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Rammus Build
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Rammus | The Complete Breakdown
Jungle Rammus is a game changing champion. A tank with the ability to jungle and gank efficiently. The use of his ultimate Tremors combined with his Defensive Ball Curl on towers and other structures gives him the ability to be a pushing madman and backdoor capable. Team fights and ganking with Powerball, Puncturing Taunt, and Tremors insures team victory.
1) The Game Breakdown (Early - Mid - late)
2) Summoner Spells & Why
3) Rammus Spells & Abilities: How To (tips & tricks)
4) Rammus Item Builds
Early Game:
First thing you want to do when jungling is buy Cloth Armor and "5" Health Pots. Grab [W]Defensive Ball Curl and proceed to Ancient Golem (Blue Buff). It's always nice for your teammates to spot for anti-gank. I take summoner spells smite/ignite. you can grab other spells which you prefer (I go more in depth about this in the spell section) As soon a Golem spawns Use your [W] Defensive Ball Curl Ability. After taking a hit or two go ahead and cast your health pot. Use your smite spell to last hit the Golem to avoid wasting it if anti-jungle squad try's ruining your game or stealing the buff. Click the Golem so you can monitor his exact health and use smite properly. Target attacking strictly the Golem ignoring the smaller creeps. They will actually kill themselves by attacking you while your using your [W] Defensive Ball Curl. Keep in mind when jungling to always cast your [W] Defensive Ball Curl once off of cooldown and do the same with the health pots when the timer run out. Once Golem is dead you will have leveled up if you have 4 points in your utility mastery "awareness". Upgrade [Q] Powerball and use it right away. Head towards and run straight into the wolves. Then follow up by your [W] Defensive Ball Curl. I Jungle top to bottom (blue side) or bottom to top (purple side). This is a very simple and fast pattern to clear out the jungle. After wolves, and then wraith cleared you will become level 3. I upgraded my [W] Defensive Ball and Smite comes off of CD (cooldown) at this time. Next is Lizard (red buff). Start by Powerballing right into him followed with [W]. When Jungling spam [Q] Powerball and [W] Defensive Ball curl. Your [E] Taunt ability is useless during this time so don't waste your mana. You should be able to clear out your jungle within 4 minutes (if your time is over 4 minutes, practice until your able to do under). Once your side is cleared base. Buy boots of speed and check top, mid, or bot for a gank. Always Powerball before leaving base and gain the mana. Go through jungle to a lane for a gank. Your ignite spell may or may not be off cooldown by this time. (normally is). If none of the lanes look like they have gank potential go back to jungling. Your Golem buff is about to run out so if the opposing team doesn't have a jungler you can take there buff or you can go back to wolves, wraiths until your Golem spawns.
Early game you want to be lane ganking. Your the fastest champion in the game when in [Q]Powerball, take advantage of this. Hide in bushes, [Q]Powerball wait a second or two to get speed build up and rush in (avoiding minions). Hit a champion. auto attack once before using [E]Puncturing Taunt. If the champion doesn't try to retreat try saving [E]Puncturing Taunt until he begins to. If you have ignite do so and hopefully your teammates have enough dps (damage per second) for you or them to get the kill. IMPORTANT: After you power ball into a fight and start getting targeted or taking damage use your Ball Curl. The Armor/Magic Resist is a crucial boost and returning partial damage back almost as a mini thornmail helps a ton for the gank. Also keep in mind [E]Puncturing Taunt also reduces there armor to also insure the gank. (look at spell description and details for more information on all Rammus's abilities in depth)
Mid Game:
At this time your call of duty in the jungle has been near complete. You still go and kill some creeps for gold and buffs but your team role is changing. You are now spending more time in lanes in one of two different scenarios depending on how the game is going.
Scenario 1: The game is still in its laning phase for the most part. Teams are still trying to take or protect there first tower. Your job now is in lane to tank, taunt, kill the champions / push and take towers. Your Ultimate is a tower destroyer paired up with your [W] Defensive ball curl. When the moment is right the tower is yours for the taking. With your power ball ability [Q] you're able to move around the map from lane to lane rather quickly (take advantage of this). If you're helping a lane and nothing is going on go else where. If the other team is tower hugging, not allowing you to get in and taunt someone out, you're tower doesn't need protected go elsewhere (either to lane or jungle) This Scenario will turn into Scenario 2 if this one wasn't skipped.
Scenario 2: The games laning phase has begun to end and your team or enemy team is starting to push for that second tower or a massive team fight has taken place in a lane. You're new role is to tank, kill, taunt, protect. If it's a big close group of cluster blast your ult off. A lot of people I've noticed just stand there and fight in it not even realizing what's going on. If there's a lot of range targeting you and you don't have Defensive Ball Curl [W] available hang back and choose your moments correctly. Be on the same page with your team so when you taunt someone that they get taken out. Rammus can be at times very squishy to high burst casters especially when not in Defensive Ball Curl [W] mid and early game. You're also on call to protect your main carry's. Use your taunt to draw attention to you for them to do there thing or give them time to escape. Always keep in mind you're the tank so a lot of times if someone is going to die it should be you. (not a all encouraging feeding for no reason) but sometimes its a fate you must take for the team to be successful. Your Q is great for escaping so get out when you can.
Late Game:
Its late game and if played well the enemy team (if ranked) at this time are raging at each other cursing "Why the hell didn't you ban Rammus you noob!" Most things apply from Scenario 2 mid game still at this point. You want to be tanking, killing and helping take down tower after tower. Targeting and harassing the other teams carry's and squishes. I will provide some nice tricks in the spells/abilities portion on how to do so. Some wise late game strategy is to backdoor. You should have some armor and hp at this time to tank some towers solo with your ball curl and ult. If there is a team fight going on or the other team is distracted else where. power ball to a unguarded tower, take it down [W]&[R] and power ball back over to the battle. Last step of the game should be a nice gesture of "GG" (better luck next time)
Summoner Spells:
These Spells I feel or the most productive and useful for Rammus.
Smite: It's a given. If your going to Jungle Rammus it's a must
Ignite: I personally use ignite, Works great to ignite and then taunt someone with major health regeneration or lifesteal ww, mundo, oalf....] to ensure them a certain death.
Ghost: Ghost turns Rammus into a rocket ship paired with [Q] Power Ball, Great for chasing down those one hit getaways, rocketing across the map to gank or save a tower.
Revive: Yes I said revive. For more experienced heavy tanking Rammus's. No one's goal is to die but when your called upon to be a heavy tank with Rammus it ensures you are always out there doing your job. Revive's movement speed increase used with Power ball has the other team saying "my god he's back. I just killed him 5 seconds ago sigh...
Flash: Flash combo's with Rammus's Poweball to make a nice mini malph ult
Fortify I don't use this spell personally but it is used on Rammus. Your skill points are already down the mastery tree, This spell adds to the team support a bunch by being able to protect your towers and also a nice bonus to use if you taunt a foe into your tower.
Rammus's Spells/Abilities
Powerball [Q]: Rammus accelerates in a ball towards his enemies, dealing 100 / 150 / 200 / 250 / 300 (+100% of ability power) magic damage and causing 28 / 36 / 44 / 52 / 60% reduced movement speed to nearby enemies on impact.
Defemsive Ball Curl [W]: Rammus goes into a defensive formation for 6 seconds, increasing his armor and magic resistance by 50 / 75 / 100 / 125 / 150 and returning 26 / 32 / 38 / 44 / 50 (+25% of ability power) magic damage to attackers.
Puncturing Taunt [E]: Rammus taunts the unit into a reckless assault, reducing their armor by 10 / 15 / 20 / 25 / 30 and forcing them to attack Rammus for 1 / 1.5 / 2 / 2.5 / 3 second(s).
Tremors [R]: Rammus creates tremors beneath him, dealing 65 / 130 / 195 (+30% of ability power) magic damage per second to nearby units and structures. Lasts 8 seconds.
Spells and Abilities Tips and Tricks:
Powerball: Can be used in many ways. Hiding in a bush starting to power ball for a brief second leaving the bush allows for a fast surprised on an opponent.
Powerball + Flash: You can combo Powerball with Flash. Hit Q then flash to an opponent for a mini Malphhite Ult. You can do this while laning or right out of the cover of a bush.
Defensive Ball Curl: Can be used to return amazing damage to a high ad auto attack champion
Defensive Ball Curl: Use in the Middle of team fights not only for returning armor but to protect yourself. When not in Ball curl especially early game burst damage can be bad news.
Puncturing Taunt: Taunt an enemy into your tower range cause the tower to attack the opponent.
Puncturing Taunt + Powerball: I find myself taunting and enemy at his own tower then quickly Powerballing away from the champion for a brief second then once out of range Powerball right into them to apply the powerball effect. Works great when pushing tower huggers for your team to finish someone off. You can also do the same thing by pulling someone into your tower and knocking into them.
Puncturing Taunt + Defensive Ball Curl: Its a given while using taunt if your not doing the little powerball combo you want to be in Ball Curl while taunting to return damage to them.
Tremors: It damages towers, take advantage of this when pushing and watch them cruble before your eyes. Also use Defensive ball curl while doing this for devastating damage output to them.
Tremors: Use it big cluster team fights and while taunting and Ball Curl for maximum damage output.
Item Builds and Why:
The Item build listed above is a good overall build playing against a team with a even flow of AD & AP champions. I always recommend no matter what you never stick to one build and not change it up. Adapting your build, counter building is one of the most successful steps to being a good player. Below I'm going to go over some of my tricks for building against a AP heavy team and a AD heavy team. NOTE: If your playing against a team with a lot of CC (crowd control "slows, taunt, fear, stuns..")I recommend getting Mercury Threads over the Boots of Swiftness. I personally don't like Ninja Tabi on Rammus because it takes from his "W" spell and Thornmail if acquired with the dodge.
Building Against a AD Heavy Team: My thoughts it's much easier to shine against an Attack Damage based team. Thornmail is a given with it's 99 Armor and if you're Jungling with the cloth armor you're already on your way for this item. Aegis of the legion works well also being a rounded item giving you a little bit of everything and also help's with buff your team some from the aura. Doran's Shield is a nice buy first if not jungling or even an item work to pick up early for the Armor, Health Regeneration, and Health, just to be sold late game for a better item. Frozen heart is not the worst choice "late" game and it also plays the support roll helping your team in team fights with the reduced attack speed given out to foes. Sunfire of course is key adding the HP, Armor and damage out put from it. Randuin's Omen is also a key item especially late game for everything it does. Also once again helps fill the support roll as well. Warmog's Armor if you want a lot and lot of Health is a nice touch at times. I tend not to buy this item personally stacking armor and magic resist but it does a lot. Keep in mind even against a high AD your still going to want to get some magic resist. Late game someone is going to have a Madred's and you want to be prepared to not get thorn apart from this. Force of nature, Banshee Veil, as mentioned Aegis and also Guardian Angel add some of both if you prefer that route.
Building Against a AP Heavy Team: Playing against a AP high caster burst damage team can be tricky for a non experienced Rammus at times. Early and went out of "W" you can be at risk to high nuke burst damage. Stacking MR and HP help your survivability. One key item is Force of nature, Nice high number magic resist paired with the health regeneration is a great item. In most cases a lot of casters have some form of CC so getting Mercury Threads is key in the boot department, the magic resist and the reduction of CC helps make life a little more easier. Aegis of the Legion and Guardian angel add a little bit of everything and a nice fit it most cases. Another item I get laid game is Abyssal Scepter. Not getting a thornmail/sunfire deprives you of putting damage out. Your spells scale off of AP so get the 70 AP, 57 and supporting your team while lowing the foes MR is a nice late game item. You can still throw a sunfire on yourself for the damage output and HP. Make sure to you a little more care when around high burst damage and work with your team to take them out.
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The red teams strategy did not work as Brenda was eliminated.
She made an interesting comment about being on the show. "Four years ago I could not put myself on display and not worry about what other people think", however regardless of their weight loss techniques it has been a life changer. The Age had an article about how abhorrent these people were being used to entertain the masses. However I suspect the majority of the contestants on the show would be positive about the experience. Thanks Injera for alerting me to the article and should be its own blog post.
She lost 12.5 kgs in the house which is still quite an achievement and since she has been out of the house she has lost a total of 22 kgs and is hoping to lose another 20 kgs before the finale.
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- 1 Richard { 02.14.12 at 8:16 am }
Hamish should enjoy his time with Michelle whilst they are locked away in the Biggest Loser compound. Once she is out (and looking hot), she will be snapped up by a more impressive lad than Hamish (who will probably look much the same as when he went in)
- 2 smauge { 02.14.12 at 8:45 am }
AAAAGGHHHHH!!!! No amount of bleach will cleanse my mind's eye!!
- 3 Rob { 02.14.12 at 9:39 am }
Any way you slice it, "single and ready to mingle" TBL is the worst rating series in the franchise for many years. It was slaughtered by Big Bang Theory on Ch9 last night and hasn't gained any audience figures from the demise of Excess Baggage. Lame duck sinking slowly.
- 4 emma { 02.14.12 at 11:34 am }
i did notice lisa give simon a lengthy hug after the obstacle course last night which was the first i wondered if something was going on, but before that i haven't noticed anything. i'm also shocked about michelle and hamish… but i'm even more shocked that ten showed the eliminated contestant tonight rather than holding it over until tomorrow.
- 5 Mahlia { 02.14.12 at 11:40 am }
Hamish is pathetically weak minded, sulky and immature. While Michelle is strong, focussed, pleasant and mature.
They don't conjure up the image of a good couple for many reasons!!
- 6 Culinary Boner { 02.14.12 at 11:42 am }
Why are scenes from David Attenborough's 'Frozen Planet' running through my mind?
- 7 brain dead dave { 02.14.12 at 11:51 am }
Being in an alliance with the red team isn't the smartest idea anyway. Good on Lisa for doing her own thing and shafting bawling Brenda.
You've got a braying bargear$e like Margie hiding behind kitchen benches from her own team mates so she she can furtively fang on a cheese sandwich. Not to be trusted.
- 8 imaketheshow { 02.14.12 at 12:59 pm }
@emma I was so shocked as well that they did it all in one night! I had my finger on the remote for about 20 minutes thinking they were going to stretch out the voting process.
As much as I hate to say it, MichMish does sound kinda cute lol. They will… never last. She would eat him up for breakfast.


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As it was previously announced, the new proper Battlefield game - after Hardline - is slated for release during the third quarter of EA's 2017 fiscal year. Taking a look at the normal calendar, this means Battlefield 5 (or whatever else it may be called), will be released sometime between October and December 2016. At the moment all its known about is what DICE producer teased, saying the game will offer "More features. More extras. More destruction."


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Air Baltic was launch customer on the brand new Bombardier CS300. Like the Airbus A320neo, it's being advertised as better, brighter, more comfortable and with less environmental impact than other aircraft. For me, who sometimes struggle to combine my love of flying with my desire to keep the planet somewhat clean, this is a nice trend. Air Baltic took delivery of the first bird in december 2016, and I knew in my heart I needed to be on this aircraft soon. Unfortunately Copenhagen was not included in their "bragging month" where they flew her to various European cities to show her off. So I had to get up at the crack of dawn to catch a flight to Riga, spend 5 hours in the airport (thank god for Priority Pass – I like RIX, but it's very small) and then catch the CS300 to Amsterdam. Two nights in The Land of Tulips and then straight home on Norwegian. A good plan indeed.
Well, except for the part where Schiphol decided that customers of Low Cost Carriers should not be allowed to roam their beautiful, awardwinning, worlds best and brightest and most welcoming airport, and instead sticks them into a far away, walled off corner of the airport where they can sit without access to all the shops and restaurants and be properly ashamed of not flying Legacy. I've always enjoyed flying KLM and transiting in Amsterdam, but I'm not paying 3-5 times the price compared to Norwegian for a virtually identical short haul experience. But I digress.
Air Baltic is flying the tiny Bombardier Dash 8 Q400 on the route between RIX and CPH, and holy mother of noisy aircraft. If I hadn't been wearing noise cancelling headphones, I would have been deaf by now. The aircraft was mostly empty, and I wondered if this had something to do with the date. It was friday the 13th. But we chugged along and eventually reached a snow-covered Riga Airport. The Baltic countries knows how to deal with winter weather, as one lead-footed Estonian taxi driver proved to me on a snowy January afternoon a few years ago. I was duly impressed, but he insisted four feet of snow was but a mere dusting. Latvia is no different. Just remove the snow and keep flying. So I disembarked into Winter Wonderland and went in search of the CS300.
And there she was, YL-CSA, at gate C5, all pretty and sporty, freshly arrived from Milan, while her sisterplane, YL-CSB, was snoozing the day away. They're not exactly being overworked, the new birds, but I reckon they will soon be flying hither and thither, especially when all 20 servings of CS300 have been delivered.
Finally it was time to board and I hoofed it to seat 24A while texting photos to my Better Half. It's tricky, snapping photos without holding up the boarding, but usually somebody will do you a favor and block the aisle for an eternity while trying to fold their jacket just right, allowing you ample time to take pictures and perhaps even watch a movie or take a nap while you're at it.
It was a very pleasant flight. The windows are large, the air is good (no dry sinuses!), the cabin airy and light and the tiny screens above each row displaying a flight map, something you don't normally see on European short haul. The seat was very hard – my back was not impressed. A bit of padding would be nice. The noise levels were fairly low, right on par with the Airbus A320neo. No loss of hearing this time.
So I think the CS300 is right up there with the A320neo – and even the Dreamliner, although obviously much smaller and as such a bit more bouncy. While the improvements might seem subtle, all you have to do to really feel the difference, is to fly back home on an old Airbus A319. Never before have my favourite aircraft felt so tiny, dark and cramped as it did that day, with the CS300 fresh in mind.


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A 25-year-old man faces charges after police allege a pitbull was urged to attack a homeowner, but ended up biting its owner.
Police in Sudbury, Ont., say a man was walking a pitbull Monday night and stopped to urinate in a neighbour's yard, leading to an argument with the homeowner.
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See OED entry for Bungie/Bungy
This entry is interesting for the way it is concerned mainly with developments after Dictionary's Supplement of 1972-86, with the bulk of the entry given over to the 1997 Addition coverage of specialized uses, and in particular bungee jumping. Note the new spelling bungee.
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An elegant house of antique finds
Antiques dealers Spencer and Freya Swaffer's home is a considered and elegant space packed with ideas
Words: Katie Hallett / Images: Robert Sanderson/Narratives
Spencer Swaffer and his wife Freya both have an eye for the unusual. Spencer bought his first antiques aged 11: three scarab beetles that he bought for six pence and sold, along with some other archaelogical finds, for £50.
Freya is the daughter of an ethnic and tribal art specialist so shares Spencer's love of what he calls 'folky, rare' antiques. She can't resist a piece with a story: 'Antiques have character and soul and some pieces just speak to you. Take the Swedish folk art goose in our living room [pictured on the table below]. It was probably made by a grandfather for his grandchild. It's the story that a piece tells that draws me in.'
The couple's Georgian house is a demonstration of this philosophy. It is filled with antiques picked up over the 17 years they have lived there. Each, from the mid-century chairs to Spencer's collection of walking sticks and the growing array of decoy ducks, is a considered purchase and is placed in the house with care and thought.
Scroll down to see how the Swaffer's blend characterful antiques and vintage finds with contemporary art to create a quietly elegant home.
The living is filled with neutral pieces but bright contemporary art, Bloomsbury Group lampshades and cushions inject life and colour. The folk art goose on the table by the window is one of Freya's favourite pieces, while the artwork is by (left to right) Breon O'Casey, Sheila Oliner, Niyati Barlow and Andy Waite.
The dining chairs are from Spencer's shop, while the chandelier was made by Freya's son using elements of Italian antiques. Though they have lived in the house for 17 years, the couple keep things fresh. 'Spencer always says that we're in the fashion business,' says Freya. 'We appreciate different pieces at different times and I'm forever tweaking things.'
The kitchen, with its exposed-brick wall, has an industrial feel. Eames 'DSW' dining chairs are juxtaposed with a 1940s Parisian machinist's lamp from a French flea market and an 1820s heart-shaped wine merchant's sign, also found in France.
The dresser base on the landing was a bright find and nicely complements the 1920s painting above it (of which the artist is unknown). It is from Suffolk and dates to around 1840. The paintwork is the original dry-scraped apple green.
The spacious master bedroom is decorated in a soothing scheme of blue and white. The carving in the window is an Italian architectural fragment, bought at a market in the south of France, while the bench at the end of the bed is a pig bench (originally used for butchery and often made of sycamore wood). The paintings are by Pauline Liu-Devereux and the jug is a Chinese Nankin pottery piece, c1770. The Indian indigo throw and cushions in the bedroom were bought from Baileys.
The Grade II-listed Georgian house (built in 1777) is surrounded by a quiet garden punctuated with antique stonework. In the formal 18th-century garden is a Portland stone statue that dates to 1830 (right).
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What is the ISDR?
ISDR stands for International Strategy for Disaster Reduction The Strategy brings many organisations, universities, institutions together for a common objective: reducing the number of dead and injured by disasters triggered by natural hazards.
Why do we differentiate disasters from natural hazards?
Natural hazards, such as floods, earthquakes and volcanoes, do not need to become disasters. For example, if volcanoes erupt in a location where nobody lives, the volcano eruption is just a natural hazard, but not a disaster. But if people living around the volcanoes are affected and even killed by the volcano eruption, in this case, the volcano eruption becomes a disaster.
What does the ISDR do?
The ISDR proposes ways and measures to reduce the impact of disasters triggered by natural hazards. Many measures can be taken to reduce the impact of natural hazards. Upgrading building constructions is one. In many occasions, earthquake does not kill people, but houses do when they collapsed. If we build earthquake resilient houses in areas prone to earthquake, people will have a much better chance to survive when disasters strike. Legislation is another one. If the construction of hotels is prohibited up to 200 metres from the sea, tourists will be safer if there is a flood or a hurricane.
Education is also another strategic measure to reduce the negative impact of natural hazard. People who understand natural hazards and risk reduction are likely to survive during disasters. Many people from the Semilieu Island survived during the tsunami in the Indian Ocean because they knew that when an earthquake strikes in their island there is a high risk of tsunami and they have to run upper grounds.
Those are just a couple of examples that the ISDR promote to convince governments to make the world safer.
How many people work for the ISDR?
The ISDR has a secretariat based in Geneva with a total of 30 people and a couple of offices in Africa, the Americas, Asia & the Pacific, Europe and a liaison office in New York but the ISDR system include UN agencies, governments, civil societies, private sector media and more all over the world.
What is the Hyogo framework for action?
In Kobe, in January 2005, 168 governments met to discuss how they could reduce the impact of disaster and adopted a plan of action. The plan is called the Hyogo Framework for Action 2005-2015: Building the Resilience of Nations and Communities to Disasters. It encourages governments, with support of UN agencies and civil societies to take preventive measures to reduce the risk of disasters at local, national, regional and global levels.
Why the ISDR is making an on--line game on disaster risk reduction?
Education is key for reducing children's risks to disasters. Children are one of the most vulnerable groups when disasters occur. If we teach them from the early age about the risks posed by natural hazards, children will have a better chance to save their lives during disasters.
The on-line game aims at teaching children how to build safer villages and cities against disasters. Children will learn playing how the location and the construction materials of houses can make a difference when disasters strike and how early warning systems, evacuation plans and education can save lives.
Children are the future architects, mayors, doctors, and parents of the world of tomorrow, if they know what to do to reduce the impact of disasters, they will create a safer world.
Where can I find more information about the ISDR?
You can visit our website.
Where can I find more information about disasters?
You can read the fact sheets included in the game and consult the teacher guides in the Teacher guide section of the web page of the game.
Children playing at Riskland, another ISDR game.
Algeria: in May 2003, a massive earthquake hit Algeria, killing 2,200
people. Over 175,000 people were forced to move into temporary tented
Photo taken by the Algerian Red Crescent, IFRC
Photographs taken during online testing of disaster game in school in
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Community Rail in Lancashire – where, who and what!
Lancashire has five community rail partnerships (CRPs) that cover a total of eight lines or routes and these are one of the biggest groups of CRPs in the country. The five are:
Clitheroe Line CRP – Clitheroe to Manchester Victoria;
East Lancashire CRP – Colne to Preston; Blackburn to Manchester via Burnley & Todmorden
Leeds, Lancaster & Morecambe CRP – Leeds to Morecambe (the Bentham Line) shared with North Yorkshire;
South Fylde Line CRP – Blackpool South to Preston and;
West of Lancs CRP – Preston to Ormskirk, Wigan to Southport & Wigan to Kirkby.
The CRPs are 'managed' on a day to day basis by Richard Watts, Rail Development Team Manager with Lancashire County Council. Alongside Richard are two Community Rail Development Officers, Brian Haworth and Simon Clarke and Community Rail Education Development Officer, Daisy Chapman-Chamberlain, who are funded by contributions from Arriva Rail North and other partners.
Richard started out as a history teacher but was the 'father' of many rail user groups in the 1980s & 90s including the Ormskirk & Preston Travellers Association (OPTA & now the Ormskirk, Preston & Southport Travellers Association OPTSA), Ribble Valley Rail (RVR), the South Fylde Line Rail Users Association (SFLRUA) and the Lancaster and Skipton Rail Users Group (LASRUG). He was also involved in the creation of many Friends of Stations groups and Station Partnerships well before the rest of the country caught on to this idea. His role as Rail Development Team Manager with LCC has seen him involved in the creation of three transport interchanges at Burscough Bridge, Carnforth and Clitheroe and also the County's project manager in the building of Accrington Eco Station and the new station build at Buckshaw Village, between Leyland and Chorley.
Brian is an engineer by trade and has been a rail enthusiast all his life and joined Lancashire County Council around nine years ago as a Community Rail Development Officer. He has been closely involved with the work the CRPs do with schools and is the voice of the eponymous Brian the Bull, star of two DVDs. He also oversees the volunteers that carry out work on the stations and disused platforms and leads cycle rides and walks that take people to discover the history of Lancashire's community rail lines.
Simon, although qualified as a medical microbiologist, worked in the railway industry for over 31 years and brings a wealth of experience to his role as Community Rail Development Officer with Community Rail Lancashire. He started out as summer staff with British Rail in Blackburn booking office in May 1983. Since then he worked in just about every booking office in the area and after a spell in training, moved on to become a Station Manager with responsibility for most of the stations and staff throughout Lancashire. He manages the Community Rail Lancashire websites including DalesRail and is also editor of Reading Between The Lines the newsletter of the CRPs.
Daisy studied geography at the University of Lancaster, graduating in 2013 with a focus on Geography in Education and British Landscape and Infrastructure. She then took her PGCE at Bishop Grosseteste University College in Lincoln, and went on to teach in Key Stage One in schools in Bolton and Stretford, before joining Community Rail Lancashire. During these years she has worked with a wide range of charities and groups including Barnardo's children's charity, Riding for the Disabled, the National Trust and within the House of Lords. She is particularly focussed on promoting exciting, holistic rail education programmes to children of all ages, encompassing practical rail use, history and environmentalism.


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Armie Hammer credits his relaxed outlook on life with growing up in the Cayman Islands, as the small community taught him to be a "nicer person."
The Social Network star's family moved to the region when the actor was seven years old, and Hammer learned basic survival techniques, as well as picking up vital social skills.
He tells Prestige magazine, "As a kid, I would hop on my bike when I got home from school - that was my mode of transportation. I would have a machete on my hip. I would chop down coconuts, eat mangos and fresh papaya. It was a terrific way to grow up. The island had zero crime. Cops didn't even carry guns. It was just a fun, safe place.
"I honestly think it made me a nicer person. The deal with living on an island is that you can't really afford to be mean to anybody, or be (rude) to anybody because you will see them again. Invariably you will run into them, probably the same day. So I learned to be nice, just take things slow and relax.
"My wife will tell you, I'm very Zen. I like to let things happen without worrying or stressing about them. That's what came from growing up on an island where everything moves on island time."


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WATCH ONLINE: Moonlight Drawn by the Clouds, starring Park Bo Gum and Kim Yoo Jung
MAJOR MARATHON ALERT: Just in time for the long Thanksgiving weekend, all 18 glorious episodes of the adorable romantic historical Moonlight Drawn by Clouds are now ready for you to binge-watch while you binge-eat some delicious holiday food!
Park Bo Gum (Tomorrow's Cantabile, Answer Me 1988) and Kim Yoo Jung (Golden Rainbow, Secret Door) star in a gender bender historical drama about mistaken identity bringing about unmistakable love. Hong Ra On (Kim Yoo Jung) has one of the most unique jobs in the Joseon Dynasty: she disguises herself as a man named Sam Nom and gives great dating advice to lovelorn souls seeking to woo that special someone. Because of one of the letters she writes to help win someone over, she ends up meeting Lee Young (Park Bo Gum). But little does she know that Lee Young is actually the future Crown Prince Hyomyung. Lee Young, for his part, also doesn't know that Hong Ra On is a woman. With both their interests in each other intensifying, things start to get more than a little weird. And those weird things get even weirder when Ra On is sold into the Royal Palace as a eunuch and becomes involved in a political power struggle. Is this a dilemma a dating guru and handsome royalty can solve, or will the darkness of the clouds of greed and deception enshroud the love in the moonlight?
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We will put them together in a single 4 foot x 8 foot shipping carton to get you the best price on transportation fees, but when you open the carton, it will be very easy to sort the components by project. This applies to every job, whether it is being shipped to the next state, or overseas to another country.
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Gisele Bundchen Pierces Her 7 Month Old's Ears – Bad Parenting or Bad Decision?
Another photo of a celebrity parent and their child has been met with disapproval by many who have viewed the image. This time it's supermodel Gisele Bunchden who has people's panties twisted in a bunch.
Bunchden shared a photo of herself on Instagram holding her seven month old daughter in her arms as she lovingly gazed at her. While most thought the picture sweet, others took to the World Wide Web of Judging Parenting Skills and tsk-tsked the fact that Gisele's infant daughter's ears are pierced and she's wearing gold stud earrings.
The gist of their unfavorable opinion is that seven months old is too young an age to put an infant through something as painful as ear piercing.
Okay, we're asking: At 7-months-old, is Gisele's baby too young to have her ears pierced? Let me know what you think in the "leave a comment" box below. And if you've never seen an infant get her ears pierced watch this video.


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All Things Living for Science Week
Last week was Science Week (7th – 11th July) at The Folkestone Primary Academy. This was a week long schedule planned to explore all things Science to include a workshops hosted by The Dog's Trust, Ugly Animals Conservation Society, Invicta Archnids and Folkestone Owl Rescue centre.
Pupils investigated 'Living Things' through a variety of activities as well as using art, literacy and information technology to create pieces of work for display. There will also a competition to find the tallest sunflower.
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According to Elle, the top-selling perfume of 2014 was Elizabeth and James Nirvana Black and Nirvana White. Additionally, both Nirvana Black and Nirvana White have at least four stars on Sephora.com as of 2015, and Nirvana White appears on Sephora's "Top Sellers" list.Continue Reading
Nirvana White has notes of peony and muguet, with a tender musk scent. This scent is feminine and sophisticated. Nirvana Black has the aroma of violet, vanilla and sandalwood. Nirvana Black's smell is mysterious, warm and sensual. Most Sephora reviews for both Nirvana White and Nirvana Black list the products as travel friendly and of good value. Both fragrances are available in rollerball and spray format.
These fragrances have a lower price point than other high-end perfumes. Ashley and Mary-Kate Olsen, the founders of Elizabeth and James, balanced the fragrances to create perfumes that are a mix of feminine and masculine.Learn more about Perfume & Cologne


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SiteGround has been providing quality hosting service to Mambo users for more than 3 years. The company also voluntarily undertakes lots of projects that largely benefit the whole Mambo community. Some of these projects include new Mambo templates design, Mambo tutorial, and now the partnership with MamboServer on the development of its Mambo templates section.
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Insights on the impact of digital revolution on consumers and employees of utilities
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Date: March 28, 2013
Time: 14:00 EDT
Speakers: Richard Rashty, Principal Consultant, Digital Business Strategist, Infosys
Mark Middlekamp, Lead Product Manager, Utilities Practice, Infosys
Moderator: Katherine Tweed, Senior Writer, Greentech Media
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The utilities industry is beginning to be impacted by the digital revolution that is rapidly transforming many industries across the globe. This revolution significantly impacts the consumers and the employees of the utilities by influencing the customer experience related initiatives of these companies. For their consumers, it is related to service quality and customer care and for their employees, it is about empowering them to enhance the level of customer experience. The additional complexities related to market deregulation and smart grid also influence how to address the demands of the digital consumers.
This webinar will provide insights on the impact of digital revolution, its impact on both consumers and the employees of utilities, and how they can start to create a customer experience roadmap that begins to address these needs.
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Book 1, Introductions : Chapter 1, Notes to this Greek Classic
• The Introduction of "A History of My Times" establishes the nature and intent of the work, specifically how it is intended for academic reading.
• Xenophon is born into the Knight class, leading him to become an Athenian cavalry officer.
• Xenophon's leadership draws loyalty from his men, but criticism from the city of Athens.
• Due to the attempts made by Xenophon to work with other cities, his loyalty is questioned.
Book 2, A History of My Times : Chapter 1, Book 1
• Alcibiades is described as a young, cheerful aristocrat and Athenian officer.
• Xenophon's discussion of Alcibiades offers insight on possibilities about Socrates, his trial, and execution.
• Decisions made by military leaders are shown to have effects on the lower ranked officers in one example.
• An explanation of the military ranks as well as women in the military ends the section.
Book 2, A History of My Times : Chapter 2, Book 2
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We hosted lively training days across England in November 2013 as part of Garden Organic's unique support for our enthusiastic Master Gardeners.
As with all our 'in-service' training, the topics are based on requests by volunteers. We use expert tutors and practical activities.
The training is geared at developing the confidence of each volunteer network to find and mentor people to benefit from food growing. Click here to read about recent training.
November photos and links
|Cutting, layering and dividing – MGs get stuck in at another Training Day (North London)
|Master Gardeners make plants for free at November In-Service training (Medway)
|A look back and a practical step forward for Norfolk Master Gardeners (Norfolk)
|Autumn Harvest Celebration biggest ever for county (Lincolnshire)
|Propagation day – Master Gardener training (Coventry & Warwickshire)
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ESBB Leipzig 2014, Stand 46
22 October 2014 - 24 October 2014
ESBB's 2014 Annual Conference will take place in Leipzig, Germany from Tuesday 21st to Friday 24th October. The conference venue will be theCongress Centre Leipzig which is part of the New Leipzig Trade Fair (German: Leipziger Messe), a major trade fair opened in 1996.
The ESBB conference theme will be "Biobanking: A Choral Symphony of Science, Technology and Human Rights" in keeping with Leipzig's rich musical tradition as the home of Bach, Mendelssohn and Schumann, and the birthplace of Wagner.
The conference will feature a wide variety of fascinating content from across the biobanking spectrum. There will be sessions on Cryobiology, Biobanking for Metabolomics and Proteomics, 'Big Data', Environmental Biobanking, Biobank Assessment, Biobanking Education and ELSI in Biobanking. There will be contributed paper sessions where talks are selected from submitted abstracts as well as poster viewing and discussion sessions, with prizes for the best posters. Interactive discussion sessions using audience response technology and numerous working group discussions will be held. In addition there will be the "Research Biobank of the Year" competition, a training course on Tissue Micro-Arrays and a tour of the impressive LIFE Cohort Biobank and Study Centre. A press conference will also be held.
At the conference exhibition, vendors from around the world will demonstrate the latest products, services, and technology in the field of repository and specimen collection. In addition, there will be commercial workshops, and the "Mission Possible" vendor-guided practical sessions. As usual, there will also be a full social programme including a cocktail reception and a Gala Dinner.
Please join us in Leipzig this October for what promises to be a truly outstanding conference for the field of biobanking!


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Large winter squash and pumpkins with their long sprawling vines are not usually considered general landscaping material. They are notorious for running rampantly over neighboring plants and they tend to get ratty looking by the end of the season. However, these large plants, with their dramatic leaves, huge yellow flowers, and colorful fruits can in fact be a wonderful addition to your landscape and are among the most exciting ways to draw children into the garden. To include winter squash in your landscape you have options. You can either control the vines in an orderly and attractive way, or grow the new compact bush varieties and include them in your flower border or in containers.
You'll soon see that when grown well winter squash and pumpkins are handsome plants and add whimsy to a routinely serious landscape. See the photos below for some creative ways to add them to your garden.
To grow your winter squash or pumpkins, in winter peruse the offerings from the many mail-order seed companies and choose the size plant you want, the type you like to cook, and the right variety for your climate. (Even though they are called winter squash, they are actually planted in the spring after the soil has warmed up and they tolerate no frost. They are called "winter" squash because they can be stored over the winter, as compared to summer squash which are consumed in the summer. ) The important thing is to keep your plants healthy. Struggling squash plants are not a thing of beauty; the leaves can turn yellow from too little nitrogen and the leaves get mildew from lack of lots of sun and good air circulation.
To get them off to a great start, choose a garden area in full sun, dig up the soil well and mound the bed if the drainage is poor, and because they are heavy feeders add lots of rich compost and manure to the bed. Plant the seeds according to the directions on the seed package. Water them in well and protect the seed bed with bird netting or spun bond fabric. Provide drip irrigation or water well between rain storms as squash plants need to be kept fairly moist. Mulch the young seedlings with a few inches of compost to suppress weeds and keep the soil moist. The bush varieties need only a supplemental feeding after 6 weeks, the vining squash however need not only the supplemental feeding, they also need an occasional coaxing to get them to climb up a trellis–maybe you need to direct a vine to its support or tie it to the trellis to control them. If you are growing large squash or pumpkins over 5 or 6 pounds on an arbor, you may need to support them with a macrame or other such creative sling. If the leaves start to get mildewed in late summer, spray them with a fungicide spray of either baking soda, compost tea, neem oil, or the bacterial fungicide Serenade. Harvest your squash or pumpkin a few weeks after they have fully colored up, or before the first frost. Store them in a cool dark place and enjoy them over the winter.


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SIXTEEN years since it closed its door for the last time in 1992, the courtroom at The Old Police Station (TOPS) Business Centre has been back in use for its original purpose.
Simon Nelson, Greater Manchester North District Coroner, found he had nowhere to continue an on-going inquest and, because it was an unusually large one, he had to find somewhere that could accommodate everyone needed for two separate periods of a week.
He had previously visited The Old Police Station, on Hind Hill Street, and acknowledged how well it had been refurbished and that it had the space he needed.
Contact was made with the centre administrator, Richard Skidmore, who undertook the daunting task of changing bookings, hiring extra furniture and making sure four offices were kept free for the duration of the inquest.
Mr Skidmore said: "It was a difficult exercise in logistics but I am pleased to say that we managed it.
"All the staff worked really hard to make sure everything went well and I was very proud of their efforts."
The coroner's senior assistant, Gill Williamson, was very impressed with both the standard of accommodation and the efforts of the staff.
She said: "The building has been refurbished beautifully.
"The way that several of the original features have been retained and the standard of workmanship were all most impressive.
"We cannot thank the staff enough for their efforts, nothing was too much trouble for them. We have every intention of using TOPS in the future."
Susan Coates, chairman of the New Deal for Communities Partnership, added: "This is exactly what we wanted to hear about the managed workspace.
"It is our intention to attract more new initiatives to the town and the fact that the district coroner has now used TOPS twice proves we are on the right track."


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During the last two weeks in the "Daily NewsFlash", we reported that less than two months after changing its name, the biggest and best-known unit of American International Group (AIG) is preparing to do so again, in the latest development for one of the world's most famous brands.
In early March, AIG changed the name of the worldwide holding company for its property and casualty unit to American International Underwriters (AIU). No sooner did the ink dry on new business cards, promotional materials, specifically in Asia, AIG is reconsidering whether the AIU name represents enough of a change, and according to Leslie J. Mouat, AIU's regional president for Southeast Asia, it's in the final stages of choosing a new one.
"The advice we've received is AIU may be a bit close to AIG — we don't want to appear as the same leopard with different spots," Mr. Mouat said in an interview with the New York Times, although at the time of the interview a formal name change announcement had not been issued.
According to the Times, a small committee of company executives has narrowed down a list of potential names to two or three. The committee is researching how those names will be received in the 130 countries and jurisdictions in which AIU does business. It is trying to figure out the legal issues involved in a name change as well as how consumers might receive the new name. Mr. Mouat added that he was not on the committee and did not know if the new name would even include "American."
In a separate Reuters interview, AIG CEO Edward Liddy said AIG's property/casualty division is moving swiftly to break ties with its parent company, setting itself up to be a stand-alone company, but that the name the spun-off company will go by is still in question.
AIG is spinning off this business -- which includes its U.S. commercial insurance business and international foreign general division -- with a view to eventually floating the company in a public offering.
"AIU Holdings, or whatever name it finally becomes, will live to fight another day," said Liddy in an interview with Reuters. He said an initial public offering of at least part of the company could be staged as soon as the first or second quarter of 2010.
Talk of Hartford Selling Its P/C Op
We also reported that Hartford Financial Services is looking into a break-up of the 199-year old company. Sources reported that Hartford is seeking bids for its property/casualty insurance operations, although no confirmation for this has been provided. Published reports indicated Hartford is seeking bids from Travelers and other companies for its property/casualty unit.
Hartford reported a loss of $1.2 billion last Thursday, April 30, and in the same announcement stated it's exploring "restructuring, discontinuation or disposition of various business lines." The following day on May 1, Hartford announced that it was closing most of its operations in Britain, Ireland and Germany as part of a pullback from Europe.
We'll continue to keep you abreast as these two insurance industry titans face challenges and changes.
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Chris is a graduate of the College of the University of Chicago
(A.B., Cultural Anthropology), and holds professional degrees in architecture (M.Arch.)
and planning (M.U.P.P.) from the University of Illinois – Chicago. His Ph.D. is
from the School of Public Affairs of the University of Colorado Denver, with
the dissertation Valorizing Heritage:
Network and Regime in the Colorado Historic Preservation Policy Sub-System.
Christopher Koziol, Ph.D., AIA, is a licensed architect and
passionate urbanist with a specific commitment to enriching the civic
experience for those whom are often underserved by the architectural
profession. His approach to design integrates an empirical understanding of current
conditions and attentive listening for future aspirations of stakeholders, with
a grounding in an understanding of the historical circumstances underlying the
present. Firmly believing that the public interest can be served by high
quality design, he works at the intersection of public policy and architecture.
As a scholar and teacher, he researches the history of design in civic
advancement while working with students to influence contemporary practices.
Chris's current scholarly project centers around a book
project, Urbanism on the Make: Assembling
Chicago's Architectural Past (and Future) [under contract with Ashgate
Publishing]. This work affords a historical account of how Chicagoans have for
more than a century iteratively reinterpreted their material – and specifically
architectural – past to advance future actions related to both urban form-giving
and social reform. As a case study of the practices of architects, planners,
sociologists, politicians, social reformers, real estate developers, business
leaders, and neighborhood advocates acting alone and in concert, this account
explores the role of the past, that is, "heritage," in rhetorical and material transformations
of the existing city. A goal of this understanding is to identify those methods,
including public interest design, which advance a more just city.
Chris's teaching practice is informed by history and heritage,
not for their own sake, but as methodological entrees into intervening in and transforming
present conditions. As a studio educator, he introduces his students to community-based
clients attempting to improve their neighborhoods and civic life more broadly.
In recent semesters his graduate architecture students have been working with
several non-profits in Denver. They have helped a residents' group, Westwood
Unidos, visualize and prioritize features they deemed important in advocating for
a recreation center in an underserved part of the city. In another studio he
worked with an advocacy non-profit, Denver Shared Spaces, conceptualizing
how both their individual shared-space building, the Social Foundry, and that
facility's relationship to the existing neighborhood context will be affected
by future redevelopment. A current studio focuses on using building and site
rehabilitation and new design to advance the mutual objectives of two
community-based organizations with different, but complementary, missions. His
students are working with Su Teatro Cultural and Performing Arts Center and
NEWSED Community Development Corporation to explore a complex program of
performance space, youth education, business incubation, permanently affordable
housing for artists/creatives and an events plaza on Santa Fe Drive in the
Lincoln Park /La Alma neighborhood. In each of these cases, Chris draws upon
his familiarity with the history of local institutions in advancing design for
public good to posit another step forward.
In addition to studio-based architectural education, Chris
also developed and teaches the Social
Context of Design core course in the M.Arch. curriculum. This course
introduces students to many of the topics that are probed more deeply in the
studios. Thematic modules in this course cover: "the profession in society," "spaces
of public life," "local institutions," "spaces for work and residence," and "the
changing form of the (post) industrial city." In recent years he has also taught
seminars on Urban Conservation: Context
for Reuse and Public Interest Design.
Chris directs both the Master of Science in Historic
Preservation program and the College's Colorado Center for Community
Development (CCCD). The degree
program affords students training in emerging aspects of heritage conservation
including advanced documentation, sustainability, and neighborhood conservation.
CCCD is an almost five decade old community design center that has provided
technical assistance and advocacy for communities throughout Colorado. While
Chris has focused his personal Center projects on urban projects arising from
the non-profit and community-based sectors, he also manages a professional and
student staff focusing on technical assistance to small and under-served
communities across the state. The Center functions as a clinical teaching
practice for the College while addressing the planning and design needs of a
wide array of partner organizations.
Chris currently serves on the steering committees of Denver
Shared Spaces, an initiative to spur collaboration among non-profits, and Space
to Create Colorado, a statewide effort to develop affordable arts-based
live/work in rural communities in support of economic development. He is the
past board president of Colorado Preservation Inc.
While primarily focusing his career on education in recent
years, Chris maintains architectural licensure in both Colorado and Illinois.
He occasionally consults with practitioners and communities both locally and
nationally in his areas of expertise. Earlier in his career he worked as an
architect in several states. Project types include: adaptive reuse of
industrial buildings in Chicago, scattered site public housing in Boston,
transit oriented development in Lynn, Massachusetts, rehabilitation of historically
significant structures in several states, and urban design for the first phase
of the RTD light-rail through downtown Denver.
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Byat Sunday, December 16, 2012
Launched back on 2nd November, the iPad Mini has been showing ground to other 7 inch Android tablets like the Nexus 7 and Kindle Fire HD. The iPad Mini has received mostly positive reviews, but despite that, a lot of people have been complaining about the lack of retina display and a faster processor along with the hefty $329 price tag. And it looks like Apple is going to address at least some of those complaints in the next generation of iPad Mini, probably the iPad Mini 2.
The display of the current-gen iPad Mini is not that bad either with 1024 by 768 resolution but it really looks quite bad compared to other Retina-fied Apple devices. According to a recent report from DigiTimes, the iPad Mini 2 will finally have a Retina display with a resolution of 2058 by 1536 with a 326 ppi which easily enters the Retina territory.
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The sources have yet to specify whether the device will use Apple's Retina Display technology to enhanced resolution, but market observers said it is highly likely based on the development of past Apple products such as the iPhone and 9.7-inch iPad series.It was pre-predicted by analysts that Apple would include a Retina display into the iPad Mini 2 to convince all those who have been complaining about the lower-res display of the iPad Mini into buying the next-gen iPad Mini. That higher resolution display will also finish the concerns about the higher price tag.
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Sequel to Wildly Popular Maze-Based Game is Out Now on Xbox LIVE Arcade.
San Mateo, Calif. – December 8, 2010 – Bomberman is back and better than ever, with teams, avatars and online multiplayer, as the famed character makes his return to Xbox LIVE® Arcade for the Xbox 360® video game and entertainment system from Microsoft with Bomberman Live: Battlefest. Published by Hudson Entertainment, the North American publishing arm of HUDSON SOFT, Bomberman Live: Battlefest is now available for 800 Microsoft Points.
The sequel to the critically acclaimed and highly successful downloadable title Bomberman LIVE, which has sold more than 600,000 copies, Bomberman Live: Battlefest will feature the same frantic action that the series is known for. With 8-person online multiplayer, as well as a wealth of all-new features, including teams, new modes, new arenas, new power-ups, new costumes, and even the ability to use an avatar as a playable character, players will be running for cover. Additionally, downloadable content will be completed and made available after launch, with the first set available on December 29. Bomberman super-fans will also get to dress up their avatars as Bomberman with the actual Bomberman suit itself or t-shirts in separate content coming December 15.
"Bomberman is one of the most beloved figures in gaming and it's a blast to continue the legacy of this fun and frenetic classic with Bomberman Live: Battlefest," said Sabine Duvall, Vice President of Digital Download at Hudson Entertainment. "We've added a ton of features to the game that will bring a whole new level of fun to the Bomberman experience for all."
Since winning 'Best Overall Game' and 'Best Competitive Multiplayer Game' in the Xbox LIVE Arcade Awards at GDC 2008, Bomberman LIVE reignited the fuses of Bomberman fans around the world. In Bomberman Live: Battlefest, players will be able to choose from more arenas than ever, including an Adventure Island-themed arena, a shape-shifting MultiMaze and a Pirate Ship crashing through the waves. With the all new team play feature, 2-4 players can join up per team, gather with up to 8 people online, and battle other teams and set the online world on fire!
Players will also be able to customize their own Bomberman by choosing from a plethora of new costumes, as they mix and match pieces of Napoleon Bombaparte, Chef Bombardee, Sir Bombalot and more. With five new power-ups like the cluster bomb, rocket bomb and laser bomb, and four new modes like VIP, Bankroll, Capture the Flag and Capture the Crown, Bomberman Live: Battlefest is sure to be a fiery addition to gaming libraries everywhere.
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TWIN CITIES, MINNESOTA -- In high school, I worked at a toy store called Creative Kidstuff. It was an amazing place to work. It was a small mom and pop place that carried fun and educational toys, games, books, costumes etc. During the time I worked there, they had free gift wrapping.
Every Saturday from 10am-2pm (except for Christmas rush time), they would have one employee demo a new project for free. Kids could come in with their parents, and even if the parents didn't buy anything, the child could come out with a free art project, learn a new board game, see a storybook character, or have been taught how to make balloon animals.
I liked that while I worked there the owner did a "Gun Buy Back" where children could bring in any of their toy guns and they would get a $2.00 gift certificate good for anything in the store. If they brought in a whole bag of toy guns, they'd get one certificate for each one. I thought it was a great idea! The only problem is that after it was over, the owner didn't know what to do with all the returned toy guns! Talk about GOOD customer relations and community PR.
I know in the past they have offered discounts to teachers and educators. There are/were free "clubs" for certain products that after a certain number (not $ amount) was brought the total amount was added up and a percentage of that was taken off the bill. There is also a birthday mailing list for kids and on their birthday month they got a $5 gift certificate to use in store.
The toys that are sold are non-violent, but so cool. A good 80% of the store has a demo product opened so the customer can take a look at what they are buying. All music CD's are also opened and kept at the front. When a customer wants to hear a CD, they just ask and it is played over the store loud speaker.
I loved working there as I was taught true customer service and how to treat a customer, without being walked on. The place was so much fun to work at, that I still continue to shop there (11 years after I stopped working there!) and even though I live 1300 miles away. I sometimes order via the mail just to support places like this as I feel they "have it all".
The only "downfall" is that sometimes their prices are slightly higher (a couple of dollars or so), but I don't mind paying a minimally higher price for being able to shop in a store where I can touch and play with everything before I buy it. And if you ask an employee a question, they will spend as much time needed with you to assist you with NO pressure to buy anything. The other downfall is they now charge for gift wrapping, but it's still a lot less than any place else and VERY unique. Check out their website at: www.creativekidstuff.com


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A contractionary fiscal policy is when the government decreases expenditure and/or increases taxes in order to decrease a budget deficit or increase a budget surplus. Fiscal policy refers to a government's use of revenue to influence the nation's economy. This can be done through expenditure (providing national services such as roads and education), the sale of fixed assets (land, privatizing public services) and taxation (collected from citizens).Continue Reading
Contractionary fiscal policies are often used to combat inflation by decreasing the amount of money in the economy. It is also used to reduce government debt. Contractionary fiscal policies allow governments the ability to provide more services in the future.Learn more about Law