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The Billennial Generation is the first entrepreneurial focused generation born in the era of the billion dollar startup. In this era a million dollars no longer make you rich. The Billennial Generation began their birth-run after the year 2000 and will be followed by the Trillennial Generation after 2020. These two generations will pave the way for the Quintrillean Generation that will begin their birth-run after the year 2040. All future entrepreneurial focused generations will have names that reflect the economic times during their 20 year birth-run.

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If you're experiencing unexplained problems getting pregnant, the solution may be easier than you think. For a small percentage of women, infertility is caused by a common gynecological problem: uterine fibroids. Thankfully, uterine fibroids can be treated with minimally-invasive surgery, which could solve your infertility. Here's everything you need to know about uterine fibroids if you're trying to conceive. What Are Uterine Fibroids? Uterine fibroids are non-cancerous growths onand around your uterus.
19 May 2017
When it comes to chiropractic care, most people assume it is only beneficial for individuals who may be suffering from musculoskeletal problems such as arthritis, joint pain and more. In actuality, chiropractic care provides a host of benefits for all persons, both young and old. Thus, if you are looking for an all-natural way to boost your health, you may want to consider receiving treatment on a regular basis. The following are a few of the key reasons why you should be given routine chiropractic care.
8 May 2017
Also known as rotator cuff disorder, rotator cuff syndrome is one of the commonest causes of shoulder pain. While the extent of pain and stiffness varies according to the injury causing your syndrome, you'll likely want to tackle it as soon as possible to return to a normal range of movement and prevent further injury. In addition to considering pharmacological interventions, you may find that a physiotherapy clinic can aid your recovery.
19 April 2017
Most businesses have taken up the task of offering a pre-employment medical appointment. This is for a number of reasons including insurance qualification and on possible issues that could affect job performance. Even though you know that a pre-employment medical exam may be required for the job, you may not know what information you need to have with you and what to expect. Here are some tips to help you get through your pre-employment medical.
14 March 2017
Have you ever noticed that when you go to a supermarket you will often see row after row of different types of toothpaste and a host of brushes, arranged according to whether they are soft or hard? You may have to hunt for a moment or two to come across any options to help you with your flossing. Yet if you're going to listen to a dentist, all of these tools should have equal prominence, as they're vital if you want to maintain your oral health.
10 March 2017
Eyelid surgery, known medically as a blepharoplasty procedure, can be life changing for many men and women. As well as improving the cosmetic appearance of the eye, it can also restore obstructed vision and improve quality of life. However, it's important to understand that eyelid surgery isn't a cure-all for every aesthetic eye problem. If you're considering blepharoplasty, it's important to have realistic expectations before you go through with the treatment.
10 March 2017
When you have missing teeth in the back of your mouth, it often seems like it isn't a big deal to replace them. However, whether or not you can actually see the missing teeth is not the only thing to consider when deciding if you should replace the teeth. In fact, all teeth that are broken or pulled or that fall out should be replaced eventually. Here are some reasons why you should talk to your dentist about replacing your missing back teeth.
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My P4000's are only 6 months old, 14,000 miles. I had my first panic breaking
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All our classes are taken by ASA qualified staff and run for 30 minutes. Rookie lifesaving and adult sessions run for 45 minutes. For the non swimmer and beginner levels the teacher will be in the water with the class meaning parents are not required to get in the pool. However parents must remain on poolside for the duration of the lesson.
Children's lessons start for all those aged over 4 years of any ability. Before 4 years old we run parent and child classes on a Saturday. Lessons run term time only, breaking for half term. All lessons take place at Townsend school pool, sessions take place on:
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Breaking for half term Tuesday 18th February.
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Breaking for half term on Saturday 22nd February.
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Swim school lessons are £57.20 per term (11 weeks).
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Danse avec La Mer Collection represents the ebb and flow of the sea's current likened to a well-orchestrated ballet. Each piece in the collection takes the name of an established ballet dancer. We create our pieces with comfort of the wearer in mind, therefore each piece fits delicately around the curvatures of the body.
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Advanced Credit for Freshmen
Shenandoah University accepts several options that provide for credit toward a degree for incoming freshmen. Such credits are treated as transfer work. No grades are awarded for advanced credit.
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College courses taken by high school students while they are still enrolled in high school are considered dual-enrollment coursework. Dual enrollment coursework will likely transfer to Shenandoah University.
To review transfer credit policies, refer to the Undergraduate Catalog: Academic Policies, Alternative Means for Earning Credit section.
To see how your coursework will transfer to Shenandoah University, we encourage students to use the Transferology tool.
Transferology is a system that allows students to see what their courses will transfer as to Shenandoah University. Students can create an account for free and input their current/past courses. Transferology then shows what those courses transfer as into Shenandoah.
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Shenandoah University participates in the Advanced Placement program (AP), the International Baccalaureate Examination program (IB) for higher-level courses, and the College-Level Examination Program (CLEP). Students who have been officially admitted to Shenandoah must submit official copies of test results in order to receive credit.
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Watching this year's revamped version of The X Factor was an experience. For those who missed it, the "audition room" section of the show has been opened out into a Britain's Got Talent-style show, complete with highly vocal audience.
BBC News reporter Genevieve Hassan detailed her experience of the initial audition stages — the ones we don't see, as the production team select the acts that will get onto the televised stages. It really lays bare how the show takes the notion of the cattle call to real extremes.


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Oh yeahhhhh oh yeahhhhhh (it doesn't really have the same effect when I type it. I normally say this in sing song voice while flailing my arms and dancing around). That is the soundtrack to my happy dance. Why am I doing my happy dance? The count has 3 job offers. Yes 3!
1. His current job wants to make him the manager of his own store.
Pros-he's good at it, the pay is great, jewelry discounts are even better :)
Cons-retail hours suck, it's not really what he wants to do with his life
2. The place where he used to do his internships have offered him a job
Pros-ummm, it's a job, lol ohhh we could take the metro together!
Cons-again, it's not what he wants to do, the pay is so-so
3. With an environmental company
Pros-it's what he went to school for, it's what he wants to do, they pay for his training and stuff so he can move up, the guy is very nice, he has already told him he can have the time around our wedding off, it's the perfect entry position for him to learn and grow
Cons-the pay isn't what he wants, but is still good
Looks like we have a winner! Job number 3 it is. He's going to decide by monday though.
Next task, our apartment. We're thinking of moving to Laurel because it will be in between both jobs and not too far from church or family. Did I ever tell ya'll about my last attempt at apartment living (going to check old blog posts-please wait a second-ok I didn't here it is now)
It was around this time last year that my best friend and I decided we should move into our own place. It was our last semester of college, I had just gotten engaged, and a new job. We thought we were big time. Since our school was in Bmore, her job was in Bmore, and mine was in Timonium, Bmore seemed like a good place to settle down. We searched and searched and then finally found a place we both liked. I'll skip the incidentals and say this: we lasted 2 weeks. 2 WEEKS! Why you ask?
Night one: I was sleeping because I worked nights and had to get ready to leave in a little while. My mom and the count were taking out the trash and stuff and half of the neighborhood was outside getting arrested.
First whole night alone: I get up to go get a bottle of water from the fridge (important note, that's the only food like substance we had in the apartment). I go to the kitchen, flick on the light switch and a mouse runs into my foot and then under the stove! What do I do, scream, run to my room sit in the middle of the bed and cry! I called my mom who was in california taking care of my aunt and she calms me down and tells me to call my sister. I call my sister start crying again and then she says "mommy knew this was going to happen. The first night there the neighbors told her to tell you to watch out for the mice. But she didn't want to tell you because she knew you wouldn't stay". This sends me back into hysterics and I sit in the middle of the bed crying until 7am when I call my daddy and ask him to come up and mouse proof the apartment.
Moving my roommate in: A cat runs into our apartment and sits there like he has a right to be there. We are both scared of cats, we make her dad go get it.
First night with my roommate there: I walk out into the living room. We have our trash in the middle of the floor with the lights on because we don't want any surprises. I step out and all of a sudden the trash bag starts moving! I start screaming again and my roommate runs out trying to save me. The mouse runs out the bag and under the a/c unit. We look at each other, get our stuff and get out!
The last straw: My roommate is gets out of the shower and is walking to her room. A mouse sees her and chases her! In the middle of the day!! We were like ohhhh nooooo, these thangs is gettin bold! She calls me crying, I calm her and say that's it we're moving out.
All that happened in less than 14 days. The next 2 weeks before our next months rent is due we spend fighting the company trying to break the lease. They keep saying we have no grounds (NO GROUNDS! We have creatures living with us that don't pay rent!) 2 days before the rent is due we draft this long letter and send it to the apartment company and all the Bmore news stations. They call within the hour and say we can break the lease!
Oh did I mention there were roaches too? And that I came home 3 different times to find the front door unlocked? And that there was a gap in between the door and the frame because apparently the people that used to live there sold drugs and the police kicked in the door on a weekly basis-and no the company didn't change the locks until I demanded it.
So this time I'll be extra careful and have a list of questions to ask while looking at a place. I will also be conducting neighbor surveys. So if you a tall black dude with a silly black chick walking through your neighborhood taking notes come out and say hey!
For those of you living in apartments/townhomes what are some good questions I should ask? I need some help, you don't want me to come back from the honeymoon and find out mice have moved in :)
Friday, July 25, 2008
The Happy Dance
Oh yeahhhhh oh yeahhhhhh (it doesn't really have the same effect when I type it. I normally say this in sing song voice while flailing my arms and dancing around). That is the soundtrack to my happy dance. Why am I doing my happy dance? The count has 3 job offers. Yes 3!
Posted by Mrs Count at 10:03 AM
4 comments:
- laughing808 said...
I use to liv ein Laurel. Fox Rest Woods to be exact for seven long years. My one bedroom was decent, and I didn't have any mice or roaches. The management made sure to schedule exterminator visits twice a year.
So one question would be to ask about extermination. That way you have a little insurance against those pesky little creatures.
Also look into Beltsville, Burtonsville and Greenbelt. Not sure where if any of these would be good location but just suggestions.
- July 25, 2008 at 1:51 PM
- Anonymous said...
Back in the day when I was single and looking, my cousin (an LAPD cop at the time) always told me to visit or drive by apartments at night and weekends to get a better feel. Wishing you the best!
- July 25, 2008 at 2:26 PM
- antithesis said...
oh heck no! when i moved off campus my last year of school, i am so thankful i experienced none of this. i guess the best questions are to just ask about general maintenance and what past and current residents complain about most. if neighbors look friendly enough, i would definately ask them about their experience. also, some places, you just know will not be a good match. just pay attention to the staff's general attitude. and congrats to your future hubby on all those job options.
- July 26, 2008 at 9:40 AM
- Mrs Count said...
Thanks for the suggestions guys! Now I'm scared when the staff is too nice, my mom says it's because they are desperate, lol. That last lady was soooooooooooooo nice and helpful. When we started going through our troubles and wanted to get out, she was no where to be found!We only saw her evil boss.
And I'm so glad you didn't have to experience that too! I hope nobody else ever does :)
- July 26, 2008 at 2:18 PM


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A lack of knitting over the summer combined with finally feeling a rhythm to my new life has led to a flurry of knitting and designing that I can't seem to control. The people I interact with on a daily basis have been a well of inspiration for the things that can be born on my needles, and when I'm not sketching out designs, I'm working them up. I'm afraid to stop knitting because I don't want the designs to float away. They have to be made NOW. So, when I'm not in the air, at the coffee shop, or at the computer working, I"m knit-purling away at a new design.
I've been inspired by necessity. The trapeze boots that I made (and currently in their test-knit phase), were created out of a need to have my shins and ankles covered for my ankle hangs on the trapeze. Other sketches include shorts, rib warmers, legwarmers, cowls, sweaters, and costume accessories. My only problem is that I can't knit it all at once. I have dozens of sketches, but not enough hands. Also, the stash busting of the past two years means I am starting to scrape the bottom of my stash. I don't have enough of what i need for some of my designs. I'm still trying to knit through what I have, so I'm sticking to the designs that can utilize what's available, while devising plans for the other things.
More designs are coming! My main goal at the moment is to compile enough to put out a short e-book, so you may not see finished items until that point. I'll give you teasers when I can!
And, if you're interested in test knitting anything, head on over to the Little Green Pixie Rav group for updates!


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Friends are priceless, especially those that have seen you grow up since you were a child. They are rare, and if you have one or some in your life from back that age, that is a treasure.
I have one close friend whom I met at the age of 5 at Kindergarten, who went through puberty with me, sharing all our sorrows about boys, then men, about career choices and career changes. We've walked very different paths in some ways, and then very similar paths in other ways. I feel extremely fortunate to have her in my life.
Her, her husband and newborn were some of the first visitors I recently hosted here in New Zealand.
One of the conversations I had with her husband, who doesn't know me that well, was remarkable because it reminded me of a time not too long ago, when I was still working in my job as a big law firm associate – and when I was in a very different place emotionally. The two of them had come to visit me in Berlin at the time, I believe it was the first time that I met her then new love. As much as I enjoyed having them there, I was also quite stressed. It was a weekend but I had some important tasks to finish, and I remember going to work at least one day of that particular weekend. What he recalled now of our first meeting was that he had heard so much about me from our common friend, but that the person he finally met – I – was someone totally different, with empty eyes. "What is it that you see in her?" he had asked his partner, my Kindergarten friend, after our meeting. Now, years later, he said, he can see the sparkle in my eyes, they are alive.
I also recall my friend reminding me already at the time of the changes she perceived in me while working these many hours: the harshness, the coldness, the emptiness. She was a constant reminder and mirror, and I am so grateful for that.
The time back then was part of my path and I am also very grateful for the experiences I made, for the challenges they posed, for the people I met and got to work with. Yet life is so much more colourful today, there's so much more joy, and I do feel much more connected with myself. To get or stay on that track of happiness, true friends are a huge help.
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For now, the project is limited to the one book, with publisher and author sharing the advertising revenue. The author's contract was specially amended to accommodate the arrangement. Company spokesperson Erin Crum said: "We are exploring how online advertising programs can add value for publishers and authors. The results will be measured by the income generated through ads, number of page views and visitors to the site, and by sales of books from the site. If successful, this kind of digital product might be a new format that supplements the paperback edition."
In December 2005, HarperCollins announced that, in order to control its own assets, it would work to create a digital warehouse for its books as a basis for offering content to consumers in new ways with a variety of partners. That its first partner is one of its own authors says much about the company's intention to live up to its own PR. Author Bruce Judson is, appropriately, an expert in Internet marketing and contextual advertising, a senior faculty fellow at the Yale School of Management, and a successful, award-winning entrepreneur. His book was published in hardcover in 2004 and was named one of the best business books of the year by Library Journal. The paperback was recently released.
HarperCollins has previously indicated the desire to control its own digital assets rather than let others scan and store them. (Until now, the company has sent its books to others for digitizing, such as Amazon, which produces Search Inside the Book pages for its online bookstore.) Nevertheless, Go It Alone! is hosted not on HarperCollins' servers but on the author's, which are under the control of a Web site company. The company says that they will evaluate where future free books should be served from on a case-by-case basis.
As Web users have embraced the idea that "information wants to be free" and have resisted paying for digital content, businesses and even individuals with Web sites have increasingly migrated to the ad-supported model. But not book publishers. A few specialized publishers and aggregators, such as technical book publisher O'Reilly and business book aggregator Books 24x7, have been offering digital books on a subscription basis. Publishers of consumer books, however, fear that putting their books online will expose them to piracy and have enlisted their trade organization, the Association of American Publishers (AAP), to sue search company Google to prevent that from happening.
On Judson's site, the book, displayed in HTML rather than as a PDF, is flanked by clickable Yahoo! text ads. Because the content of these contextual ads reflects that of the page on which they appear, some of them may not be attractive to readers. For example, in Chapter 9, "Lessons from Some Inventive Companies," ads for medical devices, blood glucose test strips, and similar medical supplies appear because the author presents a test case involving a medical device company. However, Chapter 8, "Managing Extreme Outsourcing," presents ads sponsored by companies offering outsourcing services.
The navigation is unsophisticated. There is a clickable table of contents, but one can only scroll forward and back in a chapter one page at a time and there is no way to get back to the table of contents directly. Each page includes just a couple hundred words, so it's not easy to print the whole book. There is an index, but it isn't clickable.
Even though Google has popularized contextual ads on the Web, many books displayed through Google Book Search are not surrounded by ads. There are, however, links to stores where the books can be purchased. Where ads appear on Google, publishers share in the revenue, although exact proportions and amounts are kept secret. It is not yet known whether Microsoft's pending MSN Book Search will include ads. Some authors have been up in arms about the idea that others may make money from their works. The Authors Guild, which represents 8,000 writers, is suing Google to stop the giant from digitizing copyrighted books held in major libraries without explicit permission from rights holders.
Ad-supported digital books spark the same fears in publishers and authors as other types of digital content. If they are pirated and widely distributed without the ads, revenue will be lost. Go It Alone! is unlikely to meet this fate because of its odd formatting, which will discourage copying. Yet it is difficult to see whether this one experiment will yield results that can be extrapolated widely.
Paula Berinstein is publishing trends columnist for Searcher and producer/host of the podcast The Writing Show.


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After couple of these BW tweets (first one – Learning SAP BW, The Twitter way – BW-Tweet #1 and second one – Learning SAP BW, The Twitter way – BW-Tweet #2) there is increased traffic on www.twitter.com/sapbwtweet and We (as going forward anyone, even you can contribute to this one) are sure that you are enjoying this weekly micro-blog (read tweet) every Monday –
And this one comes from my colleague and dear friend Sunmit Bhandari(http://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/servlet/prt/portal/prtroot/com.sap.sdn.businesscard.sdnbusinesscard?u=a3hiqswix24%3d)
Did you try this TCode? –
Transaction RSSMQ – Used to check user authorization for queries or planning layouts. Utility for system admin to manage and understand user authorization from a single transaction.
Disclaimer – Idea is to learn something in couple of seconds without going through lengthy blogs or articles. BW-Tweet hopes to exist with blogs and articles rather than replacing those. Also this is reproduction of concepts and in no way qualify as an original piece of work.
i think the twitter idea is great,unless its done with careful investigation. pls note that this tcode: RSSMQ is obsolete in 04's and SAP suggests using RSECADMIN….hope to see clear details in your next tweet ….


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For corporations with international supply chains, 2018 provided many familiar challenges—from managing the impacts of fires and natural disasters on suppliers and logistics vendors to analyzing the risks that a merger and acquisitions (M&A) could lead a supplier to stop producing certain parts or components. But Resilinc's 2018 EventWatch data and our qualitative analysis of supply chain issues affecting our customers reveal that highly fluid geopolitical issues— especially the U.S.-China trade conflicts and Brexit—posed some of the most potentially costly and disruptive supply chain impacts in 2018. And early indications are these will continue through 2019 at the least.
As this report was being finalized a few weeks before the March 29 Brexit deadline, Great Britain and the European Union had not reached a trade agreement. This meant that every company importing or exporting across UK/EU borders was facing possible new tariffs as high as 4.5%—multiplied by two or three for products that cross borders multiple times. And delays at new customs checkpoints threatened to derail finely tuned inventory management practices.


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Machine vision has long been used in automobile manufacturing, but until recently the technology was considered too expensive and technically demanding to use within cars. Now, however, machine vision companies have entered the in-vehicle market, targeting the safety and security sweet spot that many industry observers have identified.
A recent study by TRW Automotive Inc. reports that 74% of respondents say vehicle safety features and options are more important to them than they were five years ago. And all of the entries on Edmunds.com's Top 10 High-Tech Car Safety Technologies list—which the automotive information source recommends consumers look for when car shopping—are sensor-based.
It's no wonder, then, that market analyst The Freedonia Group Inc. predicts global demand for light-vehicle OEM automotive sensors will advance more rapidly than vehicle production itself—7.4% annually to $14 billion in 2010. Safety and security applications promise the greatest growth potential, Freedonia says.
A First for Machine Vision
Among the first to enter the in-vehicle on ramp is OmniVision Technologies Inc., which recently began supplying its CameraChips to a leading automotive equipment supplier for use in lane-departure-warning (LDW) and rearview-camera systems. Then there's the ground-shaker, Cognex Corp. This, the largest supplier of machine vision sensors, just got larger with its simultaneous entry into in-vehicle vision: Cognex has acquired AssistWare Technology Inc., maker of the SafeTRAC LDW system.
More Development Coming
Cognex chairman and CEO Dr. Robert J. Shillman expects the in-vehicle market to be "very large and potentially quite profitable." In the near term, Cognex says it will expand the external analysis capabilities of AssistWare's product to include collision warning, blind spot detection, headlight dimming, headlight aiming, rain detection/wiper control, and adaptive cruise control. In the longer term, Cognex plans to offer "inward-looking" sensors as well, to address applications now covered by other technologies. Among these are recognition of the driver and determination of the size and position of each occupant for intelligent air-bag deployment.
I think we're in for a ride. Last year SEMI (Semiconductor Equipment and Materials Institute), the trade group representing manufacturers of semiconductor equipment and materials, honored Cognex's leaders with its SEMI Award for North America to recognize their contributions to semiconductor manufacture. You might wonder, will Cognex and its ilk make a similar impact on in-vehicle operations?
John Lewis at Cognex points out that as machine vision improves the manufacture of semiconductors (including CMOS vision sensors), semiconductor materials improve machine vision—in a continuous loop. That's an interesting concept to ponder! I haven't figured out yet how cars might improve vision sensors, but it's clear that vision sensors are set to improve cars.


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Six guidelines to follow when your dog is sick, and you are traveling
This blog is from a guest post I wrote for mavistheairstream.com. Go check their site out... especially if you are into renovating airstreams! Thank you again Sheena, Jason, and Riley!
Traveling with our dogs and including them in our adventures is one of the most rewarding experiences. They are worth every compromise and every itinerary adjustment.
However, this does present itself with a set of challenges. Especially when we consider safety and the potential need for seeking veterinary care. Part of the thrill of traveling is leaving everything familiar and comfortable. Which is great when we consider the improved scenery and the destination's local restaurants, but not so great when we are googling the closest emergency vet in a strange city.
We know when we have a true emergency on our hands. But what about the grey area? We have all been there and found ourselves with a sick dog. It is a total bummer and a buzz kill that fills us with worry and anxiety.
You might find yourself asking: Should I take him in or just keep a close eye on him? Am I being paranoid? Am I being that over protective dog mom or dad? Am I going to take him in just for the vet or the nurse to tell me it's nothing?
So how can you tell? As a veterinarian one of the most common questions I get asked is: "do you think my dog needs to be seen."
So, I developed this system for your reference. The next time you have a potentially sick dog refer to these six guidelines:
1) Age
Puppies and seniors should be seen immediately when they are sick.
Because of their smaller size and their immature immune system puppies tend to dehydrate quicker. They are also predisposed to certain viruses, bacterial infections, and parasites. Puppies can get really sick very quickly. I consider them a puppy when they are under 12 months of age.
Seniors are more predisposed to their bodily systems wearing out with time. But like puppies, seniors can get really sick really quickly. For our purposes, I consider senior dogs to be 8+ years of age. This of course is going to vary by size and breed.
Middle aged, otherwise 'healthy' dogs tend to be more resilient. With these guys (depending on the severity of the symptoms) you can sometimes wait and see if they improve with supportive care and perhaps over the counter medications.
2) Breed
Certain breeds are more predisposed to different injuries and illnesses. It is important to know what your dog is genetically predisposed to.
Also, keep in mind that some breeds are more stoic than others. For example, huskies and shepherds tend to let you know when they aren't feeling well. They also tend to be more sensitive to pain. On the other hand, some dogs such as terriers and hunting breeds tend to be more tough and stoic. This is largely a generalization, and ultimately you know your dog best. If you have a tough guy for a dog who never seems sick or painful, and all of a sudden, he/she is not acting right, it is better to play it safe.
3) Previous medical history:
If your dog has a preexisting condition such as diabetes, pancreatitis, kidney disease, liver disease, certain cancers, and he/she isn't acting right, you should seek veterinary care. These illnesses can progress rapidly, and it is important to act quickly when they are sick.
4) Severity and onset of symptoms:
Did your dog just sneak a piece of bacon off the counter top and now he's got loose stool? Did you take her on a longer hike than normal and now she is stiff or sleeping more? Is he having loose stool after a stressful, 14-hour car ride in bumper to bumper traffic? If you consider his symptoms to be "mild" and can link them with a particular life event it might be okay to wait and see if he/she improves. If your dog's symptoms are subjectively severe it is best to take them in immediately. I would consider the following "severe:" Continuous vomiting, vomiting water, bloated belly, refusal to eat for greater than 24 hours (shorter window in puppies), profuse liquid diarrhea that does not improve with fasting and bland diet, bloody diarrhea, extreme lethargy, symptoms of dehydration, any neurological symptoms such as tremors, seizures, stumbling when walking, and collapse. And any symptoms of difficulty breathing or distress.
5) Your physical exam:
Ask yourself the following: Are his gums tacky or pale? Is his heart rate really high or really low? Does his/her belly feel painful when you gently press against it? Is his temperature above normal or too low? If you can answer yes to any of the above findings it is important to monitor these closely. If you discover abnormal physical exam findings that persist or worsen over any period of time it is best to seek veterinary care.
6) Duration of symptoms:
If symptoms persist with no improvement for greater than 24 hours, it is best to seek veterinary care.
Remember that this rough guideline is different for puppies and seniors. In puppies and seniors, I would wait no longer than 4-6 hours- depending on the severity.
So, follow these guidelines but use them in conjunction with knowing what's normal for your own dog. I cannot stress enough the importance of practicing physical exams on your own dogs. Performing physical exams will help you make quick and accurate assessments of your dog in the event he starts acting sick. I challenge you to perform a physical exam on your own dog once weekly.
All these guidelines are important; however, it is important to look at the overall picture. Think of each guideline as a check box. If you can check more than half the boxes it is best to seek veterinary care. It is best to error on the side of caution, and it is never wrong to take them in for peace of mind.
The goal is to have the best possible travel experience with your dog. Having a good understanding of basic first aid care, knowing what is normal for your dog, and following the guidelines above will ensure this.
Also, it goes without saying, make sure you do your research ahead of time and know where the nearest vet clinics are located.
All of these practices will result in a new-found freedom to explore more with your four-legged adventure pal.
And in the meantime, here's to exploring the great outdoors with our canine companions!
Libbie Fort, DVM


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A RETIRED farmer who was charged with sexually assaulting a child will return to his Darling Downs home after he was granted bail, a court heard.
The man in his 70s was charged with nine offences including sexual intercourse with a child under 10.
It is alleged the offences happened in the Northern Rivers between January 2014 and December 2019.
Court documents stated the last offence allegedly happened between midnight on November 30 and 9am, December 1, 2019.
The man was arrested on December 12 and refused bail at Tweed Heads Police Station.
He appeared via video link in Tweed Heads Local Court on Wednesday, where he applied for bail.
Defence lawyer Michael McMillan told the court his client was the primary carer for his wife.
Mr McMillan said his client lived on a property about 35 minutes' drive from the nearest hospital where his wife went for treatment.
He said his client's health had also deteriorated since being in custody.
"He has suffered since being in custody and has lost a lot of weight," Mr McMillan said.
Police Prosecutor Sergeant Val Short told the court the defendant was a long-term friend of the victim's family and opposed the bail application.
"It's not to say he wouldn't come across the victim's father because they're both in the same industry," Sgt Short said.
"These are serious charges and there is an ongoing investigation at present in relation to further matters."
Magistrate Jeff Linden granted the man's bail under the condition the man reported to police every week, stayed at least 10km away from the victim and agreed to forfeit $10,000 if he broke those conditions.
The man was adjourned until February 19 for a mention on the balance of the brief.


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Car Births Happen: Here's How To Prepare For An Unexpected Delivery
When Detroit Red Wings centerman Darren Helms' girlfriend went into labor in 2015, the professional hockey player began driving as fast as he could to get to the hospital, but he wasn't fast enough. Soon the couple was facing an unusual and scary situation: Baby girl Rylee was quick to come, born in Helms' car on the side of I-96 on a March morning at 2:15 just five minutes away from the hospital, the Detroit Free Press reported.
Helms recalled the events just prior to delivery. He'd gone to bed early after his team won against St. Louis earlier in the day, and his girlfriend Devon came to him in the middle of the night.
"She kind of woke me up and said things were happening real fast," Helm said, according to the Detroit Free Press. "It came on so quick, we thought we'd have some time to get to the hospital, and things just took turn. The baby was ready to come out and say hello, and that's what she did."
Have an emergency birth kit
What Helms, Devon and Rylee experienced is unusual, but not unheard of. As such, it's important that pregnant women and their partners talk about what they would do if they find themselves in a similar situation.
To prepare for the unexpected, make sure you have all the necessary supplies in reach as you get further along in your pregnancy. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention suggests putting together an emergency birth kit that includes essential supplies such as:
- Clean towels and sheets.
- Clean scissors.
- Sterile gloves and sanitary pads.
- Diapers.
- Instructions for infant-rescue breathing procedures.
Having these items on hand can help make the birthing process a little bit easier.
Know the early signs of labor
Every woman experiences labor differently. If you're a first-time mom, you may not know how your body or baby will respond to labor, but if this isn't your first go-round you might be able to draw insight from your past childbirth experiences. However, that's not to say you should assume your labor with Baby No. 2 will be the same as it was with Baby No. 1. Additionally, it's common for first labors to take longer than subsequent deliveries, so if you already have one or two children in tow, keep in mind that a quicker labor is possible.
Here are a few signs that it's close to delivery time, according to What To Expect:
- You have labor contractions that are three to four minutes apart.
- Your water has broken.
- You feel an overwhelming urge to push.
This last point is crucial. Baby Center pointed out that in less than 1 percent of pregnancies, women don't have many contractions or other labor symptoms before the urge to push. If you get this urge on your way to the hospital, try to hold off. Use breathing techniques to keep calm and collected, and try lying on your side. However, you'll still want to get prepared by disrobing from the waist down, and call your doctor or emergency services for advice.
Having a baby is an incredibly emotional experience in the best of circumstances. But when it happens in an unanticipated way, it can quickly become nerve-wracking or scary. Being prepared can help you welcome your little one to the world as best as you can.
Molly Ploe comes from the Upper Peninsula of Michigan and enjoys hiking, baking and reading. Her favorite Saturday is rainy with bread in the oven and a new book.


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Keep files moving on a timely basis. When the efforts of a collection agency are not producing any results within a fairly short period of time, it is best to send it on to the collection attorney for further efforts.
Detail all collection efforts in a concise manner and provide as much documentation as possible so that the collection attorney can process the claim more effectively from the get-go. In particular, be sure to apprise the attorney of any known disputes to the claim.
Communicate to the client that the file has been placed with an attorney. Depending upon your relationship with the client, you may need to specify that the claim is still being worked on a contingency basis. Many clients require a lot of education on your processes, especially if they are new to your agency.
Outline to the attorney what your collection and communication requirements are. Whether it's weekly or monthly reports, even if the status has not changed, having a fairly regular line of communication in writing that keeps the collection agency, and thus the client, up to date is paramount for maintaining good relationships.
Provide the collection agency with an evaluation of the collectability of the case as quickly as possible. Neither office makes money maintaining a file in an open status if it is uncollectible.
If you are recommending suit action, provide specific reasons as to why. Do you have past experience with the debtor? Have you discovered potential assets to seize? etc.
Keep the collection agency informed in order that they can in turn keep the creditor updated. Although the law firm ultimately represents the creditor, they should never forget from a practical point of view that they would not have received the case except for the collection agency.
Do what you can to make the collection agency look good with the creditor. There are a number of subtle
actions that can accomplish this. Here's an example: an attorney acknowledged receipt of a collection
placement from a collection agency. In that acknowledgement, he went out of his way to indicate how well
the collection agency had organized and prepared the case for forwarding. He complimented the collection
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acknowledgement was passed on to the creditor. The end result was that by taking this extra step, the
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Should I Post Online Dating Profile Photos?
I have a friend who has a lot of experience with online dating. She said that what she's learned is that women need to approach men by writing to them first, and not just wait for whoever contacts us. I think you've given the same advice, right?
She also told me about an attractive friend of hers who's my age (49) who didn't put her photos up online. She would contact men she was interested in and offer to send them photos individually. That way she avoided being bombarded by all the riffraff. What do you think of that approach? Should I post online dating profile photos or just reserve them for the men I like?
Dear Peggy,
I absolutely advocate for women taking initiative and contacting men first. Otherwise, you simply get whatever falls into your net. Think about it this way – if you were applying for a job, would you contact the companies you were interested in or post your resume on a job site and wait to see who contacts you? When your search is more targeted, you'll get much better results. Be the chooser and select the men you like. Write them a flirty fun email and see who writes back.
Should you post online dating profile photos?
As for not posting photos, I vehemently disagree, and I'm not usually that black and white when it comes to dating dos and don'ts. The number one reason men don't contact women is because they don't post photos. If you read men's profiles, you'll often see, "If you don't have a photo, please don't contact me."
Online dating is like window shopping at a giant mall. Most men are looking at photos and within seconds, they decide "yes" or "no". They don't want to work that hard to find out more about you. The photo is the first thing they see. If it attracts him, he'll probably read your essay and then contact you. Men are very visual.
And this is not just a male thing. You probably skip profiles of men without photos, too. I usually do.
About the low-lifes, the losers, the liars, and others who lurk online? If you're online, you're probably going to get "bombarded by riffraff", but you can control your inbox. Decide who you choose to write back, who you delete, and who you block.
So, go ahead and post those photos. Choose between 5-10 pics that tell a story about you. One can be formal in a cocktail dress. Another outdoors doing something you love like hiking or gardening. One with your pet if you have one (but not your profile pic. He's dating you, not your dog or cat).
Post a warm inviting closeup for your profile pic. Smile. Make sure the lighting is good. Professional photos are lovely, but only if they are natural. No department store photo department specials! You don't want those weird props and tie died backdrops.
When you post pictures from different parts of your life (work, vacation, sports), you will inspire a man to write and ask you about what you were doing in the photo. What a great way to get the conversation going!
So post online dating profile photos and start meeting those great guys. You might have to sift through some of the riffraff to find them, but it's definitely worth the effort.
Hope that helps!
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The monument commemorates the men and women who have served in the naval services in war and peace.
It features a Gallipoli plaque as well as an anchor donated by the family of A. B. W. H. (Harry) Cadd, PA 2538 RANR Ex HMAS Norman.
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This plaque commemorates the 100th anniversary of the famous landing.
In particular the input of the Navy in the form of the Royal Australian Navy "Bridging Train, supplying stores and ammunition from ship to shore and up to the front, often under heavy Turkish artillery fire.
Many were decorated, and their casualties were high.
This Naval Anchor commemorates the 60th Anniversary of V. P. Day
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SAN FRANCISCO — We have data about pollution in the air we breathe, says Rosten Woo. But he wants to make that data visible and present. That's what Woo, an artist in residence at San Francisco's science and art museum, the Exploratorium, hopes to do with his project, Mutual Air.
Woo was sitting outside the West Oakland Environmental Indicators Project, where one of his sculptures — there will be 30 around the city by January — is installed. While he spoke, the sensors on the sculpture intermittently chimed in the background.
"It's this idea of thinking about the air itself as infrastructure — it's this huge thing that we all depend on that has this really unequal distribution of its qualities," he said. "When you think about how you define infrastructure, air meets that criteria. So it's like, how do you give presence to the air?"
Woo decided to do this by using sculptures. He calls them bells, and sensors on them chime to register the particulate matter in the air: one chime or two every few minutes is normal, but fast, consistent chiming indicates an unhealthy amount of particulate matter in the air.
Prior to embarking on this project, Woo was reading a book about village bells in 18th-century France that rang at important life events such as weddings and funerals, as well as letting people know when to go out to the fields and when to come back in. The bells were something no one could opt out of hearing.
"Sound has special characteristics — you can't choose not to see it, and you can't look away," he said. "At the end of book, the author said nowadays you could never have a village bell, and I took that as an interesting challenge of what could be something that would function like that and would provide this connection across space."
Along with chiming in response to the hyper-local particulate matter, the sensors also indicate global carbon dioxide levels with a wood block sound. Woo wanted to have both measurements to show the quality of air changes depending on where you are.
"People don't breathe the air of Oakland, they breathe the air right around their face," he said. "The air could be totally fine in the center of Oakland, but if you move right next to the port or a freeway or where a bunch of trucks are stalling, it could have a totally different reading, and that has big implications for the way we make policy."
When the worst fire in California's history burned in Butte County in November, the air in Oakland, although about 150 miles away, reached levels considered extremely unhealthy to breathe. The bells registered the high levels of particulates in the air, says the Exploratorium's Ray Gruenig, chief designer and engineer of the bells.
"The sculptures are meant to alert people to the air being invisible but dynamic, and they were ringing as hard and as loud as they ever will for a week and a half," he said. "The sculptures are meant to detect increased pollutants from traffic on a highway or an idling bus nearby. These were at least four or five times that. They were forest fire conditions, a whole other order of conditions."
The air in your neighborhood — and how polluted it is — is political, Woo says, as well as which regions are monitored. The Bay Area Air Quality Management District has around 30 monitoring stations — where data on air quality is collected and analyzed — but Woo suggests the area could use more.
Woo hopes the bells will help create political pressure about air quality in West Oakland, which is circled by freeways and diesel trucks that are supposed to only use certain routes at particular times, but don't always adhere to those rules. Adjacent to the Port of Oakland, the area has concentrations of diesel particulate matter about three times higher than the rest of the Bay Area. But it was the West Oakland Environmental Indicators Project that carried out local measurements before any outside agency was involved.
"It's one thing to say, 'I don't like all these trucks,' and the Port of Oakland can be like, 'OK, whatever,' but when you say, 'Well, we did 1,000 measurements over the course of three months' — that data set has had effects in the seriousness with which the Port has taken the air quality concerns," he said. After doing a truck survey in West Oakland with various organizations and communities groups, the Port of Oakland announced last year that diesel emissions are down 81 percent— and they plan to make that 85 percent by 2020.
"Our target area of where we're trying to site the majority of the bells is here in this band of freeways because we want to increase public knowledge and public pressure around these truck routes," he said. "On the one hand, if you live in West Oakland, you know the air is bad — it's not like this is a news flash, but I think that's part of what an art project can do and culture can do, it can break through to a different set of people who might care about that in a different way. That's part of what we're trying to do with the project — generate interest and attention to this problematic and very fixable local situation in Oakland."


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Caring for your eyes is something we should all be…
Pretty Hair Don't Care
The whole apathy thing has surely been drug out just about as far as it can go, right? Well, maybe not, according to a leading survey among the top trend-followers. Not caring is still big business, from appearances, and it looks like it isn't going anywhere anytime soon. While nobody seems to be caring, the whole apathy movement is drawing a lot of attention, wherever it happens to show up.
The Extent of Not Caring
There is more than enough apathy to go around, when it comes to hair, especially, with all of the most recent "don't care" dos circulating around these days. There are the following, for example:
- Messy Hair Don't Care
- Dirty Hair Don't Care
- Short Hair Don't Care
- Long Hair Don't Care
- Curly Hair Don't Care
- Straight Hair Don't Care, and
- I Don't Care.
- So There
Actually, Every Hair Cares, to Some Extent
Apparently, this whole "not caring" movement proceeded out of a rather common occurrence between all women, for the most part. So many divas have enviable hair, and the last thing they would ever admit to would be that they had somehow strived to get their particular look. Surely, among all of today's gen, caring is seen as the weakest trait. Whether anyone cares or not is all their own business, and while the world may never know the details, they surely care!
Earlier Than Today's Hair Fashionistas Might Imagine
Actually, the whole concept of "don't care" originated with the hippie movement, when young hippie girls railed against the status quo, and their prudish and narrow-minded take on practically everything in the world. At the time, the "long hair" thing had more to do with the male population than the female one. The establishment–being the then governing antithesis to a newer, Woodstock's "anti-establishment," and their proclamations on men with long hair facilitated a response from the first-ever, rebelling youths in a manner that would take this long to resurface. The convention of the then adults, who had emerged from the difficulties of the Great Depression somehow correlated men with long hair with homosexuality, most likely due to the way in which the longer hair could actually confuse the gender of a person when seen from behind.
Progress With Apathy
Cutting edge artists have continued on with this way of thinking in this day and time. Lady Gaga, Rhianna, Madonna and many other celebs that "buck the system" are constantly paving the way for future generations to do what they "feel" and that often comes out in what they wear, through over-the-top makeup and in their hairstyles. Lines are being crossed in fashion that are bolder and more daring than ever before. The aspect of apathy probably has more to do with the manner in which any up and coming generation must clearly define itself as distinctly separate and independent-thinking. And so, in honor of everyone's most defining style, please go ahead and "don't care" away–it's your time to shine, and you are entitled to "not care."


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Specifically, mediation is analyzed through the use of electronic tools and their implementation according to the gaze and analysis of academics from different countries, which allows us to have an enriching panorama of comparative law.
Access to justice must always be protected and guaranteed, and, through ODR methods, a certain and wide path has been opened that will allow even more opportunities than we have today, as we face disruptive technologies.
The tireless and dedicated task of Alberto Elisavetsky, in ODR methods, both in its theoretical and practical version, embodied in this book, is invaluable for those who wish to devote themselves to the wonderful task of helping to solve conflicts both in the electronic field as in person The sharpness and vision of his thinking has allowed him to move forward in this task in Latin America, simplifying the procedures according to the needs and demands of the 21st century, through the use of technology and effective communication processes, in line with the profound changes of our society.
This work is essential for every mediator to read, as it will add light on their knowledge, adding to the permanent transformation of the systems, through lessons of daily application.
Regulatory frameworks and training possibilities are also analyzed based on the diagramming of approved programs, dictated through an interactive platform, which facilitates the permanent update, an unavoidable requirement for the proper exercise of the profession.
I appreciate the honor of calling me to make this comment for the presentation of the work in English, of this precious knowledge to share the world, especially in those aspects that are of utmost importance to achieve harmony and culture of peace, and that respond to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals for the 2030 Agenda.


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Q: What is grinding?
A: I define grinding as repeating a single task until it gets boring.
Q: If it's boring, why is grinding necessary?
A: There are two reasons. One, gaming as submission (1). Two, grinding lets games have a ramping power level. You get stronger when you grind.
Q: Why do games need a ramping power level?
A: It's illustrated in a game design concept called "flow." Players are constantly evolving when they're playing games: they're getting better as they learn new mechanics and master old ones. So if the game's difficulty level doesn't change, the player will quickly become too good and the game will be boring. The game's difficulty needs to rise along with the player's power level. Consequentially, if the game is too hard and the player hasn't yet acquired the skills to properly react, it becomes frustrating to play. Flow is how games maintain a balance between "boring" and "frustrating" by scaling the difficulty with the player's power level.
Q: So if flow is meant to prevent games from being boring, and grinding is meant to make flow happen, then why is grinding boring?
A: … Good question.
Well-designed video games find an answer to that last question. Mediocre video games never make it to the third question: they just assume that ramping power levels are a good thing. Bad video games never bother to question what grinding exactly is and just stuff it into their game.
Grinding happens because of a fundamental misunderstanding of what flow is. It's when designers mistake "player skill level" for "character skill level," as in the character that the player is controlling. That might seem like a small difference, but it's not. Not at all.
Player Skill Versus Character Skill
"Player skill" refers to the growth that the human player holding the controls goes through while playing the game. Things like reaction speed, dexterity, hand-eye coordination, predicting enemy movements, estimating the flight arc of a thrown grenade, and bluffing are all player skill. Think of it as the skills that stay with the player even after leaving the game. On the other hand, "character skill" is all about the systematic numbers behind the player's character. Leveling up, finding health upgrades, and equipping a stronger weapon are all cases of character skill.
Flow is all about player skill. Character skill is only relevant if it applies to player skill. Straight numbers have no place in flow, and that's where the problem of grinding lies. It's what happens when you try to artificially create flow using character skill rather than player skill.
Still, it's not easy to differentiate between "player skill" and "character skill." Don't they play off each other? If you had a character who attacks once per second for two damage, and another character who attacks twice per second for one damage each, wouldn't you play them differently? There's a whole grey zone in between those two types of skills, but for the sake of clarifying the differentiation we can look at the polar opposites, the genre that epitomizes player skill versus the genre that epitomizes character skill. Those two genres, in my opinion, are fighting games and RPGs respectively (2).
Players of fighting games have to go through many, many steps before being able to experience the game as it was meant to be played. First, there's learning the controls and combos. Then there are different characters, each with unique playstyles. After that, you start getting into the nitty-gritty details of block frames and dodge frames and how all the underlying mechanics work. And throughout this whole process, a player has to be honing his physical dexterity to play the game in the first place: it took me like an hour of practice until I could execute Ryu Hayabusa's Izuna Drop attack in Dead or Alive 3. Finally, after all this learning, the player gets to the stage of "yomi," the part where the game revolves around predicting and countering enemy movements (3).
Beginner players of a fighting game can't possibly afford to spend concentration on yomi, because they need that concentration for controller dexterity and character-specific combos. Fighting games are notorious for their immensely high skill floor and how difficult it is to get into that world. Of course, the tradeoff is that player growth has immense potential, high enough for professional fighting game players to make a living. That whole journey from beginner to pro, from learning the controls to manipulating yomi is all player skill. But the characters themselves never changed one bit.
On the other hand, traditional RPGs have a low player skill ceiling (4). These games consist of turn-based combat and selecting actions from a menu. How much better can you get at selecting "Fire" under the "Magic" section? Difficulty in RPGs is measured numerically: levels, statistics, health, damage output, etc. When you're facing off against a difficult boss in a traditional RPG, you defeat it by fighting other monsters until your in-game characters grow stronger. But you as a player aren't actually growing at all: your talents aren't rising, because there isn't anywhere for them to rise. Maybe you're getting a little faster at selecting options from menus, but that's about it.
With this in mind, it's no wonder that pure dedicated fighting games rarely have leveling systems, or even numerical displays. Health in fighting games is often represented by bars: it's rare to see it represented by numbers as is so common among RPGs. Branching off that train of thought, professional RPG players will probably never be a thing with how low the skill ceiling is. RPGs don't actually drive the player to greater skill levels: they drive the characters that the player controls to greater skill levels. There's no player growth happening, but compare a hardcore Final Fantasy Tactics player's team to a complete beginner's.
Now that we've established fighting games as being primarily player skill and RPGs as being primarily character skill, we can look at each genre's approach to grinding. It's not a deep analysis: fighting games have little to no grinding, and RPGs have a ton of it. But there are more genres than those two, so we'll need to take a look at a wider spectrum of games. I'll be adding my opinion on which skill type each game focuses on, and how that ties into the gameplay. Keep this question in mind: how would you approach a difficult boss in each of these titles? Would you vary up your tactics and hone your player skills, or would you retreat and grind on monsters to increase your character skills?
Final Fantasy Tactics (Turn-based strategy, RPG): I sort of regret using this game to represent pure character skill. Like with any turn-based strategy, FFT involves positioning, timing, and foresight. All of those are player skill, but I would still say that FFT is primary about character skill. New classes only become available once a character has trained sufficiently in prerequisite classes. Each class provides new avenues for player skill, but unlocking the classes in the first place is character skill. 15% player skill, 85% character skill.
Cave Story (Action adventure): Enemies drop weapon energy when defeated, which levels up the weapon you're holding. That's character skill, but there's a gimmick: when you take damage, your currently equipped weapon loses some energy and becomes weaker. If you're taking too much damage, your character becomes weak and you have to either switch to another weapon or try to build up more weapon energy. Your ability to avoid damage is what maintains your current character skill. It's like FFT in reverse: your character skill level scales proportionally with your player skill level. 75% player skill, 25% character skill (5).
Borderlands (FPS, RPG): The game's leveling system is balanced so that focusing purely on story missions will leave you underleveled and weak. There are plenty of side quests to gain experience from, but even then you're never more than a few levels over a story mission boss. Grinding and increasing character skill is used not as an option for defeating tough enemies, but more as a limiter forcing players to do side quests. Which isn't a bad thing: the side quests are interesting, fun, and never repetitive. 80% player skill, 20% character skill.
The Binding of Isaac (Action adventure): Now this one is just weird, because the whole game is completely randomized. Sometimes you'll find many powerful accessories and become a juggernaut, whereas other times you'll be less fortunate in your journey and will probably end up dead. There's player skill involved: dodging damage, landing attacks, using special items wisely. But character skill isn't a reliable factor. With that said, this game doesn't follow the concept of flow (6). 25% player skill, 10% character skill, 65% randomization.
Notice any trends? For one, none of these estimates are reliable. Each title's emphasis on skill changes over the course of the game. Late-game Borderlands focuses much more on character skill, and late-game Final Fantasy Tactics increases the need for player skill. But these are just rough, general estimates for the game's power curve as a whole. I just had to point that out for the sake of integrity.
But the important trend to notice is each game's relationship to grinding. When a game focuses on character skill, it tends to lean towards grinding. Final Fantasy Tactics has grinding: you fight randomly encountered enemies so your characters get stronger. Cave Story has a little tiny bit of grinding: it's smart to bring all your weapons to their maximum level before a tough boss battle, but the maximum level is three and that's easily reached. Borderlands doesn't have grinding: enemies give experience relative to your own level, so killing enemies weaker than you makes no difference. The Binding of Isaac doesn't have grinding: it's impossible to grind in that game with its randomized nature.
What Does Each Kind Of Skill Do?
Emphasis on character skill causes grinding. When a game focuses on character skill, it becomes all about the end result. You fight battles so your character levels up and becomes stronger. It's like a Skinner box: you're going through a boring process so you can get a reward in the end. A video game should not be a boring process.
On the other hand, when a game focuses on player skill, the journey becomes the goal. You fight battles because it's fun to fight battles, not because you want a reward at the end. Think about it this way: when you reach maximum character skill (the level cap) in a game, do you still continue to play it? Look at the Call of Duty: Modern Warfare series. You gain experience by playing, but you have an option to reset all your experience and start again from scratch. Go to Maplestory and ask any high-leveled player if they'd like to reset all their experience and start again from scratch. There's no way it would be okay in Maplestory: having your account hacked and losing all your items is considered traumatic enough. But everyone does it in CoD: MW. It's because the action of playing CoD: MW and shooting people's faces is intrinsically fun, and restarting lets you play the game more. But in Maplestory, you're playing the game only for the reward, rather than because it's fun (7). It's not fun: if it weren't for the leveling system, no one would play it. Games should be fun in and of themselves rather than relying on tricks to reel players in.
Grinding and flow are like two sides of a coin. It's the battle between the psychological trap against the paragon of good game design, represented by character skill and player skill respectively. Still, as much as I dislike grinding, I don't want to just bash on it: it's better to try to see both sides of the issue. What's the good side of grinding and character-based skill?
One, character skill is consistent. Player skill is something that requires effort to develop, while character skill is always increasing as long as you're playing the game. Contrast the outwardly-similar MOBA games League of Legends and Dota 2. LoL has aspects of character skill: after each match you gain influence points (IP) that you can spend to buy new champions, or runes to boost your champion's abilities in battle. If you're on a massive losing streak in LoL, it might feel demoralizing and painful but you're still gaining IP even after losses. Maybe you can switch it up: buy a new champion, or buy a different set of runes. But Dota 2 doesn't have a system like that: it's pure player skill. When you're feeling weak and useless after a losing streak, it's frustrating to know that you can't get any stronger unless you have a pro player coach you or something. That's why Dota 2 is considered a game for hardcore players while LoL is a bit more approachable, and that's also why LoL is one of the most popular games in the world while Dota 2 has a niche community. It's a smart way to take a positive aspect of character skill without bringing grinding into the picture (8).
Two, character skill gives you time to master player skills. In Borderlands, each character has a special Action Skill: the hunter Mordecai sends his pet bird Bloodwing to attack enemies for his Action Skill. Bloodwing's initial cooldown is twenty-eight seconds, but as you level up and learn new abilities (improving your character skill) you can bring Bloodwing's cooldown to as low as one second. But think of it this way: if Bloodwing's base cooldown was one second, how would a new player react? It would be impossible to balance using Bloodwing and using standard gun combat at the same time. That's why Bloodwing's cooldown starts out high and drops down low, so players can get used to cycling through different types of attacks while in combat. With a twenty-eight second cooldown, it's easy to see how to use Bloodwing: throw her out, have her attack an enemy, then shoot people for twenty-eight seconds until she's ready again. A shorter cooldown is the same thing, but faster: and the player can actually do it, since he's learned how to do it with a twenty-eight second cooldown.
Three, character skill is satisfying. Looking back at all the effort you spent making your character as powerful as possible is satisfying. It's like that scene in Gran Torino when Clint Eastwood is cleaning his car, and when he's done he sits on his porch, smokes a cigarette, and just looks at the finished product. That's just not possible with player skill. Perfectionist player types gravitate towards RPGs or other character-skill based games for this reason. Disc 3 of Final Fantasy VII was pretty much that: it contained nothing but the final battle with Sephiroth and a ton of room for extra character skill expansion. Some players would just make a beeline for Sephiroth and end the game, and some players would go out and look for the golden chocobo or try to kill Ruby Weapon or all the other character-skill things left to do.
The distinction between player skill and character skill is fuzzy and unclear, but when a game's designers sit down and try to pin down exactly what they want their title's skill distribution to be, it results in a good video game. But when that process of considering different skill types doesn't happen, it results in design flaws like grinding. It's necessary for us designers to understand the pros and cons of both player skill and character skill and apply that analysis to the games we create.
(1) Read the "Mechanics, Dynamics, Aesthetics" paper for more on submission. Basically, it's when you play a game for the sake of losing yourself in a simple rote task. It's like re-reading a book so you can zone out and just enjoy it, rather than picking up a new book that would be a bit more thought-intensive. Submission is a reasonable and respectable goal for game design, but not all games are about submission.
(2) Puzzle games like Closure and Braid are also cases of pure player skill with zero character skill. But for the sake of this essay, fighting games are easier to analyze.
(3) For more about yomi, look up the prisoner's dilemma. "Yomi" in fighting games is analogous to "ply" in chess: in both cases it's the interaction between what you think the enemy will do and how you will counter it.
(4) I say "traditional RPGs" to differentiate between pure RPGs and action RPGs. Action RPGs are more like the grey zone in between player skill and character skill, whereas traditional RPGs lean much more towards character skill.
(5) I almost feel like I should rate Cave Story's emphasis on player skill higher, because of the Blood-Stained Sanctuary levels. Seriously: I've been playing those levels while writing this essay, and I still haven't beaten them. Not only are they insanely hard, but entering them drops all your weapon levels to their minimum, so you have to build up weapon energy from scratch. More game design at work, making a hard area even harder by eliminating grinding!
(6) While flow is normally a part of good game design, The Binding of Isaac actually has a very good reason for not using it. Analyzed here: https://omegathorion.wordpress.com/2013/03/01/game-review-the-binding-of-isaac/
(7) I used to play Maplestory a long, long time ago. Back then, we measured experience gain in terms of percent/hour, as in the percentage of experience necessary to reach the next level. 10%/hour was considered average, while over 15%/hour was considered very efficient. Imagine spending ten hours grinding, fighting the same enemies over and over and over for ten hours. Now, Maplestory has changed and it's much easier to gain levels. But still, ten hours for a level! Behold the fearsome power of the Skinner box.
(8) LoL does have grinding: it takes a lot of matches (around sixty) to get enough IP to buy a champion. The thing is, each of those matches is still fun by itself. There are players who have unlocked every champion and every type of rune and yet still continue to play. Even though you're repeating the task of fighting battles over and over, each battle is different: you're playing a different champion with different allies against a different enemy who also has different allies, and each of you has different rune setups and is playing a different position. It would be like saying basketball is grinding because you're always throwing balls through hoops: it's not that way because of all the variables making each game unique.


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Toby is one of the rising stars of British Freestyle. After his success in the Junior category last year, he decided that despite being young enough to remain in the juniors, he wanted to step up and compete in the Junior Pro category. This is a big leap as most of the competitors are much bigger and stronger. After moving over to Flysurfer last winter, Toby has been flying the STOKE kites and the RUSH board. Toby ended up facing some stiff competition but after the last event just managed to come away with the top spot overall – making him British Junior Pro Freestyle Champion.
Here is Toby's season recap:
This year has been pretty interesting! Not only did I compete in a brand new category, Junior Pro, but also we all had to contend with some incredibly hard conditions. The competition has taken me all around the UK with just over 3000 miles driven and many hours on the road. Also, this year has been the first year competing with my new sponsor, Flysurfer, which has been awesome and it's been so great to work with Tom Beaton at Maxtrack.
Stop 1 – Skegness
This was my first time in Skegness, although I saw it a lot kitesurfing just across the wash in Hunstanton. The first day of the event was spent waiting for the wind to come and consisted of putting up flags, tents and talking to people about how the wind was definitely going to come – but, it never did! After having waited most of Sunday, the wind started to come in so I found the biggest kite I could – the 15 meter Flysurfer Soul and Rush board and made my way down to the water's edge. Once we were there it wasn't long until we were called to compete. Because of the light, straight on shore wind the judges decided to change the format to one heat of ten minutes, instead of the usual multiple 7 minute heats. When my heat started I knew straight away that I would have to throw whatever I could. This consisted of all my 'bread and butter' tricks, things like unhooked backrolls, s-bends and surface passes. This worked out very well for me as I ended up winning the overall position in that heat. This meant that I had won that competition and given myself a massive advantage for getting the overall title for the year.
Stop 2 – Hayling island – British kitesurf armada
This stop is always one that I look forward to as it is not only a stop of the BKC but is also held at the British kitesurf armada, one of the biggest kitesurf festivals in the world with loads of stalls and entertainment. similar to the Skegness event, the wind was really light on the Saturday morning but started to build throughout the day. Towards the mid-afternoon the wind started to come in, enough to run a few categories. But unfortunately it died before they managed to run my heat. So it was once again all down to the Sunday. Sunday came and it was light in the morning but then picked up enough to run my heat. Like the first round they had to change the format to one ten minute heat to try and get through all categories. Once I was on the water I travelled as far upwind in the box as I could and waited for the green flag. This time I was fully powered on the 15 meter Soul so I could do all my tricks comfortably. The green flag went up and I did all that I had practised. I knew this heat was going to be close and everyone was throwing down tricks left, right and centre. The red flag went down and I was pretty happy with my performance. I had managed to seal a second place meaning I was still in first place overall but only by 10 points, so it was going to be close.
Stop 3 – Westward Ho!, Devon
This year I was really looking forward to the Westward Ho! event as it's home to one of my sponsors, 514 Elemental and loads of friends. After having a very eventful flight – with the airline leaving my kit in Newcastle, I was on the beach and had my kites so it was just a game of waiting for the wind – sounds familiar doesn't it? The wind didn't show on the Saturday and sadly after many attempted but black flagged heats, the wind meant we could not get a result. So it was all down to the final stop at Ramsgate in Kent!
Stop 4 – Ramsgate, Kent
This was the fourth and final event of the year and with only ten points between myself and Eddie Hooper, another rider in the junior pro; we all knew it was going to be a close event. This weekend had a great forecast with wind all weekend so we knew it was going to be a fun event. On the Saturday we started off with a briefing like all the other events and then I found out my category would be one of the last to compete so I knew that it was going to be a pretty chill day. The first half of the day was spent helping out with some of the junior riders getting ready for their heats and getting the right kites and the second half was spent chilling out on the beach as we knew that the forecast was better on the Sunday. The Sunday came and we immediately knew that it would be on, the wind was there and it didn't look like it would be going anywhere. Then it was just about waiting for my heat. After watching the pros throwing some shapes, soon enough it was time for me to get into the water. Immediately I knew it was going to be interesting with lots of chop and a big wind shadow but I'd been out in much worse. I decided to use the 8 meter stoke and my rush board which I knew would perform really well in the conditions. I got out and just stayed on the upwind buoy and soon enough the green flag was up. I threw some tricks that would score but also that I knew I was likely to land. Soon enough the red flag was up and it was time for my second heat. This heat went ok but a crash in the middle meant it didn't go as well as I'd liked. Before I knew it, it was time for my last heat. This one was important so I gave it my all. And just like that it was finished and I'd done all I could. I got in and made my way to the prize giving. I was incredibly happy to find out that I had won the Ramsgate event meaning that I had won the whole tour, making me the 2018 British junior pro champion!
I've had an amazing year meeting so many new faces and competing in a brand new category. I would like to thank my sponsors, Flysurfer for helping me out with awesome kit and 514 elemental for coaching me and giving me great support!


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January 2020
From the Editor. The way of worship is perhaps the most contested arena in the modern Western church. The pervasive presence of entertainment presents a powerful temptation to imitate this mode of public performance and fails to consult God's Word for direction. Glen J. Clary, "Image of God and Images of God: The Second Commandment and Semi-realized Eschatology, Part 1," lays a foundation for considering the nature of idolatry in the Bible and how to counteract its intrusion into the worship of the church by understanding and implementing the regulative principle of worship.
Darryl Hart reviews an important new book on the Puritans, Hot Protestants by Michael Winship, in his review article, "Presbyterianism's Unusual Origins." He emphasizes the importance of the book:
Winship's book is essential reading for any Presbyterian curious about British antecedents to the rise and development of the church polity that American Presbyterians take for granted and that was implemented in America without any of the fanfare of civil war or regicide.
Charles Wingard's review of J. Stephen Yuille's A Labor of Love: Puritan Pastoral Priorities reminds us of the richness and contemporary relevance of the best Puritans. Puritan George Swinnock's The Christian Man's Calling offers sixteen pastoral priorities designed to encourage the discouraged pastor. In a cultural environment increasingly hostile to Christian faith, this book will be good medicine for pastors.
Michael Kearney reviews Ken Golden's book on the Christian Sabbath, Entering God's Rest. Golden addresses the matter of what activities are forbidden on the Sabbath. His mature and balanced wrestling with this matter should further the main focus of the book, which is keeping the day for worship of and fellowship with the living God.
I review Piercing Heaven: Prayers of the Puritans, compiled and edited by Robert Elmer. These prayers have been judiciously chosen from the best Puritans and a few latter day followers. Not only will this little volume assist Christians in their private devotions, but it will also help ministers of the Word in their preparation of prayers for the pulpit.
Finally, as a lover of winter in New England, I could not resist offering a poem "Ode to Snow."
The cover for this issue is a photograph of a department store window in New York City taken by the editor. The "Theater of Dreams" theme of the department store reminded me of the idolatry all around us.
Blessings in the Lamb,
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