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Below is the text of Mr Major's speech to the 1995 Conservative Party Conference, held in Blackpool on Friday 13th October 1995.
Today is Friday the Thirteenth. Remember it. This is the day I'm going to tell you how we'll win the next election.
And if anyone is superstitious they shouldn't be.
This is Margaret Thatcher's 70th birthday and she won three elections in a row.
So the omens are good.
Many happy returns to Maggie today, and it'll be many happy returns for us at the Election.
We've won four and we're going for five.
All elections are important.
But the next is a watershed.
Because whoever wins will inherit the strongest economy for decades.
We built that economy.
It wasn't easy.
And I don't know about you but I'm not in the mood to hand it over to Labour to wreck.
So, Mr Chairman, we're going to mount the fight of our lives. And when the time comes, we're going to deliver the win of our lives.
But first a bit of housekeeping.
As you know, in June I resigned as Leader of our Party and called a leadership election.
I did so because speculation was drowning out everything we were trying to do.
How could you argue our case on the doorstep with that sort of thing going on?
Well of course, you couldn't.
It had to end -
I might have lost. If I had I would still have been at this Conference. Still offering my full support to the Party, I believe is best able to govern this country.
But I won.
And today, face to face, I'd like to thank you -
Thank you, too, to my campaign team led so ably by Robert Cranborne.
And there's someone else who has always been there when the stakes were high.
She's here today too.
Of course -
But, that was yesterday.
Today, we meet united, healed, renewed -
Last week the Labour leader predicted that we'd wave the Union Jack. Of course. This Party has never waved any other flag and we never will.
To win, Labour must persuade people this country is on its knees. Clapped out. Beaten up.
They shouldn't find that too difficult. That's the way it always is -
But they know it isn't true under the Conservatives. And the world knows it isn't true.
The world knows the only way our country would match their deception would be if they were running it.
I don't question Labour's patriotism.
But is a funny patriotism to rubbish our achievements -
I don't doubt Labour's good intentions : the road to hell is paved with them.
They say they want to help businesses -
They say they want to help the unemployed -
They say they want to treat the unions fairly -
I think Labour has been re-
You remember -
It was the brain-
But actually it wasn't. That was his pen name.
His real name -
His surname?
You've guessed it. It was Blair.
Eric Blair.
He changed his name. I can't say the same thing about my opposite number.
He's changed everything else. His politics. His principles. His philosophy.
But -
At least not when I got up to speak.
But he's abandoned so much, so fast you never know.
The Liberal Democrats support all Labour's nonsense.
But they're neither here nor there.
Because as we saw the other day, they're the only party in British political history that has had its entire battle plans wiped clean off the media -
The Great Divide -
Mr Chairman, around the world, people now believe Britain is winning.
But don't let's fool ourselves.
I'm looking to the future.
There's still a lot to be done.
The new Millennium will bring longer, fuller lives.
Shifts in world power.
More and more competition.
Changes in technology, fast and furious.
And, even with growing wealth, new welfare problems.
That is the Millennium challenge. We have to respond to it.
Explain to people the opportunities within their reach. Tell them what can -
By telling them I mean really telling them. I don't mean insulting them by trivialising issues for instant media consumption.
I believe the public will respond to the plain truth.
I believe they're as sick as I am of politics by soundbite, by nudge and wink.
No wonder people are turned off politics. The way some politicians conduct the debate would disgrace a nursery.
There are only two ways to the future. Labour's way. And there's ours.
Scratch beneath Labour's rhetoric and you see the reality. Prescott, Beckett, Blunkett, Dobson, Cook. They believe a socialist state can do it all.
If that were true the past 50 years would have been quite different. Cradle to grave socialism -
But the State can't do it all -
Beat Labour one more time, and we've beaten socialism for good.
Our way -
We believe the Government should choose what Government should do -
Beyond that we should help individuals shape their own future. Help them -
Conservatism is choice.
Choice is liberty.
Blazon it on your mind.
We should offer choice whenever we can.
But there's one thing in our Tory tradition that has inspired me, it's our historic recognition that not everyone is thrusting and confident and fit. Many are not: and they deserve protection. With a Conservative Government they will always get it.
Individual rights will be defended.
Ownership will be encouraged.
And, above all, we will stand for -
The Enterprise Centre of Europe
We Tories often talk of business and the need for success.
It's worth remembering why. It's quite simple.
If business makes profit, it provides jobs and pays taxes.
And those people with jobs pay taxes too. Taxes pay for our teachers, our nurses and our public services.
So we must make business more successful.
We are in Europe -
Half of our trade goes there.
But half does not. And both halves are equally important.
That's why Malcolm Rifkind will actively pursue the vision of Atlantic Free Trade -
If we're to compete with America, Japan and the Pacific Basin, we must be the unrivalled Enterprise Centre of Europe.
Let me spell out precisely what that means.
It means high spending and high taxes are no longer an option. The state spends too much of our national wealth. We must get that share below 40 per cent -
The state spends too much of our national wealth. We must get that share below 40 per cent -
If the State spends too much, it taxes too such.
In the recession, we had to put taxes up to protect the vulnerable.
Now the recession is over, as soon as prudent, we must get taxes down again.
And -
I mean the taxes that damage investment and stultify wealth creation. I mean inheritance tax. I mean capital gains tax.
We must cut them, and then -
We receive more investment into Britain than any other European Country.
This very day, the Queen will open Samsung's massive new development in the North East.
Fujitsu, Daewoo, Nissan, Black and Decker, NBC, Siemens have all decided their future is here.
You don't hear Labour talk of this.
Of course not. These companies didn't invest in a socialist Britain.
They set up here because it's a Conservative Britain.
And they'll only be followed by others if we keep Britain Conservative.
Labour say they know how to run a market economy.
I asked Humphrey the cat about that.
I've the first time I've seen him move so fast.
It took all the resources of the Royal Army Medical College to get him over the shock.
Labour have stood in the way of everything we've done.
Where were they when we cut inflation?
When we faced down union power?
When we fed life back into the corpse of so many nationalised Industries?
Humphrey could answer the question. Humphrey knows. Like Macavity, Labour wasn't there.
They were the advocates of the easy options and they opposed every tough decision we took.
Interest Rates up? Disgraceful, said Labour.
Interest Rates down? Not enough, said Labour.
Interest Rates the same? The Chancellor must act, says Labour.
Always, always, always the easy option.
So when they criticise us, just remind them of this.
If we'd followed their advice, we'd have been in Carey Street.
Unemployment has been coming down for two and a half years.
But it's still far too high.
The best route to more jobs is more small businesses.
We are the Party of small business. When I was a small boy, my bread and butter was paid for by my father's small business. He made garden ornaments 40 years ago and some fashionable people find that very funny.
I don't.
I see the proud, stubborn, independent old man who ran that firm and taught me to love my country, fight for my own and spit in the eye of malign fate. I know the knockers and sneerers who may never have taken a risk in their comfortable lives aren't fit to wipe the boots of the risk takers of Britain.
When my father's business failed -
I know the sacrifice they make for the dreams they have.
They don't know whether they'll succeed.
But they work as hard as they can.
That's why, as Ian Lang told you, we've set up the biggest consultation with business ever seen in this country -
Frankly, Mr Chairman, I think they're heroes.
I know one thing: we mustn't pile burdens on business.
So let me say this to our friends and partners in Europe.
Don't ask me to sign the Social Chapter. I won't do it.
I don't look for popularity abroad -
Don't misunderstand me. I'm for Europe, not against it.
And I intend to argue for policies that will help it succeed. Pressure to stop arguing and go with the European consensus is strong. It's difficult to set rational argument against the last movement of Beethoven's Ninth.
We must be sympathetic, but we must stand our corner.
We must ask our partners to understand our thinking and we must understand theirs.
Against the background of the traumas Europe suffered over the past 60 years -
Only twenty years ago, Greece, Spain and Portugal -
Now these countries are secure in the European Union.
In a few years' time -
They are knocking on the door to entry and we want to tie them in to the democratic family of Nations.
Because it's in our British interest: a further guarantee that our children and grandchildren will never face the conflicts than cost the lives of so many of our fathers and grandfathers.
Unoccupied, undefeated, the war left Britain with a very different perspective from the rest of Europe.
If we want to persuade our partners that their policies for Europe are wrong -
We entered Europe,
For prosperity.
For co-
For a louder voice on that great Continent.
But we did not enter it for a new tier of Government.
We did not enter it for Socialism through the back door.
And we did not enter it for a federal Europe.
It wouldn't work for us. Our partners must understand that it's politically and constitutionally unacceptable.
But that's what Labour would agree to and I believe they are profoundly wrong.
We will advance our arguments firmly and courteously in Britain and in Europe.
For Britain for Europe.
But underneath the rational argument we should not be misunderstood.
If others go federalist, Conservative Britain will not.
Welfare spending
Mr Chairman, providing quality care for those most in need is a strong part of the Tory tradition.
Shaftesbury and Disraeli were doing it when socialism was just a distant nightmare in most people's minds.
We are proud of our free National Health Service. We have fought to make it the best in the world in the next century. We have put more resources into health. Not just once, but year after year. And we are modernising it, so that it remains the best in the world.
But, Mr Chairman, we are succeeding. People are living longer. And that success in health creates new challenges for our welfare system.
The easy way out is to load the bills onto future generations -
In other words, living on tick. I wasn't brought up to do that. And I don't think that it's right for the country.
We have already done more than anywhere else in Europe to build up massive pension funds.
But because we live longer, we need to develop similar approaches to long term care -
That's the next step forward in our welfare system, and one we are examining right now.
We don't have all the answers yet. But it is important that people know we're addressing their long-
It's a huge challenge but it's one we can't duck and one we must get right. And it's one that will only be met by recognising the money we spend has first to be earned through an enterprise economy.
It's a strong Tory tradition that you and I look after ourselves and our families before we turn to others to pay our bills.
That's why we need to target our welfare spending on those who need it.
I don't need anyone to tell me that the welfare system matters.
I know what it's like when the money for the week runs out by Thursday.
But welfare should offer people a ladder back to the pride of self-
That's why we're designing a welfare system for the twenty-
Targeting benefits. Reforming pensions. And helping people from welfare back into work.
But not tolerating those on welfare who won't work.
From next autumn, everyone who is unemployed will need to undertake a contract for work.
A contract that makes it absolutely clear that they have obligations to accept paid work when it is available.
Mr Chairman, we'll continue to shape a welfare system that is generous to those in need. We can do no other.
But it must be one that also reflects the basic Tory instincts of rewarding prudence, thrift and family responsibility.
Education affects not just careers, but people's whole lives. That's why, when I became Prime Minister, I put education at the top of my agenda.
I haven't changed. But education has.
Since then we've introduced regular tests. Made school inspection more rigorous. Given parents more choice and information.
Today, three times as many young people become students as in 1979.
Last year I told this Conference that we would make nursery education available to all 4 year-
We're doing just that with vouchers: to put power and choice where it belongs: not in the hands of bureaucrats. But in the hands of parents.
Choice. Choice. Choice. And all opposed by Labour.
I still want to widen choice in education.
Some years ago, we set up the Assisted Places Scheme. It helps children from low income homes to go to our best private schools.
It's been a great success.
But Labour hate it.
That's true to form -
And in Labour's view there is no place for children of low income families in private schools. So they want to abolish the scheme outright. Labour's message to them is: no choice for the poor.
One of the schools that offers places to pupils on this scheme is in Edinburgh. It's one of Scotland's most famous private schools -
Quite a lot of famous politicians went to Fettes including -
Iain Macleod was a One Nation Tory and wouldn't he have been proud to see pupils of poor families at his old school -
So am I. So I'm going to give more children that opportunity.
We're going to double the Assisted Places scheme.
But I want to widen choice still further.
So if parents want specialist schools, we should let them have them.
And if they want religious schools, we should let them have them too.
This isn't a dogma. It isn't elitist. It's based on the belief that children are first and foremost the responsibility of parents: and they know what is best for their children.
We also want excellence in education, so I believe we should let good schools expand.
Bad schools should be closed.
Of course, closing bad schools means a row. But it's the right row to have and Gillian Shephard is prepared to have it.
Not every child can benefit from the Assisted Places Scheme or private education.
Real choice will come when every state school offers the highest standards -
Many parents believe they've found a way to higher standards already. They've chosen for their schools to become independent, self-
These schools are in the state sector. Run by the Head and the Governors. They get their money from government to spend as they think fit.
Their results have been outstanding.
That's why I want to enable all schools to become grant-
But Labour want to destroy them -
These schools became self-
So, parents at the next election -
VE/VJ Day
This year we have all remembered with gratitude the sacrifice our predecessors made for our forbears.
VE Day and VJ Day were very special.
Most of you would have attended some of the events or watched the remarkable television coverage.
I was there. I found it immensely moving.
The sense of pride was tangible.
But Mr Chairman, unlike others, I didn't hear people on VJ Day shouting out party political propaganda.
For me, it was a day in which a free people paid tribute to those who kept them free.
Back in June you will remember the huge commemoration which took place in Hyde Park.
Let me tell you a story of that day.
At the entrance to one stand was an elderly man trying to get in.
He had no ticket -
But luck would have it, a brigadier was passing by. Not any old brigadier, but one of the organisers of VE Day. He saw something pinned to the chest of this elderly man.
Not all of us would have known what it was. But the brigadier did.
It was the highest award for gallantry in our armed forces: the Victoria Cross.
The elderly man was immediately given a seat of honour on the platform.
Later that day, I had the privilege of meeting him -
I learned that they receive a small annual payment.
It was £100 a year. A figure set 40 years ago, before many years of inflation. It has never changed.
It seemed to me that, in this year of all years, it should be changed;
So to show that this country has not forgotten the bravest of the brave: it will be changed.
From August this year that payment will be uprated to its original value. It will increase from one hundred pounds a year to one thousand three hundred pounds a year.
Northern Ireland
In the last year, life has changed in Northern Ireland.
I want to make those changes permanent. To see the next generation there growing up in prosperity -
Patience, determination and fairness have carried us a long way.
No one has shown these qualities more consistently than Paddy Mayhew and Michael Ancram -
But we're not there yet. There are still some who, in one breath, say they've given up violence for good -
But if it is to last, it must be a just peace. One that is fair to all sides.
And a peace that is constructed away from the shadow of the gun.
However long it takes, building this peace in this part of our United Kingdom will continue to stand at the top of our priorities.
Britain in the World
Mr Chairman, Britain has big interests in the world.
We are the only nation at the hub of the European Union, the Commonwealth, NATO and the United Nations. We are a nuclear power and a member of the Permanent Five of the Security Council.
Our armed forces are today serving in more than forty countries including Bosnia.
I sent troops there in 1992. Not everyone approved but I believe it was right.
They went to the Balkans for two reasons -
They have succeeded superbly -
It now seems possible we may soon have an uneasy peace. I hope so.
But our role will not end there.
Help will be needed to monitor the peace and we will play our part in this.
International influence creates international obligations -
The Constitution
Mr Chairman, we can only continue to be a big player abroad if we remain one United Kingdom at home.
We recognise that Scotland and Wales are Nations in their own right.
Of course, if they insist they could ultimately go their own way. We could not properly stop them.
At the moment there is a clamour for constitutional change as many see the Westminster Parliament as a long way away.
Some say we would be more popular if we bent to this clamour: if in Wales we set up Labour's expensive talking shop, or in Scotland we said:
"OK. You want your own tax raising Parliament you can have it. Don't blame us when it all goes wrong."
But that is not our way.
We are the Conservative and Unionist Party.
I will not trade easy votes today for constitutional chaos tomorrow.
We are sensitive to people's concerns in Scotland. So we are looking at more ways of giving people more say over decisions affecting their day to day lives.
But it's my duty to warn of the effect of Labour's plans for the constitution.
Labour are proposing changes to our Constitution for their own party political advantage.
In Scotland they are running scared of the SNP -
In Wales they are not so worried about Plaid Cymru so Wales would just get an Assembly.
And in England they can't make up their minds so there they might -
There is no demand for these in England. Labour only promise them in an attempt which fails to justify the over-
It is a straightforward gerrymandering and we might as well say so.
In Scotland, the new Parliament would raise income taxes.
I hope Scotland realises what this means.
People in Scotland, uniquely, will pay higher income tax on the same income than people in England or Wales or Northern Ireland. To start with, a tartan tax of an extra 6 pounds a week for the average family.
Let me ask you a question: if you were a businessman, wanting to invest and create jobs, where would you invest: in Scotland, where you'll have to pay higher wages to compensate for higher taxes, or somewhere else? You know the answer to that.
The Tartan Tax will do two things: it will pay for more bureaucrats and more politicians and it will begin the decline of Scottish prosperity. Neither of them are in the interests of Scotland.
All that is only the start. Conflict with the Westminster parliament would be inevitable.
And then -
These are not distant problems. These are Labour's plans for the first year of a Labour government.
Mr Chairman, opinion polls tell us the Scottish people are not fond of the Government at the moment. But I'm fond of then and they are being deceived by Labour.
Labour's plans are an immediate threat to Scotland and a threat to the United Kingdom.
We will continue to look for ways to improve the Government of Scotland. That is our duty.
But we will resist these damaging plans with all our strength. That too, is our duty, and the Conservative and Unionist Party will fulfil it.
Law and Order
Mr Chairman, as I go round the country I talk to people about crime. What they want is to feel safe -
In the past two and a half years, recorded crime has fallen.
Well and good. Now we must make sure that the fear of crime starts to fall, too.
People want crime reduced and criminals caught and convicted. And so do I.
So today, let me add to what Michael Howard told you yesterday.
We're going to step up the fight against crime. To hit it harder and harder and harder.
Organised crime is big business on an international scale. And -
When I see the sheer evil of the drugs trade I am devoid of sympathy for the men around the world who run it.
They live lives of comfort, often of outward respectability, while they pour poison into the veins of millions.
Today, no parent, however safe and prosperous their home, can be entirely easy in their mind that their children won't be offered drugs.
And that is true in some of our market towns as well as our big cities.
Two weeks ago, here in Blackpool, a 17 year-
That boy's whole future was snuffed out for profit.
Let me tell you what we shall do.
First, there can be no question of lifting our border controls. We are an island and we need them. Those controls are vital. They are not negotiable. And they are staying.
Secondly, our tradition has always been to have local police forces.
But local forces alone aren't equipped for this sort of crime.
So for the first time ever, we're discussing with the police the establishment of a national squad. This will have one mission: to take on organised crime in this country and break it.
The police will lead on this. They will have the support of the new National Criminal Intelligence Service, working with Customs, MI6 and GCHQ.
But all our available skills are not yet involved in this battle.
For many years the Security Service has protected us against espionage and terrorism.
But they can't help the police because it is illegal for them to do so.
I think that's absurd. And in an age when our children are more likely to be killed by a drug dealer than by an enemy missile, I think it's indefensible.
So this autumn, we will change the law. It's time to let the Security Service into the battle for the public and against organised crime.
Day by day, we are making more use of modern science against the criminal.
We are already using Closed Circuit Television in public places across the country.
This has been hugely successful. More cameras mean less crime.
So over the next three years we will add 10,000 more cameras in town centres, shopping malls and public places in every part of the country. They will improve security for the shopkeeper and safety for the shoppers.
But the most effective eyes are the policeman's eyes.
I want to make every street safe.
Since 1979, we have recruited an extra 16,000 policemen -
That's helpful. But not enough.
I want to send an unmistakeable message to every criminal that there are going to be still more police on the streets.
So let us tell Chief Constables now so they can plan ahead.
So, Chief Constables, begin to plan. Because in the overall arithmetic of this year's public expenditure settlement we have found the resources over the next three years to put, not 500 but an extra 5,000 police officers on the beat.
Mr Chairman, I said we intended to intensify the fight against crime -
Mr Chairman, after four terms, why a fifth?
Because in a shifting world only we will build a safe future for our people and heal the scars of the past.
Because we are building a more secure economy as the enterprise centre of Europe.
Because we are reforming public service to make it more accountable to the public who pay for it.
Because we stand for choice and excellence in education, and in the midst of the biggest revolution since Rab Butler.
Because we will retain the old rock solid guarantee of the health service that care will be free at the point of delivery, and where improvement is necessary it won't be treated as a sacred cow.
Because defence and security of the realm and the safety of our streets are paramount concerns of our Party.
We Conservatives are:
These are the enduring things, the cornerstones of our beliefs. We have worked for them, cared for them, fought for them.
We are building the greatest success for this nation that we have known in our lifetime.
We will not surrender them to a light-
We carry the scars of battle, yes, but they're honourable scars. We know no other Party can win the battles for Britain that lie ahead.
So when you go home -
You and I only have to ask the question to know the answer.
We stand for a wise and kindly way of life that is rooted in our history.
Our hopes from our country are not tired.
Our ambitions are not dimmed.
Our message to our fellow country men is clear. Millions have still to make up their minds.
The choice is theirs. Our Nation's Future is at stake -


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Then I can either show the movies that they`ve chosen, or get an idea of the genres they enjoy. During the term we watch a movie, then write a review about it.
As well, the students can do a group project about a movie. I form them into groups and they can: Summarize the story, and show parts of it to emphasize their points, or they can give us a trivia quiz about the movie, or they can make a listening-close activity where we have to fill in the blanks of the missing dialog from the movie.
Most Japanese students have been forced to spend six grueling years of English classes spent largely doing rote memorization. I think I would rather be water-boarded.
It comes as a pleasant surprise for many of them when they apprehend that we have had a productive term, and they have actually enjoyed English. In the end they come to terms with the fact that they can enjoy English and still learn.
Hopefully, the seeds I have planted through projects like the movie project, will germinate into life-long learning.
Methods in Teaching English Movie Projects - A Film Festival
One activity that is great is when you get a few other teachers on board to put on a film festival at your school. You could choose the movies (as a surprise) or have students choose them. You could have students design and make a poster about the movie that you will show in their classroom. You can make it as hands on, or off as you like.
If you could get a few teachers on board, you could have several movies the students could choose from and see.
Then you could have them write a movie review about the movie they saw or write about their impressions of the movie and whether they liked it or not and why?
If you really want to get into this like they did in the French program at the University of Trois Rivieres, you could dress up in your Hollywood best, and even have a friend chauffer you to the school in a snazzy car like they did during the French progam at this creative Quebec university. It was great and I still remember it! Be sure to wear your sunglasses. You could ask the students to dress up in Hollywood costume as well. Some would!
If students are interested, you can of course have them make a movie or video. Most schools and high educational institutes possess film making equipment. Some even have editors and other high tech effects. You can borrow the video cameras from your school.
You may wish to start by showing students examples of music videos, commercials and movie clips to wet their appetite.
Then you can put them into groups of 4-6 students and have them go to work. I hand out a sheet of paper with large squares and spaces to write under the squares. This is where they will write out their scene shots and the description of what will happen in each scene.
Next they need to write the dialog and make notes of any sound effects they will add, as well as any other miscellaneous information of import.
Finally they go to work on film making. Once one of the otherteachers was doing this project and the acting was so good I actually thought the accident they portrayed was real. I almost bolted across the street to help!
After the filming and editing are completed you can have themshow the completed product to the class. You can have theclass simply watch and enjoy, or have them come up with one ortwo questions each to ask the film-makers.
What you can do with this project is virtually limitless.
Methods in teaching English Movie Projects -- Movie List
These movies are recommended by university teachers in Japan:
*Finding Nemo
* Letters from Iwajima
* The Last Samurai Teachers say the students love it.
*Up Great! My students loved this!
*The Incredibles
*Monster House
*Shawn of the Dead (great in October) Very funny!
*Mr. Baseball starring Tom Selleck as kind of a Warren Cromartie type character in Japan.
*Gung Ho
*Good Morning Vietnam starring Robin Williams
*Stand by Me based on the book by Stephen King
*Swing Girls (In Japanese, show it with English subtitles)
*The Valkrie starring Tom Cruise
*Waterboys (in Japanese)
*Simsons (in Japanese) About a Japanese curling team
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Which movies would you recommend to be shown to junior high, high school or university students in Japan?Some of the movies I have shown have been well received, and others were too culture bound to bewell understood by my students. Which movieshave your students enjoyed in class?
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- GODS || [info]
The Greater Gods are those who preside over all and everything; they are only surpassed by the Ruling Gods, that hold The One and Death among them.
These gods are known as the Felnovian Five. They reside primarily in Felnova.
-[x] Time (@Verridith)
-[x] Scylla (@darkeh) ** currently trapped in mortal form
-[x] Balion (@JPG)
-[x] Lyfe (@Nechesa)
-[x] Leartes (@Fyfergrund)
These gods are known as the Millirand Five. Collectively, the Felnovian Five and the Millirand Five are known as the Ten, or the Great Ten. They reside primarily in Millirand.
-[x] Fenrir (@JPG)
-[x] L'zayn ( @SherniKaur )
-[x] Gaz'in (@Verridith)
[ ] Zeldrima (OPEN)
-[x] Sago (@Fyfergrund)
These gods are known as the Dark Five, counterpart to the Ten. They have no Realm of residence.
-[x] Dhath (@darkeh) **sealed in a spirit-eating pistol
-[x] Noamuth (@Verridith) **sealed in broken sword
-[x] Daecuru (@JPG) **sealed in a ruby pendant
-[x] Gurthril (@Nechesa) **sealed in a dragonbone flute
-[x] Lithmor (@Fyfergrund)
This is the Spirit Goddess, Linath; she presides over the souls of the dead in the Soulplane and Ghost Realm, as well as the maintenance of the Highrealm and the Ether Realm.
-[x] Linath (@Verridith)
The gods that follow are known as Lesser Gods; gods that were created by the Greater Gods or the One, and who came into being with specific purposes for specific Realms.
These gods are those that dwell in Xaeri. They are known as the Xaeri Three.
-[x] Naerex (@Verridith)
[ ] Nicaen (OPEN)
[ ] Rhathor (OPEN)
These gods are those that dwell in Kurai. They are known as the Demonic Four.
[ ] Neiren (OPEN)
-[x] Lethias (@JPG)
-[x] Zailen (@Verridith)
[ ] Orphethus (OPEN)
These gods are those that dwell in Ristell. They are known as the Ristellian Six, or the Lesser Six.
[ ] Zephyro (OPEN)
[ ] Meryll (OPEN)
[ ] Draiyd (OPEN)
-[x] Nirni ( @SherniKaur )
[ ] Azcen (OPEN)
[x] Jinun @JPG
These gods are those that dwell in Noctis. They are known as the Twin Gods, or the Great Twins.
-[x] Albion (@Fyfergrund)
-[x] Seiten (@darkeh)
- SPIRIT KINGS || [info]
Spirit Kings are a designation much like the royals of both dragons and demons; they are very powerful, and act as servants to Linath, as well as the other Greater Gods, protecting and serving the Spiritual Realms which they have been bonded to.
-[x] Lord of Hell: Megiddo (@Verridith)
-[x] Lord of Souls (Spirit Realm): Mahroth (@Fyfergrund)
[ ] Lord of Ghosts (Ghost Realm): (OPEN)
[ ] Highlord (Highrealm): (OPEN)
- ETHER SPIRITS || [info]
Ether Spirits are the guardians of the balance in each Realm. Every Realm has one, and without it, the balance of that Realm begins to disintegrate, with the Realm falling back to be devoured by the Void should the chaos grow great enough.
[ ] Felnova: (OPEN) UNAWARDED
-[x] Kurai: Oramodra (@Fyfergrund)
[ ] Xaeri: (OPEN) UNAWARDED
-[x] Evylon: Daama (@Verridith)
-[x] Millirand: Freydis (@Bagelsworth) UNAWARDED
-[x] Lizzarkyth: Durus (@Fyfergrund)
[ ] Ristell: (OPEN) UNAWARDED
[ ] Noctis: (OPEN) UNAWARDED
-[x] Dark: Vladimir (@Verridith)
[ ] Light: (OPEN) UNAWARDED
[ ] Ghost: (OPEN) UNAWARDED
-[x] Hell: Enbarr (@Fyfergrund) UNAWARDED
These are those that lead their various countries found within the Realms; from kings and queens to emperors and empresses, high priests and councils, all positions of political power may be found here.
This is the Vystrian Council, led by the King and Queen of Vystriana, one of which being a royal dragon or dragoness of great power. More information can be found here.
-[x] Queen: Verridith (@Verridith)
-[x] Wild Dragon: Titius (@Concinnity)
[ ] Archmage: (OPEN)
-[x] General: Riatis (@Sulteida)
-[x] Treasurer: Taliesin (@Fyfergrund)
-[x] Champion: Izzuit (@JPG)
These are the dragons of the Yorijian Court; all are Yorijian dragons and are noble Family leaders. More information can be found here.
[x] Yorijan Queen: Calypso: Ny'reina ( @SherniKaur )
[ ] Patriarch of the Pearl Family: Yhonda (OPEN)
[ ] Patriarch of the Starwhal Family: Jiordan (OPEN)
-[x] Patriarch of the Kingfisher Family: Ketchly (@Fyfergrund)
[ ] Patriarch of the Whiteshark Family: Syaba (OPEN)
-[x] Patriarch of the Firewaters Family: Valstrath (@Nechesa)
-[x] Black Guard Leader: Estela (@Verridith)
[ ] Black Guard Deputy: OPEN
The Authoritarian Council of dark elves is the circle of equal leaders that rules the city-state of D'issan in Vystriana. Two positions are open at this time - the other 6 are NPCs.
-[x] Authoritarian Council position: Remeira (@darkeh)
[ ] Authoritarian Council position (OPEN)
This is the leader of the Vystrian elves. They are considered the king/queen and reside in Vanim, and lead their species beneath the rule of the Vystrian dragons.
[x] Queen: Maeve @SherniKaur
This is the leader of the veldryn; the immortal White Veldryn, the One Who Speaks, the only pureblooded veldryn who can speak in any humanoid tongue without the use of magic or outside influence. BTACD's only non-god canon!
-[x] The White Veldryn: (@Fyfergrund)
These are the Demon Lords of Kurai; leaders of their Kingdoms, they are appointed as royals or are born as such, and are gifted monstrous power by the gods. More information can be found here.
-[x] War: Undyne (@darkeh)
-[x] Famine: Slain (@Verridith)
-[x] Death: Icarath (@JPG)
-[x] Pestilence: Vortigern (@Fyfergrund)
These are the Clan Leaders beneath their Demon Lords, who help manage the Kingdom and lead their Clans. More info can be found here.
[ ] War Clan: (OPEN)
-[x] Famine Clan: Kurojaki (@Fyfergrund)
[ ] Death Clan: (OPEN)
-[x] Pestilence Clan: Xavanth (@Verridith)
These are the royal leaders of Heartwood in Evylon; a royal lineage of elves, save for their steward, who is generally unrelated.
-[x] Steward: Draoidh (@Verridith)
-[x] Prince: Arnus (@Verridith)
This is the Emperor or Empress of the Halgian Empire of Evylon.
-[x] Empress/Emperor of Halgia: Zenobia (@Fyfergrund)
This is the leader of the Fallen Halgians in Evylon.
-[x] Lord/Lady of the Fallen: Alaric (@Fyfergrund)
These are the Patriarchs and Matriarchs of the Evylonian dragons in the country of Driakkion.
-[x] Patriarch of the Reds: Fyrendrang (@Fyfergrund)
These are the leaders of the Rynorel elves in Millirand. They are led by a Lord or Lady, or both, should the existing Lord or Lady pairbond.
-[x] Lord/Lady of Rynorel: Tarria (@Elffri3nd)
This is the leader of the country of Jes're'en in Millirand; generally human, and called either King or Queen.
-[x] King/Queen of Jes're'en: King Lyonel (@darkeh)
This is the High King or Queen of the jotuns in Sud'rlund, a country in Millirand. They are always, very specifically, a jotun in species.
-[x] High King/Queen of Sud'rlund: King Asbjorn (@Briar)
This is the leader of the minotaur country of Rhidora, in Millirand, and this position is called the Anax.
[ ] Anax: (OPEN)
This is the leader of the Empyreans in the Shadowlands, a country located within Millirand.
-[x] Praetor: Cylene Slithersteel (@Fyfergrund)
This is the Priest King of the country Noktureesah in Millirand.
-[x] Priest King: Qualo (@Fyfergrund)
These positions are on the Council of Stones in Lizzarkyth; formed of wise lyzards, they oversee the running of the entire Realm. Two positions are open at this time, with three others as NPCs.
-[x] Council of Stones position: Taloshcraik (@JPG)
[ ] Council of Stones position: (OPEN)
This is the Lord or Lady of Ereinlen, the country of myth-Kin xeriin located in the Realm of Xaeri. Must be a myth-affinity xeriin.
-[x] Lady of Myths: Ashelia (NPC)
These positions are the highest leaders of Ristell. Aboveground is the sphinx Pharaoh of Arcadia, and the highest in power on Ristell's surface. Below, the Herald of the Underground reigns.
-[x] Pharaoh of Arcadia: Sitamun (@darkeh)
[ ] Herald of the Underdark: (OPEN)
These are the leaders of the countries of Noctis. The Sky King/Queen of Gilzelfa, and the Sea King/Queen of Finnarok.
[ ] Gilzelfa Sky King/Queen: (OPEN)
[ ] Finnarokian King/Queen: (OPEN)
- FACTION LEADERS || [info]
This is a listing of powerful leaders in the Factions; notably the Ruby and Onyx Factions of thieves and assassins.
This is the Ruby Faction; the order of thieves governed by a council of five (two of which will always be NPCs).
-[x] Lord/Lady: Megiddo (@Verridith)
-[x] Faction Council Position 1: Teal (@Concinnity)
[ ] Faction Council Position 2: (OPEN)
[ ] Faction Council Position 3: (OPEN)
This is the Onyx Faction; the order of assassins governed by a council of five (two of which will always be NPCs).
-[x] Lord/Lady: Relius (@Concinnity)
-[x] Faction Council Position 1: Danae (@Verridith)
-[x] Faction Council Position 2: Mabuka (@Fyfergrund)
[ ] Faction Council Position 3: (OPEN)
Leaders of the Vystrian Knighthood; high-ranking knights of great power and prestige. More information on them can be found here.
-[x] Talon: Aurelius (@Fyfergrund)
[ ] Raven: (OPEN)
[ ] Beryl: (OPEN)
-[x] Lion: Kumo (@darkeh)
-[x] Sword: Tharraleos (@Gryphtaur)
- MAGE ORDER LEADERS || info
These are the Archmages of the Mage Towers in every Realm.
[ ] Archmage - Mage Tower of Evylon: (OPEN) ** Tower located in Halgia
-[x] Archmage - Mage Tower of Felnova: Darius (@Verridith) ** Tower located in Vystriana
[ ] Archmage - Mage Tower of Kurai: (OPEN) ** Tower located in Kidochi
[ ] Archmage - Mage Tower of Lizzarkyth: (OPEN) ** Tower located in Naktuk Talosh
[ ] Archmage - Mage Tower of Millirand: (OPEN) ** Tower located in Sud'rlund
[ ] Archmage - Mage Tower of Noctis: (OPEN) ** Tower located in Cariryiiw
[ ] Archmage - Mage Tower of Ristell: (OPEN) ** Tower located in Arcadia
[ ] Archmage - Mage Tower of Xaeri: (OPEN) ** Tower located in Ereinlen
These are the alphas and betas of the three packs of Vystrian wolves: the Myr, the Vehn, and the Noss'a. More info can be found here.
-[x] Vehn Alpha: Fimbulvinter (@Fyfergrund)
-[x] Vehn Alphess: Cynzalia (@JPG)
-[x] Vehn Beta: Rialtos (@Verridith)
[ ] Myr Alpha: (OPEN)
-[x] Myr Alphess: Kisivra (@Birb)
-[x] Myr Beta: Thunderfang (@Verridith)
-[x] Noss'a Alphess: Elentari (@Verridith)
-[x] Noss'a Alpha: Mhariux (OPEN)
These are the leaders of the royal hellwolf packs, in service directly to their Demon Lord.
-[x] Death Alpha (Tuthan): Oteros (@JPG)
-[x] Death Alphess (Tutha): Marjani (@SherniKaur)
[ ] Death Beta, one (N'gua): (OPEN)
[ ] Death Beta, two (N'gua): (OPEN)
[ ] Death Beta, three (N'gua): (OPEN)
[ ] Famine Alpha (Ridann Fang): (OPEN)
[ ] Famine Alphess (Rida Fang): (OPEN)
-[x] Famine Beta (Buron Fang): Lancer (@Verridith)
[ ] Pestilence Alpha/Alphess (Saisho-kami): (OPEN)
[ ] Pestilence Beta (Niban-kami): (OPEN)
[ ] War Alpha (Ryo): (OPEN)
[ ] War Beta (Namari): (OPEN)
These are the Kings and Queens of the Vystrian lion prides. More info can be found here.
-[x] Mahdros King: Tolmiros (@Nechesa)
[ ] Mahdros Queen: Maeya (OPEN)
-[x] Faen King: N'uavu (@Verridith)
-[x] Faen Queen: Mirren ( @SherniKaur )
This is the leader of the Eofelis Pride of deathcats in Nimravus.
-[x] King of Eofelis: Kovas (@Fyfergrund)
These are important positions of power in the Duscae Herd of equines.
[ ] Reiza (Queen): (OPEN)
[ ] Reiza'hann (Queen's Heir): (OPEN)
[ ] Athen (King): (OPEN)
[ ] Ri'valhia (Highlady): (OPEN)
[ ] Ri'valhe (Highlord): (OPEN)
These are the Ancient Firsts, the first-created creatures of each traditional species, available to play.
[ ] First Auroch: (OPEN)
- currently unknown. || progenitor of ungulate species; known to be a mix of horse, deer, giraffe, and rhino
-[x] First Elemental: (@Fyfergrund)
- resides in Rynorel Forest, in a sacred grove. || first of the elemental species
-[x] First Elf: (@Verridith)
- resides in Heartwood Forest; as the Tree of Memories || first of the elf species
[ ] First Eucyon: (-)
- currently unknown || progenitor of canid species; is known to be a large, long-haired thylacine-like beast
[ ] First Imp: (OPEN)
- currently unknown || first of the imp species
[ ] First Kitsune: (OPEN)
- resides in the Shimmering Elera, beneath the water, concealed by solid illusion || first of the kitsune species
[ ] First Kraken: (-)
- currently unknown || first of the kraken species
[ ] First Leviathan: (OPEN)
- resides beneath the Gorganoth Desert in Millirand, fathoms beneath the sand || first of the leviathan species
[ ] First Phoenix: (-)
- resides in the wilds of Evylon, inside the many magestorms || first of the phoenix species
[x] First Undead: (@darkeh)
- encased in crystal sleeping beneath the Exodus Desert || first-risen of the undead species
[ ] First Vampire: (OPEN)
- currently unknown || first of the vampire species
These are the Ancient Firsts, the first-created creatures of each custom species, available to play.
[color=red][ ] First Nehryngi: (OPEN)[/url]
- currently unknown || progenitor of veldryn, morra sin, and salawa; large, veldryn-looking beast with many spikes along its back
[ ] First Nnar': (-)
- slumbering beneath Hell's Castle Oblivion. || first-risen of the nnar' species
-[x] First Sarka: (@Fyfergrund)
- slumbering within Evylon's Blackdrake Range. || first of the sarka species
-[x] First Xeriin: (@Verridith)
- myth-Kin of a feathered dragon affinity, resides in Xaeri in tunnels far beneath the mountain city of Falen. || first of the xeriin species</textarea>
New positions are available to be applied for! Look to the list for more info. :D
ETHER: Ristell
LION PRIDE LEADER: Queen of the Mahdros
HELLWOLF PACK LEADER: Pestilence Beta (Niban-kami)
And these ones are brand new!
Ruby Faction Council Member 1
Ruby Faction Council Member 2
Ruby Faction Council Member 3
Onyx Leader
Onyx Faction Council Member 1
Onyx Faction Council Member 2
Onyx Faction Council Member 3
Name:: Concinnity
Position Applied For: Lord/Lady (leader) of the Onyx Faction
Character Applied For/With: Relius -
Relius is a Dark Elf who was all but raised within the Factions ranks. Knowing and seeing first hand the chaos and corruption within the Onyx Factions ranks he has grown to hate the organization and has vowed to rip it apart at the seems and build something better in its place.
(Link to charrie sheet) - http://forums.btacdragons.com/index.php?sh...entry25770449
Character/Position Details: Personally I think that my character instantly holds an interesting dynamic to work with because of his hate for the Onyx Faction (as it currently stands) and his vow to destroy it in all but name.
From the internal politics within the Council to how his destructive decisions will affect the lower leaders and the members under them there is a range of possibly interesting plots to go through and develop as time goes by.
Plots/Plans With Position: I was planning to start with just as he gets the position and makes it clear-ish that he plans to all but bring the Onyx Faction down around the ears of the current leadership and all the way down to the very lowest member and set the tone for the chaos that is going to result from his assertion as Lord.
But I have a number of long-term possible plans for the Onyx Faction and their new leader from the growing disorder in some places as Relius rips into the current way of doing things to a slow building of a new Onyx Faction within the dying shell of the old, current Onyx Faction.
I would also maybe like to explore how this change affects the Factions on-going feud with the Ruby Faction. Maybe have the war between them or maybe have a start to peace... It would need to be discussed and see what would be best plot-wise. Maybe a thread or two between Megiddo/Armageddon where the maybe the Ruby Faction tries to muscle the Onyx Faction out completely. The possibilities are there to do many things and maybe bring about some interesting development in both organizations.
And there are just a wide range of other things that could be developed as side plots and goings on, from old members making splinter groups, other organizations to rise up and try and push the Onyx Faction out and take over as the leading assassin organization to maybe some legitimization of the Onyx Faction and how that changes the political scene as maybe with a new more honour bound leader they could be hired to help with the Faction of Hopes invasion?
There are a number of possibilities to explore and with others adding their ideas to the mix I am sure that my character becoming Lord of the Onyx Faction could be the start to a really interesting and active group.
Other: I am of making the above be a long-term slow development letting the changes and chaos and plots develop over time and with plenty of twists and turns.
I also think that with my character there is room to appeal to a wider range of people who might bring character into the group. On one hand there is going to be a lot of chaos and backstabbing and members running wild as things start burning down around their ears, on the other hand, there is going to be a growing stable and honour bound core of Onyx Faction members who are going to grow and become (one day) the new Onyx Faction.
Not only that but there is going to room for a mixture of threads, both action heavy and politics, subterfuge heavy. Meaning that for a long while the Onyx Faction is going to be a very flexible group for members to play with.
Anyway, that is all I can think of right now so I am going to just leave this here.
This post has been edited by Concinnity: Jun 5 2018, 07:39 AM
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Name:: Birb
Position Applied For: Myr Pack Leader
Character Applied For/With: Kisivra is an earth elemental wolf. She is appears tranquil and reasonable on the outside, and she is, but she is calculating and can be vicious if crossed. She's kinda taken the spot in the absence of the alphas to keep her pack from totally falling into chaos. She's not sure the validation of the accusations that Vehn took their alphess, but that's the current consensus from her pack, so in order to slip into the alpha position, she's gonna roll with it.
Character/Position Details: Because Verridith told me to. And you like me. I'm so convincingly charming you don't know you're already convinced.
Plots/Plans With Position: Umm... well, it's to do with the war of the wolves plot. And I'll probably know more when we start actually plotting.
Other: Do you know about the birb? Everybody knows the birb is the werb!
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Positions have been awarded and the list updated!
Position Applied For:
Onyx Council Position
Character Applied For/With:
My half-elf Danae. She's a conflicted young woman who has been out on her own for some time now - traveling with the dragon Valkryn, she was taken in by the Onyx and given a home, after being unable to find her two other companions. She quickly worked through the ranks, and now is teetering on ambition that pushes her to take over completely, instead of slinking in the shadows any longer.
She's ambitious, she's a badass, and she is too stubborn for her own good. c: A dark whisper in her ear guides her, driving her onward... one that she never allows her subordinates to suspect.
Very fast due to her elven heritage, and equipped with the training of both an assassin and Heartwoodian ranger, Danae is a woman well gifted in stealth and killing. She has had no abilities manifest yet, but can remain unseen and undetected by most, if not all, she comes up against. Her manner is also carefully controlled - she rarely shows outbursts of emotion, save for her bi-colored eyes.
She also has a dragon.
Character/Position Details:
Danae has her heart set on taking over the Onyx; for she was presented with a group that was torn into splinters, and wishes to pick up the pieces and rebuild from the ground up. Rather than war with Ruby, she seeks unification; to bring together the two Factions into one, set up a vast ruling Council, to win both jointly. She puts on a face of a benevolent, yet strict, leader - she values and honors each unique member of the Onyx, but has been known to enact severe punishment should a transgression prove beyond her forgiveness.
Her endgame is simple: assassins (and thieves) will be given free reign, save for specific contracts given by the Council members themselves. However, the killing of children and pregnant mothers by any would risk exile from the Onyx, if not death itself. Mass killings are not abhorred, but public ones are, and both are frowned upon. All others - no matter gender, race, age, or creed - are fair game.
Plots/Plans With Position:
burnate? c:
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Chimaera - Flesh Golem - Little Wordy Bastard of an Artificial Life Form
Icarath - N'Vaen Demon - High Fantasy Dr. Satan Frankenstein
Bikks and Wedgel - Orc and Goblin - The Dumbass Dynamic Duo
Sedna - Minotaur - Bull-Headed Gladiatrix
Kari - Avian - Savior-Complex Heroine Wannabe
Name:: Elffri3nd
Position Applied For: Lady of Rynorel
Character Applied For/With:
I am applying with my High Elf Tarria. She cares about the people of Rynorel and is can be quite peaceful unless someone should hurt her people in which case she will retaliate in force. Her great desire is for knowledge, and most of the time she uses her knowledge to protect people.
Character/Position Details:
Tarria can act like a sentinel for her people and keep an eye out for possible threats. With her Orb of Rynorel she can keep a watch over the borders of Rynorel. She doesn't crave power and only wants to help protect her people in any way she can. She thinks that the best way of doing that is by being in a position of authority so that she can make sure that the people of Rynorel can react to any threat and so that she can deal with any internal problems that arise. Tarria does see the threat that the faction posses and the unstablity that they have caused in Fellnova and doesn't wish the same fate on her realm, and will push her people to act on it.
Plots/Plans With Position:
To Organize and perhaps militarize Rynorel to fight the faction.
Other: (do you have anything else to add?)
-Blazeh defeated the elffri3nd 1/19/18-
-Mav was obliterated by the elffri3nd 1/19/18-
-Elf's mom was destroyed by the JPG 4/20/1997 yay time travel-
-Elf got his revenge on JPG 6/12/18-
Name:: Concinnity
Position Applied For: Ruby Faction; Faction Council Position
Character Applied For/With: Teal is the son of a Forest-kin and an Ocean-Kin Xerrin couple who were sentenced to death shortly after Teal turned ten. Witnessing their deaths have left him with more than a few scars and trust issues. Meaning that he is somewhat of an onion of a man, on the outside he is secretive, mistrusting, keeping all his cards to his chest. His loyalties are flexible and always aimed to benefit him. But then again this leaves him rather open to new ideas and easily moves with the times.
On the other hand, Teal can be a good friend and one that will not flinch when times turn dark. Softer and more caring than he lets anyone know, Teal is often saddened by the things that he sees and has a gentle heart at his core.
LINK http://forums.btacdragons.com/index.php?showtopic=6206
Character/Position Details: Honestly just thought that it would make for an interesting dynamic in the upcoming plots to have a wildcard kind of character who while loyal to the whole of the Ruby Faction, isn't very set on sides when it comes to how the Faction should be run.
It could be fun to have a character whose support of anyone given idea changes depending on the outlook for his own well being.
Also he is a really good thief and an interesting character (or so I would like to think!).
Plots/Plans With Position: I would like to do a couple of threads with some other Ruby members out in the field, stealing something and then, of course, the threads where he is active as a council member! Really things are a little fluid at the moment with the start of the Onyx Faction threads that it is a little hard to plan to extensively. But having said that it might be interesting to through him into a meeting or two with one or two of the opposing groups from the Onyx Faction, maybe he can be in on Armageddo/Megiddo's plan as less fighting between the two Factions would be of a personal benefit to him.
Then again I can see him going the other way and being against the joining of the forces. Ah... will have to see how he fits in and what he is most needed for. Ally or opposition.
Other: Er... Can't think of anything off the top of my head...
CHARACTERS =Cyra, Alucius, Myth, Titius, Garvan, Thia, Aeliana, Terva, Bruttia, Helena, Ru, Evandor, Tiberius, Varden, Merlyn,Relius, Tristan (Triss), Teal, Adrian,Basilius, Aubrey, Vera
Rochlan, Reunan,
Valerian, Tovran, Lithan, Talia, Arrian
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Five things for pharma marketers to know: Friday, July 17
Gilead Sciences will start limiting enrollment in its financial assistance to patients seeking to obtain Sovaldi or Harvoni, its pricey hepatitis-C treatments, according to The Wall Street Journal's Pharmalot blog. The drugmaker said that some payers that are receiving discounts on the therapies are continuing to restrict patient access to the drugs. The launch of the expensive new drugs, and ensuing patient demand, has made Sovaldi in particular the poster child for the national discussion about drug pricing.
Biogen reported a second case of progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy, a rare neurological disorder, related to the use of its multiple-sclerosis drug Tecfidera, according to MedPage Today. The adverse event was not fatal. The company told MedPage Today that it does not expect the FDA to make any changes to the drug's label. Earlier this year an analyst said the PML cases are not likely to impact Tecfidera sales.
Valeant said it will buy Egyptian drugmaker Amoun Pharmaceutical for $800 million, expanding its deal spree into the Middle East for the first time, according to Bloomberg Business. Valeant makes animal-health products as well as drugs that treat high-blood pressure and antibiotics.
The Senate passed a bill that would reauthorize legislation from 2009 that allows participants in clinical trials for rare diseases to earn up to $2,000 in compensation without having to report it as income. The Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, a proponent of the Ensuring Access to Clinical Trials Act, said the bill prevents patients from having to choose between access to government healthcare benefits or participating in trials.
ICYMI: GlaxoSmithKline's "Big Bad Cough" campaign for its whooping-cough vaccine is facing scrutiny online. The campaign, which launched in April and uses a Little Red Riding Hood and Big Bad Wolf–based storyline, tells grandparents to get vaccinated in order to prevent their grandchildren from getting whooping cough. Separately, an online petition is pushing GSK to pull the ads because they demonize wolves.


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This is a great hike along the nature and heritage trail that runs from the village of Åkra to the village of Ferkingstad. Cultural and historical monuments lie in abundance between Åkra and the boathouse ruins at Hop. The hike starts in the north end of the beach at Åkra. From here you can enjoy the view of the white beaches stretching along the shore. The hike follows a natural path, and along here you can see and sense a rich fauna and birdlife.
On the south end of the beach the tour continues over to a historical area, dating back to the Viking Age. Here you will see stone monuments symbolizing the two daughters of King Augvald, one of our Viking kings. The tour continues to Ferkingstad beach, another beach worth seeing.
Afterwards you will walk to the charming boat harbour, built in the 1960's. You will also visit the boathouse ruins, used by the Vikings to drag their ships ashore. The tour finishes at Fisherman's Memorial, a monument symbolizing local fishermen who lost their lives at sea.


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Wow, July 1st, summer's off and running…next few days I'll post a series of sports "Victory Dance" illustrations that I did for a 'Congratulations' sports greeting card, including nine sports, entitled "Victory Is Sweet" (#1111 Check out the whole line!) …nothing like the sweet thrill of victory, party on! (Illustrated Sports #24)
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Gwyneth Paltrow and Chris Martin appear to be moving forward with their marriage split by clearing out their North London home.
The Hollywood actress and Coldplay rocker announced plans to "consciously uncouple" in March (14) after 10 years of marriage, and they are believed to be moving on with their separate lives by leaving their multi-million dollar marital home in the British capital.
Removal vans were spotted outside the property on Friday (25Apr14), and workers were seen carrying out various items including boxes of clothing and guitar cases.
On the same day, Paltrow was spotted in Los Angeles, where she is reportedly planning to relocate after living in London for the duration of their marriage. It has been speculated that Martin will continue to live in the U.K.
Martin is currently on tour with the British band and they performed in Cologne, Germany on Friday.
The former couple is parents to two children, Apple, nine, and son Moses, seven.


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LLB Law Graduate Entry
Key Facts:
Duration: 2 Years
Typical UK entry requirements: Good initial degree in any non-law subject
Typical Canadian entry requirements: Bachelor degree with honours from a recognised university/college of higher education with a 5.5 GPA (9pt) or 2.3 GPA (4pt)
Interview Required: No
Qualifying Law degree: Yes
Optional Modules: Yes
This is a two-year single honours degree programme for applicants who have completed a degree in a different subject area. It is particularly popular with Canadian applicants.
The LLB Single Honours degree (or Bachelor of Laws) allows students to obtain a qualifying law degree approved by the Solicitors Regulation Authority and the Bar Standards Board for providing the "seven foundations of legal knowledge" needed for an individual to practise law. These compulsory subjects are:
- Constitutional and Administrative Law
- Law of Contract
- Criminal Law
- Equity and Trusts
- EU Law
- Land Law, and
- Law of Torts.
Students also study optional modules from a wide range of subjects. For single honours students, the final year is composed entirely of optional modules so they can specialise by selecting related options such as Commercial Law, E-Commerce and Intellectual Property Law, or simply "pick and mix". Our courses are research-led and reflect the work of our dedicated LLB team.
Download a copy of the LLB Brochure
Reasons to choose Swansea
- All our undergraduate modules are taught by highly experienced and research-active professors and lecturers.
- The College of Law and Criminology came top for law in England and Wales in the 2015 National Student Survey; 98% of students on the Swansea LLB were satisfied with the course.
- Our innovative approach to teaching and wide range of optional modules allow you to tailor your degree according to your interests, career plans and strengths.
- Our Director of Employability will help you make the most of about 100 work experience opportunities with local law firms, barristers' chambers and other providers of legal services such as the Crown Prosecution Service and the Public Defender Service.
- In the Research Excellence Framework 2014, 60 percent of College research was rated world-leading or of international excellence, and 95 per cent was recognised to have achieved an international standard.
- Gain knowledge and understanding of Law
- Examine legal materials ranging from Supreme Court judgments to European Community Directives
- Develop skills in legal and academic reasoning
- Improve oral and written communication
Teaching and Assessment is done through large group lectures and seminars on a weekly or fortnightly basis. Assessment is by assignment and/or exams.
The Law Library is on the East Wing of the Singleton campus library. It contains more than 22,000 volumes of legal information and holds nearly 200 series of law journals and law reports in paper copy.
Studying law opens up many exciting and challenging careers. Our graduates go on to become barristers, solicitors or paralegals. Others have legal careers in the private or public sectors or are drawn to work in a legal capacity for charities or campaigning organisations.
But many law graduates opt for quite different career paths, such as business management, the probation service, forensic psychology, trading standards, politics, human resource management and education.
We recognise the need to make the most of our students' potential and help them make the right choice about their career and Future Employment.
We improve our students' employability though summer work placements.
Entry requirements and accreditation information
Student experience
Reza Barari
"The College of Law at Swansea enjoys a first rate reputation in Canada making it an obvious choice. I've gained a tremendous amount of knowledge by taking advantage of a friendly learning atmosphere, espoused both by the students and the excellent teaching staff. There is a genuine attempt by the professors to ensure students achieve their goals - no matter how high! If you have a thirst for knowledge, I would say Swansea's law programme is certainly a hidden jewel." Reza graduated with an LLB (First Class Honours) in 2011.
Richelle Kennedy
"After graduating from Swansea In July 2013, I was hired at a top personal injury law Firm in Toronto where I was a law clerk and gained a ton of experience. As of September 2014, I was hired as a law clerk in the Health Law Group at Borden Ladner Gervais LLP, the biggest law firm in Canada. Completing my degree at Swansea in two years instead of three has given me an edge and a year to earn and gain experience. Swansea provided me with a solid foundation of the law and, more importantly, a different and wider perspective. At a time of globalization it is proving to be quite valuable. The professors at Swansea were extremely knowledgeable and helpful and wanted to see the international students succeed so were always available to talk and discuss any issues. It was a wonderful experience."
Jason Little
Jason graduated from Swansea University in 2010, returned to Canada and in June 2012 called to the Bar of Ontario, where he is now a licenced Barrister and Solicitor. Jason practises primarily in Criminal Defence.
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"I thoroughly enjoyed my time at Swansea as the atmosphere and town was very conducive to student life! Having the beach right by the university really helped to calm the study stress and enjoy the outdoors. Since graduating in 2013 I have completed the National Canadian Accreditation courses allowing me to qualify for the equivalent of a Canadian LLB. I recently completed my Barrister and Solicitor exams and am now qualified to start an articling position."
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Childless couples have recently been realizing the significance of surrogacy services to help achieve their dreams of starting a family. Unfortunately, for those who are not in the usual situation as in a heterosexual marriage, there are limited options as some places in the world still frown upon single motherhood or gay couples having kids. Fortunately, gay surrogacy agencies in India are willing to serve people, who might have felt discriminated against in their own countries, and the boom of commercial surrogacy in India has brought new hopes for many desirous parents.
India Gay Surrogacy Programs
- Heterosexual couples have long been acquiring surrogacy services in their own countries, where they are legally permitted. However, the high costs in many places may have caused many to look beyond the conventional options and consider going to other places.
- India surrogacy agencies are leading the pack, with their state-of-the-art facilities and world-renowned surrogacy experts.
- Woman-woman couples can easily get sperm from sperm banks and have one partner undergo an IVF procedure to get pregnant. Man-man couples, on the other hand, have more difficulty becoming parents outside of adoption.
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Conductor and mezzo-soprano Erica Washburn has served as Director of Choral Activities at New England Conservatory since 2009. At NEC she currently conducts the 24-to-28-voice auditioned Chamber Singers, and oversees the NEC Concert Choir and graduate Choral Conducting degree program. She teaches "Basic Choral Conducting," "Advanced Choral Conducting," and "Sacred and Secular Choral Literature."
As a conductor, Washburn has worked with the East Carolina University Women's Chorale and Eastman Women's Chorus, has been a guest conductor for several New York State School Music Association and North Carolina Music Educators Association state festivals, spent five summers as a conductor and voice faculty member for the New York State Summer School of the Arts School of Choral Studies, and is a sought-after guest clinician.
As a soloist, Washburn has been featured on the Eastman-St. Michaels Recital Series, given her Jordan Hall recital debut, given the Boston premieres of two works for mezzo-soprano by the late Richard Toensing with the NEC Symphonic Winds, and performed with the Eastman School Symphony Orchestra, the Rochester Philharmonic, Glens Falls Symphony Orchestra, the Genesee Valley Orchestra and Chorus, and with the Vivificus! Chamber Players.
Additional orchestral and stage performance credits include Ravel's Shéhérazade, Madame Lidoine in Poulenc's Dialogues of the Carmelites, Rebecca Nurse in Robert Ward's The Crucible, Aminta in Mozart's Il re pastore, and Mother/Allison in the premiere of Lee Hoiby's This is the Rill Speaking.
Washburn is the recipient of several outstanding alumni awards, including the distinguished honor of admittance to the Westminster Choir College Music Education Hall of Fame.
B.M., music education, Westminster Choir College. M.M., choral conducting and vocal performance, East Carolina University. M.M., vocal performance, Eastman School of Music. Conducting and voice studies with Dr. William Weinert, Dr. Daniel J. Bara, Dr. Andrew Megill, Dr. James Jordan, Jan Opalach, Karen Holvik, John Kramar, and Anne Ackley Gray. Former faculty of New York State Summer School of the Arts School of Choral Studies, and Gretbatch School of Music of Houghton College.
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We've all seen the advertisement…."shoulda gone to FREEEE credit report dot coowmmm" with the happy hippy college grad playing his banjo in a themed restaurant and then his beater car. The principles offered in the commercial of monitoring your credit actually constitute very sound advice. I monitor my credit, dispute and file inaccuracies in my report, and try to keep on top of the state of my finances. It's a wise thing to do. It was coming up time for me to perform another credit report review and so I thought I'd give freecreditreport.com a shot. It typically ends up costing me about $40 to get all three reports, but considering I only do this about twice a year that's really not too bad.
As far as freecreditreport.com go, they are an Experian powered portal proferring a "credit monitoring service". This can be loosely translated to "report summary". The dashboard provides a quick view of the same data that is contained in my Experian report, as well as a couple of less than useful graphs that "track my credit score" and show "alerts" on my report. To be fair, I was able to get my Experian report for free, use the freecreditreport.com account to sign into Experian and then file a few disputes about typographical errors on my report. Nothing huge, just missing apartment numbers on addresses etc… These things are fairly typical errors on a credit report but it doesn't hurt to get the disputes filed and clean it up.
How to make sure your FREE credit report is actually FREE
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How to get the most out of it
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Even though many traditional users abhor HTML-formatted email, younger users find that personalizing their emails with HTML content gives them the originality they crave.
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- Act in the best interest of the students and earnestly try to interpret the needs of the entire Division.
- Be motivated primarily by an earnest desire to serve the school division and the children placed in its care.
- Will recognize that the expenditure of divisional funds is a public trust, and will ensure that all such funds shall be expended efficiently, economically and for the best interest of the schools
Our Board Philosophy
In addition to the duties required to be performed by the School Board under the provisions of The Public Schools Act and other acts of the Legislature of Manitoba, the Board of Trustees shall be the policy making body in all matters of concern to the School Division.
- Recognizing the viewpoints of each Trustee representing diverse communities, working towards a consensus and speaking as one voice.
- Building on the past and envisioning for the future through strategic planning.
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Photo © Israel Museum, Jerusalem, by Elie Posner
Hanukkah lamp with High Priest kindling the Temple Menorah and Bar Kokhba coins
Jerusalem, Israel
Sharar workshop, Bezalel
Brass sheet, stamped and soldered
Inscribed in Hebrew: "These lights are sacred"
H: 26; W: 18.7 cm
Anonymous gift
Accession number: B85.0074 ; 118/838
The recurrent themes in works produced in the Bezalel School of Arts and Crafts could be viewed as a logical consequence of the institution's mission, namely to create "a new Hebrew style" that would represent a synthesis of the glorious biblical past with the contemporary Zionist vision of the return of the Jewish nation to its land. The images included the Tablets of the Law, the Temple menorah, and the Seven Species. Ancient coins – especially from the period of the Bar Kokhba Rebellion – were among the most prevalent motifs. Here they appear in the form of coin-like circles imprinted with images that include the facade of the Temple, a
bundle (palm frond with myrtle boughs and willow branches) and
(citron), an amphora, a vine leaf, three ears of grain, a harp, and a date palm tree.
Digital presentation of this object was made possible by: The Ridgefield Foundation, New York, in memory of Henry J. and Erna D. Leir
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Safety Initiatives
ACI is constantly active in the field of standards and procedures for safe airport operations. We work with members under the remit of the ACI World Safety and Technical Standing Committee and ACI regional offices, to ensure that current safety issues are discussed within ACI. ACI views are then presented to ICAO as part of ACI's advocacy role.
This dedication to safe operations is seen across the whole aviation sector. As regards to airports, the safety culture takes on many forms, including adoption of standard operating procedures, introduction of new methods and technologies and generally ensuring that safety is paramount throughout airport operations. The process of operating safely includes a broad range of factors, all of which ACI is actively involved in:
|Runway Safety IKit
The Runway Safety Implementation Kit, compiled by ACI, ICAO and eleven partner organizations, contains valuable guidance material accumulated over many years, including ACI's latest publication on the subject – the Runway Safety Handbook (1st edition, 2014). We suggest that airport staff charged with the promotion of runway safety use it as a resource, and recommend it be used by the local runway safety team(s) at your airport(s). If you do not yet have a runway safety team, we recommend that you start one as soon as possible. We would appreciate receiving the contact details of those in your organization responsible for runway safety – please send that to firstname.lastname@example.com. And if you have questions, it's the same address.Click here
Safety Management System (SMS)
The International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) requires that all aerodromes have a Safety Management System (SMS) in place within their organizations. View the various sections of a typical SMS and find out more on implementing an SMS at an aerodrome. click here
Working with ICAO
ACI is a member of the ICAO Aerodromes Panel which has five working groups: the Aerodrome Operations and Services Working Group, the Rescue and Fire-Fighting Working Group, the Aerodrome Design Working Group, the Visual Aids Working group and the Heliport Design Working Group. ACI contributes in depth to the Panel's work to maintain and improve the Standards and Recommended Practices contained in Annex 14 (Aerodromes), as well as the related ICAO Manuals. ACI is involved in other ICAO Panels whenever they deal with issues affecting airports and airport operators. ACI has contributed significantly to the ICAO Manual on Certification of Aerodromes, the Safety Management Manual and the Global Aviation Safety Roadmap.
ACI also works with IATA, the Flight Safety Foundation and other organizations such as CANSO and IFALPA on specific subject areas such as