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"I am Loki, but I am also Gabriel."
Full Name: Gabriel
Aliases: Loki, The Trickster
Age: Ageless
Occupation: Messenger of God (formerly); Currently whatever he wants
Species: Archangel
Face Claim: Richard Speight Jr.
Sexual Preference: Pansexual
Marital Status: Single
Current Residence: Where ever he wants
Personality: There are only a handful of words that could possibly be used to describe Gabriel. Mischevious, trickster, hedonistic are a few good ones to start with he is quite the type of man that likes to play tricks. This man doesn't do much without a trick or two in his mind, he is one that won't talk straight because there is no good reason to do so. He doesn't see a reason to be direct. He is also a man that loves indulging in all things, but sex is perhaps one of his favorite things to do. Gabriel loves to pick up women and take them home, he also will pick up anyone if they're willing because he loves to do so.
Despite this he is also a man with his heart in the right place, he is a good man still he is very much the type to do what he feels is right. He has no respect for authority though and doesn't take commands well, he would rather not have to listen to anyone or anything that is "higher" than him because of the fact that God walked out on them all. He loves to make up rude or demeaning nicknames for his enemies and he will do this often. Gabriel is one of very few angels that hold humans in very high regard, because he believes that despite their flaws they are good because they try harder than any other race he knows.
Like most angels he has a few vices that will get his attention if someone has them, his are movies, Cotton Candy. Though to be perfectly honest any sweet will get his attention, he will be there and he is also one that will play games with others because it is great fun to play games with people. He's willing to do anything he likes to get what he wants from other people.
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Parents: God
Siblings: All other Angels and Archangels
Important Figures: Michael, Lucifer, Rapheal
Children: Aislinn
Home Town/Planet: Heaven
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- General Abilities
Archangel Blade - A weapon of their own design, this is the only known conventional way to fully destroy an archangel. Regular angel blades can possibly harm or kill archangels, as Dean tried to use one on Raphael.
Holy White Light - Being imbued with holy white light, they can generate this light as intense burning energy through their vessels' hands, and it is capable of destroying almost anything. This power can also be controlled as Raphael could choose who or what was affected by his and how much it hurt them (if he chose not to kill with it).
Super Stamina - Archangels' vessels need nothing to maintain their strength, to strive, or operate, as they are self-sufficient. Unlike most angels (except for Seraphs), they don't get their power from Heaven, and as such, "falling" or being banished doesn't affect their powers at all.
Telepathy - Archangels can hear, read and feel/sense the thoughts and emotions of humans.
Precognition - Archangels can see into the future, although they do not always see the full picture; as Michael has apparently been "wrong", and neither Lucifer nor Gabriel foresaw their defeats.
Summoning/Banishing - Archangels can summon and banish angels at their command. This was demonstrated by Michael.
Memory Manipulation- Archangels can erase, fabricate and restore memories of people.
Resurrection - Archangels can revive the deceased with a touch or thought without strain.
Power Granting - Archangels can grant protection or powers to other beings as shown when Raphael made Crowley immune to Castiel's angelic killing touch.
Supernatural Perception - They can sense and perceive beings and things that are naturally invisible, such as Reapers and even Horsemen. Lucifer was able to casually look at Death's true form upon his release.
Weather Manipulation - Practically every Archangel changes the weather upon first emergence. The sheer power of their presence can/and likely will drastically alter the Earth's weather and surroundings, and they are capable of causing raging storms and generating strong air-currents.
Pyrokinesis - Archangels can manipulate and generate fire. With it, they can incinerate almost anything. Michael incinerated Anna, burning her from the inside out.
Cryokinesis - Archangels can manipulate and generate ice. Lucifer's presence could cause a massive drop in temperature, and he could cause ice to freeze onto a window just by breathing on it.
Electrokinesis - Archangels can manipulate, control and generate electricity with such an intensity that they can cause coastal blackouts.
Terrakinesis - Archangels can cause full-fledged earthquakes, regardless of whether they are in a vessel or not.
Biokinesis - Archangels, by snapping or clicking their fingers, can spontaneously destroy angels, and therefore monsters and humans alike as well.
Regeneration - If they are in some way harmed, they can instantly heal all non-fatal wounds.
Flight - Like regular angels, archangels have demonstrated flight, though not when in a vessel.
Sedation - Michael used this to put Mary Winchester to sleep.
Healing- Archangels can cure any disease, wound, or injury.
Voice Mimicry - Archangels can perfectly mimic the voice of mortals.
Dream Walking - Archangels can appear in peoples' dreams, and they usually use this ability to communicate when they can't find the person they're looking for, or when they want to talk privately. Lucifer was able to talk to his future vessels in their dreams.
Astral Projection - Like angels and Seraphim.
Eidetic Memory - Angels have the faces of every prophet who has existed or will exist etched into their memories. This ability also makes them aware of reality warping and timeline changes.
Immunity - Archangels have immunity to that which affects lesser angels. Michael was not killed holy fire as lesser angels are, and Lucifer is one of the five things in all creation that the Colt cannot kill, though it can still inflict pain upon him for a time.
Gabriel Specific
Nigh-Omnipotence - Being an archangel, Gabriel boasted tremendous supernatural power. When Castiel was an ordinary angel, Gabriel tossed him around like a ragdoll, threw him into other dimensions, and teleported him around by gesting his hands and snapping his fingers. He could also manipulate space, time and reality to his will, by simply willing it. He could even take away Sam and Dean's voices with a simple hand gesture while at the same time not only giving their voices back but also apporting them to another room with a snap of his fingers.
Immortality - Gabriel had an indefinitely long lifespan, and was unaffected by disease and toxins. He did not require food, water, oxygen, or sleep. His vessel did not age, as evidenced in "Hammer of the Gods", when the pagan deities recognized his vessel as "Loki," who had presumably been around for millennium.
Angelic Possession - Gabriel required a vessel while on Earth. He needed the vessel's consent. Bloodline requirements, if any, for Gabriel's vessels were unknown.
Invulnerability - Gabriel could not be killed by conventional weapons, however certain weapons (such as an Archangel Blade and Death's Scythe) could kill him. He could also be killed by God, Death, Michael, Lucifer, and possibly Raphael.
Super Strength - Although the youngest archangel, Gabriel endowed his vessel with super strength and could exert tremendous amounts of physical force. He could overpower and kill any human, lesser angel, seraph, demon, monster, and spirit. When Dean confronted Gabriel by grabbing him against a wall, he almost broke Dean's arm with one hand, even though he was restraining himself greatly. He overpowered and almost choked Dean unconscious on another occasion, still while heavily restraining himself. The exceptions to his overwhelming strength were his Archangel brothers.
Shapeshifting - Gabriel could change his vessel's appearance at will.
Teleportation - Gabriel could travel from one place to another, instantly, without occupying the space in between and even take others with him.
Advanced Telekinesis - Gabriel could impart kinetic energy on matter with his mind. Castiel, although being a powerful celestial, was no match for his much older "bro". Gabriel slammed him into walls, duct taped his mouth and played around with Cas like he was nothing using telekinesis. This further proved that the power of ordinary angels couldn't even compare with the immense powers of the Archangels. He even managed to use his telekinasis to throw his older brother lucifer across a room with considerable force, although lucifer was caught off guard at the time and quickly recovered.
Cosmic Awareness - Gabriel possessed an immense amount of knowledge of the universe. He even possessed knowledge on his older brother's Cage, and how to open it.
Chronokinesis - Gabriel could travel forwards or backwards through time. He could also put others in time loops. He was able to send Sam back to the day Dean died "permanently" with just a snap of his fingers, apparently rewinding time to do so.
Reality Warping - Gabriel could accomplish just about anything with this power, making him virtually omnipotent, and it was his trademark and favorite ability. He could warp reality, whether it be by making things/living beings appear out of thin air, or by reshaping objects into something else entirely, or by creating unreal dimensions, wormholes and large time loops. He also once turned Sam Winchester into the Impala. He easily fooled the most powerful of pagan gods, created a fake Archangel blade (which he said he made from a soda can) that Kali "killed" him with. None of them knew it was a trick and believed Gabriel was in fact dead after Kali stabbed him. His amazing skill could be attributed to his elder brother Lucifer, as he taught Gabriel everything he knew.
Apporting - Gabriel was able to casually send Castiel away, and brought him back again just as easy. Gabriel also sent Sam and Dean back to their room with a snap of his fingers.
Pyrokinesis - Gabriel was able to light two candles with just a thought.
When God made humans after Gabriel was grown he would not fight his brothers or the sisters that God had made. He chose to spend all of his time with them trying to teach them fun and carefree times that would not be their's once Lucifer and Michael got them. Lucifer would not bow down to the humans and started to fight Michael, Gabriel hated it and he did his best to not partake in the fighting. So when he was alone long enough he skipped out on heaven and sought out a man that lived in the area as the vikings. He sought his permission and entered his vessel.
Gabriel was found by the pagan god Odin, he quickly pulled a trick on him and Odin took him in because their "pantheon" was missing a trickster. So he became the Trickster God Loki to the Norse and it was perhaps this that made him into the trickster he is. Loki was very hedonistic and he continued to be hedonistic, he slept with many human women and men. Whenever a woman fell pregnant by him he refused to grace the child, he wouldn't let the baby be a nephilim. As an archangel he could control that so he did to prevent more nephilim from being born, he did grace one child but they were killed swiftly by a lesser angel.
After that Gabriel stopped spending as much time with women but he still did, in fact he fell for a human and they conceived a child, he graced that child and she was born to her mother. It was some time later he left her with another family because the woman couldn't be left to raise her alone, he gave her up for adoption but always returned to watch over her. That was when Dean and Sam Winchester found him, he was a trickster and claiming to be a trickster. He played with them and did his part when the apocalypse came, he told them to embrace their destiny then "died" protecting them from Lucifer. He pretended to be dead for some time in order to catch up on things and watch the Winchesters.
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Other Characters: Dean Winchester, Jayden Asher, Katherine Wellington
Source: Mary
Roleplay Sample: Gabriel smiled at a girl across the bar and raised his glass to her, then finished it. Oh he was feeling good this was a night that was going to be good, he had enjoyed his time in London so far and it was nice to just be. He didn't have to worry about heavenly edicts or doing anything of that sort he was able to just be himself, though he did miss some of his siblings. He shook that thought as he looked at the girl again she was cute maybe she was the one...Gabriel smiled and walked towards her then he saw the glint of gold on her left hand and walked away.
"Nope she's married." He muttered as he walked out of the bar and down the street, he could have teleported but he really didn't want to bother with that it was too much hassle right now. He wanted to walk and be able to move around, it was odd how much he enjoyed being here on earth and among humans.
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oh the pressure.
i mean – this is the first meal . . . my child's first taste of something other than boob-milk. what's a mom to do? i so desperately want my son to love all kinds of foods and be open to trying new things as he grows up. and, for some reason, i feel like this first "meal" is going to define his eating habits for a lifetime.
who knows. i'm in that post-preggo world of hormones. so crap that no rational individual would find important is, of course, of utmost importance to me.
during my pregnancy i ate healthier than i ever had, consciously knowing that whatever i ate was the direct source of nutrition for my growing son. now that its time for him to eat "for real" (not that the culinary experience of all-mammary-meals aren't real . . .), i feel this insane pressure to make sure that the first experience is "right." all the while laughing at my ridiculousness, because seriously – he's just a baby and the first meal isn't really a meal, rather a tasting, right? this first meal is nothing more than a "training" exercise in hopes that after a few tries he'll catch on.
and honestly, he probably won't like it (cause everything else is new right now – why in the world would mom change yet another thing in his life right now . . . simply for torture, of course, and not because the doctor has advised that he is ready . . . nope not that at all).
then again, what happens if he does likes it? have i set him up to only want sweets? refuse those oh-so-good-for-you-veggies that send most toddlers screaming for help? be the "uncool" kid at daycare because his mom decided to start with food "x" (cause we all know those other babies aren't really cooing at one another – they are having full on conversations about how crazy their parents are . . . i've seen the commercials).
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well, crap.
this only means that the pressure's on. and this baby-dining thing is about to get "real". (hopefully real fun too, as i can't wait to share the many traditional meals that both my husband and i grew up with.)
i'm certain a year from now, i will laugh at the fact that i was concerned about this . . . by then he will (hopefully) have tried a myriad of foods and the fact that i started with food "x" will matter not.
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Genre(s): Contemporary, romance, mystery/suspense
Page Count: 211 pages
Reviewed by:Lily G Blunt
Heat Level: 3 flames out of 5
Rating: 4 stars out of 5
Pulled into a world of secrets and lies for the man he loves, Declan Ramsay's life has changed immeasurably in the eight months since meeting, and falling for his boss's son, Sam Aiken. Declan journey of personal discovery is about to take a darker turn, and for Sam, the world becomes more treacherous than he could ever have imagined.
Two agents are missing — presumed dead, while on a reconnaissance mission at an outdoor adventure centre in the Scottish Highlands. Sir James Aiken sends his son and Declan to follow the trail, and discover the fate of the agents.
As the mission offers his first chance to use the skills he learned on the MI6 training course in Morocco, Declan is keen to get started. However, Sir James sees to it that the seeds of doubt and discord have been sewn between the couple, as they begin their mission.
The journey to their Highland location, and the discoveries they make when they reach the G'wan Adventures centre, prove that Sir James Aiken has been less than honest with his son. Events in the Highlands force Sam and Declan to face their greatest fears, and understand what they both really want from life — and from each other.
Return to Zero is the third book in the series and definitely my favourite so far. The story is gripping and the connection between Sam and Declan is lovely now that the two have got to know each other. I've grown to like these two sexy men over the course of the stories. Sam is less of a mystery to me now and I can relate to his character more. I enjoyed their banter and fun times as well as the more serious thrashing out of issues. Yes, the sex is still hot, but their loving has a special edge to it now. Despite a few tantrums—and I was totally in agreement with Declan at the start of the story when he feels betrayed—they mesh together amazingly. There's been lots going on behind the scenes and he's not sure what's going on. Like in his past, Declan seems to be unaware of his involvement in any particular case. I can understand why he felt out of the loop and blew his top. He needed to know what was going on and Sam didn't really fill him in on the details at the start. As the story unfolds, they share more with each other and we get to know about their past experiences.
"Mist rose lazily from the ever moving river, and spread its tendrils eerily over the clearing."
I adored the descriptive passages of the various settings in the Scottish Highlands and the exciting adventure Sam and Declan undergo in the last fast-paced section of the book. Our boys are no longer 'would-be' agents. They are now on a case and working together to solve an intriguing mystery. There are several heart-stopping, nail-biting moments, as well as some scenes between these boys that brought tears to my eyes. Wonderful writing there.
The epilogue is sweet and could be read as a HEA. But there's a hint of a problem that still needs resolving and the next book is on its way. Yay! Sir James's devious and lying nature is still a mystery to me and hopefully all will be explained.
My main grumble is the same as with the previous two books. They need a thorough editing to check for spelling and punctuation issues. Head-hopping still occurs between Declan and Sam's perspectives within the same scene/paragraph, but not as frequently as before. My enjoyment of this particular story helped me overlook this to some extent as I read.
Overall, an exciting, emotional, and intriguing adventure. Recommended.
Catch up on the previous books in the series:
As You Wish (#0.5) Goodreads
Illuminate the Shadows (#1) Goodreads
Shatterproof Bond series
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Why so many pre announcements by Apple
Apple's WWDC will start on June 6th. Its just a few days away. Then why is Apple making so many announcements and releases.
They never talk about the topics to be discussed during the keynote in advance. So why did they announce it early, from all the rumors sites its seem like. They just wanted to keep expectation in check. And the stock from falling when there will be no iPhone announcement.
Are they double bluffing and will they surprise everyone by announcing iPhone 5. I don't think so, i don't think they will even mention the future iPhone's at this event because they don't want to cannibalize their current iPhone 4 sales.
Then about the iWork why did they release it, just a few days ahead of the WWDC. I just downloaded the universal app for Numbers and its a 100 MB download, if you have all the other iWork apps it around 300 MB download.
Even Garageband & iMovie updated on June 1st. That's nearly 400 Mb download in total. Which they wanted people to get before WWDC. So you can imagine that they have some big downloads coming at WWDC, IOS 5 will it be available on 6th?. Some rumors are even saying that Lion update for macos will be available as a download after the keynote.
No matter what this will be an interesting WWDC to watch.


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The impact of interactive phenology on the land surface state, particularly on albedo and on the partitioning of surface fluxes, is assessed first by comparing two simulations of the Canadian Land Surface Scheme (CLASS) - one with interactive phenology (through the dynamic vegetation model CTEM) and the other with prescribed phenology, driven by ECMWF reanalysis data (ERA40 and ERA-Interim) for the 1971-2012 period. A deep soil configuration is used in order to quantify the impacts of interactive phenology on permafrost in terms of extent and active layer thickness. Soil organic matter is included to improve the representation of the thermal and hydraulic properties of soil. The performance of the model is assessed by comparing simulated fields, such as leaf area index, primary productivity and vegetation height, to observation-based datasets. The simulated variables show a high degree of correlation with their observation-based counterparts in both location and magnitude in the simulations with interactive phenology. The differences in the representation of interannual variability are analyzed in order to quantify the added value of interactive phenology. Some preliminary results from two Canadian Regional Climate Model simulations, with and without interactive phenology, will also be presented and the impacts on regional climate discussed.


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Thoughts on E3 2017
Hubris is one of the greatest renewable resources. - P.J. O'Rourke
This year's E3 was interesting in several ways, chaotically open to the public, a next-gen console announced as a mid-tier console, podcasters in their feelings defending their preferred company while simultaneously saying there's no bias, ESA making the public opening one of the worst experiences for press, and individuals decrying there are no winners while declaring who won E3.
Many seem to lack the understanding of what words actually mean as they espouse them in the most rudamentary of ways, so I'll start off with some critical analysis, pettiness, and looking forward. One of the most interesting things is the ongoing sense of tribalism, though this is nothing new you see it with Apple, with Google, with Samsung & Sony, with Microsoft, hell with everyone. But it's a sense of tribalism from individuals who run podcasts and other outlets that don't seem to realize their own contridictions that take place within a span of a few minutes.
Tribalism | Hubris | Do You Know What Words You're Using?
Analysis - The Big 3
Focusing on the main three I'll start off with Microsoft, which was interesting in many ways. What the company presented was "the most powerful gaming console ever released" which is good for them they did a great job at nailing that point over and over. Include the 42 titles presented with 20 being exclusive (which is loosly defined lately), and the games they showcased was diverse and Anthem looked extraordinarily gorgeous with it's checkerboard rendering.
The messaging is a little off when looking at this all closer, the difference between the PS4 Pro reveal and XBox One X or (XBOX 🙄) is that Sony had a small event with a handful or press with the dryest commentary ever heard and that was effectively it, 4K quality gaming on a new mid-tier system. In a way this messaging made some sense, compared to Microsoft showcasing the most powerful gaming system ever made at E3 while continuosly saying that the games shown can be played on both the One S and One X.
What's the point in spending $400 or $500 on a system where it's primary focus is showing games at 4K resolution when you don't have a 4K television and you lack the discretionary income to obtain such a TV? If you already have a PS4 or an XBox One there's no point as the games announced are already playable on these systems. No one outside the company can answer this no matter how hard they try. Because again discretionary income applies to a majority of gamers out there, many content with what they have waiting until they're in a position to upgrade a TV to 4K quality as the prices go down (give it another two years).
The XBox One X is more of a next-gen console than mid-tier only Microsoft went against releasing or announcing any exclusive games for that system in particular as to not sway their messaging of a unified experience, or whatever. That's fine, if this is the "iPhone S" cycle for Microsoft and Sony only instead of new hardware every year it's every three years then by all means, but presenting it in such a grand setting construes expectations. And no one outside of the extraordinarily hardcore groups and tribal stans are going to spend $500 on this system when games like Anthem, Metro Exodus and many others are available on other systems or lower tiered systems (One S & PS4 Slim) where many players have their core group of friends who likely reside, there's no logical point.
Checkerboard Rendering | Discretionary Income is Quite Important to Consider
Sony should just leave E3, though the company really had nothing to prove it's hard to argue they're resting on their laurels though their hubris was subtely on display, at the same time there was little to no point in having a showcase in an auditorium, where all you're doing is a brief introduction, a small intermission, and a brief conclusion with one person, while showing nothing but trailers and some gameplay for an hour. The games that were shown went more indepth than what was shown last year, many first party exclusives coming in 2018 along with third party games presented by Microsoft, but that was it ¯\_(ツ)_/¯. With 2017 at it's midpoint and content coming in the rest of the year, it'll be interesting to see how games such as Uncharted Lost Legacy, Horizon Zero Dawn: The Frozen Wilds, Destiny 2, and other titles fare as the year comes to a close.
The items that don't fare well are those around PSVR, during thier trailer bonanza Sony showcased games that simply won't sell this...accessory(?), many of the games that were shown looked very much half-assed to be honest. There's no AAA title from any first or third party, in a way this could be argued that those titles may be in heavy development and the system is fairly new, but the onslaught of horror games in VR will run out of steam fast, if they haven't already. There's no story selling Playstation VR to the masses and for it to continue at it's $399 price, they won't be selling as many as the year and lack of content continue.
As I said earlier Sony should just leave E3 and focus all of their attention on Playstation Experience, do something similar to Google I/O or Apple's WWDC, have your keynote at the beginning of the week, showcase some new games and eventually new hardware, do press events for the first day and a half and let playstation fans loose at AAA and indie games playable throughout the week with developers on hand to talk about their games with those in attendance. If this is how future showcases will take place at E3 from Sony they're better off leaving and going on their own. They might as well follow the Nintendo route with Playstation Direct or something in that vein at E3 and expound upon it at their own event later in the summer.
Horizon Zero Dawn: The Frozen Wilds | Uncharted The Lost Legacy
Nintendo did what they usually do, they announced great games, a few surprises and went more indepth with the new Mario Odyssey. A flashy title card for Metro 4 coming in 2019, and more games on the way. With a stacked 2017, I'm curious of what will come in 2018, and there's no rush with new Zelda DLC on the way, Splatoon 2, a new Mario game, and plenty of indie titles, they're in a good position to keep their base and those new to the platform satisfied for quite some time.
But there's still the contingent who will complain no matter what because that's the way of the world in many cases unfortunately. With the plan of the remainder of 2017 loaded with new content on the way 2018 will be an interesting year as the Switch will have been on the market for close to a year (March 2018), with a growing user base in the event they can get out of their own way and produce the system at a capacity that meets demand which is strangely an issue they continue to experience, the story of content will be an interesting one.
One brief consideration that has happened and will continue to happen, when a system such as the Switch at $299 continues to be difficult to obtain for a consumer with close to $350 to spend and the XBox One S and PS4 Slim are available with bundles at $250-$300, that consumer will go to one of those two systems, Nintendo will lose out on a sale that will multiply in the hundreds of thousands, the world will continue to spin, no one could be blamed but Nintendo.
Super Mario Odyssey | Zelda DLC
Podcasters & Journalists Try to Know What You're Talking About
When it comes to the podcasters who have in the past expressed they aren't journalists while practicing some modecum of journalism, try not to contradict yourselves in the same breathe. It's one thing to do it throughout the course of the week another thing to do it throughout the course of expressing a thought in incomplete sentences.
Many seem to not know what they're saying when sharing information at a press event they were watching and listening to, if you're tired fine, but that happens, it doesn't excuse the fact of providing information that isn't true. In the case of exclusive content many at varying points stated with overconfidence that Anthem and Metro Exodus were exclusive to the XBox One, obviously this isn't true, and have yet to provide an addendum to their statements.
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One podcaster who claims isn't a stan or the overused and extremely tiring phrase "fanboy" complained about those who complained about the price of the XBox One X comparing it to the lack of complaints about the price of the iPad Pro, ignoring the obvious, oblivious of the common sense, and lack of equivilency between the two products. This is profoundly ignorant, if you're just going to compare the most random of items the $750 Samsung Galaxy S8 mobile phone is significantly more expensive than the XBox One X...then again many forget how exactly they're paying for such items and the differences between them.
If you're bothered by the fact that many don't like the price of a system you yourself didn't develop, aren't marketing, receiving no residuals from, what exactly is the issue in general aside from the fact that people are attacking a company you've somehow unknowingly sworn allegiance to?
Do better
Sony PR needs to get their foot out of their mouths, you can't dismiss backward compatible games around the time you're about to have a presentation at E3, do that at a later date or don't do it at all. It was dumb and dismissive.
Do better
Phil Spencer and Microsoft need to come to a better conclusion in diction, it seems "exclusives" can go into several different areas and meanings. This is dumb, this is dumb in practice on Sony's end as well (Destiny 2), but with Microsoft conveying in the blandest of terms "exclusive" and that actually means "this is actually an exclusive world premier of gameplay that will be available on other platforms" you come off as being full of it.
Do better
Nintendo...has been doing ok...when it comes to console production...they need to do better.
Looking Ahead
It seems that the ESA tried their hand at making what was once an "exclusive 🤣" event for industry professionals and press making it available to the public ignored the stampede that would inevitably take place during the course of E3. But they got paid from the sale of tickets, so it's possible that they see things as growing pains. It's possible exhibitors may see this as a sign that they may need to find other routes.
As I said, Sony should just ditch E3, Nintendo in a sense has already done so, Microsoft may be the lone hold out and have it to themselves until they find it more feasible to do an event that's similar to their Build Developer conference. This may be a business event where deals are taking place but times change, this won't be set in stone where deals are done here for the next couple of years.
Only time will tell, and it appears that may come sooner than later.


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On March 14, 2014, my generation (the millennial generation) in Dallas returned to high school for Third String Productions's South By So What?! music festival in Grand Prairie, Texas. With headliners The Used and Taking Back Sunday, it was hard to resist the thought of attending Friday's festival date of the weekend extravaganza. Due to a combination of SXSW exhaustion and my personal distaste for spending an entire day at a festival of this genre, I arrived later than most, though photographs will prove the winding lines of fans more than prepared to enjoy everything the day had to offer.
Sadly I was too late to catch my favorite Bryce Gilbertson, but the one-two punch of Mike Mains & The Branches and From Indian Lakes was plenty satisfying. Mike Mains was captivating, proving why the indie group is one of the quickest rising acts of 2014 with their new album Calm Down Everything Is Fine, and deservedly so. While not necessarily the usual SBSW attendee's standard cup of tea, the performance certainly caused new taste buds to salivate.
If Mike Mains & The Branches was a new addition to taste, From Indian Lakes took that taste and blew it out of proportion into a buffet. The Yosemite Valley natives have mastered their art, and their flawless performance, early as it was, was the best of the debut day. As mentioned by many and as beaten to death as the horse of the Queen-Foxy Shazam comparison, From Indian Lakes brought forth many memories of As Cities Burn's serenades, and the symphonies conjured were anything but lullabies. The band is a must see, for all.
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What is the significance of the expression — "fat worms waiting on a dawn bright lawn" in Maya Angelou's poem "I know why the caged bird sings"?
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The line occurs in the fourth stanza of Angelou's poem "I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings" where she compares the situations of a caged bird with that of a free bird.
In the above quoted line, fat worms waiting on a bright lawn means that opportunities are always present at the hands of the free bird. He even doesn't have to find foods here and there. He gets anything and everything at will.
This is to indicate the privilege that the white people of America enjoyed over the African Americans who used to lead their life like the caged bird in the poem.
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Gallipoli centenary: Prince Charles meets veterans' relatives
The Prince of Wales has paid tribute to the "heroism and humanity" of those who fought in Gallipoli, one of World War One's bloodiest campaigns, at a centenary ceremony in Turkey.
Prince Charles and Prince Harry also met relatives of Gallipoli veterans.
They joined leaders from Australia, New Zealand and Turkey - which all lost thousands of troops - at memorials.
About 131,000 - made up of 45,000 Allied forces and 86,000 from Turkey - died in the campaign.
The fatalities included about 25,000 British military personnel, 10,000 from France and 10,000 from Australia and New Zealand.
'Shared duty'
The series of events in Turkey - to mark the 100th anniversary of the landings on the peninsula of Gallipoli - included an international ceremony and a Commonwealth and Irish commemoration. A separate service also marked France's participation.
Prince Charles and Prince Harry met 15 relatives of Gallipoli veterans on board HMS Bulwark, the Royal Navy's flagship.
At the international ceremony, Prince Charles said everyone had a "shared duty" to overcome intolerance and fight prejudice "so we can truly say we have honoured the sacrifice of all those who have fought and died here on the battlefield at Gallipoli and elsewhere."
At the Commonwealth and Ireland service at Cape Helles, Prince Charles read an extract from John Masefield's book Gallipoli.
Wreaths were laid by representatives including Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott and New Zealand Prime Minister John Key.
The President of Ireland, Michael Higgins, also attended.
What was Gallipoli?
The Gallipoli campaign
350,000 British troops, 25,000 died
79,000 French troops, 10,000 died
74,000 Anzac troops, 10,000 died
400,000 Turkish troops, 86,000 died
- After a failed naval attack, the Allies tried to capture Constantinople (now Istanbul) via the Gallipoli peninsula by land assault
- The amphibious assault started at dawn on 25 April, 1915
- British, French and their dominions' troops - including soldiers from Australia, New Zealand, India and Newfoundland - took part
- They faced months of shelling, sniper fire and sickness, before abandoning the campaign
- 45,000 Allied troops died for no material gain, although the Turkish Army was tied down for eight months
- 86,000 Turkish troops died. Commander Mustafa Kemal survived and went on to found modern Turkey
Why Gallipoli is still commemorated in Australia and New Zealand on Anzac Day
World War One's forgotten Anzacs: The Indigenous Army
Ben Goddard, 37, travelled to Turkey to honour his great-grandfather Pte Alfred William Goddard, of 2nd Hampshire Regiment, who landed on V Beach on 25 April 1915.
He was hit on the elbow by shrapnel 11 days later, but survived the fighting.
Mr Goddard, from Ropley in Hampshire, said: "So many men fought and did not come back. That should be remembered, whether the campaign was a disaster or not."
Hugh Gillespie, 72, from North Yorkshire, made the journey in memory of his grandfather, Lt Col Franklin Gillespie, who was killed by a sniper while leading a raid.
"Our soldiers behaved so exceptionally and fought extremely well in difficult conditions. I think it is an object lesson in making sure the strategy is right in the first place," he said.
The events are commemorating the World War One campaign when Allied forces landed on the Gallipoli peninsula in modern-day western Turkey - then part of the Ottoman Empire - in April 1915.
However, the invasion failed, with the Allied forces unable to advance more than a few miles inland.
A bloody stalemate ensued which lasted until Allied troops evacuated the peninsula in January 1916.
At the scene
Mark Lowen, BBC News, Gallipoli
With the sun glinting off the water and lush forests dotting the peninsula, it's hard to imagine the horror that engulfed Gallipoli a century ago.
Over nine months, the beaches became bloodbaths as Allied forces attempted their failed invasion.
The anniversary is being marked by several ceremonies to remember the thousands of victims.
We were on board HMS Bulwark as Prince Charles and Prince Harry met descendants of the soldiers, hearing of heroism and the intense fighting in 1915, when troops were gunned down even before their boats landed on the beaches.
Joining the royals at the ceremonies are the prime ministers of Australia and New Zealand, for whose countries Gallipoli marked the birth of their national consciousness - fighting in major warfare for the first time as independent nations.
Leading the ceremonies: the president of Turkey, which emerged from the ashes of the Ottoman Empire under Ataturk, a brilliant Gallipoli commander.
It's a campaign remembered for different reasons by all sides.
Events will continue in Turkey on Saturday with services for Anzac Day, which is widely marked in Australia and New Zealand.
In London, the Queen, the Duke of Edinburgh - who is patron of the Gallipoli Association - and Prince William will be joined by senior government and military figures to lay wreaths at the Cenotaph in Whitehall.
Correction: An earlier version of this story stated that 35,000 British military personnel had died in the Gallipoli campaign, rather than 25,000.
Why do Australians and New Zealanders mark Anzac Day?
- Gallipoli was the first campaign Australia and New Zealand fought as independent nations
- They joined the Allies in an attempt to knock Germany's Turkish allies out of World War One
- But the Anzac forces barely advanced a mile inland
- 10,000 Anzacs died while 23,000 were injured, which had a devastating impact on the male population of the fledgling nations
Presenter and chef John Torode explores what there is to celebrate on Anzac Day
Australia commemorations risk loving Gallipoli to death
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Edmund P. Clowney, Preaching Christ in All Scripture. Wheaton, IL: Crossway Books, 2003. 189 pp. Paper. ISBN: 1-58134-452-X. $15.99.
Ed Clowney began teaching at Westminster Theological Seminary in Philadelphia the year before I entered the school to study for my B.D. degree. I had him as my teacher for all of my courses in practical theology. He had a profound effect on my thinking, since prior to seminary I had no formal training in the Reformed faith. I was a new Christian and came to Reformed convictions by reading the Bible. What I especially appreciated about Ed's classes was the way he drew his teaching from Scripture and emphasized that the theology that came from the Bible tied the whole message together.
Since Ed was just formulating his courses and we were in a way his guinea pigs, I was very curious to find out what he had to say in this the last of his volumes on preaching. In the course of his maturing thought, what had he learned that could be of benefit to me in my preaching and teaching?
From the first chapter, it was evident that he has maintained his insistence upon the centrality of Christ for the message of the Bible. Jesus is the culmination of what the Old Testament is anticipating. He has come not to restore the old ways, but to bring them to their eschatological fulfillment. He spends a good deal of time showing that the relationship of the Old Testament to Christ is in symbols and types; thus to use allegory or moralistic application violates their teaching. This is a very good chapter and worth the price of the book by itself.
The second chapter is entitled, "Preparing a Sermon That Presents Christ." I must admit that I was expecting a practical presentation about dealing with various texts and molding them into a sermon with Christ at the center. This is not at all what he does. Rather his concern is to present principles that must be observed to have a Christo-centric message. For instance, to avoid having explanation with application at the end of the sermon, or having little sermonettes with application after them and thus dividing up your message without a central theme, by placing Christ as the center of the message, you make him the focus of your explanation and application. Clowney also says, "all presentation of Jesus has a narrative dimension" (p. 50). He then spends the next pages showing how Jesus is involved in the Old Testament narrative and in the New Testament narrative. He then urges us to use direct address when referring to Christ, to preach with much prayer, and to practice the presence of the Lord. I found this chapter to be weak and somewhat scattered.
Following this there are 11 sermons which illustrate how Clowney preached Christ-centered messages. This is followed by two other messages that were delivered on other occasions. One was delivered at Inter-Varsity's Urbana Conference in 1973 and the other does not indicate when it was delivered.
Without question the sermons give excellent evidence of how to preach Christ in all Scripture. They take very important texts and plainly show the centrality of Christ, most of them being in the Old Testament. If you have any questions about preaching Christ in these passages, this is the book to pick up and read.
However, I must confess that I was not a little disappointed. For one thing, he seems to be very enamored of the narrative style of preaching. That is indicated in the quotation made above and also in the sermons that he chose to include in this collection. They are all of the narrative genre. Of course, the Bible has a great deal of narrative in it, but not all of the Bible is narrative. I was hoping that in his later years he could help us with learning how to preach on the wisdom books, for instance. How do you preach Christo-centrically on Job or Proverbs? And what about the variety of Psalms? Not just the 23rd Psalm, but what about the imprecatory Psalms? And then there are the Prophets. What about the passages that deal with the judgment on other nations as well as many other sections?
Another disappointment that I experienced in his sermons was the lack of dealing with the specifics of the text. He emphasized this in the classroom when I was a student. But in the printed sermons, he seemed to be sacrificing the particulars of the text in its context to the flow of the story. Again, he seemed to be falling prey to the modern enthusiasm for narrative sermons. Maybe my problem is that I was looking for too much. But then, having received so much from him years ago, was it wrong to expect even more today?
J. Peter Vosteen


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Joe Johnson was already looking ahead to the playoffs as he sought perspective on the Atlanta Hawks' first season sweep of the Celtics in 11 years.
Johnson scored 16 of his 27 points in the fourth quarter last night to help the Hawks beat Boston, 100-91, to complete the four-game sweep.
The Hawks (30-15) completed the four-game sweep of the regular-season series to move one-half game ahead of Boston (29-15) for second place in the Eastern Conference.
Johnson says the Hawks will have to prove it again in the postseason.
"It means nothing, to be honest," Johnson said. "It just means we swept them in the regular season; the postseason is a totally different game."
Jamal Crawford had 28 points as the Hawks recovered after Boston cut a 14-point deficit to one in the third quarter.
Paul Pierce led Boston with a season-high 35 points.
The Celtics have lost five of seven, including losses to Orlando and Atlanta in back-to-back days.
"I don't really know if we could have won the game tonight, the way the Hawks were playing," Boston coach Doc Rivers said. "Especially coming off a back-to-back, this is a tough team to play."
Pierce said the Celtics "play in spurts."
"That seems to be the problem right now," Pierce said. "Overall, I liked our fight tonight, but it wasn't enough."
Kevin Garnett had 15 as Boston's only other scorer in double figures.
Johnson scored nine of the Hawks' first 11 points of the fourth period.
"I just wanted to assert myself and be aggressive and make plays," Johnson said.
Johnson said Crawford, Josh Smith (12 points, 9 rebounds, 3 blocks) and Al Horford (11 points, 8 rebounds) carried the team in the first three periods.
Crawford said Johnson "turned the switch on," in the final period.
"He's fun to watch when he gets it going like that," Crawford said.
Crawford made three 3-pointers and led the team with six assists.
"We can look anybody eye to eye," Crawford said. "We can stand up. I think we're going to get better. This shows our growth."
The Hawks were celebrating with their sellout crowd and most Boston players were already off the court as the final seconds ticked off the clock.
"That's the kind of atmosphere you want, a playoff atmosphere," Crawford said. "I was kind of fired up."
Johnson, named to his fourth straight All-Star team on Thursday, made only 3 of 13 shots from the field in the first three quarters before finding his touch to help the Hawks fend off the Celtics' comeback. Atlanta led, 74-73, at the start of the fourth before pushing the advantage to 11 points.
The Hawks' last season sweep of the Celtics came with three wins in 1998-99. Their last 4-0 sweep was in the 1995-96 season.


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I discovered Francis Darizcuren when I found a 2nd-hand LP at a record-fair: the artist was "Dariz", and the album was called "Swing Violin & Guitar". Upon closer inspection (several months later!), I worked out that all the players pictured on the front-cover (see pic below) are actually Francis Darizcuren i.e. he plays ALL the instruments on the album (violin, lead-maccaferri, rhythm-maccaferri x2, & bass) Hey, he even writes all the tunes (though it's kinda weird hearing "All Of Me" change-for-change, being called )! I really love his guitar-playing on this album - some of my favourite guitar-solos (not lightning fast, but really thoughtful & witty).
It seems that as far as gypsy-swing goes, that album was all he made, and unfortunately it has not been released on CD, though bits of it (unsympathetically mastered - the treble is pretty intense!) are to be found on a 'co-release' (he has 8 tracks on the CD, and a gentleman by the name of Guy Boyer has 11) called "Vibes, Violin & Guitar" (Music & Media - CDMFM2037).


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The fun is never ending at Action Park. Located in Vernon, New Jersey, this amazing water park has created another attraction – a 2,000-foot-long waterslide.
According to the New Jersey Herald, the water park built a very long waterslide using the same material used in creating inflatable bounce houses. Though the local government hasn't yet approved the slide for public use, it is said that Today is scheduled to try the ride for a show segment.
To make the event possible, the water park had to hire the correspondent Jenna Wolfe as an employee for the day. However, she will not be paid for her work.
Action Park claims their water slide is the world's longest. But, there is no confirmation of this yet. A representative from the Guinness Book of World Records will probably show up on Friday to confirm whether Action Park's water slide is definitely the longest in the world.
Based on the press release from the park, Jim Hunt, a native of New Zealand, helped in creating the slide.
Bill Benneyan, the president of Action Park explained, "This Waterslide screams 'Action Park' and we knew our resort would be the perfect home for it. What's more wild and crazy than flying nearly half a mile down a ski mountain on the World's Longest Waterslide?"
It will take around 60 to 90 seconds for a person to finish the ride. But, this will depend on the rider as well. Also, the slide will require 1,000 gallons of water per hour to operate properly.
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I found a fist-sized fragment of old brick on the road a couple of days ago, and thought it might make an interesting elephant. Victorian brick like this is relatively soft and porous, so I think it might carve well. Then again, I could be wrong.
The oldest bricks ever found were discovered at Tell Aswad in Syria. Made of shaped mud, the bricks are thought to have been made sometime before 7500 B.C. Bricks found at Jericho and Çatal Höyük are almost as old, as are bricks discovered in the Indus Valley.
|The Jetawana Stupa at Isura Ranatunga, Sri Lanka is the
largest brick structure in the world.
Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:JetawanaStupa1.JPG
The first ceramic bricks were made in the Indus Valley around 4500 B.C., and the first sun-dried bricks were produced in Ur, Mesopotamia around 4000 B.C. Many other ancient civilizations used sun-dried or fired bricks, including the Romans. Roman legions actually operated mobile kilns, thereby introducing fired bricks to many parts of their extended empire. Interestingly, Roman bricks are often stamped with the mark of the legion supervising their production.
|Roman brick stamped with the mark of the Tenth Legion.
Source: http://historicconnections.webs.com/studentsresearch.htm
During the twelfth century A.D., bricks from northwestern Italy arrived in northern Germany, which developed its own brickmaking tradition. A whole Gothic style of brickwork developed in northern Europe as a result, especially in areas without significant amounts of rock with which to construct large buildings.
By the Renaissance and the Baroque periods in Europe, visible brickwork had become unfashionable. As a result, it was often covered with plaster, and it wasn't until the middle of the eighteenth century that visible brick regained its popularity.
Long-distance transportation of large quantities of brick was rare before the advent of canals and reliable roads. Bricks were thus made close to where they were to be used. During the eighteenth century, transporting a cartload of bricks even 16 kilometres (10 miles) could more than double their price.
Today, brick is rarely used as a structural material, particularly for any building over three storeys. Brickwork is more often a form of cladding over buildings made primarily of wood or, in the case of skyscrapers, concrete and steel.
Brickmakers in many parts of the world used more or less the same process for millennia. First they mixed clay and water, driving oxen over the mixture to blend it into a thick paste. The paste was placed in wooden frames, levelled with wire, then left to dry. The bricks were then removed from the frames and stamped.
Brickmakers also loaded the kilns with wood or coal, stacked the bricks in the kiln, and removed the bricks while they were still hot. Kilnmasters were responsible for ensuring that the temperature inside the kiln stayed at a temperature that caused the clay to "shimmer with the colour of molten gold or silver." They also had to know when the kiln should be quenched with water to produce a hard surface glaze.
Although bricks can be made of materials such as slate, concrete, and even shaped stone, the most common type of brick is still a clay-based ceramic. Today's clay bricks are normally 50–60% sand, 20–30% clay, 2–5% lime, 5–6% iron oxide, and a trace amount of magnesium. They are made in one of three ways: soft mud, dry press, or extrusion.
Soft mud is the most common method, because it is the least expensive. To make the mud, raw clay is mixed with sand to reduce shrinkage, followed by materials such as lime, ash and organic matter to speed firing. The raw materials are ground and mixed with water to the desired consistency, and pressed into steel moulds with a hydraulic press. The shaped clay is then fired at 900–1000˚C (1650–1830˚F). In most modern soft-mud brickworks, the kiln is either a tunnel or trench, through which the bricks move on a conveyor belt. This helps to ensure uniform firing for all bricks.
Dry-pressed bricks are produced in a similar way to mud bricks, but start with a much thicker clay mix, allowing more accurate, sharper-edged bricks. Because it requires greater force to press the bricks, and longer firing times, this method is more expensive than soft mud.
Extruded bricks are made from a clay mixture that is forced through a die to create a long cable of material in the desired shape. A wall of wires then cuts the clay cable into bricks of the correct length. Most modern structural bricks are made this way, because it produces hard, dense bricks. The die can also incorporate holes and other perforations. Holes reduce the amount of clay required, thus reducing costs. These bricks are dried using waste heat from the kiln for 20–40 hours before being fired at high temperatures.
|Typical modern extruded brick with holes.
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The colour of clay bricks is influenced by the chemical and mineral content of the raw materials, as well as the firing temperature and the atmosphere in the kiln. Red-toned bricks have high iron content, whereas white or yellow bricks have a higher lime content. Red bricks will change colour as the temperature increases, going from dark red to purple to brown or even grey. Bricks often have names as well—such as "Yellow London Stocks" and "Cambridgeshire Whites"—depending on where they were made and/or their colour.
For today's elephant, I guess this fragment of brick is an "Orange Victorian". No idea where it was made, but there are a lot of brick buildings in my neighbourhood, so it probably fell off something that was being renovated.
There were all kinds of crushed bits lying around it on the street, so I figured it would be relatively easy to carve. I've never carved brick before, so I tried a stone file on it first. It was so soft that it was almost like carving plaster.
For tools, I used a rotary tool with pointed bit, and a set of files.
I started by lightly carving the areas where I thought I saw an elephant outline. I used the rotary tool for most of this—for most of the entire elephant, in fact—although I used a file on some of the edges to smooth things out. At this point, it looked a lot like a dolphin.
I continued in much the same way for a bit, carving away more material under the trunk and between the ear and head. I also began adding a few wrinkles and veins in the ear, and made the eye more obvious. I was going to enlarge the eye even more, but elephants actually have very small eyes.
This was a somewhat quiet activity, and raised a lot less dust than the asphyxiating resin garden fairy of a couple of weeks ago. The rise of the head made the elephant look a bit like Larry from The Three Stooges, so I concentrated for awhile on shaving that down. For that part, I used a wide burr bit, which I forgot to photograph.
I kept at it for about an hour in all, then realized it wasn't going to get much better. The piece of brick was a bit too short to make the length of trunk I would have liked, and the ear area was strangely shaped, but I did my best with what I had. I supposed I could have made the whole thing much smaller, but that would have taken a lot more time than I had today.
I liked working with this piece of brick. It had a nice feel to it, and wasn't as hard or as sharp as other brick I've handled. I also like the roughness of the surface, as well as its many imperfections, and wish I'd had more time to make something really nice.
It's very fast to carve with a rotary tool, but also carves nicely with hand files. I almost preferred the rotary tool, however, because it leaves some of the existing texture intact, whereas the files smooth things out a bit more than I liked.
Now that I know how easy it is to carve this kind of brick, I may start haunting some of the local renovation sites. After all, you never know when a stray fragment of Orange Victorian might happen across your path.
Elephant Lore of the Day
Although elephants are often viewed as gentle giants, it should never be forgotten that they are wild animals. As such, they can be extremely unpredictable, and are often very dangerous.
In November 2011, a 52-year-old man called Kasinathan was working as a security guard at a remote brick kiln in southern India. While he was doing his rounds, an elephant burst out of the nearby forest. The elephant's appearance was so sudden that Kasinathan was unable to escape in time.
According to forestry officials, the elephant grabbed the fleeing Kasinathan in its trunk. After flinging the poor man into the air, the elephant trampled on his head. Kasinathan's body was mangled, and his face crushed beyond recognition. No one is quite sure what set the elephant off. It may have been the fact that Kasinathan ran, or the elephant may have been a rogue, or in musth.
To combat such incursions of elephants into populated areas, the region's forestry department began digging trenches on the periphery of all forest areas. Unfortunately, trenches are often not very effective against elephants. Elephants in both Asia and Africa have learned how to break down the berms on either side of a trench until they have made a filled-in depression that is shallow enough to cross.
In 2011, eight people were killed by elephants in the small district in which the brick kiln was located. An average 400 are killed by elephants across India each year.
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On the program, Dr. Oz boasted over-the-counter raspberry ketone supplements as a wonder fat-burner in a bottle. Much more particularly, ketone supplements are focused amounts of the chemical in raspberries that creates their unique aroma.
The substance has actually been authorized by the FDA as normally secure considering that 1965, yet ketones are experiencing a rise in appeal thanks to several recent studies analyzing their capacity to burn stored fat deposits.
Research in both mice and human beings have verified the natural supplement's fat-burning energies, though several experts regard the information as preliminary, and suggest that folks in La Rioja Spain who wish to reduce weight needs to stick to excellent ole diet and workout.
On Dr. Oz, weight-loss specialist Lisa Lynn detailed how the product has actually aided several of her members break through weight-loss stage when used combined with a healthy and balanced diet regimen and everyday physical exercise. She recommends taking ONE HUNDRED or 200 mg supplements of ketone with breakfast and lunch time daily, which she says is the chemical equivalent of regarding 90 pounds of fresh raspberries.
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With ketone, your body metabolically will enter the direction you want it to enter, Dr. Oz said on the program. I'm wishing this will certainly get you over the hump to weight loss in La Rioja Spain, and you use it for that purpose, not as a wonder pill.
Still, not every person in La Rioja Spain is as on-board with raspberry ketone as Dr. Oz. Diets in Review pharmacist Dr. Sarah G. Kahn mentions ketones job by moderating the physical body's release of norepinephrine, which induces a body-temperature spike and rise in metabolism. Nonetheless, she cautions, it may not be safe for people in La Rioja Spain with certain health conditions.
I would certainly not recommend this item to diabetics without talking with their medical professional due to the threat of blood glucose variations, she states. Individuals in La Rioja Spain which have heart problems or hypertension would certainly additionally not excel candidates for raspberry ketones since norepinephrine can take on blood tension and heart price.
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Exactly what is raspberry ketone?
Raspberry ketone is a fragrant part present in raspberries and other fruits. It can likewise be created artificially in a lab.
Why has raspberry ketone been targeted for weight loss?
Scientists had recently revealed that poignant compounds with comparable chemical frameworks, such as capsaicin and synephrine, had lipolytic task– creating fat breakdown– in rats supplied a high-fat diet regimen and in in vitro body fat cells.
Just what did experts do in the lab?
In one experiment, to test the result on weight problems, mice were supplied a high-fat diet plan plus raspberry ketone for concerning 10 weeks. Other experiments were performed in vitro (in examination tubes, petri dishes, etc.).
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Exactly what did scientists find out about fatty tissue cells?
Scientist noted that, compared to controls, raspberry ketone decreased the amount of fatty tissue in the liver and natural adipose (stomach fat) cells of mice. It likewise significantly enhanced norepinephrine-induced lipolysis (the dissolution of fat deposits) in some rat fatty tissue cells.
Analysts likewise examined in vitro fat cells with raspberry ketone and found that they showed higher proof of breakdown when compared with controls.
Just what did researchers find out about the partnership in between raspberry ketone and adiponectin?
Adiponectin is a healthy protein utilized by the physical body to manage metabolic rate. Greater levels are related to fewer fatty tissue stores. Experts learnt the results of raspberry ketones on artificial insemination body fat cells and observed a higher secretion of adiponectin when as compared to controls.
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