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Since the SFTP server decodes the name for the dataset, the filename in the request can be used to convey other information. The following filename convention is used: any filename that starts with
/ftadv: has the format
advstr is the advice string and
realfilename is the dataset name or a filename to be further processed by the server.
The advice string is a sequence of
name=value pairs delimited by commas. Some names have a one-letter abbreviation for easier usability.
The advice string names and abbreviations are as follows:
TEMPLATESspecifies the search templates for the translate table. Write '%T' to show the point where the translate table name (see above) is to be inserted. Delimit the templates with a plus character. The data set name templates must not contain slashes, instead they must be preceded by two or three underscores. See Dataset and HFS File System Access.
The first translate table dataset that is found is used to perform the code conversion.
The translate table must translate line delimiters into EBCDIC NL characters. See
Default: none
If set to
YESand a normal allocation fails because a dataset is not online, Tectia will allocate it and request the system to mount it. This requires that the user has read permission to the
If set to
NO, offline datasets are not mounted automatically.
If set to
IMMED, Tectia will not attempt the normal allocation, it will request the system to mount the dataset immediately.
Equal to
Defines whether datasets migrated by a storage manager are recalled automatically.
Equal to
Maximum block size.
Default: none
Specifies that the space allocation unit is blocks. Equal to
During the transfer the data has the specified codeset.
codesetis the codeset name that is known to the
iconvfunction of the system performing the conversion. The available codesets can be listed by invoking the
iconvcommand at a USS prompt with the
> iconv -l
Default: none
In the following example, a Windows SFTP client puts a file to a z/OS dataset and gets a dataset from z/OS:
sftp> sput file.txt /ftadv:C=ISO8859-1,D=IBM-1047/__DATASET.TXT sftp> sget /ftadv:D=IBM-1047,C=ISO8859-1/__DATASET.TXT file.txt
sput, the Windows client tells the z/OS server that the codeset during the transfer is ISO8859-1 and that the server should store the dataset with the IBM-1047 codeset. In
sget, the Windows client tells the z/OS server that the codeset in the dataset is IBM-1047 and it should be converted to ISO8859-1 before transferring the data to the Windows client.
In the following example, a z/OS SFTP client puts a dataset to a Windows file and gets a file from Windows:
sftp> sput /ftadv:C=ISO8859-1,D=IBM-1047/__DATASET.TXT file.txt sftp> sget file.txt /ftadv:C=ISO8859-1,D=IBM-1047/__DATASET.TXT
sput, the z/OS client is told that codeset in the dataset is IBM-1047 and it should be converted to ISO8859-1 before transferring the data to the Windows server. In
sget, the z/OS client is told that the file has the ISO8859-1 codeset during the transfer and the dataset should be stored with the IBM-1047 codeset.
The line delimiter information is always given to the host that is capable of performing the conversion, in these cases the z/OS host.
Specifies the disposition of the output file when a file transfer ends prematurely (the client or server are alive but disconnected from the other end; for example, when pressing the CTRL+C in the client).
If the client (when transferring to local or client side) or the server (when transferring to remote or server side) dies, they will have no control over the disposition.
The options have the following effects, depending of the file type (MVS or HFS):
CATLG: an MVS dataset is retained and its name is cataloged. An HFS file is retained.
UNCATLG: the name of an MVS dataset is removed from the catalog but it is retained. An HFS file is retained.
KEEP: an MVS dataset is retained (if cataloged it will be still cataloged, if uncataloged it will be still uncataloged). An HFS file is retained.
DELETE: the name of an MVS dataset is removed from the catalog and the space allocated for it is released. An HFS file is deleted.
Specifies that the space allocation unit is cylinders. Equal to
The data in the dataset has the specified codeset.
CODESETis the codeset name that is known to the
iconvfunction of the system performing the conversion. The available codesets can be listed by invoking the
iconvcommand at a USS prompt with the
> iconv -l
Default: none
Specifies the data class of a dataset.
Default: none
Identifies the relative position of a dataset on a tape volume.
Default: System default
Specify whether dataset allocation is postponed from allocation phase to opening the dataset.
If set to
yesdataset allocation is postponed until dataset is opened.
If set to
nodataset is allocated in allocation phase.
Specifies that dataset allocation is postponed until dataset is opened. Equal to
TABLEis the name of the table that specifies the codeset conversion. If set, this attribute overrides the transfer codeset and file codeset attributes. The table is always applied in the normal direction, that is, the first character array is used for incoming (from the line to the dataset) data and the second array for outgoing data. If the opposite translation is needed, e.g. the dataset contains ASCII and should be transferred as EBCDIC, the users (or their system programmer) can prepare a table dataset with the character arrays in reversed order (e.g. with the system utility CONVXLAT or by editing an existing translate dataset).
Specifies the expiration date for a new dataset. On and after this date, the operating system can delete or write over the dataset.
Default: System default
The byte stream consists of the bytes that are transferred as payload in the SFTP protocol packets. The byte stream has one of the following formats: stream, line, or record. All three formats may have data consisting of text, non-text data, or a mixture of these.
When writing an MVS dataset, a record that is longer than the maximum or fixed record length will cause an error unless
RECORD_TRUNCATEis set to
YES, in which case it will be truncated. When writing to datasets with fixed record lengths, short records will be filled with binary zeroes if you use the record transfer format and with blanks if you use the line transfer format.
F=stream: The stream transfer format contains the data bytes of the dataset but no structural information. If a dataset with a fixed record length is transferred with the stream format and recreated with the same record length, the record structure will be preserved. Variable length records will not be recreated properly if transferred with the stream format.
F=line: The line transfer format is record-based. It uses delimiter characters to mark the end of a record. The delimiter character may be a Carriage Return or a Newline. When writing to or reading from datasets with ASA control characters, a Form Feed is also treated as a delimiter. The table below shows the values of these characters in EBCDIC and ASCII. Data sent to Tectia client tools for z/OS in the line transfer format must be in EBCDIC or must be converted to EBCDIC during the transfer.
Delimiter EBCDIC ASCII Name Dec Oct Hex Name Dec Oct Hex \r Carriage Return CR 13 015 0x0D CR 13 015 0x0D \n Newline NL 21 025 0x15 LF 10 012 0x0A \f Form Feed FF 12 014 0x0C FF 12 014 0x0C
Note that ASCII does not have a NL character, instead LF is used to delimit lines.
Avoid conversions that transform an ASCII Line Feed (
LF/10/012/0x0A) into an EBCDIC Line Feed (
LF/37/045/0x25) or an EBCDIC Newline (
NL/21/025/0x15) into an ASCII Next Line (
Be aware that sending a double delimiter, e.g.
\n\r, to Tectia client tools for z/OS will result in two records. The
file-line-delimiteradvice string attributes can be used to cause the Tectia client tools for z/OS server or client program to convert between the line delimiter conventions.
Tectia client tools for z/OS sends
\nas the Server Newline Convention in the server initialization SFTP protocol message.
When transferring line format data to and from MVS files with ASA line printer control characters, Tectia client tools for z/OS will convert between the control characters and line delimiter characters, as described in the IBM document z/OS C/C++ Programming Guide, SC09-4765-03, Chapter 8.
To transfer records without changing the ASA code, use the
recordtransfer format, or define the dataset using a DD card and specify
Datasets transferred in the line transfer format and recreated on a mainframe will not necessarily be identical.
F=record: The record transfer format is record-based. Each record is preceded by a length field consisting of a 4-byte big-endian binary integer, which indicates the number of data bytes in the record. Note that the format is not the same as the record descriptor word in datasets with
A dataset that is transferred with the record transfer format can be recreated as any dataset type.
Defines the status of a dataset. If entered, the value will be used when allocating the dataset. This attribute corresponds to the first value in the
DISPparameter of the JCL DD statement.
NEWfor datasets that will be created,
SHRfor datasets that will be read only, otherwise
The dataset organization is set to
FBand the fixed record length is set to
Default: none
The transfer line delimiter specifies the newline convention used in the data that is transferred over the connection. Possible values are:
I=mvs: The line delimiter on the connection is NL (
0x15). If the data is converted from EBCDIC to ASCII, the NL becomes a LF (
I=mvs-ftp: When writing to a dataset, only the LF (
0x0A) control codes are considered as an End Of Line. Any CR (
0x0D) codes are preserved as data in the record.
When writing datasets with ASA printer control characters, the first character on each line is used as the ASA character.
Do not use this when reading datasets.
I=unix: The line delimiter on the connection is LF (
I=dos: The line delimiter on the connection is CRLF (
0x0D 0x0A).
I=mac: The line delimiter on the connection is CR (
Default: none
The line delimiter information should be given to the host that is capable of performing the conversion, like a host with a Tectia.
The transfer file line delimiter specifies the newline convention used in the (source or destination) file. Possible values are:
J=mvs: The line delimiter used in the file is NL (
0x15). When writing to a dataset, also the CR (
0x0D) code is considered as the End of Line.
J=mvs-ftp: When reading MVS datasets, each record in the dataset is treated as a line. The transfer line delimiter is appended to the record. Any control characters in the record data are preserved.
When reading datasets with printer control characters, the control characters are preserved in the output.
If codeset conversion is specified either by the translation table (set by the site parameter
E), or by the both site parameters of
D, the appended delimiter is the delimiter specified in the transfer site parameter
I, in the codeset site parameter
C, or in the translation table site parameter
E. If no codeset conversion is requested, the delimiter is defined by the codeset of the dataset. By default it is EBCDIC.
You can specify codesets by using the parameter
Dwithout the parameter
C. For example, to have a DOS delimiter in the Unicode (
x'000D000A'), appended to the records, set the site parameters "
I=DOS,J=MVS-FTP,D=UCS-2", and to have a Unix delimiter in the ISO Latin 1 (
x'0A'), set the "
Do not use this when writing datasets.
J=unix: The line delimiter used in the file is LF (
J=dos: The line delimiter used in the file is CRLF (
0x0D 0x0A).
J=mac: The line delimiter used in the file is CR (
Default: none
The line delimiter information should be given to the host that is capable of performing the conversion, like a host with a Tectia.
Line delimiter conversion is implemented for single byte codesets only.
Both parameters of
Jmust be specified for line delimiter conversion to happen.
In the following example, a z/OS Tectia SFTP client sends a dataset to a Windows host and copies the file back from Windows. The codeset is also converted:
sftp> lsite I=dos J=mvs sftp> lsite C=IBM-437 D=IBM-1047 sftp> sput //DATASET.TXT file.txt sftp> sget file.txt //DATASET.COPY.TXT
In the sput command, the z/OS client inserts a NL (
0x15) character after each record. The line delimiter conversion converts all NL:s to CRLF (
0x0D 0x0A) characters, which remain unchanged in the codeset conversion.
In the sget command, the CRLF line delimiters are converted to LF characters, which are converted to NL characters in the codeset conversion. Each NL character (and CR character, if there are any in the data) causes the current record to be written out and a new record started.
Specifies the length in bytes of the keys used in the dataset.
Default: none
Specifies the key offset. The position of the first byte of the key in records of the specified VSAM dataset.
Default: none
Size estimate in bytes for dataset allocation.
The type of the label for the dataset. This attribute corresponds to the first value in the
LABELparameter of the JCL DD statement.
The values
NL(no label) and
BLP(bypass label processing), which can be specified in JCL, are not allowed for this attribute in Tectia.
Specifies the name of a model dataset from which the
BLKsize, and
LReclattributes are to be copied. The name must be the full DSN of a cataloged dataset and must be preceded with three underscores.
You must include the
typeattribute when using
likeunless you are creating a PS dataset and the model is a PS dataset.
Default: none
Number of 256-byte records in the directory.
Specifies the management class of a dataset.
Default: none
Equal to
Equal to
Specifies the dataset disposition to be used after a file transfer that ends normally. This attribute corresponds to the second value in the
DISPparameter of the JCL DD statement.
RECFMspecifies the dataset organization. Possible values are all valid combinations of the following letters:
F Fixed V Variable U Undefined B Blocked S Spanned or standard M Machine line printer codes A ASA line printer codes
The file transfer profile specifies the named profile used for the file transfer. The profile name is case-sensitive. With special profile name
P=%no profiles are used. This also prevents profile matching based on file name.
Default: none
Primary space allocation for a dataset.
Default: none
Maximum record length or fixed record length.
4096, for VSAM,
80, if dataset organization is F or FB, otherwise
The retention period in days. After the retention period, the dataset expires and the operating system can delete or write over the dataset.
Default: System default
Specify whether staging is to be used in the SFTP server when accessing a file or dataset.
If set to
no, staging is not used.
If set to
yes, staging is used, when needed.
If this parameter is not set, the server decides whether staging will be used or not.
Secondary space allocation for a dataset.
Default: none
Unit of space allocation for a dataset.
Possible values are:
SPACE_UNIT=blks: Allocation unit is blocks.
SPACE_UNIT=cyls: Allocation unit is cylinders.
SPACE_UNIT=trks: Allocation unit is tracks.
SPACE_UNIT=avgreclen: Allocation unit is average record length.
Default: none
space_unit=avgreclen, specifies the size of the space allocation unit.
Default: 100 with
space_unit=avgreclen, none with
Specifies the storage class of system managed storage.
Default: none
Dynamic allocation arguments that override or are added to arguments from other file transfer attributes. For detailed information on this attribute, see Low-Level Access.
Default: none
The file type specifies the type of the dataset when the dataset is created.
T=hfs: The type of the created dataset is HFS.
T=po: The type of the created dataset is PDS.
T=poe: The type of the created dataset is PDSE.
T=esds: The type of the created dataset is VSAM ESDS.
T=ksds: The type of the created dataset is VSAM KSDS.
T=rrn: The type of the created dataset is VSAM RRN.
T=ps: The type of the created dataset is PS.
po, if dataset name includes member, otherwise
Specifies that the space allocation unit is tracks. Equal to
Specify whether to preserve trailing blanks in a transferred dataset.
If set to
yestrailing blanks will be transferred. This can be used, for example, to preserve the structure of fixed format datasets.
If set to
notrailing blanks will be stripped.
When a record truncation occurs while writing an MVS dataset, the system will continue writing the dataset if
record_truncateis set to
YES; and the system will abort the transfer if
record_truncateis set to
NOor omitted.
Record truncation will occur if the length of a transferred record (after codeset and line delimiter conversion) is larger than the maximum record length of the dataset. Truncation can occur only when the transfer format is
RECORD. Note that the
STREAMformat does not have any concept of records in transferred data and it will fill out all records to their maximum length.
In the
LINEtransfer format, the length of a transferred record is the number of characters up to a newline character.
In the
RECORDformat, the length of a transferred record is given by the 4 byte binary length field which precedes the record.
The maximum length of a data set record depends on the dataset organization:
F and FB - LRECL V and VB - LRECL-4 U - BLKSIZE VSAM - MAXRECLEN
When Tectia client tools for z/OS aborts writing a dataset because of record truncation, it will complete the write operation during which the system observed the truncation. It will write to disk one or more records, at least one of which is truncated. The dataset is left on the system.
Tectia client tools for z/OS may write a large amount of data in one write operation, typically 32kB. Several records may be written in the last operation, some of them truncated. Small files may be written to the end of the file, and thus the resulting data set will be equivalent to one written with setting
Note that some file transfer client programs do not always show the error or warning messages from the server. Using the verbose mode (
-v) may show more messages from the server.
When Tectia client tools for z/OS writes a dataset with
record_truncate=yes, data loss may occur.
The name of device or group of devices that the dataset will reside on (or does reside on, if it already exists). The maximum length of
UNITis 8 characters. If the value exceeds the maximum length, it is truncated to 8 characters.
It is also possible to specify a device address. Precede a four digit address with an underscore.
Default: none
Specifies the number of devices for the dataset. This attribute corresponds to the second value in the
UNITparameter of the JCL DD statement.
Default: System default
Asks the system to mount all the volumes for the dataset in parallel. This attribute corresponds to the character '
P' in the second value in the
UNITparameter of the JCL DD statement.
Default: System default
A plus sign (+) separated list of volumes a dataset will reside on (or does reside on, if it already exists).
Default: none
Specifies the maximum number of volumes that an output dataset requires. This attribute corresponds to the volume count value in the
VOLUMEparameter of the JCL DD statement.
Default: System default
The transfer mode specifies whether codeset and line delimiter conversions are performed. Possible values are:
X=bin: Codeset and line delimiter conversions are not performed.
X=text: Codeset and line delimiter conversions are performed.
Default: none
If TRANSFER_MODE is not given but both TRANSFER_CODESET and TRANSFER_FILE_CODESET or TRANSFER_TRANSLATE_TABLE are present conversions are performed.
The following examples show advice strings for various situations.
Below is an example of a filename that requests the transfer of a PDS member with the line transfer format and codeset conversion from EBCDIC to an ASCII codeset.
The following example requests the transfer of a dataset with the line transfer format and codeset conversion using the translate table
USR1.SFTP.TCPXLBIN, if it exists, or
TCPIP.SFTP.TCPXLBIN. Different combinations of underscore and slash ("
__", "
_/", "
/_", or "
//") in front of the filename indicate that the file is an MVS dataset.
The example below names an HFS file to be transferred without changes. Transfer mode is set to binary (
X=bin) to avoid conversion and to override any defaults set in the matching file transfer profiles or environment files.
The next example uses the named file transfer profile
myprofile. The advice string also sets the dataset codeset to
ISO8859-15. This value overwrites the value specified in the profile.
Advice strings can also be used with directory names in file transfer GUIs. With advice strings, file transfer can be controlled in the GUI. For example in the Windows GUI, if you use the directory
Advice string parameters are case-insensitive, with the exception of file transfer profile names. For example,
This example uses the
LIKE attribute when creating an MVS PS data set with the name "
userid.TEST.CPY1". The server copies
LRECL, and
BLKSIZE from the PDS "
This example uses the
LIKE attribute when creating a PDSE, "
COMP.CODE". The record characteristics are copied from a PDS, "
COMP.SOURCE". The PDSE is created when adding the first member,
PRG1. The new PDS is estimated to need 15 MB space.


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Besides the fact that I'm ugly and no one wants me to be hers, I'm not even trying to get a girl to be my girlfriend. Thing that I'm afraid of is that there is a girl or maybe more than one that fall in love with me. This is something that I can't easily tell you why, but it has been about five years for me to make impression that I'm not that kind of man you should fall in love with. Well, I use the phrase "fall in love" for the meaning of "She wants me for hers".
This become something hard to tell because I have such a poor library of vocabularies on my mind, even I wonder that there is no word that could define what's happened to me.
First, I think I don't need sex yet. For me, sex is such a boring thing if we know that it's actually being done for reproduction purpose. If we talk about recreational purposes of sex, well, I'm tired of having interaction and conversation with the girl; it always has chance to get rejection. It's not including the possibility that I may impregnate her and I have to be a responsible man, or if we're caught by people. It's too hard for me. Btw, about recreational purposes of sex, I can get the pleasure by myself.
Then, I hate possession. I could be fallen with someone without wanting her to be mine. If I'm in a condition that states I am hers and she is mine, I never have another chance to fall in another girl. Or the universe will say that I'm cheating on her. Possession is just like a barrier for me to feel the beauty of the world. If you say that I'm an anti-commitment is because I don't know for what commitment is.
Sometimes, I just imagine that I can love a girl then I tell her that I love the other girl, and she loves me and doing the same thing as me, and no problem. We could love each other, sharing, and taking care each other without any differences of the rights because of possession.
Ultimately, if I'm in a relationship, I will have more chance to see girl's tears. I don't like to see girl who is crying.


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The events over the last week have been quite a challenge for many of us. Hurricane Irma pushed through Central Florida and left in her wake, a number of different challenges for each of us. Our bodies and minds have been in flight or fight mode for some time now, and getting our lives back together and getting back to normal may take some time. Know there is comfort in these stormy times.
It is important to practice more yoga during challenging times. Just coming to the studio can uplift your spirits, energize your sense of community, and prepare you for the challenges outside the studio walls. Practicing with a community that shares your exhaustion and your new-found challenges can empower you to go stronger and more willing to tackle those challenges. Now, more than ever, is a time to embrace the lessons you experience on the mat and bring them into your daily life.
True North: On the mat, you experience True North when you ground down your feet into the earth, stand tall, relax your shoulders, and pull in the pit of your belly. When you're in True North on the mat, you feel powerful, energetic, and at ease. Practice True North as much as you can when you're off the mat as well. If you find yourself in a moment of challenge or frustration, ground yourself, send your focus to your feet, your belly, and your spine. Sometimes, it is just that simple; you can reconnect to your peace and power by just stopping in the moment and regaining True North.
Breath: Focusing on your breath is integral on the mat, yet it is also comforting and peaceful to practice ujjayi breath when you face any challenge. Your breath is the center for calm and peace. It slows down your heart rate and cleanses the storm in your brain. When moments feel overwhelming, reconnect to your breath. It will refresh you, calm you, and settle your frustration.
Meditation: Taking just a few moments a day to meditate can help bring daily peace and comfort. During meditation, you can turn-off thinking about all you must do, the people you need to call, and all the work that needs to get done. You can regain focus, clear your mind of troubling thoughts, and re-center your actions for the rest of the day. In stormy times, give yourself permission to take this time for yourself. Your mind will calm and the body will follow.
You can also find peace in connecting your thoughts and deeds according to the 8 Limbs of Yoga; focus as you face challenges with: Aparigraha, Santosha, and Svadhyaya.
Aparigraha: this limb focuses on non-greed, non-hoarding and focuses on generosity in spirit and action. One can interpret this in many ways, yet in challenging times, you can be the lighthouse and shine your light on others by being generous with your time and your resources. Accept only what you need; be abundant in your energy and spirit for helping others. In addition, you can also be generous with yourself by creating "you" time. Do something you love, listen to music, spend time with friends, practice yoga.
Santosha: this limb focuses on contentment, willingness to accept what is, and gratitude. It is easy to focus on how difficult it is right now. Yet, be willing to accept what is, share gratitude with yourself and your community.
Svadhyaya: this limb is about self-study and the ability for you to reflect and grow. We often grow the most during challenging times. We share experiences, we learn, we embrace our challenges and those of others. Take time to reconnect to yoga, face challenge with intensity and ease; grow in mind and spirit.


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The Easiest Way to Time Events with Tarot
Other Ways to Time Event With Tarot
One thing is to look in the cards and be able to predict what is likely to occur, another is to accurately time events using tarot. Timing events using Tarot is easy when you follow these simple techniques using either the suits, the aces, the planetary cards and/or the 6 year system.
You can use the four suits and the pages of the suits:
- Pentacles ~ Years.
- Page of Pentacles ~ Autumn
- Swords ~ Months
- Page of Swords ~ Winter
- Wands ~ Weeks
- Page of Wands ~ Spring
- Cups ~ Days, but only if next to a pentacle card.
- Page of Cups ~ Summer
We can hugely influence the outcome by our beliefs and ideas. The cards pick up on this as well. For example, someone recently asked how much longer they were going to stick at their job. This person had been thinking of leaving for some time. I laid out three cards. The cards that came up spoke of a holiday. The person was going on holiday for a month over Christmas and didn't want to resign before then. The cards clearly stated that this holiday was significant and the resignation is likely to happen during this period.
The next 6 years tarot system
Another way to predict when things are likely to occur is to look at the next 6 years, I turn the cards over one by one with 12 cards in 6 piles, then the rest of the deck in the 7th pile Each of the six first piles represent 1 year, pile one being the first year, pile two being the second year etc. Examine all the piles. Depending on the question look at the pile with the most favourable cards. For example if the question is about when will I get pregnant, then look at the pile that has the Empress, Ace of Wands or Ace of Cups and the Sun. Look at the combination that looks most favourable and notice what pile they are in. If the most favourable cards are in pile 4 then it is most likely to happen in 4 years time. However if it is not likely to happen within 6 years, the most favourable cards will be in the 7th pile. The 7th pile represents the long distant future (not just the 7th year)
To predict when something will happen in the next 12 month you can use the Aces:
Ace of Cups ~ First Quarter
Ace of Wands ~ 2nd Quarter
Ace of Swords ~ 3rd Quarter
Ace of Pentacles ~ 4th Quarter
If your prediction is when something will happen within the next month, you can use this method as well, each quarter will be about 7 days.
To determine the day you can use the planetary cards:
Shuffle the deck using only the 22 Major Arcana card and turn the cards over one by one. The first of the planetary cards to be turned over will be the answer to which day it is most likely to occur.
Monday ~ High Priestess ( Moon)
Tuesday ~ Tower (Mars)
Wednesday ~ Magician (Mercury)
Thursday ~ Wheel of Fortune (Jupiter)
Friday ~ Empress (Venus)
Saturday ~ World (Saturn)
Sunday ~ Sun (Sun)
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Yes or No tarot methods
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Money diaries: Feb 2018
I know how much I spend, but I don't know what I spend on in February. My strategy, or non-strategy – is to spend without worrying about the little details that stress and worn me out. Here's my account of not knowing half of the story.
Initially, I just want to know one total figure. Then, I got greedy and track the fixed or obligation cost like giving, rent, petrol, parking, prepaid and postage. Here I am, a month later, with a small report card.
All in all, I spend RM2,815.79 this month with RM1,475 being petty cash that I buy anything I like. Because I used to be such an avid tracker, tracking is time-consuming to me. Now I could pay and go. Not tracking my spending creates space for me to breathe and do things that matter. Another thing that mattered, RM2,800 is less than half of my February income.
Hard cash spending limits my options. I can't consider anything more than an RM100 bill or crave for expensive meals. I only have a thousand dollars to spare for the whole month.
Limiting yet brings freedom. I don't worry about purchases that would kill my budget because I could spend it all (the cash)! That's a healthy finance relationship that I can't get from using a credit card or any mobile money.
The results taught me something - if you want freedom, you must limit yourself.
Bought something that the tracker lyn will not - flowers for a little happiness! It started with a stalk of lily, then a bunch of flowers to make a flower bouquet and finally I got some roses for free.
No, I don't go on spending recklessly, and I love good deals I love good deals like paying less for the phone bill. Paid RM127.50 for RM150 mobile credit. The idea of stewardship is ingrained in me that tracking or not; I spend less than what I earn (naturally).
Also, I collected RM1380 worth of Angpao. I am trying to be frugal so that it could cover March living expenses!
Five numbers and I got the month covered. Simply simple as that. How's your February?
March goals
1. Chasing the numbers - Dividend in Feb was RM375. No dividend expected for March.
Stumble across an interesting view about housing. The author believes that house is an expense and depreciating asset because there are expenses to maintain it. The reason housing price goes up is not the real value of the estate but government policy, monetary policy and human nature to flip a market. Maybe right when digital takes our world, and the idea of location, location, location doesn't matter that much anymore.
2. Grow - Read the remaining Old Testament. Interceed for a miracle. Write two posts for Lyn & Ringgit. Work on my grammar. Take a just for fun class.
3. The healthy diet of oats and chia seed for breakfast. I felt strangely sick despite passing all the blood test. So I want to eat healthy before going back to a doctor. I want to have the energy to live a slow, durable and beautiful life. DON'T ask me how that taste.


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Our Statement on Senate Motion to Proceed Vote
MHP is deeply disappointed in the outcome of the Senate to raise a "motion to proceed", and consider specific proposals to either repeal, or repeal and replace, the Affordable Care Act. The motion passed by a vote of 51 to 50 Tuesday afternoon, with Vice President Mike Pence casting the tie-breaking vote.
This vote puts individuals with a mental or behavioral health condition at risk, along with millions of low-income seniors, individuals with disAbilities, and other populations that rely on Medicaid to stay healthy.
Mental Health Partnerships President and CEO Michael Brody said of the motion "1 in 4 Pennsylvanians are living with a mental or behavioral health condition, and, as the main funder of behavioral health services, Medicaid has been the backbone of our healthcare system, allowing tens of thousands of Pennsylvanians to gain insurance, stay housed, employed and continue to be productive and dynamic members of society."
Mental Health Partnerships Vice President of Advocacy, Alyssa Schatz notes concerns about the impact of Medicaid cuts on Pennsylvania's economy stating "Cuts to Medicaid expansion, as a result of repealing the Affordable Care Act, would not only be devastating for those with mental or behavioral health conditions, but it would cost the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania an extra $7.6 billion dollars, forcing additional cuts to Medicaid eligibility, benefits and provider payments, and robbing our Commonwealth of the ability to provide critical and adequate care to those in need."
The Senate will now debate and vote on a healthcare bill that has not yet been released to the public, or scored by the Congressional Budget Office (CBO). Mental Health Partnerships urges our elected representatives to support the behavioral health of their community and commit to voting no on Medicaid caps and cuts.


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New Member Information
Welcome to Tsoiotsi Tsogalii Lodge! We are more than happy to have you as a member and hope that you will take advantage of the program we have to offer. To find out a bit more about what it means to be a member or the Order of the Arrow—and our lodge—you may use the guided and information below, some of which were used and distributed during your ordeal.
New Member Guide –
This two-page guide provides basic information about our activities and functions as an Order of the Arrow lodge. Use this for a basic rundown of what opportunities you have and how you can get involved. Download this document. (PDF file 630KB)
New Member Presentation (Coming Soon) –
This presentation is delivered at all Ordeal weekends as part of our lodge's jumpstart presentation. This provides detailed information about our lodge activities and explains basic aspects of the OA program. Download this presentation. (PPTX file)
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To remain active in our lodge you must pay your dues on an annual basis or for multiple years at a time. The lodge dues year follows the calendar year with your current dues expiring on December 31. You may pay your dues at any lodge events in the registration building or at the council office during their business hours. Dues are $10 per year with special discounts for our "lifetime membership". All members inducted during a fall ordeal weekend have their dues paid for the following year. Any members inducted in the spring will have their dues paid for the remainder of that calendar year.
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Evan invites you to visit today for the finest selection of pre-owned exotic cars on the market. You will find models from Ferrari, Lamborghini, Rolls Royce, McLaren, Mercedes, Bentley, Maserati, Aston Martin, Porsche and more! Call or Stop By today for the best prices and the finest vehicles from the top manufacturers on the market.


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Controversies & Updates in Vascular Surgery
CACVS 2017 in Paris, France - January 19 - January 21, 2017
CACVS is an international post graduate course for Vascular Surgeons, Cardiac Surgeons, Vascular Radiologists and Angiologists. The course includes a main session of two and a half days devoted to all aspects of vascular disease and their treatment. A special focus is given on the most recent available data from on-going or recently published trials, technical aspects for selected vascular or endovascular procedures and debates on controversial topics.
Getinge invites you to follow their presentations in the main program:
Occlusive diseases of the limb
Chairmen: Eric Allaire, Martin Björck, Maxime Sibé, Franck Vermassen
Aorto Iliac segment
8:23 Tricks to achieve endovascular repair of totally occluded iliac arteries, Ali Amin
8:31 Iliac lesions: covered or bare stent? Jean-Paul de Vries
Infra inguinal, SFA endo repair
Chairmen: Michael Dake, Jean-François Garbé, Yann Gouëffic, Giovanni Torsello
Infra inguinal surgical repair
11:48 Grafts with a combination of polyester and ePTFE. Do they offer any benefit? Martin Storck
Getinge invites you to join their sponsored lunch symposium:
Date: Friday, 20 January
Time: 12:00 - 13:00
Place: Room C, Level 2
Integrated Embolic Protection Technology - A New Paradigm in the Treatment of Cardiovascular Disease
Dr. R. Sachar
Transradial approach for Carotid Artery Stenting
Dr. R. Sachar
Safety first – Legflow DCB Outcomes from the Clinical Trial Program
Dr. P. Goverde
We look forward to seeing you in Paris!


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I realize that the Nagant revolver can only be suppressed because as the trigger is pulled the cylinder moves forward to create a seal with the barrel. However, it's the only revolver known to me that does this.
Does anyone else know of other revolvers that create a seal with the barrel, maybe in other ways?
The video below is showing alternating 7.62 Nagant and .32 S&W in the cylinder showing how the .32 S&W rounds don't create as good a seal when the bullet leaves the cylinder and enters the barrel and allows some supersonic gasses to escape.
Above is a diagram showing the internal mechanisms that push the cylinder forward when the trigger is pulled.
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Postboxes in postcode IP12
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Saturday Night on the Range: Rural Life in World War I Era Montana
We often like to imagine rural life in the past as timeless, "traditional," and in some way simpler and more authentic. Yet, rural life in the years around World War I, while sometimes recalled as simpler, could often seem very much like life anywhere else. In this interview, conducted by Laurie Mercier in 1982 for the Montana Historical Society, Tom Staff remembers how Montana farmers took other jobs to supplement their incomes. Here he described how the road crew he worked on left camp for dan
Induction of Nitrate Reductase in Plant Shoots
A laboratory exercise that uses colormetric assay and corn seedling shoots to study the induction of enzyme activity by a substrate.
Small Regulatory RNAs May Sharpen Spatial Expression Patterns
The precise establishment of gene expression patterns is a crucial step in development. Formation of a sharp boundary between high and low spatial expression domains requires a genetic mechanism that exhibits sensitivity, yet is robust to fluctuations, a demand that may not be easily achieved by morphogens alone. Recently, it has been demonstrated that small RNAs (and, in particular, microRNAs) play many roles in embryonic development. Whereas some RNAs are essential for embryogenesis, others ar
Pendennis Castle N900020 PENDENNIS CASTLE, Cornwall. c.1894. Reconstruction drawing of Half Moon Battery. Men working in the cartridge store by Ivan LAPPER.
PENDENNIS CASTLE, Cornwall. c.1894. Reconstruction drawing of Half Moon Battery. Men working in the cartridge store by Ivan LAPPER.
Wireless Sensor Networks for Ecology
Field biologists and ecologists are starting to open new avenues of inquiry at greater spatial and temporal resolution, allowing them to "observe the unobservable" through the use of wireless sensor networks. Sensor networks facilitate the collection of diverse types of data (from temperature to imagery and sound) at frequent intervals -- even multiple times per second -- over large areas, allowing ecologists and field biologists to engage in intensive and expansive sampling and to unobtrusively
Sleeping Beauty Invades Rat's Genome
Knockouts are not just for Mice anymore. Aron Geurts and Howard Jacob from the Medical College of Wisconsin talk about their plans for creating transgenic rats using the Sleeping beauty transposon. Coming out of work pioneered by Colin Bishop's lab, Geurts and Jacob describe how the Sleeping Beauty system can be used to make transgenic rats and their plans to make the phenotype data from these rats available via the MCW PGA website (http://pga.mcw.edu) and the strains themselves accessible via a
What is a Profile?
Using TIG profiles as an entry point, this activity explores a broader theme of "profiling" to enable students to examine how they present themselves, as well as cultural perceptions and biases within themselves, their peers, and their community. Students will read TIG profiles and Member Stories, with the objective of better understanding others' perspectives to critically reflect and write about their own identity.
Not in Our Town Northern California: Staging a Response to Hate - Newark, CA
"Not In Our Town Northern California: When Hate Happens Here" looks at five communities that are dealing with hate violence. This Educator Guide addresses events that took place in Newark. Students from Memorial High School were planning a presentation of "The Laramie Project" for their fall play when they learned that one of their peers, a transgender student, had been murdered in a crime similar to the one they were exploring on stage. This Guide includes discussion ideas and activities relate
A presentation of Monopoly, its characteristics and influences.
Kyoto Conference Outcome & Papers Presented
This website summarizes the outcomes and papers presented at the December 1995 Kyoto Conference. The Conference discussed Sustainable Contribution of Fisheries to Food Security. This page includes the Kyoto declaration and plan of action as well as executive summaries presented at the conference.
Living and non-living things
Living things often rely on non-living things to accomplish daily tasks. Living things have several characteristics that non-living things do not, such as the ability to move, eat, breathe, and reproduce. Living things and non-living things can interact even though they do not have the same characteristics.
Tissue movement in bipopulation tumour cord growth
Simulation of tumor cord growth where conversion of the tumor to glycolytic (anaerobic) metabolism takes place under hypoxia. This video shows volume fraction of glycolytic cell population and velocity of tissue movement. Isolines show hypoxia limits for aerobic and anaerobic cell lines respectively. This video reflects work in progress and may be different from the final results.
Economic History & History of Thought
The factories that changed the world, 1.) the mule-powered spinning mill (Britain in the 1820s), 2.) from the American system to the Ford system (1900s), and 3.) Toyota Production System (Lean manufacturing), are contrasted and the progression of production systems of the 19th and 20th centuries are arranged in order.
NASA's Discovery Launch Dress Rehearsal
The Discovery astronauts train at Kennedy for the upcoming STS-124 mission. For more information see: http://www.nasa.gov
Lezen, schrijven, woordenschat, cultuur: Going Irish
Je oefent leesvaardigheid en woordenschat aan de hand van teksten over Ierland en de plaatselijke gebruiken. Je leert welke de plaatselijke gebruiken zijn en stelt ze tot slot voor in een folder.
Recent studies suggest that, as in other aging syndromes, the Hutchinson-Gilford syndrome is due to a defect in the mechanism of DNA repair. Mutations have been found in the Lamin A gene (LMNA) situated on chromosome 1.
Gene expression studies of cancer - Prof. Chad Creighton (Part 2)
Lecture on gene expression studies of cancer and gene transcription signatures. Part of the Computer-Aided Discovery Methods course taught at Baylor College of Medicine.
Speaking, vocabulary: Auf of the A544 gibt ash einen Stau
You learn to talk about traffic and holidays.
Automotive Drum Brakes
Do you know when the first car was built? Do you know who built the first automobile? Would you guess, Henry Ford? Try again. Do you know by what means they used to stop that car? We know the brakes on the vehicles we drive today are quite different from those back in the 1800s. While knowing the history of the automobile is interesting, knowing how they work is also interesting. The automotive brake or to be more specific, the drum brake is what this instruction is designed to review. In this i


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Stacking Containers
Stacking containers are essential for warehousing and distribution as they help businesses to make optimum use of available storage space.
These stackable storage boxes are reusable, weather resistant and stable.
Our range of stacking containers is ideal for use in the warehouse and in stockrooms as well as throughout the manufacturing and distribution process. Sturdy and durable, the plastic stacking containers are reuseable and can be used for a wide range of goods.
We provide different ranges of stacking containers in a variety of sizes and colours including stack and nest containers which are particularly space-saving when not in use and Euro containers which are standard sized.
Lids for some of our range and dollies for easier handling are also available.


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We cater to short to medium term fund requirements of small and midsized corporates in NCR region. CSL offers quick access to funds with high degree of flexibility customized to the needs of the borrower.
At CSL we understand your business. The primary objective of CSL is to support SMEs engaged in Education, Medical and FMCG trading industries in their expansion plans or working capital needs.
CSL Finance Limited (formerly known as Consolidated Securities Limited) was incorporated on 28th December 1992. We are a Non-Banking Finance Company registered with the Reserve Bank of India and listed on the Bombay Stock Exchange.


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Hours after Facebook globally rolled out five new animated reactions to supplement its longstanding 'Like' button, it seems there is already a people's choice: Love.
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg revealed in a post on Wednesday that of the options now available for users to react to Facebook posts with, the new 'Love' option is the most popular.
Facebook introduced five new reactions on Wednesday: Love, Haha, Wow, Sad, and Angry. Zuckerberg explained his reasoning behind the new options on Wednesday, noting that not every moment people want to share on Facebook is necessarily a happy one.
Here's Zuckerberg's post:
"Today is our worldwide launch of Reactions — the new Like button with more ways to express yourself.
Not every moment you want to share is happy. Sometimes you want to share something sad or frustrating. Our community has been asking for a dislike button for years, but not because people want to tell friends they don't like their posts. People wanted to express empathy and make it comfortable to share a wider range of emotions.
I've spent a lot of time thinking about the right way to do this with our team. One of my goals was to make it as simple as pressing and holding the Like button.
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All Saints Garden Tour features 8 colorful Hilton Head Island gardens
From 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. May 19, All Saints Episcopal Church on Hilton Head Island will present its 25th annual Garden Tour, a potpourri of gardens at eight of the finest gardens in the area. Tickets are $30, and there is a map printed on each ticket.
Speaking for all of us old-timers who've taken the tour, may I say, we've never been disappointed. Last month when I made my preview tour of the gardens I was curious to see how the record-breaking mild winter, coupled with a hot and dry spring had affected plants soon to be on show. Not to worry, the experienced gardeners who let us come and see what they've done in their yards are on top of it.
This year's tour chairwoman, Mary Anne Gebler, along with All Saints' selection committee chairwoman, Isabella Trenholm, made more then 100 phone calls using names given to them by local garden centers, garden club members and All Saints parishioners. The resulting eight gardens selected were first visited in May and June of last year. They could not be more diverse.
New gardeners in the coastal Lowcountry can get educated about what succeeds here with a visit to Ramona Kramer's yard in Hilton Head Plantation. If it flowers in May, it's there to see. Ramona has a way of combining shrubbery with colorful plants that's unusual; the problem of what to plant under mature trees has been solved here with mini-gardens of ferns and flowers.
The huge hanging baskets and patio pots bursting with color are not this year's annuals; they were planted last year and lived through winter. Don't miss the creeping yew or variegated Angel's Trumpet.
Corliss and James Zampino's gardens in Hilton Head Plantation are filled with surprises. If you like the unusual, you'll be entertained, not only by the plants -- guaranteed there are at least a dozen that are unfamiliar -- but also the fun they had with creative hardscape. If you're like me and want to know what you're looking at, be glad that Corliss will have signs. I carried a white, fuzzy, fragrant flower with me for 10 days before I found someone who could ID it.
The stunning color blend of the house interior has been carried outside into the backyard of Sissy Haskell and Allen High's residence in Port Royal Plantation. Don't be surprised to learn that an interior decorator lives here. "Pretty in Pink" comes to mind, what with the "Knock Out" roses, dozens of impatiens, pentas and more New Guinea impatiens than you could find in a garden center. Sissy loves blue, too; agapanthus, lobelia and salvia plants are interspersed with white lilies and impatiens. Sissy has scattered now-flowering wildflower seed between the garden's border and the adjacent golf course.
At the arboretum at Port Royal Plantation, you'll find 6.6 acres of Lowcountry native plants. Follow woodland paths through a tour of well-marked native plant species. Established in 1966 by island naturalist Orion Hack, the arboretum is planted and maintained by volunteers. The variety of natives seen here is both educational and exciting in its scope.
The Korosi Vegetable and Herb Gardens at Hilton Head Island Elementary School for the Creative Arts are national award winners.
You'll see every vegetable and herb plant that could be growing in the Lowcountry in May. Nadine Korosi is the plant lady here; she plants and maintains the gardens with the school children. Adjacent is the butterfly garden created and maintained by the Avid Gardeners Garden Club.
Did you ever notice that interesting people have interesting gardens? At Anna and Jim Buckingham's residence in Leamington, you'll note Indian Hawthorn in the front and up the wall, and a magnificent Canadian palm.
Jim tells you his favorite plant is a Walter's viburnum and walks you to the backyard where he tells you to turn your back to the house and walk until he says to turn around. You do and "POW," you're in California. You see a replica of a Spanish hacienda fronted by a stone-filled dry creek bed and surrounded by all manner of cactus and succulent plants.
Jim claims that the hardest thing to grow in the landscape is grass. With plants, he says, it's all in the architecture, hence the dwarf Yaupon in interesting shapes, and unusual privet. When Buckingham is not in his garden, he can be found at his restaurant, Bistro 17.
Each pathway you take at the home of Jill and Patrick Graybeal in Sea Pines leads to another landscaping marvel. What a feel for drama this lady has. It's the curves and the grouping of the different textures and stripes, the water feature that looks like nature put it there, and a grouping of seldom seen, red-berried, Florida natives, Ardisia. You'll love the happy snails nestled amongst Durante and ferns. You'll remember the show of 30 flowering pentas grouped together and "Best in Show," a rare, standard Abutilon tree A. pictum with creamy, yellow bells that flowers almost continuously.
To round out the tour you are invited to visit the Gardens of All Saints at All Saints Episcopal Church, 3001 Meeting St., Hilton Head Island.
The Barbara B. Hodges Columbarium, a tranquil garden setting, is to the right of the church.
The Spirit Garden with a Japanese motif is across the parking lot in front of the preschool.
FOR TICKETSTickets will be available at the church on the day of the event, as well as at numerous retail outlets located on Hilton Head Island and in Bluffton, S.C. This year's ticket outlets are as follows:
- Hilton Head Island: Nell's Harbour Shop (Harbourtown); Le Cookery (Wexford Village); Pretty Papers (Wexford Village); Deli-by-the-Beach (Wexford Village); The Greenery (Rt. 278); Bistro 17 (Shelter Cove); Stephens Pharmacy (Pineland Station); Burke's Pharmacy (Main Street Village); Munchies (Main Street Village); Christie's Hallmark (Festival Center); and the All Saints Church Office (Receptionist).
- Bluffton: Christie's Hallmark (Belfair Towne Center); Green Thumb Nursery (Rt. 278); Markel's Card & Gift (Kittie's Crossing Center); Garden Gate Nursery (Historic Bluffton); Maye River Gallery (Historic Bluffton); Sunshine Nursery (Plantation Park); and Bedminster Group (Near Liberty Bank).
The church is located at 3001 Meeting Street, off of Main Street. For more information, please call 843-645-4111 or go to the Garden Tour's web site at http://allsaintsgardentour.wordpress.com/.


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In 2011, the Real Estate Staging Association studied 174 homes that were on the market for an average of 156 days before the homeowners gave up and hired a professional stager. After the homes were staged and relisted, they sold on average 42 days after staging (73 percent less time).
Since home staging plays such a major role in the sale of a home, this is one task you don't want to take lightly. Prepare to spend a good amount of time paying attention to fine details and make sure to stay on top of the job throughout the entire home selling process to ensure your hard work doesn't go to waste. All the effort will be well worth it. According to award-winning home stager Kate Hart, 87 per cent of buyers go online to look at pictures before even calling a realtor. So you're staging for two reasons: to impress buyers when they look at the home in person and in photos. And since the market for green homes is smaller than for conventional homes, making that great first impression is that much more important.
Disconnect your home from your personal life by emotionally detaching from it and depersonalizing it, writes Elizabeth Weintraub, broker-associate at Lyon Real Estate. So pack up any personal items such as photos and family heirlooms and get rid of any particular smells (other than good ones such as baking cookies, which is encouraged!). This accomplishes two things, it prevents potential buyers from getting distracted and it helps them to envision themselves living there, not you.
Clean and declutter
According to the national HomeGain survey, cleaning and decluttering is the most highly recommended home improvement for sellers. At an average cost of $100 to $200, it is the cheapest, yet yields a home price increase of $1500 to $2000. With an ROI of 872 per cent, it's by far the highest return of any home improvement.
Deep clean the entire house, even the fireplace and stove. When doing so make sure to use environmentally-friendly and/or natural cleaning products. Keep these in the closet to show buyers that you green clean your home. This is especially important to buyers interested in a healthy home (which many green home buyers are) because there's a good possibility that they're sensitive or allergic to chemicals.
Get rid of anything you don't regularly use, otherwise pack it up and put it in storage. Since you're planning on moving anyways, this step will make the moving process that much easier. The cleaner and more organized you keep your home and belongings, the better impression the buyer will get.
Get rid of any excess furniture. A bit of emptiness makes the home appear larger and easier to move around. Try removing half your furniture then adjust from there. Remove small appliances from the kitchen and toiletries from the bathrooms. Also, make sure to keep closets rather empty to show how much storage space the home has.
Furnish spaces both inside and outside the house, such as patios and porches, to reinforce that all those spaces are usable.
Replace old furniture or use additional furniture rentals only where necessary. Wherever possible try to locate nearby furniture. Perhaps a neighbour has a table you can borrow? That way you can just carry it over rather than rent a truck that you have to drive some distance.
Fix that leaky tap and replace worn out weatherstripping. Home buyers will scrutinize the house closely so make sure everything is in full working order. Whether you decide to get into extensive renovations or not, at the minimum, paint the walls and front door (but avoid bright colours) and replace cracked tiles and worn out carpets.
Keep the lawn nicely mown and free of debris. Rake the leaves and make sure the flowerbeds are looking good. A buyer's first impression of a home happens before even stepping out of the car, so make sure the driveway, patio, sidewalk and walkways are well-maintained and clear of snow.
Additional tips
- Use the "one will do" rule when accessorizing. One painting on a wall shows off the room better than multiple ones.
- Open the blinds and curtains while showing the house.
- Open windows and doors to air the house out.
- Keep fresh flowers in vases.
- Keep the outside of your home well-lit to attract nighttime drive-by traffic.
For more on how to stage a home, watch this video:
Further reading:
Home Staging Checklist
How To Prepare Your House For Sale
15 Secrets of Home Staging
Real Estate Staging Association


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MORGANTOWN, W.Va. » A conservation group is urging Congress to spend nearly $2 billion by 2016 to buy hundreds of thousands of acres of private land within the boundaries of national parks.
The proposal by the National Parks Conservation Association includes about $3 million for Hawaii Volcanoes National Park and calls on the federal government to buy 1.8 million acres with funding from the federal Land and Water Conservation Fund.
In a new report, the group says the nation risks losing the land to developers and recommends the federal government start by buying land in 55 of the National Park Service's 391 units in the coming budget year.
The targets include 125,000 acres that would complete the expansion of Petrified National Forest Park in Arizona.
The National Park Service controls some 84.3 million acres nationwide, but 4.3 million acres of privately owned land sit within park boundaries.
"The American public that love and visit our parks will be surprised to learn that a lot of land within national park boundaries is not protected," Ron Tipton, senior vice president for programs with NPCA, said yesterday.
While public and private partnerships have done a lot to protect sensitive lands near and within national park boundaries, "they cannot and should not replace the Land and Water Conservation Fund as the primary source of federal land acquisition," the report says.
That fund, however, has been only fractionally funded since its 1964 inception.
Funded at an estimated $900 million a year, primarily from revenues on oil and gas leases, the Land and Water Conservation Fund was meant to cover the land-buying needs of the Park Service, the Bureau of Land Management, the Fish and Wildlife Service and the Forest Service.
But money is regularly diverted toward other federal programs and priorities, the conservation group says.
Funding for the Park Service peaked in fiscal 1999 at $147.9 million and hit a low of $34.3 million in fiscal 2006, a chart in the report shows. For fiscal 2008, some $44.3 million was allocated -- one-third of that peak figure.
In some cases, Congress authorized land purchases then failed to fund them. And while some private land owners are still willing sellers, "even the most public-spirited owners cannot be expected to forgo their own financial needs indefinitely," the report warns.
Acquisition of property is one of the park service's three main missions, according to David Barna, the Park Service's director of public affairs. It competes for resources with maintenance and operations, the latter of which makes up the bulk of the agency's budget.
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Ukrainian soldiers fire a missile with a man-portable air-defense system during exercices near the city of Shchastya, north of Lugansk, on December 1, 2014
Kiev (AFP) - Russia accused the West on Saturday of stoking unrest in Ukraine by adopting anti-Kremlin sanctions that further erode the prospect of peace talks to end the separatist war.
A Ukrainian conference mediated by European and Russian envoys in the Belarussian capital Minsk had initially been set for last week and timed to coincide with a new truce in the eight-month conflict.
The ceasefire appears to be holding better than similar previous measures and the number of daily rocket and mortar attacks across the Russian-speaking eastern regions of Lugansk and Donetsk has gone down.
But Ukrainian forces still reported the loss of five soldiers Friday and have seen 15 servicemen killed since the December 9 deal.
The sudden glimmer of hope that the end of Europe's worst violence since the 1990s Balkans conflicts was approaching has seen Western allies step up their pressure on Russia, already reeling from its worst economic crisis of Vladimir Putin's 15-year rule.
The United States matched a similar measure by the European Union by slapping a trade ban on Kremlin-controlled Crimea.
Canada went a step further by also targeting Russia's vital oil and gas industry.
Moscow resolutely denies backing the rebels and brands all steps against it as an effort to either topple Putin or weaken Russia's military and industrial might.
"Of course, no one will be able to intimidate us, or contain and isolate Russia," Putin told a Kremlin ceremony marking Russia's national security services day.
"No one has ever been able to and no one ever will," the Russian leader and one-time Soviet spy said.
And the foreign ministry called the thirteenth wave of Western sanctions against it a dangerous step that only hardens the guerrillas' resolve.
"We advise Washington and Ottawa to think about the consequences of such actions," the Russian ministry said in a statement.
The Black Sea peninsula declared independence in March after being overrun by Russian soldiers who wore unmarked uniforms and denied being sent by Moscow.
Putin brushes off charges of using the same tactics to split off Ukraine's industrial heartland from Kiev to avenge the ousting in February of a Moscow-backed president.
But the Kremlin chief -- overwhelmingly popular at home and increasingly isolated abroad -- has gained little international recognition of Russia's expanded borders.
Crimea on Saturday hosted its first foreign dignitary -- Zimbabwean Environment Minister Saviour Kasukuwere.
- Belarus strongman steps in -
Poroshenko on Saturday confirmed to members of his powerful National Security and Defence Council plans to boost military spending to five percent of gross domestic product from its current one percent.
He conceded that the eastern campaign was costing Ukraine's threadbare state coffers $6.3 million a day. Yet he also argued that "defence is something on which we have no right to scrimp" at a time when the country's sovereignty was in peril.
The emergency meeting came a day before Belarussian President Alexander Lukashenko pays his first visit to Kiev since his neighbour's historic shift toward the West.
The authoritarian Lukashenko has emerged as an unlikely peacemaker thanks to his ability to avoid picking sides in the conflict and his relatively strong standing with both the separatists and Kiev.
The timing of Lukashenko's visit signals that the peace talks are unlikely to take place on Sunday as both Poroshenko and his European supporters had hoped.
Several rebel commanders have said they would not be ready until at least Monday or Tuesday. A Skype video conference between the sides Friday failed to resolve the dispute.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel, and more recently French President Francois Hollande, have been spearheading Western efforts to get the sides talking while Washington plays a backseat role.
Both leaders are this weekend expected to hold their third teleconference with Putin and Poroshenko in the space of a week.
The Minsk meeting appears to be hung up over Poroshenko's refusal to discuss one of the separatists' main demands -- that he resume the social welfare payments to the war-torn region that Kiev suspended last month.
Poroshenko argues that the money is being stolen by the insurgents and used to pay guerrillas and foreign mercenaries.
"Kiev is doing everything possible to avoid holding the talks," rebel negotiator Denis Pushilin said by telephone.
The militias' inability to improve life in the socially devastated region threatens to turn the locals against them and undermine their claims of legitimacy.


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See Art Come To Life in Story of the Renault Alpine Vision Gran Turismo
The creative process of designing automobiles is something we can't see enough of. The sketches, the multiple stages of clay sculptures, and the digital mockups are all beautiful pieces of art. This video of the inspirations for the Renault Alpine Vision Gran Turismo Concept gives a small look at that evolution. The video was released as a marking of the car finally becoming available in the video game Gran Turismo 6. The Alpine Vision GT, one of numerous Vision concepts designed for Gran Turismo, harkens back to Alpine's lightweight A450 Le Mans racer, the A110, and even some aspects of the A210 and the A220. RELATED: Alpine Racecar Roars to Life in Gran Turismo 6
Under the hood is a 4.5-liter V8 that packs 450 horsepower and 428 lb-ft of torque and is paired to a seven-speed gearbox. With a lightweight carbon fiber monocoque, the car powers through to a 199 mph top speed.
If you have a gaming system, grab your controller and drive this thing immediately.
RELATED: The 2015 Mini Cooper Clubman Vision GT Needs To Be Built
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text: TSLA: Re-assessing the weekly charts we see some very interesting relationships between the c-waves and a-waves of the ongoing correction TSLA is in. Namely, at all the important wave-degrees the relationship of c = 1.382x a. On the intermediate (red), minor (green), and even minute (gray) degree. If we then apply this to the major (black) degree we see that a c=1.382 x a extension targets exactly the same price level as the red c=1.382x extension and green c=1.382x extension: the 61.8% retrace of all of Primary I at $125. The 61.8% retrace is very standard for a wave 2 retrace. With ALL waves pointing to that level with all the same c-wave extension, the weight of the evidence is simple too much to ignore. Note there's good support at $175-$170, so we can expect a short term bounce.


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First up, let me say that there's no absolutely right or wrong way to tackle credit card debt. But working through any debt problem logically and with a step-by-step process can certainly help. So here's a plan.
Step 1: Work out how much debt you're actually in
According to the Reserve Bank of New Zealand (RBNZ) there is around $6.6 billion owing on credit cards in any given month, with an average credit card interest rate of 20.2 percent.
That's a lot of potential interest!
So for you personally, add up how much you owe on any credit cards and other store cards that you have, and write than number down on a sheet of paper. Seeing it in black and white can be a good wake-up call!
Step 2: Pay all expenses from your cash account only
While you're working out how to pay off your credit card debt, stop adding to it! Consider getting a debit card (which has the same benefits of a credit card in terms of bill payment except that you are using your own cash) or using cash or BPay to pay all your expenses in the interim.
Step 3: Pay your important costs first
When your salary hits your bank account, use that money to pay all your necessary costs first. That means paying your mortgage or rent, buying groceries, paying utilities such as electricity and phone and putting petrol in your car. Otherwise it can be easy to spend your cash on more interesting things – and have nothing left over for those bills that you have to pay.
Following this strategy will reduce the chance that you will get caught short and have to out things on credit card.
Step 4: Do a written budget
Knowing what expenses you need to pay over the course of a year helps to ensure that you have savings put aside for those big occasional costs (such as car registration and insurances).
That way, you can try to prevent being caught short. Give Canstar's budget planning calculator a try.
Step 5: Minimise the interest on your debt
If you have a big credit card debt, chances are you also have a big credit card interest cost.
Currently the RBNZ advises that the average credit card interest rate is 20.2 percent, but there are ongoing credit card interest rates as low as 12.69 percent on Canstar's database.
On the other hand, financial institution also often offer balance transfer deals (a lower rate of interest for debt transferred). Just be careful to read the terms and conditions of the offers carefully, and to check for any fees.
Step 6: Set up a repayment plan.
Whether you switch credit cards or not, set up a regular repayment plan to get your debt paid off in a timely manner.
If you have done your written budget, you'll know how much cash you have left over to put towards your credit card debt each month. Don't get discouraged: the debt probably took a long time to build up and it may well take a long time to pay off. Every six months or so, as you pay the debt down, compare credit card offers, review your interest rate and see whether there would be a cheaper option available to you.
Step 7: Ask for help
Very importantly, don't hesitate to ask an independent third party to sit down with you and help you work through all of the above. You can contact the New Zealand Federation of Family Budgeting Services as a good place to start.
Good luck!!


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20 Pack socks - FINAL SALES
0°SOUTH Pack - 20 pairs of socks (mixed colours) - TOTAL SALES (no box included)
Comfort, longevity and practicality was our key objective during our search for the perfect sock. The large numbers on the bottom of your foot have a practical purpose. It helps you in your task to sort your socks by color, size, brand, type and age (= times washed).
0°SOUTH socks are made in Portugal. This Seven Pack comes with 7 pairs of uniquely numbered socks in a mix of Marine Blue and Black colors.
Materials used:
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Here we go!Monday, June 30, 2014
So excited to be able to share my cards with you through my new blog. I'm kicking off with a card that I just love becuase it's winter here in Melbourne and this warms me right up. It's inspired by this one of Debby Yates, I just loved it and wanted to make a few of my own.
I also made one with country kitchen feel.
I cut all my layers out, die cut the teapot and cut, then die cut the green parts and stuck them together (I love this die set! It has a matching stamp set which is also great but I chose to use patterned paper instead for these cards.) Then I stamped the sentiment, hand cut it and popped on some pop up dots before I hand drew on the steam.
Thanks for checking out my first post! Let me know you stopped by by leaving me a comment.
Paper: SU whisper white cardstock; scrap patterned card
Stamps: MFT Time for Tea
Ink: Stazon Black
Dies: MFT Time for Tea; Clearly Besotted Stamps "Tag Along" Die Collection


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A thing may or may not be happening. Speakers are allegedly being banned from universities because of views that they hold. There are certain 'extremist' groups whose representatives have been banned - fascist and racist groups like the BNP and the EDL or extreme Islamist groups associated with anti-semitism and homophobia like Al-Muhajiroun and Hizb ut-Tahrir, for instance. But there are also individual speakers, often holding controversial views on sexual matters, who have been targeted.
- The clearest instance of this is that the National Union of Students in 2009 voted to ban the feminist activist Julie Bindel from its various student unions because of an article she wrote five years earlier which made a series of crass, flippant and insulting jokes about transsexuality.
- This is the most explicit instance of this type of no-platforming, but earlier this year comedian Kate Smurthwaite had her invitation to Goldsmith's College withdrawn because her views on prostitution (she's against it) contravened the university's 'safe space' policy. What this seems to have meant in this case was that several people apparently planned to picket the gig and the Union would find it hard to keep the event secure.
- In November 2014, a debate on abortion at Oxford University, which would have included someone offering a pro-life argument, was shut down to protect the 'students' emotional wellbeing'.
- This month Manchester's Student Union banned Julie Bindel and the horrible arsehole Milo Yiannopoulos, also for contravening its 'safe space' policy, because of the previous views expressed by these speakers.
- And this week, Germaine Greer (pictured) faced a petition calling for her proposed talk at Cardiff University to be banned because of her views on trans people. A similar row broke out at Cambridge earlier this year over the same issue.
Let me say that I have always admired Germaine Greer very much but disagree strongly with her views on transwomen. I don't agree with what Julie Bindel said either (but to be fair, nor does she). I have no idea what Kate Smurthwaite's views on prostitution so I don;t know what I think about them but I do know that Milo Yiannopoulos is a horrible prick. And I'm very strongly pro-choice. For what that's worth, which isn't much.
But I also think that banning people from universities - universities, for Christ's sake - is counterproductive and the opposite of what universities should be. They should be safe spaces, yes, but safe spaces in which to hear and debate views we disagree with. It may be that some people would find the views expressed so upsetting that they would feel almost violated; then don't go. By banning these speakers, the views don't go away; it just makes them seem like martyrs.
Free speech isn't perfect. It's a horizon not a fixed position. No one believes that everyone should say whatever they are thinking at any moment. It's subtle; it's nuanced. Germaine Greer doesn't have a right to speak at Cardiff, but if she's legitimately and openly invited to speak, she should be heard by those who want to hear her. She's got decades more thinking, writing and campaigning than most of us and she's worth listening to, even if she's wrong. Because what's the worst that can happen?
Because let's say something about hate speech. Hate speech is not just mockery or disagreement. It must express and stir up hatred in the full meaning of the term. What Germaine Greer has said may offend you (it offends me a bit), but it's not hatred; it is not an act of violence; she is not whipping up people to hate or attack transwomen; she is not Hizb ut-Tahrir or the EDL; she is strongly expressing a view, however much you or I might agree.
And now, of course I don't know what it's like to be a transwoman, but I'm trying to imagine what it must be like to grow up feeling that there is something profoundly dissonant about who you are and seem to be, to realise eventually that you feel you've been born into the wrong gendered body, fighting battles within yourself over what to do, having to find incredible resources of courage to fight incredible resources of fear, finding out, probably in secret, what medical options you have, steeling yourself to tell friends, family, colleagues that you are going to transition, putting yourself through a series of arduous and physically and emotionally traumatic procedures, coping with the terrifying midwayness of transition itself, learning to adjust to a changed body, making all growing up's mistakes again, coping with the multiply complicated responses of friends and strangers. Compared to that, coping with a few crass remarks by Germaine Greer has got to be a walk in the park.
Because the only way of making these views go away is engaging with them, debating with them, showing where they are wrong. Being able to defend your own views against people who disagree is a fundamental component of having serious opinions at all. If you have to shut your eyes and cover your ears and lock your doors against your opponents, your opinions must be terribly fragile. And don't we honestly know, it's when our opinions are most fragile that we resort to closing down our opponents rather than engage with them?
And what's more, what if we're wrong? What I mean by this is: what if transwomen and women are different in some ethically/politically/cultural significant respect. Think of the politically transformative effect of 'queer' (gay people saying 'we are not just like heterosexuals') on the gay community. What if, after some time, as transexperiences become more common and everyone gets a chance to live with these new dynamics, some transpeople decide that they are not women, but something different - like, actually, the amazing Kate Bornstein has done. Are you going to tell them that they are guilty of hate speech and should not be allowed to speak in public? It is an act of monstrous historical arrogance to assume that we, in 2015, have simply got the right answers and therefore we should literally prevent anyone from challenging it. When has that ever been good? How different is that from the Inquisition showing Galileo the torture instruments to stop him arguing for a heliocentric universe?
And we shouldn't be afraid of debate. Remember when Nick Griffin went on Question Time. Lots of people were against it. I may have been nervous about it too; I honestly can't remember. But when he did go on, it put an end to the rise of the BNP. His bluster was apparent; the thinness of his ideas was obvious; he was a massively unpersuasive and unimpressive figure. Without that appearance, quite possibly, he would have continued to grow the BNP's support.
Yes, Germaine Greer and Julie Bindel and others offend you. I have probably offended someone writing this. But being offended is not a bad thing. If we try to ban being offended we are turning politics into a species of etiquette.
As a postscript, let me say something else. This whole, 'no-platforming' debate has been an opportunity for the right to characterise the left as intolerant and authoritarian, wanting to restrict our freedoms from a position of holier-than-thou sanctimony. See here and here and here and here and here.
And what that does is draw attention away from the most powerful version of no-platforming in the last quarter-century. Margaret Thatcher and her followers tried to shut down a left analysis of the economy with their slogan 'There is No Alternative' (TINA). It's what Tory governments have done ever since, try to make it impossible for anyone to offer an opposing argument to their small-state, free-market, private-sector, competition-is-always-good ideology. Okay, no, it's not exactly the same thing but there are strong parallels. Note how rarely the Tories ever argue. Instead they just shut the left-wing speaker down. It's only a debate in the sense of the sixth-form common room debate, which is all bluster and ad hominem and smart-aleckisms. When have you ever heard George Osborne or David Cameron actually make a reasoned economically-literate case for austerity? Ever? They don't do it. They will not have the debate. They just smear and lie and shut down their opponents.
This most spectacularly happened in relation to the national debt; they have simply, unmistakably and wholly lied about it since 2010 and anyone who makes the - perfectly reasonable - case for public investment they smear as a 'deficit denier'. Anyone who tries to argue against welfare cuts, they ask 'where's the money going to come from' as if governments simply have no possible way to stimulate income. When Corbyn started riding high in the Labour leadership polls they said he'd 'drag us back to the eighties' (what? when the Tories were in power?); when he got elected, they insisted, without any explanation, that he would be 'a threat to our national security, our economic security and your family's security'. They pretended that he thought Osama bin Laden's death was a tragedy. They accused him of snubbing the Queen. They said he disrespected our armed forces for turning up to a Battle of Britain memorial and standing in dignified silence. There are no arguments here.
The economic arguments of the left have been 'no-platformed' since the early eighties. The reason why they are so aggressive towards Jeremy Corbyn is that here, for the first time in a generation, the debate is happening and they don't like it.
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Now, remember, this is the Esau who had vowed to murder Yaakov in retribution for "stealing" his blessing and birthright (27:41–42). Indeed, it's because of this vow that Yaakov has spent twenty years in exile from the promised land, hiding from the wrath of his brother. But now we see a different side of Esau. He asks about the droves of livestock that Yaakov had sent to him to precede his own arrival:
"What do you mean by all this company that I met?" Jacob answered, "To find favor with my lord." But Esau said, "I have enough, my brother; keep what you have for yourself." (Gen. 33:8–9)
The Jewish sages tend to distrust Esau's behavior here, and suspect that he's up to no good, but I disagree. Esau is an impulsive, passionate man. That leads to his failings, especially his greatest failing, when he despises his own birthright and sells it on the spot to Jacob for the privilege of gulping down a bowl of stew (Gen. 25:34). His passion is evident in his cries to Isaac when he realized that Jacob has received the blessing intended for him: "Bless me, me also, father!" (Gen. 27:34, 38). And this same passion makes his threat to kill Yaakov all too believable.
But now, at Esau's reunion with Yaakov, his passion is transformed into a nobility of character as he welcomes his brother with a kiss and tears and refuses his gift of appeasement. What transforms it? Three words in Hebrew—yesh li rav, "I have plenty"—which make up the basic cry of gratitude. When Esau utters these words he rises above his own sorry role in the saga of Genesis. For the moment, at least, he forgets all that Yaakov has supposedly taken from him, all that he has lost, and declares, "I have plenty, I have enough, and I'm grateful for that!"
I'm basing my practice of mussar this year on the Shema, including the great commandment, "V'ahavata, you shall love Hashem your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your might." As I wrote in the last cycle, "When I'm wholehearted in my love for God, it doesn't leave much room for worrying and kvetching. I realize that these are really just different forms of ingratitude—lamenting what I've lost, or never had, or might not have much longer, instead of being thankful for what I do have." Gratitude is a product of wholehearted love for God, as rav Shaul instructs us, "In everything give thanks; for this is God's will for you in Messiah Yeshua" (1 Thess. 5:18 TLV).
In everything give thanks: We don't know whether Esau maintained the habit of saying yesh li rav, but we can make it part of our daily practice of gratitude. If we have HaShem in our lives, no matter what else we may have or not have, we can always say, Yesh li rav—I have plenty!


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Discord Daemon
D&D 3e (3.0/3.5) Rules
by Nived Atolm
Third place winner in the 2005 Dragonlance Nexus Creature Competition!
Medium Outsider (Chaotic, Extraplanar, Evil)
At first glance this vaguely humanoid creature is completely covered with large irregular black scale armor, it must be armor the way it rattles when it moves. Yet it seems to be part of the creature. The only features you can make out under the plates are it's wide maw full of wicked teeth and two beady eyes staring out from under the plates on its head. When it sees you it starts to shake, the rattling of it's armor carrys with it the sounds of the forsaken nails breaking off on slate, the gnashing of teeth and the wailing of the damned.
Spawned by the Father of All and Nothing to destroy the children of the true gods. Like other minions of Chaos the discord daemon is a creature that shouldn't exist but does. Durring the Summer of Chaos these creatures were seen, and more often heard, in the thick of battle turning brother against brother, making these unfortunate souls easy pickings for other minions of Chaos. Those who survived battles against discord daemons are still haunted by the terrible sounds that they generated. Horrible maddening sounds that bite into one's very soul. Discord daemons seem to have a particular hate for focused spellcasters, perhaps the Father of All and of Nothing spawned them for that purpose, but that is just speculation, regardless the discord daemon's special abilities make them well suited for killing spellcasters, which they do with near reckless abandon. In the Age of Mortals, like other minions of Chaos, they retreated to the dark corners of Krynn, searching and waiting. Those that have encountered them since the Summer of Chaos have noticed that discord daemons strangely ignore those who wield chaos tainted magic. Also of note is the theory presented by one Astetic that these creatures may have damaged and infused the harmonics of the world with chaos, explaining how some can channel primal magic through song and music.
Discord daemons stand nearly 7 feet tall and are lean, entirely covered with loose fitting metal scales that grow out of their skin, these act as an effective armor and also seem to be intrical in generating their aura of pandemonium. Almost all discord daemons carry heavy flails almost to exclusion, though some are seen with light flails and others, typically more powerful and larger ones use spiked chains, presumably because these weapons make noise when used.
Any weapon a discord daemon wields as well as their natural attacks are considered chaotic for the purposes of overcoming damage reduction. Discord daemons live for two things, to cause strife and to kill focused casters. In combat they tend to activate their aura of pandemonium and use their spell-like abilities to turn opponents against one another. Usually the first round they'll use song of discord, after that they'll try to neutralize focused spellcasters by inflicting confusion upon them. Once this is done they wade in to squash spellcasters with their heavy flail. Any melee characters attempting to get in the way are blasted with sonic scream, tripped or disarmed. Discord daemons have a tendancy to completely ignore primal casters, such as sorcerers, mystics, and bards until all other opponents are dealt with, they are chaotic by nature however and this is only a tendancy.
Aura of Pandemonium (Su): At will a discord daemon can cause a hellspawned racket to erupt from their bodies. This noise, which is a mixture of the most horrid sounds imaginable, requires any in a 30 foot radius from the discord daemon to make a Concentration check DC 15 to cast spells, activate supernatural abilities, or activate magical items that would normally require a Concentration check in melee combat. A -15 Listen check penelty is also suffered by any inside the aura of pandemonium to notice anything outside of the area of effect. Stuffing one's ears or being deaf shields one from aura of pandemonium but incurs normal penalties for doing so.
Sonic Scream (Su): As the spell shout cast by a 10th level bard, usable once ever 1d4 rounds.
Spell-Like Abilities: At will-lesser confusion DC 14, 3/day-confusion DC 16, rage, 1/day-song of discord DC 17. Caster level 10th.
Skills: Discord daemons have a racial -15 Listen and Move Silently penalty as they cannot move without making noise, and their own special abilities have long since ruined their hearing, this penalty stacks with the effects of aura of pandemonium.
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