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Wayne's Daily Diary Archive
20 June 2007
- 30 November 2014
- Ahh...that's better!
After a rather depressing start to the season yesterday the wind calmed down and it was brighter this morning, leading to quietly optimistic enthusiasm, and Penny, Richard, Mark, Michael and I had a surprisingly good morning. We warmed up on piste for about five minutes before testing the waters off the edge of the piste, and then we spread our wings from there. There was just enough light to be comfortable but by 11:30 the wind was picking up and clouds were rolling in and the light deteriorated rapidly. We'd had the best of the day so we skied down to the top of the Signal cable car to finish off a very satisfying morning.
Andreas came up for a quick ski as did Chris and Suzanne, and Andreas looked rather sharp in our new uniforms.
I'm off to Johnny Alpine's to watch Southampton vs City and stay tuned for more news tomorrow. (Photos are up)
- 29 November 2014
- Not much to report!
It was a sad start to the season this morning as the day was a write-off due to strong winds on the Glacier. I was surprised by how many people showed up in town after quite a big effort to get here. It's ridiculous how warm it is and we need some colder weather so that the STVI can at least turn on the snow cannons. We may get some snow over the next day or two but the possibility of 50cm's that was reported yesterday isn't going to happen. It is however forecast to cool down next week and although I'm not a huge fan of artificial snow, it's definitely better than 'no snow'! Stay tuned! (Posted one photo)
PS Sports Report- It was a great win for West Ham this afternoon, getting us back to winning ways and taking us back to fifth place, and an equally good day for Danny Welbeck. England rugby fans will be rejoicing but my Sportsmen of the Day Award goes to Mark, who decided on a 4-hour walk up towards the Col de la Bailletta in wind and snow. Well done Mark, you nutter!
- 28 November 2014
- Snow on the way?
I arrived yesterday afternoon and must admit to it looking pretty bleak! There is no snow at all below 2300 metres but it does look much better at altitude, and as I write the drizzle in town as turned to light snow and it has been snowing lightly at the Fornet all day. There is a good possibility of snow over the next few days so keep your fingers crossed and stay tuned for some skiing news tomorrow afternoon.
PS Radio Val have just reported that winds between 100 and 130 kph and 50cm's of snow are expected towards the Italian border tonight. I don't like the sound of the wind but the snow would be welcome!
- 25 November 2014
- I'm ready for winter!
I'm now officially ready for winter after closing down my golfing season with a serious shot of adrenalin and a feeling of satisfaction that put a massive smile on my face. On Sunday I had the pleasure and privilege of playing with my daughter Millie in our first competition together. It was pouring with rain and I was certain that it would be cancelled but all the juniors were dead keen so we played a nine-hole Texas- Scramble-type format. We partnered Sophie and her mother Jo and we shot a 38, which I thought was pretty jolly good, especially with such tough conditions. There was a lovely get-together in the Clubhouse afterwards with the Junior AGM and prize giving for the year's events. The Juniors clubbed together to buy Jean some thoughtful gifts to show their appreciation for all her hard work. She runs the Juniors section of the club with incredible energy, passion, commitment and a generosity with her time that is very much appreciated by all the youngsters, as well as their parents. Jean was totally surprised and quite emotional, and was very touched with the show of support. And thanks Jean for dressing Millie up in all your wet weather gear, which allowed her to participate!
On the Monday I played my final round with my mate Bill and what a contrast in conditions to the day before. The sun was shining and with the autumn colours and beautiful light it was a stunning day to be outside playing golf. Somehow I played not only the best round of the summer but perhaps the best round of my life, and I felt so good afterwards that putting my clubs away for the season was easy, as I wouldn't want to spoil it by trying to squeeze in another round. I'll head to the mountains for my winter life with a golfing glow that will last for the entire winter!
Stay tuned for the next update, which will be Saturday after the first day of the season, internet connections permitting.
- 17 November 2014
- Time to pack!
I'm off to France in about ten days time and can't believe how quickly it's come around again. Blimey! I was just checking the Alpine Facebook page and the snow looks much better that I thought. The start to the winter is one of my favourite periods of the season, and when the snow is good it's such a bonus. If you've a window of opportunity don't hesitate and get yourself out for some early season fun! The daily diary will be up-and-running on the 29th so stay tuned.
Millie has been playing golf regularly and she and I are playing in a golf competition together this Sunday afternoon, which we're really looking forward to. Katie is dancing and enjoying her riding and both girls are starting to look forward to ski season and will arrive with Gill on December 21st. I guess I best get packing! (I've posted a few photos)
- 5 November 2014
- It's Snowing!
I've just checked the web-cams and it looks like the snow has final started to fall. Yahoo!
I'm about to go out for a round of golf with Ian N, who I haven't seen since our wonderful time at St. Andrews and Gleneagles. Double yahoo!


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- As noted, indie vet Luke Hawx appeared in a backstage segment on Monday's WWE RAW and worked a dark match at Tuesday's SmackDown tapings. Apparently other wrestlers from WildKat Sports in Louisiana also received tryouts with WWE this week.
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Here's a quick (hahaha not really) recap of iphone photos
Sunday afternoon loving:
Cheerios are hilarious, don't you know?
Walked in to find C feeding W her bottle one morning. Heart exploded!
Growing faster than we'd like:
C's first photo:
more Sunday afternoon loving.
a little ticked to be up from her nap:
always has his nose in a book:
went to answer my phone and came back to C reading to W while she splashed. That kid.
lovin on her new baby:
10 months!!
My sweet friend, Steph, invited me to a music festival at the Shell. It was so much fun to see Switchfoot, Need to Breathe, and Drew Holcomb.
growing and growing and growing
crawling under daddy's tunnel
Girl's night with my CG girls:
shopping with a bestie, anna
park dates
Driving Mrs. W
She likes the swing just a little bit:
rebelling against a nap and I didn't mind bc EXTRA SNUGGLES
sup, spidey
love this one and all her chunks:
New church location. New Church name. So thankful for all the Lord is doing at our church.
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In "The Cross and the Trinity" we witness the evolution of a BDSM menage relationship. As the book opens, Tate and Sebastian's relationship is under many of the same strains that almost any couple - gay or straight, kinky or vanilla - experiences. And like too many young couples, they don't have the maturity or life experience to help them deal with the stresses of work and other responsibilities. Although James is initially seen as a threat to the relationship, owing to his past dealings with Tate, he goes out of his way to help the two patch up their relationship, becoming the kind of mentor the younger men need.
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However, it should be pointed out that the emphasis in most of the scenes is on the reactions of the men involved, as related from Tate's point of view. Sometimes the descriptions of what was being done were a little short on details, leaving you to wonder exactly what's going on, or even if what is being described is physically possible. It was never bad enough to stop your enjoyment of the scene, but you will wonder what's going on from time to time.
The characters are well drawn and chances are you will identify with one of them. While the way the relationship evolves is an interesting idea, it's not necessarily the central theme of the book. In some ways, it's just a vehicle for some hot scenes. Of course, there isn't anything wrong with that. The tone of the book is further lightened with a bit of humor, mainly in Tate's reactions to the situations he finds himself in. It comes across as entirely natural and makes for some fun reading.
"The Cross and the Trinity" is actually a sequel to "Beyond the Edge", which introduces the three characters and sets up Tate and Sebastien as a couple. I didn't know about the first book when reading this volume, and while it was clear there was more back-story to the three characters than was related in this book, it didn't feel like there were essential details missing.
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CBG is a non-psychoactive cannabinoid with therapeutic potential in cancer, Huntington's Disease, eating disorders, gastrointestinal inflammation, glaucoma and Psoriasis.
CBG is synthesized through decarboxylation of CBGA.
CBG activates α2-adrenoceptors and CB2 and blocks CB1 and 5-HT1A receptors (Cascio, Gauson, Stevenson, Ross, & Pertwee, 2010).
Also, CBG activates TRPA1, TRPV1 and TRPV2, antagonizes TRPM8 and inhibits ACU. Botanical drug substance (BDS) containing CBD also inhibits MAGL and NAAA. These receptor interactions suggest that CBG could have analgesic, anti-inflammatory and anti-cancer properties (De Petrocellis et al., 2008, 2011).
CBG modulates GPR55 (Morales, Hurst, & Reggio, 2017)
CBG has antifungal and antibacterial properties (Eisohly, Turner, Clark, & Eisohly, 1982).
CBG counteracts oxidative stress through CB2 receptors (Giacoppo et al., 2017).
CBG inhibits platelet aggregation, which increases bleeding time and reduces thromboembolism (Formukong, Evans, & Evans, 1989).
CBG causes hyperphagia in animals without producing negative neuromotor side effects (Brierley, Samuels, Duncan, Whalley, & Williams, 2016). Also, CBG-BDS acts as an appetite stimulant, probably through CB1 receptors (Brierley, Samuels, Duncan, Whalley, & Williams, 2017).
CBG inhibits cellular growth in human oral epitheloid carcicoma cells (Baek et al., 1998) and showed chemopreventive, curative and pro-apoptotic effects against colorectal cancer cells in vitro and in vivo models through TRPM8 and CB2 receptors (Borrelli et al., 2014).
CBG and related cannabinoids may have therapeutic potential for the treatment of glaucoma.(Colasanti, 1990). Chronic administration of CBG causes ocular hypotensive effects without any toxic effects (Colasanti, Craig, & Allara, 1984). Also, its analog CBG-DMH reduces intraocular pressure (Szczesniak, Maor, Robertson, Hung, & Kelly, 2011).
CBG reduces acetylcholine-induced contractions in the bladder, suggesting a potential effect to treat bladder disorders (Pagano et al., 2015).
CBG can activate α2 receptors and block CB1 and 5-HT1A receptors (Cascio et al., 2010), suggesting CBG does have therapeutic potential in the treatment of depression.
Functional Gastro-Intestinal Disorders
Apart from THC, (relatively) non-psychotropic cannabinoids such as THCV, CBD and CBG were found to have anti-inflammatory effects in experimental intestinal inflammation (Alhouayek and Muccioli, 2012). CBG attenuates colitis in animal models, reduces nitric oxide production in macrophages and reduces ROS formation in intestinal epithelial cells, showing therapeutic potential to treat gastrointestinal inflammation (Borrelli et al., 2013).
CBG counteracts the anti-nausea effects produced by THC or CBD, probably due to the activation of 5-HT1A receptor (Rock et al., 2011). This is important to avoid CBG when looking for anti-nausea and anti-vomiting effects of cannabinoids.
CBG improved motor deficits and had neuroprotective effects in animal models of Huntington´s Disease through the modulation of pro-inflammatory markers, reactive microgliosis and improved antioxidant defenses. CBG also normalized gene expression altered in those animal models (Valdeolivas et al., 2015).
The interaction between CBG and the α2 receptor (alpha 2 adrenalin receptor) may prove effective in pain control (Giovannoni et al., 2009).
CBG could be used to treat Psoriasis (Wilkinson & Williamson, 2007) and it shows potential to treat dry-skin syndrome by increasing sebaceous lipid synthesis (Oláh et al., 2016).
Alhouayek, M., and Muccioli, G.G. (2012). The endocannabinoid system in inflammatory bowel diseases: from pathophysiology to therapeutic opportunity. Trends Mol. Med. 18, 615–625.
Baek, S. H., Kim, Y. O., Kwag, J. S., Choi, K. E., Jung, W. Y., & Han, D. S. (1998). Boron trifluoridetherate on silica-A modified Lewis acid reagent (VII). Antitumor activity of cannabigerol against human oral epitheloid carcinoma cells. Archives of Pharmacal Research, 21(3), 353-356.
Borrelli, F., Fasolino, I., Romano, B., Capasso, R., Maiello, F., Coppola, D., … Izzo, A. A. (2013). Beneficial effect of the non-psychotropic plant cannabinoid cannabigerol on experimental inflammatory bowel disease. Biochemical Pharmacology, 85(9), 1306-1316. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bcp.2013.01.017
Borrelli, F., Pagano, E., Romano, B., Panzera, S., Maiello, F., Coppola, D., … Izzo, A. A. (2014). Colon carcinogenesis is inhibited by the TRPM8 antagonist cannabigerol, a Cannabis-derived non-psychotropic cannabinoid. Carcinogenesis, 35(12), 2787-2797. https://doi.org/10.1093/carcin/bgu205
Brierley, D. I., Samuels, J., Duncan, M., Whalley, B. J., & Williams, C. M. (2016). Cannabigerol is a novel, well-tolerated appetite stimulant in pre-satiated rats. Psychopharmacology, 233(19-20), 3603-3613. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00213-016-4397-4
Brierley, D. I., Samuels, J., Duncan, M., Whalley, B. J., & Williams, C. M. (2017). A cannabigerol-rich Cannabis sativa extract, devoid of [INCREMENT]9-tetrahydrocannabinol, elicits hyperphagia in rats. Behavioural Pharmacology. https://doi.org/10.1097/FBP.0000000000000285
Cascio, M. G., Gauson, L. A., Stevenson, L. A., Ross, R. A., & Pertwee, R. G. (2010). Evidence that the plant cannabinoid cannabigerol is a highly potent alpha2-adrenoceptor agonist and moderately potent 5HT1A receptor antagonist. British Journal of Pharmacology, 159(1), 129-141. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1476-5381.2009.00515.x
Colasanti, B. K. (1990). A comparison of the ocular and central effects of delta 9-tetrahydrocannabinol and cannabigerol. Journal of Ocular Pharmacology, 6(4), 259-269.
Colasanti, B. K., Craig, C. R., & Allara, R. D. (1984). Intraocular pressure, ocular toxicity and neurotoxicity after administration of cannabinol or cannabigerol. Experimental Eye Research, 39(3), 251-259.
De Petrocellis, L., Ligresti, A., Moriello, A. S., Allarà, M., Bisogno, T., Petrosino, S., … Di Marzo, V. (2011). Effects of cannabinoids and cannabinoid-enriched Cannabis extracts on TRP channels and endocannabinoid metabolic enzymes. British Journal of Pharmacology, 163(7), 1479-1494. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1476-5381.2010.01166.x
De Petrocellis, L., Vellani, V., Schiano-Moriello, A., Marini, P., Magherini, P. C., Orlando, P., & Di Marzo, V. (2008). Plant-derived cannabinoids modulate the activity of transient receptor potential channels of ankyrin type-1 and melastatin type-8. The Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics, 325(3), 1007-1015. https://doi.org/10.1124/jpet.107.134809
Eisohly, H. N., Turner, C. E., Clark, A. M., & Eisohly, M. A. (1982). Synthesis and antimicrobial activities of certain cannabichromene and cannabigerol related compounds. Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences, 71(12), 1319-1323.
Formukong, E. A., Evans, A. T., & Evans, F. J. (1989). The inhibitory effects of cannabinoids, the active constituents of Cannabis sativa L. on human and rabbit platelet aggregation. The Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmacology, 41(10), 705-709.
Giacoppo, S., Gugliandolo, A., Trubiani, O., Pollastro, F., Grassi, G., Bramanti, P., & Mazzon, E. (2017). cannabinoid CB2 receptors are involved in the protection of RAW264.7 macrophages against the oxidative stress: an in vitro study. European Journal of Histochemistry: EJH, 61(1), 2749. https://doi.org/10.4081/ejh.2017.2749
Morales, P., Hurst, D. P., & Reggio, P. H. (2017). Molecular Targets of the Phytocannabinoids-A Complex Picture. Progress in the chemistry of organic natural products, 103, 103-131. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-45541-9_4
Oláh, A., Markovics, A., Szabó-Papp, J., Szabó, P. T., Stott, C., Zouboulis, C. C., & Bíró, T. (2016). Differential effectiveness of selected non-psychotropic phytocannabinoids on human sebocyte functions implicates their introduction in dry/seborrhoeic skin and acne treatment. Experimental Dermatology, 25(9), 701-707. https://doi.org/10.1111/exd.13042
Pagano, E., Montanaro, V., Di Girolamo, A., Pistone, A., Altieri, V., Zjawiony, J. K., … Capasso, R. (2015). Effect of Non-psychotropic Plant-derived cannabinoids on Bladder Contractility: Focus on Cannabigerol. Natural Product Communications, 10(6), 1009-1012.
Rock, E. M., Goodwin, J. M., Limebeer, C. L., Breuer, A., Pertwee, R. G., Mechoulam, R., & Parker, L. A. (2011). Interaction between non-psychotropic cannabinoids in marihuana: effect of cannabigerol (CBG) on the anti-nausea or anti-emetic effects of cannabidiol (CBD) in rats and shrews. Psychopharmacology, 215(3), 505-512. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00213-010-2157-4
Szczesniak, A.-M., Maor, Y., Robertson, H., Hung, O., & Kelly, M. E. M. (2011). Nonpsychotropic cannabinoids, abnormal cannabidiol and canabigerol-dimethyl heptyl, act at novel cannabinoid receptors to reduce intraocular pressure. Journal of Ocular Pharmacology and Therapeutics: The Official Journal of the Association for Ocular Pharmacology and Therapeutics, 27(5), 427-435. https://doi.org/10.1089/jop.2011.0041
Valdeolivas, S., Navarrete, C., Cantarero, I., Bellido, M. L., Muñoz, E., & Sagredo, O. (2015). Neuroprotective properties of cannabigerol in Huntington's disease: studies in R6/2 mice and 3-nitropropionate-lesioned mice. Neurotherapeutics: The Journal of the American Society for Experimental NeuroTherapeutics, 12(1), 185-199. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13311-014-0304-z
Wilkinson, J. D., & Williamson, E. M. (2007). cannabinoids inhibit human keratinocyte proliferation through a non-CB1/CB2 mechanism and have a potential therapeutic value in the treatment of Psoriasis. Journal of Dermatological Science, 45(2), 87-92. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jdermsci.2006.10.009


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Show physical affection for your child. Human beings naturally crave touch. Whether it's a hug or perhaps a kiss or perhaps a basic pat around the head, touch might be a terrific way to connect with and show affection to your child. Touch is very important when they're sick or feeling sad, simply because it will comfort them.
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For mothers of newborn twins, it is wise to acquire a breast pump. By not getting one, your nipples might not produce enough milk back then feeding. Also, your nipples could possibly get very sore and painful. These can be bought at online or any store that sells baby products.
If you want to encourage your son or daughter to study longer, don't force those to spend time at a desk for hours on end. Your youngster might feel more at ease over a bean bag, or maybe in the imaginary fort within their room. So long as the location is well lit, it may serve as a fantastic study area. This just might motivate your son or daughter to examine longer.
When attempting to get your young ones to eat their food while they are increasingly being stubborn, it is essential in an attempt to create the process fun on their behalf. They don't yet understand the great tastes and necessities of eating, so one and only thing you being a parent can depend upon, is because they have fun!
Always treat your children as well as the other people in your life with respect. Many parents demand respect without realizing how crucial it can be allow it at the same time. If you do not would like children going to, you should not hit either. Your kids is more likely to follow your rules if you show them that you simply feel they may be a high priority.
An excellent raising a young child tip is always to start letting your youngster wear what the individual wants to wear with an young age. In the event you carry on and opt for your child's outfit everyday, kids at school are going to make fun of her or him, which can hurt your child's confidence.
Whenever you get to the boiling point with the children, take the time to try some self-calming techniques to make sure that you don't a single thing hurtful. There are many tools you should use, including breathing deeply, removing yourself from your situation for a couple minutes, and redirecting your thoughts inside a positive direction.
Prepare your child for a lifetime of safe street-crossing behavior. Always hold hands, look both ways, and then look both ways again when crossing a street or walking across a parking area. Starting early will instill the necessity of this responsible within your child, keeping them secure and safe while they walk to school or accompany anyone to the shop.
Establish a good homework routine for your kids, such as one completed assignment before play time. Children have to know routines to carry out what they are supposed to do. They are still too young to be self-disciplined in getting homework done. So, it is perfectly up to you to set the routine and expectations.
When raising a youngster it is important to not be so hard on yourself. Don't critique every little move you make because you will find yourself going insane. Children unfortunately do not feature instructional manuals, and they are more learn along the way. So when you produce a bad judgment once apply it to understand, never to beat yourself up.
When you find yourself disciplining your young ones, make certain you usually do not let your emotions receive the better of you. It is essential to never punish your youngster as you are mad at them. The underlying goal behind discipline should always be to instruct your youngster in steps to make better choices. When you are angry, your son or daughter is not really likely to learn from the ability.
Take good care of yourself also if you have children. Irrespective of how busy the day is, be sure you take a short while yourself to get your energy back. You can expect to feel good, as well as your children will probably be happier for that reason.
Network with parents of youngsters who share your kids' interests and interact together to build a supportive community. Whenever your children develop hobbies or pastimes, you must produce a dedication to supporting their interests. By pooling your resources with some other parents, you can often achieve goals that could be impossible all by yourself.
As the start of this article mentioned, there is not any wrong or right way as a parent to the child. Many bringing up a youngster skills are learned when your child matures into adulthood. Being open to learning new things is a wonderful strategy to learn new strategies to approach your youngster. Apply the ideas with this article, in order to use a successful go at becoming a parent.


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Impact Wrench Review: Ingersoll Rand 2135TiMAX air impact wrench
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Matt Blaze's response (https://twitter.com/mattblaze/status/839910176916385794):
"Interesting stat: they found ~6% of stockpiled vulnerabilities were independently rediscovered within a year. Q is what that tells us."
"Note that 6% seems small, but it's basically a lower bound - no way to know about vuls found and kept secret by others."
"My sense is that this space is highly non-uniform, so over-interpreting the 6%/yr number is probably unwise. Need to find more factors."
"Not-very-bold prediction: the RAND study will be widely cited to make categorical statements that support opposite conclusions."


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Tibian Phenomena - A RecapWritten by Green-dragon on Wednesday 10 October 2012
"Why don't Tibians have noses?" "How is it possible that fire spells can be used under water?" "Why is it impossible to fish up the things you accidentally tossed into the water?"
In 2010, a contest was held in which Tibians were asked to explain some of these Tibian mysteries, Tibian phenomena. Here are the stories that originated from this contest:
In 2010, a contest was held in which Tibians were asked to explain some of these Tibian mysteries, Tibian phenomena. Here are the stories that originated from this contest:
|Why there are many possibilities to take a seat in tibia but obviously no tibian is able to sit down?
By Sephirot
Did you ever wondered why tibians never take a seat? There are beautiful places all around tibia furnished with comfortable benches to enjoy the enviroment but nobody ever sits there. The average tibian is standing on the backrest of the chairs, benches or thrones instead of simply having a relaxing seat. Luckily tibias joiners are skilled people who only fabricate seats with solid backrests that almost never break!
But why is it so?
It seems natural that tibians stand on the backrests of their seats to be taller and look further or have a better look on anything. But why a wounded warrior or an exhausted magician would prefere climbing on the backseat to having a relaxing and bracing seat on one of tibias extraordinary solid chairs?
I fear there is another reason and we have to go more into detail.
The answer to our question is connected to another tibian phenomenon. Did you ever wondered that tibian's outfits are not equal to the clothes they wear? I remember when I met a beautiful green hairy girl with a pretty purple dress and a light red hat... She immediatly casted a spell over me. But when I came closer to touch her cute red hat, I was completly shocked. The cute red hat turned out to be a rustier steel helmet. Later I also found out that her pruple dress was only a plate armor...failure .
Well better save than sorry I guess.
To sum up, tibians do not know what clothes other tibians wear. You will understand this is a real mess to all those who are trying to esimate the armory of their opponents. The tibians are kind of cruel. Practically they fight each other all the time and they are often depending on an evaluation of their next enemy.
The tibians had to find way to figure out whether their opponents are wearing powerful equipments.
The solution was to check if someone was having a seat. You need to know that tibians who wear strong leg guards like brass legs, plate legs, knight legs, crown legs or golden legs are not able to sit because these armors do not have knee joints. It feels as your legs are sticked together with a massive wood lath - no freedom of leg movement at all. Warriors and magicians using these strong armory are fated to always stand.
So primarily the cruel tibians attacked seaters because they did not expected them wearing strong equipment. And actually they were right. Weaker tibians suffered alot and searched themself for an option to prevent themself from being recognized.
The solution was easy. They simply started standing on the backrests aswell. That way nobody could lurk behind a corner and recognize weak targets.
So the reason all tibians are standing on the backrests is that a few can't sit because they wear heavy armory without knee joints and the others just fake it to not get jumped.
Fake it until you make it!
|The Stork is a Lie! or "Where creatures come from and why the appear as if by magic"
By Lycant
We have all been there - ever since we first ventured into the cavey depths of Rookgaard. You bravely venture forth, killing all that stands in your way and claiming their dying essence as your own to strengthen yourself and your abilities. Then, you decide it's time to head back, sell some goodies and get some well-deserved R&R when... Holy Banor!! They are all back from the dead! Every rat, bug, dragon, necromancer and minotaur you killed has seemingly revived and is now blocking your way back.
Did they revive? "No..." you tell yourself, "...for I can still see their corpses littered around my feet, slowly decaying into nothingness".
Are they illusions? "No..." you tell yourself, "...for that orcs' spear is now embedded in my skull and it definitely hurts!".
So where in Hellgate did they come from? They were not hiding, they were not buried underground, a giant stork did not drop them off (I'm pretty sure rotworms would eat any stork that came close to them) and they didn't grow from the ground.
Ancient literature would have us believe that Tibian creatures (and by creatures, I mean every living thing that is not a non-carnivorous plant) is born and grown. This is of course, a fallacy. Sure, we have all seen dragon hatchlings and several other "young" versions of more formidable foes. Have you ever seen a dragon hatch though? Or grow into a fully fledged one? How about water elementals - ever seen one turn into a great water elemental? Or a spider turn into a giant spider? Or a rotworm turn into a carrion worm?
You may think that these are simply events that we have not had the luck to witness... but I know (and so do all of you) that some of us make a living out of hunting these creatures day and night. If someone hunts dragons all day every day then surely they would witness a dragon hatch. And let's not even go into how we see fully-grown dragons appear from nowhere without being hatchlings or even eggs first.
No, my fellows. The reality of how creatures persistently inhabit and return to endlessly provide us hunting sport (and mortal danger) is much simpler.
Every creature in Tibia is in fact... a Zombie Ghost from Another World! Aeons ago, when the land was inhabited by real creatures - identical to those we face now - Tibia was invaded by a race of Zombie Ghosts from Another World, criminals exiled from their home planet. Attracted by the Manasphere surrounding Tibia, they annihilated the real population and took over their appearances and abilities. As long as the Manasphere persists, so will the Zombie Ghosts from Another Planet - endlessly reforming the world around them to take the physical form of their doomed hosts. Abandoning the bodies when they are no longer able to sustain 'life' - the Zombie Ghosts from Another Planet create 'life' around themselves once more - appearing as the original creatures once did.
Have you ever wondered why the creature population in our beloved Tibia always remains static? No matter how long we neglect to hunt Behemoths, there will always be a maximum amount of Behemoths in their caves. This is because the Zombie Ghosts from Another Planet are all male (hence more likely to become criminals, explaining their exile from their home planet) and therefore, will never reproduce.
So now you know the truth behind the creatures of our world. Go forth and hunt them, save in the knowledge that they are not and will never be 'real' and are therefore soulless and Evil Beyond Measure (which is why they always want to kill us). And remember - they are doomed to come back again and again. So next time you have despatched the latest batch of banshees - watch your back - for the Zombie Ghosts from Another Planet will appear behind you and try to bite your head off.
Lycant - creating conspiracy theories for the past 7 years!
|How comes one can put several full backpacks in a single bag?
By Dragonnet van Cookie
Have you ever dreamt of having super abilities, like flying or jumping? A little something that, even if not world changing, would still represent something typical to yourself? Truth be said, you already have one. Actually, not just one, plenty. It is typical of human greed to forget about the various gifts we already possess, and keep on aiming for other ones. Indeed, can only be magic something one still does not own and understand. Why else wouldn't so called magicians tell their tricks? (err, apart from money?) The magic would just vanish! Be sure to be ready to have part of a mystery uncovered before reading further.
Being able to distort space at will in bags and various containers is one of those powers Tibians just take for granted, denying the magic lying within. They find it perfectly normal to be able to drag and drop backpacks several thousand oz heavy as if it were nothing... and yet many people wouldn't be able to actually carry them. It might be one of the most widely accepted paradoxes in the world of Tibia.
Now, on to the explanation as to why one is able to put containers into other containers as many times as one wants (1). Why? They were all enchanted with mighty spells at their making; each of them is an open door to a small dimension of its own. Had you ever wondered why even the simplest bag, which would seem to be of simple crafting, could never be made by the average Tibian? Only the finest wizards could hazard themselves at such experiments. Indeed, creating a dimension is not for dummies (even with instruction books).
Then, you could rightfully react and ask why, despite the obvious difficulty in making containers, they are so numerous nowadays. The reason, as often with popularisation of an item, is in the decreasing effort needed to make, upkeep and use bags. Whilst in the past only the best among the best could think of withholding a virtual space with their raw power, the technique was improved till it was reasonably costly; not so much to make but to preserve. Now, the charge of containing the permanent pressure from Zathroth willing to collapse new plans of existence lies no longer with the crafter, but with the user.
Do you now start to understand? Putting an item in your backpack will only be possible for as long as your body is able to sustain the spell! This ability increases with age and physical condition. Obviously, mages and paladins are advantaged in the use of bags. However, the vast majority of them keep their mana for different uses. Practically, only knights can afford using most of their energy into it, hence their legendary capacity.
Shouldn't putting a bag into another just double the effort then, considering one should keep a dimension larger than the other to contain the latter? No: storing a backpack in another is only storing the key, not the content! However, the cost of both remains yours to pay.
When a bag is put on the floor, it has no user of its own. It drains the mana it needs from Tibia itself, hence explaining why they can hold inhuman weights... and why Nature sometimes wipes them out to preserve its energies! This phenomenom is often called "floor reset" by those who don't comprehend it.
Nothing is ever free! If you don't use a backpack, please destroy it and do not let it leak mana from the world on the floor, serving no purpose!
This was a message from the CABF, the Committee Against Backpacks on the Floor.
(1): some containers actually can't be stored in other containers, as they are too big to get into the opening in the first place
|Swimming - a dangerous pastime!
By Green-dragon
Ever seen those shark fins circling around the swimming areas? Ever wondered why you can't swim outside swimming areas? I can tell you this much: it's not the sharks!
Pretty much by accident, I stumbled upon some very secret information that most rulers would like to keep a secret. Even though I probably risk my life by revealing this information, I think you all have the right to hear it.
Back in the days when the human race was still young, it was already very common to throw your items into the water by accident. People were unaware of how to swim and were afraid of the deep water, though, so they never tried to retrieve their items, no matter how valuable. Ever since the Tibians invented swimming, though, people have tried to use it to regain their items... and where there's items or gold, there's competition.
The merchants of Venore thought of an evil scheme to keep people from regaining their long-lost items. They hired some talented swimmers and strapped some triangular pieces of grey wood onto their backs. People soon assumed that the triangles must be some kind of unknown seamonsters: sharks. This also explains why you will never see a shark when diving with a helmet of the deep - they simply do not exist.
Of course, the bright elves from Ab'dendriel soon figured out that there was something fishy about these so-called "sharks". They traced the idea back to its roots and found out about the merchants of venore, yet they did not reveal that to anyone else. Why? As long as the elves have lived in Ab'dendriel, they have been at war with the orcs that live east of their town. Even though the elven city is well-protected on land, it would be extremely easy for the orcs to invade from the waterside. Therefore, it was extremely important to them to keep this secret hidden from the orcs until they can grow defensive trees on the waterside. They thought it would only take a short time to grow these trees with the help of elven magic, but the elven magicians were soon forced to travel to the plains now commonly known as the Plains of Havoc to fight the forces of evil. Even though many are still alive today, only a few kept their sanity and returned to Ab'dendriel, where constant invasions prevent them from using their magic for growing the trees.
The women of Carlin would definitely have found out about the Venorean scheme, if it hadn't been for their fear of water. For ages, Carlin has had very tight bonds with the city of Northport, where the famous seamonster roams the seas. Marlene has convinced every single citizen of Carlin that the seamonster would eat them if they ever came too close to water (which is why you won't find any swimming areas near Carlin). I've yet to find out if Marlene speaks the truth, or is hired by another party.
The king of Thais had a different reason not to tell anyone about the shark tales. Very soon after the "sharks" first appeared, the infiltrants in the AVIN (working for the TBI) informed the king of these events. However, one thing that has to be noted about King Tibianus is that he is very greedy.
He thought of two advantages he would gain by not telling anyone: first, people from Rookgaard would only take the official boat on the Island of Destiny to leave (and as we all know, the king takes all gold that exceeds the limit of 2000 gold pieces). Secondly, if Rookgaardians could swim to Thais, he would have to invest a lot in making the cities secure for these underaged citizens. The fact that the Venoreans funded the whole plan was no problem to him either, for some reason he didn't mind his arch enemies spending their cash on something as weird as shark fins.
At first glance, the dwarves of Kazordoon would have no reason to keep this a secret. Revealing the secret would only discredit all the other cities and make more merchants come to Kazordoon instead. Still, the dwarves had their own secrets that they would not want to have revealed. Currently, the dwarves have the monopoly on the underground rivers and steamboats - they want to keep it that way. Even the underground rivers have several entrances, many of them hidden among the otherwise unreachable shoreline. If people went out swimming, they might discover these entrances and thus threaten the dwarven monopoly.
As for the other cities, it is commonly known that they are all colonies of the original cities on Tibia's mainland. They would not dare risk their relationships with their hometowns and thus lose all trading privileges.
So, next time you drop your items into the water, don't be discouraged so easily. Just make sure that no one sees you before you jump into the water, else you might end up jailed or even banished from all the cities!


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Two Gamelan Gigs
I am sufficiently acculturalised to enjoy a lot of Indonesian 'traditional' music, although I particularly enjoy those forms which have absorbed influences from elsewhere.
Culture is not static, although here in Indonesia what most tourists generally get to see are museum artefacts, a resemblance of those performed 'in-house' by members of particular ethnic and/or familial groups.
Due to my familial and cultural background as well as my musical journey through life, I have a particular penchant for 'ethno-jazz', so albums by Indonesian groups from Krakatau to Java Jazz (not this one) to simakDialog and Tohpati's Ethnomission get a regular airing in Jakartass Towers.
A few weeks back I spent four nights in Bali accompanying Son No.1 as he 'inspected' various luxury hotels and resorts for potential inclusion in the brochure of his travel company. Our last night was spent in Ubud and we ended up in an excellent restaurant, Bumbu Bali. This is opposite the palace which was crowded with tourist witnessing royal dances accompanied by the court gamelan orchestra.
There is no better way to enjoy a fine meal in Bali than with the sounds of a live, rather than canned, gamelan performance wafting over the warm breeze…
Last night, along with gamelan and volcano climbing aficionado Dan Q., I trundled up to Gedung Kesenian (the Jakarta Arts House), for a performance by Sambasunda which was part of the Festival Musik Indonesia. Formed in 1995, the group is lead by Ismet Ruchimat "who started his career in 1989 in Gugum Gumbira's famous Jugala Orchestra and has appeared on a number of international recording projects: with Spanish percussionist Vidal Paz ("Sunda-Africa", Globestyle); Indian flautist, Hariprasad Chaurasia ("Moon Magic", BMG India); the Madagascan group, Tarika ("Soul Makassar", Sakay); and on the Kartini label with Sabah Habas Mustapha & the Jugala Allstars ("Jalan Kopo" and "So La Li")".
This was to be the first time that I was to both hear and see the group, though I've had a couple of their CDs for nigh on ten years. I also have a couple of 'bootleg' recordings from their gigs in Chichester, UK, back in 2002 and 2003. These I passed on to Pak Ismet shortly before the ensemble took to the stage.
Gedung Kesenian is a beautiful Dutch building, comfortable, although the air conditioning always seems to be set too low. It is one of my favourite venues of all those I've been in down the years. What we weren't prepared for was the incredibly sparse audience; From our vantage point in the centre seats of the front row of the balcony we counted just 49 folk, maybe five of whom were westerners like us – and as many as nine at any one time had their mobile phones lit up. With Sambasunda's 17 – count 'em – musicians, along with Gugum Gumbira's daughter, Rita Tilla, as 'lead singer' and three dancers, and with 20 or so staff and technicians, the audience was nearly outnumbered. That doesn't say much for my advertising potential nor that of the Jakarta Post which contributed just two lines in yesterday's issue.
What I also wasn't prepared for was the incredible drive generated by the gamelan instruments over which, in some of the compositions, Rita Tilla sang, but not as a western pop singer would. I don't understand a word of Sundanese, but judguing from her dancing, she sang about the familiar themes of love and betrayal.
I can say little about their music which isn't said here, but I heard enough of their "pulsating wall of sound that shakes the foundations of their tradition to the core, [emerging] with a spellbinding, at times wistful, and highly original blend of music both vocal and instrumental" to want more.
It is traditional music for urbanites, so I wanted to know where they were. As we left, I asked the lass I chat to on my increasingly frequent visits to Gedung Kesenian why more folk hadn't come.
She told me that they preferred western music.
Shame, I thought, and something the character instillers should take note of.


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'Downton Abbey': Maggie Smith (Still) Gets The Final Laugh In First Trailer — Watch
Talk about bittersweet. We just got our first look at the final season of 'Downton Abbey' in this new trailer. I have a feeling tissues will be needed. Watch!
Season six of Downton Abbey picks up six months later. In the trailer, which is the first look we've seen of the show, coming back in January, we see Lady Edith (Laura Carmichael) working to start a new life. However, we're still most excited about those comebacks coming from the mouth of Dowager Countess (Maggie Smith).
Dowager Countess definitely gets the last word. In the trailer, she's seen butting heads with Isobel Crawley (Penelope Wilton). "So you want to protect your power at the expense of the patients? I want to protect the patients at the expense of my power," Isobel says. The Dowager's response? "Then may the best man win."
The show, which is coming to an end this season, could possibly get a movie eventually. There are no plans at the moment, but EP Gareth Neame did say "it would be great fun to do." As for ending the show now, well he thinks it's the right move right now.
The End Of Downton
"Our feeling is that it's good to quit while you're ahead," Gareth said during a conference call earlier this year. "We feel the show is in incredibly strong shape, the scripts that we're working on for the upcoming season are fantastic and the show is so popular globally. But the danger with this sort of thing is to let it go on forever."
Maggie Smith informed the public she wouldn't be returning, even if the show had continued. "They say this is the last one, and I can't see how it could go on," the actress, 80, told The Sunday Times. "I mean, I certainly can't keep going… To my knowledge, [my character] must be 110 by now. We're into the late 1920s."
Downton Abbey returns Jan. 3 at 9 p.m. ET on PBS. Are you excited? Do you think the trailer looks good? Let us know all your thoughts!
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Spencer on Xbox One X: "It's Not For Everybody"
- by Amanda Heroux
- in Science
- — Oct 12, 2017
Yesterday Xbox Live went down which locked out nearly all users immediately from some of the main function of the console like streaming or multiplayer all the while Microsoft seemed to be having trouble with its official support pages too.
Speaking at the Brazil Game Show with Gamespot, Phil Spencer confirmed they're talking with Sony all the time about cross-play; however, the Japanese company doesn't seem like it will concede to the idea.
However, while a lot of Xbox One's leading titles in the past have been exclusives strictly for a year or less - with Rise Of The Tomb Raider being the most prominent example - there are a few games that will never find themselves on the stacked plates of candies for PlayStation 4 owners. That reason is not going to go away. I don't think everybody is taking that same approach to the ecosystem.
Microsoft mentioned that they will have a collection that will be revealed later, although players should not expect as many backward compatible games of the Xbox 360. "They've been great supporters and we continue to collaborate with them", he said.
"The relationship with Nintendo on this front has been strong".
The Xbox One X has been described by Microsoft as the first "true 4K" console, with the company having spent the past 12 months putting all of its marketing weight on it and neglecting to release any major exclusives in the process. With Minecraft on PlayStation, we have to be one of the biggest games on their platform in terms of sales and gameplay. "Their number one form of entertainment, and we want to give them the very best experience". What are your thoughts?


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SIKKIM: Gangtok show for Prashant film – India premiere to be in sikkim
Posted by Ram Kumar Shrestha on July 31, 2011
Gangtok, July 29: Prashant Tamang's third Nepali film Kina Maya Ma will premiere in India with a screening
in Gangtok on August 27.
Gangtok-based filmmaker Chunnilal Ghimire said the premiere would be at Vajra cinema hall. "After the movie runs in Gangtok for some time, we will take it to Darjeeling and Kalimpong for screening," said Ghimire. This is the first feature film of Channel Ace Productions run by Ghimire.
Although a love story, the film has references to the Gorkhaland movement in Darjeeling, the hometown of Indian Idol 3 winner Prashant, who plays the lead role.
If Sony's talent hunt through the music reality show launched Prashant as a singer four years ago, it also sowed the seeds of a new party that now controls the Darjeeling hills.
In 2007, the Gorkha Janmukti Morcha was born after its president Bimal Gurung cashed in on the strong anti-Subash Ghisinghsentiment that swept through the hills during the campaign to help Prashant win the contest.
The GNLF chief had refused to publicly back Prashant even as the entire Gorkha community in Bengal and across the country put its collective might behind the singer.
Prashant won the September 2007 contest and bagged a Rs 1-crore music contract with Sony.
In Kina Maya Ma (why in love), Prashant is a singer from Nepal who falls in love with a girl from Sikkim. According to the director, in the film, Prashant gets stranded in Sikkim while returning to Nepal because of a "strike" in the neighbouring hills, a reference to Darjeeling and the statehood agitation there.
A dialogue then follows: "The people from Darjeeling and the Indian Gorkha community should get justice as it is a century-year old demand."
Prashant has two more Nepali feature films to his credit Gorkha Paltan and Angalo Yo Mayo Ko.
But the Kina Maya Ma director feels that Prashant has a long way to go before the audience accepts him as an actor rather than a singer.
"He is a singer in real life and plays the singer in the film. But he has not sung in the film as he was out in Europe during the recording. This is his third film and his acting skills have matured. He can act but people still see him as a singer," Ghimire said.
He said Kina Maya had attracted good response in Nepal. "We expect even better response from Sikkim and Darjeeling," he said.
The filmmaker argued that people here should not compare the Nepali films produced in Sikkim or elsewhere with those of Bollywood.
"Our films are made on a humble budget. Kina Maya had a budget of Rs 58 lakh. If the Nepali-speaking community doesn't want their movies then who will watch the Nepali language movies? Just coming to the movie hall will encourage the local artistes and technicians," he said.


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Riches of the forest: for health, life and spirit in Africa
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Lopez, C., Shanley, P., eds. 2004. Riches of the forest: for health, life and spirit in Africa . Bogor, Indonesia, CIFOR. 115p.; ill. ISBN: 979-3361-36-0..
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This volume brings to life 19 case studies featuring forest plants and animals. The botanical cases are presented according to the main part of the plant being used - the fruit, bark, roots or wood. Sometimes the plants have multiple uses, or different cultures may use the same part of a particular plant in different ways. Animals and animal products that require forest habitat are also critical for rural livelihoods, and are represented in this volume by bush meat and weevil larvae. In each case, the contributors describe the main characteristics of the forest product, its historical usage, harvesting and management, and how it is processed and traded. In closing, each author comments briefly on trends and current issues regarding the resource. The final chapter reviews common themes and lessons that can be drawn from these cases.
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A recent Bank of America research report warned investors to "tread lightly" in global markets. The pattern and longer-term indicators suggest selling into rallies.
Analyst Stephen Suttmeier said the S&P 500 has not decisively broken down but the risk remains for a distribution top that goes back nearly two years. Should the S&P 500 "Generals" follow the weakness in the Value Line, NYSE, Russell 2000 and S&P Midcap 400 "Troops," there is risk below 1,8121,810 toward 1,730 (38.2 percent of the 20112015 rally), and then 1,6001,575.
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"We would view this as a cyclical correction of a larger secular bull trend or a bullish retest of the secular breakout," Suttmeier wrote in a note to clients.
Related Link: How The U.S. Can Avoid Recession
Meanwhile, the Dow Theory sell signal in late august was reconfirmed on February 11. Monthly MACD sell signal last March and the first weekly MACD sell signal below zero since 2008 in early January. Bullish daily MACD & VXV/VIX support a tactical bounce.
"A rise off extreme lows for net free credit (free credit balances in cash and margin accounts net of the debit balance in margin accounts) could exacerbate an equity market sell-off," Suttmeier said.
The high yield market remains a risk with the U.S. high yield index in a weaker pattern than the S&P 500. Growth weakening is relative to value for large caps, small caps, and MSCI ACWI. Relative breakdowns for FANG (Facebook Inc (NASDAQ:FB), Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN), Netflix, Inc. (NASDAQ:NFLX), Google/Alphabet Inc (NASDAQ:GOOGL) (NASDAQ:GOOG)) and NASDAQ 100 leadership suggest that "Generals" have begun to follow the "Troops."
The analyst said bearish January barometer and the S&P500 is not following the normally bullish seasonal periods of NovemberJanuary and NovemberApril.
The 2016 is a presidential election year. The average return for an election year with a non-first-term president is -3.2 percent vs. 14.1 percent in an election year with a first-term president and 7.6 percent for all presidential election years.
On the Europe DM, the analyst said tactical rallies within weak trends. Big resistances are at 2,9703,055 on STOXX 50 and near 350 on STOXX 600.
In Asia-Pacific, Japan is losing leadership status vs. MSCI ACWI ex-US, which is a bearish sign. Big resistance on tactically rallies for the Nikkei 225 comes in at 17,09917,905. The secular bull market breakout for Japan is under pressure. Hong Kong and Singapore stabilize within weak trends.
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This smoothie is so bomb. I admit that I've never put yogurt in a smoothie so I was pleasantly surprised how this turned out!
Here is the recipe:
🔻 3 cups seedless watermelon chunks (freeze in small 1 inch cubes on a baking tray in freezer for 1 hour)
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Published by I-Universe publishers, 150 pages(+/-), 24 illustrations, and one X-ray of a painless injury. Illustrations include portrayals of picture thoughts, and my first autism Text Books (cartoon books I adapted) .
Please Note : I asked for all kinds of help in writing this and those in Autism Circles refused to help. I'm and autistic auto mechanic, inventor and not a author-but I (we) have message that needed told no matter what. The book doesn't flow perfectly,but it was best I could do considering all. Still it is filled with Autism Insight and is several levels above the stuff Temple Grandin wrote about. The book is non-profit, written and published for the good of the community. One of our goals is to hold the worlds first ever picture thinkers conference. (unite all of those in our Anthropology for a person to person meeting)
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After talking to a mother on the bladder exstrophy boards about how my husband and I could get Neylan down to Maryland to see Dr. Gearhart, WE HAVE TAKEN THE PLUNGE!
I contacted Dr. Gearhart and his secretary about him seeing Neylan. He's going to do the consult FREE OF CHARGE in his office so we don't need to pay Johns Hopkins for use of the clinic. The only thing that we are trying to do now is gather up the money to make such a trip. Abbie has been selling some of his silver and electronics, but that is not going to even begin to cover it.
If you would like to help out, you can by going to the link below. Anything that you donate will be greatly appreciated, but we also ask for your prayers as there is so much more that goes into this.
We only want the best for our son. His condition is so rare that even BOSTON CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL has done only 60 bladder neck repairs (according to a friend in the BE group), where as the doctor we want him to see has done over 1,000 and his rate of success is so much higher than Children's (heard from another friend whose child had a failed repair at BCH and had her daughter transferred to Johns Hopkins).
PLEASE PRAY ALONG WITH US that God will work a miracle and that my child will be able to have his major surgeries done in MD.
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All Fedora Extras packages that have been accepted by reviewers should block
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Hey ya'll,
This is to let everyone know that the BBSA Council will be hosting three Author Q&A Nights the weekend of the BBSA Awards Ceremony.
As most of you probably already know, the BBSA Awards Ceremony is on Saturday, May 11, 2002 at 3pm Eastern Daylight Time.
What is an Author Q&A Night you ask? Well, it's your opportunity to meet with you favorite author and ask them any questions you might have about their story. Each night we will schedule one author to come and answer your questions. If this proves to be a popular event, and we're hoping that it will be, we will schedule more Q&A Nights and possibly even have more then one author per night.
Anyway, here's the information:
Kyriel, the co-author of "The One", will be answering questions on Friday, May 10, 2002 at 7pm Eastern Daylight Time.
DLC, the author of "Life is What You Make of It" and "Coming Home Again", will be answering questions on Saturday, May 11, 2002 at 5:30 Eastern Daylight Time. Please note that this Q&A period may start a little later then scheduled, should the BBSA Awards Ceremony run a little longer then planned.
ND, the author of "Nick and Ashley" and "Josh's Heart", will be answering questions on Sunday, May 12, 2002 at 7pm Eastern Daylight Time.
If your favorite author isn't scheduled, email them and tell them that you'd like them to do this. We can always schedule more Q&A Nights in the future.
The Q&A will take place in the #boybands chat room. During the Q&A period the room will be set to +m, meaning that only the ops, the scheduled author, and those voiced will be able to talk. General conversation is moved to #boybands2 during the Q&A, as those of you who have been to a previous BBSA Awards Ceremony already know. If you have a question for the scheduled author, make that known in #boybands2 and have your question ready so that when you're voiced, you can ask it as quickly as possible, so that we can get to as many questions as we can.
You will be allowed to ask one question at a time, and after your question is asked, you will be devoiced, and then the author will answer it. If you have another question, make that known in #boybands2 and we will voice you again, after anyone else who is ahead of you in line to ask a question asks their question. So if there's four people ahead of you, they will get to ask their questions first, and then you can ask yours.
Any questions can be sent to me at firstname.lastname@example.com.
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"Women in the US military are being raped and sexually assaulted by their colleagues in record numbers. An estimated 26,000 rapes and sexual assaults took place in the military in 2012, the last year that statistic is available; only 1 in 7 victims reported their attacks, and just 1 in 10 of those cases went to trial."
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July 26th, 3:00 – 6:00 Clifton School Pool Party Your PTA is planning a day out at the SAAC Pool on Emory University's Campus! Grab your best beach towels and circle Sunday, July 26th on your family's calendar. From 3:00 – 6:00 p.m., the PTA will be hosting a FREE summer pool party for all Clifton School families. We have reserved both the upper and lower terraces for The Clifton School and we will have non-exclusive use of all of the pools! There are beach chairs surrounding the pools as well (although not reserved for us but, given that this is post-graduation, we should have plenty of room). This event was a great success last year and we're excited about hosting it again this summer. Keep your fingers crossed for good weather (the event will be rain-or-shine, but swimming pools are always more fun with sunshine). Bring a snack and come enjoy the fun with other friends, parents and teachers from The Clifton School! Free Parking in the Starvine Parking Deck!
Learn how to recognize and treat breathing and cardiac emergencies common to infant and children. Learn how to clear airway obstructions on a chocking baby or a child and learn when to perform CPR. Register to participate in our infant/child CPR class Clifton site : July 22, 4-6pm (404-636-4073 to register) Clairmont site: July 29, 4-6pm (404-315-6340 to register) The cost of the class is $20.00 ( to cover cost of instructor and CPR card) SPACE IS LIMITED!
Summer camp registration is open for the Clifton & Emory Community All summer camp space is on a first come first serve basis. please see the summer camp page for additional information. 2015 Senior Camp Brochure (ages 6-9) 2015 Junior Camp Brochure (ages 4-5)
Feb 4th at 4:30 – 5:30 PM – Clairmont Campus. If you would like to call in, please use info: 1-857-232-0300, Participant Access Code: 1476792
Please Join us on Thursday, Dec 11, 2014 from 4:00 -6:00 p.m at both the Clairmont Campus and Clifton Road Campus Explore and learn about "SOCIAL EMOTIONAL DEVELOPMENT" in early childhood.
Make plans to join us for Spirit Night at Uncle Maddio's Pizza at Toco Hills on Wednesday Nov 19th, 5-8 PM. A portion of every dollar you spend will go back to The Clifton School! http://www.unclemaddios.com/atlanta-toco-hills/
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Join us on Saturday, October 25th from 10:00 am – 1:00 pm at the Clairmont Campus parking lot for Harvest Festival 2014! Please email the PTA (firstname.lastname@example.com) with your classroom booth activity selection. Or, let us know if you need ideas! Volunteer to help out here.
On 10/2/14 7:00 PM , come meet other Clifton School moms for a relaxing night out at Harbour House Pub in Decatur. We'll have live music, Bocce Ball, a great menu with vegetarian options, and refreshing drinks! RSVP: http://www.evite.com/l/VUyzJexVAJ
Dear Fellow Parent, Please join us at Burger Fi at Emory Point this Thursday, the 7th anytime from 4:30 pm – 8 pm for this school year's first Spirit Night! A portion of all proceeds will come back to the PTA for school improvements, so please take advantage of this opportunity to help improve your child's school while eating yummy food! It's a win-win! Hope to see you there! – www.burgerfi.com
The Scholastic Book Fair is scheduled to be at both the Clifton and Clairmont sites on July 14 – July 18th . http://bookfairs.scholastic.com/homepage/clifton
Thanks to all the parents, PTA board members, teachers and staff for participating in the 2014 Auction – it was a great success! Check out the fun photos below…
Kindergarten Transition 2015
Please take note of the following dates: • Pre-k and Kindergarten information session Wednesday, April 16, 2014 @ 5 PM • Orientation for the new school year: Clifton/Clairmont Saturday, May 3, 2014 @ 9 AM • Closed for Move-up and staff training May 26 -30, 2014
Please join us on the first Friday of every month for coffee and conversation from 7:30 a.m. to 9:00 a.m. in the lobby.


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Inaugural Teachers of Color Summit Set for February 2017 in Richmond
Virginia Education Association will host its inaugural Teachers of Color Summit, February 16-18, 2017. This 3-day convocation of students, teacher educators, K-12 and postsecondary administrators, retired educators, human resources personnel, community organizations and policymakers will engage participants in a variety of discussions on topics related to recruitment and retention of teachers of color. (View conference schedule)
The target audience for this 3 day summit includes but is not limited to pre-service and in-service educators, k-12 and postsecondary administrators, retired educators, human resources personnel, community organizations and policymakers. We also welcome exhibitors. Exhibitors, check out our invitation to exhibit, program book advertising guidelines, and vendor agreement.
Summit activities will include: panel discussions, a keynote presentation "History and Heritage" luncheon, historical and educational exhibits, vendors and workshop breakout sessions.
The summit is sponsored, in part, by the Virginia Department of Education and is a part of a yearlong commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the merger of the Virginia Teachers Association and the Virginia Education Association.
Invited guests include Ms. Jahana Hayes, 2016 National Teacher of the Year, The Honorable Terrence R. McAuliffe, Governor, Commonwealth of Virginia, The Honorable Deitra Y. Trent, Secretary of Education, Commonwealth of Virginia, Dr. Toney L. McNair, 2017 Teacher of the Year and others.
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(Reuters) - U.S. weapons maker Raytheon Co's (RTN.N) chief financial officer said he was "really excited" about the strength of international orders, after the maker of Tomahawk and Amraam missiles reported better-than-expected quarterly sales on Thursday.
Raytheon's bookings rose 4.1 percent in the first quarter, partly due to a $769 million order for its Patriot missiles from South Korea. Orders had fallen 5.4 percent in the fourth quarter.
"We're really excited about the orders and international strength that we're seeing in the first quarter and shortly after," Chief Financial Officer Toby O'Brien told Reuters.
Raytheon booked a $2 billion order for its Patriot missiles from Saudi Arabia in the current quarter. The company has also been selected to sell the missiles to Poland, with bookings expected toward the back half of 2016, according to O'Brien.
"We're pleased to see Raytheon making progress in closing on defense export opportunities, with the Saudi win being particularly significant," RBC Capital Markets analyst Robert Stallard said.
U.S. arms makers have increased sales to international markets and boosted their cybersecurity businesses to offset slowing sales to the military.
O'Brien said international bookings were expected to make up 30-35 percent of total orders in 2015 and that the company was "probably a little bit more biased to the high end at this point."
International bookings accounted for 34 percent of total first-quarter orders.
Raytheon said on Monday that it would buy network security company Websense Inc, adding more than 20,000 commercial customers to its government clients at a time when data breaches are surging.
Larger rival Lockheed Martin Corp (LMT.N), which is also increasing focus on its commercial cybersecurity business, reported a 6 percent fall in quarterly profit on Tuesday.
Net income attributable to Raytheon fell to $551 million, or $1.79 per share, in the first quarter ended March 29, from $596 million, or $1.89 per share a year earlier.
On an adjusted basis, the company earned $1.26 per share.
Revenue fell 4 percent to $5.29 billion from $5.51 billion a year earlier. Analysts on average expected revenue of $5.22 billion, according to Thomson Reuters I/B/E/S.
Raytheon's shares were up 1.1 percent at $110.90 in premarket trading.
Up to Wednesday's close of $109.65, the stock had risen 9.4 percent in the past 12 months, slightly less than the 10.6 percent rise in the Dow Jones U.S. Aerospace and Defense index .DJUSAE.
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Pyongyang calls latest medium-range missile test a 'prelude to containing Guam'
"This ballistic rocket launch drill… is the first step in military operations on the Pacific Ocean conducted by our troops and will be a meaningful prelude to containing Guam Island," the North's official KCNA news agency quoted Kim as saying.
Pyongyang claimed the intermediate-range missile landed in a designated area and never posed any threat to neighboring countries. It also praised the test as proof of its full "combat performance" and "strategic capability."
The missile launch was also a "prelude to decisive countermeasures against joint military exercises," should Washington's "belligerent aggression" continue, the statement added.
On Tuesday, North Korea launched a missile which passed through Japan's northern airspace and triggered a barrage of criticism from the international community.
The rocket flew an estimated 2,700 kilometers, which indicates that Pyongyang's threat to fire missiles toward the US Pacific territory of Guam was not a bluff, warned Konstantin Kosachev, head of the Foreign Affairs Committee in the Russian Federation Council.
Earlier, Pyongyang threatened to "contain Guam" by launching several missiles into waters some 30-40 kilometers off the island in order to demonstrate its technical capabilities to strike US bases there. The threat prompted US president Donald Trump to warn the North that it would face American "fire and fury" if its actions posed any danger to the United States.
"All options are on the table," Trump said on Tuesday, after discussing North Korea's threatening and destabilizing actions with regional partners in Seoul and Tokyo. Trump concluded that pressure on Pyongyang should further be ramped up.
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Military life isn't easy on families. There can be exciting moments of adventure and anticipation, but there's also hard moments every family experiences. It can be hard to be away from home for long periods of time, and on the flipside, it can be hard to raise a family without your spouse there every day. Some families may ask themselves if it's worth the amount of sacrifice and dedication it takes to serve their country. To Mark and April Sutton, of Idaho Falls, it's worth everything to secure the freedom their family enjoys every day.
Cpt. Mark Sutton of the 1st of the 148th Field Artillery Regiment has been serving in the United States Armed Forces for more than 25 years, has been a captain for five years and is also acting as a fire support officer. Mark has served in several different positions and has worn many different hats throughout his service. He has served as an enlisted man, from private to staff sergeant, and now serves as a commissioned officer. "It's an honor to serve," Mark said. "It's a duty that we add to the efforts of our founding fathers. I have enjoyed serving in all of the different capacities."
During his service, Mark has been deployed twice — both times to Iraq. While some days in Iraq were difficult, Mark said there were other days that were not so difficult. This opened his eyes to a whole new world. "Iraq is actually pretty beautiful and many of the people have good in them," Mark said. "If you look into their eyes you can learn from them." Mark said these kinds of experiences touched his heart.
The first time Mark was deployed to Iraq he and April were newly married, which April says didn't affect their relationship too much because she was working full time and there were no children at home. It wasn't until a few years later when it was really hard for Mark and his family. "The second time I was deployed we had our two oldest daughters and another one on the way," Mark said. "I missed that birth and didn't meet our new daughter until she was almost eight months old. It was extremely hard for me to leave my family then."
Mark said while he has made plenty of sacrifices for both his country and his family, he said April and his children have made the most sacrifices. "It's my wife and daughters that really suffer when I'm gone," Mark said. "It can be a scary thing to be in the war zone, but they have always supported me."
April has stood beside Mark from the very beginning, and said even though having him be away from home can be hard, his service is important to her and their family. "You have to have the right mentality," April said. "The biggest thing is serving our country, and the best thing I can do as his wife is support him." Not only is Mark a dedicated serviceman and local hero, but he is also a wonderful father to his four little girls and infant son.
When he's home between trainings and from other things that keep him away, he spends every moment he can with his family and makes those moments count. "Whenever he comes home, the girls run to him with arms wide open," April said. "He takes them on dates even if it's just to the hardware store."
When Mark is home in Idaho Falls, he also works as a project manager for Wind River Construction, the company building the new event center at Snake River Landing where the Melaleuca Freedom Celebration will take place this year. Mark stays busy with work and military responsibilities, but when it comes down to it, Mark said his family is what matters most, and he serves to protect them and the country he loves.


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I've also seen them being flogged off on the cheap in those dodgy value shops which you get, which is the biscuit equivalent of going on the game or something.
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Last week, in a 54-page decision, a three-judge Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division, upheld the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection's (NJDEP's) Waiver Rule. In its decision, the Appellate Division did invalidate certain guidance documents on the NJDEP's website indicating that these documents went "beyond merely facilitating administrative implementation of the rules, and actually, to some extent, announced new substantive requirements." The Superior Court held that these guidance documents could not be imposed without following New Jersey Administrative Procedures Act, specifically the notice and comment procedures. However, the Court reasoned that the Waiver Rule contains sufficient details and adequate standards for NJDEP to implement without the guidance documents. A refresher on the Waiver Rule follows below.
Published in the April 2, 2012 New Jersey Register with requests accepted beginning August 1, 2012, the Waiver Rule allows the NJDEP to waive environmental regulations under the following four specific limited circumstances:
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text: Surfaces aren't simply superficial planes in the work of Rachel de Joode (*1979, lives and works in Berlin). Instead, they form the basis of an in-depth investigation into the relationship between objects and their representations. At a time when art is increasingly consumed in a two-dimensional, digital form, Joode questions the nature of photography by exhibiting her images as sculptures. Photographing materials at a remarkably high resolution, her work appeals to the haptic while at the same time eliciting a sense of repulsion.


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Seven reasons we toast to Tales
1. It was the best of times, it was the—yep, that pretty much sums it up! And Vegas doesn't do Tales without bringing home some hardware. Bellagio assistant beverage manager/mixologist Matt Myers won the People's Choice award at the United States Bartenders Guild's piña colada competition, sponsored by Bacardi. (Find the recipe for his delicious Thai Piña Colada, pictured, below.)


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Mahindra & Mahindra
Mahindra is US $ 16.5 billion Company with a range of business from Leisure and Hospitality to Automobile and Aerospace. Automobile Business includes Farm Equipments, Cars UV's and two wheelers.
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Total is associated with Mahindra for both Factory and Service Fill of Various lubricants. Total is one of the lubricants manufacturer associated with Farm Sector for servicing "M star " range of lubricants for the Tractor Market.