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Ind vs WI: Kohli urges batsmen to take more responsibility
Indian skipper Virat Kohli has said that the batsmen will have to take more responsibility in the second Test against West Indies starting Saturday.
Jamaica: Indian skipper Virat Kohli has said that the batsmen will have to take more responsibility in the second Test against West Indies starting Saturday.
A green wicket is to be laid out for the match, after the visitors took a 1-0 lead in the four-Test series by winning in Antigua by an innings and 92 runs.
"We're not focusing on the opposition too much but we are happy that the wicket is going to have some bounce and carry. There was decent enough bounce in Antigua for us to exploit whatever help was there. Jamaica is going to be even better. It's a result-oriented ground and we're quite excited about it. We've got good pace, the bowlers are bowling good areas," Kohli said.
"We believe that our batsmen are good enough to tackle any pace and bounce that West Indies' bowlers have. The plan is to go out there and play with the determination and focus that we showed in the first game. Obviously we need to be wary of the conditions a bit more because it is a ground that is result-oriented," Kohli said.
"It's obviously going to take more application than we showed at Antigua. It's going to take more responsibility and more concentration by the batsmen to get the job done. R Ashwin came good at six, Wriddhiman Saha played well and Amit Mishra got runs too. That just deepens our batting line-up and gives us the same bowling options that are required to take 20 wickets," he added.
There hasn't been a draw at Sabina Park since 1998 with India winning by 63 runs on their last visit here in 2011. As such, the skipper ruled out too many changes to his playing eleven, except Murali Vijay, who has been ruled out owing to a thumb injury sustained on the first morning of the series.
KL Rahul is set to play his first Test in the Caribbean, although Rohit Sharma, Ravindra Jadeja, Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Stuart Binny might still not get a look-in.
"Rahul has been in a very good zone. He scored runs in the practice games, he scored in Zimbabwe and he had a great IPL season. I think that was the turnaround for confidence as far as he's concerned. Last year, he had a good tour to Sri Lanka, got a hundred there, but again he didn't play against South Africa," Kohli said.
"It's more a case of a guy waiting for an opportunity. He wants to play. He's batting really well and wants to make it count. He wants to get big runs. I'm confident of his abilities. He's pretty compact, he's a solid opener and he's a great fielder as well. He gives you that wicketkeeping option as well, in case something happens to Saha," said Kohli.
"Obviously, when you take a big squad away from home, it's always great to have the players that we have on the bench, knowing that if anything happens to anyone or if someone's not being able to execute what he wants on the field, we still have options that are world-class," he said.
"If you see Rohit, Bhuvneshwar and Jadeja, all three are world-class cricketers. They have amazing skill sets. It's always pleasing for a captain knowing that you can play with freedom of playing the best eleven that you have, but at the same time you have options," Kohli said.
Additionally, talking about the possibility of changing the five-pronged bowling attack as per the conditions, the Indian captain said, "There's not much room to change when you've won the first game, knowing that the fast bowlers have done the job. There's good bounce in this wicket. The last time we played a Test here, in 2011, Mishra and Harbhajan both got good turn and bounce. So the spinner can't be left out of the game. There is a second innings as well and we need to understand that."
"It's not overcast conditions and a green pitch where you will compromise on one spinner. You know that when the wicket dries up it will start turning and there is good bounce so the spinners will come into play," Kohli said.
"For that we have to have all bases covered for us to take 10 wickets in the second innings also. We need to have a good balance of spinners and fast bowlers for us to get a result. And that's what we had in the first game. As I said, when you win there's not that much room for change unless the conditions are drastically different, which they are not," he added.
As such, India will be looking to strive for consistency after a near-perfect victory in the first Test. At the same time, they will also have to guard against complacency against a relatively weak and largely inexperienced West Indies.
"In Test cricket, if we want to become a consistent team, then we need to inculcate good habits, and they shouldn't differ from team to team. So if you have an opportunity to take wickets and score runs for the team, then you need to take it, whichever team it is against," he said.
"By doing that you can win matches for your team, and every match counts, as a team, and our thinking is that we don't focus on the other team. We always look at getting results, and on this wicket you always get results, that's what I've seen. So we're quite excited by that, that we have an opportunity here to win as a team," Kohli signed off.


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The Devil's Rescue Audiobook Sampler
After drifting in an open boat for twenty-two days, a sailor is rescued by clipper, only to find himself shooting dice with someone who wants to possess his soul.
This audiobook sampler is part of The Crossroads audiobook.
Performers: R.F. Daley (narrator), Ballerini, Edoardo, Jennifer Darling, Corey Burton, Jim Meskimen, Enn Reitel, Kristin Proctor and Michael Yurchak.
"Amusing … a nostalgic delight." —Publishers Weekly
Category: Audiobooks

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Franz Ferdinand Talk To Exclaim! About New Album
Published Oct 31, 2008As we previously reported, those fashionable Scots in Franz Ferdinand have finally returned with a new album set to drop on January 27. Titled Tonight: Franz Ferdinand, the follow-up to 2005's You Could Have It So Much Better, was produced by Dan Carey, best known for his work with Hot Chip and Lily Allen.
Front-man Alex Kapranos recently spoke to Exclaim! about the new record, telling us that Tonight is "much more of a dance floor record. The drums and the bass guitar, they really lead on a lot of songs; I think the bass is the lead instrument on most of this record.
"I mean our first one was supposed to be a dance record but this one is in a different kind of way. The tempos are a little slower, which makes things heavier, and things swing a bit more. And there are a few different sounds as well, more electronic noises than on the last record."
Check back on Monday (November 3) to read the entire interview with Kapranos, who shares his thoughts on the reunion of his heroes Orange Juice, why working with Xenomania (Girls Aloud, Cher, Pet Shop Boys) didn't work out, and the time he spent living in Canada while producing an album by the Cribs.


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WESTBORO � The Federal Emergency Management Agency will reimburse the town $63,200 for the cost of repairing damage from severe rain storms in March.
Town Manager James J. Malloy announced the reimbursement at the Sept. 29 Board of Selectmen�s meeting. He said the Department of Public Works worked with FEMA and the Massachusetts Emergency Management Agency to secure the funds.
The cost of the cleanup and repairs after the storms was more than $90,000, Mr. Malloy said. Damage included everything from gravel roads eroding to storm drains rotting.
NORTHBORO � The Northboro Cultural Council is seeking grant applications for the coming year. Suggested proposals include community-oriented festivals and programs involving the arts, music, humanities, nature and science. Applications must be postmarked on or before Oct. 15 and sent to the Northboro Cultural Council, Northboro Town Hall, 63 Main St., Northboro, MA 01532.
Applications and more information about the Cultural Council are available at www.mass-culture.org and at www.mass-culture.org/Northborough. Printed copies of the application are available at Town Hall, Northboro Public Library and the Northboro Senior Center.
MARLBORO � The Graduate Equivalency Diploma exam will be given Oct. 19, 20 and 21 (you must be present all three nights) at Assabet Valley Regional Technical High School. Those who are interested can register from 4 to 7 p.m. Oct. 5 at the school. Applicants must bring a photo ID, a money order for $65 made out to Assabet Valley (no cash or check accepted), and, if you are between 16 and 18 years old, a letter from your high school stating the date of withdrawal.
For more information, call Andrea Cronin at (508) 485-9430, ext. 1216.


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How to Add Song Lyrics to Your IPod
In addition to adding album art for the music in your iPod library, you can also add song lyrics, which will show up on the screen every time you play an audio file. The procedure for adding lyrics to an audio file is simple and straightforward, and all you need to do is sync the lyrics with a particular file in iTunes.
Start by searching for the lyrics of the song in question. These will be available on most websites (like songlyrics.com), and the official website of the song artist is also likely to have accurate lyrics available. Once you find the lyrics, highlight and copy them.
Now, proceed to open up iTunes (if you do not have this installed, it is easily available for free on the official Apple website). Simply double-click on the iTunes icon on your desktop, or select it from the 'Start' menu.
In the left navigation pane of iTunes, you will find the 'Library', and under this, you will need to locate 'Music'. This will open up a list of all the music and audio files that have been saved in iTunes.
Go through this list, and locate the song you want to add lyrics to. Once you find it, right-click on it or click once and then select 'File' at the top of the screen – either way, you will need to select the option 'Get Info'.
This will open up a small window, which lists all the properties and details regarding that particular song, such as the song name, artist name, genre, album artwork, etc. Among the tabs available, you will find one titled 'Lyrics'. Click on this.
A small text box will be available after you click 'Lyrics' and you can paste your copied words here. Run though them once to make sure they are accurate – sometimes, you might copy and paste the lyrics to a remix instead of the original song (or vice versa), both of which might be fairly different. Once you are satisfied, click 'OK', to save and close the window.
Now plug your iPod in to sync. Once the software reads it, your iPod name will become available in the left side column of iTunes. Drag the audio file onto your iPod or onto any of your playlists, to copy it into the iPod, and sync it. The song and its lyrics will now be available in your iPod.


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Day/Night, New Work Images, Squirrels, and an Update on Scrolls
Day/Night System and New Work Images!
To help Syrnia feel more alive, we've created a day/night system in-game, including new work images for most actions.
Nighttime runs from 19:00-05:59, and daytime runs from 06:00-18:59.
During nighttime, all applicable work images appear as their night variants, and vice versa for the duration of daytime. However, since mining is a main gathering skill but takes place in a mine and is therefore unaffected by sunlight, we've created unique work images for mining each ore.
We hope to add some specific functionality in the future that depends on the time of day, but for now, we've created a small quest at Bidou docks introducing the function.
We've added a clock to the right of the "report" link under the chat that displays the current time in-game, down to the second.
Pet Your Pets?!
You can now interact with your pets by clicking on them in your inventory, and a new pet is now dropping Syrnia-wide.
The Hot Topic.
To touch on scrolls: over time since the release of Calmere, we have monitored the drop rates of the scrolls and tweaked them by a decent bit. We know scrolls have been very controversial; we want them to have a place in the game in their current state, but make them more accessible to other players over time. Apart from having been tweaked over time, global rare drops, such as scrolls, can now be found while cooking, smelting, as well as while walking. These rare drops also have a higher drop rate in the Outlands.
Squashing Calmere Bugs
We've been working hard on fixing any bugs that have reared their ugly heads since the release of Calmere Island yesterday. Most that have been reported are no longer issues. Thank you to the community for reporting them, and don't forget to report any future bugs, should they arise.
Many of you noted that the link for "create magic item" was appearing, but there were no items to be made upon clicking the link. We've properly implemented a magic item to Rima City University, so go check it out!
We are thrilled with the feedback for Calmere Island, and we hope it continues to bring the joy that it has over the past day.
Calmere Island Launch!
Calmere Island
Ever since October, 2019, the world of Syrnia has been seeing some small updates to the game, as well as unique, one-off events during holidays. This has been nice, as for a long time, throughout many different periods of Syrnia's history, Syrnia has gone through long dry spells of nothing new happening within the world.
the winds of change are blowing once again.
Borneo's small team of coders, who have been bringing these small updates, are very proud to finally release
Calmere Island
. Anasco being the last actual island to have been released back in 2009, we have been very excited to put some real effort over the past few months into creating something that will ultimately benefit Syrnia in a plethora of ways, filling in some gaps and bringing some other unique content.
Bottles? What Bottles?
A few days before Calmere's release, six new types of creatures began to invade the known islands of Syrnia, apparently coming from another land. Very quickly, someone thought to check the map files and found the newly uploaded Calmere map. Once these invasions began, so did the dropping of a mysterious bottle containing a Calmere Island Map! This "Map in a bottle" drop was extremely rare, and it only dropped from Mining, Woodcutting, and Fishing actions, as well as combat.
Calmere's release was dependent upon all maps being recovered.
We hope the community found this more enjoyable than simply finding a few maps laying around on the ground!
Yo, New Quests?
Who doesn't love a good quest? Syrnia doesn't have enough of them, so Calmere Island comes boasting four new quests. Some are fairly easy and can be completed by most players, whereas one is a good bit tougher than average and could pave the way for some really important
future content.
Okay? What About Calmere Skilling? Combat?
There will be much to do on Calmere regarding skilling and combat. Unlike Anasco, which focused solely on the highest tiers of gameplay, Calmere seeks to bridge some gaps in skilling and combat, being a conglomeration of low, middle, and high-level content. There is a focus on combat, but the island has a little something for every kind of player! This news post will not spoil anything further, as we want players to explore Calmere and enjoy its secrets as they are discovered in real time.
Ew, Bugs?
Bugs come around, no matter how hard we try to smash them. Calmere went through extensive testing to ensure that it was as bug-free as possible, but sometimes, things are simply missed. If you happen to find anything that you might think is a bug, please contact the staff via the ticket system and wait for it to be handled. We must ask you to not post any bugs publically in any way, as we do not want anything new to be abused.
Calmere Island was a work of love from people who very much enjoy Syrnia and want it to still grow and thrive over fifteen years after its conception. There was great time and effort put into this island in particular. Calmere is a bit different than the other islands, but as to why this is the case will be revealed in time...
What are these mutterings I've been hearing about the pirates recently?!
this is NOT an update to the pirates.
However, we noticed this weekend that a new Pirate Captain has risen up and been selected to reign due to something that has long been in the code that selects the third person in the -fame list if the Captaincy attempts to switch to a player who has been inactive for a certain period of time. It has been a while since the game has seen a good, ol' fashioned pirate invasion. A big congratulations to the pirates! We hope this will bring back a part of the game that has been missing for so long.
We are thankful for all of you who are still playing Syrnia, and we look forward to bringing this fantastic community and world more updates in the near future. Calmere is only the beginning...
Regards and Hearty Cheers from Syrnia's Staff and Dev Team.
Easter Additions 2020
Happy Easter to everyone!
We are kicking this year off with a bang as we welcome in this holiday with a bunch of new additions.
Firstly we welcome a good read this year as The Legendarium features an all new magical story to commemorate the new things coming this easter.
The Rose gate Event should keep you entertained as well so make sure you speed on over to check it out.
With Easter we have decided to add some new creatures this year, the Easter Gnome has brought some friends along for the party make sure you check them out and keep hunting for those eggs and goodies.
What will the chase NPC be this year? we have created a theme this year and gone for a Magical time, we hope you have a wonderful Easter and make sure you keep an eye out for all the new things and more
So once again enjoy the holiday this year Happy easter to all of you from us at the
Syrnia Dev team.
Tutorial Island Overhaul 2020
October 12th, 2006:
Tutorial Island was added to Syrnia.
Since then, apart from some very basic changes to improve the experience of new players, the Tutorial has remained virtually unchanged.
We believe the Tutorial is of the utmost importance to Syrnia, as it is essentially the first real impression of the game that any and all new players receive.
Recently, some of the dev team have been working to overhaul the Tutorial and to simply make it a better-written, more comprehensible experience for every newbie who enters our world for the very first time.
Today, after almost 14 years, a new and improved Tutorial Island has been added to Syrnia.
We are thrilled to have finally finished this, and we hope it only changes Syrnia for the better. Thank you to everyone who was involved in the process.
To keep existing players from getting themselves banned by making new accounts to see the new Tutorial,
Pendragon has graciously filmed a walkthrough video from the beginning to the end of our updated Tutorial:
Syrnias 15th Birthday
15 years ago, a young, aspiring video game designer wanted to create an RPG. However, at the time, there were no real text-based RPGs with a working inventory system. As a joke, he drew up a very basic layout for what his game would look like, and showed it to some friends. They liked it, which spurred him forward to create a second, much more polished sketch of the game. He ran a one-week beta and, during that period, came up with the name "Syrnia".
Syrnia was officially launched on March 5th, 2005, with about 100 members in its first three or four days.
Since then, we have seen 15 years of growth and change. 15 years with so many thousands of players come and gone. We've lived through the exciting periods of new updates and new features being added every few months, to some quieter periods when we simply enjoyed the community and what the game has already given us. We've lost players to the harsh realities of life outside of our little world, and we've gained friendships that will last a lifetime.
Happy 15th birthday, Syrnia!
During this day of celebration, Castle Rose has opened its apiary fields to the Syrnian community, allowing us to partake in the delicious joys of honey and beekeeping. Players can search the hives for Beeswax to turn into Candles, which can be used to bake 15th Birthday Cakes at Rose Gates!
While searching through the beehives, players might find some tasty chunks of Honeycomb to enjoy, and some lucky players might even find a little friend to take with them on their journeys!
Invasions will run throughout the day, as well as some combination chests. We might even see a return of the Jesters from last year's birthday.
Mike (M2H) started something small back in 2005 that has lived on for 15 years, and will hopefully continue for long after this post was written. To M2H and Borneo, as well as the many players who have helped make Syrnia what it is throughout the years: thank you. And thank you to the community for sticking strong throughout the ups and downs of the past decade and a half. This game truly would not still exist without you. You are all appreciated more than you know.
Kind Regards - Syrnia Staff
Christmas 2019
Christmas 2019
A quick Recap and thank you.
The year of 2019 has seen a lot of special treats and we couldn't be more pleased
with the amount of support the community has displayed.
- We have seen the game becoming more secure with the transfer to https
- We got the chance to try out a new style of event for Halloween
- We received a much needed filler for the lovely fishing zones
- A complete finish to the "Anasco Speed suit"
- A new boat for constructions which is just as speedy as the bald eagle boots
- The oppourtunity to bring back the Battle mage player event along with a few tweaks
These are just a few of the updates mentioned above however there is a lot that goes on behind the scense for staff and updates that the players will not necessarily see or notice. A lot of time has gone into reworking the games core for future projects and even though we may seem to go a little while without seeing anything big or new please keep in mind that in order to move forward you sometimes have to take a step backwards. With that being said we really do hope you have enjoyed the updates and new content thus far.
Christmas Treats!
The Christmas Holiday has always been a very awesome and over powering event as It's the final celebration of the year. This year will not see much of a change from last years or previous events when it comes to chasing. That being said, we do have a few new treats.
Instead of just flat out giving away all the info freely. This year you will have to figure out where the updates are hidden and what there is to do. We really do wish you the best of luck!
Instead of an over powering event handing out lots of little treats we did decide to go a different route for the new content by maybe giving players a bit more of a challenge to find some "rare" loot.
Hopefully with a lot of hard "work" you will be lucky enough to come across something that we thought was pretty neat.
Kind Regards - Syrnia Staff
SSL Certificate
Our lovely coder has made Syrnia a more secure site by adding an SSL certificate. The https is enforced, which means if you go to http you will end up at on the https site.
Battle mage Returns
Our amazing development team have done it again! After all the recently added new content and the fun they cooked up for us over Halloween, they have fixed our beloved battlemage for us! So store your food, grab your gear and see if you can get you...
Happy Halloween
Happy Halloween everyone!
Its that time of year again to celebrate and enjoy the spooky festivities. (We hope we did right by you awful and ungreatful noobs!!!)
For those of you who havent noticed the recent updates. We wont spoil them here but we will give a few details away for those who wish to seek out the new goodies.
The Flower shops have seen a face lift, along with adding in the missing flowers.
The Abydos shop has seen the introduction of 2 new speed gear items.
The Construction skill seems to have a fancy new boat to build? (Wonder what thats for?)
Smithing Hardsilks and Softsilks onto certain holiday tools have been removed.
New creatures to fight at Sorer Lair.
New Invasion creature which drops an extremely light weighted pair of boots.
The Syrnia News page has been restored.
Overall the Staff has been busy to say the least. However, the real champions have always been and will always be you guys.
Each and every one of you combined are the reason Syrnia still keeps going. We would like to give a huge high five to the faces.. I MEAN HANDS! of those who
Never stopped loving the game. Thank you so much for the grins!
Kind Regards, Syrnia Staff
Adventures Awaiting!
Syrnia has FINALLY been reconstructed to the point where we can now move forward with updates.
Fully staffed and now under the complete Guidance of Borneo (Who has been testing things non stop... ) We can expect to see some brand new adventures.
Although many of the "updates" are finished and ready to go live.
Borneo will be hand selecting players to help test some new features.
Please keep in mind that everything tested has been rethought and tweaked around from what EVERYONE previously thought and expected in order to give a surprising element to the new goodies. Many things were leaked so there is literally no surprise to the old ideas therefore they were used where we could and removed and rethought where we had too.
If you are selected or asked by Borneo to help test things for him then please keep it a secret as to what's being worked on and what YOU are testing. We don't mind you telling players that you were selected or letting others know that you are in dev testing "Example:woodcutting" but as for the actual content it's very important to keep hush hush. Thank you everyone for reading and taking the time show your support for Syrnia.
Mobile/Landline phone donation option added + User feedback
It has been requested quite a lot by users who want to donate to Syrnia but could not do so via any of the currently available donation options: We've finally added a mobile (and landline) phone donation option via DAOpay. You can donate to Syrnia by SMS or by calling a special number via your phone. You can see the details of thsis new donation option at the "How to support Syrnia" page in-game under "Donation options". Other donation options remain more attractive due to the fee of phone donations.
Furthermore, as a little experiment, We'd like to ask users to leave their feedback on this temporary website:
This website can be used to leave feedback, request certain features, report bugfixes etc. Express your feelings about Syrnia, but keep it nice.
At the moment we plan to use this feedback site just this one time to estimate how everyone feels about Syrnia right now. We do not yet have any plans to keep using this feedback site in the future, so do not (yet) put too much effort in it. If this experiment turns out well, we might seriously look at keep using a feedback site, possible a different one then UserEcho though.
We're looking forward to constructive feedback!
New frontpage layout
We've revamped the entire frontpage to streamline the website for new and existing users. With the new graphics in place we'll focus on the content later on (E.g. thel game tour page).
Christmas 2009
On the 24th of December 2009 at 18:00 Syrnia time Christmas celebrations will commence with the opening of Party Island.
You can reach Port Party from Port Senyn, Crab Nest, Burning Beach or Eylsian docks. Just like last year you will be able to return to your originating port via Port Party. However, do make sure you leave Party Island before 23:59 (26th) as otherwise you will be returned to Port senyn or Crabs nest.
In hope to avoid any big expectations (as the expectations seem to raise with every event); Party island celebrations are quite modest this year. As the Holiday lake is frozen by now, we will be icefishing this year. Don't forget to bring your rod and you will be all set to catch some Striped *blue* fish.As usual at Festival Forrest there are plenty of trees to cut and many different kinds of seeds to find. However due to excessive chopping last year Christmas trees will be much harder to find. Furthermore you can create Snowwoman and of course you can sit on Santa's lap and receive a personal present. You might also enjoy just walking around on Party island, as it's been a while.
We wish you and your family & friends a fun packed Christmas period!
Anasco island update
You might be wondering the purpose of these torches that have been dropped everywhere. Those that are curious should check out Anasco Island, the latest island to be discovered in the world of Syrnia. Sail from Elysian Docks to reach this new and exciting island!
While most are aware of the 6 spots, all will now be revealed once you reach Thabis. There are incentives to train every skill as the focus groups and staff have ensured there was something for everything on this island. Feel free to explore and discover what has been done for yourself!
Anasco Island
A long time ago, an ancient and powerful civilization hid from the world of Syrnia within the coral reefs. Here in modern day Syrnia, we have finally learned of its existence due to a new mapping expedition by hardy sailors. While those native to Anasco are all but gone, their towns are still able to be explored. Any Syrnian who has spent time honing their skills to the fullest should find plenty to do. Who knows what new and exciting things you will find?!
Game updates
This island is aimed at high level players and adds new high level content to almost all skills.
New combat location
4 new quests
A new university for trading&constructing
The obsidian metal has been added to smithing, for 100+ armour, weapons and tools.
New equipment has been added for cooks and smiths to use
New cooking content up to level 165, fishing content up to level 200 (the fishing spot is not always available)
Two new forests (75 and 100) with new seeds for farming.
In total over 60 new items/images have been added.
5 new mysterious magic orbs..
A new flower(ad bouquette)
New event type: For some of the islands features you will all need to work together to unlock buildings
A new speed set is available at Per ankh
Somehwere today after the launch (once we've confirmed everything is working smoothly) we will be adding a new donation option (Trialpay). This should help those who have requested the ability to donate via mobile payments, besides that, trialpay also offers offer promotion based donations. Once this is added to Syrnia an seperate announcement will be made.
In this update we have not yet addressed two issues that we are aware of: Thieving skill and missing (Eully) shop prices. Both problems are on our radar but need more attention.
Enjoy the updates, have fun exploring the new content!
Syrnia API for community fan sites
Today we're launching an API for Syrnia fan sites. This enables them access some Syrnia data and do fancy stuff with this information. We hope this will improve/enhance your Syrnia experience! Don't be afraid; we have full control over what data these websites can and can not access.
If you do not like external Syrnia fan sites having access to some of your player details, you can go to "Options" -> "Privacy options" and raise your privacy level.
At the moment the API can be used to gather the following Syrnia data:
- The complete clan list (tag,title), updated daily.
- The complete list of all player names, updated daily.
- The top 1000 of every skill.
- Player profiles, containing: All levels, clan, signature, avatar, join date, current equipment (Players can decide to hide details).
You can request API access for your Syrnia fan site by emailing support( )syrnia.com. Please note that we will only allow access to a limited amount of websites. You should already have a Syrnia website running before applying.
Let's see how this changes the Syrnia fan sites!
Edit: Forgot to mention; we now have a
RSS feed of the Syrnia news
Happy holidays!
First of all: We hope you're all enjoying, (or about to enjoy!), your holidays!
The initial results of the focusgroup meetings which took place a while ago have finally taken shape. The first result of these meetings will be released in the form of a new high level island near Kanzo. We expect this new island will be discovered in August/September.
We have noticed many fansites are doing their best to provide the players of Syrnia with the best possible guides to assist players in discovering the many secrets Syrnia holds. We certainly appreciate all the effort the players take to make those fansites and therefore we are planning to provide an "API" to a selection of webmasters.
This will provide fan/community websites with easy and lightweight access to Syrnia information like highscores and maybe even player profiles (gear/stats/signature etc.). We will of course keep player privacy in mind by allowing players to have the option to enable or disable player profile visibility. We will release more details about this will in August/September.
We would like to apologize for the delays in the answering and solving of bugtickets. We are currently in the process of reorganizing the bug (ticket) department and have started going through all open tickets. We hope to have the bug department running smoothly by August/September and are aimining for as close to no unsolved bug tickets as possible.
Due to popular demand we will now allow players to change their name. Make sure you Choose your new name wisely as you will only be permitted to do this once! Obviously changing your player name will not clear your personal record regarding previously received punishments. All namechange requests can be sent to the multi/cheat department where the names will be reviewed first to see if your newly chosen name is appropriate and not too close to an already existing player.
Last but by no means least, some special news for all those flower collectors amongst you: All the flowers that appeared to go missing lately due to excessive use of horses, have been replanted and can be found again whilst walking on the roads of Syrnia.
Desert arena & Trophy's
Today we've finally launched the desert arena rewards. Every player can exchange desert arena medals to receive a random item from any of the arena sets(16 new items). There are four arena sets: Equites, Retiarii, Hoplomachi and Samnites. The items from these sets don't require attack/defence levels, but instead require you to have a combat level of 30,50,70 or 90. We also increased the arena fights by about 25%. The arena now has a new group: The 40-150 group has been divided into 40-59 and 60-150
What use are rare items without being able to show them off? At the 12.50 donation level we've added an option to show off an item in a Thropy slot on your character. This 8th slot can contain any item (From the "Worldmap of a new island" to a Syriet axe you can't yet wear). Throphy items can not be damaged in combat, but be carefull; trophies can be lost when dieing. Enchantments/upgrades on trophys are not used. You can edit your Trophy at the Options->Donation options screen. All those who had already donated 12.50 or more can of course use this feature right away.
Christmas 2008
At 00:01 Syrnia time on 25th December the 2008 Christmas celebrations will commence with the opening of Party Island. You can reach Port Party from Port Senyn, Crab Nest, Burning Beach or Eylsian docks, and this year you will be able to return to your originating port via Port Party. However, do make sure you return to your originating port before 23:59 as otherwise you will be returned to Port senyn or Crabs nest. This celebration will last 24 hours.
We don't like to disappoint so this year will involve the now firm favourates of chest opening competitions and invasions in addition to sitting on Santa's lap. A new "Dress your own Christmas Tree competition" has been created and to add some extra Christmas spice to the day we have introduced one or two new monsters. Who knows you might even find one or two new items!
Can we take this opportunity to thank you for your continued support during 2008 and wish you and your family a fun packed Christmas period!
Moderation and rules changes
We've made some changes regarding the rules and moderation to improve Syrnia for both the staff and the players.
First of all, we updated the rules to be more accurate and relevant. Please read them over again, to look at the changes and to refresh your memory of all of the rules in the game. There were quite a few changes made, but most were minor in nature. We regret to tell you that we don't have a master list of all changes made. The new rules will apply immediately.
To encourage everyone to behave and get used to the new rules, we've cleared all past moderation logs. This means all logs of previous mutes/forumbans etc. have been cleared. These logs are used to determine if a player is a repeat offender. If a player has a big moderation log, the punishments are accordingly. This log clearing is a fresh start for everyone.
There is one minor exception to this: there are a few (3 or 4) players of which we will take their history in account if they return to their old behaviour. Their history has of course also been wiped and we hope everyone will benefit from this.
From time to time, the moderators may send a warning to different chat channels when the situation requires it. This can be send via a whisper or in the public chat, depending on the situation.
Last but not least, we've once again expanded the moderation team. There are also a few more public moderators that you may see from time to time.
As usual we welcome constructive feedback about any of the changes on the feedback forum.
Game updates: Chat, smithing and more
Region chat
The "Region" chat channel has been added. This channel will allow you to talk to, and hear from, players who are at the same island or cave.
Login messages have also been moved to region chat.
The new region chat should do the community well. You can now talk to players who got the same level range/interest as you, as they are at the same island/cave.
The world chat has not been removed, but it has moved to channel 2.
The chat channel ignore option has been reset because of all the changes, you will need to reselect the channels you want to ignore.
Chat report
A new link has been added next to the chatbar; "Report".
Using this link you can report unacceptable chat behavior. You simply need to enter one or multiple usernames, select one or more channels and add a description. Moderators can then use your report and take action where necessary. The report function has replaced chat tickets. Please note that we've chosen not to give feedback about reports. This saves us a lot of work (just imagine how much reports are sent when someone abuses world chat), but besides that you also do not have to worry about it any more.
We hope that you'll notice that sending in chat reports does help, instead of receiving feedback about every single report.
Adding the chat report function, and the region chat also changes the way that players experience moderators. Moderators will no longer talk in chat. This also means no more confirmations of mutes etc. are given in the chat. This could be nasty for some players when they cannot reply to players that are talking to them, but it's pretty safe to say that people who are muted deserve just that ;).
Furthermore, the last moderation change is that players can notice if their tickets have been replied to by a senior moderator due to it being marked as such.
You can now whisper players privately. You can do so by typing "
[email protected]
there!" in the chat input bar. This will send "Hello There!" to the player Joe. It does not matter what channel you've selected, as the @ sign will overrule the channel selection. The ignore function works on whisper, and do also note that the chat report function can be used against whisper abuse too.
Some new options for donators
Hide public login:
You've got the option to enable and/or disable the public login message. There are three options: "On", "Disabled for region chat" or "Disabled for both region and clan chat".
Double history chat lines:
The chat history's chat lines double.
Show yesterdays chat history:
You can now view the last part of yesterdays chat history.
Two of these options have been added in the higher donation range, but don't worry: We will be filling up the gaps, and always try to add more donation options for all donation levels.
We've added 11 new seeds, in the range level 53 to 100.
Two of these have been added to Aloria, and some of the new seeds have also been added as monster drops. However, lacking proper forests, and monsters not all seeds are truly in-game yet.. We will be adding the seeds where possible.
The smiting tables always were pretty inconsistent. Because of this, and other changes in this update, we have changed the smithing tables.
The following table now counts for all metals (bronze,iron...syriet).
You only need to add the base metal's level.
0 Pickaxe
0 Dagger
0 Hatchet
1 Sabatons
2 Medium helm
2 Short sword
3 Scimitar
3 Small shield
4 Mace
5 Hands
6 Long sword
7 Medium shield
8 Chainmail
9 Legs
10 Large helm
11 Axe
12 Large shield
13 Two handed sword
14 Plate
The metal base levels:
-5 Bronze
10 Iron
25 Steel
40 Silver
55 Gold
70 Platina
85 Syriet
Because the items have been moved around, experience has too. Looking at the tables, it doesn't look like experience has changed much for smithers. If we somehow notice it has affected smithing (experience wise) we will consider the feedback and balance it where necessary.
Weapon and armour level requirements:
Until now, most of the smithed items were useless.
Level requirements have been added on every single smithable item. These level requirements are the same as the smithing requirements.
Reasons to add it:
Motivation and more reasons for every level up
The smithing items all have use now
More trade
The rare sets (such as Elven) have more use too, but do not rule out smithed items.
Also, because we wanted this change, it needed to be added now, at introduction of Syriet.
We realize there is one reason to complain for some players: You are not able to wear some items, that you were previously able to wear. This means it could be possible you are now 'weaker' than you would have been before this change.
This problem only really affect players that are level 10,25,40,55,70 or a few levels higher, as higher level players will be able to wear almost or exactly the same as before. Luckily, the above problem doesn't count for all players. However we've tried to reduce/eliminate the problem.
1. This is a 'temporary' solution for the complaint. You can keep wearing any items you were wearing before the update (even if they would now be a too high level for you to equip).
2. More sets will be added, such as at least two arena sets (that can be gotten by exchanging arena medals). Sets like these are of course rare, but will allow equal or better stats than before on the same levels. About the arena sets: We expect to add these in one of the very next game updates.
3. The most important fix for this complaint is that we've raised a lot of the items stats, according to their level. E.g. a plate now requires a higher level to wear, but also has more armour. A lot of the weapons and armour have raised stats, so that they should be close to, or better than before.
We have tried to combat this one and only complaint against this level requirement change. However, we hope that there are plenty of players that not only look at their own player, but also at whats good for the game itself. In the end that's what we had to do too.
Changes to other level requirements:
Finally, we felt it was necessary to change the level requirements on the following three item/sets:
Valera sword: 5 ( was 1)
Ogre: 10 ( was 1)
Lizard: 20 (was 1, and 25 for hatchet)
Syriet (ore) in game !
Syriet ore has been added to the game, this allows smithing the best available items at the moment.
Syriet ore has been spotted in the Arch. Caves. Syriet smelting is now also possible. It is not sure if the Syriet ore will exhaust in the future, and if the smelting conditions will stay as favorable in Arch. Cave 4. (We want to be able to give it a better spot if required ;) ).
The platina ore respawn amount has increased at the Arch caves.
Some other changes:
Fighting: A "Critical hit" message will appear if you hit very high for your doing, taking the weapon into account. In other words; The critital hit message will appear if you hit close to your maximum hit thats possible with your weapon. This has changed nothing to the actual damage done and received.
Warning for everyone who links to Syrnia: All links that used to end with ".m2h" have been renamed to ".php".
A rare inventory display bug has been fixed
Fixed the ":(" forum smiley that disappeared after an edit.
Changing your avatar will now also change all old (clan) forum posts
New username restrictions (only a-Z 0-9, spaces and "_" allowed in your username)
The Platina, and Gold hatchet smithing level has been fixed (was level 2)
Based on feedback: Soft spider silk, and Hardened spider silk drops are a bit more rare
The tutorial no longer allows camping.
New players only see the help channel, they can see and use the other channels after completing the tutorial.
All tutorial locations now use the map to move on.
A lockpicking and cooking "work" images have been added.
While we have thought a lot about balancing/changes, it might still be possible we need to tweak some things that we've missed. So it could be possible we adjust some of the changes a bit later, we will be also watching your positive feedback about the changes.
Happy Holidays!
Dear all,
While we wanted to launch some big new updates before the holidays, we decided to postpone the plans to be able to properly test them. Adding a great new, but bugged, feature would ruin everything.
We can (for a change) tell you some details about these planned updates though:
1. Syriet ore will be coming to the game. This will unlock the best available weapons and armour for now!
2. We will have something set up for any desert medals to be exchanged for special weapons and armour.
As a reminder, we still are working on resolving all bugs.
These are just some expected updates for the month of August.
One last thing, every few days there will be an invasion. This will start this Sunday, 29/6, and go on until 21/7, a Monday. No location will be used twice during this to ensure that every location is utilized with the invasions and that everyone can join in as they wish.
Enjoy your holidays!
Webbers island
As some of you might have hoped: the invading Sorer spiders did not came out of nowhere! They came from the Webbers island that you can now reach via Mezno island - Xanso.
Webbers island
On an unknown island, a breed of spiders evolved to become a dominant force and quickly infested the entire island. While humans gained control of a few locations, the spiders still lurk in the shadows, ready to prey on the weak and add to their collection of webbed corpses.
You can help the citizens of Web haven defend this last location of the island not under danger by the spiders, and who knows, you might get some of the rare Spider silk!
Smithing upgrades
Smithing upgrades have been added. You can now use certain items to upgrade armour/weapons. At the moment you can use Hardened and Soft spider silk as a Durability upgrade. (
Yes, spider silk can be very strong!
Pirates can not reach Webbers island. They should not miss much because pirates can still gather the spider drops at other locations.
However, jealous pirates can attack this island though...Let's hope they won't invade the island as a surprise party today!
Some notes about these game updates
No new quests have been added. We do want more quests in Syrnia, but we want to update the quest system first. Once that's done, we will add quests to all existing islands.
While we did want to give pirates access to the Webbers island, we decided it was better to let them have a new island to attack. Plus, most pirates are not in the level range that the island is designed for.
We know there's need for new higher level locations/features, and we will of course be working on higher level features and/or locations.
Boat fishing
It looks like the pirates are more active on the Sea again: You can now find Locked small chests on the open sea.
The staff
Besides game updates we've especially been working hard on our staff structure and organisation. It has been completely renewed last week, and we have expanded the staff.
Bugs & Tickets
Our top priorities now are resolving bugs and all open tickets.
A few minor bugs have been fixed already, but not much worth mentioning yet:
Bouquette stacking has been fixed.
Thieving shop gold; the minimum time is now 900 seconds, max. time is 1800 seconds. It was already coded like this, but due to a bug the times were messed up.
Please help Syrnia, and the staff, by marking any of your tickets as solved if it's solved or not important any more.
Ignore option
It was a popular subject at the feedback forum, has been requested by many and was already around previously: The ignore option.
The ignore option allows you to specify a few usernames to ignore, you will then no longer see their chat lines and you will not receive any of their messages. However, the ignore option does not cover the chat history and the forum. The message block only applies to player messages, not game messages such as thieving notifications.
You can access the ignore tool via the chat options. There you'll be able to specify at least 20 players to ignore. Donators can ignore up to 40 players.
If you were online during this update, you will need to relogin to use the ignore option.
Visual update
We have updated some game visuals. The fishing, mining and the jail image have been improved, furthermore we've added two new images: sailing and farming.
We've seen discussions about the server performance and images like these: Some players were worried about the server performance related to the images. Rest assured that these images merely have any effect on the game's speed (Only dial-up users might want to switch the images off at the options page).
We expect to have updated/added the last 10 images in +/- 3 weeks (Cooking, smithing, smelting, constructing, school: trading, school: constructing, moving-islands, moving-caves, lockpicking).
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- US and European equity indices bubbled higher this week in very thin
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Republican party. Two sets of data out this week suggested that positive trends
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survey beat expectations and hit its highest level since early 2009, marking
the third consecutive rising month for the survey. The November housing starts
and building permits both widely beat expectations and pushed out to their
highest levels since the beginning of 2010. Interestingly single-family starts
and permits both posted gains, whereas strength in past reports has been mostly
in multi-family units. In Asia, markets were flat to down, softer in part due
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- On Wednesday the ECB's inaugural three-year LTRO allotted approx €490B in new
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of most expectations. Note that there was some skeptical commentary about the
official amount sold in the auction: SocGen wrote that when you net out the
reduced amounts allotted in the ECB's main refi the day before, the three-month
LTRO on Wednesday and recent moves out of the 12-month LTRO, the net new
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cumulative total to a new 2011 record of €347B.
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as part of the proposals by Basel regulators. Under the rules, certain
systemically important financial institutions (SIFIs) may have to hold 2.5% of
extra capital in addition to the 7% base capital level (the additional
surcharge is not expected to come into effect until 2016). Shares of the banks
gained ground steadily through Friday after Monday's hiccup. In other sector
news, troubled brokerage house Jefferies reported Q4 results on Tuesday. The
firm's share price has suffered in recent months from fears about its sovereign
exposure and leverage ratio, the issues that caused the collapse of MF Global.
In its Q4 Jefferies' profit was well head of expectations, although the firm
saw large y/y declines in both fixed income and investment banking revenues. On
the conference call, executives said that the firm's trading business has
returned to pre-November levels after being impacted by
"misinformation." Shares of JEF traded up sharply after the report
and sustained its gains all week, suggesting the company may have avoided the
fate of MF Global.
- Tech names Oracle and Micron made big moves following quarterly earnings this
week. Oracle, whose earnings are typically quite predictable, missed both
profit and revenue expectations in its Q2 report. Executives blamed the
elongation of sales cycles just as the quarter ended, particularly in the
Americas and Europe, in addition to headwinds from the euro. Shares of ORCL
dropped more than 10% on the news and had not recovered as of Friday. Quarterly
losses at DRAM manufacturer Micron were considerably greater than expected.
However executives commented that while the DRAM market is under a lot of
pressure in general, Micron is faring better than competitors and has seen a
mild uptick in the last few weeks in OEM contract pricing. They also said they
expect an early spring recovery in the hard drive supply chain. On Thursday
shares of MU traded up 15% on the brightening outlook.
- The deal news of the week was the implosion of the AT&T/T-Mobile merger,
thanks to roadblocks thrown up by the FCC and the DoJ. In its investigation,
the FCC determined that approving the merger would drastically reduce
competition in most large markets. Following their poor Q3 showing last week,
Research in Motion was subject to various takeover chatter, including reports
of interest from Microsoft and Nokia, and Amazon. However some press reports
indicated that takeover interest is waning due to RIM's declining US market
share, and that Amazon may now be more inclined to expanding its commercial
ties with RIM instead of pursuing an acquisition.
- FX markets were relatively calm this week and the year-end period saw pretty
subdued trading. The euro garnered support from an oversubscribed Spanish bill
auction on Tuesday, with yields back at more normalized levels. The ECB repo
auction (LTRO) on Wednesday nudged the euro even higher, but the strength did
not last. Markets saw the high take-up at the ECB auction as a good thing,
assuming the funds were used to shore up banks' medium-term financing needs and
their balance sheets, and might even encourage them to buy sovereign debt.
However more than one analyst was unsettled by the sheer number of banks (over
500) participating in the auction. EUR/USD ticked up from lows on Monday around
1.3000 to test briefly as high as 1.3200, but the pair was back to around
1.3050 on Friday.
- EUR/CHF drifted around 1.22, still firmly above the SNB's 1.2000 floor. In
its quarterly report, the SNB reiterated that it would maintain the EUR/CHF
floor at 1.2000 and reiterated that it would be enforce the limit with
"utmost determination." The yen was a touch weaker given the
political uncertainty on the Korean Peninsula following the death of Kim Jong
Il, but stayed contained well within its two-month trading range. USD/JPY
drifted above the 78 handle by late Friday while EUR/JPY was straddling the 102
- The Bank of Japan cut its economic assessment for the second straight meeting
following disappointing Tankan manufacturing data last week. The BoJ has
acknowledged a pause in economic activity in part due to the persisting
strength of the Yen, but expressed optimism that a moderate recovery would
return once overseas economies improve. Separately, the Japanese cabinet office
formally cut its current fiscal year GDP forecast to -0.1% from +0.5% and next
fiscal year to +2.2%. In Australia, RBA policy minutes revealed some
trepidation to cut cash rates by 25bps for the second consecutive meeting, as
members continue to see the mining boom sustaining domestic economic growth


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Linda Fine
Linda Fine brings over 20 years of fundraising, development communication, and corporate and foundation experience to The Phoenix Philanthropy Group. Linda's career highlights include: associate director of development for the College of Arts and Sciences at Northwestern University; director of development and alumni relations at the Arizona State University College of Law (now the Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law); director of leadership gifts at Thunderbird School of Global Management; and senior writer and stewardship manager at The Brookings Institution. In addition, she has served as a development and communications consultant to a number of organizations throughout the United States.
Volunteer Highlights (past & present): Board of the Corcoran Trust in Washington, DC, and di Rosa Center for Contemporary Art; volunteer for Fund for Education Abroad, and CASA: A Voice for Children.


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Maintenance Operative (Projects)
Wellspring Academy Trust
NE Lincs Sites
Post Title: Maintenance Operative (Projects), Post A - 37 hrs per week;
Department: Estates
Reporting to: Estates Manager
Salary: Post A £18,419 - £19,171 dependent on qualifications and experience
Are you looking for a new challenge within a vibrant, progressive organisation?
Do you want to support the education of young people in NE Lincs / Lincolnshire?
Can you offer a range of practical skills to help maintain a diverse range of buildings?
Would you like to join an expanding site team who are positive and enthusiastic about supporting students through providing a safe and secure learning environment?
As part of Wellspring's continued development across the region, the Trust requires a new site operative to join our enthusiastic site teams. This is an exciting opportunity for a candidate ready for a fresh challenge.
We value our people and supportive working at all levels is central to our culture. High quality induction training and ongoing professional development is guaranteed.
The role will support Wellspring's NE Lincs & Lincolnshire Academies; Grimsby and Louth locality.
We are interested in hearing from people who:
- Are self-motivated, customer-focused and efficient.
- Enjoy working as part of an inclusive team.
- Understand the importance of completing work to a very high standard.
- Have a commitment to supporting the work of passionate education leaders.
- Take great pride in the work for which they are responsible.
- Are experienced in a facilities management.
- Have a strong understanding of maintenance systems and compliance.
Wellspring is in a period of growth and requires a site operative who is capable of supporting the compliance of a variety of sites, ensuring that the best possible environment is provided for staff and students.
Whilst experience in a similar role would be an advantage, for the right candidate willing to commit to the post long term, we are prepared to invest in a significant level of training.
Please complete the application form, sent as a separate attachment. Along with this, you may submit a covering letter of no more than one side of A4 outlining your suitability for this role. CV's will not be accepted.
Reporting to: Estates Manager
Duration of Post: Permanent
Work Commitment: Full time, 52 weeks per year
Salary: £18,419 – £19,171 dependent on qualifications and experience
Start Date: To be confirmed
Advert Closing Date: Friday 24th January 2020
Shortlisting Date: To be confirmed
Interview Date: To be confirmed
Applications: Completed applications are to be sent to: Human Resources at email@example.com or posted to Human Resources, Wellspring Academy Trust, Digital Media Centre, County Way, Barnsley, S70 2JW
Wellspring Academy Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of our pupils. All posts are offered subject to enhanced DBS checks. References will be taken up prior to interview.
If you are currently living overseas or have lived / worked overseas in the last five years please be aware that you will be required to provide an overseas criminal records check from the country/countries you have resided in, if you are the preferred candidate for the post.


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Dubai will get a second IKEA store this December
Remember when the weekend comes around and your significant other wants to make a trip down to Festival City Mall to visit the IKEA store to shop for bags and bags of home bits that you might or might not need? Well, we've all been there and we have some good news for you.
There's a new IKEA store coming to Dubai and it's set to be even bigger than the one we already have, and hopefully that means more payment tills. It is set to open its doors at the end of this year. The timing couldn't be more perfect, as the store is set to open before the festive season.
The new store will be based in Al-Futtaim's Festival Plaza in Jebel Ali, which is scheduled to open in December.
The store will be spread over 30,000 m sq and will focus on sustainability. It will also have an international training centre for IKEA employees.
IKEA will be joined at Festival Plaza by ACE, M&S and Lulu Hypermarket, which will have 85 percent of space allocated to grocery food and fresh foods.
The mall will have an additional 120 stores within the 64,800 m sq retail area, a 500-seat food court, over 40 dining and eating options, a Stay and Play, family entertainment kids club and over 2,300 parking spaces.


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Oh well... I spent most of my Week End trying to get linux to run on either my nettop (AMD 3-350) or my netbook (Atom something), and I'm underwhelmed.
I wanted a light distro, lxde or even no X, installed to Flash. I tried a handful of them, and got 1 to run, at a crawl. I'll spare you the details (Knoppix doesn't like the E-350, I tired 10 video settings, no luck), I droppped the nettop, and focused on the netbook, which I'm less afraid of hosing and which is more vanilla.
In the end, I've got lubuntu running off a USB stick, with no change to the HD (I switch boot devices in the BIOS at boot time). But It's slow as molasses, and I've hosed it twice already applying the "flash" tweaks.
I tried to start over from scratch with a debian net "30-50MB install" (mini-CD ?) manual install to an SD card. Everything runs OK until the grub/lilo install. I've tried several ways to not modify my HD's MBR (no bootloader: Debian won't launch; grub on SD: fails to install...) no I'm stuck with a non-booting Debian SD *and* a modified MBR (not grub2 though, but the "install Debian" one).
- Any clue on how I can fix Debian ? The final install screen said that if I chose the "no bootloader" option I had to launch Debian with runtime parameters... how do I enter those ?
- can I just "fixmbr" in Windows to get rid of the boot menu, or are there risks ?
- how can I do a dumb disk copy in Linux ? I've got to identical USB keys, so I'd like to clone one onto the other to avoid having to redo a full install every time I goof up. Do I need a 3rd key, so that I'm not cloning the one I'm running off ? Or is my google-fu failing ?


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Cheesymite Scrolls
- Easy
- 0:20 Prep
- 0:20 Cook
- Makes 10
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Delicious scrolls which can be served as a snack, for breakfast or lunch. If you don't have vegemite, use a similar spread such as Mightymite, Marmite, or even Promite.
- 3 cups self-raising flour
- 1 pinch salt
- 50 g butter cold
- 2 tbs Vegemite
- 200 g cheese grated
- 3 tbs milk
Preheat oven to 220C.
Sift flour and salt into a bowl and then rub in the butter. Stir in enough milk to make a soft dough. Knead gently on a lightly floured surface, and then roll out to form a 40 x 25 cm rectangle.
Spread Vegemite over the dough then sprinkle over ¾ of the cheese. Roll up from long side to enclose cheese.
Cut 10 x 4 cm slices from roll and place close together, cut side up, on a greased and lined baking tray.
Sprinkle with remaining cheese and bake in preheated hot oven for 15-20 minutes or until cooked and golden.


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No pre-poll alliance in Telangana: Amit Shah
Hyderabad: Refuting that the Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) has any understanding or pre-poll alliance with the Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS), BJP national president Amit Shah on Saturday said that his party will contest the upcoming assembly elections on its own and that there is no confusion about it. Shah, who landed in Hyderabad on Saturday morning to launch the BJP's poll campaign, stated that the BJP led centre gave Telangana over ₹2 lakh crore in the last 4.5 years, and alleged that the TRS did not utilise it well for the state's development.
Coming down heavily on TRS supremo and former chief minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao, Shah claimed that the state government did not set-up the required infrastructure in many districts after the erstwhile nine (out of 10) were reorganised a few years ago. "We don't oppose the reorganization of districts, but it is the responsibility of the government to establish collector offices, district police superintendent offices, new circles etc," said Shah, while addressing a press conference at the BJP's head office in Hyderabad on Saturday.
The BJP national president alleged that the Rao-led government had blocked the Centre's programmes in the state and that not more than 15% of the total beneficiaries had availed of the Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bhima Yojana insurance scheme in Telangana. "Both the TRS and Congress do appeasement (politics)," added Shah.
Shah, launching BJP's campaign in the state, later proceeded to Mahabubnagar district to address a public meeting on Saturday. His second visit to Telangana came in a short span of time after he had visited Hyderabad for a day in July to chalk out the party's campaign strategy for the state. While the Congress, Telugu Desam Party and the Telangana Jana Samithi have stitched up a grand alliance, the BJP and TRS have both said that they will be contesting the upcoming assembly elections alone.
When asked about the recent surge in fuel prices, Shah said that the issue is a concern for the centre and that foreign factors are responsible for the price hike. "The government will take a stand on it soon in public," he added.
Earlier slated to be held in April-May 2019, assembly elections in Telangana be advanced as former chief minister K. Chandrashekhar Rao, who is currently chief minister of the caretaker government, dissolved the state assembly on 6 September precipitating early elections. The ECI also advanced the final revision of electoral rolls, which was originally scheduled for January 2019, to 8 October.
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The trans_handle is the handle returned by the call to lr_start_transaction_instance that created the instance.
The lr_get_trans_instance_think_time function returns values greater than zero only for open transactions.
To determine other transaction statistics, such as think time and wasted time, use the appropriate Transaction Functions.
If this function succeeds, it returns the transaction wasted time in seconds. If it fails, it returns a negative number. If the transaction already ended or if data is not available for the specified transaction, it returns 0.
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The Obama administration and the US intelligence community have concluded that Russia is set to start flying combat missions from a new air base inside Syria, but there's disagreement inside the US government on what to do about it.
The options are to try to confront Russia inside Syria or, as some in the White House are advocating, cooperate with Russia there on the fight against the Islamic State. The State Department had already begun pushing back against the Russian moves, for example by asking Bulgaria and Greece to deny overflight permissions to Syria-bound Russian transport planes.
But State made those moves on its own, and when the president found out, he was upset with the department for failing to go through the inter-agency process.
For some in the White House, the priority is to enlist more countries to fight against the Islamic State, and they fear making the relationship with Russia any more heated. They are seriously considering accepting the Russian buildup as a fait accompli, and then working with Moscow to coordinate US and Russian strikes in Northern Syria, where the US-led coalition operates every day.
For many in the administration, the idea of acquiescing to Russian participation in the fighting is akin to admitting that the drive to oust Assad has failed. Plus, they fear Russia will attack Syrian opposition groups fighting against Assad, using the war against the Islamic State as a cover.
"The Russians' intentions are to keep Assad in power, not to fight ISIL," one official said. "They've shown their cards now."
Two US officials told me the intelligence community has collected evidence that Russia plans to deploy Mikoyan MiG 31 and Sukhoi Su-25 fighter planes in the coming days and weeks. The military equipment that has already arrived includes air-traffic control towers, aircraft maintenance supplies and housing units for hundreds of personnel.
Secretary of State John Kerry called Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov last Saturday to urge him to halt the Russian military buildup, but the Russian told Kerry his military was doing nothing wrong and Russia's support for Syria would continue. That response was seen inside the administration as a rebuke of Kerry's efforts to reach out to Moscow to restart the Syrian political process.
This is a turn of events from the situation this summer. In July, Russian President Vladimir Putin called Obama and according to Obama, Putin was moving away from a weakened Assad.
"I think they get a sense that the Assad regime is losing a grip over greater and greater swaths of territory inside of Syria [to Sunni jihadist militias]," Obama told The New York Times. "That offers us an opportunity to have a serious conversation with them."
But since then, Putin has been moving away from a serious conversation about a diplomatic solution.
"Russia's support for the Assad regime is not helpful at all, it's counterproductive, and it's against some of the things they have said about trying to bring about a solution," Sen. Ben Cardin, the top Democrat on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, told me Wednesday.
Putin is planning to focus on "terrorism" in his speech this month at the UN General Assembly. Russia will also host a ministerial-level meeting on the sidelines about fighting extremism, which it defines as including all the groups fighting the Assad regime, including the US-backed rebels.
There is concern inside the administration that the US has no real leverage to fight back. If Obama decides not to accept the Russian air force presence in Syria, he would have several options, all of which have drawbacks or limitations.
The US could impose new sanctions on Russia, though the current punishments related to Ukraine haven't changed Putin's calculus. The US might warn Russia that its base is fair game for the opposition to attack, but that could spur Putin to double down on the deployment. The US could try to stop the flow of Russian arms, but that would mean pressuring countries such as Iraq to stand up to Putin and Iran, which they might not agree to.
Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham said Wednesday he would try to impose sanctions on Russia from the congressional side if the administration doesn't move in that direction.
"This is a chance for us to slap Russia hard, because what they are doing is making America less safe," he said. "The Russians are just slapping President Obama and Secretary Kerry in the face."
The White House's concerns about escalating tensions with Russia inside Syria are legitimate, but cooperating with Russian forces on the ground or in the air would undermine whatever remaining credibility the US has with the Syrian opposition and the Gulf States that support it.
The US may not be able to stop Russia's entry into fighting the Syrian civil war, but at a minimum America shouldn't be seen as colluding with Moscow.


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As Spring is in the air your bike volume is increasing, as such you need to ensure your bike is tuned-up for training and eventually racing. Remember, clean bikes go faster, quiet bikes win races!
Duration: 45min
Location & Date: confirmed upon sign-up [South Wales]
Price: £20 [+ Club BF Membership £10 for 2017]
Who: Delivered 1:1, friends, groups. BFunctional Athletes, BF Community and Club BF members
Why: Cycling is arguably the riskiest sport in triathlon because of the speed athlete's travel on a bike and the possible challenges of riding on roads with vehicles. The bike health information in this workshop should be applied to every cyclists/triathletes routine as it's critical to its performance and will help prolong the life of your components.
What we will cover:
Safety Routine [pre-ride/race]
Clean & Lube [post ride/race]
Fix your flat
Remount a dropped chain/repair a chain
Bike Maintenance Checklist
Equipment you must bring:
Bike [helmet, shoes, etc if you intend riding post workshop]
Clean & lube: Wet Wipes, Lube, Brush/Rage, Bike Stand [optional]
Puncture repair: Pump/Co2, Tube, Levers,
It's the Wednesday before the big race. You've put in the long rides and runs, honed your nutrition plan, and made your hotel reservations. You've done the taper and now you're ready to race.
Race day comes and half way through the bike you're right where you want to be. Heart rate low, weather good, all your food is going down well and you feel strong. It's all coming together. This is it; it's your day. You're finally going to pull off the big one.
Then you get a flat. After fifteen minutes of struggling you manage to get it changed and you're back on the road. Then your gears start to act up. Your bike doesn't want to shift. It feels like it's slipping. For every three shifts you make it's only shifting once. Then your derailleur lets go and shifts all the way down to your hardest cog. On a hill.
If only you had your bike tuned up before the big race!


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You know the feeling of awe as your eyes slowly adjust to the light of flickering candles and muted colours of stainglass windows when you enter a centuries-old church?
Pancho Villa is EXACTLY like that except more Margarita, mother of God and worship at the altar of guacamole.
Heading towards its third year in operation, Pancho Villa remains one of the most inspired interior designs in Hobart's restaurant and bar scene.
It's dark and sombre countenance is in sharp juxtaposition to its spirit of fun food, drinks and service.
The drink del dia, is a cocktail of tequila or techwheeler as it's known in This Girl's house. On our visit the drink of the day was a Tommy's margarita for $12.50 – a sharp contrast with the special cocktails from the regular menu which is on a cruising speed of around $22+ a pop.
Tip: A Tommy's exchanges Triple Sec or Cointreau of a regular margarita for agave nectar.
What we ate:
- Guacamole served with house tortilla chips, $16
- Baja fish tacos, $15, two tacos with red mojo aioli, slaw and salsa verde.
- Guajillo fried chicken, $16, two tacos with peppered labneh, baby cos, pico de gallo.
- Chorizo potatoes, $14, Spanish chorizo, crispy potatoes and chive crema.
- Warm chocolate fondant, $15, served with spiced rum ice cream, macerated raisins and lemon balm.
We choose our dishes from the antojitos/street eats, taqueria/tacos and platos pequenos/sides sections. The menu also includes entradas/small plates like smoked salmon tostada and pork belly quesadilla, and grandes platos/larger plates like hunkin' pieces of meat or a large plate of vegetarian paella.
Regardless of where you select from, the menu is designed to share and it's relaxed food, a terrific accompaniment for a drink or four.
I'm not a blow-my-head off eater but I enjoy some heat. Our meals didn't pack a spicy punch like I remembered from previous sessions at the establishment. For those of you looking for a little somethin' somethin', consider adding some of the hot sauce options.
Our selections were definitely enough food for the two of us. This Girl is used to being the only one to order dessert only to have to share it. I now advise the table attendant to bring a second spoon, but make it a little one. I shouldn't have been so hasty this time. The dessert was huge and more than appropriate for sharing.
We loved our Tommy's and also enjoyed a couple of wines by the glass.
The service was also terrific, responsive and attentive.
Pancho Villa is a great place for one person or a group where you can scale up or down the drinks and food option as your budget and time allows.
Find Pancho Villa on the corner of Elizabeth and Pitt Streets, North Hobart. At the time of writing they were open seven days from 5.50 pm until late.
Where it all began – Pancho Villa NoHo
They're in the Entertainment Book this year!
Here's their website – Pancho Villa