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No Grief, the new album from Nick Noro's Bay Area boundary-breakers Survival, is out now and streaming in its entirety on Bandcamp. Hot on the heels of the Shayda cassette (January 2015), No Grief is priced at $100 for those willing to plunge deep into mourning bliss. Yes, $100! Why? Nick Noro tells the story of this very personal artistic journey in a new Youtube video that can be viewed below.
This sophomore full-length collaboration between Survival and London-based Merdumgiriz Records is raw hardcore grief. Through the swollen tumors of thick drums, Nick's desperate vocals slither the damp basements of depressive Californian guitars and pulsating velvety bass. Again churning a sick musical dish with elements of hard rock, punk, thrash metal and electronic music filtered through a world of sorrow; the album is a highly original gem of melodic west coast heaviness and depression. Complemented with the insanity of the best 90's-style American urbanite depressive lyrics and artwork, all made by the man who makes the music itself, No Grief and the genius behind it is more than a fine addition to the mental asylum brotherhood of Merdumgiriz Records.
Survival has announced the first dates of a 2016 tour with Merdumgiriz artists Viranesir (UK) and Show Me Wolves (Iceland). Confirmed dates are as follows:
- August 5-6 at Bar 11, Reykjavik, Iceland
- August 10 at the Windmill in Brixton, England
- August 20 at Kiev Concert Hall, Kiev, Ukraine


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This level is a necessary requirement for students who have no previous experience in the Iyengar method of yoga. Basic poses are taught with emphasis on developing balance, strength and flexibility. Students will be taught relaxation skills that can be used on and off the mat.
This level allows students to enlarge their repertoire of poses, and continue to delve into the other limbs of yoga including pranayama and dhyana (breath control and meditation). Shoulderstand is a regular part of the practice at this level.
At this level, more challenging poses are introduced to students who are capable of deeper, more refined work. Headstand is part of this deepening work. A regular home practice is expected.
Classes are run as 7 or 8 week sessions. Fees are based on registering for the full session. All fees include GST.
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Supply List
Frame - whatever size you would like
Dry Erase Board - cut to fit your frame
Pliers - Only if you are using an old painting like I did. To remove the nails that hold the painting in place.
Hammer - For attaching the dry erase board
Sand Paper
Dust Mask
Latex Paint
Paint Brush
The first step was to find a frame. I thought maybe I could build one out of crown moulding but I couldn't find moulding that was ornate enough at my local building supply store. I didn`t want to compromise and settle for basic trim. Then one day when I was out at a yard sale I found an old ugly painting which was the perfect size. The painting only cost me $10 making it a lot cheaper than if I had to build one out of crown moulding.
|Painting I found at a yard sale.
The next step of this transformation was to sand and paint the frame. I roughed up the finish on the picture with some light sanding. Make sure to wear a dust mask while sanding this project as the dust is very fine and hazardous to inhale.
|Frame during the painting process.
*Excuse the colour of the carpet as this is the next room on our reno list.
As for what paint colour, I knew I wanted the frame to be the same colour as the dry erase board to have a clean, monochromatic, modern look. In this case, it meant it would be white latex paint. I had to give it a couple of coats of paint to completely cover all the nooks and crannies and then let it dry for 24 hours.
The last step is to put the dry erase board into the frame using the same nails that held the painting in place.
|Ta Da - DIY Dry Erase Board


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I'm really bad with plants. In college, I once killed a cactus because I didn't water it enough. I've always really wanted to be good with plants, but it's never worked out. I think most plants want to scream and run away when they see me coming. Of course, they can't go anywhere. They're plants. All they can do is silently pray for their souls and hope their loved ones are well looked after. And then I kill them.
But for some reason, last spring I became wildly optimistic about my ability to grow some tomato plants in containers on the back deck.
Photo illustration of my wild optimism about tomato-growing:
At this very moment, there is a squirrel out there on the deck again. Seriously. As I reflect on this, I think maybe the universe sent the squirrels to help put the plants out of their misery and to let me know that I should never, ever try to grow plants again. Fine, universe. Fine. Fine!
So far I've gathered exactly one teeny, teeny tiny red tomato. It had fallen from the plant; perhaps a squirrel knocked it down and then felt guilty after a summer of wild tomato-ravaging so he left it for me. The tomato was probably the size of a jelly bean. I brought it inside, cut it in half, and WCK and I both feasted upon the bountiful harvest. Mmmmm.
I hope my child treasures this memory of eating home-grown food, because it's probably the only one she's going to have.


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Debit card users should get the same legal financial protection as credit cardholders when a firm they are buying from fails, a government funded watchdog said today.
As part of a far-reaching package to mend the "torn safety net" for consumers who lose out when companies go bust, Consumer Focus also demanded they are put near the front of the queue of creditors when the assets of insolvent companies are sold off, rather than being left at the back.
Under current rules, consumers using a credit card for items worth between £100 and £30,000 can make a claim from their card provider if the company involved in the transaction goes bust. Some debit card companies, including Visa, already run voluntary protection schemes, but for most debit card users no such protection exists and they can lose all of their money when a business fails.
In a report entitled Pay now, pay later, the watchdog said it should be easier for consumers who pay for goods they never receive to prosecute directors of companies that fail and, via a court order, get money from them to add to the pot of reclaimed money.
Consumer Focus called on ministers to end the "confusing, inconsistent" arrangements for protecting consumers who make prepayments, saying its research suggested nearly 1.8m people in England, Scotland and Wales have lost out over the past two years.
The recommendations follow the failure of Christmas club Farepak in 2006, the decision by wedding list firm Wrapit to cease trading last August, and the collapse of holiday firm XL Leisure Group last September.
But the UK Cards Association, which represents the card companies, warned that extending legislation on financial guarantees could bring extra costs, and that consumers already had more protection in this area than ever before.
There were nearly 5,000 company insolvencies in England and Wales in the 12 months to March, and Consumer Focus said problems with reclaiming money from bankrupt businesses were likely to get worse.
The watchdog's markets expert, Steve Brooker, said: "As with many things in a recession it is the poorest that will be hit hardest. Better protection of prepayments is in everyone's interest.
"Consumers will be reassured that their money is safe, which will encourage spending and help keep a valuable source of credit open to struggling businesses."
Debit cards are used in nearly half (45%) of all prepayment transactions, which run to about 24.5m a year, Consumer Focus said. Online sales accounted for 61% of purchases that were never received.
Recommendations from the Consumer Focus report will feed into a review of consumer protection launched by the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills last month. This promises to look again at the regulation of credit and store cards with tougher penalities for rogue traders, better measures against irresponsible lending and the creation of a forceful "consumer advocate" within the watchdog.


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by GDW was a great pen and paper sci-fi rpg.
It used a similar classification for it's ships.
The difference between a real starship and a spaceship was the ability to use jumpdrive internally, and not be dependent on external transport to different sectors.
dang. doncha hate using google and you get sent to some gothic fetish site? hehe. ahem...anyways...
Ship designs page
You'll notice the divisions between scout/military/civilian starships (fighters, riders and systemdefenseboats considered to be spacecraft with no internal jumpdrives)
Starship construction 101
You'll love that...It'll give anyone interested in the concept of capital ship design more than a few ideas.
A traveller magazine site
An absolutely gorgeous site
Starship operator's manual (pic)
Doesn't get any better than this
I'm still desperately searching via google for some quotes from "Starship Operator's Manual, Vol 1" by Digest Group Publications (it was a beautiful book)
I lied. you'll jizz
just lovely starship graphics...can't believe what Google can find. *deep sigh* wish it found some decent pilot control panel quotes though. :sad:
Beautiful graphics site
Absolute perfection. wow
No graphics, but this site's got more design schematics than god
Wow...can't get better interface and ease of selection than this site...phew
Ship controls for megatraveller revolved around Computer cores, HUD "main control" and 'panels' and the type of such things
Computer linked
Dynamic linked
Holographic linked
There were also 'Bridges' 'Workstations' and 'Crew stations' that were unrelated to the 'HUD controls'...That's why i'm looking for some quotes from "Starship Operator's Manual". it had a lovely description of how it all molded into something really aesthetic
Table 185: Control Systems
TL Type Power(MW) Price(MCr) Maximum Airframe
4 Primitive Mechanical -- 0.000007 Simple
5 Basic Mechanical -- 0.000015 Fast Subsonic
6 Enhanced Mechanical 0.000015 0.000022 Supersonic
7 Electronic (FBW) 0.000038 0.000038 Hypersonic
8 Electronic Linked 0.000038 0.000057 Hypersonic
9 Computer Linked 0.000038 0.000075 Hypersonic
10 Dynamic Linked 0.000075 0.000112 Hypersonic
13 Holographic Linked 0.000075 0.000150 Hypersonic
17 Synaptic Linked 0.000075 0.000188 Hypersonic
21 Advanced Synaptic Linked 0.000075 0.000225 Hypersonic
Note: All values per m3 of hull Automation: all values are for
Standard automation. For Low, multiply by 0.95. For High, multiply
by 1.10.
Megatraveller forums
and the
root site (farfutures.net)
Woooooo...looks like there's a new version coming out. hope it's better than the previous crappola.
okay, i've basically given up on searching for quotes from that old "Starship operators" book and threw myself at the mercy of the
Traveller forums
and the
Traveller's Aid Society
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w00t! someone's emailing me a twopage scan of the thing i was looking for. w00t!
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The old man from megatraveller...
Where your ship goes, you go. If the pilot swings the vessel into an asteroid belt and butts it up against some rock, that's where they'll find you later. There are simulators that'll start someone off, but the only way to learn to fly is to punch the board.
But how to learn safely, that's the life-and-death question. Sure there's a way. He's called the copilot. More about that later.
Right now i think i'll let you in on a little secret. I've got the best pilots of any ship in the marches. For that matter, i've got the best damned bridge crew of any ship in the marches. It's not too hard to spot real ability if you know how.
When i've got an opening, i put out the word at places where i know spacers hang out, then i wait for somebody to show up. If he's worked on a sub(sidized liner), he never gets aboard. That's the first trick. (Forgive an old man a few prejudices - but i'm set in my ways.)
The next thing is to bring the candidate onto the bridge, set him down in the chair, and ask him to demonstrate what he knows against a simulation. Then keep your eyes open. The computer will score him, sure, and you can doublecheck that number later, but watch him right now and you'll know wheter you want him or not.
Does he reconfigure the board? If he doesn't, show him the hatch. That's my secret. A man who knows his business chooses his tools carefully. They've got these wading birds on Kinorb. You walk in among a flock of them, and you might never get loose. Walk left, the flock walks left. Walk right, the flock walks right. Speed up, and they all hurry along beside you. Stop, and the whole flock waits.
That's not what i want in a crewman. I want somebody who makes up his own mind and does what he thinks best, in the way that he thinks best. If a man doesn't have the configence to reconfigure a board on your ship so that he can do it his way, he's not the best you can get.
As an added test (once he's passed this one), pick another config at random and set the panel up that way. Run the simulation again, and see how much his performance drops off. An experienced hand won't suffer more than, say, 25%, and that should decrease over the course of the test. "Judge a workman by his tool," they say, and that's the first hurdle, but i say a good man can use whatever he's got to his best advantage.
Whoever invented dynamic configs deserves a medal - I'd give him all of mine. Imagine the chaos we'd have without them. A kid joins the Navy on Vland, learns the ropes, and then musters out and joins a merchant company operating out of the (Spinward) Marches.
So what happens? The merchant vessel he's on was built by a company light-years away from the yard that fabbed teh dreadought. All the controls are different: the power switch taht was under the thumb of his left hand is now under the thrid finger of his right. The heads-up attitude display is now flat on the board, and the blue light that signaled a problem is an amber one on the merchant. If he doesn't scuttle her first time out of the dock, you're lucky.
With a dynamic config, he keys in the layout he likes, and if he wants to further customize the panel, he moves the controls around and logs it in the computer so he can call it up any time he wants.
There are moments on the bridge, too many moments, that call for split-second thinking. You set that panel up to your liking - you live with that panel - you
that panel - and it will always be right there when you need it. Your fingers (and feet, if you use them, but i never do) learn every inch of the board, and you can fly a ship in your sleep. A skilled crewman never looks at the controls - his eyes are on the telltales and other displays.
If a man's skilled with the configs, too, he can handle any board in a crisis. Commo needs help setting up a line-of-sight during a battle? Fine, if nav's not tied up it takes him a second to pull up commo's board at his station. That's why it's so critical that your bridge crew be skilled at several task.
Personally, when i configure a panel i always ignore the leg controls. I don't stop my crew from using them, because a man knows what he likes or he doesn't know anything. But i was never much of a dancer, eitehr, and i feel like my legs just flail around under the consol.
I keep the most common controls under my index fingers, but i won't overlap. If there's two things i need to do at once, they've got to lie under different fingers. I'm left handed, so i put anything i need quick under those fingers. I use my thumbs as anchors, mostly. If controls need locked, sure, i'll put in a toggle where i want it, but if the control needs a sensitive touch but still must be held down, i put it under a thumb so the rest fo my hand can still swivel around to all the positions.
Another good place for anchors is the little fingers. Little fingers are good, too, to set up alternative controls. For example, on my commod board i like my left index to handle fine tuning of radio frequency, but once i've zeroed in on what i want, that spot's wasted. so when i'm ready to transmit the burst, my right pinkie holds what i call my "second set". Then the burst pad is under my left index where fine tuning normally is. Once the burst is through, i let up my pinkie and i can reset the frequency if i want to.
I keep any displays i want in front of me, using heads-up holo. If the station can't handle a holo, i'll use a data-display/recorder headpiece, but i don't like to because i get tired faster.
The main displays are right in front all the time. I map telltales to the center in a contrasting color - for the important ones, i use a mixture of red and green, chosen so they clash with each otehr. I don't like 'em to blink, because i want to look at them and catch the info at any time. The split second between blinks might be the split second i need to make the decision. Choose your own colors; your eyes are different from mine.
I use my right third finger to move the telltale once i've spotted it, and i never use this finger for any other purpose on any board. The warning light appears, in the center as i said, then once i've noted it i punch the board and the light moves off to one side. They're all set so that if the condition lasts over a certain time, the telltale will reappear, and i'll just punch it over to the side again if i'm handling it. I want to know, but once it's in my brain i don't need to keep staring at the light all the time.
If you're not human, of course, little of this applies to you, and i apologize for wasting your time. But you'll be thankful for the dynamic configs. Can you imagine a K'kree trying to drive a human board, or a Vargr pushing a Hiver panel?
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The most intriguing "Corvette" class vessel Traveller ever invented.
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[George W.] Bush: Yo, Blair. How are you doing?
[Tony] Blair: I'm just...
Bush: You're leaving?
Blair: No, no, no not yet. On this trade thingy....(inaudible) (Mr Blair is getting anxious that the World Trade Organisation is falling apart because some nations, including the US, are putting domestic interests before a worldwide free trade agreement)
Bush: Yeah, I told that to the man.
Blair: Are you planning to say that here or not?
Bush: If you want me to.
Blair: Well, it's just that if the discussion arises...
Bush: I just want some movement.
Blair: Yeah.
Bush: Yesterday we didn't see much movement.
Blair: No, no, it may be that it's not, it may be that it's impossible.
Bush: I am prepared to say it.
Blair: But it's just I think what we need to be an opposition...
Bush: Who is introducing the trade?
Blair: Angela (The German Chancellor, Angela Merkel, will lead the trade discussion. That is good for Mr Blair. She is on his side.)
Bush: Tell her to call 'em.
Blair: Yes.
Bush: Tell her to put him on, them on the spot. Thanks for the sweater it's awfully thoughtful of you.
Blair: It's a pleasure.
Bush: I know you picked it out yourself.
Blair: Oh, absolutely, in fact (inaudible)
Bush: What about Kofi? (inaudible) His attitude to ceasefire and everything else ... happens. (Change of subject. Now they are on to Lebanon and the UN secretary general, Kofi Annan)
Blair: Yeah, no I think the (inaudible) is really difficult. We can't stop this unless you get this international business agreed.
Bush: Yeah. (Mr Blair is trying to push the idea of a UN peacekeeping force in Lebanon. That 'yeah' does not sound like a wholehearted agreement)
Blair: I don't know what you guys have talked about, but as I say I am perfectly happy to try and see what the lie of the land is, but you need that done quickly because otherwise it will spiral.
Bush: I think Condi is going to go pretty soon. (Meaning: 'No')
Blair: But that's, that's, that's all that matters. But if you... you see it will take some time to get that together. (Meaning: 'Oh well, all right, if you don't want me to. Just a thought')
Bush: Yeah, yeah.
Blair: But at least it gives people...
Bush: It's a process, I agree. I told her your offer to... (Meaning: 'Drop it. You're not going.')
Blair: Well... it's only if I mean... you know. If she's got a..., or if she needs the ground prepared as it were... Because obviously if she goes out, she's got to succeed, if it were, whereas I can go out and just talk.
Bush: You see, the ... thing is what they need to do is to get Syria, to get Hizbollah to stop doing this shit and it's over....
Blair: Syria.
Bush: Why?
Blair: Because I think this is all part of the same thing.
Bush: Yeah.
Blair: What does he think? He thinks if Lebanon turns out fine, if we get a solution in Israel and Palestine, Iraq goes in the right way...
Bush: Yeah, yeah, he is sweet. (Mr Bush is probably being sarcastic)
Blair: He is honey. And that's what the whole thing is about. It's the same with Iraq.
Bush: I felt like telling Kofi to call, to get on the phone to Assad and make something happen.
Blair: Yeah....
Bush: We are not blaming the Lebanese government.
Blair: Is this...? (at this point Blair taps the microphone in front of him and the sound is cut.)
Conversation overheard at the G-8 Summit in Saint Petersburg in July 2007. Edited Transcript from the Independent in: www.news.independent.co.uk
For many critics, most especially in his own native United Kingdom, nothing symbolized better the 'lapdog' status that Great Britain fell into vis-`a-vis the United States, during the latter portion of Blair's premiership, than the above dialogue with the American President. In which Bush, in his inarticulate fashion seems to dominate the conversation, and, Blair seems to merely respond to Bush's demands. Even a seemingly fair minded, non-partisan historian and commentator, such as Ian Kershaw recently noted that while Blair is a:
"conviction politician par excellence. His actions have been nobly motivated, underpinned by his Christian beliefs and guided by the principals of liberal interventionism to bring about democracy and justice".
His decision to join the American intervention in Iraq was a 'catastrophic decision', which has had the end result of: "undermining the international standing and power position of both parties [UK & USA] to the 'Special Relationship'". See: "Blair's 'Special Relationship'" in www.latimes.com.
Well one may inquire: is this true? As per the fact that the Iraq debacle has indeed 'undermined' the power and standing of both the UK and the USA (especially the latter), is an obvious truism. Equally true is the fact that from the very beginning of his premiership, Anthony Charles Lynton Blair, has expressed in both public and private, a moralism which one can scarcely encounter in a holder of the post of First Lord of the Treasury since Gladstone's second Ministry in the first half of the 1880's. Contrary to those who criticize him for going whole hog with the Americans into Iraq, Blair has from the very beginnings of his premiership, consistently sided with and aligned himself with the United States in a fashion that has been fairly unique among British Prime Minister's since the end of the Second World War. From operation 'Desert Fox', to the Invasion of Iraq in 2003, to the diplomacy of the Israel-Lebanon war of 2006, Blair has scarcely veered away from his embrace of the United States.
Which in turns begs another question: 'why'? Unlike other Prime Minister's in the Post-War period, Blair's alignment with the United States does not appear to have been inspired by a desire for some type of diplomatic quid pro quo. In which a UK 'service' would be reciprocated by some American favor. Quite the contrary appears to have been the case throughout his premiership. Nor does his closeness with for example the current American President, been rewarded with any degree of real influence into the shaping of American policy either in Iraq or in the Near East as a whole. Indeed, with the partial exception of the push for a second Security Council Resolution in March of 2003, there does not appear to have been an instance that Bush, et. al., have cared to tailor to the smallest degree American policy to take into account either Blair's advice or concerns. As the retired British Ambassador in Washington, Sir Christopher Meyer put it in his infamous memoirs (DC Confidential) that his remit from Downing Street was to:
"Get up the a--- of the White House and stay there".
And, that in their tet-`a-tet's Blair consistently failed to exercise any effective pressure or influence on Bush and company. Notwithstanding the fact that in absence of British support in the months leading to the invasion of Iraq, the Bush regime's policy to go to war, would have suffered perhaps (admittedly only a 'peut-etre')a near-fatal blow. Since, absent the UK, only geo-political pygmies like Azerbajian, Georgia and, Bulgaria would have made up the fabled 'coalition' with the United States. Instead of course, Blair gave his support, and pro-offered some thirty thousand troops (initially) for the invasion, and as of this writing, the UK still has seven thousand troops in Iraq. For what purpose escapes all and sundry. Obviously, the idea that via British support, Bush and company would gear American policy in the region to force through, a peace settlement of the Israeli-Palestinian dispute has gone nowhere. With the contact group, merely providing the barest of fig leaf's for an American policy (until recently) of splendid inactivity.
To sum up, it would appear that Blair's support for American policy has been gratuitous in the extreme. Unlike in times past, it has not resulted in any effective British influence on shaping American policies, certainly not in the Bush years, and, once can assume that not much even during the Presidency of his mentor and doppelganger, President Clinton. One can only assume that perhaps the major reasoning behind Blair's thinking is that he wished to avoid the fate of his predecessor at 10 Downing Street, John Major, whose relationship with President Clinton's America, was from start to finish uniformally bad. Especially over Bosnia and Northern Ireland. With the result that the Tory Prime Minister, was to all intents and purposes persona non grata, with the White House. Which is not to gainsay the fact, that in an strange, perverted way, Blair 'is' the William Ewart Gladstone pour notre jour. Both strong Anglo-Catholics, both with Scottish backgrounds, both committed to almost totally moral view of politics and foreign affairs in particular. Both great public speakers, with a special talent to putting into words the feelings of the bien pensant at a particular moment. A talent which both subsequently lost well into their respective years at Number Ten. The fact that Blair supported American policy in Bosnia in the years prior to his premiership, from a purely moralistic point of view, perhaps explains Blair's subsequent, leach-like clinging to the American coattails. Something that notwithstanding their own at times (mostly rhetorical) idealistic gloss on the Anglo-American relations, Churchill, Bevin, Macmillian, Thatcher, and the other luminaries of the 'Special Relationship' would not have approved. Nor do I think should we. Notwithstanding this fact, one cannot deny that in many ways, Tony Blair, while indeed an unfortunate child of his era, is a most singularly talented and intelligent man and politician, as that arch-commentator on Twentieth Century British politicians and Premier's, Peter Hennessy has noted, in his book on the subject (The Prime Minister). All the more unfortunate, that his talents such as they are, were wasted in the sands of Iraq. Pour rien plus les beaux yeux of George W. Bush. What could possibly be a more tragic fate than that?


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Zucchini Italiano
6 to 8 small zucchini, unpeeled, cut into 1/4 inch slices
1 small onion, thinly sliced and separated into rings
3 tablespoons olive oil
2 cloves garlic, minced
1 to 2 teaspoons salt
2 teaspoons dried basil
2 tablespoons dried parsley
dash freshly ground pepper
1/2 cup grated Parmesan cheese
2 ripe tomatoes, peeled and quartered
Combine all ingredients except Parmesan cheese and tomatoes in crockpot and stir
together thoroughly.
Cover and cook on low setting 7 to 10 hours. Before serving,
pour into ovenproof casserole. Taste for seasoning.
Sprinkle with Parmesan cheese and garnish with tomato
quarters. Broil until cheese is lightly browned.
8 servings.
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The last photo is not Jose Ignacio, but Punta del Este. Both are in Uruguay, a small country in South America, and both are beatiful places, around 30 kms one from the other. Kevin Bacon and Bruce Willis were also there in 2010
From quirky to quaint, bizarre to beautiful, our writers stretch out on some of the world's most unusual beaches.
Andrew Heasley: Sipadan Island, Malaysia. Touted as one of the top 10 diving spots in the world. Among the most spectacular sites is the "turtle graveyard": a yawning cave entrance at about 25 metres that opens into a labyrinth of caves.
Jane Reddy: Lizard Island. The island, 28 kilometres off the Far North Queensland coast, is a jumping-off point to some of the world's best diving on the Outer Great Barrier Reef.
Paola Totaro: Cenito, Naples. Cenito is a mere thumbnail of sand, an ethereal ribbon among the Posillipo cliffs, shaped by the tides and the vagaries of nature. Sometimes it is there, many times it is not
Bruce Elder: Matala Beach, Crete. This is the beach evoked by Joni Mitchell, who stayed here when she fled to Europe after breaking up with Graham Nash. In Carey from her album, Blue, she sings of the Mermaid Cafe and the warm winds that blow in from Africa
Richard Jinman: Brighton Beach, England. Brighton Beach isn't what you would call a beauty spot. It has pebbles instead of sand and water the colour of a dead fish's eyes. o matter. I adore the place and come here as often as I can.
Hamish McDonald: Caspian Sea, Iran. It was October 2001 and for me the War on Terror had hit a lull. Holed up in Tehran awaiting clearance to get to the Afghan border, I hankered for a swim in the Caspian Sea.
Daniel Fallon: Waimea Bay, O'ahu, Hawaii. Hawaii has always meant big-wave surfing. The concept of "Waimea Bay" was introduced to me as a nipper growing up next to the shore-breaking dumpers of Coogee Beach.
Kendall Hill: Jose Ignacio, Uruguay. It would be nice to think I was one of the first to discover the laidback allure of Jose Ignacio but the truth is Martin Amis, Naomi Campbell and Mario Testino beat me to it. They were the pioneers of the jetset crowd who now flock to this intimate beauty spot.
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If you want the most spectacular beach in the world try white haven on whitsunday island in australia, it has the purest silica sand in the world so is classed as the best sand there is
Indonesia has the world's most uninhabited islands, best diving and best tropical beaches.
Bali is of course over-developed.
Gili Islands and Lombok are the hot favorites which are easiest to access.
Off Java there are several islands owned by the military or Suharto family which are luxury get-aways.
The Thousand Islands off Jakarta are famous. Even East and west Timor are good.
Next best would be Philippines.
Sipatan is only momentarily Malaysian- the Indonesians want it back.
nice ones. diu beach is better though.
Amazing beaches. Sipadan Island in particular.
Great images. Really good work… Please keep it up.
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Back in the late 1980s and early 1990s, the German chemical company BASF ran an ad campaign with the slogan, "At BASF, we don't make a lot of the products you buy, we make a lot of the products you buy better." It was, in my opinion, an ingenious set of ads, an example of which you can see below:
There are a couple of things that really stand out to me about these commercials, all of which apply to work done by BAs, PMs and Testers. In the rest of this post, I'll use the above commercial as a jumping off point to bring out a few of these points.
First up, we're not the finished product. PMs create project schedules and budgets, none of which mean anything except as a plan to reach a goal. BAs manage requirement efforts, none of which mean anything unless the requirements are turned into a solution. Testers ensure that what the stakeholder wanted is what was delivered, which can't happen unless something is created. BASF doesn't make airplanes, lotion or carpet, but without BASF, those products would not be nearly as valuable to us.
I also see that its sometimes easier to define yourself in terms of what you don't do. BASF does a lot of things, but in the end, what it doesn't do is make direct to consumer goods but enhances the goods consumers do purchase. Its often difficult for people who don't have a good grasp of chemistry to understand the difference that BASF's products make in each of our lives. In my job, I don't turn in below quality work products, I don't turn them in late and I most especially don't disappoint my customers with an inability to deliver.
Next, emotional connections should not be overlooked. When you consider BASF's actual products: dyes, soda, sulfuric acid, ammonia, plastics, etc, you start to realize that the company doesn't sell much of anything a consumer would want to purchase directly. So why would BASF want to market directly to consumers with such an emotional appeal if it doesn't actually tell anything about what the company actually makes?
If BASF can get the customer to think about buying more airplanes, lotion and carpet, then end product producers will need to purchase more of BASF's products. They're essentially asking customers to pull their products through a channel. When you've got a product that isn't something that sounds easy to sell, falling back on emotion is a great way to get your message through.
This is a concept I rely on when ever I need to tell someone about my work as a Business Analyst. Both words in my title are fairly common, but the combination of them in a title seems to outsiders a bit odd. I know this by the crinkled looks of confusion people sometimes give me when I try to tell them what I do. I could talk about how I elicit, analyze and document requirements, how I translate business needs into solutions or how I help the testing team ensure that the solution met the customers needs. I've tried, and you know what I got? More confused looks. Eventually, I hit on a solution.
Now, whenever anyone gets that weird look on their face upon hearing my title, I follow up with an emotional appeal. My one sentence job description is that "I make people's jobs better by changing the work they do or the computer system they use." That, clicks every time. If they want more detail, I start asking them about things that frustrate them about their computer, or about common frustrations we all share, like hanging out in the waiting room with a bunch of sick people all trying to see the doctor at the same time. I then explain how its my job to find out how these systems are broken and offer up suggestions on how to make life less frustrating to everyone.
And that brings up my last lesson from the commercial, we help people, systems and processes get better. No, I'm not saying we have the deep impact on people's lives that their doctors, therapists or firemen do, but we have a small impact on a lot more broad of a population. The work I do at my current job impacts in the neighborhood of 60,000 employees every single week and millions of customers every single year. Our company runs quite lean in the development and support areas, so a small number of us have a large impact on a medium group of people and a small impact on a really huge group of people.
So what about you? What did you take away from that BASF commercial?


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The party is now level 7.
Blackwood is dead. Hearing about the widespread "infestation" in Blackwood the Izalin military swept in and murdered the entire population of the village. The party in turn killed every single soldier holed up in the village, several of whom died begging for mercy.
The Paladin died. He got better.
On the plus side, you saved a tribe of mostly infected goblins from being safely quarantined.
The assassination spree in Auricien is still in full swing. Picking a fight with the bodyguards of the most powerful king of the alliance went about as you would expect.
Responding to a request from General Genden (whom you met in Sissyfus - he was the guy who replaced the general who was killed) to help locate the crater of a meteor the party returned to the boarded off village of Misma, where an oversized tent covers a hole that goes deep into the Underdark.
The party had run ins with: One flesh eating flower, one giant spider, one Huge Husk Scorpion, four more giant spiders, one Chwidencha (giant spider), two Hellwasp Swarms, one Hellwasp Swarm-animated Chwidencha corpse, one gelatenous cube and one Filth Eater Troll. Exploring further into the tunnel, the party tripped over a wire which set off a loud alarm. They fled before trolls or other dangers could come out at them, and returned to the surface to receive healing, and maybe pick up an ally. Returning to the surface they notice that the Chwidencha corpse has gone missing.
Necromancer Wizard, if you for any reason are interested in what a Chwidencha looks like in terms of games mechanics, you'll find it at page 109 of Drow of the Underdark.


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Straddling the Olympics in the athletics calendar, staged the year before and after every Games, the World Championships earns a special dramatic quality. It is exposition of, and epilogue to, a thunderous central act, and can craft minor epics out of rivalries that might otherwise run their course in a single summer.
Witness the two leading players on the running track. In 2007, at the World Championships in Osaka, the polyurethane belonged to American sprinter Tyson Gay, gold medallist in the 100m, 200m and 4x100m. That he twice beat a young Jamaican into second place along the way hardly merited a mention. But Usain Bolt got a mention and rather more the following year at the Olympics in Beijing, casually destroying rivals and records in Gay's three World Championship-winning events, with the American failing to qualify for the finals in any of the three. Humbled, Gay's showdowns with Bolt at this year's World Championships in Berlin will be about redemption as much as any medals.
Intriguing plots are also in motion in women's track. Christine Ohuruogu has developed a textured rivalry with American Sanya Richards, beaten to 400m gold by Ohuruogu in China but heading to Germany in fine form and with a win over the Londoner in July. Paula Radcliffe, meanwhile, fights a more complex duel - that with her own body. A stress fracture at the base of her spine removed her from contention entirely in the marathon in Osaka two years ago. Now she faces another rehab race to compete in Berlin.
Better poised is heptathlete Jessica Ennis, tipped to translate an injury-hit 2008 into a triumphal 2009. She recorded her best-ever points score in May, and will compete this August in a field missing several rivals. British triple-jumper Phillips Idowu won't be so lucky to avoid Portugal's Nelson Évora, his tormentor, infuriatingly better in both Osaka and Beijing. A snug narrative arc would insist Berlin provide Idowu third-act succour and the gold he craves; but Évora won't heed that.
And as if there weren't drama enough, enter: Dwain Chambers. Absent from earlier acts, and not fully certain of a place in Berlin, he's the kind of pantomime baddie who just might pop up to steal the show.
Britain's rising stars: They're good now – they'll be even better in 2012
Simeon Williamson
100m The 23- year-old shocked everyone by beating Dwain Chambers at the UK Championships with the best run by a European this season – 10.05 seconds. But he'll have to be faster still to challenge the big boys. "You've got to run sub-10 to make the final or get a medal," he says.
Kate Dennison
Pole vault The Loughborough-based 25-year-old has broken the British record four times this year. "I've been training really well and now it's paying off in the competitions," she said of her most recent clearance of 4.57m – which secured her a £5,000 bonus.
David Greene
400m hurdles The Llanelli-born Greene recorded the season's fastest time in Europe in June (48.62 seconds ). "I suppose I will have to revaluate my goals now," said the 23-year-old on hearing that he was Europe's number one. "Now I want to be a real contender in Berlin."
Jemma Simpson
800m When not appearing as an extra in films (The Da Vinci Code) and soaps (Neighbours), 25-year-old Simpson has been climbing the 800m ranks, and is now sixth in the world. The Newquay runner won convincingly at this distance in the UK Championships.
Five reasons Bolt can be beaten
1 In Beijing, he showed his rivals how to go faster. "He ran 9.69, which showed we can go under 9.70," says fellow Jamaican Asafa Powell, the previous world's fastest man. "We know what it takes to win."
2 Tyson Gay is faster in 2009 - at least so far. The American recorded the year's best time over 100m - 9.77 seconds - in Rome in July.
3 Bolt got out of shape after Beijing, confessing he was only "at 70%" at a Manchester street race in May.
4 He showboats and doesn't dip at the line.
5 He was in a car crash in April that damaged those precious feet. He drove his BMW into a ditch in Jamaica, and climbed out unscathed - but was then hospitalised after stepping on some thorns.


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1 Chronicles 17 Expanded Bible (EXB)
God's Promise to David
17 When David ·moved [had settled] into his ·palace [L house], he said to Nathan the prophet, "·Look [T Behold], I am living in a ·palace [L house] made of cedar, but the Ark of the ·Agreement [Testimony; Treaty; Covenant] with the Lord ·sits in [is under] a tent."
2 Nathan said to David, "Do ·what you want to do [whatever you have in mind], because God is with you."
3 But that night God spoke his word to Nathan, saying, 4 "Go and tell David my servant, '·This is what the Lord says [T Thus says the Lord]: You are not the person to build a house for me to live in. 5 From the time I brought Israel ·out of [L up from] Egypt until now I have not lived in a house. I have moved from one tent site to another and ·from one place to another [or lived in a Tabernacle]. 6 As I have ·moved [walked] with the Israelites to different places, ·I have never [L have I ever…?] said to the ·leaders [L judges of Israel], whom I commanded to ·take care of [shepherd] my people, "Why haven't you built me a house of cedar?" '
7 "Now, tell my servant David: 'This is what the Lord ·All-Powerful [of Heaven's Armies; T of hosts] says: I took you from the pasture and from ·tending [following] the sheep and made you ·king [ruler; leader] of my people Israel. 8 I have been with you everywhere you have gone. I have ·defeated [destroyed; L cut off] your enemies for you. I will make you ·as famous as any of [L a name like the name of] the great people on the earth. 9 I will ·choose [provide; appoint] a place for my people Israel, and I will plant them so they can live in their own homes. They will not be ·bothered [disturbed; moved] anymore. ·Wicked [Evil] people will no longer ·hurt [oppress] them as they have in the past 10 ·when I chose [beginning when I appointed] judges for my people Israel. I will ·defeat [subdue] all your enemies.
"'I tell you that the Lord will ·make your descendants kings of Israel after [L build a house for] you. 11 When ·you die [your days are over/T fulfilled] and join your ·ancestors [fathers], I will ·make [L raise up] one of your descendants—one of your sons [C Solomon]—the new king, and I will ·set up [establish; secure] his kingdom. 12 He will build a house [C the Temple] for me, and I will ·let his kingdom rule always [establish/secure his throne forever]. 13 I will be his father, and he will be my son [2 Sam. 7:14; Ps. 2:7]. I took away my ·love [steadfast love; lovingkindness] from Saul, who ruled before you, but I will never ·stop loving your son [take it away from him]. 14 I will ·put him in charge of [confirm him in] my house and kingdom forever. His ·family [L throne] will ·rule [be established/secure] forever.'"
15 Nathan told David ·everything God had said in this vision [all the words revealed to him].
David Prays to God
16 Then King David went in and sat ·in front of [before] the Lord. David said, "Lord God, who am I? What is my ·family [L house] that you have brought me ·to this point [this far]? 17 But that was ·not enough for you [L a small thing in your eyes], God. You have ·also made promises about my future family [spoken about your servant's house in the distant future]. Lord God, you have treated me like a ·very important [great; exalted] person.
18 "What more can ·I [L David] say to you for honoring me, your servant? You know me so well. 19 Lord, you have done this wonderful thing for ·my [L your servant's] sake ·and because you wanted to [according to your will/heart]. You have done all these great things and made them known.
20 "There is ·no one [T none] like you, Lord. There is no God except you. ·We have heard all this ourselves […as all that we've heard with our own ears confirms]! 21 ·There is no nation [L And is there another nation…?] like your people Israel. ·They are the only people on earth that [L What other nation on earth did…?] God chose to be his own. You made ·your name well known [a name for yourself] by the great and ·wonderful [awesome; terrible] things you did for them. You went ahead of them and ·forced other [drove out] nations. You ·freed [redeemed] your people from slavery in Egypt. 22 You made the people of Israel your very own people forever, and, Lord, you ·are [became; have become] their God.
23 "Lord, ·keep the promise [L let the word be established/secure] forever that you ·made [spoke] about my ·family [L house] and me, your servant. Do what you have ·said [spoken]. 24 ·Then you will be honored always [May your name be established and honored/exalted/magnified forever], and people will say, 'The Lord ·All-Powerful [of Heaven's Armies; T of hosts], the God over Israel, is Israel's God!' And the ·family [L house] of your servant David will ·continue [be established/secure] before you.
25 "My God, you have told me that you ·would make my family great [L build for your servant a house]. So I, your servant, ·am brave enough [have found courage] to pray to you. 26 Lord, you are God, and you have promised these good things to me, your servant. 27 ·You have chosen [It has pleased you] to bless my ·family [L house]. Let it continue before you always. Lord, you have blessed ·my family [L it], ·so it will [let it] ·always [forever] be blessed."
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The Narcissist truly believes he has done nothing wrong to me and because of this, I really hate having to deal with him on any level (he's cheated on and screwed over so many people in his life that he's oblivious to the fact that he turned my world upside down. Nor does he care. In fact, word on the street is that he is already cheating on his current girlfriend. No sacrifice on his part, as long as HE'S happy, there's not a problem.) Of course at this point, our relationship is simply a professional one. We have a child together and I only feel the need to be in contact with him when 1) something serious is going on and 2) issues regarding child support/attorney involvement.
Which brings me to this post. I wish I could have these written up by my attorney as rules for contact. Don't comment on my hair. Or my car. Or what I might be wearing. Do not write "LOL" in a text message. Refrain from texting me details of your life. I don't care why you're late, just let me know you're going to be late. We are not friends, I do not care about the mundane details of your life. Nor do I care to learn in conversation how your new girlfriends ex husband was an alcoholic and how he owes way too much in back child support. (Just because you're thousands behind doesn't justify it because someone else is too- shes stupid for not putting him in jail.) Or how the girl he cheated on me with was beat by her husband and that's why she used him as an escape from her marriage. (Why he feels the need to say these things- Lawdy, what is he saying about ME to other people!)
Dealing with the Narcissist is about as pleasant as getting a root canal. I have to put up with things like this: I had photos made of my son, mistakenly (to be nice) gave him a couple of the photos, I get a text because he wants more. Really? Why don't you offer to pay for half. In the same drop off/pick up, I asked him to bring him to me since he was early and I was just about a mile away buying my son an Easter outfit. Nope. I have to come to him, even though I've made concessions for him to help when his other child was sick. Time to stop being nice. The road to hell is paved with good intentions.
I am still breastfeeding my son, which I'm really proud of because he is almost ten months old. The Narcissist ALWAYS sends the bottle back which contains pumped milk at least half full. Is he wasting my breastmilk out of spite? As of late I've started sending less milk on his day, about six ounces. How much do I send to the babysitter any given day? Around twelve ounces. That alone burns me up. At one point the Narcissist accused me in a court document of purposefully "not sending enough milk on his days." Really? If I wanted to be nasty, I could accuse him right now of not feeding him appropriately. When Boo Boo Bear doesn't get his "milk quota" he keeps me up nursing way more than he should be at this age. It is very frustrating to say the least.
Seventeen years and two months more of this. I'm not counting or anything.
~Miss Adventures
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TESTSuffolk alumnus Remy Carpinito developed software that's changing the way students connect with their peers and helping them find the best networking and job-recruiting opportunities.
CampusTap provides a private social network for colleges and universities. "The goal of the platform is to help colleges increase retention rates, increase job placement, and enhance the college experience for their students," says Carpinito.
He and his Co-Founder and Chief Technology Officer Alan Wilhelm tested the CampusTap app with 500 Suffolk students during the 2013-2014 school year, raising $355,000 along the way.
MassChallenge Finalist
This spring, CampusTap was selected as one of 128 startups (out of 1,600 applicants) to join the 2014 class of MassChallenge, a Boston-based accelerator. As a MassChallenge finalist, Carpinito received free office space and mentoring this summer.
What's Next
Carpinto formally launched CampusTap this fall. He plans to introduce a new feature that allows students to view company pages that contain information about company culture, office photos, and internship and job openings.
Big Thanks to Suffolk
"CampusTap wouldn't be where it is today without Suffolk," Carpinito says.
As a student, he took advantage of the many resources at the Center for Entrepreneurship—collaborating with peers and bouncing ideas off of faculty and alumni. He also got a boost from Suffolk's Intellectual Property & Entrepreneurship Clinic, where he received free advice on everything from legal contracts to equity deals. In fact, many of his current lawyers are Suffolk alumni.
"I still keep in touch with many of my professors, especially George Moker and Dominic Thomas. I know I can always reach out to them for help, even though I already graduated. Their commitment to students goes far beyond the classroom," Carpinito says.


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An Incredible Ride
Dear Split family,
A few years ago, before the explosion of ridesharing, we had an idea — to move people more efficiently using powerful algorithms that could group people in vehicles together dynamically. We turned that idea into reality in two cities on two continents — Helsinki and Washington, DC.
Over the course of the past few years, with your help, we have transported tens of thousands of passengers, developed deep relationships with our cities, and worked with the best drivers in the industry. We built our business around a set of core values that defined who we are and how we operate. Values like "think sustainable, love your community, be kind, split safely, show your sisu (mettle), and have fun" have been instrumental in everything from how we grew our team, to how we treated our drivers, to where we expanded our service to. We have always seen our success as contingent on three key elements: great customer service, seamless and convenient routing, and affordable prices. We hope our customers and partners agree that we always did our best to deliver on those promises.
As we look to the future of our business, and work to continue innovating in the transportation space, we have some big news to share.
Today, we're thrilled to announce that Split is being acquired by MOIA, a company of the Volkswagen Group. This is an incredibly exciting day for us, as it represents a road forward for us with a fantastic partner who shares our ambitions to make cities better by providing cutting-edge transportation solutions. The Split team will be working as part of MOIA in the coming years to continue innovating and pushing the envelope on the future of transportation.
We would like to thank all of our passengers and drivers for your trust and support. We truly could not have provided such a revolutionary, first-of-its-kind service without passengers who understood what true sharing is and drivers who could deliver an unparalleled quality of service.
And finally, a thank you to the entire Split team — those who will continue on with MOIA, and those who won't. It has been an absolute honor to work alongside you. Thank you for putting us in the position to have huge successes, and for pushing us to do more than we believed we could during the tough times. I have learned more than I could ever have imagined from all of you, and I have grown as a person and leader because of you.
Ario Keshani
p.s. for more information on MOIA, please visit www.moia.io


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Older Miller Seeks to Regain Winning Ways
February 24, 2006
SESTRIERE, Italy (AP by Erica Bulman)—A bum knee and ankle, ill-suited skis and a few extra pounds. Those are some of the things Bode Miller has packed for Saturday's slalom _ his last chance to win an Olympic medal.
Although slalom is the first discipline Miller excelled at, it is currently his toughest event.
He has completed only two of seven races this World Cup season and his best result was eighth. Last week, Miller blew his lead in the Olympic combined when he was disqualified for straddling a gate in the first slalom run.
"I've straddled probably more times than most people have finished a slalom, Miller said half jokingly.
One reason for his woes: Miller has focused more in recent years on the downhill and super-G _ speed events that require different skills than the turn-heavy slalom.
"This past season we did some more slalom training in the summer and during the season, U.S. technical coach Mike Morin said. "He always finishes his runs in training. But when it comes to race day it just doesn't happen.
Morin also cited Miller's continual search for equipment as a factor in his slalom slip-ups. His ski supplier is considered the best for speed events, but not necessarily slalom.
The American star's last slalom victory was in 2004, and it came on the same floodlit course he'll race Saturday night. Miller's best year was 2002, when he was the second-best slalom skier on the World Cup circuit.
Though Miller, 28, has gained a reputation of leaning toward lazy _ he sleeps in after partying and dismisses the U.S. team's off-slope training _ he managed to enter 136 consecutive World Cup races, a streak spanning nearly four years in an injury-laden sport.
That full schedule has worn on Miller.
"It's really tough, because you can't ski 10 days in a row, which he's doing, said Robbie Kristan, the technician who prepares Miller's skis for the slalom and giant slalom.[pagebreak]He's also busy testing new slalom skis _ about 25 pairs this season alone.
"He keeps searching for the feeling of control that he can't seem to find, Morin said. "That feeling goes back to the days when he was winning by large margins. His memories are still clear.
Miller's coaches suspect that while the skis are a factor, so are Miller's size and weight.
In his best slalom years, Miller weighed about 185 pounds. Miller has bulked up since adding speed events, and began this season at 220 pounds.
The top medal threats Saturday are skiers who have either stayed slim or lost weight. They include American Ted Ligety, Giorgio Rocca of Italy and Austrian Benjamin Raich.
"When Bode starting winning he was a young guy, agile, Morin said. "But guys, as they get older, they get heavier. He'll tell you he still reacts just as quickly but things do change over time.
Miller also has tendinitis in his left knee and twisted his left ankle Tuesday while playing basketball with teammates.
Though the U.S. team downplayed the ankle injury, Miller is rehabbing and skipped slalom training Wednesday and Thursday but planned to ski Friday.
Miller has shown an ability to shrug off adversity, injuries or otherwise.
After emerging in 1999 with two fourths in World Cup slalom races, Miller went on a 17-race blunder streak, failing to finish a single slalom in 33 months.
But suddenly in 2001 he returned to form _ something he'll have to do Saturday if he wants to salvage what has been a disappointing Olympics so far.
Copyright © 2006 The Associated Press


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