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Forum Code of Conduct
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We assess each player's violations on a case by case basis. This means that previous violations will be taken into account when determining the length of a suspension. Repeat violations, despite severity of each individually will result in a permanent ban on the Elsword forums.
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SPAMMING AND TROLLING: This is broad and is not limited to the items mentioned below. Please review these before posting on the forums.
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'Tis the season to be jolly… and toddle on down to your local caravan or motorhome dealer! Yes, that's right, forget the turkey and gifts for the kids this year (not really of course) and think about upgrading your caravan or motorhome.
You're probably wondering why we're telling you to spend your hard-earned cash during a period when money can be quite tight, but the reason is quite simple.
With the end of the year fast approaching, dealers are often eager to offload their stock. Some dealers may have targets to hit while others might want to change their demo models.
They also know that come January, buyers are less keen to buy that old 2018 model and would rather wait for the coming year's model, even if the differences are just a slight change to the interior.
If you're able to hit the showroom in the last weeks of December, you could find yourself a real bargain. Even if you wait until January, you might be able to pick up a 2018 model for a steal, especially if there's a newer model coming out soon.
So alongside the mince pies and pudding, the turkey salad and the Christmas ham, make sure you think about visiting some showrooms and see if you can snap up a bargain. Trust us on this one; the holiday season is the best time to buy a camper.

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Souvenir DVD – RAGBRAI 2018
Relive all the fun you had on RAGBRAI XLVI with our Souvenir DVD! Includes lots of photos and videos from the ride. Limited supply, we will not be placing a reorder on this item.
Please note that we only ship to the United States.
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The Cleveland Cavaliers are in a two-games-to-none hole against the Boston Celtics. What now?
Critics who have said the Cavaliers are a one-man team got even more ammunition on Tuesday night. LeBron James had a triple double with a game-high 42 points. It was his fifth 40-point game of the N.B.A. playoffs, but unlike in the first four, this time Cleveland lost, 107-94.
James, who has been the star of every team he has played on, seems to be carrying more of the load than ever. The five 40-point games is the most in any of his postseasons.
Worryingly for Cavs fans, James seemed to tail off in the game. He poured in 21 points in the first quarter as Cleveland raced to an early lead. But he had only 21 more the rest of the way.
Cleveland also lagged defensively later in the game, allowing the Celtics to shoot 56 percent in the third quarter, and go from 7 points down to 7 ahead.
The Cleveland supporting cast wound up with underwhelming numbers. Kevin Love had 22, but the other starters did not stand out. Tristan Thompson had 8 points, George Hill 3, and J.R. Smith was 0 for 7 for a goose egg. Smith was 0 for 8 in Game 5 of the Pacers series, but the Cavs won behind 44 from James. This time they could not overcome those bricks.
Smith also shoved Al Horford and picked up a flagrant foul followed by a technical. "It was a good call; I blatantly pushed him," Smith told reporters candidly.
As for the Celtics, their balanced attack included six players in double figures, and produced a notably fresher team in the late stages.
Can the Cavs possibly turn the series around? Teams that start down, 2-0, in N.B.A. playoff series are 19-281, a dispiriting 6 percent success rate.
The Cavs at least are leaving Boston. The Celtics are 9-0 at home in the playoffs, but only 1-4 on road. And while 6 percent isn't a lot, it's not zero. Five teams have come back from that deficit since 2012.
One of them was the Cavaliers, in their championship season of 2016, when they lost their opening two games to the Warriors by 15 and 33 points. But they rallied to bring a championship to Cleveland. James was outstanding in the wins, scoring 32, 41, 41 and 27. But he was ably assisted by Kyrie Irving (25 points a game in the series, but now departed in a trade) and Smith (11 a game and no 0-fers).
"We have an opportunity to go back home, protect home court," James told reporters. "We're going to use these days to really dive in on what needs to be done to help our ball club be successful."
The Cavaliers are currently rated by bookmakers as underdogs in this series, of course. But only about 2-1 underdogs; that translates to about a 33 percent chance of winning the series, far better than the 6 percent that history might predict. Part of the reason is lingering faith in James to deliver, as he has so many times before. But for the Cavaliers to rally, he will certainly need some more help.


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Aviva's personal lines head to join LV= in next year's second quarter
LV= has hired Aviva personal lines managing director Steve Treloar to replace outgoing general insurance managing director John O'Roarke.
LV= expects Treloar to join in the second quarter of 2016, subject to regulatory approval.
The insurer has been searching for a new general insurance managing director as O'Roarke's contract runs out at the end of this year.
O'Roarke joined LV= after the company bought the company he founded, ABC Insurance Services, in 2006 to form its general insurance business.
O'Roarke and his fellow ABC founders have since been the core of LV='s general insurance management team. Their contracts all expire at the end of this year.
LV= Broker managing director Phil Bunker is stepping into an advisory role in early 2016, while general insurance chief operating officer Peter Horton is leaving to pursue other projects.
Incoming general insurance managing director Treloar has worked in the industry for 19 years and has held a number of senior roles at Aviva and RBS Insurance – now known as Direct Line Group.
LV= group chief executive Mike Rogers said: "Following an extensive search I'm delighted to welcome Steve Treloar as our new managing director of general insurance.
"Steve's in-depth knowledge of the general insurance market makes him the ideal person to build on the strong platform that John O'Roarke and the team have created."
Treloar added: "I'm very excited to be joining LV=, a company with a strong reputation for quality products and excellent service. The general insurance business is in great shape and I look forward to working with Mike and the rest of the board to help grow and develop it further."


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By Nicholas J. Bertha JD
Director of Wealth and Trust Planning
As most now know, last year's tax reform act (the American Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, or ATCJA) put a $10,000 ceiling on the ability to deduct state and local taxes (e.g. income and real property tax) on one's Federal income tax return. In high-tax states, and Connecticut is certainly one of those, this amounts to a meaningful increase in Federal income tax. A few of these high-tax states have attempted to counter this with workarounds at the state level, with varying degrees of creativity, practicality and likelihood of success. For example, Connecticut, New York and others have attempted to allow payments of real estate tax to qualify as charitable contributions (which remain fully deductible). The IRS, of course, was not amused and soon proposed regulations disallowing it.
Connecticut is back for more, and with impressive creativity.
To make sense of it we need to first take a step back. Many high earners source their income via "pass-through" entities, like LLCs and LPs. Think hedge funds, private equity firms and professional practices.
Connecticut did not formerly have a state-level tax on pass-through entities. Instead, 100% of pass-through income flowed through to the owner and was taxed by CT at the individual level. Post-ATCJA, the full impact of the $10,000 cap hits these taxpayers.
To help relieve the pain (and, presumably, the pressure it would put on Connecticut to reduce state tax burdens), the state came up with a workaround for people who derive their income from pass-throughs: shift a portion of the tax burden from personal income (where it is subject to the deductibility cap) to the "pass-through" entity that is the source of that income, thereby reducing taxable personal income and, by extension, the pain of the lost deduction.
Here's how it works. The state will impose a new 6.99% income tax on the taxable income of pass-through entities, which are not affected by the $10,000 deductibility cap. In so doing, they are deliberately reducing the owner's net taxable personal income from the pass-through, which in turn reduces the amount by which that owner's state tax will exceed the $10,000 cap. This is, of course, because the lower the taxable income, the lower the amount of state income tax that is generated.
Nice, right? But at this point you may be thinking, OK but the owner is still out the income that was taxed away at the entity level. Yes, but to make up for it, the new law provides a tax credit equaling most of the income lost due to the entity tax.
Let's walk through an example: Ms. Smith, is the manager of a Greenwich-based hedge fund. Her business is structured as an LLC and her share of net income from it is $1 million. Without this change in state law, that $1 million would have flowed through to both her Federal and Connecticut tax return. On the Connecticut return that would have generated $69,900 of state income tax, which would have been deductible on her Federal 1040, but only up to the new $10,000 SALT limitation. With the change, the state will impose a $69,900 tax on the LLC at the entity level, with the result that the net income flowing through to Smith from the LLC will be $930,100 as opposed to the $1,000,000. Then, it will reimburse her for most of the $69,900 of income that she did not receive from the LLC because of the entity level tax, by giving her a credit against her CT income tax bill. At the same time, the amount of taxable income she will report on her federal return is now $69,900 lower than it would have been.....exactly the amount by which it would have been reduced had she paid the tax at the state level on the full $1mm and been able to deduct the entire amount of that tax paid. Presto! Chango!
Now, we're not all owners of pass-through entities, but you have to give the Nutmeg State some credit. Let's encourage even more creativity!
Nicholas J. Bertha JD
Director of Wealth and Trust Planning
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Don't miss Czaban LIVE from the T-Mobile Arena Thursday and Friday (9/13 and 9/14) as he gets you ready for Canelo/GGG2! And listen all week for your chance to win an autographed boxing glove from both Canelo Alvarez and Gennedy Golovkin! Just listen starting Monday for your queue to call!
The rematch the boxing world wanted is official, as Canelo Alvarez and Gennady Golovkin will rematch for the Golovkin's WBA and WBC middleweight titles on Sept. 15 from the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas!


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Always look a little harder, there is likely to be something more than what meets the eye. Do our different backgrounds, nurturing or thought processes explain the way we look at things? And because of these differences, sometimes you may need to look a little deeper at certain scenarios to make sense out of them. Do not be too quick to pass verdict on someone or something because of how or what they look like, you might miss out on something that's simply funny or maybe shocking. Do not judge a book by its cover!
Lots of things are capable of causing laughter; right from obscured messages to myths to crawling reptiles. Apply a keen eye to those rather strange pictures or scenarios and you might be surprised how simply funny they are.
Here are 16 pictures that will make you laugh once you see it.
I don't need to be an expert to know that a key board usually sits below the computer screen. With that, I cannot stop laughing because it's undisputable that this gentleman has that laptop upside down. Do you see it?
This beautiful girl is simply smiling at the camera, until you actually look at the mirror. How is it possible that while she is smiling at the camera, she is also smiling into the mirror? Scary, right?
Unless that footprint in the sand was carried there by the wind, she needs to do a better job hiding her leg to give that illusion life. Otherwise it is very clear that she is trying to hide her leg behind that of her friend.
Now, this is a disturbing illusion. No one seems to be hiding behind her to explain the third knee. I can't even seem to identify which of the two knees belong to her. But look!!! She is holding a vase.
Ooh she is posing for social Media, you must be thinking. But look behind the windscreen, the creeps of a wide eyed girl starring through it.
'Since mummy is busy attending to some other people, let me find some place to hide for her to come looking for me' that child must have successfully identified the drawer as the perfect spot.
Look out for the student using his fingers to give off a subliminal message in this organized class portrait. I do not think his parents missed it.
How inconsiderate! Unless he waits for everyone else to leave, how does he even plan to get that jet out of there without crashing through those cars? Some of those drivers do not even have a driving lane to use to exit.
That dog doesn't care much for her paper lanterns, he has got to go.
Forget about the adorable couple posing for a picture and check out that sneaky snake sure of giving them an unforgettable alarm.
Is the surprised yet amused look on her face because she knows her husband doesn't have three hands? Could that jumper be priced so because of it comes with an extra arm?
How did that horse get up there? It should be busy running around instead of posing for the camera.
I wonder why they say never leave your child alone in the car. This should be extended to cover cats as well.
Mirror mirror on the wall, who is the fairest of them all? Let's talk photobombs!!
Do Godzillas make any kind of noise while hunting down their prey? These 3 people seem oblivious of what is chasing them.
A dog restaurant just opened up in town. The first customer was kind enough to allow us take a picture.


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While more studies need to be done, studies so far have shown laughter can help relieve pain, bring greater happiness, even increase immunity.
I laugh when I read the 'funnies'.
Especially ZITS.
You can use comics for scrapbooking.
Hits the spot.
I cut out a few lines from an old Curious George book.
I thought it was funny.
My daughter didn't.
I can see why.
Hard to believe I was 15 once too.
The point I'm making here is, if you read a funny comic, cut it out, scan and copy it (before you scrap it).
You can use it now or put it into an envelope and wait for the right picture.
I have a bunch saved up.
Makes me happy.
Make yourself happy today.
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I have a new love – sorry semi-celebrity crush.
It is 3.15 meters high, 2.44 meters wide and is always at a 40 degree angle with a selection of pockets, edges, crimps and pinches. It is the Moonboard and they can be found all over the world.
The best and the worst thing about the Moonboard is that it is hard. The steep angle of the wall and the relatively small number of good holds makes the Moonboard nearly inaccessible for a beginner climber. Plus, many people absolutely despise the poppy climbing style that is absolutely necessary to complete many of the boulders. This dynamic method of climbing puts you in many vulnerable positions where injury is assured if you are weak or tired in any way.
But, to say that no beginner climbers should try the Moonboard is exactly the type of elitism I despise in the climbing community. So, I've put together a list of the easiest problems that I've found (so far) to get any climber started on their Moonboard obsession.
Keep in mind that all climbers should warm up dynamically for at least 10 minutes plus complete at least 20 minutes of climbing on a variety of terrain before beginning a Moonboard session. Also, note that even the good Moonboard holds (ie 5F) can cause overuse injuries in the fingers, wrists, elbows and shoulders. Stay safe!
Let's start with the easiest problems to aquatint you with the better holds the board has to offer. These problems, like most Moonboard problems, have high feet but they are always good and are easy for even tall reachers to stomp on. Extra credit if you can keep your feet on.
SPOILER ALERT: I've put some beta spoilers under each picture so please skip reading these if you prefer to figure out your own beta!!!
Wuthering Heights is the most repeated 6B+ the Moonboard has to offer. The trick here is to match or cross to the seashell (G13) and then establish those feet for the finish.
Leto is a great starter problem because of the additional feet G2 & E8.
Flash Gordon is a lot like Wuthering Heights but utilizing the high foot, H11, gets you ready for many of the other high and to the side footer problems you will encounter later in your Moonboard journey.
Main Course
Next, are problems that are focused on big moves, at least one bad hold and once again, high feet. Try to keep your feet on for a bonus surprise. Just kidding – but really, you should be able to keep your feet on for these.
The Nice and Easy is a great problem for establishing that critical seashell match on G13 and potentially getting that foot onto 'the hoof' H10. Unlike the previously suggested problems, you'll skip the dog ear, E15, and progress to an equally decent but further hold – the tiny knob E16.
Klingon Easy is all about hip-body position from the awkward start holds up to the finish. It utilizes one of my favorite holds – the elephant ear F14.
Warm Me Up, with its wide selection of holds offers a challenging cross to 'the zag' D12, plus a brilliant, but also optional meathook of the elephant ear F14. More difficult crosses await you in your Moonboarding journey so think of this as a progression. Overall, this problem is a great and steady introduction to one of the more despised finish holds I18. I'd tell you the name I have for this hold but it is not polite to say in public.
Finally, the best for last, the least technical 6C (V5) on the Moonboard. Go ahead and match the hoof, stab for the elephant ear and throw up that tragically high (and scary) heel hook because you're going to send! Make sure you give G17 a good brush beforehand.
I'm working on a 6C progression list for climbers who are ready to put up those v5 bench marks so stay tuned and have fun!
Reference: I'm 170.18 cm with a positive ape index and decent hip mobility (which is subjective).


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Has anyone else noticed that I'd habitually late with announcing giveaway winners? No? Must just be my imagination.
Anyway, moving on…
The winner of the bookmark is Stefan, from Far Beyond Reality, who commented:
I have a strange, intense addiction to collecting bookmarks. I've had friends tell me it's close to a fetish. I WOULD LOVE ONE OF THESE. Ahem. Sorry for yelling.
Congrats to him!
And thank everyone who entered. I was seriously humbled by the praise people were giving me for the bookmarks. Thank you all! And if anyone does want to do a trade for one (because I know there are some crafty people out there who love making stuff as much as I do), just shoot me an email at firstname.lastname@example.com and we can hash out the details.


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Year: 2014Genre: Comedy, DocumentaryDescription:
In the ultimate go-to guide, comedian, writer and entrepreneur David Rees reveals the not so obvious complexities of the most seemingly simple things we do every day. By delving into the science and the history, he attempts to de-familiarize the ubiquitous to increase our appreciation and wonder. From how to pet your dog to how to take a nap, life's seemingly menial task require much more brain work than you can ever imagine.
|Seasons Going Deep with David Rees
- Going Deep with David Rees Season 1 (10 Episodes)
- Going Deep with David Rees Season 2 (8 Episodes)


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Unlocking the door to those coveted words 'resolution to grant
planning permission' can often owe a large part to the work of public
affairs professionals.
For when it comes to obtaining planning permission, some might say, that
town planning is the science of which public affairs is the art.
The true public affairs professional is not just someone who sits on
over-lengthy council meetings, but is rather more likely to be a
strategic thinker who offers clients strategic analysis with the
experience and knowledge to implement the advice.
This advice should ideally be based on the conclusions of a political
audit which has assessed the likely levels of support for a scheme.
While some opponents may never support an application, there is case
evidence that the power and size of an opposition lobby can be greatly
diminished by public affairs professionals effectively creating
awareness and understanding about a scheme - at worst, moving some
people from active opponents to passive opponents and at best,
mobilising a significant support group.
This is done by using a wide range of proven PR techniques such as
direct mail campaigning, public exhibitions, community relations and so
on, which can be used to inform key opinion-formers and decision-makers
as well as the electorate at large. Much progress can be made when the
agreed strategy is to objectively inform members rather than trying to
subjectively influence them. It is important to remember that it is
often a lack of information about a scheme which produces ignorance and
Another key consideration in any campaign is the potential for
misrepresentation in the media. Indeed, the media plays an increasingly
important role in informing people about what is happening in their
communities - alas the demise of the town crier! It is essential
therefore that the public affairs adviser is someone who is both
familiar and comfortable with the media, knowing their likes and
dislikes, and knowing when, where and what medium to use for maximum
Similarly, crisis communications experience may be required if a project
becomes particularly controversial and encourages site trespass or
public protests.
What public affairs advisers need to remember is that the relationship
with the journalistic fraternity is a process of reciprocation - both
parties need each other - but this needs care and attention. Most of
all, a working knowledge of the media can allow a client's project's
downside to be minimised and upside maximised.
Despite strict guidance to councillors from the Local Government
Association and following the Nolan Committee recommendations, the UK
remains a democracy and, approached in the right way, companies (often
bringing significant employment to an area), have as much right to
communicate with their elected officials as the public. The planning
consultation process therefore should not exclude reasonable dialogue
between members and those who wish to do business in their
Public affairs specialists usually offer a broad range of expertise;
however, perhaps the most important contribution they bring to any
development team is their knowledge and assessment of how much
'politicking' there may be on a particular council and how, if at all,
it is likely to impact on a client's application. Their ability to
discern factions within party groups as well as where the balance of
power lies can often be the critical factor between planning success and


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Welcome To Hotel Moby
That's a question the 39-year-old Richard Melville Hall, a.k.a Moby, asks in every one of our encounters. From trendy hotspot or backstage at his own arena shows to drinking at a club. And it's one that bears being asked right now not only of him, but of anyone making music in an industry that prizes new music-makers over those making new music. So, over the course of his 15-year music career, the five foot eight and a half-inch, stooping with a receding hairline (his description, not mine) musician has made dance records, punk rock records, ambient records, wildly eclectic rock records, and scored soundtracks. He has been hailed and derided, considered Artist of the Year, and had his ass kicked, by the erstwhile Mr. Mathers, all in the same go around.
"I feel like an anomaly," he admits. "The truth is, I don't fit in anywhere. I'm not saying that as a badge of honor, I'm saying that as an objective assessment of my status. I feel a degree of kinship with a lot of musicians, but I don't see that I fit in with any of them. Most people carve out a niche, tend to occupy that niche, and it serves them quite well. I don't know that I have a particular niche. On one hand, there's something emancipating about that. On the other hand, it does make things confusing."
Since the release of his breakthrough single "Go" in 1991, it's been interesting watching Moby be Moby. With the 10 million-selling, overly licensed (and criticized for it) Play (1999) and its formidable follow-up, the equally jingle-happy (also criticized) 18 (2002), his latest work, Hotel, and its accompanying second disc, Hotel-Ambient (which is following its predecessors on the licensing path), has a lot riding on it. In the year and a half it took to record Hotel, Moby wrote 250 songs. More concerned with communicating things that are important to him, if in fact people are even still listening to his records at this point, Hotel has a personal, emotional, and honest agenda.
"That's a function of getting older," Moby clarifies. "As I was growing up, I found myself wanting to be something I wasn't. When I was really young I wanted to be good at sports and come from a wealthy family. It really depressed me that I was crappy at sports and very poor. In the last 20 years I wanted to be a really handsome man who could sing really well, like Brandon [Boyd] from Incubus. At some point you realize you are who you are and there's no point wasting your brief time on this planet beating yourself up for not being someone else. The history of evolution is full of adaptation and compensation. For those of us who don't look like Brad Pitt and don't sing like Bono, we have to express ourselves in other ways and develop other skills."
Part of this acceptance comes in the form of Moby being the primary voice on Hotel, vocalizing almost all of its 14 songs. He is joined by the creative director for Moveon.org (for whom he has been the poster child), Laura Dawn, on more than half of Hotel. Dawn and Moby have a longstanding friendship, mainly based around being chess buddies.
"He's my friend and I love him as such, but every once in a while I'm totally taken by his talent," says Dawn, who has been singing solo since she was 15, and spent a stint in the all-girl punk group, Fluffer. "Getting to work with him on such an intimate level was really an honor. My voice has never sounded as good as under Moby's direction."
Although not the most accomplished of vocalists himself, Moby's shortcomings in that department are what give the songs their vulnerability and emotional content. He has also played every instrument except the drums on Hotel, which is virtually sample-free, a first for the producer. This was not an intentional act on his part, nor is he concerned with pushing the sonic envelope in any way. His main criterion is making music that is effective. If it's between making something new and experimental or traditional and emotional, he'll pick the latter.
"There's this win/win situation. If the record is successful, that's great. But that also means I have to stay on the road a lot longer. If the record is unsuccessful, it means I get to go home sooner," says Moby in full-on lion-in-the-winter mode. "Once the tour for this record ends, I'm hoping to sit back, take stock, and restructure things so that my life isn't focused on making records, promoting them, and touring. As much as I love that, in some ways, it's really one-dimensional. I'm thrilled that I'm able to do this, but it's very much been at the expense of many other things in my life: not being married, not having a family, and not having any other abilities or skills. At this point, it's sad."
Moby's workaholism has been a source of pride for him until recently. "In 2003, I did this three-month tour of Europe that was the big arena tour everyone always dreams about," he says. "You're playing for 15,000 people a night, the shows are sold out, you're having crazy after-show parties, and you're being degenerate. I don't think I've ever been less happy. To some extent we are all like The Simpsons Mr. Burns, 'I've got all these things I want, why am I still unhappy? Okay, I'll go out and buy some happiness.' Unfortunately, or fortunately, that doesn't work and you keep trying. That's what I was doing on tour. I was like, 'Okay, fame, success, and degeneracy aren't making me happy, so I need to be better at pursuing fame, success, and degeneracy. Promiscuity isn't making me happy, so I need to be more promiscuous. Being drunk isn't making me happy, so I need to drink more.'
He continues, "What tends to make me unhappy is going into something with expectations. I'd always worked under this assumption that if I had successful records and played big concerts, that I would just inherently be happy. Our culture is so marked by the belief that what you don't have will make you happy when you acquire it. What's been strange in my life is all the things I thought I may have ever wanted, for the most part, I ended up getting. These things are good, I'm happy to have had them, but in and of themselves, none of them will make me happy. It's easy for people like me to focus on the things that are easily within my control: work, career, ambition, drive. It's hard for me to think I can't approach the intangibles that way."
The production for Hotel owes a lot, curiously enough, to Michael Jackson's "Beat It." Fourteen years ago Moby was commissioned to do a remix of that particular Quincy Jones-produced track. After getting the parts, he was impressed with the way it was recorded with two of everything, each playing the exact same part. "For example, there would be one bass part that was just the low end and one bass part that had the attack on it," Moby explains. "The ethos being let each sound do what it does naturally. Let the low end be low end and not worry about the attack. Let the sharp sound with attack just have attack."
And so it is that the acoustic guitar sounds on Hotel come from Taylor guitars used with a Neumann U67 microphone on the body, and an AKG 251 microphone closer to the neck, both roughly 14 to 18 inches from the guitars. These were blended together through a Neve 1081 Mic Pre Amp/EQ Channel Amplifier and then through the Urei 1176 compressor. A Les Paul Goldtop with P-90 pick-ups, a Fender Stratocaster, and a Robelli were used for the electric guitar parts. To create the heavy sound, they were run through a Marshall JCM 800 half-stack with a 50-watt head, otherwise, a Matchless DC-30 was used. These were closely miked with a Shure SM 57, a Sennheiser 421, and an AKG D112, blended together, also put through the Neve 1081 and Urei 1176.
According to Moby's engineer, Brian Sperber, the drums were approached differently as they were going to augment, or coexist with, the programmed drums. "Our focus was to derive as much live excitement as we could from the drum sonics by using a lot of heavily compressed close room mics. Also, distorted mics were interwoven throughout the kit to essentially glue the sound together into one unit, allowing the programmed drums to later define the more separated elements of the kick, snare, hat, etc."
Another producer to be given his props as an influence is Phil Spector, as Moby used a similar method with the proliferation of sounds. On "Raining Again," for instance, there are 30 background vocals. These are mixed very quietly so they can be felt but not noticed. "If I muted them you would notice the lack of them," Moby points out. "But having them, you don't listen and go, 'Oh, there's 30 background vocals.'"
For Moby's own voice, Sperber chose Telefunken USA microphones. In Sperber's opinion, their version of the U47 is best at capturing the detail and presence of his voice. He then went into an old Neve 33118 mic preamp and finally through the Urei 1176. This is, in fact, a reissue of the original Blackface 1176, which adds the same color to the sound as the earlier versions.
And so Hotel becomes simpler as the record goes on. But on songs such as "Beautiful," "Spider," and "Lift Me Up," you have between 60 and 90 tracks each. "The way it's mixed, a lot of stuff is in there to provide sonic space," says Moby. "They're there to fill things out, to give certain sounds a little more attack. Before, everything was recorded a lot more simply and mixed at home. [On Hotel] half of it was recorded at home, the other half was recorded in outside studios. With that many tracks I couldn't mix it at home, so we mixed on an SSL [9000J series console] at Electric Lady."
Even with the inclusion of so much live material on Hotel, Moby still sees music production as moving into the laptop/home studio realm as budgets shrink and the music business contracts. He says, "The sound quality you can get with plug-ins is spectacular. You can make music on a laptop that sounds better than something you would have made in a million-dollar studio 20 years ago. The best way to make great sounding records is to take the best of both worlds. Use Pro Tools for what Pro Tools is good at, and use old analog gear for what that's good for."
Mixing almost exclusively using analog outboard gear for EQ, compression, and effects, Sperber agrees, "Everything [on Hotel] was recorded directly into Pro Tools, which is a great recorder/editor as long as you do not combine sounds within it. That seems to make the overall sound smaller and thinner, the classic digital complaint."


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New York State Route 293
Map of the West Point area with NY 293 highlighted in red
|Route information
|Maintained by NYSDOT
|6.82 mi[3] (10.98 km)
|c. 1934[1][2]–present
|Major junctions
|South end
|US 6 / Long Mountain Parkway in Woodbury
|North end
|US 9W / NY 218 in Highlands
|Highway system
New York State Route 293 (NY 293) is a 6.82-mile (10.98 km) state highway located entirely within eastern Orange County, New York, in the United States. The highway starts at U.S. Route 6 (US 6, known as the Long Mountain Parkway) in Woodbury, and heads to the northeast, ending at an intersection with US 9W and NY 218 in the community of Highlands. It does not pass through any notable populated areas as most of the land around it is protected either as state parkland or US military reservation. However, it receives much traffic as the major route between the United States Military Academy at West Point and the New York State Thruway (Interstate 87 or I-87).
What is now NY 293 was originally designated as part of NY 37 in the mid-1920s. All of NY 37 became part of a realigned US 6 in 1928. US 6 was rerouted again c. 1934 to bypass West Point to the south. Its former routing through the academy grounds became NY 293.
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NY 293 begins at a junction with US 6 in Woodbury less than 2 miles (3.2 km) east of the Thruway, in Harriman State Park.[4] From there it travels in a roughly east-northeast direction between the Harriman properties and the vast USMA reservation, most of which is only selectively open to the public. NY 293's next major junction also serves as its northern terminus, at US 9W in Highlands. NY 218 ends its concurrency with US 9W there and takes over the roadway that continues east beyond the underpass. West Point's Washington Gate is a short distance past the intersection.
The Long Path hiking trail follows in the woods closely alongside NY 293 near its southern terminus.[5] Since truck traffic cannot use US 6, truck drivers may use NY 293 to reach US 9W.[6]
What is now NY 293 was originally designated as part of NY 37, an east–west highway extending from Monroe to the Connecticut state line near Brewster over most of modern US 6, in the mid-1920s.[7][8] In 1927, the first route log of the U.S. Highway System published by AASHO placed US 6 on what is now US 209 from Port Jervis to Kingston within New York. At the time, the US 6 designation ended in Kingston and resumed at the Connecticut state line in Danbury. The gap in the designation was eliminated in 1928 when US 6 was realigned east of Port Jervis to follow most of its modern alignment; however, from Woodbury to the Bear Mountain Bridge, US 6 followed what had been NY 37 from Central Valley to Highlands and overlapped with US 9W south from Highlands to the bridge.[9][10] US 6 was realigned c. 1934 to bypass West Point to the south while its former routing through the academy grounds was redesignated as NY 293.[1][2]
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The entire route is in Orange County.
|US 6 / Long Mountain Parkway east
|Southern terminus; western terminus of Long Mountain Parkway
|Northern terminus
|1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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- ^ a b Texaco Road Map – New York (Map). Cartography by Rand McNally and Company. Texas Oil Company. 1933.
- ^ a b Road Map of New York (Map). Cartography by Rand McNally and Company. Texas Oil Company. 1934.
- ^ a b "2008 Traffic Data Report for New York State" (PDF). New York State Department of Transportation. June 16, 2009. p. 288. Retrieved December 9, 2009.
- ^ Google (January 2, 2008). "overview map of Route 293" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved January 2, 2008.
- ^ Harriman–Bear Mountain Trail Maps – Map 4 (Map). New York–New Jersey Trail Conference. 2005.
- ^ "Construction and Other Restrictions Report" (PDF). New York Department of Transportation. April 20, 2009. Retrieved April 25, 2009.
- ^ "New York's Main Highways Designated by Numbers". The New York Times. December 21, 1924. p. XX9.
- ^ Official Map Showing State Highways and other important roads (Map). Cartography by Rand McNally and Company. State of New York Department of Public Works. 1926.
- ^ Weingroff, Richard F. (July 27, 2009). "U.S. 6 – The Grand Army of the Republic Highway". Highway History. Federal Highway Administration. Retrieved January 18, 2010.
- ^ New York in Soconyland (Map). Cartography by General Drafting. Standard Oil Company of New York. 1929.
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- New York State Route 293 at New York Routes


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Acknowledgment: The authors thank Tiffany Le, BS, from Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center and Emma Redley, BA; Cathy Pierce, BA; and James W.F. Catto, MB ChB, PhD, from the University of Sheffield.
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I have put a fair few hours in over the years in the Thetford Forest complex, searching for Long-eared Owl. My best views of this crepuscular species have always been on migration, but that all changed when Ricky and I descended into the forest in early June following a tip-off and a from Shaky which suggested I might finally achieve the views I had craved. Locations will not be given out for obvious reasons.
Arriving at the site around 9pm, we inadvertantly flushed 3 young birds which had been roosting on the ground, a slightly different spot to a day or so ago. Stepping back, we listened as the Owls began to squeak. Naturally curious, it did not take long for the young to begin a few practise flights, one particular bird confident enough to fly past us as we stood flabbergasted in the ride. I knew as I watched this unfold, this was a wildlife highlight I would look back on with fondness for the rest of my days. Feeling as if we had taken up enough of their time, and to allow the adults to arrive with food, we left just after 9.30 and headed back. On route, we had a Nightjar veer overhead against an almost purple-tinged sky and at least 5 were heard churring that evening. At the clearing where we started, I commented that it was really too dark to pick out an adult hunting on the far side. I need not have worried, for right on cue an adult passed a metre or so above us and proceeded to hunt a margin in front of us! The perfect evening had just got better. What was most intriguing, was trying to pin this adult down to a nest. For, after another short walk, we picked up another 2 young at a different nest. A lack of Tawny Owls in the area was a good sign that quietly, these birds have established themselves here over many years and are doing OK. Throw in the Tree Pipits, Viper's Bugloss and a moon that ate up the sky, and I had finally nailed Long-eared Owl in The Brecks in the best possible manner with an accompanying cast of thousands.
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While GeneratePress has gotten a lot simpler to use, thanks to its pre-built Website Library, GeneratePress still looks very barebones if you initially install it.
So To create GeneratePress look how you would like it to, you'll most likely need to go in and customize things. And while the substantial advantage of GeneratePress is how customizable it is, some users, especially casual users, don't like having to make those changes themselves.
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Here Are some of the specific features that explain why GeneratePress is so popular.
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Past Functionality, another area where GeneratePress does nicely is its customization choices.
GeneratePress Utilizes the WordPress Customizer for customization, which can be convenient as you'll be able to see all of the changes that you make in real time.
The Free version of GeneratePress provides you adequate options, but if you own GeneratePress Premium, you'll have the ability to customize pretty much everything about your site.
For Example, if you go in the Layout region, you can configure comprehensive settings to yourown:
- Header — you can move your header around and alter its styling
- Navigation — GeneratePress gives you two different navigation options, including sticky menus
- Sidebar layout — you can use a Couple of sidebars
- Blog post layout — like featured picture dimensions, metadata, etc..
- Footer layout — like how many widgets to add
Similarly, That the Typography place enables you to control the font to get every single element on your website, including buttons:
And You also receive a detailed region to control the colour of each and every element on your site.
All In all, GeneratePress will give you a lot more customization choices from the WordPress Customizer than most other topics. This level of detail might be a bit overwhelming if you are a newcomer. But once you understand how the settings come together, you'll have complete control on how your website appears.
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Across All of its attributes, GeneratePress always has a focus on excellent performance and clean code. The whole motif is less than 30 kB, which will be about as little as you are ever going to find for a WordPress theme. Even most other optimized WordPress topics are still 200+ kB. And some badly coded topics can even surpass 1 MB!
GeneratePress Also has no code dependencies, which helps you avoid the leave obstructing error that Google Pagespeed Insights often cites.
Place That collectively, and you obtain a superfast-loading motif. How fast? To give you a sense, I ran a small test.
First, I put up an empty site using a haphazard popular WordPress.org motif (Envo Magazine). After analyzing its performance with Pingdom, it:
- Had a performance tier of 77
- Loaded in 1.05 moments
- Had a page size of 243.9 kB
- Had 15 asks
That is Not bad at all! But GeneratePress can do better.
Next, I activated GeneratePress on exactly the same test website without altering anything else. Here's how GeneratePress failed:
- Had a performance grade of 87, 10 points greater
- Loaded in 666 ms, ~37% quicker
- Had a page size of 26.8 kB, ~90% smaller
- Had 9 requests, ~40% fewer
If You perform that same test with other themes, you'll continue to find that GeneratePress is one of those fastest-loading WordPress topics in existence. Template WordPress Premium
Other Helpful Premium Extensions, Plus A Modular Approach
Past Giving you more style controls from the WordPress Customizer, GeneratePress Premium also comes with a lot of other helpful features like:
- Elements — a unique feature that allows you create customized hooks, page headers, or layout templates.
- Page Header — allows you create a unique page header onto a per-page basis.
- Sections — this is kind of like lightweight page building. It permits you to create separate"sections" on a webpage, each with their own design and column settings.
To Stay lightweight, GeneratePress also provides you a modular port where you could select and choose what characteristics you would like to activate.
That Way, you don't need to slow your site down for a feature which you're never going to use.
Pre-Made Starter Sites Make It Easier To Design Your Site
In The past, you needed to construct GeneratePress websites from a blank canvas regardless of what, which left the theme difficult for casual users to install.
Earlier In 2018, however, the developer added a new Site Library feature for GeneratePress Premium users which allows you easily import any among the 25+ pre-built demo sites.
You Can import them directly from the WordPress dashboard.
Yes — this Website still uses GeneratePress! All I did was click on a few buttons to import a demo site.
Page-Level Settings Provide You Detailed Control Over Each Bit Of Content
With Most themes, each post and page will use the very same configurations for the most part. You may have some custom formats or templates — however you don't have very much control beyond that.
GeneratePress Changes that by giving you a brand new Design meta box for each and every page and post:
You Can utilize this meta box to:
- Change how many sidebars your website uses, or the sidebar orientation (such as altering the sidebar from right to left)
- Choose the number of footer widgets to utilize
- Disable certain components, like your header, navigation menu, post featured image, article title, or footer
- Create a special"container" to your page builder
Where These controls are the most useful is if you're using a WordPress site builder.
By Disabling certain components, you are in a position to create the correct baseline for your page builder layout, which makes it easy to create custom content as needed. Template WordPress Premium
GeneratePress Replies: Affordable And Works On Unlimited Sites
The Heart GeneratePress motif is available for free at WordPress.org.
That said, If you're seriously interested in utilizing GeneratePress, I feel you need to purchase the GeneratePress Premium plugin, as that is what makes the theme so flexible. The free version does not give you almost as many configurations in the WordPress Customizer. And you'll also lose out on the premade Site Library.
GeneratePress Premium can be still quite reasonably priced. It costs only $39.95, which provides you use on unlimited websites . You will also get a 40% discount if you would like to renew to keep on receiving support and upgrades after the initial year (you can, obviously, keep using GeneratePress following the first year without beating — you won't receive any more updates).
When You believe that the typical premium WordPress theme will often cost around $60, GeneratePress offers a fantastic value.
As I mentioned, I do not believe GeneratePress is for everyone.
If You desire a niche-specific motif, you can probably save time by buying a theme that fits your needs for your niche out of day one.
But If you're ready to spend some time altering settings, GeneratePress' mode controls give you the flexibility to flip it into any sort of WordPress site. Or, you might even have the ability to find a starter website that fits your needs to save a little time.
Additionally, It is one of those fastest-loading WordPress themes that you will locate. So if you're looking for the best performance possible, utilizing GeneratePress as your WordPress site's foundation is a great choice.
If You blend it with fast-loading hosting, so you shouldn't have any problem making your website load in under one second. Template WordPress Premium
To Get started, Click here to download GeneratePress.


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'Oh for heavens sake…' muttered my science teacher, brandishing a fistful of marked mock exam papers at his nervous class. 'Stop CRAPPING all over the QUESTIONS!' Thus followed an entire lesson on exam technique to help trim back our rambling, excrement-like responses to 'what the exam board wants to see', and to get us 'thinking like an examiner'.
As a teenager I learned pretty swiftly that exam boards didn't care if you could write a novel on photosynthesis or recite the periodic table backwards while gargling marmite – if you didn't bone up on past papers or use 'key words', your knowledge was useless. Exams weren't necessarily about proving you'd spent a year immersing yourself in a particular subject, they were about your ability to memorise pre-packaged information and predict which questions were likely to come up. And if you were unlucky enough to have a bad morning when the Big Day arrived? Tough.
Which is why I'm blown away by Michael Gove's proposed GCSE reforms – which from 2015 are to see modular exams and coursework cut back in favour of 'do or die' style final exams sat at the end of two years of studies, with no option to re-sit. It's all part of a drive to toughen up assessment and push teenagers to catch up with high-achieving nations such as Finland and Singapore…by making it bloody hard for them to obtain top grades. Confused? Me too.
Undoubtedly the current assessment system has its problems – but casually butchering coursework from the curriculum and lumping huge amounts of pressure on final exams surely isn't the answer. What about those who lose the ability to form coherent sentences in exam situations? Some people, through no lack of brainpower, just aren't good at exams – but performing badly under exam pressure doesn't necessarily mean a pupil hasn't understood their subject, or spent all night feverishly going over and over how to conjugate a German verb until it's imprinted in their grey matter for eternity. I'd wager that most GCSE Geography graduates will still be able to diagramise vigorously memorised stages of oxbow lake formation when they reach old age, but they won't know what a chair is.
I refer you to my French AS level oral exam – ten years later I can still lecture you in fluent French on the perils of illegal drugs for three perfectly memorised minutes, but I'd never be able to hold my own in a French conversation or find out where the train station is in Toulouse. Exams encourage students to focus so much time and energy on very specific areas of a subject that vast swathes of knowledge is lost to the abyss. Not to mention the 'in one ear and out the other' effect that intensive exam cramming sessions can have.
And what about the simple, totally overlooked idea that learning's actually supposed to be, you know, fun? I have blissfully happy memories of burying my nose in Nineteen Eighty-Four and Brave New World to dream up a piece of written coursework about Orwelian dystopia – I can admit that now without having my bra straps painfully pinged in the canteen – but my recollections of exam preparation aren't so fond. The night before a big exam, far from revelling in the joys of learning, I'd be far more likely to be found gouging my eye out with a spoon while shrieking quadratic equation formulae at the wall.
A small amount of stress is great for giving anyone a kick up the backside and an incentive to work hard, but exams can turn the most relaxed of kids into a gibbering, hysterical wreck. It's scientifically proven that stress works against intelligence and memory – and what's more anxiety inducing than the prospect of having your future determined by a three-hour slot, with no hope of a second chance should it all go wrong? Unless you're facing 180 minutes of Justin Bieber on repeat, I defy you to answer.
Gove's new proposals have been labelled 'totally out of touch with modern Britain' by Labour, and I agree. Aside from the issue of whether we should trust a man who thought it a spiffing idea for tax payers to splash out on a new yacht for Queen Liz's Jubilee, the new system just isn't compatible with real life. Most modern jobs expect continuous deadlines to be met – you won't get two years to fill out that report, and how University students can be expected to complete lengthy dissertations having never written an essay is beyond me.
'It is time for the race to the bottom to end,' Gove told MPs. 'It is time to tackle grade inflation and dumbing down. It is time to raise aspirations and restore rigour to our examinations.' Hello, 1953, we missed you.
This article was originally published on the Huffington Post Blog here.
Image credits
Exam stress – http://www.freakychakra.com
That time of year – http://www.guardian.co.uk


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Teaching Assistant
The Futures Trust is offering an exciting opportunity for two enthusiastic and highly motivated professional to join our team here at Keresley Grange School. This is an exciting time to join The Futures Trust. The Trust is passionate about building brighter futures for the young people who attend its schools, and is a rapidly growing and successful Multi Academy Trust driven by a set of compelling values:
Learners First – teachers and leaders totally focused upon the educational benefit of our pupils and students within a safe and supportive environment.
It's About Learning – teachers and leaders totally focused upon developing and improving the learning of pupils and students underpinned by harmonious and trusting relationships.
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We are seeking to appoint two Teaching Assistants to work at Keresley Grange School and to ensure that students make outstanding progress by removing barriers to learning.
You will be committed to building brighter futures and Educated to Advanced Level / NVQ Level 3 or equivalent or similar experience and evidence of ongoing professional development.
You will have a minimum of 1 years' classroom experience, or relevant work with young people in one of a range of fields such as education, youth work, health and social work.
You will have a good understanding of the roles played by various adults in the education of young people as well as the Issues pertaining to safeguarding children and young people. You will be able to communicate effectively both verbally and in writing with a range of audiences, be highly organised, able to prioritise and work calmly under pressure dealing with situations calmly and efficiently- ensuring consistently high quality work is produced within strict deadlines.
The successful applicants will:-
- Inspire a love of learning
- Have high standards and aspirations for themselves and others
- Have a commitment to providing first class opportunities so that each child is able to achieve their full potential.
- Be ambitious, enthusiastic and want to make a difference
- Be inspirational leaders who are capable of supporting and motivating others
- Be capable of contributing to whole school improvement
In return we can offer:-
- Children who demonstrate good behaviour and have respect for each other and are keen to learn
- A hard working, professional, caring, friendly team of staff who are dedicated to achieving the best for every one of our pupils A commitment to bespoke professional development and opportunities to work collaboratively with the schools across 'The Futures Trust'
Keresley Grange School and The Futures Trust are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and require all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The successful candidates for all positions will be subject to an enhanced DBS check.
Visits to the school are welcomed.
Closing date: Midday on Friday 15th November 2019
Interviews: WC 18th November 2019
Please note that all applications must be received on an application form. We do not accept CV's. Applications should be returned to firstname.lastname@example.com or to the school address marked for the attention of Carly Arnold, School Business Manager.
Please be aware that we reserve the right to close this vacancy prior to the published closing date.
Keresley Grange Primary School and The Futures Trust are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and require all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The successful candidates for all positions will be subject to an enhanced DBS check.


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