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Paternity and parental responsibility
If you are married at the time of the birth, the husband will automatically be deemed the child's father.
If you are separated or not married, the father must declare paternity. This can be done during the pregnancy, in connection with the birth, or after the birth.
The father can declare paternity at the following locations:
- The tax office
- Nav or a justice
- Midwife or a doctor in relation to a pregnancy check-up
- At the hospital in connection with the birth
- At a Norwegian diplomatic or consular official, if the father is abroad
If the person who declares the paternity is not registered as the father in the birth notification, the mother must approve the paternity.
Parental responsibility
These will automatically be given joint parental responsibility:
- Married parents
- Cohabitants registered living at the same address in the National Registry at the time of the birth. This applies for children born in and after 2006.
In other instances (including children born before 2006), the mother will be given sole parental responsibility, unless the parents have a cohabitation agreement or an agreement on joint parental responsibility.
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IN a week that has seen Celtic and the Scotland women's team shattered by late goals it was perhaps appropriate that Lawrie Reilly turned up at Hampden yesterday.
The man known to every Scottish fan over the age of 60 as "Last Minute Reilly" for his penchant for notching winners in the dying seconds of big matches was promoting a football reminiscence project in aid of Alzheimer Scotland.
Reilly will turn on 84 on Sunday and is the last surviving member of the Hibs Famous Five forward line that dominated the Scottish game in the 50s.
He was forced to retire through injury at just 29 but amassed 39 caps at a time when the national team played far fewer matches than it does now.
The centre-forward was a scoring phenomenon and the passing of time has not dulled his memory nor his sense of mischief.
Asked if any of the current Scotland side would have made it into the national team in his era, his eyes twinkled as he said: "Well, 10 of them might..."
Clearly the striker's role wouldn't be up for grabs and although he likes fellow former Hibs hitman Steven Fletcher's work, Reilly can't get his head round why the Sunderland player refused to represent his country for 20 months.
He said: "I can't understand anyone not wanting to play for their country. If I had first choice I would probably pick Scotland before Hibs.
"But I loved to play for both. I was just sorry I had to pack up due to injuries when I was 29. I'd have loved to have played another 10 years.
"During my career everyone wanted to play for Scotland. Fletcher wouldn't have got a game at centre-forward in my era! But the laddie's done quite well, we could do with 11 Fletchers. In my time the Scotland team was picked by committee but as far as we were concerned the manager was George Young, who was the captain.
"He looked after us and made a hell of a good job of it. He was a big man but I wouldn't have backed him to outdo Willie Woodburn.
"Willie stayed in Edinburgh beside me and we travelled to Scotland games together. He was great company. We'd play golf but I always beat him, that was the only reason I played him. It's just a pity he didn't play for Hibs."
Much has been made of the current players' diets in recent weeks and SFA performance director Mark Wotte would probably choke on his lightly grilled chicken and pasta (no sauce please) if he'd heard Reilly describe the fuel that fired him to success.
Reilly said: "Och, I had fish and chips at night. We didn't stick to a strict diet. You just ate what you ate as a laddie.
"You grew up eating egg and chips or whatever. Before a game we looked after ourselves and didn't eat too much – chips were out, we had the fish without the chips!
"As for the drink, I can only speak for myself. I had a pub for a number of years but have never taken alcohol.
"My father was a teetotal man as well so it was a good example to follow.
"Was I unusual among my peers? I think so. The lads I played with, some of them took a refreshment.
"But it didn't affect any of them as far as I remember."
As for his beloved Hibs, they provided him with one of the unhappiest memories of his life back in May.
The club rolled out the red carpet for him to be at Hampden for the Scottish Cup Final, only to pull it from under him with a dismal display that saw Hearts thrash them 5-1.
Reilly can recall it with a wry smile now but he wasn't happy at the time. He said: "That was hard but my wife was there and was a good supporter for me. When we travelled through, Hibs laid on a beautiful big private car with a chauffeur.
"When we were driving through we passed this big bus full of Hearts fans.
"My wife and I were thinking a war must have been going on because they were giving the V for victory signs but it was great fun.
"I enjoyed the trip to Hampden better than the trip back home."
Despite the pain of that result Lawrie doesn't want current manager Pat Fenlon shown the door. Hibs need a period of stability he reckons.
He said: "We're always building, bringing on players other clubs can take away. Luckily that couldn't happen in our era.
"The manager has to get a chance. You can't expect someone to turn them into world beaters. Going through managers isn't a good thing. When I was at Easter Road I played under two bosses in 12 years.
"Willie McCartney signed me then Hugh Shaw replaced him. They were both excellent.
"We have to stop changing managers all the time."
- The Scottish Football Museum and Alzheimer Scotland have launched a boxed set of international legends football cards featuring players like Denis Law, Kenny Dalglish, John Greig and Jimmy Johnstone. These cards will allow Alzheimer sufferers to discuss who would make up the greatest ever Scotland team.


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1. How did you get into tabletop gaming?
I remember when I was 5 or 6 going into an old video games store (the store closed almost 15 years ago and is still vacant with the posters up) and seeing Gorkamorka for the first time. My dad bought it for the pair of us to play, little knowing that he had been a war gamer for nearly 20 years before then
My top 3, that's a tough one well tough 3
Top of my list, warmachine/hordes
In essence the same game with a couple of differences. What I like the most is its so black and white in its design no how do these work questions. My main reason is the style is unique, mechanics work really well and encourage a variety of play styles.
Next I'd have to say dread ball, pick a team and kill the ..... I mean play a match. Fast paced game, great campaign system (well league) and with more released each month it's always fresh.
Thirdly it's got to be bolt action, very different to my first views of it. Plays so fluid and even if you power game the system you will still not get s guaranteed win
Honourable mentions go to lion rampant, Kings of war, beyond the gates of Antares and Star Trek attack wing
3. Do you do any other kind of gaming?
I indulge in video gaming as well as board games. I don't mean the traditional sorts u mean things like zombicide and firefly, games where you set aside a whole day for them.
4. What online communities do you frequent, if any
So many that I frequent it's impossible to list them all,
But I can be found under 1 of 3 names, Rozzertoad, Knobby or Brick Face so say hi if you see me
5. Which hobby project is your all-time favorite so far in your hobby career?
I genuinely can't answer that one, I did once manage to finish a 2000 point 40k army. Loves painting it so much that the week after I stripped it and did it again, because you know I'm mental.
6. Top 3 favourite Video games of all time?
Not a game more a series - total war. Not bothered the period or the game I love them all. Next we have a golden oldie, star trek birth of the federation, the one strategy game that eve on the easiest settings ever I still get thrown under the bus.
Lastly it's battlefield, easy to de-stress with, decent servers and no hassle.
7. Any miniatures game that you want to try but have not?
Frost grave and saga.
One isn't out yet the other I just haven't had time
8. Favourite historical period to game?
This is another awkward one, if I say medieval Japan's medieval period lasted into the European napoleonic era so it's a weird one for me.
9. What is your favourite and least favourite part of the hobby?
I don't have any preferred part. Some months I can never put my paint brush down, others I'm building new ships for Antares or new units, I may be writing a role play campaign I just never know what will pop in my head when it's hobby time.
10. Why did you join the blog?
To gain works domination. And the guys are pretty cool too I guess
11. Best hobby moment?
Yet to happen, I have a new one every other day
12. Worst hobby moment?
I suppose gluing my hand to a table cloth is up there, also never get glue on your hand and think "hey the acetone activator will dry this faster for me". I genuinely thought I'd be in hospital with 3rd degree burns.
13. What hobby projects are on the horizon for the future?
Currently I'm working on some frost grave stuff, but that's secret ;). I'm also working on an English civil war themed kings of war force and trying to resist doing a crusades set of lion rampant retinues with themed terrain.
I hope that gives you more information about your soon to be supreme overlord, stay tuned for more of myself and my hobby madness.


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[out-sawrs, ‐sohrs]
verb (used with object), out·sourced, out·sourc·ing.
(of a company or organization) to purchase (goods) or subcontract (services) from an outside supplier or source.
to contract out (jobs, services, etc.): a small business that outsources bookkeeping to an accounting firm.
verb (used without object), out·sourced, out·sourc·ing.
to obtain goods or services from an outside source: U.S. companies who outsource from China.
Origin of outsource
Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019
Related Words for outsourcingsource, deploy, redistribute, expand, utilize
Examples from the Web for outsourcing
Contemporary Examples of outsourcing
The next day, Perdue was asked if he could defend the "outsourcing" charges.
The truth about his role in outsourcing jobs seems to be somewhere in the middle.
Another technique is the outsourcing of labor to lower paid foreign workers, the so called "techno-coolies."Silicon Valley's Giants Are Just Gilded Age Tycoons in Techno-Utopian Clothes
Joel Kotkin
April 25, 2014
At this point, she began marketing her designs as furniture and was outsourcing labor to produce them.Don't Just Look at This Art, Sit on It
Justin Jones
March 5, 2014
Outsourcing simply means that a person, or even a machine, will perform an operation for you.Just Don't Do It: Why You Should Outsource More of Your Life
Ari Meisel
February 22, 2014
Historical Examples of outsourcing
The strategy of outsourcing is based on the notion that maximum efficiency requires specialization that companies cannot achieve.The Civilization of Illiteracy
Mihai Nadin
verb (tr) (of a manufacturer)
to subcontract (work) to another company
to buy in (components for a product) rather than manufacture them
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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It was a cold, dark, snowy night as I drove with both kids in the backseat along the sleek city roads last week. There was a chill in the air, the wind was blowing and snow was falling on my windshield as I looked ahead and saw flashing lights.
I glanced back at Carter and Mya who were sitting quietly, tucked tightly into their car seats.
Traffic slowed down as the flashing lights got brighter and we crept up to the scene. I looked out and saw an SUV turned facing traffic, the back side door crushed in.
I kept my eyes focused ahead as the streetlights turned red and I came to a stop right in front of the accident. I looked over, examining the damage strewn all over the road and then quickly noticed that the wrecked car was still running. I looked again and my heart dropped as I saw a woman sitting in the backseat beside an infant car seat. Toys were dangling from the car seat handle and I could see the woman hovering over her tiny baby.
It took my breath away for a moment and I quickly looked back at my own two little ones sitting so quietly behind me.
I all of a sudden felt like it was me sitting there with that baby in the backseat. I felt that mama's fear and panic. My eyes started filling with tears as I watched the exhaust fumes blow out from under the car, knowing that she was trying with all her might to keep her baby warm. I knew that she was panicking about whether her baby was hurt, whether he was going to be hungry soon or what she would do if he started crying...because when you're in the middle of a busy intersection in the dead of winter, police cars surrounding you, waiting for more help, there is nowhere to go and the panic starts to set in.
The light turned green and I hesitated as I slowly crept forward, away from this mother who I all of sudden felt connected to. Never having even met her.
I wiped away my tears, surprised that I was actually this emotional after only a few minutes of seeing such a scene.
Then I all of a sudden felt this urge to turn around, to run to this mama and her baby and offer whatever I had in my van for them. Is your baby hungry? I have a bottle. It might be half empty, but it's all yours. Are you cold? I have baby blankets. Here--take them all. Distraction for your crying baby? I have some toys...keys...crinkly wrappers. Because I FELT her. I felt her angst, I felt her panic, I felt her fear. I felt her urge to take her baby and run somewhere safe, somewhere warm...away from her wrecked car, flashing police lights and dark, cold winds.
So as I pulled into our driveway with tear streaked cheeks, I watched as Terry came out to help me bring the kids inside, out of the cold...and I felt like I should have gone back. Turned around. Somehow gotten to her...knowing full well that realistically the scene was blocked off and I probably couldn't have gotten to her without leaving my own children alone in the van on the side of the road.
But I felt her.
Because, what I realized in that moment was that we're all connected. We all belong to each other. Your baby is my baby. My babies are yours.
Your pain is my pain. My pain is yours.
Your happiness is my happiness. My happiness is yours.
It's the same feeling that I get when I need an extra set of hands when I'm getting the kids dressed for outside and I all of a sudden look over to see a friend zipping up my son's coat. Or when we're at a party and little paper plates get filled with food for kids who aren't our own, because a mama's arms are full. Or when my baby trips and falls, and hands that aren't my own pick him up to snuggle him. Because my child is your child. And your child is mine.
But as I met the eyes of friendly faces who introduced themselves to me, shook my hand or made a point of asking me how my first week back to work was I knew it was because they felt me. They were the ones who remembered what they felt like walking through those same halls not long before...being new, being overwhelmed, not knowing many people. Because we're all connected. We all belong to each other. We all need to take care of each other.
So to Mya and Carter, please remember this. Remember that that child on the playground who is crying is as much your sibling as your actual brother or sister. So go to him and ask him to play. And that friend who is sad or worried? Please hug her. Because that little girl's sadness is the same sadness that you might feel one day. And when I love you so much each day that you actually feel it, please pass it along to someone else who needs it. Because really, that's what this life is all about.


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My friend and coworker Michelle over at Making the Frugal Life Fun posted about getting 50 free Shutterfly cards and I was excited to jump on this deal just in time for Christmas cards! I have never ordered from Shutterfly before, but have heard wonderful things about them and have seen lots of great promo codes that they offer from time to time.
I was excited to see that Shutterfly has a lot of cute options for creating a Christmas photo card! You can see the whole collection here. Last year I used another photo site and I must say that these options are a lot cuter than the options available on the other site. I think this folded card is especially cute and this flat card is great too!
I'm not sure which one we will choose but I am hoping to get some good pictures taken of us while we are at the beach. I am looking forward to experimenting with some of these fun card designs and our pictures!
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Let's face it! No matter what the producers or the actors want you to believe, it's a widely known secret that reality shows are scripted. If you are to believe otherwise, then you would be just fooling yourself, probably. We enjoy these so called reality shows despite the fact that little of it is true. It's a sort of guilty pleasure for most of us and a way to unwind ourselves are a long day at work. And what's better entertainment than two people quarrelling over spilt milk? But there are a few shows that, under the guise of reality TV, dished out content which was universally panned by audiences. We bring five such reality TV shows that left us disappointed.
Emotional Atyachar
Well, this one took all of us by surprise. It was a revolutionary concept that had you spy on your cheating girlfriend or boyfriend while the whole world watches in excitement. Except that it was scripted to begin with. The models who worked on the show as actors later came out and confessed the same.
Maa Exchange
The Indian version of Wife Swap, Maa Exchange was a show about celebrities swapping places with regular Indian housewives. The purpose of the show (or at least that's how it began) was to discover more about each other. But expect the TRP hungry makers to add a bit of 'masala' to it. It drifted away from this beautiful concept of discovering each other's lives to throwing accusations and flaring tempers. Soon, the audience wised up to the act and show got cancelled.
We honestly do not know why this ever saw the light of day! The concept, though fresh, was shallow. The show involved contestants being bullied by 3 dadas and whoever does not give up, takes home a hefty sum of money. At one point, the show crossed all limits of crassness when a contestant was beaten up by a dozen men for slapping a dada in retaliation. Self-defence, perhaps?
Rakhi Ka Swayamvar
Rakhi Sawant, the actor-turned-dancer-turned-philosopher-turned-politician, has reprised many roles throughout her career and it was time for her to settle down. And what better than doing so on national TV? Yes, that's Rakhi Sawant for you! The show was riddled with controversies and the fact that Rakhi didn't even marry the winner, Elesh Parunjawala, only stemmed the rumours that it was all just a hoax.
Jeeto Chappar Phaad Ke
This reality quiz game show, hosted by Govinda flopped miserably as it was no different than the then successful show Kaun Banega Crorepati. It was cancelled right after season one.
Do you think we missed any? Let us know in the comments below.


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Surely a vital part of growth is time that is unplanned, unscheduled and undemanding. I am SO happy to have my boys home from school/nursery for Easter holidays. It feels like we can break free from our usual routine and just potter. I asked them what things they would like to do, which includes modest requests for train rides and swimming - but also (Oh my heart filled with love!) helping Papa bring in the logs and helping Mummy set the table. So we will do those things, and see friends too, but I picture a lot of time spent with water, sticks and mud.
Watching spring unfurl. Watching birds. Watching a few favourite films.
Nurturing our little seedlings. And breaking the rules a little - who says you can't cook and craft at the same time?
We're taking this gift with both hands!


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A massive congratulations to the following students, who have been selected as members of the State Debating Squad!
Annabelle Muir (Presbyterian Ladies' College)
We're so excited to work with the Squad over the next few weeks - stay tuned!
Thank you to all students who trialed today - it was extremely competitive and we were thoroughly impressed with all students.
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Manufactured Housing Day - Thursday
Manufactured homes offer great alternatives for vacation homes, retirement or cost-friendly permanent homes. If you haven't seen one lately, stop by one of the model homes here at the show or contact one of our sponsors to get more information. All four of the homes will be there at the show on all days for viewing.
Manufactured Housing Day Sponsors
DeTray's Custom Housing, based out of the South Hill of Puyallup will be displaying Skyline's "Cozy Living" & Kit Custom Homebuilders' "First Cabin". These two homes, featuring rustic exterior treatments, oversized windows, natural wood cabinets, low maintenance floor coverings, plus very inviting front porches, would be eye candy for anyone's waterfront vacation property.
DeTray's of Olympia is a proud independent dealer for Palm Harbor Homes and Skyline Homes. DeTray's has been providing manufactured housing throughout Washington state for 56 years. This year, we will be featuring The Lakeport by Palm Harbor. This attractive home would be a perfect vacation home or a great fit for a down sizer's lifestyle.
Lakeview Meadows, a new 55+ manufactured home community located in Lacey, WA. This 65-lot community offers beautiful, affordable homes with old-fashioned neighborhood charm. We are situated among open spaces and seasonal ponds in a park-like setting. For more information, contact DeTray's of Olympia.
Palm Harbor Homes has consistently set the standard in beautiful, innovative, durable and affordable custom manufactured homes. Our beautiful Palm Harbor model home will be displayed by DeTray's of Olympia.
Skyline Homes takes great pride in producing quality built homes. With over 65 years of experience, we invite you to visit Detray's Custom Housing or our website to view many of our models.


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Pension Casa Austria
Esglèsia, 350, Calella, 08370
Pension Casa Austria is centrally located, 5 minutes' walk from Calella Beach and Train Station. This family-run guest house offers a free Wi-Fi zone and rooms with a private or shared bathroom.
Featuring tiled floors and light wood furniture, all rooms are heated. Each has 2 single beds and a safe. The bathroom comes with a bath tub and some rooms have garden views.
The Casa Austria has a restaurant with an outdoor terrace. It offers an extensive range of international dishes.
There is easy access to the C32 Main Road. You can drive to Barcelona Airport in 55 minutes or take a direct train there.


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2017 Annual Report
Quick facts from 2017
We became the fastest growing provider of online education in Australia.
Four research institutes were launched in 2017.
We were recognised by the Victorian Government for outstanding contributions to our multicultural community.
2017 marked an important milestone – our 25th anniversary as a university.
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Before I get to the specific conferences, please know that this information is a basic guide, and there is no connection between this website and any of the conferences mentioned. Also, there is no intent to favor or neglect any particular conference. The links for each of the conferences are provided as a convenience.
Now that our disclaimer is out of the way, let's look at some of the conferences in order of when they occur during the year:
Workers' Compensation Research Institute (WCRI) Annual Conference – This conference is content rich. Presented by WCRI, the event takes place this year on March 22-23 at the Westin Copley Place in Boston, MA. The content is driven by WCRI research projects and is presented by the institute's employees and members. Attendees include workers' comp executives, regulators and other industry experts. Learn more at http://www.wcrinet.org/conference.html
Risk Management Society (RIMS) Annual Conference & Exhibition – RIMS is a not-for-profit international professional association geared towards risk managers. The annual conference changes venues each year. It is scheduled for April 15-18 in San Antonio, TX. Courses generally focus on corporate risk management concerns. The 2018 conference will include courses focusing on engaging injured workers through their recovery, cyber crisis management, and the blockchain revolution and what you need to know. The Society also sponsors college students who have potential interest in risk management and offers a college track for those attendees. Learn more at https://www.rims.org/RIMS18/Pages/Home.aspx
National Council on Compensation Insurance (NCCI) Annual Issues Symposium – This conference is held each year in May. This year, it will take place May 16-18 at the Hyatt Regency Grand Cypress Resort in Orlando, FL. The conference presents current issues and challenges facing the workers' compensation industry and is geared towards senior workers' comp executives as well as legislative representatives. Learn more at https://www.ncci.com/pages/default.aspx
Workers Comp Institute (WCI) 360 – This year's WCI 360 is scheduled for August 19-22 at the Orlando World Center Marriott in Orlando, FL. Although the conference started as a Florida workers' comp conference, it has branched out and now addresses national issues. Content ranges from live surgeries (for workers' comp related injuries) to legislative issues. Generally, the attendees are mostly from the Florida region. This conference is also attended by a number of law firms and medical providers. Learn more at https://www.wci360.com/conference
California Workers' Comp & Risk Conference (CWC & Risk) – This conference is scheduled for September 5-7 at the Monarch Beach Resort in Dana Point, CA. The location was formerly the St. Regis Hotel. While the conference generally draws California participants, it has become more national from a content perspective. Right now they are going through the speaker and agenda proposal process, so check back regularly to see if the specific conference agenda is for you. Most attendees are from the adjuster to the executive level. Learn more at http://www.cwcriskconference.org/
National Workers' Comp and Disability Conference (NWCDC) – Nationally known as one of the largest workers' comp conferences each year, this event will again be at the Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas, NV. The conference is scheduled for December 5-7, 2018. It is scheduled to stay at the Mandalay Bay in 2019 but move to Chicago, IL in 2020. NWCDC sessions are presented via tracks, which focus on participants' roles in the workers' comp arena: adjustors, attorneys, managed care professionals, etc. As such, this conference appeals to all levels of participants in the workers' comp industry. Learn more at http://www.wcconference.com.
I hope you find this list helpful. The hard part is determining which conference(s) best suit your needs based on the topics and your role in the industry. But I can tell you that each conference listed above has a lot to offer. Reserve your space for one or more of these events!


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1. 75019 Framework in progress
The rationale behind the selection of this entry as the best one is that it seems to be the most coherent proposal according to the three criteria of the competition. It has a strong and innovative concept, based on a planning strategy rather than a static design. It suggests phases that involve short and long term interventions towards the improvement of Triti Septemvriou Street, which, coupled with horizontal connections at a human scale, as well as interesting traffic solutions, make the new proposal feasible-to-exist. Also, there is coherence between the landscape analysis and the design proposal, which is supported by a concise presentation (in panels also) of 'fresh' yet pragmatically feasible ideas. We have to bear in mind that, it relies heavily on good management and maintenance for each successful implementation.
2. 75312 Contain and Connect
The rationale behind the selection of this entry as one of the most capable in matching the criteria set by the competition is the fact that it is characterized by a strong, as well as sensible and clear concept, which unifies the proposed 'containers' with the suggested new uses for the landscape. Yet, their form could have been more subtle and refined. The same applies to the design of the multiple above-ground bridges, which try to ensure connectivity between the two sides. However, the success of the project would be highly reliant on the continuing involvement of local people in the changing uses of the containers and their upkeep. Also, The visual presence of the sites as designed may not be strong enough in the scale of the spaces where they are located.
3. 41534 Through Thessaloniki Valley
It is an interesting proposal, with balance between the concept and the valley-inspired urban design, which gives it some strength without being too obvious. The traffic proposals are feasible and will make an impact on the quality of the spaces for people, which starts to give the place greater potential. The design quality and longevity will rely heavily on high quality construction as it uses expensive high quality materials. However, it is a less successfully expressed landscape and architectural design. Also, although Pinus brutia is a common tree in parks and gardens in various countries, its use as a street tree is in question.
4. 55331 Opening the street in a dynamic unit
It is a daring proposal, with interesting design and ecological management ideas, well worked out and presented in detail, which sets as its goal to increase and unify green spaces close to the sea front by transferring underground all traffic movement. If this were an option it would impose a completely different set of rules and criteria for its assessment. Still we cannot accept it because going underground is a decision that cannot originate in the remaking of a secondary traffic artery.
5. 54931 Urban Re-traces
It is a conventionally integrated proposal. The analysis and the concept, although not necessarily of a strong interest, are correctly presented. The proposals are quite modest and may be lost in the powerful context of the large buildings and high fences. It is feasible and practical and will locally make an impact but whether it unites all disparate elements is in question.
6. 21425 The green strip
It is a clearly designed proposal, especially around the acknowledged recently designed waterfront, and presents a good water management of the stream area. Despite the realistic traffic solutions, the isolation of the pedestrian movement along the central green corridor, a Barcelona Ramblas-type street, is considered unsuccessful.
7. 09837 E-scapes
It is an integrated design proposal, in coherence with its concept. Although it deals with all the issues related to landscape design, functional, ecological and social, it is a rather modest design proposal, lacking of originality. The proposed circulation system is structured and realistic. However the size and form of the multiple elevated wooden bridges, as shown on the plans as well as the visualizations, are vague.
8. 00524 Greenflow
It is a rather well-structured idea and presentation of the proposal as seen in the first two panels, with a strong concept underlying it. However, it is weak in landscape design and planting at the smaller scales.
87056 Re-Stream Salonica
Regardless the good presentation of an interesting concept, it fails to cover the requirements of the competition as concerns the smaller scale spatial design.
12168 Lift up – Step on
It is an interesting and clear design proposal but incomplete in its implementation. The mega structures of the elevated buildings/bridges vertical to the street are considered unsuccessful, mainly because they would block the visual and spatial continuity along the street. Furthermore, their proposed functions do not obey with the demographics of the area.
25713 Tree of Life
A rather clear concept, which is not successfully expressed in the designs. The lack of an integrated design approach leads to fragmented and rationally managed areas. Originality, as well as a strategy for the circulation system are also absent.
13256 The Colored Spine
Although it presents an elaborated proposal of planting, the repetition of colored circular forms all over the site leads to a flattening design proposal with absence of landscape qualities sensitivity.
11157 Bands to be united
A detailed proposal, with thoroughly analyzed principles of water sensitive urban design, being applied unfortunately in the wrong place, making it inappropriate for the water front city landscape. Also, the circulation system is limited to some general principles.
88888 e-Cohesion
The concept is not obvious in the proposal. The use of tree lines along both sides of 3rd Septemvriou Street and of two different paving materials, are not enough to achieve the desirable cohesion. The design is poorly expressed and the circulation arrangement is not clear.
The following entries have not met the technical requirements of the competition and therefore they were not included in the above assessment.
281087 Eco Boulevard
(six-digit code number instead of five-digits as asked in the brief) Proposal poorly elaborated.
Guide Line
(lack of the indispensable five-digit code number) Tries to create and enforce a brand name for the city as applied on the 3rd Septemvriou Street.
However, the jury examined those entries wishing to express appreciation for the effort undertaken by the participants. Neither of them was found worthy to be considered among the winning projects.


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PORT ELIZABETH – Nelson Mandela Bay African National Congress (ANC) councillor Gamalihleli Maqula was acquitted on charges of assault to cause grievous bodily harm in the Port Elizabeth Magistrate's Court on Monday.
He was accused of stabbing council chief whip Werner Senekal with a sharp object during a brawl in council chambers on 27 October 2016.
Maqula was acquitted after the State closed its case and Defence attorney Luthando Ngqakayi brought an application for a discharge in terms of Section 174 of the Criminal Procedure Act.
This means that if at the close of the State's case, there is no evidence in which a reasonable man would convict, the court may return a verdict of not guilty.
In handing down judgment, Magistrate Morne Cannon said there was no evidence before the court to convict Maqula, adding that a video taken by former United Democratic Movement (UDM) councillor Mandla Faltein did not carry much weight.
"In my view, the video is not much of assistance to the State on whether [Maqula] stabbed or injured Senekal. In the video it is clear that [Maqula] is unarmed," said Cannon.
The magistrate said that even when Senekal testified he struggled to identify himself in the video clip.
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Cannon said sSenekal had conceded that he did not know when, where or who had stabbed him, adding that his injuries could have been sustained on two other occasions during the council brawl.
The court found Senekal also did not see Maqula holding a weapon and not much reliance was placed on his evidence.
Cannon said that Dr Wessel Swart's evidence merely confirmed that Senekal had sustained an injury, but according to the medical evidence a knife was not likely to have caused the abrasion.
ANC provincial heavyweight Andile Lungisa, who was Maqula's co-accused, was expected to be called to the stand later on Monday to testify.
Lungisa is accused of smashing a glass jug over the head of mayoral committee member for transport, Rano Kayser, during a council meeting that turned chaotic.
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One of the selections for April-June 2018 is "The Guns of August" by Barbara Tuchman. Tuchman, b. January 30, 1912 – d. February 6, 1989, won the 1963 Pulitzer Prize for this book which is considered a classic.
Tuchman was born in New York City before WWI broke out, though the conflict would surely have had an impact on her life. A passionate interest in history led to a major in history and literature at Radcliffe College. She then worked as a correspondent for The Nation, which at the time was owned by her father. After leaving the publication, she concentrated on raising her children until WWII broke out, at which point she worked for the Office of War Information.
Her first published book was "The Lost British Policy: Britain and Spain Since 1700" in 1938. She would go to write eleven more books as well numerous articles. She also lectured at Harvard, the Naval War College, and the University of California.
Barbara Tuchman won two Pulitzer Prizes over the course of her career, the first for Guns of August and the second for her biography "Stillwell and the American Experience in China."
Bill Moyers spoke with Barbara Tuchman shortly before her death. Though this interview focuses on another of Tuchman's works, "First Salute" about the American Revolution, it highlights her vast knowledge of history and her varied interests. I highly suggest watching it if only for all the 80's references.


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NOTE: This is the fourth in a series on When Our Dreams Don't Come True.
You should see my budget envelopes. They are tattered, torn, their edges taped, then re-taped. Their contents by the end of the month, long emptied of the bright blue Indonesian bills that pay for my groceries, my phone minutes, the gas for our kitchen stove, gifts for kids' birthday parties, etc.
They don't contain the $30,000 I would need to adopt a child from India.
Last week, we discussed this issue of what happens when our dreams don't come true. I've shared my story, of how I wanted to adopt a child even as I feared this dream of mine. How we all have dreams that don't make it, and the reasons why they fail. What we can do with these big ideas of ours.
Today I'll share with you what my broken dreams have taught me.
1. Our big dreams reveal our bigger hearts.
I am a saver. I'd rather have money than things. I'd rather spend energy than cash. So, when we first looked at the price tag of adoption, years ago, I knew, just knew, that we just couldn't do it. Not with our salary. Not with our hard-saved bank account.
But I've already seen how big numbers can be raised, how donors give out of little, how my trust grows when I sign up for dreams that don't fit into the ratty-old envelopes.
I don't know yet if we will ever get to spend that kind of money on an adoption. But now I see it. I see how big my heart for orphans really is. When we dream big—and even when the dreams fail, we see how far we will go for big things. We come to understand what matters—what really matters. And if we can keep alive the dream behind the dream, then we can watch it overflow out of life's failures.
So, now I spend other things for orphans—time, prayer, and maybe even some money here and there to help others adopt. And when I empty myself, I see big dreams fill up.
2. Our broken dreams teach us compassion for shattered lives.
I have lots of big ideas. Some are buried in an entry I made in a long-forgotten childhood journal. Many of them are not nearly so noble as wanting to adopt. If I'm completely honest, one of my most long-standing dreams is that people will like me, will notice me, will want to know me. Notice the repetition of "me."
You may have read about how I grew up moving all around, making and losing friends, creating a List meant to protect, that simply hid my heart broken by rejection.
Now I see it. I see how this deep-down ache for relationship pushes me to reach out to the least. I understand that the drive for finding friends I've had since I was a kid walking to school alone gives me the courage to make friends with the lonely. I get that a lifetime of plastering smiles over my wounds has given me skills to see past others' grins into sad hearts.
So, I now live on a remote island in a country many people can't place on a map and I daily pursue friendships with women in need. If God had answered my childhood (and my adult) prayers—for popularity, for all rejection to end, for notice from others, I may have missed out on this bigger dream of caring about others—others' rejection, others' hurt, others' brokenness.
3. We can remember the dreams that succeed when we see the ones that fail.
Much of my day is spent in the menial--laundry, cooking, changing diapers, grocery shopping. But I long for eternal purpose, even as I live in the temporary. When we take the time to dream, to plan, even to grieve the dreams that seem to fail us, we remember to think about more than what is in front of us.
And when we think beyond the piles of laundry, we might just see the stacks of dreams to which God has said, and is saying, "yes."
Maybe you are already living dreams, and maybe, just maybe we need to be thankful for the ones that are happening now. To be honest, our plates are full of other big dreams that also seem scary but that are coming true. To add adoption into this mix right now at this moment could mean that we'd have to let go of other big things.
Sometimes I see only the broken things. The failures. The hurts. But when I remember to believe, and call out to the Fixer, I let faith open my eyes to dreams come true.
So, what are you learning in the midst of dreams failed or maybe never begun? To Whom do you give the broken pieces?
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Batavia Biosciences Teams Up with International Consortium to Support Polio Eradication
News Jan 16, 2018 | Original story from Batavia Biosciences
Batavia Biosciences announces its partnership with an international consortium coordinated by PATH aiming to develop and manufacture safer novel oral poliovirus vaccines (nOPV). The project, funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, has the potential to bolster efforts to sustain a polio-free world after the disease has been eradicated.
With a 99% reduction in polio cases worldwide since 1988, the global eradication of polio is now in sight. In support of the polio eradication initiative, novel oral polio vaccine (nOPV) candidates are being developed that are intended to reduce the risk from rare cases of vaccine-associated disease. The novel strains are intended to be stockpiled as protection against possible future outbreaks after polio has been eradicated.
The novel candidate vaccine strains currently in manufacturing at Batavia Biosciences have been developed by the National Institute for Biological Standards and Control (NIBSC) in the United Kingdom, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), and the University of California at San Francisco (UCSF). Batavia Biosciences contributes its extensive polio vaccine development experience and works closely with one of the world's leading OPV vaccine manufacturers, BioFarma, in Indonesia, under the nOPV consortium managed by PATH.
Chris Yallop, CSO of Batavia Biosciences, states: "With such a consortium, I am convinced that we will succeed in taking the next step in the development of this much needed vaccine."
Menzo Havenga, CEO of Batavia Biosciences, states: "We are proud to work with the Bill & Melinda Gates FoundationPATH, NIBSC and BioFarma, and on the goal of bringing a safer oral polio vaccine to help keep the world polio-free."
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The Creeping Shadow (Lockwood & Co. #4), by Jonathan Stroud
I really enjoy these Lockwood & Co. books. They are just so much fun, and they keep moving; the series isn't getting stale.
In this fourth installment, Lucy has been on her own for some months; she's lonely, but she doesn't have time to do anything but work and sleep. Lockwood offers her a commission for a particularly tricky job, and then a little kid shows up asking for help for his village, which is coming under massive attack. What is causing this sudden and deadly outbreak in a remote village?
In every book, we (and the characters) find out a little more about the world and how the Problem works. They tackle different things every time and find out more.
Lucy, the narrator, is a great character; she's smart and practical, and very matter-of-fact about her work. She's never clearly described, but she's messy and bedraggled and impatient with anyone who isn't fine with that. She doesn't have time for it, and she's no good at it anyway. Still, it makes her nervous, which makes her angry, and she works through her difficulties without ever discussing them outright.
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Villagers flocked to Redford Village Hall to celebrate the reopening of their popular community building after the completion of the first phase of a major refurbishment project.
It took three years of fundraising, but £83,000 has now been spent on replacing the 60-year old asbestos sheet roof with lightweight ceramic tiles, rewiring, installing wall and ceiling insulation as well as metal-frame double-glazed windows and doors in place of the original rotted wood-frame items.
"The hall was open to the public for the monthly market," said trustee Roger Lovett, "it was packed with people and it was reassuring to count record numbers and takings for the event."
Although the building was open to the public, he said, numerous tasks remained to be worked on. "In order to keep within budget, the painting and redecoration is being done throughout April by working parties of local residents.
"There are only 70 households in the dispersed rural community and the funding of the project cost was not possible without grant donations from charitable trusts and the local authority." Although local people gave generously, funding was achieved with grants from Chichester District Council, West Sussex County Council, The Big Lottery Fund, Midhurst Grange Community Association, Sainsbury's Monument Fund, The Boltini Trust of Woolbeding, Hall & Woodhouse Community Chest and the Garfield Weston Foundation.
Further work is planned, including refurbishment of the kitchen and new window blinds. More grant funding has been applied for that should enable completion of internal works along with final stage external re-cladding with replacement cedar wood.
"It is hoped the first major refurbishment since it was built will enable the village hall to serve the community for another 60 years," said Roger.
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Oh boy, I thought I'm not gonna make it posting this today. I'm glad I got a chance to finished my card for The Rubber Buggy challenge. The challenge for this month by Dawn is Fancy Fold, I just went for Gate Fold and decided to used Ellie's Birthday by Saturated Canary. My gate fold card that I made was so bulky because of added embellish inside the card. I know it already while I was creating this card that it's going to be bulky but my stubborn head went for it to embellished the inside because I love flowers!!! I'm loving these images from Saturated Canary more and more it's so fun to color! I used copics to color the image and for the paper I used Echo Park Hello Summer. Also, to embellished my card I used a bunch of dies like Spellbinders, MFT die-namics, Martha S. butterfly punch and then I added flowers from Wild Orchid Crafts flowers to finish it off I also added nylon net for layering. I forgot to take a picture of the back of my card I adhered a cut out butterfly from my cricut and just to add something on the back and the sentiment was from TGF. That's about it I hope you enjoy this card that I made.
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Faegil Clanner's Bard Guide
The following advice is my own personal opinion of how a bard should be created. There are many different opinions on this subject and Im not saying that mine is the best advice, but its pretty darn good. This advice is based on my own experiences and some feedback from some very good people especially Dartaghan, in the game to create this guide. Good luck in creating your new bard and I hope this guide serves you well.
Rolling: Its more than a random event
Training: Flexibility is the key to long term viability
Advice: All new players need it
Singing: The bards innate ability
Experience: Sharing is the thing
Rolling: It's more then a random event
First thing you will see in the Character Manager is a set of 10 numbers. Their starting values are weighted so that the first three numbers can be as high as 90, the next three up to 60, the next 3 up to 50 and the last number up to a 100.
When you finally get 4 numbers above 80, add up the total of all 10 rolls. This total should be over 620 if you want an outstanding character, and I wouldnt settle for anything less than 600 ever. Most bards starting out new without a supporting family will want to start with 4 numbers that are 80 or greater and 3 numbers that are 55 or better.
Put the highest number in Discipline, next highest in Strength, then Reflexes, then Aura. Put the three 55-60s, in Intelligence, Constitution and Logic. Put the next best numbers in Charisma and Dexterity. Put the lowest one in Wisdom. Aura and Logic are prime stats for bards and will not only get a boost of +10 but also have a faster rate of stat gain. All stats have the potential to reach 100.
Stat gain rate is very much profession dependent. Discipline gains slowly yet is a determinant of both Physical and Mental Training points, so the highest number goes to Discipline. Higher numbers in Strength for attack strength, Reflex for defense, and Aura for mana and both Physical and Mental Training points, will allow your bard to survive the lower levels. By the time this young bard reaches level 30 their Aura and Strength, the two stats that matters the most to a bard will be 100.
Bards derive their mana points from their Aura stat. The best you can do is 3 mana points per level with an Aura of 100. As long as you put a 80 or better in Aura, you will do fine since the starting Aura will be boosted by +10 <Spirit points are also derived from the Aura Stat>. The Strength stat bonus plus the racial stat bonus is added to your training in Edged Weapons skill and that is the bards Attack Strength <AS>. Reflex stat and racial bonus are added to your Defensive Strength <DS>. There are eight races to choose from. The Giantman gives you the best AS with a +15 to strength, but suffers -5 on reflex, aura and dexterity. The Human and Half-Elf are good all round choices. The Sylvankind is an ok choice. The dwarf is not that good if you wish to be a singing bard <I will go into this in further detail later>, but good other than that. The Elf is a bit on the weak side, and a Halfling is the worst choice as he suffers a -20 strength.
Training: Flexibility is the key to long term viability.
Most skills require a combination of Physical and Mental Training points. Higher stats means more TPs with a possible max of 60 MTPs and 60 PTPs. Thats with a 100 in every Stat. The above suggested initial stat distribution will provide about 42 PTPs and 36 MTPs. Because some of the lower numbers are in Stats that have the faster rate of gain, the available TPS will grow rapidly.
The Physical Training points are calculated as follows:
Aura + ST + RE + DI + DE + CO / 10. The Mental TPs as follows: Aura + DI + LO + IN + CH + WI / 10
You can also convert training points at an exchange rate of 2 for 1 if you need to. Now that you have rolled your character, its time to train. I will make some suggestions, but I urge you to train as you wish, to make your character the way you wish to play it.
Train in the following every train:
Shield Use
Combat Maneuvers
Edge Weapon (Double Train)
Spell Research
Physical Training
You will have training points left at this point. Now train as you think you would like your character to be. You will need climbing and swimming at some point, also you may want to train to a good mana sharing bard, as this helps you get spells, or get healed. You might want to train every level in armor so that you can wear better armor, some double train for this. You might wish to double train in shields, many do this. You may want some first aid, so you can skin better, or tend your wounds better. You may wish to train in stalk and hide with ambush, so that you can attack from hiding. Or you may wish to train in picking and disarming. It is completely up to you and how you wish to play your character.
Advice: All new players need it.
Now that you have rolled up the bard of your hearts desire you will want to use the ADV command and visit all those places. Along the way you not only learn more about Gemstone you will also earn enough EXP to train for level 1. Then start running errands for the clerk in the office at Moot Hall. Try to discover the various locations that the clerk sends you without ESPing or yelling for directions. Yelling and ESPing for such directions is consider rude and is very annoying to others and part of this errand thing is for you to learn how to get around on your own and becoming self reliant. Never ever push the Call GM button to ask where the runner is or for other directions. Thats not what that buttons there for. Do push it if you need help with a system bug or problems caused by bugs or system slowdowns and crashes. And to report abuse of game mechanics by thieves and other inappropriate behavior by players. Remember we have players of all ages here, from preteens to graybeards so use "G" rate language at all times.
About now you should be well on your way to level 2. Make sure you go to the temple and see the goddess behind the tapestry. Look for the black arch. Listen carefully to the folks behind the tapestry. Deeds are a must before you get to level 2. Everyone gets 5 free deaths till they reach level 2. Then each death costs deeds. If you no have deeds, you will not return from the dead. So gets lots of deeds before level 2. Never ever have less than 3 deeds. The best way to pay for deeds is using cheap gems and stones. If you must, you can use silvers. For the very first deed at level one, a few hundred silvers should do it. Each addition deed will cost more. You can with a bit of trial and error discover the formula for how much more those additional deeds cost. The level of the player is also a component of that cost. This formula seems to work till you reach level 6 and/or have more than 6 deeds. Then the deeds cost more than this formula calls for.
Singing: The bards innate ability.
The bard has an innate ability to "sing" to items. The following is some information that I received from Lady Tanna when I first started to sing, and it has been very helpful, so I shall pass this on and credit her with this section of the guild.
Question: How do I sing to an object?
Answer: Hold the object in your right hand and use the SING command in this manner:
sing Object here that I see,;Tell your purpose now to me.
Use a semi-colon between each line of your song in order to get a song that will appear like this:
Object here that I see,
Tell your purpose now to me.
Dont forget that loresinging is magic in nature and therefore uses up manna. Keep an eye on your manna whenever you are singing so you dont hurt your nerves overextending yourself.
Question: Why do all the objects I sing to tell me they weigh a pound and are worth about 1000 coins?
Answer: The <object> weighs about a pound and is worth 1000 coins" is what you get when one of several things is happening:
1. The item really dislikes you and is lying through its non-existent teeth.
2. You arent incorporating the proper keywords in your song.
3. The item really is under a pound and worth 1000 silvers. (Happens sometimes.) ::chuckle::
4. You are dealing with a magic item, or a complicated custom item and you just arent old enough for your voice to work on that item yet.
If number 1 is your problem, you might have a charisma that is too low for you to be an effective lore singer. I used to get that message a lot before I retrained and went from 50 Charisma to over 90. Now, I dont see it much anymore. (Actually, I havent seen it since I passed level 5.)
If number 2 is your problem, be specific about what you want to know. Try looking for keywords (and dont ask me for a list - there really isnt a list and if there ever was, the gods would probably change the list.)
If number 4 is your problem, just be patient. As you age, your singing will get better.
Question: What are the keywords?
Answer: You are going to have to work this out yourself.
I have a few words that always work, other words that only work sometimes, and there have been times Ive sung nonsense rhymes and gotten fantastic information. My best hint is to ask what you want to know. If you want to know weight, ask the item what its weight is. If you want to know value, ask the item what its value is. So on and so forth.
Question: Whats the formula for singing?
Answer: I had an older bard teach me a "formula" only to find out that doing the exact opposite of what was recommended gets me perfectly good information. Lore singing seems to be an art, not a science. At best I can offer some hints on things that have worked for me and you can try them and see if they work for you.
Minimum "singing" is probably a couplet song. Some say the lines have to rhyme, I havent found that to be strictly true. But to sing a stone for a quickie value check Id probably sing something like this:
Sing Topaz of a bluish hue;Sing your weight and your value!
The topaz will then "sing" or vibrate back something like "under a pound and worth less than 10 silvers."
It generally works best to start your singing rounds by addressing the item by its functional name. Tap the item using what you think is its functional name before singing - for instance "tap handaxe" and see if you manage to tap the item. Sometimes its not as obvious as you might think. As an example, there is a gem called "lapis lazuli" which is identified by the name "lapis" not "lazuli".
Also, altered items might have the functional name lost somewhere in an elaborate description. For instance, you might be asked to sing to a "silvery mithril handaxe destroyer with a hilt made of genuine gnoll skin". On something like this Id tap first with "Handaxe" and if that didnt work try "Destroyer". Then sing something like this:
Sing Handaxe with a morbid grip;Hear the song now from my lip;Sing your weight now to me;Dispel now all mystery!
Verses after the initial verse dont seem to be dependent on using the functional name as the first word but I usually use it anyway. Singing multiple verses is highly recommended for a complicated magical item. Longer, four line verses can be used instead of two line couplets, but going over four lines doesnt seem to help as much as singing more than one verse per item.
Question: How accurate is the value you get from items you sing to?
Answer: If you are talking about whether or not bards can set the price for an item the answer is no. Market, what people will pay, is what determines what an object is "worth".
The value you may get from an object can be one of many things. Sometimes, youll get the value of what you could sell it for at the pawnshop. Gems, you get roughly the value of what the gemshop owner will pay you. Also, keep in mind you will get an average value on most gems. The GemShop owner can offer considerably more or less depending on his demand that day or the quality of your gem.
Eventually youll start dealing with altered items. If an altered item wasnt sold by a merchant, but rather, just had its appearance changed by a player dealing directly with an alterer, its value might actually be very high on the open market - but singing to it will give you its old unaltered value. ie: "An icy blue imflass broadword dripping with blood" might sell on the open market for 45,000 silvers but singing to it will get you a value of 33,000 silvers.
If an item was sold by a merchant, singing to it will tell you what the merchant was selling it for. And, as everyone knows, a merchant item sold yesterday for 150,000 silvers can easily sell for 250,000 silvers the week after the merchant is gone.
Question: Someone told me you have to sing to objects more than one time.
Answer: Yes. Multiple singings are a must. As mentioned before, couplets are fine for most items, you can go to four line verses, but this is mainly for the purpose of show. Doing six lines or more per verse looks great, but I havent found that it improves the quality or quantity of the information you receive from the item. The best way to get more information from an object is to sing multiple verses.
For a mein broadsword you might try something like this:
Broadsword mine so sharp and true;Sing your weight and your value.
This is round one and should give you the weight of the sword and either what you would have to pay for it from a shop, or what youd get at the pawnshop. (Not what you could sell it for if you wanted to sell to another person in the lands.)
For round two on something like a simple mein broadsword you might try this:
Broadsword bright and broadsword bold;Can your purpose now be told?
You should get back something like "this is a weapon" (Yes, I know that sounds pretty basic, but youd be amazed at the weird stuff youll get brought to you as you get older. Purpose starts to become important. ::chuckle::)
Now, you can ask about magic:
Broadsword youve no need to hide;Have you magic deep inside?;Or enchantments strong and sweet?;Sing and make my song complete.
Magic metal items purchased from the shop will usually say something like "There is an aura of magic about the item" and when you are older youll start to get information like "The Broadsword carries a bonus of +15 over that of an ordinary broadsword." Anyway, there is the basic idea. A complicated item can take several verses of singing to glean all the information possible from the item.
Question: Do you have to follow the formula you posted?
Answer: Its not necessary to follow the same progression of songs that Ive listed, no.... Ive asked about magic first on many items and got an answer right away. I tend to go from simple to more complicated (weight and value first, purpose, then magic) just because that happens to be my style and for the first few levels of my training all I could get out of an object was weight, value and purpose. Thaerin showed me an interesting process of singing, then using the information from the response to compose her next verse: ie:
She got the weight on verse one so the next verse is:
Broadsword now thy weight be known;Can your purpose now be shown?
I have some trouble composing this way and occasionally get a repeat of the old information so I havent followed Thearins process but it seems to work well for her. As mentioned before, singing is a matter of personal style and lots of testing.
Question: I sing to an item and get no information at all. How come?
Answer: First of all. Make sure you are holding the item in your right hand while you are singing to it. If you have it in the wrong hand you will often get dead silence when singing to an item. If that isnt the problem, then you are just getting song failure.
Lore Singing failure takes many forms, either the object wont talk at all or it will lie to you, or youll get the message that "you learn nothing new about the object" before youve gotten the information you want. Objects tend to "lie" for a couple of different reasons as mentioned before - low charisma, or you arent old enough to convince an object to respond to your singing. If the latter is the case, just wait until you are older. Being told you "learn nothing new" is usually what happens when youve sung to an object successfully for a couple of verses but you arent old enough to get any further information from the object on subsequent verses.
I approach lore singing with caution and a great deal of humility. When an object begins to tell me more than before, I am both surprised and thrilled. As you age into your powers, youll find the objects become more responsive, dont worry about an occasional failure now unless you have an extremely low charisma that is likely to haunt you into your upper levels.
Question: I read that you should go somewhere private before you sing and not sing in front of other people. Is this true?
Answer: Ive heard people say that before, it isnt true. No doubt this rumor got started because someone observed a bard leave a room before singing to an item. There are several reasons a bard might leave a crowded room. Some bards dont want to share their techniques. Other bards arent very adept at composing lore songs and are embarrassed to have people watch. Some are simply shy. (An odd thing for a bard to be, I know, but it happens.) Occasionally its the client who wants to go somewhere private for a singing session. Some bards feel its rude to add to the noise in an already crowded room, or they dont like having the noise break their concentration when they are trying to sing. Occasionally, if Im in a hurry and dont feel like doing quality singing work (in other words, Im going to roll out a few tried and true but rather hackneyed verses) Ill move to a private area. It depends on how sensitive Im feeling about my singing that day. But going somewhere private is not a necessary part of effective singing.
Experience: Sharing is the thing
Gemstone uses a 10 level EXP curve. If the player is the same level as the monster than it is worth 100 Field Experience Points. For every level the monster is higher than the player, add 10 points. For every level the monster is lower than the player, subtract 10. Once the player is 10 levels above the monster then that player cannot earn experience from it. As your Field EXP reservoir fills up your state of mind will move from Clear as a Bell to muddle to Must Rest. You do not have to rest. You can keep hunting and suffer no ill effects even if it says your are state of mind says Must Rest. Just means that if your Head is at Must Rest, you will not gain more Field Experience from kills till your head gets back to at least Numbed. A percentage of the Field EXP is absorb once a minute and thats when the player actually gets credited with earning that experience. The fuller your head, the larger the chunk that is absorb each minute. So you can actually earn EXP faster by staying at numbed by staying out on the hunt than to run back to town to absorb. Though, you do absorb larger chunks of EXP if you are at a node like the Town Square. But hunting 100% of the time gets old eventually. Taking breaks when your head fills up and role-playing and just having fun with your fellow adventurers adds a lot to the Gemstone Experience.
Any amount of players grouped together can earn full experience from a single kill. If, they do approximatly thier share of damge to the kill. So, if a group of 8 players, each level 2, attacked a level 4 lesser orc and each player did 10 points or so of damage then everyone would get 120 points of Field EXP. Thats assuming the orc has a total of about 80 hit points. If a lone level 2 hunter attacked and slew a level four lesser orc by him/herself then he or she would still get 120 points of field EXP.
Note that I used the term "10 points or so." Its not necessary to be exact.As long as you do *about* your share of the damage you will get full credit for the kill. Even if one of the above players did only 5 points of damage, they would still earn 60 EXP points. So if there are 6 adventurers in a small area, all 6 would do better to form a hunting party and working together, sharing the EXP, Loot, and Fun!
The hardest thing to share is the fame which is earned only by the player that deals the killing blow. But even fame tends to even out over the long run. Nothing more silly than having a bunch of players running around madly, each rushing to kill a monster before someone else does, instead of taking the opportunity to make friends, have fun by helping each other working together as a team. Many players now in lower and mid levels are getting frustrated and becoming antisocial by competing for kills and loot when they all could share in the fun, loot, and experience. Adventurers must never forget that Gemstone is a Multi-Player Online world that focuses on Multi-Players vs. Monsters, *NOT* Players Vs Players.


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Still, she exhibits many classic behaviors attributed to autism.
For the majority of people out there, they associate autism with the inability to speak or repetitive behaviors or savant-like abilities. Maya does exhibit repetitive behaviors, she is a stimmer (the name given for self stimulating activities like arm flapping or other repetitive movements). She is an arm flapper but she doesn't do it all the time, although she still flaps regularly most evenings when she is tired or when she needs to decompress. And while she may do it once or twice or even three times, she has never been the type to flap her arms for 45 minutes straight.
Maya also scripts, scripting, another common behavior attributed to the autistic spectrum is the use of uses repetitive dialogue, some from movies, television or songs but mostly from her pretend play. Maya uses this technique when she is in situations where she is nervous or uncomfortable as a way to soothe herself. Her scripting is often based not in movies or television but in her pretend play and she intersperses it with real conversation so even we sometimes have a hard time recognizing when she is scripting. For a very long time I didn't recognize her doing this as scripting since she did not repeat whole patches of dialogue from a movie or cartoon, as I have seen with other kids that script. For a long time I just considered this as her "not being in the moment" with us as she would retreat back to some other dialogue or conversation. Now that she is a bit older and a bit more secure, she relies on scripting less and she comes out of it easier but very often she prattles on and on in a kind of nonsensical conversation with herself where, even though you understand what she is saying, you don't get at all what she is trying to say. Many people, including us try to engage her during scripting by offering suggestions or asking questions or trying to join in her rhetorical conversation. Often this upsets her and she will get angry really easily. Because it is all a coping mechanism.
And she also regularly lines up her toys and still, much of the time colors with one color in a coloring book. For a long time she would color everything in a picture or even in a whole coloring book the same color. Now she uses different colors but still often will color now with the green marker, and color everything she wants, going from picture to picture in green and then repeat the same thing with yellow or red.
Maya has always had sensory integration issues since toddlerhood, where she would often choose to play in sand, water and mud, she has been hypersensitive about certain fabrics, to this day, no matter what, she staunchly refuses to wear denim and balks about things that are not 100% cotton. She also will not eat certain types of foods, not because she is a picky eater (although you also see that in a lot of kids, and not just the autistic ones), but because the textures of certain foods really bother her. Maya loves tomatoes but cannot eat a tomato because she cannot tolerate the texture and the seeds. But she will eat a small can of tomato paste like a yogurt or when I make spaghetti sauce I always save a bit for her because it is pureed and it doesn't have the same slimy, seedy texture as eating a tomato would. It was weird at first when Maya would ask me to eat tomato paste but after I got past my kookiness of it, I remembered tomatoes are packed full of vitamins, especially A and C and since Maya is not a huge fruit eater, tomato paste is a great source of these vitamins for her.
Yep, I am the mom that lets her kid eat tomato paste.
And in the last year I have noticed that chewing is another way she decompresses. When she was a toddler, Maya would often put he mouth up against the window when it was cold outside and she would lick the window or sometimes she would put her mouth up against the monkey bars. I wrote it off as just toddlerhood and just prayed she wouldn't do it when too many people were around and when she hit the age of 4 or 5 it completely stopped so I didn't think anything of it.
I did notice that when we went to unfamiliar places together Maya would often hold my hand and kiss it repetitively (say 50 times in a row), at first I just thought it was her sweet and loving nature, as she is a total love bug. I am such a great mom, my kid can't help but kiss me spontaneously! But I started to realize it was coping mechanism and an extension of window licking. Last summer at an amusement park, we were waiting to board a ride and the line wove through a lot of dark tunnels. There were some rowdy teens in front of us screaming and scaring each other around every dark turn or when the lights would flicker. Maya held my hand close to her mouth, kissing, kissing, kissing and at one point when one of the girls screamed, she bit my hand, hard enough to draw blood. I, in turn screamed in pain and Maya ended up crying the whole rest of the way in line and for days afterward she would come and ask me if my hand was healed. Now I am the mother who yelled at the kissing kid in public. At the beginning of the school year she was chewing on the end of her sleeves quite regularly and although I scolded her for doing it, I started to realize that this was a sensory issue all along.
She does all of these autistic behaviors but not so repetitively or rigidly that they define her. So in turn, if people not accustomed to recognizing autistic behaviors see her, they see these things but they don't immediately recognize them as autism.
Because let's face it, if you are not personally dealing with autism a lot of these behaviors might make you go hmmmm once in a while when you see them, but you would never put it together that these things add up to autism.
As time has gone on Maya's language deficits have become more obvious to me. When we first had her speech evaluated we were completely shocked that she was not age appropriate in language. How can that be, we asked? She speaks two languages. We just couldn't get our minds around it. They told us that Maya's language production was far further developed than her comprehension. For a long time I didn't quite buy this explanation and even wrote it off, that when you have your kid evaluated they are literally put under a microscope and of course under a microscope you invariably always find something. Ok, speech deficts, blah, blah, blah. And yes, when I looked back my mind went back to times before we realized anything was wrong and I could remember times when it seemed like Maya didn't understand what was expected of her.
I remember that distinctly with potty training, spending days, hours, trying to get her to go to the potty. I would run around after her for 15 minutes when the timer went off each hour to go and sit on the potty, after getting her to listen and come with me to the bathroom, she would often resist sitting on the potty but sometimes she would, and when I would try to coax her with promises of stickers, stories,
But over the years more and more I recognize it.
Maya has a very difficult time talking on the phone, she will avoid it if possible. Often when talking on the phone she whispers which I recognize as her being uncomfortable with it. It's natural, Maya is a visual thinker and she just has a hard time conceiving the sound of someone talking to her without having the visual cue of it.
As I have mentioned before and in many other posts our Maya is a total love bug. She is a snuggly kid, she showers us with kisses and hugs and loves nothing more than an evening or morning snuggle with us. As the mom of an 8 year old I relish this, and treasure that Maya's autism lets us enjoy the small child stage a little longer than we probably would if Maya was a typically developing 8 year old. She also tells us she loves us an awful lot. But she also uses I love you as a way "out" of something she doesn't understand. If I ask her something she doesn't understand or something which is a little too complicated for her, she will answer with "I love you." For years I have felt all gooey inside having a daughter who so freely expresses her love for us. But for Maya, I love you does mean I love you, but sometimes it also means, "I don't know what the hell you are talking about, lady."
So, I love you is a defense mechanism. Sigh. But still, considering what language she could use to put me off, by age 8 I had already perfected the eye roll to Olympic precision, using I love you is not the worst thing in the world.
I'll take it.


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Conservative voters, accusing Leavitt and Sen. Orrin Hatch of abandoning their principles, greeted the governor with shouts of ''Democrat'' and ''hypocrite'' as Leavitt blew kisses to the audience.
Leavitt received 54% of the delegate vote - short of the 60% he needed to avoid a primary. He will have to compete against Glen Davis, a little known Republican who spent just $3,000 on the convention race.
Davis won 46% of the delegates' support.
''I'm not surprised,'' he said. ''We have a governor who claims to be a Republican but has violated many of the principles he claims to cling to.''
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Oh lordy! It's the Robert Pollard 2009 release schedule:
January 20 - Robert Pollard - The Crawling Distance
February 17 - Boston Spaceships - The Planets Are Blasted
April - Circus Devils - Gringo
May - Cosmos (Bob and Richard Davies) - Jar Of Jam Ton Of Bricks
June - Robert Pollard - Elephant Jokes
September - Boston Spaceships - Zero To 99
December - Tug Of War At The Faithful Center (CD only: All the HJRR, Butler, and Headache B-sides + about 10-15 other previously unreleased songs)
I'm pretty excited about the Boston Spaceship releases. I already have The Crawling Distance but I'm not sure of it yet. Pollard's last "solo" album Off To Business was great and this doesn't seem as good.
I love Robert Pollard
and Gbv are my fave band of all time though maybe sometimes someone should mention the words "quality control" to him. I spose maybe he figures only diehards will buy the releases anyway, and if so they'll probably buy them all. Still writes the best song titles ever. Not heard Boston Spaceships...any good?
Brown Submarine was really good
Will probably check out those two Boston Spaceships albums then, and probably Elephant Jokes too.
Is Rockathon Records the worst label name ever?
The pre order for the new Boston Spaceships album is up and I've ordered it. I haven't really given the Crawling Distance that much of a listen to. Bob doesn't give me enough time.
Rockathon is a great name!
Pollard must be the prolific writer ever. I reckon about 70% of what he does is good too. Obviously it cant all be amazing.
Boston Spaceships seems the most promising thing he's done in ages. The LP was good, i need to hear the new one when that gets released.
Long live Bob Pollard!
I was excited about Suitcase 3 coming out...
...and now I'm stupid excited. Look what they are saying about the forth disc: "the fourth disc filled with impromptu acoustic Guided By Voices jams recorded by Pollard, Tobin Sprout, and Greg Demos during the band's 1994-1995 peak."
yeah, should be good and it's just about time for another suitcase ;)
I'm really behind on his recent stuff, what should I get from this year (see above)? Think i'll have to put in another order soon...
There is a new Suitcase coming out. Robert Pollard told me yesterday
... gah i wish, it was his facebook group but what the heck i'm excited!
Im downloading Elephant Jokes as we speak. Did you see the Pitchfork review? I was just justifying why they slagged off Crawling Distance then saying its alot better. Nobbers.
oh I love the Robert Pollard facebook group! :-)
you shouldn't dload Bob's music though, unless you buy a copy later, he's doing everything on a shoestring from the sounds of it... yes, the Pitchfork review of "Elephant Jokes" got me excited too, though they have been known to get it terribly wrong in some of their reviews of Bob/GBV albums, still whatever you want to say about them they're one of the few music sites/publications that continually review/preview/report on pretty much everything he does, so he's still on their radar, and that's quite an achievement!
I really like the Boston Spaceships album from this year.
Crawling Distance is better than Pitchfork would have you believe. As for the other stuff from this year, I have it but I've not really listened to it yet. My first impression of the Cosmos release was that it sounded awful.
Suitcase Three is now available for order!
This is a Guided By Voices release! The first one since a long time. Can't wait to hear this one.
GBV will be recording a track for the Chris Knox benefit album (albeit a cover of a Chris Knox tune rather than a new GBV original) ALSO Why the fuck hasn't Bob been given an ATP yet?
I'm not surprised...
'Cos if you discount all the bands that never play live then that's not that many bands; Anacrusis, Hazzard Hotrods (just), GBV, Robert Pollard (& The Ascended Masters), Boston Spaceships.
I'd love to see a Bob ATP, but I suspect it might be a bit too ecletic for ATP to consider it. And he wouldn't pick Shellac.