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Understanding the difference in how I should be drawing lots of objects
PunCrathod replied to detlion1643's topic in Graphics and GPU ProgrammingIf you don't need to read the vbo on the cpu side and if you don't have to update many different parts of the vbo it would propably be faster to just push updates to the vbo using GL.BufferSubData. That way the driver doesn't have to retrieve the data back from the gpu. This is because mapping the buffer has the driver retrieve the specified part of vbo from vram into ram and then on unmap transfering the whole thing back to vram. With buffersubdata it never retrieves anything from gpu and only updates the part specified in the command. But all of the methods suggested here are valid and the only way of knowing wich one has the most performance is to profile them with your actual use case. And when doing that you propably should look into highprecision timer and timing individual frames. Keep a list of say 600 frames and you can get the shortest the longest and the avarage. Measuring performance in how many milliseconds or if you want even in nanoseconds is important as that gives a much better idea of just how much your performance drops than frames per second. Also keeping a record of individual frames lets you see the longest frames and help you find stutters and such more easily. All you have to worry about is if your frame time exceeds 16 milliseconds then you can no longer quarantee 60 fps and you might need to optimize. Or if you are targeting a differrent fps(for vr i think you need over 90 and for mobile 30 should be enough) you can calculate the millisecond limit by 1000/fps.
Sony C#/.NET Component Set Analysis
PunCrathod commented on PVS-studio team's article in Engines and MiddlewareIt's actually correct. If the status is Aborted then the first test will always be true anyways. So it's redundant. Really what I dislike about the code is that the reliance on order of operations instead of brackets. It is not correct. If the loop is meant to run until the status is either complete or aborted. What you are suggesting to be correct would still keep on looping if the status is aborted. Unless the code is meant to go into an infinite loop when the dispatcher aborts then what ferrous said would indeed be correct. Tough I would have made it like so for readability. while (res.Operation.Status != DispatcherOperationStatus.Completed && res.Operation.Status != DispatcherOperationStatus.Aborted)) { Thread.Sleep(50); }
C# Color Wheel
PunCrathod replied to myvraccount's topic in For Beginners's ForumThe problem here is that there are a few thousand different methods to do this depending on what you are using to interact with the user. For example the most common approach would be to use winforms but you can also use mono, unity or pretty much anything else ever concieved to interact with the user. For all we know you might be using a COM interface to make a grid of leds go on and off. Or if you don't have anything at all then I suggest you start looking at winforms tutorials and when you have a window with some interactivity you come back and tell us what you used to make the window and we will happily figure out a way to make a color picker for that. Making a simple color picker from nothing at all is several months of work even for a professional. Even if we picked a library at random and made a ready to use color picker for it it would propably take a long long time for you to integrate it into your project. So help us help you and give us little more details. You are right that you don't have to tell us what your project is about but everyone else is also rigth that we need more information to be able to help.
GLSL not behaving the same between graphics cards
PunCrathod replied to parrotintheoven's topic in Graphics and GPU ProgrammingI should have mentioned this in the original post, sorry. I'm not getting any errors while compiling or linking. Do you use glGetError, glGetProgramInfoLog and glGetShaderInfoLog. Shader errors do not always show in glGetError. You can also try to use glValidateProgram. If none of these show anything then we can consider a driver bug.
Terrain Normals : Quick questions about calculating on the fly...
PunCrathod replied to Sean_Seanston's topic in Graphics and GPU ProgrammingAs far as I know those games didn't use normals or anything similar. They just used a predrawn tileset. There just isn't any algorithm that could be used 20 years ago that could do that realtime so they faked it by using predrawn images.
OpenGL ES 2: Scale texture on creation?
PunCrathod replied to noodleBowl's topic in Graphics and GPU ProgrammingWhy do you want to scale it during creation. What is wrong with letting opengl scale it for you during drawing? Unless you want to implement your own scaling algorithm or use a library to get slow but better quality scaling you are betteroff just letting opengl do it during drawing.
How to display all explored nodes with A*?
PunCrathod replied to lucky6969b's topic in Artificial IntelligenceThere is no such thing as a discarded node in A*. There are only open and closed nodes. You always close the node that has the lowest heuristic value and make new open nodes around it. You can't discard any unused open nodes or you break the whole idea. Looking at the code it seems to be doing the right thing so I assume you are just using different terminology because of a language barrier or something. If you want to display rest of the nodes you need to save the opennodes and closed nodes into the AStar2.Path2.
Need help creating procedural rivers
PunCrathod replied to Jacho Mendt's topic in General and Gameplay ProgrammingA 1024x1024 for A* is a really simple problem if you are running it on a processor faster than a handheld calculator. Especially when you only need to run it during worldgen. Also what I would do is just repeat three steps after a swawnpoint has been found. 1. You find the steepest downward slope around the current point and go there. 2. If there isn't a downward slope you floodfill towards directions that are even with current position until you find a downward slope and then you A* a path to that location and go back to 1. 3. If you cant find a downward slope with the floodfille you make a lake that fills the whole floodfill area and go back one step of the river and go back to 1. where you handle the lake as if the height of the terrain was one level higher(as there is now a lake there). You should also allow multiple lakes to be on top of each other to form a deeper and bigger lake. If you continue this the river will eventually reach the ocean and it will generate nice and realistic lakes as well. Also if you reach the spawnpoint when going backwards in step 3 then you can stop the river there and you have a nice lake there. Not all lakes have a river that leads to the ocean.
Multithreaded mesh loading and 0xcc returned from glGenVertexArrays
PunCrathod replied to BloodOrange1981's topic in Graphics and GPU ProgrammingYou can't use the same context in multiple threads at the same time. You can "release" a context and "bind" it to another thread but that obviously makes you unable to use it in the original thread. You can however use multiple contexts and have them share resources with each other wich is propably what you want. https://www.opengl.org/wiki/OpenGL_and_multithreading
cross shader
PunCrathod replied to mireazma's topic in Graphics and GPU ProgrammingYes and no. The vertex shader does infact work on multiple vertexes in parallel and the fragment shader will also be working on multiple pixels in parallel. If you use a textureatlas and put all the stars in a single vbo you can issue a single drawcall to draw all the stars and the shaders will do it all in parallel. You will most likely get more performance this way as it doesn't have to work on all the pixels in the "void" space and you can predraw the cross in the textureatlas so you don't have to do any blur shaders.
Handling collisions with multiple bodies and unwanted collision with internal edges
PunCrathod replied to neonsoup's topic in Math and PhysicsSorry I made a mistake in the calculation of t. The length of the penetration vector was supposed to be divided by the y component of rotatedvelocity. Also I chose the vector (0,1) for the surfacenormalrotation so we can use the y component of the rotatedvelocity. You can use vector (1,0) if you want but then you need to use x component from the rotatedvelocity. This rotation is done so we can treat the surfacepenetration as an axis aligned vector so we can compare a single component from velocity vector to the length of the surfacepenetration. Also in the unlikely event where t happens to be larger than 1 or rotatedvelocity.y is 0 then the chosen surface was invalid and you need to choose a new one. This can happen if we approach from an angle that is too steep compared to the penetrationvector wich means that blue could not have come from that direction in the firstplace. If you can't find a surface that results with t between 1 and 0 then blue was already inside red before it even moved. Please note that the only valid surfaces are those that are between two adjacent corners of blue or two adjacent corners of red if we are evaluating surfaces of blue. It must be done both ways or otherwise you miss the collisions where a corner of red is inside blue This does work on circles. Altough it can require multiple iterations(solve t and move blue backwards a lot of times until it finally is outside) and could take a long time but it will eventually get there. This shouldn't require any special handling. Oh and because floats and doubles(64bit floats) can be a bit inaccurate at times you may need to modify the calculation of t by adding a little padding. float t=0.001+abs(surfacepenetration.length/rotatedvelocity.y) . Another thing that comes to mind is that when choosing the surface you could try to optimize it by choosing a surface where the angle between the surfacepenetration and velocity is closest to pi radians or 180 degrees instead of the shortest one. In most cases they are the same but there are some cases where t will be over 1 if you use the smallest penetration length and in these cases choosing a surface where the angle between surfacepenetration and velocity was closest to 180 degrees would have been the correct one. Also instead of checking if a surface is between two adjacent corners you can just check if the angle between the surfacepenetration and velocity is over pi/2 radians or 90 degrees as that indicates that blue is approaching the surface from the wrong side. Checking the angle instead of penetrationlenth also fixes this. Edit: Noticed that choosing the surface with the angle would make incorrect choises in some cases. But checking if the angle between surfacepenetration and velocity is between 1/2pi and 3/2pi radians or 90 and 270 degrees does fix the case where blue made it deep enough to make the penetration to the otherside be smaller than the side it came from.
Handling collisions with multiple bodies and unwanted collision with internal edges
PunCrathod replied to neonsoup's topic in Math and PhysicsOk let me try. All of this should work with any size and shape polygons and the image has axis aligned rectangles only because I was using mspaint. [attachment=26235:figurea.png] First we need to find a corner from blue polygon that is inside red polygon and call it corner A. Then find the surface in red wich is the closest one to corner A that is between corner A and an adjacent corner from blue and call it surface B. In order to move the blue outside of the red polygon we need a vector from corner A to surface B and call it surfacepenetration. Then we calculate the angle between surfacepenetration and a vector(0,1) and call it surfacenormalrotation. Then make a new vector called rotatedvelocity by copying and rotating the original velocity by surfacenormalrotation. Now we take the length of surfacepenetration and divide it by the Y component of rotatedvelocity. This gives us a float t between 0 and 1. This is the precentage of velocity you need to move blue one backwards to make corner A be outside of red polygon. Here is a pseudocode for the moving blue backwards part. float angle=findangle(surfacepenetration,upvector) vector2d rotatedvelocity=blue.velocity.copy rotatevector(rotatedvelocity,angle) float t=abs(surfacepenetration.length/rotatedvelocity.y) blue.pos-=blue.velocity*t . When we enter the collision handling we repeat this until blue is not inside any red polygons. Then we process what happens to blue based only on the last collision that was detected this way as that is collision would have happened first if your simulation steps were small enough. In your first example picture it would always be the collision with the left red rectangle and the blue stops because of hitting the right red rectangle horizontally never happens. Also if we store the percentages of velocity we moved blue backwards we know how many percent of "frametime" blue actually moved and we can then move blue again with the remaining percent after the collision has been resolved and blues velocity has been updated. This way no "frametime" is lost when collisions happen and the simulation looks smoother. In a case where red corner is inside blue polygon you can use the same method. Corner A just comes from red and surface B comes from blue. We still need to solve the case where the right red polygon is a tiny bit higher than the left and blue moves along the surface from left to right. When it hits the right polygon its going to hit it horizontally again and again and never get past it. That is why we need a variable to override the behaviour. When we search the closest surface if we find a surface that is less than minypenetration away and the resulting surfacepenetration vector would be mostly vertical we need to choose that one. And in this case we also don't move blue backwards but upwards instead to avoid getting stuck. If you don't do this then your seams must be perfect or you get "wierd stops" when you hit the seams from the lower side. Edit: Ohsnap I had the vectors in the calculation of t wrong way around.
Handling collisions with multiple bodies and unwanted collision with internal edges
PunCrathod replied to neonsoup's topic in Math and PhysicsCalculating how far to push body along its velocity is not that simple, as finding its minimal separation vector, but is almost the same as finding exact collision time in continuous collision algorithm. As i already said, continuos collisions involve more problems like corner-corner collisions, which i also dont know how to solve. It is relativily simple. Just rotate both velocity and surfacepenetration the same amount so that the surface vector is upright(x==0). Then multiply the original velocity vector by vel.y/surface.y and thats it. I assume you already have the distance blue has penetrated along the surface normal. And you may need to use vel.y/-surface.y if your surfacepenetration vector goes from surface to inside instead of from inside to surface. Also if you store the percentages of velocity used(the vel.y/surface.y part) you can then after the last collision has been processed move the character again by velocity*(-sumofstoredvalues) as to make it move more physically accurately. As for the second approach. It is actually quite common in platformers as it makes characters able to climb stairs and slopes and run over small gaps without having to make complicated code to detect those special cases.
Handling collisions with multiple bodies and unwanted collision with internal edges
PunCrathod replied to neonsoup's topic in Math and PhysicsYou could try to just move the blue backwards along its velocity until it no longer collides with anything like you are doing now but only alter the blue velocity in the last collision. you also could define a minimum Y penetration(could even be a variable inside blue) so that if the Y penetration is smaller than that then even if X penetration is smaller than Y you still take the Y one. You should get pretty satisfactory results if you do both of these.
Sprite batching performance
PunCrathod replied to Totologic's topic in Graphics and GPU ProgrammingUmmm.... Correct me if I'm wrong but isn't the point of a sprite batcher to render as many sprites as possible with as few drawcalls as possible. Why are you only rendering 800 sprites at a time when you could just render them all at once. The only reason that I can think of are memory constraints but a batchsize of 800 is kinda low even for that.


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Some people would be pretty pissed about seeing their work vehicles get thrown into the air and crushed by a tornado, while others would be absolutely devastated about losing the homes they lived in their entire lives during a brutal storm.
But forget that. Anton Williams is none too pleased with the tornado for disrupting his game of Fortnite.
According to WXII, Williams and his neighbors survived a barrage of strong storms that ripped through their Greensboro neighborhood Sunday night, and while he's thrilled that everyone around him wound up being OK, he's not very happy about the storm fucking up his epic game of Fortnite.
"I was sitting at home and I was playing 'Fortnite,' and all of sudden, I hear a bunch of noise," Williams said. "I look out the window and I started seeing the roof come off the houses in front of me. I sit back down because I only have a couple people left in my game, and I was going to try to finish the game, but then it started getting worse and I started to see the power lines come down, so I told my sister and my nephew to come to the bathroom. Honestly, I was thinking about the game, but I was hoping everybody was OK around me."
No time for video games for this nun: Badass Chainsaw Wielding Nun Helps Clean Up After Hurricane Irma And Goes Viral
Son of a bitch. I mean, only a couple people left in the game and then that happens? Sometimes it's just not your day, I guess.
No word if the Oxford Dictionary plans on changing their definition of dedication anytime soon, but I'd say seeing other houses losing their roofs yet continuing to play a video game is at least worth a mention of Williams in the notes section.

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There are a ton of scenes that are primarily blue and some version of red or pink in this film. Which is wild because it takes place in a desert.
It would have been easy to make everything dust or sand colored, but then it would have been less interesting. But they didn't throw the whole gamut of color on it either, because then that would have been distracting.
No, they chose lots of blues and reds. And it feels right. Part of the design of the movie is not what you put in, but what you leave out. Greens were very lightly used in the film.
There are some amazing compositions in this film. They're interesting and engaging and they create beautiful moments. Like this save-the-cat moment. There are so many things leading our eyes around from Aladdin to the children. We get a sense of what he's going to do next.
And also this one.
Notice where Jasmine is in the study above? Right at the center of the spiral. Pretty cool, huh? Here are some other compositions that really stood out to me.
The shot below is when Aladdin shows Jasmine his digs. This is a huge moment because the 'feeling trapped' connection between Aladdin and Jasmine is absolutely vital to the story. Aladdin feels trapped by his own 'street rat' identity, living free on the streets and Jasmine feel trapped in the identity of princess living in the palace.
Knowing all that, the composition of this shot is freaking amazing. Jasmine is sitting directly in front of the palace, which looms largely in the background, making Jasmine look smaller and pressured by it. Alternatively, Aladdin is surrounded by sky, but he's looking directly at the palace. It is a perfect setup for them to connect.
The pinks and purples - beautifully romantic colors - definitely set the mood for two characters.
It's shots like these, ones that combine the story with the placement of characters, and then set the mood with color, that make me love movies. Aladdin is one of the best films I've ever seen. The story, combined with the composition, design, color, acting (I can't really write a blog about Aladdin without bringing up Robin Williams' beautiful performance as Genie), and animation work together so incredibly well in this film.
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Part 7 of series: Is Online Church Really Church?
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If you've been following along in this series dealing with online church, you know that I see many ways the Internet can extend and enrich the experience of church. I affirm churches that are seeking to reach out through online church in its various forms. Moreover, I recognize how the Internet can enhance the worship, education, and fellowship of a church.
Yet, having said this, I must say that I'm not as enthusiastic about efforts to have online church become the whole shebang. Those who argue that a person can experience all that is essential to church through the Internet are mistaken, in my view. In the last two posts, I supported my critique with examples of church activities that either require physical presence or are significantly enhanced by being with people in the flesh.
Nevertheless, I do think the case for online church does find some grounding in the New Testament. Before I explore what I believe to be the inadequacy of online church, I want to explain where I would look in the New Testament for support of this form of congregational life.
I would not, by the way, put too much weight down upon an argument I have often heard in favor of virtual church. It goes something like this: "The church is not a building, but people. People can get together online. Therefore gathering in a building in not essential to church. Online church is real church." Of course I have simplified this argument, but I think I have the basics right. In response, let me say, first, that I profoundly agree with the statement that the church is not a building. The church is the people of God in some configuration and relational connection. Real church does not require a building or even meeting in a building. But it does not necessarily follow from this truth that online church is real church. That conclusion assumes another truth, namely, that physical presence is not essential, that "gathering" online is really gathering. I find this suspect, though not completely impossible, from the point of view of New Testament experience and theology.
The Church as Ekklesia
Our word "church," which comes to us by way of Germanic languages, is ultimately derived from the Greek word kurios, or Lord. The church is the Lord's house. We use the English word "church," however, to translated the New Testament Greek word ekklesia (from which we get words like "ecclesiastical"). In the first-century A.D., ekklesia was not used in ordinary Greek to refer to religious communities. Rather, it meant "gathering" or "assembly." It also had a technical usage, referring to the assembly of voting citizens in a city. Essentially, then, ekklesia referred to an actual gathering of people. That was its primary sense among the early Christians. The ekklesia happened when they got together for worship, fellowship, ministry, eating, praying, or whatever else. There was no ekklesia when the Christians were not actually assembled.
Yet a secondary sense of the word ekklesia referred to the people of God, essentially connected in Christ, but not necessarily physically gathered. You find this use of the word, for example, when Jesus says to Peter, "And I tell you, you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my church, and the gates of Hades will not prevail against it" (Matt 16:18). Whatever Jesus envisioned for Peter, it's clear that he wasn't thinking of building a building called a church, or forming one small actual gathering of his followers. Rather, the ekklesia in Matthew 16:18 is something like the aggregate of all local ekklesiai.
The Apostle Paul and Church Over a Distance
Nevertheless, there is plenty in the New Testament to suggest that church, in this broader and less physical sense, was something that needed to be experienced in actual churches of actual people actually meeting together. Yet there were times when one or more members of a church could not be physically present in the gathering. The Apostle Paul, for example, planted churches in various places and then left those places to plant new churches. Could he somehow be part of the churches where he was not present? While physically distant, Paul envisioned being present with his churches. How? He spoke of praying continually for his churches. He wrote letters that represented his presence and conveyed his teaching. Furthermore, in several passages he spoke of being spiritually present with a church even though he was physically absent (1 Cor 5:3; Col 2:5).
Paul's example supports the idea that physical presence is not always essential for genuine Christian community. Yet Paul offers little help for those who are trying to argue that physical presence with other Christians isn't important or desirable. In fact, Paul often speaks of how much he longs to be with his churches (for example, 1 Thes 3:6). Of course he was not able to chat online with these congregations or livestream their gatherings. But his yearning to by physically present with his churches indicates a strong psychological preference for in-the-flesh church, if not an equally strong theological conviction about physical nature of church.
I'll examine this theology in my next post in this series.
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Dear Family and Friends,
Well this week I was transferred. To Sydney, Australia Portuguese speaking. But that was just a dream, so I am still in Maringá (and will find out in one week if I will be transferred or not). For now I am giving this area my whole heart!! My mission started a 40 day fast where we are fasting from everything that takes the Spirit away from us. It is so awesome and truly is a "purification process." I have already seen its affects!! Yahoo!!
This week we had… EIGHT people in Church!! It was truly a miracle!! We were on cloud nine. That was our record haha. We have had some sweet experiences this week! We contacted Maria, a woman in our Area Book, and found out that she had recieved the Elders one year ago. One Elder, sitting at the same table that we were sitting at, promised her that if she had sufficient faith and prayed about the Restoration, she would recieve an answer. She said I HAVE FAITH, prayed to Heavenly Father–completely willing, desirous, and faithful to recieve an answer– and that night had a dream which was Joseph in the Sacred Grove praying to Heavenly Father. She said she knows it's true. WHAT HAPPENED you wonder?? The Elders passed and passed, but she was never home and I think she fell between the cracks with transfers. But we found her!! She knows it's true, but unfortunately when we invited her to be baptized (3 times now??) she said OOOOH no, when I asked God for an answer I told Him that I wouldn't follow it and I am very comfortable in my own Church. So, we are working on that. But wow it was a powerful experience that Heavenly Father will answer prayers.. and is very merciful. We started visiting Lorena and Cleide again as a result of several very powerful Spiritual promptings (described in a hand-written letter that I sent today). With a few visits, scriptures, and answered questions Lorena is now preparing to be baptized. She told us that she has a GREAT desire to live the commandments of God and be baptized. Our DL suggested reading the story of Jospeh in Egypt (due to Law of Chastity problems), so we did and afterwards she said Whoa, I want to be baptized. It was amazing. Our leaders are truly inspired. She went to Church and wants to continue on the path to baptism. We will mark a date this week. Cleide, her mom, finally told us her worries–that her husband (but not her boyfriend…) will be so sad if they divorce (in order for her to marry her boyfriend). I told her that God will take care of him…but the words were not my own- I just opened my mouth and out they came. She repeated what I said and seemed to be at peace. OOOH cool experience- this week we ran into an Athiest. We explained, tactfully, that God exists and not only that but He loves her very much, misses her, and she is His daughter literally. Afterwards I prayed to Heavenly Father to help her and immediately the impression came to my mind, "I just did." It was an answer to my prayers to be used as an instrument in the hands of God. This week, we met with a inactive boy, Fabion, and his family for the second time. We had been studying asking inspired questions as part of my training, and man did it pay off!! We were talking about gaining a testimony of the Church through the BOM ( with his non-member family and him). I said I think you already did this Fabion. What does the response that you recieved mean to you? He talked and talked and ended up saying that it was a blessing that the true Church of Jesus Christ was on the earth and that maybe later in his life he will start going again. I did not know he had that testimony. After he finished I waited a few moments and all I could say was don't wait. It seemed to have an impression on him, so I am excited to visit him again and see how he is. I have really seen this week how life without the Gospel of Jesus Christ is miserable, and only through Jesus Christ, His Atonement, and His Gospel can we have true joy. After all the Gospel of Jesus Christ is God's plan for our (eternal) happiness!! I love you all so much. Thank you for your support and your prayers!!
Sister Suzannah Butler


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Wild Toro Slot Base Gameplay
The Wild Toro slot is rather unusual 5×4 reel slot with a total of 178 paylines, the slot is playable for a minimum bet of 0.20 credits, as you would expect from the title the main star of this slot is El Toro (The Bull) but also features Diaz Jr a Matador who Toro will charge at during gameplay adding many wilds onto the reels.
In the base game, there are a few natural wilds on the reels, and some heavily stacked symbols too, but the main excitement is going to occur when Toro lands on the 5th reel of this slot and triggers the "Toro Goes Wild" feature , where if the Matador is present on any of the reels Toro will charge towards him making all of the symbols he passes through into wilds.
There are a couple more extra features on offer which includes the Matador Respin Challenge, where you are given several re-spins to try and trigger the main bonus feature, most of the Wild Toro bonus features are shown in the promotional video below.
Wild Toro Slot Bonus Features
The main bonus feature in the Wild Toro Slot occurs when El Toro lands on reel 5, if any Matadors are present on the reels (2, 3, 4) then El Toro will charge first vertically and then horizontally towards this symbol, all of the positions on the reels which are passed through are then changed into wild symbols.
If no Matadors are present on the reels then Toro will slowly make his way towards reels 1, further Matadors then landing to his right will cause Toro to move back across the reels making for quite an interesting and tense bonus round.
The final mini feature is the Matador Respin Challenge, which is triggered by landing 3 of the special Matador Symbols, this then grants you with 3 re-spins in which are you are trying to land El Toro on the reels to trigger the main bonus.
The theoretical RTP (Return To Player) for Wild Toro is a decent 96.4%.
Overall Thoughts on Wild Toro
An interesting release from ELK Studios, they continue to produce some visually impressive and different slots and definitely cater well for mobile slots players with their simplistic design.
Wild Toro has an interesting bonus feature which can be very rewarding, but can also be slightly short lived as he roams across the reels when no Matadors are present causing the bonus to end in just a few spins, the slot however seems to be fairly low-medium variance and the feature does seem to trigger quite often.
Not our favourite ELK slot for sure, but certainly worth a few spins if you are looking for something different to play.


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Saudi Civil Defense Prepared to Fight Threats during Hajj
Last updated on September 24th, 2018
The General Directorate of Civil Defense has revealed that Hajj will have the best-in-class security this time around. With more 18,000 highly trained personnel, alongside 3,000 vehicles will be deployed to make sure that the security does not have any loop holes.
The directorate has said that the forces will be stationed at all sacred sites, and will gel-up with 32 government bodies to successfully carry out their plans. Besides, to make the task easy, new technology using the digital maps has been adopted, simplifying the work for personnel.
The experience gained during the previous hajj sessions has helped the authorities understand the need for change. Also, it is important to focus on development of units and squads, and the performance awareness in order to keep everything run flexibly, the directorate added.
Maj. Gen. Salim bin Marzouq Al-Matrafi, commander of civil defense forces for Hajj, said that its plan for Hajj focuses on three major pillars.
"The first pillar deals with the preventive side, through predicting the emergencies that might occur and adopting the necessary measures to mitigate the potential risks," he explained.
"The second side deals with intervention and confrontation through the field forces that address any event in the appropriate time and place. The third pillar deals with the work that supports all field work and complements all procedures to ensure that pilgrims can perform their rituals with safety and ease."
Brig. Gen. Hamoud bin Sulaiman Al-Faraj, assistant director for Civil defense for Hajj, also added that the preparations and plans focus on the prevention and safety thorough an analysis of data from previous years. Besides, the geological surveys of problem areas by a committee, featuring representatives of all concerned parties has also helped help draw out solid conclusions.
The series of steps taken by authorities, hence make it very safe for people who want to go to the holy pilgrim of Hajj this year.
Australia Joins US in Protecting Freedom of Navigation in Strait of Hormuz
The Australian forces will join the US' efforts in protecting the shipping in the Strait of Hormuz. Due to severing tensions with Iran, several US troops, planes and warships have been making efforts to guard the Middle Eastern strait as of now.
The US' continuous efforts to keep a close check on Iranian attacking crafts in the strait have been manipulated by many leaders as an interference, which they believe could lead to an "act of aggression" in the Gulf region. Similarly, many critics have warned that the increased involvement could become a means of breaching the existing international law.
Fascinated by the US-led safeguarding mission in the Strait of Hormuz, which was later joined by the UK and Bahrain, the Australian government has decided to send troops, planes and warships to help guard shipping. The aim of the entire mission has largely been to protect the freedom of navigation in the Gulf region.
On Wednesday, the Australian Prime Minister expressed his support over rising calls of "destabilising behaviour" in the Gulf region, calling it a huge threat to the Australian interests. He said, "The government has been concerned over incidents involving shipping in the Strait of Hormuz over the past few months," adding that the decision to send forces would become a step forward in stabilising peace.
"This destabilising behaviour is a threat to our interests in the region, particularly our enduring interest in the security of global sea lanes.
"The government has decided it's in Australia's national interests to work with our international partners to contribute to an international maritime security mission … in the Middle East."
The Strait of Hormuz has a huge relevance for Australia as the country receives about 15 percent of crude oil and 30 percent of refined oil through the strait. The instability in the Gulf region could also bring economic slowdown in the country, which could affect the Australians in a long run.
Morrison while backing his decision of calling the navigation through international waters, a fundamental right of all states under international law said, "All states have a right to expect safe passage of their maritime trade consistent with international law."
In regards to its commitment in guarding the Strait of Hormuz as part of the US-led mission known as the international maritime security construct (IMSC), the Australian officials have decided to send a frigate for six months from January, a P-8A Poseidon maritime surveillance and patrol aircraft to the Middle East region for one month.
It appears that Australia's sole mission in the entire session is de-escalation of unwanted war-like situation. While the Australian officials rejoiced the government's decision in promoting the rule of law in the Strait of Hormuz, certain leaders are stuck on the statements that Australian military's involvement in the region is a clear violation of the international law.
China Detains British Consulate Worker amid Rising Threats from HK Protestors
Protests could really lead to huge disruptions and total chaos in a nation. Hong Kong protests is one such example, following which the Chinese prosecutors have become more alert in arresting the suspected people. Recently, a British consulate worker was detained at the Chinese border.
Before being caught by the Chinese officials on August 8, Simon Cheng was believed to be returning to his native Hong Kong from a business trip in South-east China's Shenzhen via the Lo Wu immigration control point, when his girlfriend lost communication with him. The detention of a UK's consulate for Hong Kong came amid China's struggle to maintain its power in the semi-autonomous Chinese territory.
The extradition bill introduced by Hong Kong government under China's supervision and authority has led to a political crisis in the entire territory. Millions of Hong Kongers protested against the temporarily suspended bill, calling for its permanent withdrawal, which they thought would otherwise threaten Hong Kong's autonomy. As per the rules, if the bill were to become a law, then every suspected criminal would be extradited to other countries including mainland China.
The UK Foreign Office remained concerned, while observing the tensed atmosphere between the anti-government protestors in Hong Kong and the way these protests impacted China, bringing in more challenges for them. They even expressed concerns over the unnecessary detention of the British consulate worker amid the entire chaotic situation.
Along with criticising the Chinese officials' move, the office said that it was seeking further information from authorities in Guangdong Province and Hong Kong. In the meantime, the British embassy in Beijing has been providing actual support to his family.
The media report suggested that Simon Cheng is a trade and investment officer at the Scottish Development International section of the consulate, whose officials called for the Foreign Office's help in the detention case.
The analysts believe that the Chinese officials, through these acts are trying every possible way to curb the Hong Kong protestors. At the same time, they do not want the Hong Kongers to get connected to the Chinese people and have thereby heightened security measures for the travellers. People entering mainland China through any measures remain subjected to police checks for evidences related to protests. Detention of the British Consulate worker was the result of the same.
Music Goes Silent as African Singer John De'Mathew Dies
The African music industry and fans mourned on Monday, as the Kenya police announced death of John De' Mathew. The musician reportedly died in a fatal car crash in Thika, a town that is just outside the capital Nairobi.
The singer, real name John Ng'ang'a, was alone in his car that he was driving on Sunday night. The Kenyam police stated that the car collided with a lorry, while De'Mathew was returning from a fundraiser, Harambee. He had attended the event earlier in support of fellow musician Peter Kigia.
According to local media reports, the musician was returning after performing at the event, when the accident took place. He was soon taken to the Thika Nursing Home, where he was later pronounced dead.
John De'Mathew was popular for singing in Kenya's Kikuyu language and his music style known as Benga, a genre that features on fast-paced guitar tunes.
Kenyan Vice President William Ruto paid his accolade to the singer, describing him as a vivid performer, who was capable of tackling social problems through his lyrics. "De Mathew was a great composer of Kikuyu lyrics, which carried undertones of societal ills, including alcoholism and promoting peace and cohesion in society," Ruto said in a post on Twitter.
Referring to one of De'Mathew's songs, one fan said that, "Mbeú Njíthí was one great song addressing the alcoholism problem among the Kikuyu men (and especially young men)."
Identified by his signature look of white cowboy hat, De'Mathew produced more than 50 albums and sang more than 300 songs in his career of three decades.
Kenyan lawmaker and musician, Charles Njagua Kanyi said John De'Mathew's songs inspired him to opt music. "While growing up, I listened a lot to John DeMathew. His music inspired me greatly to become the musician I am today. I am Deeply saddened by his untimely demise following a tragic road accident today.. May His soul rest well in eternal peace," the lawmaker said.
On Sunday night, fans shared videos of his last performance on social media, expressing their sorrow and highlighting how Kenya lost a music giant. Many tweeted with the hashtag #RIPDeMathew to share their fond memories of the musician.
Hong Kong Protests: China asks 'Foreign Forces' Not to Interfere
It has been months since the onset of the Hong Kong Protests over the extradition bill, which was considered a threat to the democracy of the former British territory as it would transfer fugitives to Mainland China.
On Thursday, China's ambassador to the UK Liu Xiaoming reiterated on the fact that Hong Kong is a part of China and the foreign countries shouldn't interfere in the territory's affairs.
In a press conference at the Chinese Embassy in London, Liu said, "Some Western politicians and organizations have publicly or covertly given various types of support to the violent radicals, and tried to interfere in the judicial independence of Hong Kong and obstruct Hong Kong police from bringing the violent offenders to justice."
"We urge those foreign forces to respect China's sovereignty and security, immediately stop interfering in Hong Kong affairs, stop interfering in China's internal affairs, and stop conniving in violent offence," he added.
The Hong Kong protests, which began to oppose the extradition bill, have witnessed not only brutal violence against the protestors, but also vandalism at the Legislative council.
However, the demonstrators are now not only calling for the termination of the extradition bill, but also for the release of the protestors detained and independent elections in a democratic manner to elect the new Legislative Council Members and the Chief Executive.
Earlier on Wednesday, the satellite images revealed an envoy of armoured paramilitary police vehicles parked at a stadium in Shenzen, the Chinese city which also happens to be near the Hong Kong border.
Liu further issued the most direct threat till now to the protestors, saying, "We have enough solutions and enough power within the limits of basic law to quell any unrest swiftly. We hope this will end in an orderly way. In the meantime we are fully prepared for the worst."
In regards with the violent ongoing Hong Kong protests, he added, "No country under the rule of law, no responsible government, would sit back and watch as such violence rages on".
The Chinese ambassador's statement came in response to the question about a plan to extend the UK citizenship rights to Hong Kong Chinese, which was suggested by the Commons Foreign Affairs Select Committee chairman, Tom Tugendhat.
While the Hong Kong protests are beginning to impact the economy of the territory and marring its image, a stance leaning on ending the protests and working together might have ended the protests much earlier. With this statement it is evident that the Chinese government will resort to means that might further worsen the situation, instead of allowing an independent group to mediate and try to end the conflict.
Gibraltar Rebuffs Release of Captured Iranian Oil Tanker Grace 1
The ongoing tanker standoff in the Middle East is now surrounded by different opinions over the release of the seized tankers. The Iranian oil tanker Grace 1, which British Royal Marines seized for illegally transporting 2.1 million barrels of oil to Syria, was speculated to be released soon.
The Iranian authorities said that Gibraltar, the British overseas territory, might release the tanker soon as some documents were exchanged in order to facilitate the release of the tanker.
Earlier, following the seizure of its oil tanker, the Iranian forces retaliated and seized the British-flagged Stena Impero and Liberian-flagged but British operated Mesdar on July 19. This further worsened the relations of Iran with major world powers as the US had already withdrawn itself from the international agreement and had begun to impose sanctions on Iran.
Jalil Eslami, deputy head of Iran's Ports and Maritime Organisation, said, "Britain is interested in releasing Iran's oil tanker Grace 1. Following the exchange of some documents, we hope the release will take place soon."
Last month, Supreme Court of Gibraltar passed the verdict to extend the detention of the tanker by 30 days. Now, a court in Gibraltar will discuss the future of the Iranian oil tanker on Thursday once the order for its custody expires – the Gibraltar government has the power to hold the seized tanker for only 60 more days, the time period which would expire in mid-October.
One of the top officials from the Gibraltar government on conditions of anonymity said, "I've seen that report, but we don't have any information. We continue to seek to de-escalate issues arising since the lawful detention of Grace 1."
Following the seizure of the Iranian oil tanker, there has been a continuous discussion on the manner in which the tanker was seized and if the seizure was in compliance with the international law.
While some claim that the seizure might be illegal as Iran was not subjected to the EU-enforced embargo, many experts said that as the port to which ship was bound, was sanctioned – hence, the seizure of the oil tanker is completely in accordance with the EU rules.
If the Iranian oil tanker Grace 1 is released on Thursday, the decision will not just clear the air surrounding the nuclear deal prior to the G7 summit between the leading economic powers in Biarritz at the end of the month, but also ease out the strained peace stability in the Middle East.
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I sat down at the desk in the junk room to write a blog post an hour ago. All I have done so far is listen to music on Spotify. Music from my distant past. While writing this, Wilson Phillips are singing "Hold On", and I'm remembering drawing a picture of them in the back of my college art sketchbook.
It's funny how music has the keys to every door we might lock – how it can take us back to moments in the past so directly. There's something wrong about streaming the likes of Wilson Phillips via the Internet though – they should really be played from a cheap CD player, propped on the edge of the desk, with the crystal case left open in front of it – the lyrics to the songs printed over shots of the band in the sleeve notes.
There was something about the order of tracks on an album – we would remember which track came next – waiting for it's opening bars during the silence.
Music used to be more important than it is now. I'm sure of it. I invested a LOT of money in my first music system – a "mini" system which I still own – still propped in the the corner of the lounge nearly thirty years and three house moves after it's original purchase. I walked into the local Hi-Fi shop with my Dad, with a firm maximum figure in mind (basically everything I had in the bank). I spent almost double what I had, and paid my Dad back over several months.
Before relationships, children, house ownership, and all the other out-goings that come with "being a grown-up", I used to buy a lot of music. My older brother called me "Mr Expendable Income". When I first started going out with the girl I would one day marry, she laughed at the number of books and CDs in my apartment – she also took me shopping to buy house plants, and a rug for the living room.
"Eyes Like Twins" just started playing. I remember playing this track late at night in the summer with the sliding doors onto my balcony wide open – the curtains billowing in the night breeze. So many memories.
I mentioned that I'm sitting in the junk room. I should probably start calling it "the study", on account of tidying it up this afternoon. It now looks fairly presentable – and the bin outside is full. While sorting through ten years worth of ephemera, I turned up three CDs burned by a close friend from the past. Armed with a modern smartphone I photographed them, and sent her a message on WhatsApp.
"Remember these?".
She responded a few moments later with hearts. I remember opening the post the day they arrived years ago, and listening to them on my music system – the music system I had bought with my Dad, that still sits in our lounge.
It's funny how everything goes in circles, isn't it. Life, music, stories, crossed paths, emotions, experiences, adventures. We all somehow end up where we started, over and over again.


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I think I am doing more damage to my taste buds with coffee in Europe. Sure there is wonderful espresso roasts that are blends. You can get various blend, some might say French roast or Italian roast, but, while some people might enjoy drinking fine wines, cognacs, whiskey, cigars, high grade medical pot – my idea of something fun is enjoying single source coffee roasts and green teas from around the planet.
Yes, I know, I am pretty boring at a party. Don't drink, don't do drugs, like to talk about ideas, not what the people are wearing and doing in their personal lives.
I think I will edit down some camera phone video of the cows I shot when I take a break later today. I have to crunch a bunch of design ideas and see where I end up. I find imagery funny. Part of what I love about photojournalism of old is that you were not allowed to do anything to the image. It was that moment in time that someone captured for people to see. I don't think this holds true today, as the world I came from – entertainment and illusion, seems to have said manipulate everything.
I guess that is why I so enjoyed the trotting of the cows. With professional sports and entertainment, there is what I call the H&B factor (hype and bullshit) that seems to be created to make everything be larger than life. I guess when something is genuine and real in life, it stands out like a beacon of sunlight that pierces through holes in rainclouds.
The other factor might be that I know how to enhance little sound, visual, smell and other cues just enough to get the human mind to believe the H&B factor? Or, I simply did too many experiences, got too old, and really have come to appreciate the simplicity and reality of life?
I have to composite two images today for someone website. They were shocked when I showed them the actual images versus what the final will look like.
"Most of what you see in media is an illusion, it is a bunch of time and simple tricks that you use to make something appear better than it is. That is why entertainment was so interesting to work with. You didn't need to spend the amount of money for the simulation or precision of medical or military work…. you simply spent just enough to make the human mind think it was seeing reality."
What is sad is that when you know how to do all this, you see all the H&B in society. Perhaps that is why I relish the idea of the lab in nature. There isn't much in the way of man-made H&B around, rather, just the beauty of amazing design in nature.
What I do appreciate in clever design, I saw with my cup of coffee before the trotting of the cows. I drink black coffee, no sugar, and no crème I want to taste the coffee.
But I had to take a picture of the way this shop served crème with their coffee. A piece of chocolate molded to hold a serving of fresh coffee crème.
Yes, I gave it away, but not before admired the cleverness and "cute" factor. Then I tasted my coffee and lamented missing my roaster from Stumptown and Kaladi (Denver) sigh.


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Merry Christmas everyone! I can't believe I haven't posted a blog for almost 7 weeks, where does the time go?
Not only have I not posted a blog, I've barely done any stitching either. I'm blaming the new job; which I love, but it does take it out of you, meeting new people, figuring out another school's system – you'd think, given that we are all "government organisations" that every schools' systems would be the same – not even close!
Anyway, I've been there 2 months now, the time has flown. I'm working with lovely people, although I still miss friends from my old school. The job is fun, if hard work, but I expected that. What I didn't expect was getting home an hour or so later than before, being absolutely shattered and just not feeling able to sit and concentrate on my stitching. So all the projects I was working on have been put on hold whilst I find my feet.
Of course that hasn't stopped me looking at cross stitch magazines and adding to my "that's nice, I'd like to stitch that" list. I really do need that lottery win so I have more time to stitch.
Of course the lack of stitching meant that the Christmas cards didn't get finished and I won't be missing a Christmas card deadline again – £26 it cost me to buy family cards and a few tags! I couldn't believe it, I know I didn't buy the cheapest cards, after all these were for parents and siblings but nor did I buy the bigger so called "expensive" ones. A long, long time ago I worked for a greeting card manufacturer putting together all the information needed on the factory floor to produce the cards – so I know how little cards cost to make compared to their selling price – it's a rip off!
OK rant over… it is Boxing Day after all and lesson learned. The silver lining is that I'm well on with next year's cards!
I did manage to get one card finished, the moving card for my Mum and Dad, I just need to take a photo then I'll post a separate blog with the details. We hoped they would be moved before Christmas but that didn't happen, fingers crossed it's going to be the 6th January; I do hope so, they're living in a house full of boxes at the moment, with my Mum beginning to fret about everything getting moved in one day…
Well I have some time off work now, so plan to get back to my stitching and will begin updating more regularly than I have been doing.
Enjoy the rest of your Christmas, spend time with those you love, remember those you've lost and look forward to the future with an open heart and mind – you never know what's just around the corner…


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What's this? I'm posting another Flannel Friday? Why, yes I am! I will say that I currently have nothing planned for next week's Flannel Friday, and I'm heading to ALA this weekend, so I may not have time to prepare one either. But maybe the week after…
This week, I'm bringing you yet another flannel that was inspired by a picture book. This time, however, the book in question is a wordless picture book. Where's Walrus is such a cute book/story, that I just had to flannelize it! The book might be hard to read in storytime (though if you have a small crowd, it could be fun to have the children tell you the story), but it makes a great hiding flannel game.
As you can see, this is still a work in progress. My goal is to one day have a piece for all the places in the book, but I've already been working on this for weeks, and I need a long hiatus from it before I can continue it. It can still work with just four pieces, though…especially if you have a toddler crowd.
I'm particularly proud of the walrus:
Shawn is hosting this week's round-up at Read, Rhyme & Sing. For more Flannel Friday information, or for past Flannel Fridays, be sure to check out the website.


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Meet Hannah Zweifel.....she may be small, but her heart is larger than mine.
When I was seven I was collecting toys, playing with friends, and primarily worried about...well....myself. This year for her birthday Hannah asked her mom if she could do something a little different. Instead of asking others to bring her birthday gifts, she wanted her friends and family to help her collect shoes for the children in Haiti.
But she didn't stop there. She went to her school and got permission to host a shoe drive so other students could donate shoes too!
In one week she was able to collect 108 pairs of shoes. That's almost enough for every child in the One Vision Home to have TWO pairs of new shoes!! Hannah and her mom called the project "Sole Searching".
When asked why she wanted to do this, here was her response...
"I wanted to do the shoe drive because I wanted to help the world in all different ways. And I learned how to help Haiti in church. On my 7th birthday I didn't want any presents because I wanted shoes for Haiti . And I'm sorry because of the earthquake that took their families. I hope they're happy because they have new shoes."
Do you have Hannah's faithfulness, kindness, and servant's heart?
Do I?
It's a question to ask yourself and something to strive towards daily. You don't wake up one morning and decide to answer God's calling for your life. Following Christ is a DAILY, if not moment by moment decision, and just like Hannah, One Vision works to continually be obedient.
It doesn't take an impressive resume, large amounts of money, or any special skill sets to serve others. If you have a passion to help those in need you are fully equipped to serve on the mission field. Whether your mission field is your neighborhood, or half way across the world......YOU have been called by your Savior to serve.


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Fear and discouragement are common. I learned a lesson on how to deal with it in an unexpected location- a huge rock in Waimea Bay.
I was paralyzed with irrational fear. There I was, standing on the edge of a boulder that jutted out into Waimea Bay on the North Shore of Hawaii. It was about a 25 foot drop to the water, and at my son's urging I had followed him and several other illiterate tourists up the rock. (I say illiterate because we had all ignored the large sign that read "Warning- do not climb or jump off of rock" on our way to the jump off point!). I had stood in line as one by one people jumped off the edge into the water. My son had done it several times already and had assured me it would be fun. When I got to the edge and looked down I was suddenly reminded of my rather intense fear of heights. In an instant I was transformed from a bold 45 year-old physician into a frightened 5 year old. I could not move. After several seconds I staggered back of few feet to gather myself. As I did I caught the eye of the man who was behind me in the line. He was a slender man who looked to be in his 70's. He shook his head pitifully at me and then joyfully jumped in the water.
He was followed by a little girl of about 8. She gave me a similar look and shake of the head before she took the plunge. Embarrassed that an elderly man and a little girl were unafraid I looked over the edge into the water. I quickly observed that neither they nor my son were floating dead in the water. Taking encouragement from those that had gone before me I took a deep breath and jumped.
My son was a liar. There was nothing fun about the experience. At all. In fact, the landing was painful. Yet, like everyone else, I had made it, and learned the lesson on overcoming fear and discouragement that the writer of Hebrews 12 wanted his readers to understand.
According to the writer of Hebrews 12, a source of encouragement and endurance in the race of life is the testimony of those who have gone before us. In chapter 11 he shared a lengthy list of heroes who through faith had accomplished great things and been delivered from incredible trials. He shared those stories to help us gain confidence that the God will guide and strengthen us in the same way.
He described those heroes as being so numerous as to be "a great cloud of witnesses." So many witnesses, testifiers to the faithfulness of God, that we are surrounded in every direction, so many that as we consider their stories we cannot help but be encouraged.
I don't think that encouraging tales of faith heroes are limited to the names in chapter 11. Most of us have been blessed with people in our life who have gone before and faithfully completed the race. For me, my in-laws are those kind of heroes.
My father-in-law, Chuck, was an amazing man of faith. Not the "stand on a street corner preach the gospel" kind of faith, but the much more significant "faithfully use the gifts God has given me" kind of faith. He died at the age of 75, and by all rights should have died 25 years earlier when a massive heart attack left him unresponsive for over 7 minutes. God was not done with him then, and he lived that truth out with vigor for the rest of his days. He could always be counted on to serve, to fix, to build, and to be there when needed. Three days before he died he delivered shelves he had refurbished to my office. He was facing open heart surgery and he did not want the promised shelves to wait for his recovery so he plowed through the twinges of angina to fulfill his promise. That was Chuck Rehm.
The night before the surgery, which he did not survive, two pastors came to pray. One of them asked him how he was doing. His simple statement, "I am ready," was and is a powerful statement of his faith. God had been faithful to Him his whole life and he trusted his whole life to God. He met his Maker without fear. he remained faithful to the end.
My mother-in-law, Shirley, is also remarkable. I don't know why I expected differently, but when she lost the true love of her life she did not quit. 8 years later she still serves as a volunteer counselor at the church and continues to be a prayer warrior. My children say that when you really need prayer, call Grandma.
Their sustaining faith is an encouragement to me, and they make up the most visible part of the great cloud of witnesses that surround me. God has sustained them throughout their lives and this encourages me to trust him in the same way.
They remind me of how important it is to maintain relationships with those who are going before, and to remember the stories of those who are gone. I am encouraged by the tangible proof in their stories that God is faithful.
Discouraged? You can make it. God is there and He has demonstrated His desire and willingness to help you in the lives of others who have been through similar circumstances. Reach out to those people and ask for help. If you need encouragement and do not know where to find it. Contact me through the blog. Or call me at the office 714-960-4500. I will call you back!
This is the second post of a series on Dealing with Discouragement. If you have been touched by these posts, please share them with a friend. If you would like to subscribe to this blog and receive future posts by email, click on the subscribe link. Beneath my photo upper right on a computer screen or scroll to the bottom on your mobile device.
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Aviation Finance Finuas Network
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Radisson Blu Royal Hotel, Dublin
24th November 2015
Subsidised by – Aviation Finance Finuas Network
Cost: €970 Subsidised cost €775 pp
With only 535 aircraft retirements (i.e. scrapped) in 2014, compared to 724 in 2013, has the retirement peak passed? Is this a function of low oil prices stimulating the continued use of less fuel efficient aircraft? Are we seeing less, or more, instances of the 'premature' retirement of current generation assets? What effect is the continued level of retirements having on the supply of spare engines and spare parts? What will happen when the oil price climbs again? How will the 'composite generation' of A350XWBs and Boeing 787s change the economic life equilibrium? Age is one aspect of economic life – but what about asset values?
The debate regarding the useful economic life of aircraft continues unabated. Historical patterns, the learned observations of experts, and healthy discussion will resume at this 2nd Economic Life Forum from Everest Events.
If you own, operate, finance, lease or invest in commercial aircraft, regardless of their age or vintage, you should attend and hear the industry's key participants engage in informed debate. Knowing what's in and what's out of favour, where the opportunities lie, and what can be done with end of life assets, will provide delegates with a heads start on the competition.
This course will provide the latest findings for both aviation specialists and for new entrants to commercial aviation.
You will learn about
- The 'mechanics' of aircraft retirement – how to maximise value recovery
- Determining your options in the aircraft's 'end of life' phase
- Transaction Analysis – how trading patterns can influence the residual value and life of an asset
- Which asset classes and types will be best positioned to benefit from airline demand?
- How will maintenance condition influence the 'life' decision?
- How significant a role will the Lessors play in determining economic life?
Who should attend:
Investors, Operators, Owners, Financiers, Traders of Commercial Aircraft, Lawyers, Lessors
November 24, 2015
- 8:00 am – 8:50 am Chairman's Remarks
- 8:50 am – 9:00 am Introduction: Market Overview for Older AircraftHeadline state of the industry review that illustrates why the issue of Aircraft Economic Lives is under debate.
- 9:45 am – 10:30 am The Who, What, Where and Why of Aircraft Retirement An in-depth look at which types are facing retirement – and why.
- 10:30 am – 10:45 am Refreshment Break
- 10:45 am – 11:45 am The economic life argument – more data, new data, any change in views? Does history show a relationship between oil price and economic life?
- 11:45 am – 12:30 pm The economic life argument – more data, new data, any change in views? OEMs and Aircraft owners have done their homework and share their conclusions. Do others agree?
- 12:30 pm – 1:30 pm Luncheon
- 1:30 pm – 2:15 pm Decision made – Where to store, where to dismantle. Preparing for retirement and dismantl
- What are the processes?
- 2:15 pm – 3:00 pm Refreshment Break
- 3:00 pm – 4:00 pm AFRA – Representing the Fleet Recycling Industry.
- 4:00 pm – 4:30 pm Alternative uses – Its recycling, but not as you know it.
- 4:30 pm – 5:10 pmConclusions / Wrap Up
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Talib: 'My emotions got the best of me' in eye-poking incident
DENVER — Broncos cornerback Aqib Talib has given his first statements after being given a one-game suspension.
The NFL handed down the punishment in response to Talib poking Colts tight end Dwayne Allen in the eye during the fourth quarter of Sunday's game.
The Broncos tweeted the following quotes from Talib on Monday afternoon.AlertMe


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The Chief Judge of the Federal Capital Territory High Court, Justice Ishaq Bello, has granted bail to the embattled National Publicity Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Chief Olisa Metuh, to the tune of N300million with two sureties in like sum.
The Judge maintained that the place of abode of the sureties must be verified by the court. Application Metuh made through his lawyer, Dr. Onyechi Ikpeazu, SAN, the Judge held: "I am satisfied that the oral application of the defendant succeeds, accordingly, he is granted bail in the sum of N300million with two sureties in the like sum, whose places of abode must be verified for easy access".
I still wonder where the surieties will get the said 300 Million naira , and every day we are crying that Nigerians are broke !!


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Travis Wetland – World Wetlands Day
The Travis Wetland Trust will celebrate World Wetlands Day 2019 with a guided walk to our rapidly expanding Tōtara/Mataī forest at the southern end of the wetland followed by a BBQ at the Education Centre. The walk starts at 10am from the Ed Centre and will be a gentle introduction to the site of much … Continue reading Travis Wetland – World Wetlands DayFind out more »
10:30 am
Remix Kids Recycling Workshop
This Remix Kids workshop is brought to you by Anthea Madill from Remix Plastic. It includes numerous stations where you can learn about plastic recycling, repurposing waste into products and sustainable alternatives to plastic products. Tailered to children 10 years and over. Children must be accompanied by an adult. Please bring: tetrapacks if you have … Continue reading Remix Kids Recycling WorkshopFind out more »
1:30 pm
Recycled Plastic Clutch workshop
Turn your soft plastics into useful coin pouches and clutches! Bring along any soft plastics (Recycling code 2) and we will turn them in to sheets, fold them and dome them to create reusable items. There is also fabrics available to make textile versions too. Each person will take home at least one clutch and … Continue reading Recycled Plastic Clutch workshopFind out more »
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Reducing waste at home (TimeBank Learning Exchange)
Come have afternoon tea with Anthea Madill of Remix Plastics and learn heaps of creative ways to reduce household plastics and waste. https://www.eventbrite.co.nz/e/reducing-waste-at-home-timebank-learning-exchange-tickets-55138991207 This is an event being run through Bridge2Rocks Timebank Learning Exchange. If you are not yet a TimeBank member you can join here for free: https://bridge2rocks.timebanks.org, and/or facebook/Bridge2Rocks TimeBank. The donation for … Continue reading Reducing waste at home (TimeBank Learning Exchange)Find out more »


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The Medtronic RESOLUTE US Clinical Trial (R-US)
|The safety and scientific validity of this study is the responsibility of the study sponsor and investigators. Listing a study does not mean it has been evaluated by the U.S. Federal Government. Read our disclaimer for details.
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00726453
Recruitment Status : Completed
First Posted : August 1, 2008
Results First Posted : May 25, 2012
Last Update Posted : May 23, 2016
- Study Details
- Tabular View
- Study Results
- Disclaimer
- How to Read a Study Record
|Condition or disease
|Coronary Artery Disease
|Device: Resolute Zotarolimus-Eluting Coronary Stent
|Not Applicable
|Study Type :
|Interventional (Clinical Trial)
|Actual Enrollment :
|1516 participants
|Intervention Model:
|Single Group Assignment
|None (Open Label)
|Primary Purpose:
|Official Title:
|A Clinical Evaluation of the Medtronic Resolute Zotarolimus-Eluting Coronary Stent System in the Treatment of De Novo Lesions in Native Coronary Arteries With a Reference Vessel Diameter of 2.25 mm to 4.2mm
|Study Start Date :
|July 2008
|Actual Primary Completion Date :
|January 2011
|Actual Study Completion Date :
|March 2016
Experimental: Resolute Zotarolimus-Eluting Coronary Stent
Implantation of a Resolute Zotarolimus-Eluting Coronary Stent
Device: Resolute Zotarolimus-Eluting Coronary Stent
Implantation of a Resolute Zotarolimus-Eluting Coronary Stent
- Target Lesion Failure (TLF) [ Time Frame: 12 Months ]Target Lesion Failure (TLF) at 12 months post-procedure, defined as Cardiac Death, Target Vessel Myocardial Infarction (TVMI) (Q wave and non-Q wave) or clinically-driven Target Lesion Revascularization (TLR) by percutaneous or surgical methods.
- Target Vessel Failure (TVF) [ Time Frame: 12 months ]Target Vessel Failure (TVF) composite endpoint and each individual component (Cardiac Death, Target Vessel MI, or clinically-driven Target Vessel Revascularization (TVR) by percutaneous or surgical methods).
- Major Adverse Cardiac Event (MACE) [ Time Frame: 12 months ]Major Adverse Cardiac Event (MACE) composite endpoint and each individual component (death, Target Vessel MI (Q wave and non-Q wave), emergent coronary bypass surgery (CABG), or clinically-driven repeat Target Lesion Revascularization (TLR) by percutaneous or surgical methods).
- Death [ Time Frame: 12 months ]
- Target Vessel MI [ Time Frame: 12 months ]Target Vessel MI (as determined by extended historical and ARC definitions).
- Stent Thrombosis (ST) [ Time Frame: 12 months ]Stent Thrombosis (ST) (as determined by historic and ARC definitions).
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|Ages Eligible for Study:
|18 Years and older (Adult, Older Adult)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
General and Angiographic Inclusion Criteria highlights:
- Acceptable candidate for percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI),stenting, and emergency coronary artery bypass graft surgery
- Clinical evidence of ischemic heart disease, stable or unstable angina, silent ischemia and/or positive functional study
- Informed consent
- Patient agrees to comply with specified follow-up evaluations at same investigational site
- Single target lesion or two target lesions located in separate coronary arteries
- De novo lesion(s) in native coronary artery(ies)
- Target lesion(s) ≤ 27 mm in length (or ≤ 35 mm for a lesion to be treated with a 38 mm length stent)
- Target vessel(s) have reference vessel diameter 2.25 mm to 4.2 mm, (or 3.0 to 4.2 mm for it to be treated with a 38 mm length stent)
General and Angiographic Exclusion Criteria highlights:
- Within 7 days of implant platelet count <100,000 cells/mm³ or >700,000 cells/mm³; WBC count <3,000 cells/mm³; serum creatinine level >2.5 mg/dl
- Acute MI within 72 hrs of the index procedure (QWMI or any elevation of CK-MB > lab upper limit of normal)
- Previous PCI of target vessel(s) within 9 months prior to the procedure
- Planned PCI of any vessel within 30 days post-index procedure and/or planned PCI of target vessel(s) within 12 months post-index procedure
- History of stroke or TIA within prior 6 months
- Participating in investigational drug/device study that has not completed primary endpoint or interferes with study endpoints
- Inability to comply with required trial antiplatelet regimen
- Previous stent in target vessel unless it has been at least 9 months since stent placed and target lesion(s) is/are at least 15 mm from previous stent
- Target vessel(s) has/have other lesions w/ > 40% diameter stenosis
- Unprotected left main coronary artery disease
To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contact information provided by the sponsor.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT00726453
|United States, Texas
|East Texas Medical Center
|Tyler, Texas, United States, 75701
|Principal Investigator:
|Martin B Leon, MD
|Columbia University College of Physicians & Surgeons
|Principal Investigator:
|Laura Mauri, MD, MSc
|Brigham and Women's Hospital
|Principal Investigator:
|Alex C Yeung, MD
|Stanford University
Additional Information:
Publications automatically indexed to this study by ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier (NCT Number):
|Responsible Party:
|Medtronic Vascular
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT00726453 History of Changes
|Other Study ID Numbers:
|First Posted:
|August 1, 2008 Key Record Dates
|Results First Posted:
|May 25, 2012
|Last Update Posted:
|May 23, 2016
|Last Verified:
|April 2016
Keywords provided by Medtronic Vascular:
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Coronary Artery Disease
Myocardial Ischemia
Coronary Disease
Heart Diseases
Cardiovascular Diseases
Arterial Occlusive Diseases
Vascular Diseases
Anti-Bacterial Agents
Anti-Infective Agents
Antibiotics, Antineoplastic
Antineoplastic Agents
Antifungal Agents
Immunosuppressive Agents
Immunologic Factors
Physiological Effects of Drugs


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Reader question: developing translation specializations
August 31, 2009 Getting started as a translator 5 Comments
To start the week off, here's a great question that I received from reader Dorota Krysinska. She asks: "…could you explain in your blog how it happened that you started specializing in legal, corporate communications and public health/international development translations? Did you have any background in these fields? I have been wondering how someone like