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Celia did her year-long UROP placement in 2013 and it changed her scientific life. It gave her the hands-on experience she never got during her undergraduate coursework and prepared her for a PhD, which she is currently about to finish at Monash University's Australian Regenerative Medicine Institute (ARMI). In this interview, Celia explores what were the drivers, highlights and turns of her UROP experience.
Why did you apply for UROP?
When I came across UROP I was immediately drawn to the idea of it. I felt like it was important to gain a real-life experience into what being an academic would be like, because during my undergrad I only got some insights into it. But UROP was something different: it allowed me to embed myself in the lab and work on a real-world project.
Also, as an undergrad student, I was very pressed for time. I was dedicated full time to my studies, but I had to earn a living too. UROP was a unique opportunity to fulfil both needs, while also gaining an amazing lab experience.
Would you say UROP was valuable to you?
Yes! I did UROP in my last year of undergrad, so at that time it was extremely valuable for me to go through a real application process: writing my CV, preparing for the genuine interview process, and finally getting experience in a lab.
The UROP Conference was also very valuable, I still remember it! It was my first experience presenting my scientific research. It was a bit daunting, getting up there and talking for 5 minutes about my results in front of a crowd, but it was very rewarding. I attended the presentation skills workshop offered before the Conference, and that really helped me. I still use some of those tips when I write presentations today.
My UROP experience, with a genuine project and real-world work,
gave me the confidence to seriously pursue science.
How much has UROP influenced your scientific career?
My UROP placement changed my whole scientific trajectory, because I fell in love with research. Working on a real project sparked my curiosity, which led me to continue with that project through honours and, eventually, gave me the confidence to say "yeah, I can pursue this crazy thing called a PhD". Because, to be honest, at the end of my undergrad I wasn't sure whether I should pursue academia or find a job. My UROP experience, with a genuine project and real-world work, gave me the confidence to seriously pursue science.
How was the relationship with your UROP supervisor?
My supervisor had more of a guiding role and our relationship was rather informal. He gave me freedom to explore but also provided guidance when I needed it. He wanted me to go and get my hands dirty and find solutions to problems by myself, and then go back to him to discuss my results. Thanks to that freedom, I got to see how much fun wet lab work could be!
Would you recommend UROP to new students? What tips would you give them?
Absolutely. It's a smart move for students because they will gain an incredibly valuable experience. In my case, UROP allowed me to really understand the techniques in the lab, which helped me to do well on my Honours and afterwards to succeed in getting a PhD scholarship.
My tips would be, firstly, to throw yourself at it, take it with both hands and try to get yourself immersed in the lab as much as possible. Secondly, to learn from people working around you, even if it's just shadowing. Be curious about your research organisation and try to engage with peers. And finally, remember that you are not expected to know everything! So, don't be afraid to ask questions or get things wrong, and make sure you speak up if you don't understand something or if you need further clarification.
Would you like to become a supervisor?
Definitely! The questions and the energy that new students bring are so welcome in the lab. That energy feeds into what we are doing on a daily basis and makes the lab more fun. It's a very positive symbiotic relationship between the the lab and the students, we all benefit from UROP!
Read more about the Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program (UROP) here.


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Long ago I seemed to have prioritised knowledge over people. I chose to bury my head in studying rather than go through the minefield of socialising. Back in school I thought that if I mess up a social situation, that would permanently scar me and it would just be awful overall. There was such a message of permanence and finality from authority figures at school. Study or you will fail in your life. That was the message over and over.
Socialising when you are in school may be a minefield but you learn from it. Also the people you know at school, you are unlikely to see again when you graduate from school. I didn't know this back then. So for the past ten years I've tried to catch up on my social skills. Externally I can project a confident talker. Internally though I feel completely opposite. One cannot erase one's childhood experience or hope to inject experience into that void later on in life.
The fact that I've not been able to internally find a middle ground between these two states is very in-securing. I feel that no matter what goes with my outward projection, people won't know my internal self, which is opposite from my external. Therefore it feels like the interpretations people have of me are highly inaccurate. It feels like I'm putting my energies into projecting a lie and it seems pointless.
There's really no getting away from people is there? You can escape into your own worlds, or create some type of system for yourself, or lock yourself away but sooner or later you're going to have to deal with people. I got it so wrong when I was a kid. I thought knowledge would give me comfort. It's quite often the opposite. Knowledge is not much good if it's not related or connected with people.

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Archive for the 'remnant 53' Category
remnant 53: "'God damn it, you've got to be kind.'"
Eliot Rosewater in Kurt Vonnegut's God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater implores:
Go over to her shack, I guess. Sprinkles some water on the babies, say, "Hello, babies. Welcome to Earth. It's hot in the summer and cold in the winter. It's round and wet and crowded. At the outside, babies, you've got about a hundred years here. There's only one rule that I know of, babies—:
"God damn it, you've got to be kind." (p. 129)
the kindness school (beyond the archeology of white people, pt. 2)
it simply happened one day
when the teachers decided
enough was enough
all the boys with OCD
spent the day playing drums
or riding their bicycles
and the introverts sat quietly
smiling periodically in the corners
while the extroverts laughed and laughed
and soon the pleasures became many
as varied as the children themselves
until one day a child stood to proclaim
after reading Hamlet all on her own
"I say, we will have no more tests"
to which there was thunderous cheering
yes it seemed simple and obvious enough
the founding of the kindness school
with open doors and children singing


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The Ambler Gazette highlighted the Community Grants recently awarded by the Rotary Club of Ambler from the applications we received last summer and fall: Ambler Head Start, the Community Ambulance Association of Ambler, Fairwold Academy, Ambler Borough, the Mitzvah Circle Foundation, the Senior Adult Activities Center and WAC Cares.
We are now accepting applications for Community Grants to be awarded this spring/summer.
The basic criteria for grants distribution are the goals of helping 501 (C) 3 organizations or Governmental entities in the Greater Ambler area in some demonstrable way. The greater Ambler area includes Ambler, Lower Gwynedd, Whitpain and Upper Dublin Townships.
Funds will go toward funding specific projects. Grants should result in the improvement of quality of life in the community and touch as many people as possible.
Please visit the Community Grants page for more information and to make application for a grant.


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Upper Rideau Resorts, is located on Rt. 42 W, in Westport, Ontario, on the shore of Upper Rideau Lake. There is 500 feet of water frontage on 5 acres. Each cabin has a direct lake front view. The spacious grounds are surrounded by majestic shade trees and well groomed lawns, with a beautiful view of the lake and mountain area across the way from your screened in porch or bay window. Boating and water sports are easily accessible from your cabin doorstep. Swimming, tubing, water skiing, great fishing, and cruising the beautiful Lake Rideau system are all optional activities.
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Sometimes super cool people draw my dumb characters or make other things that I straight up do not deserve. Here's a page dedicated to everyone who has done that! It's organized by category and by artist! Thank you, guys! Even if it wasn't "fan art" or if it was a request, I'm still extremely excited and flattered you'd spend even a fraction of a second making something inspired by my stupid comic!! I love you all so, so much! Thank you!
PLEEEEEASE excuse the random order of the arts, when I used to get very little art, I just put them in order of artist! Also, if your amazing piece isn't up here, PLEASE YELL AT ME! I'll put it up super fast!
October 2018 Edit: After having lost track of the amount of works sent to me, I've stopped updating this page, but I seriously do cherish everything I recieve and save it all to my phone and computer!
My lovely waifu Epiale made a comic of Raul, Uni, and James sucking at surviving a zombie apocalypse. Uni and Raul are from her comic Catihorn, which is amazing and sexy and you should read it.
Elaine and Pegasus' murder marriage. Pegasus is another character from Catihorn.
Freaky-ass James headshot~!
James being 2SPOOKY4ME
Oh my god and then THIS CUTENESS EPI WHAT THE HELL IT'S ADORABLE
And that's about it as far as what Epi's done for me. She's awesome and I love her and everything she does for me, like, whoa ladyface, chill out. I haven't drawn nearly as much for you. Yet.
ArgyleFox of Indifferently Evil, My Silent, Violent Scream, and Here There Be Dwagons drew me my first full-color reader art EVER and I cried profusely. I love it. You are a lovely man, Argyle!
and ALSO A SUPER RAD PICTURE OF CLAUS AND GEORGE FROM ARGYLE YEEEAAAH
Once upon a time Van Husk I made an art request thread and I asked for a James and they complied with SIGNIFICANTLY MORE THAN EXPECTED. I love this so, so much, it's been my phone background ever since. Van Husk is the creator of Random Things for Random Beings on this site and it's super cute and you should give it a read when you have the chance!
My friend Natomi, who writes and illustrates the comic Taking Over Layen, drew up a James headshot and I screamed. She's also done a three-page crossover comic between TOL and Nightlight for Comic Fury's Pirate Prom Crossover Exchange which can be found here, here, and here. She also once drew him in a LiveStream, but I can't currently locate the picture. But when I do, it'll pop up here. Thank you, Natomi! I'm working on two things for you at this point in time! You're lovely~!
Night had a celebratory fan art request thread so I asked for a piece and she made this little cutie! Like, wow. James is ruining my life. Night is the creator of Experiments, which is really cool and has some SUPER RAD MONSTERS HOLY SHIT!
Night returns with a some cute as heck fluff of my James and Tolly :')
My friend Red Girl doodled a little crossover between Nightlight and their comic Those Who Travel, an Over the Garden Wall fan comic which I love. This is her character Berny, who is also a bat creature, meeting James and being heart-breakingly adorable. Those Who Travel is super great and Red Girl is one of my best friends ever and you should give it a look! I'm in the process of finishing fan art for it myself!
Red_Girl sent me this for Winter! Thank you again, babby, I died all over you via message~
Like, what do I even say about this, I love it so much.
The artist formerly known as Donkaccino Casscade sent me this AMAZING piece via PM and I screamed in the middle of a phone call. In the middle of a sentence. Oh my god. I love this. Casscade has a comic that has not yet updated, but I'm already intrigued!
the_quiller sent me this and IT'S ABSOLUTELY ADORABLE I' M DEAD. Quiller is the creator of Becoming Legend here on Comic Fury!
Matt Knab did a really neat Halloween Cosplay James and my god it's handsome and wonderful :'3
This is a rad portrait from my friend Leafa, who writes Art of Monsters and Breaking the Lore! Thank you, Leafa!
The above two are from my good buddy/beloved senpai ProfEtheric, and you're probably aware that he writes Autumn Bay.
Here's a blacklight James from my homie Darkus, the cool guy who makes Lambo! You know, the rad flash animated comic? read it!
Here's a beautiful piece by my friend Spelledeg! She does the incredible INTS: Black Gate. Lighting goals!
Here's something from joeyballast, the creator of Cato's Apprenticeship, which is gorgeous and heartwrenching and you need to read it. This was actually a request I didn't think would be fulfilled, but hey! Thanks, Joey!
This one is honestly like amazing, and it was done by my friend HeSerpenty who is also amazing, and she writes Serpents of Old, which is VERY AMAZING. This picture made me feel so hard, I think I cried.
This is a creepyass drawing of Victor from hykez, and there's an alternate version of this picture with Victor wearing a party hat. You're a sick man, hykez, and I appreciate the hell out of that.
This is a birthday gift from my girl Seabiscuit! Do I even have to mention that she does Wastelanders Anonymous? Everyone knows it. I love James in her style :'D
This is one cuteass birthday gift from NoiV, the homie who does the eternally sexy Secrets of the Afterlife. Look at this nerd in this suit. Omg.
These two FREAKING ADORABLE pictures are from my boy Jammy, the cutiepatoot behind Rocky and the Rifle and Five Kids at Freddy's. The same rad guy who voiced James and Elaine and even dressed as James for Halloween. You fantastic little overachiever. I love you.
Serpy made me another thing for my birthday and wow it's cute, thank you Serps <3
argylefox is a DANG SADIST AND MADE THIS JUMPSCARE ASS GIF THAT ACTUALLY MADE ME JUMP YOU GO CHAMP <3 <3 <3
And another creepy gif by ArgyleFox :'D
xianyu118, or Trad, or whatever his name is drew up a little James mugshot when I was participating in the Character Battle II as a part of a group of other characters. I love it so here it is! This guy does so many comics I can't even name them all!
One time James ran for president against Loup Noir and it ended exactly how you'd expect. LeRenardRoux drew their absurd debate. Luckily Jesus wasn't there to tell anyone to make Randall Terry gay. From the Comic Fury Madness Tournament!
From my friend Red Girl again, but this time it's an animation rig! They're an animation student over at SCAD and they're super talented and I can't wait to watch their cartoons someday!
Blockround made a shitty MSPaint drawing of Elaine in a request thread and it's extremely accurate and amazing. He does Cake Fish 88 which is also amazing.
Zartala had a sketch request thread in the style of their comic Eternity Complex and I asked for James. It's a super cute sketch! I later reread the thread in full and I think it was also a cameo request thread and I smacked myself for being flighty. :'D Thank you, Zartala!! Your comic is on my "To Read" list!!
My buddy Taily of Awkward Paws and I had an art trade and she made a very frightened Claus because she's a cool lady B)
Here's a super cute art from Amalockh1, the super spooky creator of the super spooky Armless Amy! It's James and his favortie meal!
Oooooh, DemonicPlant hooked me up with some rad shippy art of Claus and George~! The guys are cuties together, but alas! It will never be! Thank you, though, bab, it warmed my heart. C: DemonicPlant is the creator of the cute and colorful Rose Garden, of which the main character is a GUY OK!
My shiny, sparkly friend Rinkelle gifted me a shiny, sparkly Tolly for the holidays! She's so cute! Rinkelle is the magical mastermind behind Xenobiosis and Mnemosyne!
Oh man, here's an intimidating Elaine from the hella-talented Memoria Caelestie, the creator of the beautifully detailed Diexemor! Go check her comic out if you want to oggle at incredible scenery and intricate character designs!
My friend Moe/RockCandyAsylum sent me a super cute James drawing! Moe is the rad artist and writer of Nothing Important Happened Today, which is a good read with a colorful cast and snappy writing!
Here's Tolly from Shirokuro, looking sultry as heck. Shirokuro does the comic Shiro and Kuro, which is possibly the most romantically tense comic I've ever read.
These two were done by Revzet, creator of Epic Land and Paradox and I love her and I love them, aah
This is another one by Van Husk and it's so adorable, I can't handle it omg
HeSerpenty was doing headshots in celebration of Serpents of Old hitting 200 subs, and she did a Christine :D
Here's another from joeyballast, and it's also requested, but it's still great and I still love it and i'm still extremely grateful :D
from apocalypticnight again! it's so pretty!
gideonland made me this in a thread! it's so amazing! thank you!!
here's a really supercool piece from CallMeTom!! it's so well done and i love it so much !!
here's a lil cutie patoot from Van Husk I~!
Pip made some little video game sprites! makes me want to play an RPG
ServerPanda made this beautiful piece of art and wow i'm in love ;~;
from harajuku_Smittle, who makes sexy women and emailed me the entire script for Bee Movie
from cool rhiannon, who is cool and makes Bunny Gore Justice which is also cool and i love, please read it
from Vince the Stick, who makes Threshold, which is vaguely BDSM, so obviously i love it
from Agent Cheshire, who makes goodass art <3
from Leafa for a shipping exchange, Hui and Elaine go on a spooky date
azurextwilight and i did an art trade that also involved shipping and James got to third base
from Babble_ON, who does a lot of things i love, including Castle Hawkingspire, flexing, and being good at sex
from Van Husk I again, because we're buddies <3
Not Art But Still Rad!
So JammyTheWerewolf, creator of Five Kids at Freddy's, decided to be a glorious human being and voiced pages 2 and 3 of Nightlight so perfectly that I died several times. It's perfect and wonderful and exactly how I imagined my characters sounding. Thank you, Jammy! You're amazing! You can find the video here!
Another voicey thing: my girl Taily voiced Tolly! It's perfect and beautiful and you can listen to it right here!
AND ANOTHER VOICE THING! Prof did a voice over of Victor's dialogue and he made him sound way sexier than he deserves >:( Link is here!
Oh my god another voice thing. This one is a gift from Taily! She supports ProZD on Patreon and ended up getting him to voice James. That's here!
Believe it or not, I recieve fanfiction, so far all from Lilbluebox. Here they are!
"Best part of Christmas, if ya ask me."
He hadn't, but the confession doesn't come as a surprise. Tolly's fingers slip against his palm and urge his fingers to twist with hers as they walk down the suburban sidewalks in the dead of night, Christmas lights draped over greenery and twined around fenceposts and scattered into the forms of cute animal lawn decorations – and all James can do is nod because it's not like he doesn't agree (doesn't have any way not to agree; this is his first Christmas and he has no way of knowing if this is best or not), but Tolly's fingers are warm and small and firm and his throat will barely let him breathe, let alone talk.
So he doesn't. Instead, James just tightens his grip on her tiny hand and hopes that does the talking for him (Tolly smiles because she sees the dusky purple flush on his cheeks as they pass a streetlamp, and yeah, that's her Jamie.)
It's a stupid tradition, and it's a stupider plant, and trying to explain it to James is about as easy as passing Trig. "So..." James says, his forehead creased in confusion as he touches one of the white berries on the door decoration, "It's a parasite that forces people to kiss?"
"Nah." And Tolly wonders, not for the first time, how she gets into these situations. "It's a parasite fer the tree, and David's just an ass that likes ta pick on me."
James' hand goes back to his chest like the plant bit him and he shoots her a vaguely panicked look before both his hands disappear into the deep pockets of his coat – and she knows just how deep those suckers are. And how warm.
"I wouldn't -" James swallows. "I'd never kiss you because of a plant, Tolly. Not unless you wanted me to," he adds in almost a mumble.
Tolly grins, because she can't help it, because he's adorable and she loves him way too much to let him just sit there in awkward terror, and tugs him down by the lapel of his coat to press a dry, slightly chapped kiss to his cheek. A flush blooms beneath her lips and she almost, but not quite, laughs. "Look, tell ya what," she says, letting go of his coat and looping her arm through the crook of his elbow. "Lemme kill David first. Then we can have all the plant kisses ya want."
Sometimes it takes all Tolly has not to cry. The scar tissue webs across his body in angry ropes and vicious slivers, silver lines of pain and heartbreak that gouge far more than just skin and muscle. And she hates it, she hates how gray is broken without apology with white, how old hurts will never, ever fade away or be magically kissed better, no matter how often she tries. She hates how her Jamie, her beautiful, loving, sweet James has been shattered time and again, how his poor, bruised, battered heart feels in her hands, such a tender thing that he's decided to trust her with despite all common sense and history.
Sometimes Tolly touches his skin and wonders how he's managed to keep himself together this long, all broken pieces piercing his soft heart, and Jamie, Jamie, how has he lived so long with glue and bits of string desperately trying to tie himself together?
And sometimes Tolly gives in and cries anyway, when James is asleep and can't see, because someone should.


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Conrad W Allan discussed matte painting and talked a bit about the new service Matte Paint, which supplies a bunch of high-quality photos for game artists.
Conrad W Allan discussed matte painting and talked a bit about the new service Matte Paint, which supplies a bunch of high-quality photos for game artists.
As soon as I saw the professional matte painting workflow in film I realised how frustrating it was finding usable image reference. It's not just one issue too, it's a plethora: copyright, compression quality and resolution, lighting direction, the list goes on… and whether it's a skybox for a game or background for a film, finding images is a chore and a constant battle. So that's where the idea came from for the company; a solution to the problem.
Traditionally matte paintings were done by hand but nowadays it's all in Photoshop where we can mix photo's together and paint over where necessary. We also use a lot of projection techniques in Maya and Nuke. This is referred to as '2.5D' as it's a 2D image projected onto a 3D object and is a quick way of achieving parallax without rendering full 3D geo and lighting.
Matte Paint
As often as possible we shoot our content to create HDR's – so we take shots from -2EV to +2EV – without that range the whites or blacks in most images would be clamped. We also shoot panorama's as often as possible, even if the location doesn't immediately call for it we'll put a longer lens on and take a square pattern of 4 images just to have a higher resolution image available. It does mean we need a tonne of data space, a single image on the site can be built up of 50+ photo's, but it's definitely worth it.
We'll be adding new locations to the site every few months and we have a request system where our users can ask for, and vote on, locations they'd like more content from.
The first thing that springs to mind are skies. They're definitely one of the most useful for artists. There's a saying that you "can never have enough sky ref", and it really is true, they're notoriously difficult to paint and they're easy to pick out when used at the wrong angle, so having skies at different angles and elevations is very valuable. Any elevated view of a landscape, city or wide vista is going to be useful too.
Since we haven't launched we don't have any numbers on what is being downloaded the most but I suspect it'll be a pretty broad spectrum considering the array of people interested; we have people from professional games/film and marketing to hobbyists who are all excited about the launch.
When we travel our selectivity is pretty low, when you're in a part of the world you don't live it's far better to take too many images than too few, and often I've found myself using obscure images in my work that I didn't originally think would be useful – like a flower for a spaceship shot in Independence Day.
For the last 12 months I've been testing our library and have been exclusively using our images in freelance work and have been finding them a real joy to work with because of the RAW availability and the multiple exposures.
The 100: in the case of this shot, the client wanted a day and night scene of the matte painting. Because I had everything in RAW it was very easy to grade the image to a night shot. It took me 4 hours to grade the convert it painting instead of a couple of days!
Credit Packs are once off purchases which don't expire for 3 years, these are intended for artists who don't have a regular need for images. For those who do want regular usage, the subscriptions start at $108 per year and those accounts receive monthly credits with a 1 month rollover so unused credits aren't wasted. With a subscription you also gain access to the free downloads; everything is available at 1200px for free. That's also where the add-ons come in. We have two add-on packs, HD and UHD, and these will be available shortly after launch and will bump this free download up to 2200px and 4400px respectively. These are intended for film studios or full-time freelancers who minimum resolution requirements and will save a lot of money.
I think one of the benefits of this project taking so long is we've had the opportunity to revisit our pricing model over and over. What we've ended up with is a flexible system and scalable system which should work really nicely for our users.
We wanted to be accessible to all artists, not just professionals and studio so we kept our prices low and have been focusing on gathering high quality content and being valuable to a large audience. Our first subscription tier gets you a lot no matter your usage needs. A hobbyist might take full advantage of the unlimited 1200px downloads could carry them through most of their work. Small studios need higher resolution images so our high resolution HDR panorama images would be their focus… the sky shot below would be a typical purchase for a studio and cost anywhere from $100 to $1000 for a 16k image, but with our entry level subscription they're be able to get 2 of them at 20k each month!
Legal Questions
We do have a copyright agreement, but it boils down to "you may not directly resell our images" and that's just to protect our direct company assets from being used in competition. So if someone wants to create a piece of art and sell that, that's totally ok. The same goes for film, games, printed art, etc.


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The Lost Woods (JP) (Meanders Forest in the French version) is a recurring location in The Legend of Zelda series. It is a mysterious forest that causes unwary travelers to wander in circles endlessly. The forest splits into multiple paths, but only one way through the forest is correct, going the wrong way causes the player to eventually become lost sending them back to the forest's entrance. It is said that fairies inhabit the deepest regions of the forest.
The Legend of Zelda
The Lost Woods first appeared in the original The Legend of Zelda. Here the Lost Woods was a single-screen, repeating area filled with trees, with one path forming a cross. It required a certain pattern of directions (north, west, south, west) in order for the Link to pass through successfully. If the player did not know the correct pattern, they would be unable to reach western Hyrule without having to cross the river north of the large lake.
The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past
In A Link to the Past the Lost Woods is located in the northwestern section of Hyrule, directly north of Kakariko Village. Hidden in the deepest part of the woods is a shrine holding the legendary Master Sword. The forest is patrolled by several thieves, who won't hesitate to rob passersby of their rupees, should they come too close. The dark shadows of the trees are also good growing conditions for the Sleepy Mushroom, which can be given to the potion shop witch and turned into Magic Powder.
The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time
In Ocarina of Time, the Lost Woods is located in southeastern Hyrule. At the start of the game Link lives in Kokiri Forest, a part of the Lost Woods inhabited by the Kokiri. Early in the game, Link is sent by the Deku Tree to meet Princess Zelda and is forced to leave the forest, something the Kokiri believe they must never do. After meeting Princess Zelda for the first time he returns here to talk to his childhood friend Saria and is told she is playing her ocarina at "the usual spot" within the Lost Woods.
The entrance to the Lost Woods lies directly to the northwest of Kokiri Forest. The forest is navigated by following the sound of Saria's ocarina leading Link to the Sacred Forest Meadow where Saria teaches him her song. Taking a wrong path leads the player back to the entrance in Kokiri Forest. In addition to finding Saria, portals to Goron City and Zora's River also hidden within the Lost Woods providing a shortcut to those locations once Link has visited them first. There are also mini-games such as a shooting challenge, where players can win a Bullet Bag upgrade. Adjacent to this challenge, there are two friendly Skull Kids who play flutes. There are a few Business Scrubs located in three major places in the woods. Located in the northern portion of the woods is the Sacred Forest Meadow, which contains the Forest Temple.
According to local lore, anyone who gets lost in the forest will turn into a Stalfos (if Hylian) or a Skull Kid (if Kokiri). A Gossip Stone reveals that only Kokiri who have fairy partners may enter the forest and not become lost. In the Ocarina of Time manga, it tells of how the forest tricks human hearts into wandering the same paths over and over, and if the poor soul loses the sight of the exit, he or she will never return again.
The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask
Majora's Mask begins with Link traveling through the Lost Woods in search of Navi, when he encounters Skull Kid and falls into a portal to Termina.
The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess
While the Lost Woods is not mentioned by name in Twilight Princess, Faron Woods seems to be the same general location and the Lost Woods is heavily alluded to by the Sacred Grove. The grove plays Saria's Song as background music, is the home of a Skull Kid, and is easy to get lost in due to convoluted design and the lack of a map.
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The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening
In Link's Awakening, set on Koholint Island, the player had to go through the Mysterious Forest to find Marin's father Tarin who's been transformed into a raccoon.
The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask
In Majora's Mask, set in Termina, the Woods of Mystery can be found in the Southern Swamp. Like the Lost Woods it branches off into four pathways and sends the player back to the entrance if they take a wrong turn. The witch Koume went missing here while searching for mushrooms and her twin sister Kotake sends Link into the woods to find her. This time, Link is lead through by a monkey.
The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Seasons
In Oracle of Seasons, the country of Holodrum has it's own Lost Woods that serves as the location of the Noble Sword. Like the original Legend of Zelda this one features a cross shaped path with four pathways. This time however, Link is required to use the Rod of Seasons and change the time of year as well.
The Legend of Zelda: Wind Waker
Prior The Wind Waker, the Lost Woods was flooded by the gods along with the rest of Hyrule. The Forest Haven and Forbidden Woods are remnants of the Lost Woods.
|The Legend of Zelda locations
|Hyrule locations
|Eagle Labyrinth • Moon Labyrinth • Manji Labyrinth • Snake Labyrinth • Lizard Labyrinth • Dragon Labyrinth • Demon Labyrinth • Lion Labyrinth • Death Mountain Labyrinth
|The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past locations
| Light World
|Link's House • Secret Passage • Sanctuary • Graveyard • Haunted Grove • Kakariko Village • Kakariko Village Shop • Library • Lake Hylia • Lake Hylia Shop Cave • Wishing Well • Great Swamp • Desert of Mystery • Witch's Hut • Waterfall of Wishing • Zora's Lake • Zora's Waterfall • Death Mountain • Lost Woods
| Dark World
|Dark World Shield Shop • Pyramid of Power • Skeleton Forest • Skull Woods • Village of Outcasts • Lake of Ill Omen • Swamp of Evil • Misery Mire
| Light World
|Hyrule Castle • Eastern Palace • Desert Palace • Tower of Hera
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|Palace of Darkness • Swamp Palace • Skull Woods • Thieves' Town • Ice Palace • Misery Mire Palace • Turtle Rock • Ganon's Tower


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Excites Neo Sports Café family in the middle-weight segment
Playful ride on streets now starts from just Rs. 2.41 lac (Ex-showroom, pan India)
New Delhi, February 11, 2019: Delighting young explorers who seek fun in their daily ride, Honda Motorcycle & Scooter India Pvt. Ltd. today made its much-awaited entry into the growing middle-weight motorcycle segment with the launch of CB300R – its second Neo Sports Café offering in India.
Distilled performance yet easy to ride
The Neo-Sports Café family is Honda's ultra-modern minimalistic take on the timeless roadster design. CB300R is inspired by its powerful sibling CB 1000R Neo Sports Café which was originally showcased at the Tokyo Motor Show 2017.
Developed as the ultimate Sports Roadster to 'Transform mere travel into a playful ride', CB300R is pure fun to ride an absolute joy to own.
Elaborating on CB300R and Honda's plans in premium fun biking segment, Mr Minoru Kato, President and CEO, Honda Motorcycle & Scooter India Pvt. Ltd. said, "In 2018, Honda made a commitment of unleashing excitement in a new category. Now, we fulfil our commitment yet again with this iconic offering in the middle-weight segment of Neo Sports Café family. With a legacy spanning 4 continents, CB300R is the great introduction for new riders to brand Honda's engineering prowess, design philosophy and high build quality."
Delighted on the positive response for CB300R – Honda's third 'Make in India' model under CKD line-up, Mr Yadvinder Singh Guleria, Senior Vice President – Sales and Marketing, Honda Motorcycle and Scooter India Pvt. Ltd. said
"The all-new Neo Sports Café inspired CB300R is a breakthrough modern take on the classic roadster design. With strategic pricing of Rs. 2.41 lac (ex-showroom, pan India), Honda has put the spotlight on the growing middleweight category and motor enthusiasts across India have responded. In just 25 days since the start of bookings, CB300R is already booked for over 3 months based on our current production plan! Introduction of CB300R will debut the new premium Silver Wing-mark in India."
The bare-boned attitude that is the starting point: The style is deliberate reductions when it comes to CB300R. The styling 'language' is modern and minimalist, mixing café racer inspirations with a super-compact 'trapezoid' form.
It is the combined effect of the impressive design features that make the CB300R so complete and unique.
The blacked-out hardware – the engine and casings announce its aggressive character. Adding a sharp contrast to this are the brushed aluminium radiator shroud, premium finish parts of steel tubular frame and contrasting black with chrome underslung dual chamber exhaust that sweeps up on the rear.
Get ready to outshine others as all lights including indicators on CB300R are LED. The round metal rim headlight with its built-in horseshoe come armed with the signature two-bar light feature while the taillight is the thinnest ever to be mounted on a Honda motorcycle. The thin lightweight & fully digitalized LCD meter display provides speed, engine rpm, fuel level and gear position simply with warning lights arrayed across the top.
A fun ride that packs a punch: The free-revving 286cc DOHC 4-valve liquid cooled single cylinder engine with PGM-FI technology pulls smoothly in town and delivers strong performance on the highway too. The 2-room structure in the engine's interior increases acceleration efficiency while producing a powerful & aggressive engine sound.
The combination of torque output and lightest weight in the 300cc segment allows CB300R to gain the BEST IN CLASS Torque-to-Weight ratio.
The front 37.6 cm3 hubless floating disc and 30.0 cm3 rear floating disc are modulated by 2 channel ABS which works on FIRST IN CLASS Inertial Measurement Unit (IMU). The IMU action gives the uniform front to the rear distribution of ABS operation and maintains the stability of the vehicle even during sudden brake application.
Nimble and premium handling: Being a part of 'sport naked' family, CB300R surrenders to rider's control by centralizing the heavy parts near the centre of gravity. All of this offers a tuned rigidity balance ensuring outstanding feedback while riding.
Tipping the scales at just 147kg, CB300R is the LIGHTEST MOTORCYCLE IN ITS CATEGORY! This dark beast takes styling cues from its elder sibling the CB1000R with the promise of smooth handling. The brand new frame mixes pressed & tabular steel and is anchored by pressed steel swingarm pivot plates and swingarm deliver agile handling with stability. Complimenting this is the 41mm USD front forts. Making CB300R perfect for Indian roads are the fat bar-style handlebars with 40° radius, 2.3m turning radius, single rear shock with 5-step spring preload adjustment and compact 1344mm wheelbase.
Friendly for the first-timers: To reduce maintenance costs – an important factor for younger riders – the engine is also designed with the minimum number of moving parts. Details like the low-friction piston rings, high-density core radiator and iridium spark plug help increase fuel efficiency.
The all-new CB300R comes in two rich colours – Matte Axis Gray Metallic & Candy Chromosphere Red.
Representing good value for money that exceeds customer's expectation, CB300R is priced aggressively starting Rs 2.41 lacs (Ex-showroom, pan India). Bookings are open at the exclusive Wing World dealerships across India for Rs. 5,000 only with deliveries slated from March 2019 onwards.
For more details, please visit www.honda2wheelersindia.com.
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Hennessey Performance presented a project called Goliath 6x6.
The pickup will appear in the amount of 24 pieces — each novelty valued at $375,000.
For the first time about the 6-wheeled car became known in 2018, when the Texas atelier distributed renders of the future vehicle. Now it came to live snapshots and announcements of the start of sales.
The base of this pickup is the Chevrolet Silverado Trail Boss 2019 base. In addition to the additional bridge, there is a new rear suspension, an increased clearance of 203 mm, wheels by 20 inches and 37-inch off-road tires. We also highlight an improved cargo platform, a safety arc, an additional lighting unit, plus new bumpers.
The engine in a 6-wheeled car is a 715-hp V8 6.2 l with a power-driven supercharger and steel exhaust. To 100 km per hour, pickup accelerates in 4.5 seconds. Optionally, Hennessey proposes to improve the engine to the 819 "horses" by equipping it with Brembo brakes.


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Dude, a 5" screen device against your head is not a phone, its a mini microwave. Not to mention trying to fit the device in your pocket and not attracting unwanted attentions.
For note taking i find a qwerty keyboard, like my Bold, is very good if you don't like touchscreen. Do you really need a large screen for taking notes? You might want to breakdown the things you do with the device and how often. For example, in frequent functions can be done on a secondary device, like a netbook, so you don't have to carry it on you all the time.
The HTC Windows Mobile series devices, HTC HD Touch etc..., will offer close to what you need, except for 5" inch screen. btw, stylus and handwriting recognition are a thing of the past. Touch and muli-touch, and eventually gesture and voice based input, are all the rage now.
Dont let the marketing hype hit you too hard.... Both stylus and handwriting recognition are big movers in certain circles, just not the uninformed consumer market. How does touch and multi touch negate the need for those?


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In the most general terms, there are two types of investors – those who think they are failures and those who believe they can succeed.
Investors who believe they are failures will cling to index funds. They tell others that no one can beat the market and to try is futile. So, they settle for funds whose goal is to lose 50% or more in a bear market. This is shown in the chart below.
iShares S&P 500 Index Fund (NYSE: IVV) lost as much as the stock market in the bear market that ended in 2009. Investors who believe they are failures tell us that's nothing to worry about because the stock market always comes back. This statement ignores reality as the next chart shows.
The Nikkei 225 Index, a benchmark index tracking the stock market in Japan, has been in a bear market since 1989. Investors have spent 27 years waiting for the market to come back and they are still more than 40% below the highest high set in December 1989.
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Investors putting their hopes into index funds are following a theory known as the Efficient Market Hypothesis (EMH) which says the current price of a stock accurately incorporates all known information. Since prices are efficient, the theory argues, it is impossible to beat the market.
Under the EMH, index funds are the only investment that makes sense. Investors who believe "you can't beat them, so you might as well join them" give up on outperforming the market and accept that they could spend decades nursing losses.
A Nobel Prize Winner Proves You Can Beat the Market
This year's Nobel prize in Economics went to Dr. Richard Thaler who has done ground breaking work in behavioral economics. Thaler has proven that investors are not always rational and that they tend to make mistakes like overreacting to news.
Thaler has done more than write papers about behavioral economics. He also manages money using these ideas. His firm offers separately managed accounts and mutual funds. The firm manages more than $9 billion and has delivered impressive results.
Market beating performance of the firm's Undiscovered Managers Behavioral Value Fund (UBVLX) is shown below.
Thaler has also published a number of papers and books about his research. He has found that a number of patterns exist in the market. This is, of course, impossible if markets are efficient but no one in the academic community continues to argue that markets are completely efficient.
In the academic community, researchers like Thaler have found a number of anomalies to the EMH exist and these anomalies can be exploited to outperform the market. Firms that make billions of dollars managing index funds don't really publicize this research because it undermines their business model.
However, some index fund providers are introducing funds based on anomalies. They are offering indexes with tilts towards momentum, value, low volatility and other factors that have been shown to beat the market.
Individual Investors Can Beat the Market With Well Known Patterns
Momentum is among the most robust patterns that researchers have identified. Momentum simply refers to the performance of a stock over the recent past. For example, stocks that have outperformed the market over the past six months are likely to outperform over the next six months.
Likewise, stocks with low momentum are likely to see that pattern continue over the near term. So, stocks that lagged the market over the past six months are likely to continue underperforming in the next six months.
These are general tendencies and there will be stocks that move opposite to the general tendency. This is not proof that momentum works. This pattern is best when applied to a portfolio of stocks. This was demonstrated in a paper called "Value and Momentum Everywhere", an article published in The Journal of Finance.
In 2013, the researchers found, "consistent value and momentum return premia across eight diverse markets and asset classes…" and noted that "Global funding liquidity risk is a partial source of these patterns, which are identifiable only when examining value and momentum jointly across markets."
In other words, value and momentum work around the world. These are two patterns that are relatively easy to identify and could help investors beat the market.
Value can be measured in a number of ways. Researchers have found investors could use the price to book (P/B) ratio, the price to earnings (P/E) ratio, measures involving cash flow or profit margins, or a variety of other value metrics. They all work well in the long run for a portfolio of stocks.
Momentum is also robust and can be measured in a variety of ways. It can be calculated by looking back three months, six months or twelve months. The most recent month's performance can be ignored or over weighted. There are other ways and again, they all work well in the long run for portfolios of stocks.
Thaler has also found a number of recurring patterns in the stock market. He has written about seasonal anomalies.
In particular, Thaler has noted that stock prices tend to perform better in the month of January. This is especially true, he wrote, for small firms and for the stocks of companies that have not done well over the previous few years. He considers this to be a pattern that occurs at the turn of the year.
Thaler also wrote about what he called "abnormal returns" that occur around the turn of the week, the turn of the month and the turn of the day. All of these patterns could be the basis of a trading strategy. He also identified abnormal returns around holiday periods that could be profitable for traders.
Chart Patterns Can Also Boost Profits
Other researchers have found that traders who make trading decisions based on chart patterns could be profitable. One paper, "Head and Shoulders: Not Just a Flaky Pattern," was prepared by a team that included a Federal Reserve economist.
This paper identified the "patterns using an objective, computer-implemented algorithm based on criteria in published technical analysis manuals. The resulting profits, replicable in real-time, are then compared with the distribution of profits for 10,000 simulated series generated with the bootstrap technique under the null hypothesis of a random walk."
The paper was peer reviewed and published in the top ranked Economic Journal. The conclusion noted that "if one had speculated in all six currencies simultaneously, the profits would have been both statistically and economically significant."
Other research has shown that a variety of other chart patterns can be traded profitably. Despite the extensive research, some investors continue to argue that markets are efficient and it's impossible to beat the market using patterns.
This could be true for a number of investors. The research all assumes that patterns are followed with discipline.
The truth is many investors do not follow a disciplined approach. Many buy after a big run up and sell after a large decline. They miss the bull market by overreacting and blame the market rather than themselves.
Thaler has built his firm on the principle that investors will make mistakes. His process looks for those mistakes and profits from them. He believes there are two kinds of mistakes that produce buying opportunities: over-reaction and under-reaction.
Other investors may over-react to bad news and losses (e.g., panic). Or they may under-react to good news (e.g., not pay attention). These mistakes both produce patterns on charts that could be exploited for profits.
The Stock Trading Tips service, PPK System, is designed to exploit patterns associated with value and momentum, with overreaction and underreaction. You can learn more about this trading service by clicking here.


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Based on the principles of mechanics, consistency and then intensity, CrossFit Vashon Kids emphasizes good movement and BIG fun for all ages.
That's Broad-Inclusive-General fun:
- Increased knowledge of healthy habits
- Improved athleticism
- Boost to social skills
- Better school performance
- More confidence
Consistently good mechanics translate to physical literacy, enhanced sports performance and fewer sports injuries for children. Not only that, a vast body of research indicates that exercise is beneficial to cognitive function, which means consistent adherence to the program can have a positive impact on a child's academic growth.
Fun means we provide an active alternative to sedentary pursuits, which means less childhood obesity and all-around better health for our children.
Our program is scalable for any age or experience level and accounts for the varied maturation status found in a class full of youngsters. CrossFit Vashon Kids gives children a foundation of physical fitness to stay active throughout their lives.
Crossfit Vashon Kids Gym Rules
Each child's safety is paramount to the coaches, and with this focus, we need your help. Below are gym rules that we use as a CrossFit Vashon Community to protect our youngest members.
- Walk your children inside the building for the start of the class and come inside the building to pick them up.
- Bring your children to the designated area, where the coach will meet them and take them onto the gym floor for the day's class.
- Immediately notify the coach if you see anyone in the parking lot or the gym who does not belong there.
- Unless pre-arranged with the coach, the children are only allowed to leave with whoever drops them off or is listed on the registration form.
- Sign your child in and out with the coach so we can ensure they are going home with the appropriate person.
- We are an inclusive community and welcome all children regardless of shape, color, or gender identity. We will not tolerate intimidation or bullying
of any kind.
- Ensure your child has a bottle of water or a bottle that can be filled up at the water station. Remember to put your child's name on it!
- Ensure your children are wearing clothes appropriate for running, jumping, rolling, pulling, swinging, climbing, crawling, throwing, and being upside down — Eg, Crew-necked t-shirts, knee-length shorts or long pants, and closed-toed sneakers suitable for the gym.
- If you choose to stay and watch the class (and you are welcome!), please do not interrupt or coach your child.
- Crossfit Vashon Kids discipline policy:
First warning: Free of consequence.
Second warning: Sit out the first two minutes of the game.
Third warning: Go to the parent/sit out until the class is over.
Repeated issues may lead to the child being asked to leave the program.
- Finally, please make the coach aware of any special needs for your children that may facilitate their safety and learning.


text: If ABC activity appears to have been on the wane of late, it's not because they've gone into retirement. The four-piece have been touring their stage spectacular through Europe, Japan and America where "Lexicon Of Love" is doing very nicely. Characteristically, that's not all they've been up to. Julien Temple, who directed The Sex Pistols in their barn-storming movie The Great Rock And Roll Swindle, has been filming the group in concert as the basis of an hour-long feature called Mantrap that should appear at the end of April or early May as a video, TV special or cinema release (or maybe all three!) Wrapped around the live footage is an extremely weird tale which involved James Villiers, an actor who specialises in playing the typical, upper class toff. The story goes something like this: Villiers tricks Martin Fry into forming a band and becoming its singer. This make-believe ABC play in Paris, Rome and Prague where evil forces kidnap Martin and replace him with a Russian secret agent. From then on, as Julien wickedly quips, ABC's music is "controlled by the Kremlin". Temple also made the band's "Poison Arrow" video and "the poison lady" who appeared in that item has a major role in Mantrap. Her name? Lisa Vanderpumpe.


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Mobike, the dockless bike rental service, announced that it was withdrawing from the Manchester market this week, citing vandalism of bikes as a reason to depart the City. Cue much wringing of hands and the classic "this is why we can't have nice things." It's easy to point to the vandalism aspect, and to some extent there may be a point.
But Mobike's departure might be for more subtle, perhaps undisclosed reasons. When explaining to investors, it might be far easier to say that local vandalism is the cause than publicly saying that the business model was wrong and the marketplace didn't want the product. It's easier than saying than perhaps the product wasn't adequately marketed. Mobike's own Twitter account wasn't very lively and didn't garner many more followers than the author.
Mobike is huge in other countries, especially in China and in cities all over the world. But success in one location doesn't necessarily confirm the same in another. There are specific, unique place qualities to Manchester that don't match other cities – tight, small city centre that's easily walkable and relatively well-developed public transport system, including free buses around the city centre.
Beer mat maths by some commentators suggest that bike utilisation was extremely low and as a result, the returns that could have been made would not be there. Some vandalism to, and theft of bikes would not help in making the service reliable. Discussion of punitive effects of the gamification in the hiring of bikes (being penalised for traveling too far or parking the bike away from 'communal' Mobike parking locations) has been mentioned in why the idea never really took off. The bike design was also heavily criticised.
Mobike's short time in Manchester could well have been a beta test – testing the market to see of the product was appropriate. If that's the case, then all well and good. To publicly claim that vandalism is the reason is perhaps a little misleading (trains and buses are regularly vandalised everywhere). Mobikes are vandalised in other locations – indeed they are so cheap to manufacture and own that they are effectively a disposable commodity.
It didn't work out. Back to the Value Proposition Design Canvas, and rethink some of those customer jobs, pains and gains.
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text: Today someone asked me why I write and it took me back to when I first put pen to paper... When I was 20 I developed chronic fatigue syndrome. The illness meant I had to leave university, return home to live with my mum and leave my life behind. I was ill for three years.… Continue reading Day 2: Overcoming Adversity


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Georgia hosts 14 BSEC member countries at Radisson
On September 12-14, Radisson Blu Iveria Hotel served as the venue of international workshop on Innovative Entrepreneurship and Sustainable Development for Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs), which was held by Konrad Adenauer Foundation together with the Organization of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation (BSEC).The first day was open for the press. It was opened by Dr. Colin Durkop, Head of Konrad Adenauer Foundation office in Ankara, Turkey. "Innovative entrepreneurship and sustainable development have become major areas of interest for policy makers in the BSEC Region as a prerequisite for economic well-being. This international workshop brings together experts from all BSEC member countries to discuss ways and means of how to promote innovative entrepreneurship in the Region," he said.
First Deputy Minister of Economy and Sustainable Development Irakli Matkava, Permanent International Secretariat of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation as well as the representatives from Bulgaria, Germany, Romania, Hungary, Moldova, Serbia and Turkey participated in the opening part of the workshop. "I am very glad to welcome this workshop. Besides the local importance, this project has an importance of regional cooperation. Georgia is trying to be a good neighbor and partner to all the countries in the region and we are doing our best to strengthen all these relations. We also believe that the stronger our neighbors are, the stronger Georgia will be, so in that sense it is very important for us that the Black Sea region develops as quickly as possible. In that sense I want to say thanks to Permanent Secretariat of BSEC and Kornad Adenauer Foundation for organizing this event. We have on our agenda to facilitate the work of an entrepreneur, make it easier to start a business and make it easier to develop it. We have achieved quite a progress, for example, in terms of per capita rate of starting up new businesses. At the same time, though, the challenges are growing. So, in that sense, I think this particular workshop will contribute to all our efforts."
Giorgi Pertaia, President of Georgian National Investment Agency, said: "We have made several steps towards SMEs. We introduced the fixed tax; it is the only tax that SME shall pay; they are free from other taxes. The registration has become much easier. You can register your company in about two hours, while you have a cup of coffee. But we know that we should go further and there are a lot more things to do."
Dr. Colin Durkop, Head of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation office in Ankara, Turkey: "We have a long-term relationship with the Permanent Secretariat of Black Sea Economic Cooperation Organization, which is headquartered in Istanbul, Turkey. Jointly, we organize every year the conference on the topic of strengthening the small and medium-scale enterprises in the BSEC region. Each year, different member country is hosting it and this year, we chose Georgia. It is the second time here and it is particularly important because this year marks the 20th anniversary of the Black Sea economic Cooperation. This is a very auspicious occasion to have it here in a very dynamic city of Tbilisi, as you can see the developments when you come back here after quite a few years. I mean the new streets, buildings and quite a good state of affairs of economy. It is not perfect, but I see quite an improvement. It is important for the governments of BSEC region to create the framework conditions and good environment for the SMEs to prosper – this is their usual duty. We are here, the group of about 35 experts from all the BSEC countries. Half of them are representing the government sector, which are the policy makers, and the others are either entrepreneurs or the NGOs.
Dr. Canan Atilgan, Head of the South Caucasus office of Konrad Adenauer Foundation: "We have a regional program. We are based in Tbilisi, but we have offices in Baku and Yerevan. It's a program on political dialogue, which has national components but also regional components, so we try to strengthen the regional cooperation and collaboration. But while doing this, we notice that the European integration process is a very uniting issue for these three countries. So, in all these three countries there is an aspiration to approach the European structures. We are European institution, so we use our accesses for contributing to the integration questions. Of course, there is a technical integration part with association agreement and deep and comprehensive free-trade area, but what we do is enhancing the dialogue among the countries in the region and at the same time with the European counterparts on civil society level, on private level, on public level. Konrad Adenauer Foundation is globally active foundation with over 80 offices. We are just happy that this event takes place in Georgia. It's a symbolic year for BSEC. It's important for Georgia too as it is in just pre-election period. Georgia has a very dedicated foreign policy directed to European integration and for Georgia Black Sea region is more important than South Caucasus because the Black Sea is EU also, and in the BSEC council there are European Union member states. Georgia is still a transitional democracy, but I believe that it is on its way to overcome this period and become a sustainable democracy."
The representatives of Governmental and Non-governmental organizations from around 14 countries addressed the global challenges regarding the development of SMEs and presented the strategies of their countries in this regard.


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It is really impossible for me to believe that something as self-evident and clear as someone's earnest desire to end their relationship with their partner could be subject to approval or disapproval by a third party, be it a court or otherwise. So watching Uridu Hallan (I Want a Solution, 1975) by Said Marzouk, starring Faten Hamama and Rushdy Abaza, is an exercise in suspending my judgement, common sense and gag reflex.
Inspired by a true story publicized by journalist Hosn Shah, the idea for the film was championed by Hamama, who approached Marzouk as the director and wrote it together with him. The result, produced by cinema polymath and erstwhile police officer, Salah Zulfikar, is a character-based drama about the desperate attempts of Doreya (Hamama) to divorce her cheating, drunk and abusive husband, Medhat (Rushdy Abaza) while navigating the complex and draconian legal codes of Egypt's then personal status laws, issued in 1920 and amended in 1929.
Hamama, then 44, and Marzouk, then 35, clearly shared a political sensibility. Hamama's reputation for typically upper-class mannerisms and dress belied her politics, and she had recently returned to Egypt in 1971 after a self-imposed five-year exile, having said she was harassed in the 1960s after refusing to cooperate with the Egyptian intelligence service. She made a series of films that decade reflecting her sense of social commitment, such as Afwah we Araneb (Mouths and Rabbits, 1977), in which she plays a poor rural woman forced to marry to support her family, and La Azaa lil Sayydat (No Consolation for Women, 1979), which also deals with society's tolerance of a tyrannical husband's behavior.
I Want a Solution was Marzouk's third feature film. He had already distinguished himself with his take on Othello, Zawgaty w al-Kalb (My Wife and the Dog, 1971), and Makan lil Hub (A Place for Love, 1972), a love story set in the aftermath of the 1967 war in Suez, and would go to direct two of his most memorable films, Al-Muthnibun (The Guilty, 1975) and Hikaya Wara kol Bab (A Take Behind Every Door, 1979), also starring Hamama, both of which were concerned with showing the injustices women face in a traditional, patriarchal society.
The film starts with Doreya requesting divorce, and through flashbacks we understand that her ultra-traditional family saw marriage as a social transaction to rid themselves off the potential threat of a daughter dishonoring them. They put forward Medhat, a former diplomat of aristocratic background who was laid off when Gamal Abdel Nasser came to power, and suppressed her objections to his character. But the husband's villainy knows no bounds — indeed, it's one of the most malicious roles of Rushdy Abaza's career: He openly cheats on his wife, physically and verbally abuses her, and makes it clear that he sees her as part of the furniture. When confronted by Doreya's wish for divorce, Medhat's indignity is not just that he is being rejected by something he owns — the fact that his wife might want another man damages his sense of patriarchal control and domination.
As the law forbids a wife to request divorce except for very specific, mostly humiliating reasons, such as a husband's sexual inadequacy, perversity or lack of economic support, and as Doreya does not want to splash her personal life in front of an entire courthouse, she simple reasons that she can no longer stand living with her husband, and believes that should be reason enough for her to be granted a divorce by the court. Her insistence on ignoring the postulates of the law results in her case dragging on for years in Egypt's congested legal system, but her husband is not the least bit affected by this open legal battle, and goes on living his life as he always did.
The craning shots in the labyrinthine courthouse — which Marzouk shot on location — are one of the most technically remarkable features of the film, with the director spending weeks in courthouses observing real cases of divorce and alimony. In many instances we feel that Doreya is an extension of the camera, of Marzouk himself gazing unto the miseries unfolding in court: Women battered and abused, some suing for alimony, some divorced and kicked out onto the street. A particularly heartbreaking example in the film is Amina Rizq's famous cameo, where her husband divorces her and refuses to pay alimony. The camera snakes its way through the court's gloomy hallways, descending and ascending its spiral stairs, mirroring an architecture designed to dehumanize and oppress, as if Doreya is trapped in the serpentine halls and their unforgiving legal codes and procedures. Every time she steps into the courthouse, that vertiginous sense of helplessness overwhelms the screen, visually and psychologically.
Arguably the rest of the film doesn't hold up to these memorable courthouse scenes. The dialogue is sometimes borders on didactic, and the music is melodramatic. Aside from Doreya and Medhat, the characters are poorly developed and mostly result in token performances. Doreya's brother, an aspiring artist, is bland and gives bizarrely little reaction to his sister's plight. Her friends are frivolous and monotonous. The only other memorable characters are the minor characters that inhabit the netherworld of the courthouse, and indeed Marzouk is very sensitive in capturing moments where women are exploited or abused. He would have done well to expand on that ability to capture fleeting human suffering rather than give Doreya a backstory that takes over the entire film, which falters in contrast to the urgency of her own plight and that of others women living under such laws.
To his and Hamama's credit, the film did rouse a lot interest, and is considered one of the few films to influence Egypt's rigid, unyielding laws. Anwar Sadat's wife, Jehan al-Sadat — who had already proved politically ambitious and pushed for a state-sponsored agenda for law reform — is said to have been moved by the film, adopting the cause of amending the law and pushing for her husband to ratify the amendments while the Parliament was in recession in 1979. The personal status law, which became known as Jehan's Law, added articles stipulating the wife's right to divorce in the event that both sides fail to prove the other's culpability. It was struck down as unconstitutional in 1985, because the president had not presented the law to Parliament after it reconvened its sessions, and replaced by the very similar Law 100/1985. Jehan's law was effectively a precursor to the 2000 khula law, which is still in effect today and grants women the right to demand a "no-fault" divorce, provided they forfeit their right to their alimony and dowry.


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any cheats for this game?
Nope thare aint but heres a glitch
1# Get 99 lives on world 2 level 3 i think you have to be mario and the turtles coming down the steps at the end jump on it when he's on the third whne he is on the second stay on first than jump on him if you do right relax and watch 1Ups
2# when you get to the next level you will not have hat till yu die lol!
Nope just glitches
nope, theres only glitches. go on youtube.com if you wanna learn some...
there are cheats that i know but it ruins the fun of mario
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Shirley Ryan, 90, passed away on November 5, 2017 in Sanford, Florida. She was born on March 31, 1927 in Hueytown, Alabama to Marvin and Eunice Cason. Throughout her life Shirley found her greatest joy in music and singing. She loved performing and said she was "always the happiest when the music is playing".
Shirley is pre-deceased by her husband of 56 years Billy B. Ryan Sr., her son Billy B. Ryan Jr. and sisters Marian (Suggie) Cason and Wilma Cason Parks. She leaves behind her sons Ronald L. Ryan (Lori) and Richard C. Ryan, her grandchildren Melissa Ryan Worth, Amanda Ryan Kirkland, Cason Ryan and Gregory Ryan along with her sisters Mary Lou Cason Hood and Flo Cason Brown (Larry). Shirley also leaves behind her 9 great-grandchildren, her fiance of 10 years Peter Durante and many other family members and friends who will miss her dearly.
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"It's just something that I have wanted to do," said junior Beau Jordan of participating in the 2019 Variety Show. "I have always dome piano stuff in the past, but every year I try and come up with something 'One-up' from the one I did last year."
Jordan said the way he would 'one up' from last year, with just a piano solo, would be to add his voice along with the piano this time. And when he was going to audition, he had changed the song choice an hour before he was supposed to go on stage.
"Singing in front of people is something I have not done in the past, so I was a little surprised. And I was very relieved because I was so stressed out about it leading up to it [the audition]," said Jordan.
Jordan said he was very excited about the show.
"I am hoping for a good reaction, but I am just excited to see what they think," said Jordan. He got that good reaction from the audience.
Another act included in the show is dancing, and with seven different dances happening, senior Johnny Xiong is delighted and grateful for having this moment on stage for a Thai dance, when this is his last year in high school.
"I was thinking since it is my final year here, senior year, I was thinking that I wanted to participate and do something with the show, rather than just sitting back and do nothing about it," said Xiong.
For the idea of the dance, Xiong and some friends met in January to prepare for the dance audition, and they worked together to make the steps and moves for it, along with thinking of some of the costume work.
Throughout the year, some of the dancers' schedules became hectic and busy, making it hard to practice a lot and get together.
"My friends and I are board members of the club YLA, and we were busy doing YLA during those few months. And we couldn't get our dance done because we were busy doing YLA stuff," said Xiong.
With all of the hectic schedules and meetings for YLA, Xiong said they were still able to put the dance together, audition for it, and get selected to perform at the Variety Show. And the whole group feels confident in the dance.
"I was really excited," said Xiong of the audition. "I felt like I wasn't confident in myself, and now I feel like I can think positive, because we worked so hard for it."
Talent comes in all shapes and colors, anything from singing, dancing, and even rocking out with an ensemble of instruments. The D.C Everest Variety Show is the place for students to show off their skills and be proud of what they can do.


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