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You'd think I'd ever learn. I come home from work and will get settled, cook my dinner, take off my pants (who wears pants at home) and than I'll start my game and find an update and groan and think "ugh j told myself last time I'd do this first thing and prevent the wait!"
Nintendo does this nicely "there is an update, wanna do it? Or wanna just play?", yea thanks I'll just play.
It wouldn't be so bad if it downloaded at normal speeds. Instead I swear to god it's Vietnam dialup or some BS.
Yeah when I bought the switch the people at gamestop told me it would have to connect to the internet and update before I could play. They were wrong, took me about 5 minutes to boot up and play oddysey.
Nintendo does this nicely "there is an update, wanna do it? Or wanna just play?", yea thanks I'll just play.
Unless the game requires me to be online, I've never had my PS4 stop me from playing while downloading an update file.
The biggest reason I've never played with a follower, be it in Fallout or Skyrim.
I dunno, nothing like running through a building with sneak lvl 3. Not setting off any trip wires. Then hearing Cait getting fucked up as she tries to catch up.
Because I can make Lydia carry so much extra shit!
Followers are so clunky. In Fallout 3, 4, Skyrim. I don't get the attraction. Especially when you have an awesome perk like Lone Wanderer.
Pull a gun on me I won't even blink, the worst you can do is destroy my physical body; pull the three God cards on me then I am running for dear life cause there is no recovering from getting sent to shadow realm.
Obelisk The Tormentor has ATK:4000 and DEF:4000 - sacrificing two monsters allowed Obelisk Infinite ATK and destroyed any monster immediately, not sure what battle damage it does off the top of my head however.
Slifer The Sky Dragon: ATK: XXXX DEF: XXXX ATK and DEF depend on number of Cards in the players Hand (x1000) - Max attack 7000 unless Unlimited Cards Magic Card is Played - Damn Revival Jam
Winged Dragon Of Ra: ATK: ???? - DEF: ???? - Both stats depend on the stats of the Three Monsters sacrificed - Ra takes the total ATK/DEF of the three, EG: 3x Blue Eyes White Dragons will give Ra 9000 ATK
Also the player can sacrifice Life Points to add on to the ATK stat - damn the show was OP.
Thanks for giving me the reason to type all this shit out, i needed to kill time in work ;)
TL;DR - God cards are OP in general, more so in the show.
Can someone explain me why they only have flavour text on the card? The attack and defense cant really be ????/???? right? Sry, ive never played a lot of yugioh.
We Are Now In The Dark Age of Gaming
I'm just going to make this very clear, gaming as we know it is reaching a breaking point and that point will either go off into one direction or the other. We have reached a point where if corporations such as EA, Activision and Bungie, etc, don't change their practices they'll lead the industry as a whole into a second video game crash, perhaps one as big as the one that occurred in 1983.
These corporations all have one thing in common, they've fucked the players over in a myriad of ways, the very people that helped them to the top, the very people that are the reason they exist today. They've lied to their fans and swindled so many people out of their hard earned money all for their profits. They use video game developers as tools, they see them as machines to churn out entertainment and then suck all artistic merit and substance out of it until there's nothing left but the ashes of what could've been.
That's all you see these days, games that have so much potential yet have been squandered for profit. DLC after DLC being made from the leftovers of what should've been in the game from the beginning locked away behind paywall after paywall. Battlefront 2's loot boxes locking the basic progression system away behind a slot machine so that people will throw away any kind of respect they have for themselves as gamers just for an extra edge in that online match. Call of Duty's SBMM practices rigging matches against you so that you have to pay for loot boxes to feel like a decent player for what, one day? Before they rig every match against you again until you feel like throwing the controller into a freaking wall. Destiny 2 pretty much taking away game modes and shit that was already in the first damn game and putting them into stores to be paid and bought, giving you a 1 hour campaign with no heart put into it whatsoever and dividing the community unless you pay for something so shallow it might as well have never been made.
Those are just the mainstream examples we've all seen, so many games that have been released this year that have loot boxes and content locked away that has already been made and should've existed since day 1. Paid games are becoming the new Free to Play, Pay to Win. You pay for a full price game and must still pay far more just to have any kind of fun with it. This is creating a new normal and a frightening future for gaming as a whole. Soon games won't be made for passion, art and creativity but instead for cheap profit. It's simple con-artistry, cat burglars disguised as a form of entertainment to suck in those that still have a shred of belief that their favourite game franchises will be great again. The sad truth of that is they won't be, they're already dead unless the industry is shaken up and woken up from the greedy depression it has succumbed to,
For every great game that's made as games used to be, with heart and with hours and hours of genuinely masterful content there are dozens more made for gambling. The thing is gamers are waking up and seeing through the bullshit, exposing it for what it is, shameless exploitation of gamers and the franchises we used to respect (mostly.)
These corporations are losing money but are still determined to make micro-transactions the future of the gaming industry. What they don't realise is that future only leads to one ending, the second video game crash and possibly the near-death of gaming. Should these practices take over and infect all game developers and all games this will create a future where people with common sense won't buy video games anymore at least not AAA titles until ultimately even Indie developers are affected by the normalcy of micro-transactions. It is a definite possibility should this be allowed to become the new normal.
People can say 'if you don't like the game then simply don't buy it,' 'do you even know how much it costs to make games?' Like I see consistently all across the internet and those people are wrong. Gamers understand how games are created and to say they don't make enough money is an excuse and a poor one at that. One very polished and very well made game that garners a cult following, critical acclaim and hours upon hours worth of content not hidden behind paywalls and scams will make more than enough money for all those involved as well as something significantly more important; respect and trust. For a developer to gain people's trust in them and to be respected for the games they make is what keeps people coming back for more, wanting to spend money on a franchise they love and has proven to deliver great experiences. What corporate greed wants is 'games as service' for every single game, to kill single player experiences and kill artistic expression.
Games have changed, they're no longer just mindless fun and quick pass times. Now they resonate with people, they are a sport, they create lasting friendships, engaging stories that give us characters we connect with and support. They deliver a new way to experience storytelling, true, thematic storytelling that stays in the memories of those that played through these games forever.
They want to kill that.
People that don't speak up about the way gamers are now being treated by the industry are living in ignorance thinking it's okay to accept this future as the new normal because fighting against it is 'pointless.' Nobody should have to accept what is essentially gambling and not talking about it are what these corporations are banking on. They are actively deceiving people as we speak, they don't intend to 'fix' the problems being addressed in their games they just want to find the best way to hide it so they make as much money as possible.
They don't apologise for their practices, they apologise because they are being caught.
We have entered the dark age of gaming and who knows how long this will last, 2017 will be remembered as the year where gaming became extremely shady and gamers lost trust and faith in developers. Games still have a future as long as we fight for it, we can't let this exposure of deceptive practices in games be a phase and fade away, we must all unite and keep up the pressure in order to put an end to this age of gaming. They have to realise that micro-transactions are a passing phase.
(In my defence I believe there's a place still for Expansions, when a game delivers quality DLC that delivers hours of content for a game that already has so much to offer and was actually MADE months after the game was released I think that's great. If a game is amazing more quality content isn't bad but locking content away that we all know was just left out of it is a bad practice. Also creating expansions that only deliver an hour's worth of content with no effort put in whatsoever and then expecting $20 - $30 for it is bullshit, nobody should pay that price for nothing at all.
People can say gamers are asking too much and feel too entitled by wanting so much more but I will pose you this question; would you want to pay for an apple only to receive one slice of it? When you pay for something you expect quality, you expect the full deal, nothing that requires money in life is an exception to that and that applies to games. When you pay for the game you expect the full game, not a half-assed cash grab that isn't enjoyable unless you pay for more. End of discussion.)
We're in the Golden Age of gaming.
Never have there been more amazing interactive games available for so little money.
The indie scene is producing amazing things every week. At any day of the week you can buy big budget games for pennies at sales, which are now happening on all platforms. Everything is available, from very delicate little stories to big roller coaster ride games.
And, unlike movies, for games there still exist mid-budget games such as SOMA, which are by and by very good.
Plus, we live in an age where every game can be previewed and peer reviewed via social media days before release, and experiences at no cost via Let's Plays.
On top of that, VR is happening, which is every 80s gaming kids dresm come true, and communities like /sub/psvr are high on their own wholesomeness.
Don't preorder, don't buy unfinished games at launch, don't support microtransactions. Those are all the plagues of the medium. The rest is in excellent shape.
These corporations are losing money
Citation needed.
They want to kill that.
No, they don't. They don't have a vague, nefarious agenda. What you're witnessing is just the maturation of the gaming industry. Established entertainment media simply lack the same revenue-making mechanisms, otherwise they'd be doing exactly the same thing. What you're dealing with is simply people looking to make money, and the only way to stop them is to stop giving them money.
Sadly, we're on the side that's going to lose. With higher returns from a small minority of 'whales', the devs will be able to largely ignore the hoi polloi like you. And then learned helplessness will settle in, at which point we'll all habitually pay for lootboxes even when superior alternatives will be avilable for free; yes, it absolutely is possible to oppress a person into submission.
Pride and Accomplishment is likely to be the new normal now.
Greed doesn't win forever.
Oh you sweet midsummer's child.
They're only following a global trend of moving from selling good products to selling products with planned obsolescence and post-sales service costs as the primary revenue stream. CFOs love it, consumers gobble it up. So why wouldn't they keep doing it? Which is why everyone does it and you can't really get around them without becoming an off-the-grid doomsday prepper, a prohibitively high cost for opting out of this trend.
For all this subs bitching about MTX and DLC this has been one of the best years ever for strong single player games. This is a Golden Age, things are better in many ways than they have ever been. Just because this sub has it's panties in a twist over EA doesn't mean shit.
Imagine they hit 999999 and stop.
Wouldn't you donate 1 dollar just to see the reddit shitstorm. Because if you don't I will
Fun Fact, the devs cancelled the kickstarter because they found a publisher/producer/investor. The game is now out on Steam: http://store.steampowered.com/app/553960/Husk/
That is good of them. That leaves money out there for the next project that can't find a publisher, but might actually be good.
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I always liked Keira Metz. Some way, my wife managed to find the one storyline effectively killing her off.
Haha I did that too, I didn't dislike her but I was a bit peeved off about getting lied to and wanted to let her know that. Turns out that just turns into a 3 second fight with the most fragile sorceress in the lodge.
Still had sex tho.
If in doubt, pull your dick out.
You should know that people who put up these ads don't actually use the products that they advertise.
I kept trying to upvote the 2.8k post and it took me a moment to realise why an image loaded
I hardly doubt they even know what they advertise
You don't pay for the internet twice. You pay for the internet once, and you pay to use the service that Sony/Microsoft are offering. would it be nice if the service was free? Of course. Would it be really entitled of me to claim that it should be free? Also yes. I honestly don't mind because the most expensive tariff you can choose equate to the cost of a single packet of cigarettes a month. And if you can't afford that then you can't afford to indulge in an already expensive hobby like video games.
Honestly don't understand how people can defend paying for online on console. Corporations have done a good job of brainwashing people.
Nintendo plans to do this as well.
Your comment is in similar veins to EA's accomplishment comment
Dude puts himself on the line for others to see the PPV and gets snitched on by tons of people talking bout "omg look what he did". How bout y'all stfu and learn to appreciate favors on the DL?
Did he win?
He streamed the whole fight but got banned
OP must be feeling the sense of pride and accomplishment
So? You bought it at the right time. You already downloaded it, it will still work.
If you keep it installed you'll still be able to play.
To be fair this has been news for almost 3 months.


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King Leopold's Ghost; or Why There's No Club Med in the Congo
The only non-travelogue in this series of books taking us Around the World and Into the Past, Adam Hochschild's King Leopold's Ghost is a history of Europe's last major slave colony in Central Africa, where the devastating legacy of colonial exploitation continues even now. I have included it in the series because each of the books deals directly or indirectly with the European conquest of the globe, which colors American ideas of travel and shapes our experiences of foreign lands. Because it chronicles a slave empire so recently disbanded, and because the states that have followed in the colony's wake in Central Africa continue to be war zones, King Leopold's Ghost reminds us vividly of our own colonial and colonizing past, of the generations of exploration and violence that made today's leisure travel possible, and of the ultimate sources of our disposable travel income.
King Leopold's Ghost reads like a novel, with feats of derring-do, unlikely meetings and partings, and shocking revelations. The story of how King Leopold II of Belgium turned the Congo into his own private colony, this carefully researched book begins with the exploration of the Congo River by explorer Henry Morton Stanley (of "Livingstone, I presume" fame). It traces the subsequent employment of Stanley by Leopold as the king's personal colonial emissary to Central Africa, explains the rise of the slave empire, and details the protest movement against Leopold led by E.D. Morel, whose coalition successfully brought international sanctions against Belgium and ended the king's African fiefdom.
Briskly paced, Hochschild's story includes the personal backstory of Leopold II's early life, which led to the rapacious greed and corruption of his adulthood, explaining his lust for colonial wealth in context of his whoring, philandering and contempt for the Belgian state. Hochschild provides compelling evidence of the secret machinations of Leopold's shady Congo dealings clearly and engagingly—no small accomplishment, given the millions of documents Leopold's henchmen destroyed upon the king's death—and he traces the very beginnings of Leopold's idea of empire in the 1870s to its most gruesome success at the turn of the century and its final collapse with Leopold's death in 1910.
Leopold's network of dummy associations and foundations gave him sole private ownership of a territory as large as the United States east of the Mississippi—Belgium technically didn't even have a Central African colony while Leopold was alive, because the king personally owned all of the Congo and personally kept all of its wealth. Ultimately, this personalization of empire also makes him directly responsible for the 8 to 10 million Africans enslaved and murdered to fatten his bank account, a genocide that has largely been ignored in American school textbooks.
King Leopold's Ghost hinges on the international protest movement against Leopold founded by E.D. Morel. Morel began his career as a shipping clerk for Leopold in the office of Elder Dempster, the bureaucrat largely responsible for cooking the books on Congolese exploitation. Dempster was responsible for making sure that the public accounts of Belgian trade with the Congo looked benign and that the profits were skimmed directly into Leopold's pockets, and Morel simply couldn't believe the truth when he saw it—of genocide, enslavement and corruption. He blew the whistle and his indefatigable efforts for over a decade around the turn of the twentieth century eventually drew President Theodore Roosevelt, Mark Twain, and a host of world leaders and internationally renowned authors to his cause. The pressure Morel brought to bear against Leopold made Leopold himself a pariah and caused no end of trouble for tiny Belgium, though in the end the King paid no real penalty for his abuses. Upon his death, the Congo became officially a Belgian colony and the worst of his abuses ended, though Belgian possession of the territory continued until 1960.
Morel's movement was the first international human rights protest and laid the groundwork for subsequent organizations. It also helped shift public consciousness finally against violent colonial exploitation of the "Third World," an important achievement just a generation after the end of slavery in the United States. But it did little real good for the people of the Congo.
Today, the hot and cold war that started in 1998 in Congo continues. It has claimed more than 5 million lives and directly involved eight African nations and 25 militia groups. The war has raged over a territory the size of Western Europe and troops have savagely butchered and raped civilians throughout the Congo, yet in America the conflict receives almost no attention. It is an inconvenient remnant of a failed colony and of a colonial past that the world would rather forget, and it seems to have little to do with America on its surface.
King Leopold's Ghost appears in this series of travel books because it reveals a dark side of global adventurism that American and European travelers must always bear in mind when jetting off to "exotic" locations for pleasure. It reminds us that our forbears did not always have pleasure in mind when they set off to foreign lands and that, in many parts of the world, our faces still represent the face of death.


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After graduating with highest honors from St. Edward's University in Austin, Dr. Pruski attended the University of Texas Health Science Center Dental School in San Antonio. While there, she received many accolades, including the Excellence in Clinical Dentistry Award. She earned her Doctor of Dental Surgery degree (D.D.S.) with honors, graduating Cum Laude in 2003. Dr. Pruski believes in the importance of educating patients of all ages about good dental habits and making a visit to the dentist a positive experience.
"It's never too late to achieve oral health. Having a healthy and pain-free mouth can be life changing!"
Dr. Pruski has continued to refine her knowledge of dentistry through participation in numerous continuing education courses throughout the country. She is a member of the American Dental Association, the Texas Dental Association, the San Antonio District Dental Society, and the Academy of General Dentistry. Dr. Pruski is a charter member of the prestigious South Texas Advanced Restorative Seminars (STARS), which gives her an opportunity to share knowledge and ideas with other top dentists and dental specialists in the area.
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The ACC would like to congratulate the following players on being selected in the provisional squad for the ACC representative cricket team. All players will be required to attend an all-day intra-squad trial match on Friday 2nd March (McMahon Oval - Aquinas College). Following the trial match a final team of 12 will be selected to represent the ACC against the combined government schools team at Murdoch Cricket Ground on the 19th March.
The ACC would like to thank all boys that attended the net trials but did not make the trial match squad.
Players should aim to arrive at the grounds by 8.30am. Play will commence at approx. 9.15am and will be completed by 3.00pm, possibly earlier. Players are to make arrangements ASAP to be absent from school on the 2nd March.
Players should wear cricket whites, turf spikes and their school PE shirt to assist with identification. Please bring all your own cricket gear. In addition, please bring a pair of rubber soled shoes suitable for play on a synthetic hard wicket. In case of rain and the turf pitch is not playable the match will be moved to a nearby hard wicket.
Lunch will be provided to all players but you are advised to bring along extra snacks and drinks.
If you are unable to attend the match due to injury or some other commitment then you are to make contact with the ACC manager Mr Ben Lomas ASAP. email@example.com PH: 08 9247 2242
The ACC trial match is considered to be an official school event and you have made a commitment to attend the match. Players that fail to attend the game without providing legitimate reasons will be followed up by the ACC and your school Principal.
Between now and the representative match the ACC selectors reserve the right to add players to the team.
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With the refugee crisis in Lebanon grinding on into its seventh year, Solidarités International—a French nongovernmental organization whose main work is providing safe water, hygiene and sanitation systems to settlements of displaced Syrians—found that it needed a new way to tell its story.
As "donor fatigue" set in, the organization saw that the usual forms of aid-agency public relations—press releases, documentary photography or videos—were not enough.
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Diesel Engine Parts Corporation, dba DHPS, Expands Fusion Welding Remanufacturing of Diesel Engine Cylinder Heads in Support of Worldwide Diesel Engine Remanufacturing 'Green' Initiative Demands
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LENOIR CITY, Tenn., Aug. 16, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- DHPS is announcing the expansion of diesel cylinder head remanufacturing capacity utilizing their refined fusion welding technology. This cost-effective remanufacturing process is proving to be very important in helping commercial, military and governmental organizations meet their goals to "Reuse and Recycle." Details of this innovative technology can be found at http://www.dieseldhp.com . In addition to increases in production line machinery and production line personnel, DHPS President Paul Blizzard has announced the addition of two key management people.
Ray Falkenrath is the new DHPS Vice President of Business Development. Most recently, Falkenrath was Business Development Manager for MAHLE Clevite. His past experience includes work developing engine products and creating supply chains to support engine remanufacturing activities at General Motors, Ford, Chrysler, Cummins, Detroit Diesel, Navistar, AM General, Jasper Engine and Transmission, and many of their authorized remanufacturing partners.
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Clancy Johnson has accepted the position as plant manager of DHPS's Lenoir City, Tennessee facility in the Knoxville area. Clancy joins DHPS after 35 years of plant management with Cummins Engine Company. Johnson is a graduate of Indiana Wesleyan University, with bachelor's and master's degrees in business management. DHPS President Blizzard says, "Clancy's extensive diesel engine component manufacturing experience and refined management skill set make him the perfect person to join our rapidly growing company."
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Taboos have been oversteped and today talking about gays in movies is current. But there are some films thats sublimate gay love stories more than the others : here is the list of the most beautiful gay love stories according to me
About Mulholland Drive : it is not really a gay movie but the sex scene between the two girls is so well directed.
About Persona : Maybe not gay but the relationship between the two women is so beautiful and intimist.


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Daniel Radcliffe and Emma Watson regularly caused friction on the Harry Potter set by engaging in furious bust-ups and refusing to talk to each other.
The actor counts Watson as one of his closest friends, but admits his co-star infuriated him when they took opposing stances in their frequent debates.
He tells Britain's Radio Times, "Oh, God. We used to argue about everything. Religion. Politics. I remember one of the big arguments we had on the fourth film - we didn't speak to each other for a couple of days - was about... She was arguing about the Latin language, that nobody knows what it sounds like, what a Latin accent should be. And I was like, 'Yeah, but it's still spoken a lot in the Catholic church.'
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Before the name Ariel was synonymous with the Honda-powered Ariel Atom trackday car, the brand was affixed to vehicles of the two-wheeled variety. After producing great bikes like the Ariel Square Four, the now defunct Ariel Motorcycle company was folded into BSA, which in a roundabout fashion gave birth to the current Triumph brand. Building on that vein, we get word that the makers of the Ariel Atom want to get into the two-wheeled biz, and are planning to launch a new Ariel motorcycle by the end of this year.
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That was the reason for the B'nai B'rith Cares for Kids program, which has brought tens of thousands of teddy bears and stuffed animals to children in difficult situations over the last 18 years. B'nai B'rith Buddy Bears (pictured below) are the face of the program, and have been widely distributed in Chicago this summer.
In June, several B'nai B'rith volunteers from the Chai Unit donated bears at the La Rabida Joli Burrell Children's Advocacy Center in Park Forest. The center, which counsels children with trauma in their lives, greatly appreciated the donation.
In July, B'nai B'rith members attended the city council meeting in Country Club Hills (suburb of Chicago) to present dozens of Buddy Bears to the local police and fire departments (click on images to enlarge):


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The Last Magician by Lisa Maxwell
500 Pages
My Rating – 5* – 5*
'Stop the Magician. Steal the book. Save the future.
In modern-day New York, magic is all but extinct. The remaining few who have an affinity for magic—the Mageus—live in the shadows, hiding who they are. Any Mageus who enters Manhattan becomes trapped by the Brink, a dark energy barrier that confines them to the island. Crossing it means losing their power—and often their lives.
Esta is a talented thief, and she's been raised to steal magical artifacts from the sinister Order that created the Brink. With her innate ability to manipulate time, Esta can pilfer from the past, collecting these artifacts before the Order even realizes she's there. And all of Esta's training has been for one final job: traveling back to 1902 to steal an ancient book containing the secrets of the Order—and the Brink—before the Magician can destroy it and doom the Mageus to a hopeless future.
But Old New York is a dangerous world ruled by ruthless gangs and secret societies, a world where the very air crackles with magic. Nothing is as it seems, including the Magician himself. And for Esta to save her future, she may have to betray everyone in the past. '
"The only rule that counted was to not get caught."
This book really surprised me.
I'm not sure what I expected when opening this book but I was incredibly surprised by just how much I ended up enjoying this book, I think if you are a fan of the six of crows you may end up liking this book. I think I have found one of my favourite reads of 2017, I was just blown away by how much I liked this book.
This is my first book by Lisa Maxwell and I can assure you that it won't be my last. Yes, this book was a slow burn but I was hooked into the story pretty quickly, it got to a point where I didn't want to put this book down when I eventually found time to sit and read this.
It's full of badass character, manipulation, magic, betrayal and on top of those exciting things it also happens to have an amazing plot full of twists, a wonderful writing style and some of the best character's I've read in a fantasy book for a while.
"But then, liars do make the best magicians, and he happened to be exceptional."
Esta is our main character and she is amazing, I found her cunning and sarcastic, brave and kind. SO stubborn but I found her easily relatable and I was rooting for her all throughout this book for things to go okay for her.
I also love Harte our magician, he was so sneaky and I just loved him – the banter between him and Esta was also hilarious and I loved anything that they ended up together.
There is also a big twist at the end which I won't get into but I didn't see it coming what so ever, I was blown away from it actually and that's what I think makes a good book if the plot twist can make you do that.
The magic side of it was okay but it was mostly the characters that made me want to carry on this book, I wanted to know what was happening to each and every one of them.
I believe this is a standalone but I hope it isn't because that ending had me wanting, no needing to know more!! I highly recommend this to anyone, especially those who have been hesitant on picking it up! 😀
Thank you to angelica @ the book cover girls for buddy reading this with me ❤
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Destination Covered :- Thrissur - Alleppey - Ernakulam railway station/ bus stand
Vadakkumnathen Temple
Pick up from Thrissur railway station/ bus stand, Move to Vaddakunnathan temple. It is believed that the first Shiva temple created by Lord Parasurama, popularly known as Vadakkunnathan. It is situated at the heart of Thrissur city. It is derived from 'Thiru-Shiva-Peroor', which literally translates to "The city of the sacred Shiva". Vadakkunnathan temple is surrounded by a massive stone wall enclosing an area of nearly 8-9 acres. World famous pooram festival is celebrated here.
Paramekkavu Temple
Paramekkavu is near to Vadakkumnathan Temple at the heart of the city. It is part of Thrissur Hindu Pilgrimage. This is one of the main part of celebrating world famous Thrissur Pooram.
Alleppey Backwaters
Alleppey beach
Evening drop at Ernakulam railway station/ bus stand
Transportation By Ac Indigo or Similar
About Thrissur
Thrissur (Trichur), is the fifth largest city, the third largest urban agglomeration in Kerala and the 20th largest in India.Thrissur city is the headquarters of the Thrissur District. Thrissur city is situated
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Vilangan kunnu is a beautiful Hillock, a popular picnic spot and recreation centre. vilangenkunnu gives a panoramic view of the city from the top. a specially designed park with amusement rides to entertain children.
Bhuvaneswari Temple Bhuvaneswari Navagraha temple,The peculiarity of rare temple is that all the nine planets are installed in one row.
Sakthen Thampuran Palace really narrates the histoty of Trichur (Thrissur), it is one of the cultural, architectural and historical important palace of he erstwhile Maharaja of Cochin, now converted into a
heritage Museum. 10 am to 5 pm except Tuesday
Archaeological Museum situated within the state museum complex of Trichur on the town hall road, It exibits murals and relics fromdifferent parts of Kerala 10 am to 5 pm-closed on Monday and national holidays
Bible tower is the bell tower of Puthenpalli or Basicilica of Our Lady of Dollorus Thrissur. It is the largest church tower in Asia and is decorated with wood and Brass carvings , oil paintings,
stained glasses, canvas and terracottapaintings, & Murals.
Lalithakala Academy for FineArts is an autonomus body which promotes ART and ARTISTIC Heritage. It promotes Culture, paintings, plastic and Visual Arts. 10 AM TO 5 PM
Punnathoorcotta Over forty elephants are groomed at the Punnathoor Kotta ( kotta means fort). Many elephants are brought as ritual offering to the temple. You can spend a whole day with these huge mammals
here. Watching the naughty baby elephants
Sri Krishna Temple Guruvayur Sri Krshna Temple is a Hindu temple dedicated to Lord Krshna, located in the town of Guruvayur in Kerala, India. It is one of the most important places of worship for Hindus
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Peechi Dam Peechi Dam, 23 km from Thrissur is the main irrigation project of the city, What started as an irrigation project has now bur-geoned into a popular picnicspot ,which offers boating
facilities at the reservoir.
Kauthukapark The Park of intrigue, is the crusade of one man, who intuitively seems to sensethe innate harmony in nature.The peaceful
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Thumboormuzhi There is a construction of a weir at Thumboormuzhi across the Chalakudy river and diverting the water for Irrigation purpose. The stage I of the scheme comprising a weir at Thumboormuzhi
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Mobile is a viable medium that businesses must leverage to drive revenue. This guide is a great resource for professionals looking to incorporate mobile into their overall marketing strategy.
Beltsville, MD (PRWEB) January 28, 2014
Vocus, Inc. (NASDAQ: VOCS), a leading provider of cloud-based marketing and public relations software, today published the "Mastering Mobile Marketing" guide. With this guide, readers will learn the mobile marketing infrastructure, how to incorporate mobile into an existing marketing landscape, and different ways to use mobile in marketing campaigns.
According to eMarketer, "time spent on non-voice mobile activities […] surpass[ed] time spent online on desktop and laptop computers" in 2013. Customers are using mobile and are demanding it through their behaviors. As a result, mobile marketing has become a hyper-localized, time-sensitive and relevance-required medium. It requires new designs, promotions and unique content.
"Mobile marketing allows brands to reach consumers where they are," said Vocus Chief Marketing Officer You Mon Tsang. "Unlike laptops or computers, our phones are always with us. It's important for marketers to realize mobile is not a trend; it's a viable medium that businesses must leverage to drive revenue. This guide is a great resource for professionals looking to incorporate mobile into their overall marketing strategy."
Some key points from the guide include:
Do It or Lose It
Brands can lose business when mobile customers experience non-mobile-friendly marketing tactics. When businesses notice an increase in mobile visits and the corresponding increase in bounce rate, they need to take steps to evolve their Web presence with mobile-friendly strategy featuring responsive design, adaptive design or mobile-only design. This guide breaks down the mobile infrastructure options to help marketers determine which is best for their brand.
Promoting on Mobile
Two important ways to integrate mobile into marketing campaigns are mobile advertising and text message or SMS promotions. The complexities of mobile advertising rely on three factors: location, timing and relevance, making it more challenging to implement than desktop pay-per-click advertising. When used correctly, consumers are delivered hyper-targeted, highly effective advertising. Text messaging also presents an important opportunity for marketers, as text messages are much more likely to be viewed than emails, according to a Frost & Sullivan study.
Dedicated Apps
Another consideration is if a company needs a mobile application (app). Brands that create useful mobile apps based on customer behavior increase the amount of repeat mobile and in-store visits and sales. The best apps are tailored to the needs and preferences of consumers, often offering special discounts or the ability to shop easily.
Landing Pages, Email and Experiences All Working Together
If landing pages confuse and frustrate, load too slowly, or are in any other way a negative experience, consumers abandon the page and conversion rates drop. Additionally, the content on a mobile page, whether in an email or landing page, needs to be simple, short and to the point. This guide breaks down the utility of mobile-only landing pages and how they must work with all the other components of a marketing campaign.
To learn more, the "Mastering Mobile Marketing" guide is available for free download here.
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Vocus (NASDAQ: VOCS) provides leading cloud-based marketing and public relations software enabling companies to acquire and retain customers. The company offers products and services to help clients attract and engage prospects, capture and keep customers, and measure and improve marketing effectiveness. More than 17,000 annual subscription customers across a wide variety of industries use Vocus software. The company is headquartered in Beltsville, MD with offices in North America, Europe and Asia. For more information, visit http://www.vocus.com or call (800) 345-5572.
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You cant force them to eat what they dont want.—You sure can. You dont give them what they want, and eventually they will eat whatever you give them.
Exactly. I never understood weak willed, and weak minded parents that didn't know how to get their 5 year olds to eat vegetables. I mean, I understand that they ARE weak minded and willed, but I could not fathom living with a 5 year old telling me what they will and will not eat. Ludicrous! My parents took this approach (which I have improved upon): There was always fruit out on the table, banas, apples, oranges (occasionally peaches and pears, only in season), which I could eat at any time. When breakfast or dinner was made, the choice was, "You can eat what I made, or a bologna sandwich, that you make yourself." I have always hated bologna, and never took up the offer (we just had it because dad liked it). The biggest part was that my dad would sit with us (mom was bedridden) and eat and talk about our day. He'd teach me about things and draw diagrams and talk about work, and I'd never give anything in exchange for that. Heck I ate a lot of things I didn't like, but we didn't have a lot of money and I was grateful to have anything. Before my mom married my dad (adopted), be barely survived off of help from family and our church during holidays (United Methodist). I remember fighting over beans as a kid, and since I was smallest, if I didn't eat fast my siblings would take my food. Life got better though, and we made it. And I'm grateful that God helped us out by sending my dad to take care of us, and help mom out.
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"When I was in gradeschool, lunch was like prison. We got a tray with various dents in it and each dent got a scoop of something. Desert was either jello or pudding except on fridays, then it was either a small square of yellow cake or a scoop of cobbler of some kind."
I am from Las Vegas (in Clark County, the largest school district in the country), and when I was a kid, everything came to the school pre-packages (like a TV dinner), in some industrial plant somewhere else in the city. The lunch people just warmed up the food (or set out the cold food, there were always two options, a cold ham and cheese/turkey and cheese, and a hot rotating meal). Man that food was terrible. I remember that once or twice a month there was food I wanted to eat, other than that I drank the milk and ate the fruit and brought my own food or bought snacks (equally bad, but tasted good, and were free when we did good in class, as we got vouchers for the snack shop for good grades). Since my parents actually paid for my lunch (I was not on a free lunch program), the lunch people tried really hard to get me to eat their food. If I had known better, I'd have packed my lunch. Now I try and grow as much of my own food, because I'm tried of the processed garbage. A little is ok, but when it's the bulk of your diet, wow its hard on the body.
You got me thinking...I can't remember ever having fresh fruit in a school lunch. I don't think we ever got it. Apple sauce. Canned peaches. Pineapple rings. That's about all I remember.


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Anyone live in or near 565 St. John's? It's visible to us from our backyard on Sterling Place. Workers have been adding two floors to the four-story structure since last fall. It's quite a sight, as the structure is very skinny, and the two extra floors make it look rather like a medieval tower more than an apartment building.
Work has seemed to stop in the last few months. I always had a hunch that what was being done here wasn't completely in accordance with the DOB, but I decided to have a look. Indeed, there's a pile-up of SWO's and violations of SWO's, a partial vacate on the property, and the only permits applied for seem to do with the installation of a sidewalk shed.
It's kind of amazing that someone would try to do something of this scale without a permit!
February 2014
edited February 2014
They likely had a work permit initially, but then violated it in several ways.
It should be interesting to see what happens with this site.
Sometimes DOB has their act together to the degree that they (via the courts) are able to seize the property and sell it at auction.
The buyer buys it under the condition that all fines are paid, the thing gets up to code or the addition is removed.
I'd would not be surprised if some the cites were around using an unlic'd contractor. Lots of that is reportedly happening in order to get stuff built quickly.
February 2014
That damn thing blocks my sun. I'll be sure to keep the DOB appraised of any developments.
February 2014
Sadly, while the construction has clearly run afoul of the DOB in some way, the fundamentals of this abomination seem to be approved.
February 2014
edited April 2014
So, it is safe to say that even if the fines are huge and the building ends up being seized and sold, that addition isn't going anywhere.
The surrounding area can build high (and ugly) if they desire.
February 2014
Interesting to note that on the work permit it states that the building is presently four stories and eight families and the addition is changing it into six stories and ten families meaning the top two floors only have one apartment each. Also, I'm wondering if some kind of elevator would have been added since that's a loooong walk up. And there's what appears to be a satellite dish on the roof in the photo of the back of the building.
February 2014
edited February 2014
Fifth and sixth floor walk-ups are not unheard of. I doubt there's any elevator. Those are big bucks, you don't limit yourself to slapdash work like this if you're putting in a lift.
This is clearly driven by the appetite to get another $5000 per month in rent rolls and possibly to help put some rent controls to pasture with as little work as possible.
February 2014
edited February 2014
Yes, with some creativity, the owner might be able to state that the entire building needed new plumbing and electrical prior to the addition, and then apportion enough of the "alteration expenses" to the Rent Stabilized units to get them above (or very close to) the $2500 cap.
When combined with a vacancy bonus, the units could become market rate when this adventure is done.
February 2014
edited February 2014
It is my understanding that six floors and up require elevators. There was a time in the 70's and early 80's when these things were kept track of less, especially in certain areas and they have been allowed to be ignored. I should look it up to be sure but am feeling lazy.
ETA: Maybe they argued the 1st floor was a ground floor a la a brownstone. This would allow them to sneak on the 6th floor without an elevator.
February 2014
In any event, I hope the folks that buy that top floor apartment don't have to carry much in the way of groceries up there. And the poor moving men that have to get their furniture in will not be too happy either. Maybe they could have an arm with a pulley installed so they could pull things up much as was done at factories and such before freight elevators were in common use.
April 2014
edited April 2014
Still no work occurring.
Notice of Hearing, SWOs, etc remain on door.
Needless to say, the former rent stabilized tenants are now long gone. I hope they rec'd good buyouts, but suspect they did not.
July 2014
Watch for cracks in the settling walls if the foundation cannot handle the ADDED load. Neighbors beware! Saw plenty of this behavior in PSlope not long ago. Often the added floors were removed.
October 2014
Four months down the road, the view hasn't changed much from this perspective, other than some of the plastic having blown off the windows.
October 2014
edited October 2014
Sometimes, the DOB work stopages take so long to resolve that the developer defaults on their construction loan, and the property is resold to a new developer able to sort out the mess.
In other instances, the DOB levies so many fines on the property that the city obtains ownership and then sells it at a gov auction.
Hopefully, the property won't get stuck, like 314 St. John's has been since around 2007:
October 2014
March 2015
One year later, there is still no sign of life at this site. The plastic sheets covering the windows have long since been blown to bits, and the shell is now exposed to the elements.
June 2015
edited June 2015
If this case is a good comparison, it might take a few more years before DOB can get the authority to demolish the illegal floors:
March 2016
March 2016:
No visible progress.
March 2017
Ditto in March 2017. And it is not getting any better with age.
March 2017
Any signs of squatters? Late at night, you'd see flash lights or candles.
You'd also see bottles of urine and bags filled with feces. Sometimes they throw it on to adjoining properties, other times they are nice and put it with the trash of other buildings.
January 11
Another year has not done this building much good. I do occasionally see lights on the third floor, suggesting squatters are taking advantage of the permanent cessation of further development.
January 11
It is a form of permanent affordable housing.
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