, for the owners, and the furniture unhurt, or, if damaged, sufficient to make it good. Others have committed abominable ravages. The mansion house of your President is safe, and the furniture unhurt while the house and furniture of the Solicitor General have fallen a prey to their own merciless party. Surely the very fiends feel a reverential awe for virtue and patriotism, whilst they detest the parricide and traitor.
I feel very differently at the approach of spring from what I did a month ago. We knew not then whether we could plant or sow with safety, whether where we had tilled we could reap the fruits of our own industry, whether we could rest in our own cottages or whether we should be driven from the seacoast to seek shelter in the wilderness but now we feel a temporary peace, and the poor fugitives are returning to their deserted habitations.
Though we felicitate ourselves, we sympathize with those who are trembling lest the lot of Boston should be theirs. But they cannot be in similar circumstances unless pusillanimity and cowardice should take possession of them. They have time and warning given them to see the evil and shun it.
I long to hear that you have declared an independency. And, by the way, in the new code of laws which I suppose it will be necessary for you to make, I desire you would remember the ladies and be more generous and favorable to them than your ancestors. Do not put such unlimited power into the hands of the husbands. Remember, all men would be tyrants if they could. If particular care and attention is not paid to the ladies, we are determined to foment a rebellion, and will not hold ourselves bound by any laws in which we have no voice or representation.
That your sex are naturally tyrannical is a truth so thoroughly established as to admit of no dispute; but such of you as wish to be happy willingly give up the harsh title of master for the more tender and endearing one of friend. Why, then, not put it out of the power of the vicious and the lawless to use us with cruelty and indignity with impunity? Men of sense in all ages abhor those customs which treat us only as the vassals of your sex; regard us then as beings placed by Providence under your protection, and in imitation of the Supreme Being make use of that power only for our happiness.
April 5.
I want to hear much oftener from you than I do. March 8th was the last date of any that I have yet had. You inquire of me whether I am making saltpetre. I have not yet attempted it, but after soap-making believe I shall make the experiment. I find as much as I can do to manufacture clothing for my family, which would else be naked. I know of but one person in this part of the town who has made any. That is Mr. Tertius Bass, as he is called, who has got very near a hundred-weight which has been found to be very good. I have heard of some others in the other parishes. Mr. Reed, of Weymouth, has been applied to, to go to Andover to the mills which are now at work, and he has gone.
I have lately seen a small manuscript describing the proportions of the various sorts of powder fit for cannon, small arms, and pistols. If it would be of any service your way I will get it transcribed and send it to you. Every one your friends sends regards, and all the little ones. Adieu.
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- About Amy May
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- -Oh Yeah.. HATE Google too!!!
-Oh Yeah.. HATE Facebook too!!!
-Oh Yeah.. HATE Twitter too!!!
-Oh Yeah.. HATE Instagram too!!!
- Biography
- My name is Amy!
... But "May" is not my last name. That's just a play on words because I played through both GBA 3rd gen and ORAS so many times (female hero: May). How Many times you may ask? Well Ummm, tbh with each one I stopped counting after 30. xD
I've been playing mainstream poke games since 1st gen was released. Started playing pokemon about a year before that though, playing the card game. Tbh, after being devistated with playing 7th gen, I then moved onto playing fan games with the first ones being Liquid Crystal, Prism, Glazed, and Advanced Adventure... and continued playing fan games ever since!
When I began playing Advanced Adventure about 2 years ago, I loved playing the game so much! But was so fustrated when a BadEGG was the cause of not being able to continue playing it through!!! >_< ... After that, I spent close to 3 weeks learning anything I could regarding "Cheat Code Use for Doing Good" and as a work around to correct certain bugs in rom hacks (no longer being worked on) From Your End. After trial and error (plus a couple corrupted files I received due to people giving out bad coding plus bad information), I then found a safe and reliable way.. using cheat codes, to get rid of that BadEGG for good.
I spend most my spare time.... playing vid games tbh. :P
... But also testing certain ones, using cheat codes in general. Then try to find a fix for it using cheat codes exclusively.
Just to be clear though, no... I'm not an expert in coding itself or a techno geek of any kind (but play one on TV :p ). But I am well versed in troubleshooting in many ways.
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University of Michigan Provenance Research Project
The University of Michigan has embarked on a multi-year project to research its museum and library collections to identify objects that may have been unlawfully appropriated during World War II and to make public information that results from this project. The project, coordinated by the Museum of Art on behalf of the University, will focus on objects made or traded in continental Europe that were created before 1946 and acquired by the University of Michigan after 1932.
The project is an effort to comply with guidelines issued by the American Association of Museums in 1999 and 2001 as well as the University's own standards for ethical practice.
Historical Background
During World War II, Adolf Hitler and his regime were responsible for an aggressive and methodical campaign to confiscate, hoard, and destroy cultural assets. Special military art units were designated to confiscate works of art and other cultural artifacts from European museums and the private collections of Jewish citizens, other groups targeted for extermination, such as homosexuals, Catholics, and Poles, and political opponents.
Hundreds of thousands of artworks were confiscated by the German military. Art that was seen as representing the National Socialist Party's accepted view of German national heritage was designated for the collections of German museums. It was Hitler's plan to found a museum in his hometown of Linz and to have it become, along with other museums in Berlin, Munich, and Nuremberg, a symbol of Germanic success and cultural superiority. Some art objects were kept as personal possessions by high-ranking military officers, many of whom—including Hitler—were art collectors.
German public museums were encouraged to remove works that did not conform to Nazi artistic standards. These objects, deemed "degenerate," were primarily modern works of Cubism, Expressionism, and Fauvism by both French and German artists. Some of these artifacts were destroyed, but many were sold by the Nazi party to fund its military activities or to purchase other more desirable works of art.
Immediately following the war, a number of governments and major museums undertook extensive investigations in an attempt to return looted works to their owners. Many objects were returned, but a large number (40,000 according to some estimates) remained unaccounted for. Recognizing that these restitution efforts were insufficient and that looted objects may have unknowingly become part of the permanent collections of many American museums, the United States government mandated American museums to undertake additional research that would uncover provenance problems and participate in a coordinated way in the worldwide effort to return art stolen during the Nazi era to its owners and their heirs. To this end, the American Association of Museums (AAM) has developed a set of guidelines to help museums maintain the highest ethical and legal standards regarding unlawfully appropriated objects.
UMMA's Research Efforts
Using AAM guidelines as a framework, the University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) has identified works in its collections that are at highest risk for having been looted during World War II. These include all paintings, sculptures, and drawings by European and American artists created before 1946 and acquired by the museum after 1932 that may have been traded in continental Europe.
The Museum of Art is committed to making the results of this research accessible to the public. All works that are determined to have changed hands in continental Europe during the critical years, or those with a gap in their provenance, will be submitted to the AAM's Nazi-Era Provenance Internet Portal—a tool designed to provide people searching for lost items with a single searchable registry of objects that changed hands in continental Europe from 1933 to 1945.


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What They WON'T Tell You About Vitamin D
(NaturalNews) Vaccination rates among children insured by commercial
health insurance plans have dropped four percent between 2008 and 2009,
says a new report by the National Committee for Quality Assurance. In
its annual State of Health Care Quality report , the organization
revealed that vaccine rates are falling sharply among high-education
This trend infuriates the vaccine industry and all the shills who push
vaccines, of course. Despite all their high-dollar propaganda ,
expensive advertising and vaccine booths in airports, Wal-Marts and
grocery stores, more and more people are coming to realize that many
vaccines are dangerous for children and the seasonal flu vaccines in
particular offer absolutely no scientifically-validated benefit
whatsoever. They are pure quackery and nothing more.
The really interesting thing about this trend is that parents with a
higher education are consciously choosing to protect their children from
vaccines . Remarkably, the vaccine industry insists that "they're the
stupid ones" because they don't believe the vaccine propaganda. But as
it turns out, the American people are smarter than the vaccine industry
thinks , and as they're learning the truth about seasonal flu vaccines,
they're making informed, intelligent decisions to protect their children
from such vaccines.
Seasonal flu vaccines simply do not work It's a scientific fact:
Seasonal flu vaccines don't work on at least 99% of the population (
http://www.naturalnews.com/029641_v... ). You have to vaccinate 100
people, in other words, just to avoid flu symptoms in ONE person -- and
that's if you believe the drug company's own clinical trial data!
(Which is almost certainly biased in favor of the vaccines.)
The second scientific fact the flu industry conveniently avoids talking
about is that vitamin D offers far better protection against flu
infections , and it's cheaper, safer and easier to take! Children will
gladly chew vitamin D tablets if it means avoiding a jab with a sharp
Vitamin D makes the immune system work Vitamin D, you see, activates
the immune response to flu infections . Virtually everyone who suffers
from the flu in the winter is vitamin D deficient. That's why flu
season is the winter, by the way: Because that's when everybody is
deficient in vitamin D! ( http://www.naturalnews.com/029333_v... )
Most likely, the four percent of families who are choosing to avoid flu
shots are supplementing their children's diets with vitamin D and other
immune-boosting nutrients. So they're actually better off with vitamin D
than they would have been with the vaccine!
Vitamin D, by the way, also prevents tuberculosis (
http://www.naturalnews.com/021855.html ), asthma, cancer , kidney
disease and nearly a hundred other serious health conditions, including
autoimmune disorders. ( http://www.naturalnews.com/029605_v... )
Vaccines are only chosen by ignorant people The vaccine industry is
terrified of vitamin D because it knows if the truth about vitamin D
becomes widely known, people will stop taking seasonal flu shots and the
drug companies will lose billions of dollars.
It has already begun, in fact. In one year, natural health websites
like NaturalNews have helped educate the public and reduce dangerous
vaccination rates by an astonishing four percent.
This is why the vaccine industry is in a panic this year, paying
celebrities and TV doctors to appear on posters and television ads,
trying to push more seasonal flu vaccines on a population that is
increasingly rejecting them for good reason.
It's all going to end up as follows: Within a few years, only the most
ignorant people will even consider getting a seasonal flu shot . These
are the same people who drink diet soda (a scam), who take diabetes
drugs (another scam), who raise money for pink ribbon breast cancer
events (an even bigger scam) and who eat processed junk food at every
meal. They are the ones who will suffer from conventional medicine
while the better informed individuals and families will increasingly
reject conventional medicine and seek out healthier, more natural
Your immune system is a nanotechnology miracle that already knows how to
block viruses and stop the flu. All it needs is to be activated with the
right nutrition. Vitamin D does for your immune system what vaccines
can never do -- it unleashes a biological miracle that can hunt down and
eliminate invading microorganisms and viral fragments, protecting you
from all the germs the drug industry wants you to be terrified of.
Don't believe the vaccine quackery and fear mongering. Join the educated
crowd that's consciously and intelligently choosing alternatives to
vaccines -- alternatives that work better and safer at lower cost, too.
With vaccines, remember that you always run the risk of being paralyzed
or ending up in the hospital with a coma.
Read the truth about what happened in Australia with seasonal flu
vaccines earlier this year: Children suffered vomiting, fevers and
seizures. Read it here: http://www.naturalnews.com/029586_A...
As reported in that story:
"Perth mother of two Bea Flint said her 11-month-old boy Avery had a
seizure after receiving the first dose of the two-dose flu vaccination
on Saturday. Mrs Flint said that after the 9am vaccination she noticed
Avery had a minor temperature about 2pm. At 7.45pm, Avery started
whimpering and moaning. When Mrs Flint got to his cot the baby had
vomited and was lying on his side having a seizure. 'He couldn't cry -
his head was hanging down in the car seat and he couldn't move. I was
petrified - it was one of the worst experiences of my life."
If that's what you want for your children, go ahead and get them
vaccinated. But if you'd rather them stay healthy and alive, give 'em
vitamin D instead.
What they won't tell you about vitamin D By the way, 400 IU of vitamin D
is simply not enough. Most nutritionists today are recommending ten
times that amount (4000 IUs) for adults, and half that (2000 IUs) for
children. The 200 / 400 IU dosage was actually set as a deliberate
tactic to keep the population in a state of vitamin D deficiency . And
it has worked, too. 97% of black Americans are vitamin D deficient right
now . This has caused a huge boost to the cancer industry, mostly at the
expense of black men and women. ( http://www.naturalnews.com/028119_v...
The more you know about all this, the more amazing the real story about
vaccines, vitamin D and cancer really becomes, you see. Keep reading
NaturalNews to stay informed in a way the mainstream media will never
cover. We cite the scientific sources and tell you the true story about
how vitamin D makes seasonal flu shots irrelevant.
Don't start a needle habit.
This flu season, choose nutrition, not a needle.


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1973 Corvette Convertible - Sleeping Beauty
This Mild-Looking '73 Convertible Hides One Monster Of A Big-Block
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To many Corvette aficionados, the '73 model is a controversial car. Some argue that it's a misfit of a Vette, built with low horsepower and mismatched ends. But as the years have passed, one thing has proved true with Chevy's performance flagship: The more unique the vehicle, the more attractive it tends to be to collectors. To these pragmatists, the '73 Vette is neither good nor bad, just unique. Many changes were taking place at the time the car was built, and the Corvette was stuck dead in the middle of them.
The exterior of the '73 makes it very recognizable, provided you're able to view it from both the front and back. The rear view might lead you to believe the car was anything from a '68 to a '72 full-chrome-bumper model. If you were heading toward the car, however, you might think it was anything from a '74 through a '79. (Although the "bumperettes" underwent subtle changes during each of those years, each car had the instantly recognizable "rubber ducky"-style front end.) That the '73 is stuck between these two design eras is what makes it unique.
Many other changes were made to the Corvette for '73. The hood was improved, eliminating the troublesome windshield-wiper-lift panel while adding the visually appealing cold-air induction feature. Radial tires made their debut that year as well. Steel beams were added to the structure of the doors to improve side-impact safety. Even a 47 percent reduction in cabin noise was accomplished by adding sound-deadening material throughout the car.
On the debit side, the gas crunch, increased government regulation, and tougher emissions standards led to a huge decrease in the output of Corvette engines. By the '73 model year, the basic 350ci motor was down to 190 hp, compared with the 300hp rating of the '70 model. Things were no better for big-block fans: The available 454 had only 275 hp in '73, far less than the 390hp rating of the '70 iteration.
That being the case, Tom Souter's white '73 convertible wouldn't seem a very menacing presence out on the road. At first glance, it appears to be a very stock-which is to say very slow-Corvette, though a closer inspection reveals that the car is in immaculate condition down to every last nut and bolt. Indeed, most who encounter it assume the Vette is better suited to concours events than to street races.
Hardly. Completely revamped from the ground up, the engine bay holds a new 454 boasting over 460 hp. Upon close inspection, it becomes apparent that every detail of this motor was done to top-notch standards. "I wanted the car to be fast but stock-looking from the outside. I didn't want to change the look of the car, just the horsepower," explains Tom.
He easily rattles off the upgrades: "It has an Edelbrock aluminum intake, Holley four-barrel carburetor, and a K&N air filter. I also put [on] GM aluminum heads, Hooker coated full-length headers, MSD ignition, aluminum water pump, chrome alternator, and a Be Cool aluminum radiator with dual cooling fans." We also noticed a tastefully added Flowmaster exhaust system exiting at the back of the car.
Like most ''73s, Tom's Corvette uses a Turbo 400 three-speed automatic. Although very few convertibles were made that year (4,943, to be precise), the convertible-hardtop option-with which only 1,328 cars were equipped-makes the Vette a true rarity. Further adding to the "wolf in sheep's clothing" theme is a factory rear luggage rack.
The interior has been carefully replaced down to the carpeting and individual knobs; in fact, not one thing remains inside the car that wasn't either replaced or refurbished. The Dark Saddle upholstery contrasts nicely with the Classic White paint, contributing to a classy, subdued look.
We asked Tom how many people he'd surprised with his hidden monster of a Corvette. "You wouldn't believe it. Most people are just admiring how nice it looks. You should see the shock when I take off." Based on numbers alone, the car should easily be able to take on younger Vette siblings such as the ZR-1 and LS1 C5. But with the latest Z06 packing 505hp and weighing in at just 3,130 pounds, Tom better get back to the drawing board.
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