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Many of us chuckle and have flashes of deja vu at the mention of the phrase "this is the year of mobile". Whichever year goes down in history as being "that year", you can't ignore the significance of mobile traffic.... but make sure you consider "smartphones" and "tablets" separately.
According to Google, mobile search queries have multiplied by 5 times in the last 2 years. Furthermore, 85% of smartphone users have searched for local information and 18% of the online audience is mobile only. Using a cross section of equimedia Client data from Google Analytics, we can see that (in recent months) our Clients' websites vary from having as little as 5% "mobile" visits up to as much as 45%.
But it is important to be clear with terminology here. Many analytics platforms and mobile evangelists aggregate both smartphone and tablet traffic into an overall "mobile" view. However, as many of us know from our own use of tablets and smartphones - we just don't interact with them in the same way.
Google released a "multi screen" report earlier this year in which (amongst plenty of other Insight) they summarised the differing behavioural use of devices as:
Computers keep us productive and informed: task/research oriented requiring plenty of time and focus
Smartphones keep us connected: quick/local information on the move
Tablets keep us entertained: used at home for entertainment and browsing with little time consideration
Therefore, it is important to spend time considering how your web presence is delivered to each of these behavioural groups. In order to do this, you need to split your "mobile" analysis in two: "smartphone" and "tablet".
An example of how important this distinction is can be seen in the traffic for one of our typical Clients. In this case, from Google Analytics, we can see that this financial company gets c. 23% of its traffic from "mobile" devices. On closer inspection, more than 50% of this "mobile" traffic is actually from "tablets", with "smartphone" traffic making up c. 10% of the overall web traffic. These numbers need to be fed into the business case for web development: e.g. is there an opportunity to invest some budget to make the website more "tablet" friendly, rather than focussing all efforts on "smartphones".
It's fair to say that this analysis might not necessarily lead to you changing your web development strategy hugley, but it is important to keep the distinction and keep a close watch on the way your audience engages with your website.
One final point on smartphones vs tablets: unless you have a very good reason, don't serve your mobile optimised website to tablets too! It is very easy and there are multiple ways to do specific device detection to avoid this. If you have a fully responsive website then that may perform even better......
For the full Google report see the Google Mobile Ads Blog.

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No. 8 LBSU men's water polo seeking first win in nearly a month
Finding their offensive groove will be key for the 49ers.
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Wednesday's game for the No. 8 Long Beach State men's water polo team is a "statement game" to say the least.
LBSU (9-9) is coming off its fifth loss in a row after two tough defeats to No. 9 Pepperdine and No. 2 UCLA.
The team has been going through some offensive struggles in the winless drought, only scoring once in the first half against Pepperdine and three times against UCLA before the break. LBSU's leading scorer, sophomore attacker Austin Stewart, has only scored two goals in the past three games.
While LBSU has been in an offensive funk as of late, the team's defense has kept them close during games.
The 49ers' will look to keep their tight defensive presence intact at 6 p.m. tonight as No. 13 UC San Diego comes to the Ken Lindgren Aquatics Center.
The Tritons' (7-10) offense is led by a high-scoring duo in senior utility Arman Momdzhyan and freshman utility Connor Turnbow-Lindenstadt. Both have 38 goals so far this season, as UCSD remains undefeated in Western Water Polo Association play at 4-0.
After tonight's game against the Tritons, the 49ers will take on No. 10 UC Santa Barbara at 7 p.m. Friday night at home. LBSU will then have a doubleheader Sunday afternoon against No. 3 California and Golden West College.


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Idaho is one of those states which tends to get unfairly overlooked. Bordered by Wyoming, Montana, Nevada, Utah, and British Columbia, it is squarely in the middle of some of the most beautiful country in the US. It is regarded as part of the Pacific Northwest, and has several climate zones with very distinctive landscapes and ecologies.
For outdoor lovers, Idaho offers an abundance of amazing parks to explore, including Bear Lake, Shoshone Falls, and Craters of the Moon National Monument and Preserve. Most famously, Idaho includes a small section of Yellowstone National Park, located at the corner of the state and encompassing sections of Wyoming and Montana as well. Here you can behold colourful pools and breathtaking geysers while watching bison, wolves, elk, and other wildlife in one of the most unique landscapes on the planet.
What else is there to see and do in Idaho? The largest city in the state by far is Boise, home to a population of more than 218,000. Boise has an extensive network of trails for cycling and hiking, and also features the Bogus Basin ski area. If you live in Boise, you also will want to pay regular visits to Zoo Boise and the Idaho Aquarium. Also be sure to catch some Boise Hawks and Idaho Steelheads games, and check out the Treasure Valley Rollergirls, a roller derby league.
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Now you can see the draw of Idaho—but can you afford to live and work there? Let's take a look at the salary information on this career and consider the possibilities for growth.
$73,440 is the mean annual wage that dental hygienists make across the country. In Idaho, the mean annual salary is $73,630. As you can see, this is almost exactly equivalent. Those in Nevada, Oregon, and Washington make more, but the cost of living in these states also tends to be significantly higher (at least in the cities). Also consider that dental hygienists in Wyoming and Montana tend to make significantly less on average, even though there are some very expensive places to live in those states as well.
As of 2016, the BLS recorded around 1,510 dental hygienists employed in Idaho. As the field is expanding at a rate of 19%, there should be quite a few more openings in the years ahead. So you can make good money in Idaho as a dental hygienist, and you should find all the opportunity you need.
License Requirements
If you want to become a dental hygienist in Idaho, you need to fulfill these requirements:
- Complete your application and pay the non-refundable fee of $150.
- Get certified in CPR and provide a copy of your certification.
- Take and pass the National Board Examination, and have an original or notarized copy of your scores submitted.
- Take and pass one of the following clinical examinations: Western Regional Examining Board (WREB), Central Regional Dental Testing Service (CRDTS), or ADEX. Submit an original or notarized copy of your exam results to the Board.
- Take and pass the WREB Local Anesthesia Exam. Provide original or notarized results to the Board.
- Take and pass an accredited program in dental hygiene and have your official transcripts sent in a sealed envelope to the Board.
- If you have been licensed elsewhere, provide verification.
- Take and pass the Jurisprudence Exam.
Excited to get started on your path to becoming a dental hygienist in Idaho? Below you can view a list of accredited dental hygiene programs at colleges in Idaho.
Carrington College of Boise
Dental Hygiene
1122 North Liberty Street
Boise, ID 83704-0000
Programs Offered
Associate: AS
College of Southern Idaho
Health Sciences and Human Services
Dental Hygiene
315 Falls Ave.
Twin Falls, ID 83303-1238
Programs Offered
Associate: AAS/AS
Idaho State University
Division of Health Sciences
Department of Dental Hygiene
921 S. 8th, Stop 8048
Pocatello, ID 83209-8048
Programs Offered
Baccalaureate: Bachelor of Science
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After suggesting that the female tennis players should have boycotted the tournament once Dubai refused entry to Israel's Shahar Peer, Kurt Streeter [Feb. 22] went on to write: "Mind you, I'm no fan of Israel's heavy-handed hammering of Gaza. But in almost all cases, I think ordinary citizens such as Peer shouldn't have to pay for the misguided hubris of their nation's leaders."
Not even a suggestion that if Gaza hadn't spent the past several years firing thousands of missiles at civilians in Israel, Israel would have had no reason to retaliate against Hamas.
Frankly, my idea of misguided hubris is a second-rate sportswriter masquerading as a political pundit.
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actually transgressed. But though often thus almost disheartened she
continued the struggle, and was finally rewarded by gaining a perfect
victory over her mind, sleeping as well as waking, and recovering her
health sufficiently to enable her to enjoy life and make herself very
Not a few similar cases have come under our observation; and it seems
to us that the pain, anguish, and remorse suffered by these poor victims,
ought to be a warning to those who have never entered the sinful road.
What a terrible thing it is for a pure and lovely being, designed by
God to fulfill a high, holy, and sacred mission in the world, to become
a victim to such a filthy vice! No girl of sense would in her right
mind raise her hand to dash in pieces a beautiful vase, to destroy a
lovely painting, or a beautiful piece of statuary. A girl who would
do such a thing would be considered insane and a fit subject for a
mad-house. Yet is not the human body, a girl's own beautiful,
symmetrical form, infinitely better, more valuable and more sacred,
than any object produced by human art? There can be but one answer.
How, then, is it possible for her thus to defile and destroy herself?
Is it not a fearful thing? a terrible vice?
A Ruined Girl.--One of the most remarkable cases of disease resulting
from self-abuse which ever came under our observation was that of a
young lady from a distant Western State whose adopted parents, after
consulting many different physicians for a peculiar disease of the
breast, placed her under our care. We found her a good-looking young
woman about seventeen years of age, rather pale and considerably
emaciated, very nervous and hysterical, and suffering with severe pain
in the left breast, which was swollen to nearly double the natural size,
hot, tense, pulsating, and extremely tender to the touch. Occasionally
she would experience paroxysms in which she apparently suffered
extremely, being sometimes semi-conscious, and scarcely breathing for
hours. We suspected the cause of these peculiar manifestations at the
outset, but every suggestion of the possibility of the suspected cause
was met with a stout denial and a very deceptive appearance of innocent
ignorance on the subject. All treatment was unavailing to check the
disease. Though sometimes the symptoms seemed to be controlled, a
speedy relapse occurred, so that no progress toward a cure was made.
Finally our conviction that our first impression respecting the case
was correct became so strong that we hesitated no longer to treat it
as such. By most vigilant observation we detected evidences of the
soul-corrupting vice which we considered unmistakable, and then the
young woman who had pretended such profound ignorance of the matter
confessed to an extent of wickedness which was perfectly appalling.
Every paroxysm was traced to an unusual excess of sinful indulgence.
So hardened was she by her evil practices that she seemed to feel no
remorse, and only promised to reform when threatened with exposure to
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INTERVIEW: Jack Eglin
25th November 2017
We're coming to the end of 2017, how would you say the year has been for you both inside and outside the cage?
It's not been the best year inside the cage obviously losing twice but I feel like they have both made me become a much stronger person mentally and physically so I don't see them as loses and outside the cage it's been an awesome year I've learned loads and grew as a fighter massively.
Last time out you took on Mokaev in a short notice fight. Looking back on that fight what are your thoughts on the stoppage and would you do anything different if you got the chance to fight him again?
I think the stoppage was deffenitely early but I can't go back in it the ref done what he thought was right at the time and no I think the way I approached the fight and the way I felt in the fight I know I can beat him with the game plan I had.
You're back on BCMMA tonight, where do you think BCMMA ranks amongst other shows in the UK?
It's deffenitely without a doubt one of the best shows I've fought on and I think it's definitely up there with some of the best in the country with out a doubt!
Tonight you are facing off against Ciaran Mulholland, what do you know about him and how do you see the fight going tonight?
He's a tough durable guy who comes to fight every time but he's not on my level in any department I think I'm better everywhere and I can see the fight going with me getting my hands raised at the end of it.
You signed up to the 8 man amateur flyweight tournament at BCMMA in April '18. How excited are you for this tournament and have you changed your training to prepare for this already?
I'm very excited for it it's going to be an awesome night and some great fights on it and I haven't changed it yet because I'm focused just on the fight at hand at the minute with Ciaran but I will be going out to America to prepare for it.
Finally do you have any messages for the fans here tonight?
Expect a great fight with me getting my hands raised at the end of it.


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It appears I forgot to register for Friends of Pat '17 this weekend and registration is now closed.
Which, you know, is actually okay because I'm kinda looking forward to being home for more than two consecutive days for the first time since the second week in July. As things stood I was looking at driving back to Ohio on Friday and spending three nights in a motel. I've had enough living out of suitcases to last me for another month or two.
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i lass my s5310 so how can i know who are use my handset please replay my question
Anonymous, 10 Oct 2014So you don't touch it during your call :)Why cant I hear anyone when they call me or I call them with my pocket neo????volume is on very loud...!!! HELP PLEASE? JEEZ!!!
I have one of it.. it didnt give any problems. But.. the keypad really turn me down.
tell me.. is there a new firmware update .. e.g kit kat uppdate for this phone????
lolli, 02 Oct 2014i have bought a samsung galaxy pocket neo s5310, i downloaded whatsapp and then i noticed when... moreYou can only send something from whatsapp,viber with intenet or with ur credit.
Wow, what an unexpensive smartphone!
If I manage to find any other quality in this shitty machinery they dare to call a phone, I will surely upload it here! Like seriously, this piece of crap barely allows you to listen to music while typing to a friend on whatsapp atthe same time! It is like those old white Compac computers, who could barely run C.S. 1.6 in lowest quality, I'm not even joking.
I highly recommend you to buy one of these and "gift" it to your son when he behaves inappropriately, seriously, not having a phone is better than having that.
hurieyn, 15 Oct 2014Why this phone can't install whatsApp?I like this phone ny friend has it and in gonnna buy it. its very good for its price and + it has the newest android jellybean. It can download lots of apps like EVERTHING!
Juno, 16 Oct 2014Personally, I think it's a great basic smartphone. I bought this phone unlocked for only $70 w... moreReally appreciate with ur comment as i need to decide whether to use or letgo my s5310
Personally, I think it's a great basic smartphone. I bought this phone unlocked for only $70 while travelling overseas after my Galaxy Nexus was stolen in a robbery. I needed a basic phone that I could use to keep in contact with family and friends. So far it has exceeded expectations considering the price tag. Whatsapp, Wechat and Skype works perfectly. I can also tether which is great if you have a laptop or a tablet with you. The radio is good for long journeys where internet access is limited and the intuitive motions such as the lock button on the side and volume buttons are great for easily adjusting settings. The only downside is the size of the screen which makes typing (even with Swipe), but considering the portability and weight of the phone it's a necessary evil. I haven't tried downloading games or anything that will require a higher processing speed, I also haven't tried to download music or videos (apart from youtube). Personally, I think it's a great entry level phone and perfect if you just want a cheap device while travelling.
8ta call for the contract phone galaxy neo and lumia 630, I never responded thank u for the advise guys I want take it anymore. I hope the will discounting. the phone for good
Absolutely terrible phone i have never had anything so bad takes ages to type letterz so close -keeps auto locking - awful slow - internet a nughtmare - do not buy one-.
Anonymous, 07 Oct 2014why must the phone lock up during a call so that it requires the user to double-tap on the scr... moreSo you don't touch it during your call :)
I think that this mobile phone provides the basic mobile functions. It even have few sensors in its specs sheet. Look at other smartphones from samsung (example the galaxy s5) they don't even have a radio but hey this phone got one and it is recordable too. I say the internet is very basic too, providing a 3G connection at just 7.2Mb/s. It is ideal for a user that uses the phone mostly for social media and chatting. The battery life is poor and the phone only got 512Mb of RAM. The phone struggles to perform many tasks at the same time so stay away if you are a gamer. I'd say this is a bargain android phone.


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Here's a new bio completing a trilogy of bio's I have been working on documenting the early "perceived" pagan practices that could possibly have inspired Gerald Gardner in his creation of modern Wicca??? The first bio featured Ernest Thompson Seton and his "Woodcraft Indians" circa 1902, and can be found here: http://www.controverscial.com/Ernest...on%20Seton.htm The second bio featured Ernest Westlake and his "Order of Woodcraft Chivalry" (OWC) circa 1916, and can be found here: http://www.controverscial.com/Ernest%20Westlake.htm This third bio features John Gordon Hargrave and his "Kibbo Kift Kindred" (KKK) circa 1920.
In completing this final bio of the trilogy, it needs to be said that nowhere have I found evidence that Gerald Gardner was in anyway associated with these three gentlemen, but I speculate that given his interests, it is highly likely that he would have known about each, or at least known someone associated with them, and maybe even investigated their activities???
John Gordon Hargrave
Written and compiled by George Knowles
John Gordon Hargrave (the White Fox) was a British writer, artist, inventor and politician. He was best known as the founder of the Kibbo Kift Kindred (KKK) in 1920, an alternative Scouting movement opposed to the militaristic views of Lord Baden-Powell. Later the KKK evolved into the politically active Green Shirt Movement for Social Credit and later still The Social Credit Party of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
Born on the 6th Jun 1894, John Gordon Hargrave was the second son born to Gordon Hargrave and Bibet Bing, a poor Quaker family in Midhurst, Sussex. Soon after his birth, his father, a struggling landscape painter, moved the family to Hawkshead, Cumbria, a picturesque rural area of the Lake District where Hargrave gained a lifelong passion for the countryside and its wild animals. While his formal schooling was perfunctory, by the age of 12 he was producing professional line drawings and illustrations for new book publications, including those by the well-known Scottish author John Buchan (1st Baron Tweedsmuir).
In 1908 after first joining the newly formed Boy Scouts movement founded by Lord Baden-Powell, Hargrave quickly rose through the ranks earning a reputation as a leading outdoorsman. Later moving to Buckinghamshire to further his career as a commercial artist, by the age of just 17, he was working as the chief cartoonist for the London Evening Times. His main passion however was in nature and Scouting, and using the pseudonym "White Fox"; he wrote a regular column on Woodcraft for the Scouting magazine The Trail, and soon attracted an enthusiastic readership.
Hargrave aged 17 (Pic)
Inspired by the works of a Ernest Thompson Seton, the American naturalist and a leading authority on Woodcraft, Hargrave wrote his first book Lonecraft (1913) aimed at encouraging boys who lived too far away from an established Scout troop to go it alone and become "Lone Scouts". The book was well received and popular, and even earned him a visit from the sons of King George V, both anxious to learn more from the celebrated White Fox.
Lord Baden-Powell - Ernest Thompson Seton (Pics)
At the start World War I in 1914, Hargrave joined the Royal Army Medical Corps (RAMC). As a Sergeant in charge of stretcher-bearers he was attached to the 10th (Irish) Division serving in action at Gallipoli and Suvla Bay during the Dardanelles campaign. By 1916 however, he was wracked with malaria and invalided out of the army to convalesce at home. After he had recovered sufficiently, Lord Baden-Powell appointed him the British Commissioner for Woodcraft and Camping in the UK. He was also invited onto the Grand Council of the newly formed Order of Woodcraft Chivalry (OWC), founded by a fellow Quaker, Ernest Westlake in 1916.
Ernest Westlake (Pic)
In 1919 Hargrave married Ruth Clark, a leader in the Camp Fire Girls movement, an alternative to the Girl Guides originally founded in the USA. Clark whose Woodcraft name was Minobi (meaning Glad Heart) had just published Camp Fire Training For Girls (1919) the first book about Woodcraft written specifically for girls. A year after their marriage, she bore them a son and named him Ivan Gordon Hargrave.
John Hargrave and Ruth Clark (Pics)
By this time, having experienced the horrors of war at first hand, and written about his experiences in his book The Great War Brings It Home (1919), Hargrave became disenchanted with Baden-Powells continuing militaristic emphasis on Scouting, and in 1920 formed his own movement, the Kibbo Kift Kindred (the phrase "Kibbo Kift" is an old Kentish term meaning "those of great strength").
Hargrave and the Kibbo Kift Logo (Pics)
Like Westlakes Order of Woodcraft Chivalry, Hargrave created the Kibbo Kift Kindred not just as a passive alternative to the Boy Scouts, but also to engage all sections of society in both physical and spiritual activities outdoors in touch with nature. Similar to Setons Woodcraft Indians, he organised the KKK into Clans, Tribes and Lodges, in which each member was given a special woodcraft name.
During their weekend activities of hiking and camping members were encouraged to make their own tents and wear handmade uniforms typically consisting of a Saxon styled hooded-cloak, jerkin and shorts. At larger ceremonial meetings like the annual "Whitsun Gathering", called the "Althing", where different Clans, Tribes and Lodges paraded with their tribal Totems, tents were decorated in bright colours and elaborate robes and regalia embossed with symbolic designs were worn or carried, particularly by officers and leaders such as the Camp-warden, Tally-keeper and Master of Ceremonies.
The opening ceremony of the 1927 "Althing" showing members dressed in ceremonial robes (Pic)
While membership of the Kibbo Kift was never substantial compared to the Boy Scouts movement, it soon attracted a number of prominent members, including: Emmeline Pethick Lawrence, May Billinghurst and Mary Neal CBE, the journalist Henry Nevinson and the photographer Angus McBean. The advisory Council also included such distinguished people as: the arctic explorer Vilhjalmur Stefansson, the psychologist/author Havelock Ellis, the Belgian playwright Maurice Maeterlinck, the Bengali poet Rabindranath Tagore, the author H. G. Wells and the biologist Sir Julian Sorell Huxley.
Emmeline Pethick Lawrence, May Billinghurst and Mary Neal CBE were also leading ladies of the suffragette movement (Pics)
In 1923 Hargraves met Major C. H. (Clifford Hugh) Douglas, a British engineer and pioneer of the Social Credit movement, particularly in Canada. Hargraves was convinced that the benefits of Social Credit system would eradicate the poverty and unenployment of post war Britain, and so gradually incorporated its theology into the KKK. However, by doing so, he also changed its back-to-nature emphasis to one of political activism.
C. H. Douglas (Pic)
Not all members of the KKK were happy with these changes, which inevitably led to a schism. In 1925 after he refused to recognise a new South London Lodge called "The Brockleything", a number of members led by Leslie Paul, formed a break-a-way faction that became known as the "Woodcraft Folk", a movement that still remains active today.
Unduanted Hargrave continued to focus his attention on the Social Credit movement and in 1930 set up a "Legion of the Unemployed" in Coventry". Dressed in Para-military style uniforms with green shirts and berets, they became known as the Legion of the Kibbo Kift. Later as political activism became the main stay of their activities, the Kibbo Kift name was dropped altogether and all vestiges of their back-to-nature origins disappeared. By 1935 they were known simply as the Green Shirt Movement for Social Credit.
Hargrave as leader of the Green Shirts and a poster promoting Social Credit (Pics)
From there on in the Green Shirts became part of the street politics of the 1930s marching through streets accompianied by their own Corps of Drums. While their main propaganda was aimed at the "fat cat" financial institutions and particularly the Bank of England, not all their actions were peaceful, for they regularly engaged in battles with Oswald Mosleys "Blackshirt" fascist movement, supporters of the Communist Party and other left-wing activists throughout Britain.
Marching with their own Corps of Drums (Pic)
While the Green Shirts remained popular amongst the unemployed, as a political party in Britain they gained little support. Re-named the Social Credit Party of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, they stood just a single candidate, W. Townend, in the General Election of 1935, at which they won just 11% of the vote for Leeds South.
Disappointed, Hargrave travelled to Canada where William Aberhart had sucessfully won the Province of Alberta for the Social Credit Party. Acting as an economic advisor to the new government, he was later discredited by none other than Major Douglas, who disapproving of partisan politics, claimed that Hargrave lacked the experience for the post.
Returning to England a year later the Social Credit Party suffered yet another blow, with hosilities brewing in Europe and eventually leading to WWII, a Public Order Act was passed baning the wearing of uniforms by non-military personnel. By this time his preoccupation with politics had also caused his marriage to Ruth Clark to deteriate, they separated and later divorced in the 1950s when he formed a new relationship with a popular West End actress called Gwendolyn Gray.
During World War II (1939-1945) all activities of the Social Credit Party were suspended as Hargraves encrouraged his Green Shirt members to join the armed forces in support of the war effort. Sitting out the war himself, Hargraves continued to earn a living from his writing, during which time he produced a biting biography of the then Governor of the Bank of England entitled Professor Skinner alias Montague Norman, kept in touch with core members of his Green Shirts through a weekly newspaper column entitled A Message from Hargrave, and published Word Win Wars, a book about the propaganda of the Governments war efforts.
During a visit to one of his friends, an RAF pilot, they discussed the problems most aviators had navigating in a cockpit with folded paper maps. As a result, Hargrave dreamed up a mechanical display unit that showed moving map images of the ground thus acting as an "Automatic Navigator" for the aircraft. With the aid of Cedric Williams, a brilliant young optical engineer, they built a prototype and patented the design of the invention. However, after being tested by the RAF, it was deemed to be too expensive to produce at that time, and left on a shelf and forgotten about, only to re-emerge later in the 1960s, to the consternation of the Government.
The Automatic Navigator invented by Hargrave (Pic)
Also during the war, Hargrave discovered he had the ability to heal through the "laying on of hands", and so spent a number of years experimenting with a variety of alternative "psychic" and "hands on healing" techniques. After the war, further attempts to rebuild the Social Credit Party met with little success, but never one to give up easily, in the 1950 General Election, Hargrave himself stood as a candidate for Stoke Newington and Hackney. After gaining just 551 votes and losing his deposit, Hargrave finally realised the futility of trying again and a year later on the 12th May 1951 passed a resolution to dissolve the Party as a political organisation.
After the final demise of the Social Credit Party in Britain, Hargarve settled down into a life of relative obscurity with his new partner Gwendolyn Gray, who he later married in 1968. Continuing to earn a living as a freelance writer, commercial artist and author of books, of which he wrote The Life And Soul Of Paracelsus (1951), The Paragon Dictionary (1952) and a re-write of his WWI experiences The Suvla Bay Landing (1964). He also wrote an entry on Paracelsus for the 15th Edition of the Encyclopaedia Britannica, and regularly published illustrations and cartoons in such leading publications as Vanity Fair and the Daily Sketch.
In 1967 Hargrave once again gained public notoriety when after reading an article in the Sunday Times he learned that "Concorde", a new super-plane being built in collaboration between the British and French Governments, was to be equipped with a moving map display. After more research, and from descriptions and photographs, this appeared to be similar to the "Automatic Navigator" he had patented during WWII. What followed was a long and drawn-out battle with the Government for recognition and reward.
Initially his claim was dismissed out-of-hand, but eventually in 1976 he was able to force a full Public Enquiry. Unable to afford an expensive barrister to take on the might of the Governments professional legal team, Hargrave prepared and conducted his own defence. Sadly however, while the enquiry conceded that Hargraves invention had indeed been copied and developed to create a modern equivalent for Concorde, they disallowed any monetary award on a trivial point of technicality.
After the stress of the enquiry Hargrave, now 82 years of age, was undoubtedly tired and deflated, but his spirit was rekindled later that year when a Rock Musical called The Kibbo Kift was staged at the now famous Edinburgh Fringe Festival. Written by Christopher John Judge Smith in collaboration with composer Max Hutchinson, it related the story of his early movement. Hargrave himself was invited to the Traverse Theatre for the "First Night Performance", which proved to be well received, so much so that it was staged again in the following year at the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield.
Old memories die hard they say, for the effect of the musical brought many old comrades back together. Inspired by this, Hargrave spent his last few years setting up a Foundation of the Kibbo Kift, this he dedicated to maintaining an historic record of events and preserving some of the regalia worn by members of the KKK and its successors, The Green Shirt Movement for Social Credit and The Social Credit Party of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. Today the Foundations extensive paper records are held by The British Library of Political and Economic Science at the London School of Economics, while their substantial collection of costumes, robes, banners and other physical artefacts are housed at The Museum of London.
On the 06th June 1981 to mark his 87th birthday, a reunion of Kibbo Kift Kindred and members of the Green Shirts was held at Ashton-Under-Hill, Worcs, after which his health began to fail. Having led such a colourful and extraordinary life, just a year later at the age of 88, Hargrave died in London on the 21st November 1982.
Burial site at Hampstead Cemetery in London, England (Pic)
May he rest in peace?
A select bibliography:
Lonecraft (1913)
At Suvla Bay (1916)
The Wigwam Papers (1916)
The Totem Talks (1918
Tribal Training (1919)
The Great War Brings It Home (1919)
The Confession of the Kibbo Kift (1927)
The Alberta Report (1937)
Words Win Wars (1940)
Social Credit Clearly Explained (1945)
The Life And Soul Of Paracelsus (1951)
The Paragon Dictionary (1952)
The Suvla Bay Landing (1964)
The Facts of the Case Concerning the Hargrave Automatic Navigator for Aircraft (1969)
Plus to many others to mention.
Written and compiled on the 09th November 2011 © George Knowles
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Part 1 : Picnic @ Lazarus Island
Today was so so so much fun!!!! It's been such a long time since we did something out of the usual; like.. eat and hangout in air-conditioned places. Meh.
Instead, we met up early this sunny Sunday, went out to an island and enjoyed a picnic-brunch at a beautiful beach! ⛱ There was hardly anyone, so it felt like a private party for 3. Hahaha.
BEAUTIFUL BACKDROP! So unreal. Water so clear!
It is exceptionally pretty because there's NO ONE photobombing :X
I love a place with not much crowd, better still.. No crowd! It's a Sunday, can you believe it?! Lol.
Lazarus Island is slightly off St. Johns' island: Read up on St. John's here~
There are only reviews on Lazarus Island, so google it up if you're interested! (:
We wanted to make full use of the day, but didn't want to meet up too early on a Sunday. Lol. So, the agreed time was to board the second ferry @ 11AM. (The first one is at 9AM, insane!) Scheduled to meet at Marina South Pier station at 10:30AM, but I woke up late :X AND WASN'T LATE! Because, these 2 jokers went to the wrong MRT station. LOL! They alighted and waited for me at Marina Bay. Silly women.
Anyway~ Got the tickets ($18 for return), and off we go!
Morning excited faces!
The ferry took about 15 minutes.
So much green! ♥
An island, off our island~
It's like a mini within a mini!
Some shots on the way before we settled down at Lazarus Island. We took the first wrong turn by the way. Took a while to find out how to go to Lazarus Island. hahaha. Such a small place, but still confusing.
Anyway, after you alight from the ferry and walk to the shore, turn left to Lazarus Island - From the direction of my picture.
Of course, we turned right first. LOL.
A map we tried to read, but got lost anyway~
It's like East Coast, isn't it?
Just less people. There's really hardly anyone!
This would be your view when you turn right. Less the 2 ladies.
&I just realize you could still see all the buildings!
Here's excited us, thinking we were on the right way and reaching Lazarus Island soon.
Little did we know. . . Lol.
In this picture, you could also see how close a 15-minute ferry ride is. To your left, you see buildings from Singapore and our right you see the greenery~ So close.
It felt like a really long walk from our starting point because we were all hungry........ But then, we weren't really that far off before we realized we were heading the wrong way luh.
This is only 15 minutes after walking from the harbour, and Kesslyn already started to eat........... Lol.
Jiaxuan giving up and checking out the direction.
And that's when we realize we started off the wrong direction. Didn't stop and turned back to hurry to the right side............
Another 15 minutes later~~~
Gorgeous sight!
To the right, there's this vast green space filled with plenty of trees! So peaceful...
This is the right way to Lazarus Island. There are humans in this shot, but I don't think they were headed to Lazarus Island... Didn't see them when we were there.
Couldn't resist taking a few shots.
The island is pretty big, you probably need about 20 minutes to walk from the start to the other end? Is that not big? Lol. You could see the end from the start though... Maybe not that big.
Anyway, we wanted to be away from a group that was at the start of the island, so we moved a little deeper into the island... cleared of humans. ♥
Quickly set up our mats and what not....
4 of them items are my favourite!
Too much for three? Definitely. Lol.
I love having picnics! Not many see the appeal because hot sun and no tables, but I just really enjoy doing things out of the usual. Sitting outdoors, eating and chilling..... :)
A little sun can't hurt anyway................... No wait.. It did. We are burning so bad right now. T_T Like for real, I can't really wear my t-shirt without cringing because my back is burning so bad.
That is why... REMEMBER TO BRING SUNSCREEN!!
In Lazarus Island, there was hardly any clouds! Sky and sea so blue. It was a gorgeous sight that gave us a painful burn. All three of us. LOL. Serve us right for not preparing more protection though. SO REMEMBER TO BRING SUNSCREEN!
Special salad Kesslyn made; Vegetable and Fruits.
They were good! Colourful with different flavours and crunch!
Pity the fruits were kindda melted already. :(
Can only blame ourselves because we wanted to make full use of the day, and chose to have picnic at the hottest time of the day. LOL.
A+ for effort!
The jars made it so instagrammable too!
One cake for us each~
What's a birthday celebration without a cake, right? hehehe.
Apart from today's expenses, the girls also got me a Hershel backpack!!! Can't wait for it to arrive! HEHE.
Us and food!
Couldn't finish all, obviously, but we had satisfied tummy. I think our food portion was good for a party of 5? But I was too greedy, I WANTED EVERYTHING!
After food, we enjoyed the scenery and took plenty of pictures!
ps: I brought my tripod, in case you're wondering how some shots were taken.
美女 Kesslyn~
More pictures together!
Anyway, the yacht behind us... There were people on it. Enjoying their Sunday as much as we were~
The children were having times of their lives jumping into the water and floating around... Good life.. They came up for a bit when we were almost done too~ Maybe we could do that next time! At least there's shade and less sun. Lol.
So overexposed this shot.
We were kneeling, not having our legs buried!
Can you see us slowly turning red? Lol.
Jiaxuan was the most obvious to be honest. LOL.
I'm a little sad that my already tanned areas are more tanned now, and the parts that were fair...... a little tanned. Sigh. These unevenness!
Took plenty of Polaroid shots!
And after arranging that, we were done with our 3-hour fun at Lazarus Island. :) Slowly packed up and headed back to St. John's island to find a washing area.
Walked all the way back to where we realize we were going the wrong way earlier~ Under the hot sun, for a second, I wondered if it was a bad idea. But.... NAH! I really did enjoy myself out there. Just... need that damn sunscreen next time.
The bathrooms weren't very clean, but it was good enough to wash up. There's only 2 cubicles so we took turn. Felt safer too, since it was beside the Men's wash area and there were a few guys outside. Lol. The toilets are pretty opened - As in, people can just walk in and peep above the door and stuff. The one that I went in even has a spoiled door lock!
Looking and feeling fresh after showering~
Before the burning took effect.
Couldn't decide where to go after an afternoon out.... Exhausted after being burnt by the sun. Lol. But while ferrying back, I suddenly had a craving for Peranakan food! And off we went to Vivo City~
Good choice of dinner place though~ We got to sit all the way back on the MRT. :X
&That was when our true lobster colours came out.
It is really very bad. LOL.
I like this shot below so I'm posting it again~ Also because of the lobster caption.
Sidetrack: Blogging this in 2017 Aug, and just looking at the pictures we took, reminded me of the pain. The sunburn lasted SO LONG!!! I was in pain for a week. No joke, no exaggeration! I had to slap SO MUCH Aloe Vera gel that I finished one bottle. Couldn't even wear t-shirts without feeling a little pain and was in tank tops for the first few days (at home).
It also made me cry at one point because my mum applied some suspicious cream, apparently from China, and it made the burning even worse!!! It intensified the pain!!!! She even had the nerve to laugh while her daughter screamed and cried in pain. Burning pain! It was insane..... Lesson learnt the hard way.
Blogging this is also making me miss that day of fun.. Would really like another day out at the beach to have a picnic~ Just, gotta remember the sunscreen... Cannot emphasize enough. Lol.
I am so grateful for the good weather though!
Would have been more bummed out if it actually rained.
Super happy we did this today.
More celebrations coming up!
Peace out!
ps: Pardon the terrible tanned parts of my body.


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Superintendent George Price announced that there will be a controlled flight by an unmanned aerial system (UAS), or drone, over the Nauset Marsh/Coast Guard Beach area between February 29th and March 20th as part of a permitted research project with the United States Geological Survey (USGS).
The use of drones/UAS in national park units is strictly controlled by policy since June 2014.National park units experienced a number of examples where people using drones/UAS harassed wildlife, interfered with visitor experiences in parks and interfered with aircraft attacking wildfires in western areas forcing the grounding of the craft for safety reasons.Seashore staff has direct experiences with people using drones harassing grey seals off Coast Guard Beach, Eastham.
The one NPS policy allowance for drone/UAS use is if the project supports the mission of the park unit and the NPS.The permit has to be approved by the Superintendent, the Regional Director and the Associate Director for Visitor and Resource Protection in Washington, D.C.
The USGS staff from the Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center developed the UAS permit for this project to evaluate the feasibility, cost, and data quality for high resolution mapping of a variety of coastal landscapes (beaches, dunes, bluffs, overwash channels, back-barrier marshes) using equipment mounted on a drone/UAS).Their project is scheduled to avoid sensitive endangered or listed species, provides for safeguards and utilizes equipment that has reduced noise technology to limit impacts to humans and wildlife.Seashore staff has been working closely with the USGS staff and we are looking forward to learning about how this new research technology can add to our knowledge and help inform management decisions related to the dynamic changes of barrier beach and salt marsh ecosystems.


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Nature continues to be an inspiration for my art whether it's realism or abstraction.
Today's image is a quick working drawing that I outlined on paper, scanned and then colour-filled in Photoshop. The idea is to develop the patterns on the many rocks that I am currently drawing and "drag" them out from the surface of each rock and onto the surrounding areas of the pastel board that I use for my coloured pencil art.
This type of drawing is well suited to digital art, but I want to explore the possibilities with coloured pencil first.
Working on a single subject for a long time can be quite boring. Looking at such a subject as rocks in a new light not only creates new possibilities, but re-kindles one's passion for their art.
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My largest Dendrobium kingianum is not blooming. It is big, overflowing an 18-inch pot. I believe it is not blooming because it spent the winter with the Cymbidiums in Sonoma, not well protected from the rain.
Dendrobium kingianum grows in eastern Australia. It is fragrant, needs bright light and a dry winter rest. This is one of the plants that will go into the new covered growing area with the Mexican Laelias.
Besides this large plant I have two reasonable sized divisions from my original collection plant and both of these are in bloom. They were in the greenhouse and had at least a mild dry period. In addition, being potted in rock meant that any water not grabbed by the roots ran off.


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President Kersti Kaljulaid is beginning a working visit to the United States today Wednesday. The president will meet with United Nations secretary general Antonio Guterres in New York and participate in the opening event of Estonia's campaign for a non-permanent seat on the UN Security Council.
On Thursday and Friday Kaljulaid will meet with UNICEF director Anthony Lake, deputy secretary general of the UN for human rights issues Andrew Gilmour, administrator of the UN's development program Achim Steiner, and the UN ambassadors of the francophone countries.
Kaljulaid will also give a speech at the International Peace Institute, and award the Order of the White Star to Toomas Mihkel Sõrra for his efforts to promote the Estonian language and culture in the United States.
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Odisha Sun Times Bureau
Bhadrak, Mar 10:
Acting on allegation of amassing assets disproportionate to known sources of income, Odisha Vigilance sleuths today conducted raids at offices and houses of Manual Assistant of Weights & Measures Department, Nabaghana Swain.
According to reports, simultaneous raids were conducted at Swain's three houses in Bhadrak, office and government quarters in Paradip.
This apart, Vigilance teams, led by DSP Sabita Majhi and SK Bhoi, raided Swain's ancestral home at Kuansa, a building at Basudevpur, and in-law's house at Garadapur in Chandbali block.
Properties worth over Rs 50 lakh have been traced during the raids, sources said.


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SOUTHWEST MIAMI-DADE, FLA. (WSVN) - Burglars broke into a Southwest Miami-Dade cash advance store through its ceiling and made off with thousands of dollars.
According to Miami-Dade Police, it happened early Friday morning, between 3:30 a.m. and 6 a.m. The subjects first broke into the back door of a neighboring Chinese restaurant and managed to make their way into the ceiling. They then crawled until they were able to drop down into the Advance America store, located at 15102 S.W. 72nd St.
Police said high-powered tools were used to drill their way into two safes, which contained $16,000 in cash.
"This mall has existed here, I think over 20 years," said customer Lizette Campo. "This is the first time that I hear of a robbery that big with that amount of money, so it's scary to know that they're just getting in, taking the money."
The neighboring Chinese store was left a mess, and the owners are now closed for the day to clean up. During the burglary, police said the subjects also broke a water pipe that soaked the Chinese store.
Neighbors in the area are wondering how the subjects managed to get away with the cash. "The community needs to say something," Campo said. "We need the police to really look out for the neighborhood and see what is going on because it is happening more and more everyday."
Police are trying to get access to surveillance video footage that may have caught the subjects in the act.
If you have any information on this burglary, call Miami-Dade Crime Stoppers at 305-471-TIPS. Remember, you can always remain anonymous, and you may be eligible for a $1,000 reward.
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This is always fun. I remember playing this game last year or so. There are ten photos and you have to chose which ones are real and which ones are fake.
I did pretty bad! It is amazing the realism of these CG artists... I guess if the pictures were larger it might be easier.
Play the Game Here.


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Alan Snuggs
The End Of Counterfeit Gods
Alan Snuggs (Sun, 30 Jun 2013)
Alan Snugs, from Buxton Church in the Peak, continued our series of talks on Counterfeit Gods.
Alan played this video at the end of his preach.
Read Mark Chapter 14 verses 3 to 9
1. Which of the counterfeit Gods do you think is the most powerful in our society?
2. 'You cannot get relief from counterfeit Gods simply by figuring them out intellectually'- do you agree?
3. How can this story about Mary of Bethany help us in dealing with counterfeit Gods?
4. What is the difference between Jesus being prominent in your life and being pre eminent?
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Silver is currently hovering around $35 an ounce. Successive (and excessive) margin calls (among other bankster manipulations) have led to an extended silver sale. Don't be fooled by presstitutes (mainstream news organizations).
This worldwide ponzi is getting ready to collapse. How do we know this? French history
gives us two examples in the video below. Buy silver while it's still on sale!


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Here is the last wedding picture!!! I took a close up of the frame. I think it is really pretty. (I have yet to get candles for the neat display on top of the dresser, but they are coming!) And...thanks to my Aunt Kim C., I bought the wall hanging above our bed. I think it is really cute!
Anyone have any ideas on some neat "knick knack" type stuff to put up around the picture above our bed?


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Non-Medical Requirements of Social Security Disability
There are other considerations besides medical paperwork and requirements that need to be considered when applying for disability benefits.
There are two types of disability you can potentially apply for: Supplemental Security Income (SSI) and Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI). The two programs are different. SSI is a financial supplement designed to provide basic funding for individuals and families who earn low- or no income. SSDI is designed to provide disability benefits to people who have worked and paid into the social security system through their work history.
Each program has different eligibility requirements. Upon receiving your application, the Social Security Administration (SSA) evaluates the claim to determine your eligibility for either program. People aged 18 or over may qualify for SSDI benefits, but you have to have worked long enough to have contributed to social security to earn enough work credits, and you also must have a disability severe enough to prevent you from working. SSA will require that you submit your employment history as far back as you can. You must list all previous employers and your earnings history at each place of employment.
For SSDI, the main qualification is that you must have worked and paid Social Security taxes. Determining the number of work credits you have is the most important criteria. After you're eligible, that's when it is time to start pulling your medical documentation together to prove that your disability keeps you from being gainfully employed.
SSI is for people who likely don't qualify for SSDI. As a federal program, it is paid for from general tax revenues and not from the social security fund. SSI helps low income, disabled and elderly people with basic funds for food, clothing and shelter. The program is needs-based, and it is important for you to know that you must meet very low income requirements in order to qualify. SSA counts any income, asset ownership, and any free services you are receiving (food or shelter donations, etc.)—there are very strict limitations. Under SSI, you are only allowed to own a single home and single automobile.
The SSA will evaluate your income and assets for this needs-based disability benefit. If you are not a U.S. citizen and you are applying for SSI, the SSA will first ensure that you are in a qualifying illegal alien category.
For both programs, most states do provide additional funds above the federal funds you will receive. Please note that some states–Arkansas, Arizona, Georgia, Mississippi, Oregon, Tennessee, Texas and West Virginia—do not provide the additional funds.
For either program you apply to, the SSA will require that you submit the following information: Social Security ID (SSN), date and place of birth, and proof of US citizenship. You must also provide this information for present and past spouses and all dependent children.
After you submit your claim, a SSA claims representative will review the claim. The claim agent will first look at your non-medical eligibility—things like income, work credits and the other requirements we've outlined above. If you appear to be eligible for either SSDI or SSI, the claims representative will then transfer your file claim to your local Disability Determination Services (DDS) where another claim examiner specific to either SSDI or SSIs will take the reins and process it from there. From this point, the claim examiner will now start to review the medical evidence to decide whether you meet the eligibility for disability benefits from a medical point of view.
SSDI claims are denied if you don't have enough work credits, meaning you haven't worked long enough to draw social security disability; basically it means that you haven't paid in enough to receive disability payments.
SSI applicants are typically denied because they earn too much money or have too many assets.
Both of these are considered technical denials, and in both cases, you get your notice fairly quickly.
For SSDI, the examiner will look at whether you are currently employed and earning an income. It is definitely a factor, because if you're currently employed, you will likely be given a technical denial by SSA because your disability will appear not serious enough to keep you from working.
After you meet these initial non-medical requirements, both programs will require different medical information. SSI requires less information because it is in place to provide basic needs. SSDI does require detailed medical information because the benefit is based on your inability to work. As such, your SSDI application requires medical information such as records of medical diagnosis, tests performed, hospitalizations, medications prescribed, and any other pertinent detailed medical notes.
Any other benefits you might be receiving, such as military veteran benefits, worker's compensation or any other similar benefit, will be factored into SSA's evaluation of whether you will receive SSDI or SSI.
If you're trying to determine which program you qualify for,give us a call today and we will help you determine your eligibility.


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Review / Noby Noby Boy (PSN)
It's very difficult to put into words what Noby Noby Boy is about but I'll try my best to make it clear. First of all the title is a play on a Japanese term that means to stretch or relax. The basis of the game is exactly that. Noby Noby Boy joins a growing list of games (the likes of which includes Flower) on the PlayStation Network that try to show players that you don't need to have a singular, ultimate goal or end point in order to enjoy a game (rather that they can just enjoy the experience in all its timeless beauty). While Flower ultimately came to an end, Noby Noby Boy is seemingly endless. It all really depends on how much the PSN community plays the game and stretches Boy. In case I've lost you already, I'll break it down even more.
You play as Boy, a strange creature that has the ability to stretch his body over great lengths. The beginning of the game takes players through a little quiz that quickly familiarizes them with the games controls. The left and right analog sticks control each end of Boy's body. If you push the sticks in directions opposite of each other, Boy will stretch. Tapping L2 or R2 makes one end of Boy's body jump and holding those buttons makes Boy stand firm. Also tapping L2 makes Boy eat whatever is in front of him and pressing R2 makes him expel it from his backside. The L1 and R1 buttons move the camera around the grid. The sixaxis controls are used in conjunction with L1 to zoom the camera in or out. Those are the basics of Noby Noby Boy and from there it's up to the player to do whatever they want.
One thing players can choose to do is make Boy fly by rapidly pressing R2 or L2 and try to coil around a cloud while simultaneously shooting people out Boy's rear end. There are no enemies, no time limits or no real purpose to what you will do as a single player. The game does have 12 Trophies to unlock, but most of them are hidden and will pop up unexpectedly during gameplay. One of the interesting aspects of Noby Noby Boy is that the stages are randomly generated. Chances are you won't play the same stage with the same characters very often. Players can also change stages at will by entering Boy's house and selecting the new stage option.
The philosophy behind Noby Noby Boy is to get everyone in the world to play together. It implements this strategy by recording the distance Boy stretches and uploading it to Girl. Girl is a being that sits above the Earth watching everything Boy does. Girl needs the collective stretching measurements of everyone playing the game online in order to stretch beyond the stars. Currently Girl is still on Earth, but by reporting your length to Girl she will stretch further and further into the universe. When she reaches the Moon new stages will unlock for everyone, creating new environments and situations. If players continue to play, Girl will go to Mars and wherever else the developers are willing to take the game. In a sense we're all just drops in the bucket but the total efforts of literally everyone who plays the game online contributes to the game's lifespan.
Noby Noby Boy isn't a graphically impressive game. If you're familiar with the art style of Katamari Damacy you'll know what to expect. The game puts out in 720p HD, but it just makes the game a little shinier. The character models look and move like paper cutouts and jagged edges can be seen on each stage. There were even some moments when the 3D grid of the game popped in and out.
The physics engine is a little better. Boy responds to the force that players put him through by flopping around and spinning when appropriate. During gameplay I made Boy spin rapidly, knocking down everything in his path. That's just one of the games you can make for yourself. The soundtrack is mellow and acoustic. It's a nice fit to the friendly for all ages style of play.
Make no mistake, Noby Noby Boy is really not for everyone and anyone. Some people may not get past the idea of not playing with an objective lingering overhead. If you can try to tap into the mindset of just making your own adventure while knowing you are contributing to the overall growth to Noby Noby Boy's universe, the $5 investment is well worth it.
- Simple controls create a variety of user created mini games
- Potential for endless levels
- Terribly unique concept
- Graphics are very dated
- No singular objectives could (and probably will) turn many players off
- Music is good, but repetitive


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I think I might get sacked
A mate I used to work with has just been sacked for 'inproper email use'. We work in the same department still but in different sections.
They discovered some of his emails by going through the account of someone that had left, and there were emails from of a fairly gossipy/stupid nature.
They are now going through his account and he has shitloads of emails from me, some of which it would probably not be good for people to see. In fact it would be very bad.
Basically. I am fucked.
Pray for me.
Actually, that doesn't delete them.
You can still recover them.
You have to press shift + delete to properly destroy them.
My inbox is clear, but his isn't.
emails can be stored on servers
for years, dude.
the lesson is not to write anything that you don't want anyone to read.
that includes on IM chat.
Shift delete.
Permanent delete.
Nuh, Rose is right.
It would depend entirely on what the server's doing.
Come on. They went nosing around the person's inbox.
They clearly were looking for something so they could just start with the servers easily enough.
If they were looking for a specific piece of work they'd just ignore other emails.
you might be alright
a mate of mine got sacked a couple of years ago for the same thing & i had the same fear as you but nothing happened.
they may have just been trying to make an example of someone & he was unlucky
I think the reason was "an inappropriate email to a female member of staff"
I laughed a bit
Jesus christ!
Can they really do that, though? That's fucked up.
I hope you're not sacked. You don't have a union I guess but isn't there one for the permies? You should contact them. This is blatantly invasion of privacy.
It's not
Employers have the right to read anything sent using work email.
I know!
I used to circulate Bamos' blog!
I'm in trouble if they ever check mine, I gossip about and slag off pretty much everyone senior to me.
That's a lot of people, by the way!
I've said a LOT of libellous things about the Pope
Will this be a problem do you think?
his holiness knows how to take a joke! Have you not heard about the infamous Catholic sense of humour?!
I did see a bishop laugh once
when a small child fell into a puddle.
I made that mistake before
and had six months to think about it.
I have all the evidence I need right there.
He must be pretty upset, spunky. I'd run if I were you.
I walk at a faster pace than he can run!
You'd be surprised.
Downhill, and with a fair wind, I roll with the best of them.
And your aerodynamic head will help!
(This is like poking a bear with a stick. Please don't tear me limb from limb at the weekend. Please.)
you think?
I think employers are well within their right to look into your emails if it's from a work account
The issue I would have is that they are using someone else's account in that way.
Yes it's the employer's email system but equally there IS an issue of privacy here to my mind.
Your first thought should be whether your worker has done the job they are meant to do. Just because you have an epaper trail that doesn't mean you can mandate your employee's thoughts, which is what we're talking about here.
If it's classified, etc. information that's one thing but do you really think you should be able to sack someone for saying something in an email you couldn't try to sack them for for having in a private conversation with the same person?
I think from an employers point of view
they probably just want to check that there's no offensive material being sent from an email address associated with the business.
Obviously these checks unearths other things which although may not necessarily be offensive or directly damaging to the company, are probably, at least by the employers standards, worthy of disciplinary action.
I agree though, sacking is probably a bit extreme. What happened to formal warnings?
Well one of the main reasons you wouldn't
sack someone for something they said is unless you've recorded conversations (which IS dodgy legal ground) it's one person's word against another's.
Whereas with emails, it's all conveniently stored in order. Lawyer's dream. I wouldn't send anything on my work email or access any sites on my PC I didn't want them to see. Although personally I don't use my work PC for anything other than work.
But I do think it's a really silly risk to take to send emails internally you wouldn't want your boss to see. Just hope Tom gets away with it this time.
We can't use personal mail, its blocked.
And yeah, I probably should.
they is tappin' your fonez
they is probly tappin' yr missus
hav 2 rite n cowd fraw nu arn
See my point above.
Someone left and they went through their emails to find ways to sack other people who work for them. I would say that is very shaky ground. I'd expect a union to go apeshit over it...
Well, they just extended my contract last week.
So that's good, right?
I work for the Government though, they're a bit cagey when it comes to these things.


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Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Jan 12: Highlighting the demands of the NHM employees, All J&K NHM Employees Association (NHMEA) today threatened of staging three-day continuous protest cum pen down strike, in case their demands are not met before January 17.
Addressing a press conference here today, Rohit Seth, president of the association for Jammu province, said that the NHM employees are approaching the State Government as well as the concerned department for last 5 years urging them to make a regularization policy for NHM employees but unfortunately none of their genuine demands have been conceded yet.
Castigating the State Government, he said that we had also given an ultimatum to the Government in the month of December 2016 through a State level protest, to concede our genuine demands, but as the Government is still adopting non serious attitude, we don't have now any other option than to go for complete pen down strike across the State, in case the Government failed to redress our genuine issues before the date intimated.
While lambasting that State Government of their biased approach towards NHM employees, Rohit Seth said that they will leave no stone unturned and fight till they get their rights and whatsoever is possible under Trade Union Act for the welfare of thousands of NHM Employees who are working in State Health Department.
He said the demands of the association include regularization of all NHM employees who have completed 5 years tenure and equal salary at par with permanent employees to rest of the staff, fixed salary for all ASHA workers, minimum 10% annual increment to all NHM staff and framing of transfer policy for NHM employees.
Our demands include facilities like provident fund, maternity leave, baby care leave, medical leave, earned leave, medical insurance, life insurance, etc be given to NHM employees, equal salary to ISM doctors at par with their counterparts (MBBS doctors), job security for NHM employees and stopping the practice of taking affidavits annually from the NHM employees.
Subash Verma (president, BMS) and Sushil Sudan (president, JKMEF), were also present.
NHM employees highlight demands, threaten of pen down strike
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text: I feel like I can't think, I feel like I'm losing my mind, I feel like there's nothing left for me to fight for. Some of the voices in my head tell me to do wrong, and some of the voices in my head tell me to do right, my body feels weak, and I already feel tired. My mind is losing its hope but my heart is still beating strong. I feel like I'm slowly fading away, away from the present, away from everything as it falls to darkness from the light. Everything is crashing down, losing its right of way to move. Cars are wrecked to pieces, trees are falling a part bit by bit, and peoples death turns into ashes flying all over the world.


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Like anything else there's a heap of people out there on the net discussing randonneuring.
Some of the interesting posts following the PBP:
Ride was nearer 772 miles
Dirty tricks scupper American hopes
A fellow foot sufferer and some suggestions that might help
Fellow recumbent rider
Dealing with gut problems
Charlie Lloyd's got a few nice pics of PBP '99
Thanks to everyone who emailed responses and corrections. Among them...
Kent Peterson wrote:
An interesting piece and you presented the arguements in favor of recumbents rather well. However, I'd take issue with your statement that "the only downside of the recumbent position is acceleration up hill." I own various recumbents, have ridden a wide range of them, have written half a dozen articles for Recumbent Cyclist News and I chose to ride an upright on PBP. I had various reasons for doing so, but one reason was comfort.
I have found, for me at least, that a well fitting upright bike lets me dynamically shift my weight between my seat, feet and arms. This ability over the long haul I find more comfortable than any one recumbent position, no matter how initially comfy that may be. Also, you point out your Street Machine has full suspension. I find that my legs and bent elbows provide very effective and low maintence suspension on my upright bikes.
Different people have different needs and various machines address these problems in various ways. You cited various upright PBP finishers in various states of distress but there were, of course, various finishers in pretty good condition as well as some distressed recumbent riders and folks who DNF'd on both conventional and recumbent machines.
Sheila Simpson wrote:
Re SDP - there may be relief for your numb toes - I changed to sdp this year after using Look for many years (cdn't walk safely in the latest design shoes which fitted my feet) and, being wary of the small contact area you mention, bought MTB downhiller's pedals - these have quite a large plastic surround to support the foot when not clipped in and i guess they might give additional support when the foot is in, certainly i had no trouble on pbp despite the fact i'd only ridden with them for a few months -
a few points on which i'd mildly disagree and wd feel like adding some editorial comment - what do you think? ...
Max time for a 100 km brevet was traditionally 10 hours, the max/min speeds were 20/10 kph, the implication being that if you cd ride faster than this you shd be doing a 200 - this was relaxed in 1987 to allow more-or-less any speeds at or below randonneur speeds but to this day many organisers, including myself, still use the 10 kph min speed -
Also i'm surprised you find Vaseline so useful - i find Vaseline holds sweat and suchlike bodily fluids against my skin and causes soreness and eventually infection - zinc and caster oil, or similar modern branded products used on infants to avoid causing nappy rash, seem to work better -
Its not just on a recumbent that padded shorts cause chafing and over- heating for the long distance rider - i'm a bike rider and find padding hell - like you, i use lycra athletic shorts - on really long rides also starting off with cotton panties under for 200 km, then either nothing - which i really prefer, instant dryness when you ride out of the saddle for a few turns - or a clean pair of panties for a bit longer -
Prolonged exercise seems to improve my digestion - i know i've settled into a 1200 or 1400 ride well when i'm eating a full meal (not including meat, of course) and having a full crap at every control - if you can do this and also train your body to sleep 3 hours a night, waking naturally, i can't imagine how far a randonneur cd cycle -
see you on Edinburgh-London 2001?
And Trevor Parsons noted:
Your site is officially awarded the 'Looks good in Lynx' award. Very high praise.
And Ben Hope said it was "lyrical"