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By: Mór Jókai (1825-1904)
Tales from Jókai
Móric Jókay de Ásva, known as Mór Jókai or Maurus Jokai, was a Hungarian dramatist and novelist. He was a very prolific writer from an early age and wrote hundreds of novels, novellas, and short stories in his lifetime. The nine stories in this selection tell about hard times in Eastern Europe, especially in Hungary (Jokai was involved in the Hungarian uprising of 1848), as well as of ancient superstitions and folk lore. In the novella "The City of the Beast", Jokai gives his version of the sinking of Atlantis.
By: Robert Hugh Benson (1871-1914)
Come Rack! Come Rope!
Come Rack! Come Rope! is a historical novel by the English priest and writer Robert Hugh Benson, a convert to Catholicism from Anglicanism. Set in Derbyshire at the time of the Elizabethan persecution of Catholics, when being or harboring a priest was considered treason and was punishable with death, it tells the story of two young lovers who give up their chance of happiness together, choosing instead to face imprisonment and martyrdom, so that "God's will" may be done.The book was written nearly nine years after Benson's reception into the Catholic Church...
By: Alfred de Musset (1810-1857)
The Confession of a Child of the Century
In this autobiographic novel, an aging man reflects on his past. We are witness to the relationships he has along the way, his mistakes, and finally- in the most unexpected and honorable way- the sudden developement of his belief in god.
By: Benjamin Disraeli (1804-1881)
|Alroy The Prince Of The Captivity
By: William MacLeod Raine (1871-1954)
|A Daughter of Raasay A Tale of the '45
By: Burton Egbert Stevenson (1872-1962)
|A Soldier of Virginia
By: Mary Elizabeth Braddon (1835-1915)
The Doctor's Wife
This is one of the Victorian "Sensationist" Mary Elizabeth Braddon's many novels (best known among them: "Lady Audley's Secret"). It is extremely well written, fluid, humorous and, in places, self-mocking: one of the main characters is a Sensation Author. The motifs of the-woman-with-a-secret, adultery, and death are classic "sensationist" material. Yet this is also a self-consciously serious work of literature, taking on various social themes of the day. Specifically, Braddon presents...
By: Rex Beach (1877-1949)
The Spoilers
MANUAL OF SURGERY, OXFORD MEDICAL PUBLICATIONSBY ALEXIS THOMSON, F.R.C.S.Ed.PREFACE TO SIXTH EDITION Much has happened since this Manual was last revised, and many surgical lessons have been learned in the hard school of war. Some may yet have to be unlearned, and others have but little bearing on the problems presented to the civilian surgeon. Save in its broadest principles, the surgery of warfare is a thing apart from the general surgery of civil life, and the exhaustive literature now available on every aspect of it makes it unnecessary that it should receive detailed consideration in a manual for students...
By: George Washington Cable (1844-1925)
|The Grandissimes
Bonaventure, A Prose Pastoral of Acadian Louisiana
This is a gentle, delightful story of life and love on the bayoux of Acadian Louisiana during the latter half of the 19th century. Bonaventure is a Creole raised among the Acadians. He loves learning, and through his calling as a teacher, and his own unique force of character, comes to have a lasting effect on the people around him. A word of warning: This story has occasional references to Jews and African Americans that the modern mind finds offensive. They are retained here in the interest of preserving the original text.
By: Byron A. Dunn (1842-1926)
Raiding with Morgan
It is a fictional tale of cavalry actions during the U.S. Civil War, under General John Morgan.
By: Maria Edgeworth (1768-1849)
|Castle Rackrent
By: Harriet Martineau (1802-1876)
|The Hour and the Man, An Historical Romance
By: Richard D. Blackmore (1825-1900)
|Lorna Doone A Romance of Exmoor
By: William Henry Pope Jarvis (1876-1944)
The Great Gold Rush: A Tale of the Klondike
Canadian journalist William Jarvis' gently fictionalized work recounts many of the countless fascinating tales of the Klondike Gold Rush in Canada's Yukon. (Introduction by Cathy Barratt)
By: William Wells Brown (1814-1884)
Clotel, or, The President's Daughter
Clotel; or, The President's Daughter is a novel by William Wells Brown (1815-84), a fugitive from slavery and abolitionist and was published in London, England in December 1853. It is often considered the first African-American novel. This novel focuses on the difficult lives of mulattoes in America and the "degraded and immoral condition of the relation of master and slave in the USA" (Brown). It is about the tragic lives of Currer, Althesea, and Clotel. In the novel, Currer is the former mulatto mistress of President Thomas Jefferson who together have two daughters, Althesea and Clotel...
By: Émile Gaboriau (1832-1873)
Monsieur Lecoq: The Inquiry
Monsieur Lecoq is a captivating mystery, historical and love story : Around 11 o'clock, on the evening of Shrove Sunday 18.., close to the old Barrière d'Italie, frightful cries, coming from Mother Chupin's drinking-shop, are heard by a party of detectives led by Inspector Gévrol. The squad runs up to it. A triple murder has just been committed. The murderer is caught on the premises. Despite Gévrol's opinion that four scoundrels encountered each other in this vile den, that they began to quarrel, that one of them had a revolver and killed the others, Lecoq, a young police agent, suspects a great mystery...
By: Agnes C. Laut (1871-1936)
|Lords of the North
|Heralds of Empire Being the Story of One Ramsay Stanhope, Lieutenant to Pierre Radisson in the Northern Fur Trade
By: William Carleton (1794-1869)
The Black Prophet - A Tale of Irish Famine
A story about the Irish, just before the onset of the famine of 1847, with all the color and dialogue of a man who lived it.
By: Henry Lawson (1867-1922)
|Joe Wilson and His Mates
By: Harold L. Goodwin (1914-1990)
Caves of Fear
Entry in the Rick Brant series by Goodwin under the name John Blaine, which began in 1947. 'Rick and Scotty travel to the Himalayas again, this time to stop nuclear materials from falling into the wrong hands.' says Wikipedia.
By: Charles Alexander Eastman (1858-1939)
Indian Child Life
The author was raised as an American Indian and describes what it was like to be an Indian boy (the first 7 chapters) and an Indian Girl (the last 7 chapters). This is very different from the slanted way the white man tried to picture them as 'savages' and 'brutes.'Quote: Dear Children:—You will like to know that the man who wrote these true stories is himself one of the people he describes so pleasantly and so lovingly for you. He hopes that when you have finished this book, the Indians will seem to you very real and very friendly...
By: Elinor Glyn (1864-1943)
|Beyond The Rocks A Love Story
By: Charles Reade (1814-1884)
|The Cloister and the Hearth
By: H. C. Bailey (1878-1961)
Colonel Greatheart
This is an unusual story of the English Civil War. There is a good account of the Battle of Newbury, and many historic figures appear: Cromwell (very prominent), Ireton, Prince Rupert, Charles I, Fairfax, and Lambert. The setting for this tale of men and arms is taken from the stirring days of the Bavaliers and the Roundheads, of Puritans and the so-called malignants; but the machines of war are rather in the background, while in the spotlight is a witching woman, a conqueror of hearts and a marker of destinies. The story tells of a woman's ambition that "urges valiant men to perilous deeds".
By: Edward Everett Hale (1822-1909)
|The Man Without a Country and Other Tales
Man Without A Country And Other Tales
Edward Everett Hale (1822 – 1909) was an American author, historian and Unitarian clergyman. Hale first came to notice as a writer in 1859, when he contributed the short story "My Double and How He Undid Me" to the Atlantic Monthly. He soon published other stories in the same periodical. His best known work was "The Man Without a Country", published in the Atlantic in 1863 and intended to strengthen support in the Civil War for the Union cause in the North. Though the story is set in the early 19th century, it is an allegory about the upheaval of the American Civil War...
By: Amelia E. Barr (1831-1919)
Maid of Maiden Lane
The Maid of Maiden lane is a wonderful love story in which Mrs. Barr intertwines the hot political and social issues that were occurring in America during the last decade of the 18th century with an excellent love story plot. Some of those issues include: the moral dilemma and debate over the French Revolution, and how that event touched the lives of the immigrants in America; the prejudices between the immigrants from England, and those from France or Holland, and how those animosities affected the ordinary lives of the people; and the political debate over titles, foreign policy, and such things(for example)as where the capital of the nation was to reside, New York or Philadelphia...
By: Charles Waddell Chesnutt (1858-1932)
The Marrow of Tradition
In The Marrow of Tradition, Charles W. Chesnutt--using the 1898 Wilmington, North Carolina massacre as a backdrop--probes and exposes the raw nerves and internal machinery of racism in the post-Reconstruction-era South; explores how miscegenation, caste, gender and the idea of white supremacy informed Jim Crow laws; and unflinchingly revisits the most brutal of terror tactics, mob lynchings. (Introduction by James K. White)
By: A.P. Herbert (1890-1971)
The Secret Battle
Like many soldiers at the beginning of their military careers, Harry Penrose has romantic ideas of climbing the ranks and attaining hero status. However, while stationed at Gallipoli, the realities of war begin to take their toll on Penrose, not only physically, but also mentally where the war has become a 'battle of the mind.' This is his story as related by a fellow soldier, as well as the story of the campaign at Gallipoli which is vividly portrayed from the author's own personal experiences.During his tenure as an officer, Penrose slowly asserts himself; the war takes a toll on his personality, but he begins to live up to his early dreams of heroism...
By: S. Weir Mitchell (1829-1914)
|A Diplomatic Adventure
By: Mary Esther Miller MacGregor (1876-1961)
Black-Bearded Barbarian
A fictionalized biography of George Mackay (1844-1901), an influential Presbyterian missionary in northern Taiwan.
By: Basil King (1859-1928)
Wild Olive
Norrie Ford, having been unfairly convicted of murder, has escaped. A lucky chance finds him being rescued by a mysterious girl (the Wild Olive of the title), who sets him up with a new life under a new name in Argentina. He makes such a success of his time there that he is posted back to New York by the company he works for – but not before he has become engaged to be married. Back in New York, he meets up again with the Wild Olive . . .
By: Mary Jane Holmes (1828-1907)
Tempest and Sunshine
Tempest and Sunshine is the first book written by Mary Jane Holmes. Set in the pre-Civil War south, it follows the struggles and romances of two sisters, as different as night and day; blonde Fanny and dark haired Julia. (Introduction by jedopi)
By: Robert Henry Newell (1836-1901)
The Orpheus C. Kerr Papers
These are a collection of humorous "letters" written by a fictional character to a relation in the north during the Civil War. They were published regularly in the New York Mercury Sunday newspaper for the four years of the war. In the letters, Newell pokes fun at northern generals, politicians, and has hard things to say about southerners. Although Newell is rarely serious, I imagine the letters reflect the bitterness and frustration of many northerners at the time. (Introduction by Margaret)
By: John Fox (1863-1919)
|The Little Shepherd of Kingdom Come
By: Francis Lynde (1856-1930)
|The Master of Appleby A Novel Tale Concerning Itself in Part with the Great Struggle in the Two Carolinas; but Chiefly with the Adventures Therein of Two Gentlemen Who Loved One and the Same Lady
By: Thomas Dixon, Jr. (1864-1946)
Clansman, An Historical Romance of the Ku Klux Klan
The second book in a trilogy of the Reconstruction era - The Leopard's Spots (1902), The Clansman (1905), and The Traitor (1907), this novel was the basis for the 1915 silent movie classic, "The Birth Of A Nation". Within a fictional story, it records Dixon's understanding of the origins of the first Ku Klux Klan (his uncle was a Grand Titan during Dixon's childhood), recounting why white southerners' began staging vigilante responses to the savage personal insults, political injustices and social cruelties heaped upon them during Reconstruction...
By: Thomas Dixon (1864-1946)
|The Victim A romance of the Real Jefferson Davis
By: Charles Watts Whistler (1856-1913)
Havelok the Dane: A Legend of Old Grimsby and Lincoln
Troy, Athens, Rome... each has its founding legend. So too does the Lincolnshire town of Grimsby, once the largest fishing port in the world. Havelok the Dane probably derives from a folk-tale, orally passed down before assuming written form - first in Anglo-Norman French, later in Middle English verse (c. 1280-1300). It tells of the rescue of the Danish prince from a wicked regent, who has tried to procure Havelok's murder. Grim the fisher, the appointed hit-man, thwarts the plan by spiriting the lad to England, where Grim settles with his family on the coast, adopting Havelok as his foster-son and naming the new community after himself...
By: Hugh Walpole (1884-1941)
Sir Hugh Seymour Walpole, CBE (1884 – 1941) was an English novelist. He was the son of an Anglican clergyman, intended for a career in the church but drawn instead to writing. Among those who encouraged him were the authors Henry James and Arnold Bennett. His skill at scene-setting, vivid plots, and high profile as a lecturer brought him a large readership in the United Kingdom and North America. He was a best-selling author in the 1920s and 1930s, but has been largely neglected since his death...
|The Dark Forest
By: Stanley John Weyman (1855-1928)
|A Gentleman of France
|In Kings' Byways
|The Long Night
By: Emily Sarah Holt (1836-1893)
|The White Lady of Hazelwood A Tale of the Fourteenth Century
|Earl Hubert's Daughter The Polishing of the Pearl - A Tale of the 13th Century
|One Snowy Night Long ago at Oxford
|Clare Avery A Story of the Spanish Armada
|The King's Daughters
|In Convent Walls The Story of the Despensers
|It Might Have Been The Story of the Gunpowder Plot
|All's Well Alice's Victory
|For the Master's Sake A Story of the Days of Queen Mary
|Joyce Morrell's Harvest The Annals of Selwick Hall
|The Well in the Desert An Old Legend of the House of Arundel
|Robin Tremayne A Story of the Marian Persecution
|The Gold that Glitters The Mistakes of Jenny Lavender
|Our Little Lady Six Hundred Years Ago


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Borderline Knowing: (Re)Valuing Borderline Personality Disorder as (Counter) Knowledge
Borderline Knowing: (Re)Valuing Borderline Personality Disorder as (Counter) Knowledge
Subject(s): Philosophy, Social Sciences, Gender Studies, Ethics / Practical Philosophy, Culture and social structure , Neuropsychology, Personality Psychology, Psychology of Self, Clinical psychology, Psychoanalysis, Social differentiation, Social Theory, Health and medicine and law, Social Norms / Social Control
Published by: Universitatea Petrol-Gaze din Ploieşti
Keywords: Borderline Personality Disorder; temporality; subjugated knowledge; standpoint theory; trauma; feminist psychiatric disability theory; queer time; epistemology;
Summary/Abstract: This article explores Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) as an epistemic standpoint defiant of dominant Western knowledge frameworks, which are (supposedly) rational, objective and linear. I engage with feminist, critical psychiatry and Mad critiques of BPD as a medicalization of trauma and ameliorate these critiques by engaging BPD as both a psychiatric diagnosis and as a (non-pathological) response to traumatic experiences. I conceptualize the 'borderline standpoint' as a subversive epistemology and examine the capacity of queer-crip temporalities to meaningfully engage with the borderline standpoint, arguing that a framework of queer time is useful insofar as trauma (and borderline knowing) are necessarily nonlinear. Ultimately, I employ concepts of queer-crip time, including the works of Alison Kafer and Elizabeth Freeman, to open new avenues of engagement with the 'ugly' affect of borderline and to embark on a maddening epistemological project.
Journal: Word and Text, A Journal of Literary Studies and Linguistics
- Issue Year: VIII/2018
- Issue No: 01
- Page Range: 77-92
- Page Count: 16
- Language: English
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Short Story The Mail Run (Runner Up Let's Talk Magazine Short Story Competition 2015)
There is a muffled whirring sound like a bee stuck in a glass and the left hand propeller of the American Mitchell bomber jerks a quarter of a turn, stops, and then jerks another quarter. The bomber grunts like a prize fighter before bellowing into life. The pilot starts the second engine and the noise echoes across the Suffolk airfield scaring a flock of crows out of the nearby trees. Despite the warmth of the summer's day Guy is wearing a thick wool lined leather flying jacket over his RAF blue and his hands are shaking. He settles his tall, thin frame down into the cramped space behind the pilots and carefully bends his artificial leg into the sitting position. He stows the briefcase of documents he has to deliver behind his seat.
'Comfortable?' The Captain asks, his Texan drawl sounding in Guy's headset over the racket of the rapidly warming engines. He is a big solid man and an experienced pilot even though he is still only in his late twenties.
'Welcome to American Army Airways,' Al the co pilot cuts in. 'Sorry there's no tea.'
Al's accent is softer; he is from Boston and has a thatch of straw like blonde hair and a wide grin that wins over the girls at all the dances.
Guy nervously holds up a thumb hoping Al does not notice the tremor in his hand.


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January 2018 Commercial Newsletter
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Here's What We Can Predict in Commercial Real Estate in 2018
With the New Year now being here, everyone would like to know what the future will hold for us within commercial real estate in 2018. But while we don't have the crystal ball, commercial real estate industry news resource GlobeSt.com recently sat down and interviewed Situs RERC President Ken Riggs on what we can expect in 2018, and here's what he said…
After discussing this subject with many valuation experts in the industry, Ken concluded that "Eighty percent of those surveyed said CRE values would remain the same in 2018, while 20% predicted they will increase by 1%."
This is good news for those wondering if there might be an economic downturn coming, but such a downturn is not something that is, generally speaking, on many people's radar screens right now.
Property values seem to be firm, the economy has been doing good, and good financing continues to be available, all of which are good indicators for our future within commercial real estate.
However, there is one indicator that does deserve to be looked at, and this is the fact that in many areas commercial real estate prices have now stabilized and are not continuing to rise as they had been.
While on the surface some may respond to this by saying, "So what?", in reality, when we look at what has happened in previous economic downturns, this price stabilization and seeing buyers no longer being willing to pay tomorrow's price today has been an indication that a change is in progress…and that we're more likely to experience a downturn at some point before we experience prices rising substantially once again.
Lenders seem to be confident right now in giving loans, and this is a very good sign. This is because when property can be purchased with both good leverage and at reasonable interest rates, this helps to support overall property values, as more people can still get good financing, keeping them in the market, and keeping them interested in buying more property.
So in putting all of this together, as we begin transitioning into 2018 a good term for us to be operating under could be "cautious optimism". Keep looking for more opportunities, but always make wise, intelligent decisions based upon sound fundamentals.
CRE Industry Groups Applaud Outcome of Tax Bill
CoStar RANDYL DRUMMER December 20,2017
Late changes to the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, the first major overhaul of the U.S. tax code in more than 30 years, further sweetened a deal already loaded with benefits for commercial property owners as earlier concerns gave way to full-throated praise for the final bill Wednesday by groups from virtually every corner of the CRE industry.
The Republican-controlled U.S. House of Representatives gave final approval to the $1.5 trillion legislation Wednesday, sending the bill to President Donald Trump for his signature. The Senate passed the bill by a partisan vote of 51-48 in the early hours, and the House followed suit by approving it for the second time in two days after a procedural mishap forced another vote.
The legislation, which groups including NAIOP and Real Estate Roundtable lauded as "an important victory" in providing an economic boost for the industry, includes such key benefits for commercial property owners as a 20% deduction for income from passthrough entities and partnerships, along with a reduced depreciation schedule for nonresidential properties from 39 years to 25 years, which will allow investors to realize tax benefits on property acquisitions more quickly.
Much of the upside, however, is focused on what will not change in the tax code. The legislation preserves the sale of property through likekind 1031 tax exchanges. The bill retains and broadens the favorable capital gains tax treatment for carried interest, and contains an exemption for real estate businesses on interest deductibility restrictions.
Further, the legislation fallows for full and immediate expensing of business assets and capital expenditures, which is intended to incentivize property owners and investors to modernize and upgrade properties.
A complex and last-minute change in the provisions for sole proprietorships, S-corporations and other entities, which pass their income through to their owners and who pay tax at their individual income tax rates, helped seal the deal for recalcitrant lawmakers as Sen. Bob Corker, the Tennessee Republican who ultimately backed the bill he once opposed following the changes to the pass-through provisions in the legislation.
The bill allows pass-through entities making less than $157,500 ($315,000 for married couples) to take a flat 20% deduction on certain business income before computing the ordinary income tax they would owe. For taxpayers making above that amount but less than $207,500, or $415,000 for married couples, the deduction is gradually phased out.
The late change, through a complex set of rules and calculations, effectively broadens the pool of entities and individuals that will benefit from the 20% deduction. The change is particularly beneficial to owners with few employees but make use of significant leverage for capital investments in depreciable property like buildings and equipment, Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP attorney Michael Kosnitzky said.
Brushing aside concerns that the new tax bill is projected to add around $1.4 trillion to the deficit over a decade, supporters claim the bill will spark enough economic growth to bring down the total shortfall. Although by most independent estimates, the national deficit would still increase by approximately $1 trillion under the best possible outcome.
In a statement of supporting the new legislation, Real Estate Roundtable President and CEO Jeffrey DeBoer said the new tax bill will strengthen the economy and spur broad-based growth by reducing barriers to private capital formation and business investment.
"The legislation will also allow our industry to put more people to work modernizing and improving existing properties such as office buildings, shopping centers, apartments and industrial properties," DeBoer said, adding that the legislation decreases the tax burden on all jobcreating business entities, not just C corporations.
From the apartment and hotel sectors to groups representing the interests of capital markets and historic preservationists, reaction across the CRE industry was swift and almost universally positive.
The National Multifamily Housing Council and the National Apartment Association said the priorities of the apartment industry were largely addressed in the final bill, which "will help the multifamily industry meet growing demand to build 4.6 million new units by 2030."
In a joint statement, the American Hotel & Lodging Association (AHLA) and Asian American Hotel Owners Association (AAHOA) said the tax cuts will allow the hotel industry to grow and create more jobs.
"For the past three decades, hoteliers have endured the crushing burden of perpetually increasing tax obligations that stifled growth and job creation," AAHOA President and CEO Chip Rogers said in a statement on the new tax bill. "This substantial reformation of the tax code presents hoteliers with the opportunity to reinvest in their properties, increase employee wages, develop new businesses and create new jobs."
The final draft even managed to preserve the Federal Historic Tax credit at 20% following proposals that the credit be scrapped or downsized, which had alarmed some developers and preservationists.
"The inclusion of the historic tax credit as part of the most expansive overhaul of our nation's tax code in more than three decades is a reaffirmation that reviving older and historic buildings is sound federal policy and good for the nation," said Stephanie K. Meeks, president and CEO of the National Trust for Historic Preservation.


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Sabina is about smooth and relaxed living, at your own pace, in your own way. Surrounded by elegance and tranquility, living at Sabina is an experience that is unparalleled anywhere else in El Gouna. Whether you're looking for privacy, or you want to be in the middle of it all, Sabina gives you the choice. Overlooking the breathtaking lagoons and El Gouna's 18-hole championship golf course, one is surrounded by both greenery and the water, making for a beautiful experience all year round.
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Dark Yugi and Dark Bakura faced each other in a game of Duel Monsters in the first Battle City quarterfinal, in the Yu-Gi-Oh! manga.
Dark Bakura operated, partly in allegiance with Marik Ishtar, in an attempt to win "Slifer the Sky Dragon" from Dark Yugi. On the final turn, Marik put Dark Bakura's host, Ryo Bakura, in danger to coax Dark Yugi out of winning. However this was unfavorable with Dark Bakura, who stepped back in and accepted his defeat.
With the Millennium Ring's ability to detect other Millennium Items, Dark Bakura came into contact with Marik Ishtar, who possessed the Millennium Rod.[1] He demanded that Marik hand over his item, threatening to kill him otherwise. Marik explained that he had no interest in collecting the Millennium Items, beyond using the Millennium Rod in his plan to kill Dark Yugi. He offered to give Dark Bakura the Rod after that, if Dark Bakura would help him, also threatening to kill in response to non-compliance.[2] After thinking about it for a few minutes, Dark Bakura agreed and stabbed himself in the arm, [3] so that Marik could aid his injured host, Ryo Bakura, in order to get close to the Yugis' friends.[4]
Marik later brainwashed Ryo into not feeling pain from his stab wound, so that he could compete in the tournament, even while he was not possessed by Dark Bakura.[5]
As the quarterfinals were about to begin, Kaiba having noticed the Yugis neglect to use their Egyptian God, "Slifer the Sky Dragon", during the preliminary stages of the tournament, voiced his criticism to Yugi, saying he would not accept that when they Duel. He was sure that Yugi was aware they were about to step into the domain of the Gods, where one could say the winner of the tournament was to be chosen by the three God cards. Later in his private room, Yugi added "Slifer" to his Deck.[6]
The Ultimate Bingo machine randomly selected quarter finalists 7 and 5, Ryo Bakura and Yugi Mutou, for the first Duel.[6]
Dark Yugi, who was in control of Yugi's body, looked at Bakura and for a brief moment thought his face looked vicious, leading him to suspect he may be possessed by Dark Bakura again. Dark Bakura confirmed those suspicions, as they faced each other on the Ariel Dueling Platform.[7]
Dark Yugi asked if Dark Bakura was after the Millennium Puzzle again, to which he replied that he had entered the tournament to get Dark Yugi's Egyptian God, "Slifer the Sky Dragon".[7]
Silently communicating with Dark Bakura through the Millennium Rod, Marik informed Dark Bakura that he too could take control of Bakura's body and defeat Dark Yugi, if necessary. Dark Bakura demanded that he stay out of it, as Dark Yugi was his.[7]
1st turn: Dark Bakura
Dark Bakura Summoned "The Portrait's Secret" in Attack Mode and ended his turn. Seeing such a weak monster in Attack Mode, Dark Yugi wondered if Dark Bakura was trying to lure him in. With no face-down cards, Jonouchi reckoned Dark Bakura was defenseless.[7]
2nd turn: Dark Yugi
Dark Yugi Summoned "Baphomet" and used it to attack and destroy "The Portrait's Secret" (Dark Bakura: 4000 → 3800 Life Points). He then Set[7] "Magic Formula,[8] and ended his turn.[7]
3rd turn: Dark Bakura
Dark Bakura Summoned "The Gross Ghost of Fled Dreams", again in Attack Mode.[7]
Dark Yugi was surprised to see him perform a similar move and Marik grew concerned that Dark Bakura might not have a strategy. Anzu Mazaki commented that it was as if Dark Bakura did not know the basics of the game and that she thought he would be better than this. Thinking Dark Bakura was simply a weak player, Jonouchi thought the Duel should be a walkover for Dark Yugi.[7]
4th turn: Dark Yugi
Dark Yugi Summoned "Gamma the Magnet Warrior".[7]
"Gamma" attacked and destroyed "The Gross Ghost of Fled Dreams" (Dark Bakura: 3800 → 3600 Life Points). "Baphomet" then attacked Dark Bakura directly (Dark Bakura: 3600 → 2200 Life Points).[7]
5th turn: Dark Bakura
Dark Bakura Summoned "Headless Knight" in Attack Mode and ended his turn.[7]
6th turn: Dark Yugi
Dark Yugi suspected Dark Bakura was up to something. Regardless he attacked and destroyed "Headless Knight", with "Gamma" (Dark Bakura: 2200 → 2150 Life Points) and attacked directly with "Baphomet" (Dark Bakura: 2150 → 750 Life Points).[7]
7th turn: Dark Bakura
Dark Yugi was unsure what to make of the fact that Dark Bakura lost three monsters without putting up any kind of resistance. Dark Bakura began laughing and exclaimed that Dark Yugi had fallen for his trap. He explained that hidden within his Occult Deck was one of the most terrifying cards printed in Duel Monsters, which required a special method of Summoning. Having three Attack Mode monsters destroyed within five turns was a necessary sacrifice of souls to Summon "Dark Necrofear", the ruler of the World of the Dead. Dark Yugi realized he had underestimated Dark Bakura, who then pledged to teach him to fear the occult.[7]
Dark Bakura Set "Destiny Board" and ended his turn.[8]
8th turn: Dark Yugi
Dark Yugi wondered why Dark Bakura did not attack last turn. He considered that Dark Bakura might be wary of his face-down card or that he may have a more ulterior motive.[8]
With an unscathed 4000 Life Points in comparison to Dark Bakura's 750, Dark Yugi opted to continue attacking. He Sacrificed "Baphomet" to Summon "Dark Magician Girl", which Dark Bakura pointed out was not strong enough to beat "Dark Necrofear". Dark Yugi activated his face-down "Magic Formula", stating it was not a Trap Card, as Dark Bakura may have feared. On reading the book of magic, "Dark Magician Girl" gained 500 ATK ("Dark Magician Girl": 2000 → 2500 ATK).[8]
"Dark Magician Girl" attacked and destroyed "Dark Necrofear" (Dark Bakura: 750 → 450 Life Points). Dark Bakura laughed and thanked Dark Yugi for killing his card. This brought her special power into play; the moment she got destroyed her "Marionette's Spirit" was released. As a vengeance-seeking soul, it was to wander Dark Yugi's field, looking for its next host, without Dark Yugi seeing which monster it possessed.[8]
Dark Yugi saw no visible change to the monsters on his side of the field. Since a direct attack from "Gamma the Magnet Warrior" would result in Dark Bakura's loss, Dark Yugi decided to try it. However the attack failed, as the "Marionette's Spirit" emerged from "Gamma" and attacked Dark Yugi. Dark Bakura explained that "Gamma" had been possessed by the spirit and when given the freedom to attack, it would gladly oblige, but Dark Yugi would become the target. Dark Yugi took half the ATK of the possessed monster and Dark Bakura absorbed the damage as Life Points (Dark Yugi: 4000 → 3250 Life Points, Dark Bakura: 450 → 1200 Life Points).[8]
With "Dark Necrofear" sent to the Graveyard, Dark Bakura was able to activate "Destiny Board". A Ouija board then appeared on the field, with an apparition of "Dark Necrofear" behind it. Dark Bakura described its effect, saying that "Dark Necrofear" would send a message from the grave, by moving the planchette to one letter each turn. Then first letter she indicated was "D", which appeared in the air. Dark Bakura revealed it was to be the first of the five letters spelling "death" and Dark Yugi would be eliminated on completion of the word.[8]
Kaiba commended Dark Bakura's plan as "formidable" and Marik was satisfied to see that he had a strategy.[8]
9th turn: Dark Bakura
Dark Bakura activated "The Dark Door", restricting Dark Yugi to a maximum of one attack per turn. He also Summoned "Earthbound Spirit" in Defense Mode.[8]
10th turn: Dark Yugi
Dark Yugi Summoned "Kuriboh" in Defense Mode. With "The Dark Door" in play, he was only able to attack with one monster. Thinking "Gamma" was possessed, he attacked with "Dark Magician Girl". However the "Marionette's Spirit" was capable of changing host each turn and chose "Dark Magician Girl" this time. The attack backfired on Dark Yugi again (Dark Yugi: 3250 → 2000 Life Points, Dark Bakura: 1200 → 2450 Life Points).[8]
At the end of the turn, the letter "E" appeared in the message from "Destiny Board".[8]
11th turn: Dark Bakura
Dark Bakura Set "Dark Spirit of the Silent".[9]
12th turn: Dark Yugi
Dark Bakura chose "Dark Magician Girl" as the monster to be possessed by the "Marionette's Spirit". Ruling out the "Kuriboh", as it was not an offensive monster, Dark Yugi figured either "Gamma" or "Dark Magician Girl" had been possessed. He considered not attacking, but with only three turns before losing by "Destiny Board", he decided to gamble. He attacked with "Gamma", but Dark Bakura activated "Dark Spirit of the Silent", which possessed and silenced "Gamma" and forced "Dark Magician Girl" to attack instead. With her being possessed by the "Marionette's Spirit", the attack backfired (Dark Yugi: 2000 → 750 Life Points, Dark Bakura: 2450 → 3700 Life Points).[9]
The letter "A" appeared on the field.[9]
Reviewing Dark Bakura's strategy, Dark Yugi figured there was no way he could win, unless he destroyed "Marionette's Spirit" and "Dark Spirit of the Silent". Looking at the cards in his hand, he then saw another way. He Set "Chain Destruction" and "Monster Reborn" and ended his turn.[9]
13th turn: Dark Bakura
Dark Bakura ridiculed Dark Yugi's assertion that the next turn would bring new possibilities. He anticipated that with Dark Yugi standing on the brink of death, his face would become distorted by fear after his next two turns. Dark Bakura ended his turn without playing any cards.[9]
14th turn: Dark Yugi
Dark Yugi warned Dark Bakura, as he vowed to crush the occult combo over his next two turns. He remarked that a Duelist has as many possibilities as they have cards and that his card "Monster Recovery" was one such card, as he activated it. All the monsters that Dark Yugi controlled were returned to his hand, leaving the "Marionette's Spirit" to haunt his field, with no monsters to possess. He proceeded to Summon "Kuriboh" again, leaving no choice as to which monster the spirit could possess. Being in Attack Mode, "Kuriboh" also became subject of possession for "Dark Spirit of the Silent". Finally, with "Kuriboh" Summoned, he was able to activate "Chain Destruction", which destroyed "Kuriboh" and the spirits it had embodied, after which he asked for "Kuriboh" to forgive him.[9]
Dark Bakura was disgruntled, but affirmed that it was insufficient; while his spirits had been killed, "Destiny Board" continued to spell its message. The letter "T" appeared on the field, leaving Dark Yugi with one turn. Dark Yugi laughed and maintained that one turn was all that he needed.[9]
15th turn: Dark Bakura
Unsure if Dark Yugi was bluffing or seriously had a way of winning on one turn, Dark Bakura looked at the possibility of taking out Dark Yugi's remaining 750 Life Points. By Sacrificing "Earthbound Spirit" for "The Earl of Demise", he would have a monster strong enough to do that, but he worried about Dark Yugi's face-down card.[10]
Marik mentally communicated with Dark Bakura and complimented him on the ruthlessness of his Ouija board strategy. He pointed out its reliance on the deceased "Dark Necrofear" to move the planchette and that it would lose its power if she were to be revived. Dark Bakura realized that Dark Yugi's face-down card must be "Monster Reborn". Marik agreed and added that even if Dark Bakura were to attack, the revived "Dark Necrofear" could also be used as a shield. Without any cards to stop it, like "De-Spell", Dark Bakura began to worry. Marik tried to offer him another solution, but was told to shut up and that his advice was no longer needed.[10]
Hoping to draw a card capable of turning the situation around, Dark Bakura was happy to get "Deja Vu".[10]
Dark Bakura Sacrificed "Earthbound Spirit" for "The Earl of Demise" and attacked Dark Yugi directly. As he expected, Dark Yugi used "Monster Reborn" to revive "Dark Necrofear", causing "Destiny Board" to disappear. "Dark Necrofear" intercepted the attack and destroyed "The Earl of Demise" (Dark Bakura: 3700 → 3500 Life Points).[10]
Dark Yugi announced that Dark Bakura's combo was now as deceased as the corpses he plays with. However Dark Bakura, having secretly played "Deja Vu" asked him if he was sure. "Destiny Board" reappeared with the letters "D-E-A-T" and Dark Yugi's field had also changed, with "Dark Magician Girl", "Gamma the Magnet Warrior" and "Kuriboh" back and "Dark Necrofear" gone. Dark Bakura revealed that he had played "Deja Vu", returning all monsters to the state they were in one turn ago.[10]
16th turn: Dark Yugi
With "Polymerization", "Card Destruction", "De-Fusion" and one other card in his hand, Dark Yugi saw no way of reversing the situation and chose to rely on the next card that he drew. Yugi spoke to Dark Yugi, offering support and stating the importance of drawing "Slifer the Sky Dragon", in order for Dark Yugi to regain his memories.[10]
Dark Yugi succeeded in drawing "Slifer" and Sacrificed "Gamma the Magnet Warrior", "Dark Magician Girl" and "Kuriboh" to Summon it.[11]
Marik communicated with Dark Bakura, saying that things were not looking good for him. The four cards in Dark Yugi's hand meant "Slifer" had 4000 ATK. With 3500 Life Points and no monsters to shield Dark Bakura, Marik pointed out that an attack would defeat him. However, since "Deja Vu" had restored Dark Yugi's monsters, including the one possessed by "Marionette's Spirit", the spirit still haunted Dark Yugi's side of the field. When the possessed monster was Sacrificed, the spirit was release, allowing Dark Bakura to choose a new target. He tried to possess "Slifer", but Marik called him a fool, since such a low-Level monster could not possess a god.[11]
As Dark Yugi prepared to attack, Marik thanked Dark Bakura, telling him that his defeat would serve his purpose. Rishid then emerged at the sideline of the Duel. Dark Yugi and his friends, unaware of Marik's true identity, believed Rishid to be Marik. Holding up the Millennium Rod, Rishid claimed to be the one controlling Bakura and that he would release his true personality to prove it. Ryo Bakura was given back control of his body. He then fell to his knees, disorientated and now feeling the true pain of the injury on his arm. Rishid explained that with his injuries, Ryo could be killed by the shock of an attack from "Slifer the Sky Dragon".[11]
Dark Yugi was unwilling to injure Bakura, but Isono instructed him to continue the Duel, citing the five-minute limit players had to think each turn. Kaiba was surprised by Dark Yugi's reluctance and urged him to attack. With ten seconds left, Dark Bakura voiced his distaste in this tactic, to Marik. He then took back control of Bakura's body and allowed Dark Yugi to attack him. He promised that Bakura would survive, as he still needed Bakura, he would not let him die.[11] Dark Bakura stood open-armed, ready to accept defeat, but remained certain that despite this loss, he would get the power of darkness in the end.[12]
"Slifer" attacked Dark Bakura directly (Dark Bakura: 3500 → 0 Life Points), winning the Duel for Dark Yugi.[11][12]
Bakura's dropped to the ground and the Millennium Ring fell from his body, as its rope snapped. Dark Yugi, Katsuya Jonouchi, Hiroto Honda and Anzu Mazaki all rushed to his aid. He was slightly conscious and the wound on his arm continued to bleed. Honda carried him inside and Mokuba Kaiba instructed Isono to get the first aid kit.[12]
Anzu picked up the Millennium Ring. She figured that it had taken over Bakura's mind again and that Bakura kept forgetting how dangerous the item was. Dark Yugi began thinking about Dark Bakura, the mind in the Millennium Ring, and how he had sacrificed himself to protect his host. Even if Dark Bakura was evil, Dark Yugi figured he was no different than him, in terms of protecting their other selves. However Yugi felt that they were different as unlike the Bakuras, the desire to help each other was shared by both Yugis. Anzu, while secretly controlled by Marik, proposed that she hold on to the Millennium Ring and keep it away from Bakura.[12]
Yugi turned down his right to take one of Bakura's cards via the ante rule.[12]
Bakura was taken to his room and put in bed. While he slept, Yugi, Jonouchi, Anzu, Honda and Ryuji Otogi discussed the Duel. Yugi mentioned that if the good Bakura had stayed in control of his body, Dark Yugi would probably not have attacked and would have lost. Jonouchi asked if that meant Dark Bakura had let the Yugis win, but Yugi thought Dark Bakura had worried Dark Yugi was going to attack anyway. In that case, Jonouchi asked why he switched personalities in the first place and Yugi pointed out that Marik had also been in Bakura's mind.[12]
Anzu, still brainwashed by Marik, stayed with Bakura, while the others left to attend the lottery pairing for the next round.[12]
Cards used
The following cards appeared in this Duel:
One of Dark Bakura's cards was unnamed.
- ↑ Yu-Gi-Oh! Duelist Duel 119: "Each Other's Duel!"
- ↑ Yu-Gi-Oh! Duelist Duel 120: "Full Strength!!"
- ↑ Yu-Gi-Oh! Duelist Duel 121: "Return of the Sea Scourge"
- ↑ Yu-Gi-Oh! Duelist Duel 124: "The Reason for Dueling"
- ↑ Yu-Gi-Oh! Duelist Duel 143: "The Eight Finalists"
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Yu-Gi-Oh! Duelist Duel 144: "The First Enemy!"
- ↑ 7.00 7.01 7.02 7.03 7.04 7.05 7.06 7.07 7.08 7.09 7.10 7.11 7.12 Yu-Gi-Oh! Duelist Duel 145: "The Thing in the Dark"
- ↑ 8.00 8.01 8.02 8.03 8.04 8.05 8.06 8.07 8.08 8.09 8.10 Yu-Gi-Oh! Duelist Duel 146: "The Undying Grudge!"
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 9.3 9.4 9.5 9.6 Yu-Gi-Oh! Duelist Duel 147: "Unbreakable Spirit!"
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 10.3 10.4 10.5 Yu-Gi-Oh! Duelist Duel 148: "One-Turn Kill"
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 11.3 11.4 Yu-Gi-Oh! Duelist Duel 149: "The Line of Fire"
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 12.2 12.3 12.4 12.5 12.6 Yu-Gi-Oh! Duelist Duel 150: "Jonouchi's Revenge!"


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On a hot Saturday morning we found ourselves at the edge of the shore staring out across a glittering sea towards Elizabeth Castle.
Originally an Abbey site, once the home of Sir Walter Raleigh the newly appointed Governor of the island, now a living museum and housing a collection of historical artefacts. From the days of Sir Walter, through six centuries of history including, the Civil War, the Seven Years war, the German Occupation, to today home to a Heritage let.
A short DUKW ride across the bay lands us just outside the Castle walls.
Once inside we are free to wander over the whole of the site. A beautiful cafe with homemade cakes provides a welcome respite from the heat and small scavenging sparrows feast on the odd loosed cake crumb.
But it's the colourful story told by an authentic re-enactor that really adds the real flavour to the trip and makes the adventure so worth while.
A soldier from the Jersey Militia, his distinctive uniform standing out amongst the granite and parade ground, takes us through the history of the site and the people who have inhabited it.
Well worth a trip.
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APF 2018 is by far the largest arboricultural event of the year. Taking place on the 20-22 September at Ragley Estate, Warwickshire, around 320 exhibitors and 23 000 visitors are expected over the three days of the show.
The APF Exhibition is the UK's largest forestry, woodland, arboriculture, fencing and biomass show. The show caters not just for the forestry, woodland and tree care industries but also fencing and is of significant interest to the farming industry with a lot of machines and equipment designed for small woodlands and for adding value to small parcels of timber and individual trees.
Ditch Witch will be showcasing innovative equipment designed to help landscapers and tree surgeons be more productive and confident on the job at this year's APF Exhibition. Customer-driven equipment will be on display at the Ditch Witch Stand 1260-1280.
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Dems Condemn Gun Violence, GOP Demurs
GOP grieves, but does not denounce, gun violence. The Atlantic: ""Republicans who advocate for looser gun restrictions are in power on Capitol Hill and in the White House. After recent shootings like the massacre that killed 49 people at the Pulse nightclub in Orlando last year, Democrats have pushed unsuccessfully for laws strengthening background checks and prohibiting assault weapons. Many GOP lawmakers, however, want to go in the opposite direction and make it easier for people to use firearms in self-defense. 'Once again a nation mourns and Congress will observe a moment of silence,' lamented Representative Gerry Connolly, a Virginia Democrat."
Failure of Leadership on Gun Violence
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Supreme Court takes up Wisconsin as first test in partisan gerrymandering claims. WaPo: "The Supreme Court on Tuesday will consider whether a state's legislative maps are so politically skewed to favor one party that they violate the Constitution. The justices have never thrown out a state's maps because of partisan gerrymandering. But challengers from Wisconsin say they have the evidence that Republican leaders of their state drew maps to ensure enduring GOP control of the legislature, and a test for deciding when political advantage goes too far. The outcome could change the way American elections are conducted. Wisconsin officials say if their maps, which follow traditional redistricting standards, are illegal, dozens of state plans will need to be thrown out."
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Trump's White House froze an equal-pay rule. Women are fighting to save it. WaPo: "A coalition of more than 90 civil rights groups is preparing to challenge the Trump administration's decision to halt an Obama-era initiative aimed at fighting employer discrimination against women and minorities. Emily Martin, general counsel at the National Women's Law Center, said she and attorneys at the Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law have requested copies of emails, voice mails and other communications among the federal officials who opted in August to freeze a rule that would have required companies to file data broken down by race, ethnicity and gender on what they pay workers.
The rule compelling companies to submit additional information about employees and wages to the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission was finalized in September 2016 and would have taken effect next year."
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Marines look to space during NSOC
Marines look to space during NSOC
CAMP KINSER—U.S. service members participated in the Naval Space Operations Course put together by Navy Cyber Forces and supported by Naval Network Warfare instructors Jan. 27-29 at Camp Kinser.
The term space refers to the expanse beyond the earth's atmosphere and the capabilities that exist through satellites that orbit the planet.
"The intent of the course is to raise the overall awareness of the range of space capabilities that exists to support war fighters," said John Herron, an NSOC instructor. "It improves their use of those space capabilities and their understanding of potential vulnerabilities."
The students in the course came from a variety of military occupational specialties and had little knowledge on the topic of space research and development.
"The main thing the class (entails) is baseline knowledge as far as the fundamentals of how space works," said Capt. Andy Novario, an NSOC instructor. "Essentially this course is meant to form a baseline of knowledge because the Marine Corps is in the early stages of understanding of how space can help the war fighter."
NSOC is a three-day course and is unique in the Department of Defense. The mobile course allows the training team to teach service members who may not be able to travel back to the U.S.
"We are willing to travel around, which makes it easier, especially here in the (Pacific Command area of operations)," said Novario. "We made it so that we have three or four instructors that travel out here, which is much more cost efficient than sending 20 people back to the States."
The course was created for Navy carrier strike groups, but there is a Marine on staff and a section in the handbook dedicated to Marine operations, according to Maj. Brian C. Anderson, the III Marine Expeditionary Force space operations officer.
"We talked about tailoring to Marine operations because not everything we do (involves naval warfare)," said Anderson. "Communications are a big deal to command and control the forces during an amphibious operation. Going from ships to objectives gives us unique problems."
The course also covered other topics that can affect communication capabilities in relation to the students' needs.
"We tailor the course to the interest or concerns of the students," said Herron. "We're constantly updating all of the presentations that we use."
This evolution of the course included a practical application exercise in the afternoon of the final day, allowing the students to apply the knowledge they learned during the course to a planning scenario.
"When they're doing a normal planning scenario, they can see where they have been leaving things out," said Herron. "They can see what (they) should be considering, what they hadn't thought of, and how that will change the scenario and their plan."
The continued Marine Corps involvement with Navy Cyber Forces and Naval Network Warfare Command is very important to the future success of this program, according to Anderson.
"There is a space (Marine Air-Ground Task Force) and a space plans branch at Headquarters Marine Corps," said Anderson. "It's a long-term goal to have them continue to influence the course. That way, when (the Marine Corps) requests it, it's not just Navy Cyber and Naval Network Warfare funding it. There is a component to it that is service driven."
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HARRISBURG – State woodland managers again are preparing to combat the potential damage from a statewide gypsy moth population poised for spring outbreaks across the state, Department of Conservation and Natural Resources officials said.
Forestry bureau experts identify the gypsy moth as one of the most destructive forest pests in Pennsylvania. Feeding while in the larval — or caterpillar — stage, the insect usually hatches and begins feeding from mid- to late April in southern Pennsylvania, and in early to mid-May in the northern part of the state.
"Heavy infestation was expected in some areas last spring but our entomologists say most of that gypsy moth population collapsed, thanks to a naturally recurring fungus," DCNR Secretary Ellen Ferretti said. "Last year, cold, wet weather proved ideal for the fungus, deadly to gypsy moths, but we cannot always rely on the weather to be our ally."
The secretary stressed budgeted funds are necessary to maintain a continued year-to-year gypsy moth spraying program that suppresses rebounding insect populations while protecting the forest stands they may have damaged the spring before.
Surveys across the state indicate gypsy moth populations are increasing and have the potential to cause defoliation in 2015, especially in eastern Pennsylvania.
"It is important that funding be consistently available to treat populations early in infestations when populations are at levels where success can be reasonably expected," Ferretti said. "Using staff recommendations as a guide, I again have budgeted $1.5 million to enable DCNR to conduct a spray program on DCNR lands. This consistent funding gives us the option to move forward with treatment if needed."
When available, the U.S. Forest Service traditionally provides a 50-50 funding match to states toward annual spraying project costs.
"If the state funds are not needed for an active suppression program, or not fully utilized, they can be returned for other budgetary uses," Ferretti said.
In 2014, gypsy moth populations increased in eastern Pennsylvania after several years of high populations in the northwestern part of the state. DCNR treated 1,901 acres in 42 spray blocks in May in four northwestern counties. Treatment areas were all private lands.
A 26,860-acre suppression program in 39 treatment blocks is proposed for 2015 in six northeastern counties — Carbon, Columbia, Luzerne, Northumberland, Pike andSchuylkill — principally on state-managed parks, forests, and game lands, but also some private residential lands in Carbon County.
Bureau of Forestry experts note the state's oak stands are especially vulnerable to gypsy moth infestation and mortality. The loss of habitat, timber and tree growth are considerable when gypsy moth populations are allowed to go untreated.
Because funds were not made available in the past, Moshannon State Forest District alone had at least 40 salvage-related timber sales — yielding 16 million board feet – as the result of gypsy moth outbreaks on approximately 24,000 acres. Statewide, over 50 million board feet of oak were salvaged on state forest lands between 2006 and 2012 due to gypsy moth damage impacting 2,390,373 acres.
Gypsy moth defoliation in 2014 totaled 214,972 acres, and another 115,104 acres were defoliated by the fall cankerworm. Aerial and ground surveys indicated a total of 431,956 acres of damage by forest pests in 2014.
Before spring 2013, DCNR last sprayed for gypsy moths in 2009, when more than 178,380 acres in 25 counties were targeted across the state. In 2008 a total of 221,221 acres of private, state and federal woodlands were sprayed in 27 counties.
"Private woodland owners and state forest visitors must remember spraying is a suppression effort, a forest management effort to protect trees from moderate to severe defoliation," said Dr. Donald Eggen, the bureau's forest health manager. "The gypsy moth will continue its cyclic population with ups and downs, and we cannot eradicate the insect. It's too well-established and is here to stay."
Oak, apple, sweet gum, basswood, birch, poplar and willow trees are affected the most by the gypsy moth. Older larvae also will feed on hemlock, pines, spruces, southern white cedar and other conifers. A tree begins to suffer when 30 percent or more of its leaf surface is lost.
Begun in 1972, forest insect spray programs are a cooperative effort among DCNR's Bureau of Forestry, county governments and the U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service's Forest Health Protection Unit.
The gypsy moth was introduced to North America in 1869 in Medford, Mass., where it was used in a silk-production experiment. The gypsy moth first reached Pennsylvania in Luzerne County in 1932, and since then has infested every county.


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Elder – Rev. B.J. Stancel
The Ministry of Congregational Spirituality includes everything that we do as a congregation to lead the members to discover, develop, and cultivate a lasting and vital relationship with Jesus Christ. We believe that spiritual formation is vital to the life of the believer and the congregation. Spirituality is the means by which we are formed into the very image and likeness of Jesus Christ. Through our Ministry of Congregational Spirituality, we seek to intentionally empower the saints for the work of ministry, motivate them to reach for a godly lifestyle and deep and sincere commitment of Jesus Christ. Our focus is upon teaching and modeling the classical disciplines of the spiritual life, i.e., fasting, prayer, Bible reading, meditation, service, giving, obedience, submission, worship, fellowship, and listening to the Holy Spirit.
Biblical References: John 3:1-16; Romans 6:1-13; 8:1-39; 12:1-21; 13:1-3; 16:17-19; 1 Corinthians 12:1-31; 2 Corinthians 8-9; 10:3-5; Galatians 2:20; 5:16-26; Ephesians 1:15-23; 2:8-10; 4:22-32; 5:20-33; 6:9-20; Colossians 1:9-10; 2:6-10; James 1:19-27; 1 Peter 1:22-2:10; 5:6-10; 1 John 2:15-17
Ministry of Congregational Spirituality
Rev. B.J. Stancel, Elder (757) 625-5694
- Deaconess Bantha Alston
- Rev. Elaine Calloway
- Rev. Roma Hall
- Deacon Nathaniel Parker
- Deacon John Smaw, Jr.
- Brother David Tansil
- Sister Joyce Tansil
- Rev. Barbara White
- Brother Anthony Williams
- Sister DeLydia Williams
L.I.F.E. (Living In Faith Every Day)
Ministry Facilitators: Brother David and Sister Joyce Tancil
L.I.F.E.—is a small group of ten (10) like-minded individuals, led by the Holy Spirit, who meet together for one another ministry, to love one another, encourage one another, forgive one another, and in many other ways provide one another pastoral care. The group meets twice a month for six sessions and are currently reading and discussing, Kingdom Marriage, Connecting God's Pleasure with Your Marriage, by Dr. Tony Evans. The facilitators are excited and looking forward to their journey as companions in Christ. Please contact David or Joyce Tansil to join the group or for more information at 619-757- 9264. "When you treat your marriage as a covenant with God, everything else…including love, happiness, satisfaction, and fulfillment will fall into place." Dr.Tony Evans.
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MSG Systems achieved better focus, better communication & culture of Kaizen in the whole team.
Implementation of Kanban
When and How Did You Decide To Implement Kanban?
As I read in David Anderson's Blue Book and saw the possibilities for my current project at that time, 8 years ago. It proved to be a game changer.
What Business Functions Have you Implemented Kanban In?
Currently mainly Development Projects (e.g. one with 2.8 M € Budget), our complete accountant workflow, talent management. In 2018, we plan to Kanbanize our Innovation Management and maybe our Risk Management in general.
What Benefits have you Experienced due to Implementing Kanban?
Focus, better communication, culture of Kaizen in the whole team.
Does your Organization use Any Other Scaled Agile Methods Such as Scrum of Scrums, Disciplined Agile, Safe, Others?
Yes, other departments use it, I don't. It doesn't fit to our customer culture (Public Sector).
How did SwiftKanban Help?
When did your Organization Start using SwiftKanban?
2 years ago, we started this initiative with SwiftKanban.
Which Other Tools did you Evaluate Before Selecting SwiftKanban?
Well, to be honest, no other one. SwiftKanban was the only "professional" solution that we could install on our own server.
What Are Some Of The Key Strengths And Weaknesses Of SwiftKanban That you Would Like To Highlight?
a) In general, I love the product! You also care about your customer and it was great to work on a Docker solution for the installation (Thanks to your Support and Sales teams!).
b) I (have) already communicated "a ton" of different feature requests and bugs. Thanks for the opportunity! (It would be great to see some of these implemented!)
c) I feel (there is a need for) "enterprise features" to support the organizational structure of a company, e.g. to structure Kanban Boards and their access to different containers/ folders.
What Are Some Ways, If Any, In Which SwiftKanban has Made you and your Team More Effective?
Visualization, first and foremost.
More Specifically, can you Share Any Metrics – Such as Lead Time, Throughput or Flow Efficiency – That You Have Seen Improvements as a Result of Using Kanban and SwiftKanban, and by How Much?
We are not able to share specific metrics. However, our tribal knowledge reflects projects that what used to take 4 – 6 months has reduced to 2 – 3 months. In our most extreme example, we have been able to launch a full product offering in only NINE days.
Would you Recommend SwiftKanban To Others? If Yes, Could You List the Top 3 Reasons For Doing So?
a) Customer Care.
b) Edge-development for Kanban because David A. is on-board.
c) Hopefully – as soon as we installed SwiftSync – its versatility.


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In the event you have a User you need to send the payment page URL to you will be able to access it easily.
Please remember you will only be able to view the URLs this way if your Merchant page is ACTIVE.
Log in at the Group Level, then select "Manage" then "Merchants"
Find the Merchant whose URL you need and select "Actions" in this drop down you will see an option to "Go To Landing Page" selecting this will take you to the payment page and you will then be able to copy the URL.
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At age five back in 1988, our younger daughter was a little obsessed with Superman and insisted that I make her the outfit. Little did I know at the time that it would cause quite a stir in our house and little community.
I found the correct colour lycra and the pattern, appliqued the design on the front and then added a pair of red pants, shoe covers and a cape with velcro shoulder fasteners. As an added touch, I thought it would be good to make her a little skirt so she could wear it over the underpants and be Super Girl – BIG mistake – she was less than impressed with my skirt efforts and here she is seen sporting her skirt for probably the one and only time because after that it was discarded with disdain and she insisted on the boys version instead. A mother with a tomboy has to try all sorts to get her girl into a pretty dress or have her hair done up nicely – in my case I failed miserably because she was always the one first up a tree or down a ditch and she did things the boys wouldn't – until she had done it of course! The fact that mommy sewed all the time also gave her a handy stash of scissors – which she used every few months to chop chunks out of her fringe – seen her just trying to grow back.
The outfit was a RESOUNDING success – with her and all her Kindergarten friends who wanted one as well. The problem I had was that she insisted on wearing it EVERY, SINGLE, day no matter how hot the South African weather! I resorted to sneaking into the bedroom at night and washing it before the morning – thank goodness lycra dries quickly.
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efforts, effective workflow management
is critical to project success. Organizations need to ensure that process owners
receive appropriate business information,
control owners are notified of risks that
require mitigation, exceptions are identified, and management understands key
compliance priorities.
Flowcharting software can be used to
draw business processes so that risks and
controls affecting the compliance process
can be identified more easily. The software can also be used to map financial
statement accounts, risk probabilities, loss
impacts, testing procedures, control gaps,
and action plans.
Users of flowcharting tools may be able
to identify risks that would not be apparent when preparing a walk-through memo
of the process. By looking at a visual representation of processes — versus long
text descriptions — inefficiencies and segregation of duties issues may be easier to
spot, especially when working with higher
management levels that are accustomed
to seeing data "boiled down" to its essence.
Although preloaded databases can
serve as a useful guide for risk assessment,
they do not necessarily represent a comprehensive solution. When documenting risks and controls, process owners
using the software will still need to take
their organization's unique characteristics into account, rather than simply
checking off listed items on screen.
Sarbanes-Oxley Compliance
RISK DATABASES Preloaded knowledge-bases of common risks and controls
enable users to plug in the appropriate
information for their given process
quickly. These resource tools are often
organized by both process and alphabetical sequence and aligned with established control models such as The
Committee of Sponsoring Organizations
of the Treadway Commission's
Internal Control–Integrated Framework, the
Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountants' Guidance on Control, or the Basel
Committee on Banking Supervision's
New Basel Capital Accord (Basel II).
The database tools facilitate identification of potential risks and help provide
solutions for risk management. For example, a database containing common risks
associated with improper reporting of
period-end balances would likely include
information on fixed asset accounts.
Under this heading, the database might
list the potential risk that fixed asset additions are not completely processed in the
financial statements. For this risk, the
software would then present a set of mitigating controls such as fixed asset subledger to general ledger reconciliations or
an integrated accounts payable system
that automatically updates the subledger
with any purchases of assets.
EMPLOYEE SURVEYS Several types of survey
tools are available for Sarbanes-Oxley projects. One form of survey enables participants of group sessions to answer
questions through the use of electronic
voting devices. This method ensures an
anonymous, democratic, and quantified
assessment of controls through facilitated
sessions and helps save time by enabling
users to assess process owners' collective
understanding of the control environment
quickly. Another survey type allows users
to complete manual tasks more efficiently
by gathering data — such as code-of-con-duct signatures and business process control sign-offs — online rather than in
written form.
A third form of survey tool facilitates
assessment of the organizational control
environment by asking anonymous questions using Web forms. These tools use
a Web-based platform to launch the survey and disseminate results and can be
managed internally or through an outside party. Some products can automatically generate reports as data is
collected. The software capitalizes on
the fact that people, not financial statements and computers, commit fraud and
that many employees want to share what
they know about organizational control
issues. For example, according to the
Association of Certified Fraud Examiners' 2002 Report to the Nation, roughly
45 percent of fraud is detected through
employee and business-partner tips.
Therefore, the tools help tap into the
valuable information on fraud detection
that often comes from workers, not databases, extending data analysis beyond
lifeless financial and transactional data
and into the vibrant data stores in
employees' and business partners' minds.
Not only does this form of analysis
broaden the organization's risk and control awareness, but gathering information from a large number of people can
also increase the predictability and confidence levels of the assessment.
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CashFlow Guardian
Control Solutions International Inc.
D'Arcangelo & Co. LLP
DMH Solutions Ltd.IAD SolutionsIdea Sciences Inc.Jefferson Wells InternationalMethodware Ltd.
Microsoft Corp.
Movaris Inc.NetMap Analytics Pty Ltd.Nth Orbit Inc.onProject IncOption Technologies Interactive LLC
Paisley Consulting
Patton & Patton Software Corp.PentanaPeopleView Compliance Group LLC
Proquis Ltd., Proquis Inc.
Protiviti Inc.
Resources Connection Inc.
Risk Wizard Pty Ltd.
Serious Magic
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As Kanopi's community ambassador, AmyJune keeps the team connected to the open-source communities of both WordPress and Drupal.
AmyJune will be scouting opportunities for training, speaking, volunteering, and collaboration at camps and cons across the nation, while representing the Kanopi brand wherever she goes.
She brings tremendous community participation and leadership experience to the Kanopi team, including co-organizing a11ytalks and contribution days, volunteering at Florida Camp, BADCamp and DrupalCorn, working with the Drupal Spotlight group, and shining a light on other community leaders, including this article she wrote about AV volunteer extraordinaire, Kevin Thull.
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Cooperative Nafed will procure 25,000 tonne of fresh rabi onions from Maharashtra and the buying will commence next week, Managing Director Sanjeev Kumar Chadha said on Thursday.
The procurement is being undertaken on behalf of the government to serve the dual purpose of ensuring better price to farmers during peak arrival and storing the commodity for later disposal in the market when retail prices spike.
"The arrival of rabi crop is picking up and even the moisture content is good. So, we will begin the procurement next week," Chadha said.
About 25,000 tonne will be purchased mainly from Lasalgaon, Asia's biggest onion market, as well as Pimpalgaon mandi in Nashik district.
Nafed (National Agricultural Cooperative Federation of India) will store 5,000 tonne in its unit, while the rest will be kept in hired storage godowns in and around these two mandis, he added.
Chadha said the stored onions will be disposed of after 2-3 months as per the government's directions.
Besides Nafed, the government has directed cooperative NCCF and government agency SFAC to procure 5,000 tonne and 1,000 tonne of onions, respectively from Maharashtra.
At present, onion is sold at Rs 7-8 per kg at Lasalgaon mandi and the prices are expected to show a downtrend once the arrival peaks in the coming weeks.
Rabi onion contributes 65 per cent of the country's total output, which is estimated to be 4.5 per cent lower at 21.4 million tonne in the 2017-18 crop year (July-June) when compared with last year, as per official data.


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My name is Olwen Macleod. I've been a music teacher on the Scottish island of North Uist in the outer Hebrides for 13 years. We have a reputation for music here. Mendlessohn wrote us a beautiful Overture about our Fingal's cave, many musicians and composers live up here including the previous Master of the Queens Music, Sir Peter Maxwell Davies. The Scottish Islands are beautiful and inspiring places.
Once a year the island ferry brings the Associated Board of the Royal School of Music to adjudicate those of our pupils taking piano exams. Encouraged by their good results the same pupils appear before the examiner a year later and a grade higher - and so it goes on...
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The sex chromosome "Y" is passed only from a father to his sons. Women do not receive a Y chromosome. Testing the Y chromosome enables investigation into a male's paternal family line. The Y-Chromosome test, sometimes also referred to as a Y-STR comparison or simply the Y DNA test, is a test that can be done between two males to determine if they share the same male ancestral line. Males who have a common male ancestor will have the same Y-Chromosome.
It is frequently used in paternity cases where the father in question is unwilling or available for testing. A Y DNA test can help determine whether or not a child is related to the alleged father's brothers or other paternal male relatives such as cousins, nephews, uncles, grandfather and grandson, etc. who share a common paternal line. It can also be done between two or more alleged half-brothers.
Although men are the only ones with the Y-Chromosome women can still use a Y DNA test to help determine their paternal relatives. They would need for a male relative, such as a paternal grandfather, paternal uncle or brother to take a Y DNA test to help determine a biological relationship on the paternal side.
How Does a Y-Chromosome DNA Test Work?
Y-STR is an abbreviation for Short Tandem Repeats (STRs) which are found on the male specific "Y" chromosome. The coding genes, primarily found on the short arm of the Y-Chromosome, are essential to male sex determination and other male associated functions. Since the Y-Chromosome is passed down from father to sons relatively unchanged from generation to generation and rarely mutates, this Y DNA test analyzes the different genetic markers along the Y-Chromosome and then genetic profiles for these markers are created. These Y-Chromosome profiles are then compared to see if there is a match between the testing parties. Generationally related males through the paternal line will have identical or at least very similar Y-STR profiles.
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Gothmog is the direct commander of the Mordor orcs. His name comes from Gothmog, Lord of all Balrogs. While the Witch-King watches the battle from afar, Gothmog responds to threats directly. Due to that he has no direct damage abilities but plays the role of a support hero. He costs 1200, and his single target damage is high enough to allow him to work semi-autonomously. At level 10 he allows Sauron to gain a level if Mollok has not already reached it.
Level 1: Strengthen the Line: Gothmog reinforces a nearby orc horde with 20 temporary Black Orcs which cannot be directly controlled. They can serve both as a meat shield if used in a ocean of enemies or as damage dealers if they are used against few enemies.
Level 2: Mount/Dismount: Gothmog mounts his Warg, whether to make a snappy escape or to simply trample enemies.
Level 4: Captain of the Orcs: Gothmog sends his orcs into battle without taking their losses into consideration. Nearby orcs gain +15% damage and armor and are fearless. (Passive ability)
Level 7:Return the Prisoners: Gothmog orders the catapults to release the prisoners. Catapults have the ability to bombard the enemy with severed heads for a short time. The heads cause minimal damage but inflict fear in the hearts of those who are near to the impact site, disrupting enemy formations.
Level 10: Attack Order: Gothmog orders his orcs into the last charge. Nearby orcs and siege weapons gain +60% attack damage and suffer only 25% from archers and siege weapons.
|This hero has no upgrades. This means that this hero can not gain any sort of permanent boost from upgrades found in either its palantir or from other units/heroes. If this is not the case, fill in the section following the format of other pages.
Gothmog has very little value as a mass slayer or hero killer: he doesn't have any notable splash damage abilities or single target damage abilities, and his attack isn't splash or particularly strong. However, as a unit support hero he is invaluable, allowing orcs to gain considerable damage and armor while his final ability is a player's dream to siege a castle. However, he has a nasty habit of going to the back of the enemy's line if not properly managed and can easily get singled out.
" Let us Ease their pain..."
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