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Without a doubt, there are thousands of reasons to visit Australia – narrowing the list down to six presents the challenge. However, the following reasons are some of the best, from experiencing the natural beauty to shopping in some of the top malls in the world… Australia just seems to have it all!
- Natural Beauty
Australia is renowned for its diverse landscapes… the woodlands of Tasmania, the Great Dividing Range, far stretches of the Outback, the coral reefs, the majestic rainforests, and thousands of miles of beaches. It is worth checking out some of the great deals provided by check-in.com.au because each region has its own reason for drawing thousands of visitors each year. Furthermore, taking in the natural beauty of the Great Barrier Reef can be the experience of a lifetime!
- Fascinating Wildlife
Australia presents an incredible variety of animal and plant life. The fauna alone exceeds all expectations. Marsupials, such as the koala and kangaroo represent the countries fascinating wildlife. The echidna and the platypus are some of the only mammals alive today that nurse their young and lay eggs. Dingoes and Fairy Penguins add to the menagerie. Just a short venture out of the city affords visitors with countless opportunities to explore the amazing natural world of Australia.
- The Awesome Climate
One of the best reasons for travelling to Australia is that it is in the Southern Hemisphere and seasons are in reverse from most northern locations. December marks the beginning of the summer season and winter starts in June. If you are looking for a break from weather conditions at home, Australia offers some excellent solutions. Additionally, Australia is immense, so the country provides a tremendous range of environments and weather conditions.
- A Rich Multicultural Experience
Australia is known throughout the world for its wealth of multiculturalism. The ancient Aboriginal culture dates back in excess of 40,000 years. Settled by Britain in 1788, this 'colonial outpost' has grown into a rich and diverse population within the last 200-plus years. Australia continues to reflect and preserve its ancient past, while highlighting developments that are far more recent. The incredible Australian cuisine reflects the great variety of cultures.
- Fine Cuisine
Boutique wineries draw connoisseurs from around the globe. Tours to wineries give an insight into some of the most exclusive vineyards anywhere. Now amid the twelve largest wine producers in the world, the southern portion of Australia boasts several highly acclaimed wine producers. Moreover, Australia cuisine has taken on a life of its own within the last 40 some years. Meals prepared from a variety of local ingredients blend flavors from Asia, the Middle East, and Europe to produce foods with a unique twist. Specialty items from across the territories provide mouthwatering favorites such as beef, lamb, rock oysters, olive oil, salmon, fresh dairy products, exotic fruits, and organic vegetables.
6 – Shopping in Australia
Australia is a shopper's paradise. With world-famous designers, exquisite jewelry, unique items and every type of store imaginable, there are treasures awaiting everyone. From the farmer's markets to the high-end department stores and malls, shopping in Australia is well worth the visit.
There are so many reasons to visit the world down under! While the six reasons listed above are among the best… why not travel to Australia and find your own.
7- Sporting Events & Entertainment
Last but certainly not least, Australia boasts a number of fantastic sporting events both domestic and uniquely Australian such as 'Aussie Rules,' and prominent international competitions such as the Australian Open and the Grand Prix. The AFL Grand Final, held annually on the last Saturday in September is almost a national holiday. More than 100,000 people pack out the MCG, 6 million people tune in to the game on TV and a carnival theme featuring team parades transforms the city of Melbourne. If visiting Australia for one of these sporting events be sure to reserve your tickets at least 6 months in advance. Should you miss out; sites such as Queen of Tickets host a ticket marketplace where you can secure a ticket at the last minute.


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With over 2300 units sold since its launch in 2003, the preceding model is the clear market leader in the double-decker coach segment, according to Setra. Customers include many long-haul bus operators, Setra claims. Around three quarters of double-deckers operating long-haul routes are Setras.
Just under 15 years on from its original launch date, the two-decker luxury touring coach has now received a facelift. Due to its improved aerodynamics, the new double-decker consumes up to ten percent less fuel than its predecessor. This is equivalent to several thousand litres of diesel a year, depending on the mileage covered. In terms of safety and assistance systems, the Setra double-decker coach sets new standards. It is the world's first bus to be fitted with an emergency brake system with obstacle and pedestrian recognition – and Sideguard Assist for the blind spot. A high-performance media router on board allows fast WiFi and offline use of media services.
Double-decker coaches are impressive and technically highly complex vehicles and are often referred to as the premium class of touring coaches. The new premium-class model from the Setra brand is manufactured at the EvoBus plant in Neu-Ulm. More than 200 units were handed over to customers in 2016 alone. On average one Setra double-decker coach rolls off the production line in Neu-Ulm every working day. The highly qualified team cater explicitly to the enormous complexity and range of the customers' special requests for each bus.
Market growth is expected to come from the route network passengers in Germany alone and an ever-expanding route network in Europe. Further growth is forecasted for 2017. A slight increase to over 26 million passengers is expected – with a two percent increase on German routes and an increase of up to seven percent on international routes. In Germany the route network is already well developed, with particularly high capacity utilisation on main routes between larger cities. With over 80 seats, the new Setra double-decker coach is the biggest touring coach from Daimler Buses, making it ideal for busy long-haul bus routes. Daimler Buses holds a market share of over 40 percent in the constantly growing European long-distance bus market. In Germany, one in two long-haul buses features the Mercedes-Benz or Setra logo. In the Flixbus fleet in Germany, Austria and Switzerland the figure is even higher, at over 60 percent.
The new double decker from Setra sees the world premiere of two new safety and assistance systems for buses. In addition to the previously available functions – maximum full-stop braking in response to stationary objects and obstacles moving ahead of the vehicle – the emergency brake system Active Brake Assist 4 (ABA 4) now also incorporates pedestrian recognition with automatic braking.
The Sideguard Assist uses radar sensors to monitor the lane to the right of the coach along the vehicle's entire length. It helps the driver with the blind spot, and warns of pedestrians, cyclists or stationary obstacles while turning. On the highway, it additionally serves as a lane-changing assistant. The new double-decker from Setra also comes as standard with long-life LED headlights which are kind on the eyes.
Despite its size, the new double-decker coach has a highly aerodynamic design. At the front, strongly curved windscreens with and large edge radii allow the air to flow around the vehicle, while at the rear recesses and airflow break-away edges guide the airflow. The development engineers have attended to the most minute details: the windscreen wiper on the upper deck is vertical in its rest position, for example – a feature adopted from motorsport. This results in a drag coefficient of Cd = 0.35 – a new benchmark in this segment. The aerodynamic design helps ensure that fuel consumption is up to ten percent lower than that of the previous model, depending on use. Depending on the mileage covered, this adds up to savings of several thousand litres of fuel annually.

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It is February 5, 2016, in Houston, TX, the National Board of the Philoptochos Society is on a mission to feed underprivileged children in Houston. Maria Logus, the President of the National Philoptochos Society had challenged her army of Philoptochos women members across the country with feeding 250,000 meals by the July convention in 2016. With a few more months to go, the Philoptochos chapters having fed 225,000 meals so far, the women are unstoppable.
The ladies gather from across the United States, assume their stations at long tables, their hairnets in place, their plastic gloves come on and they are off with their usual camaraderie, deeply conscious that they are serving their loving Lord Jesus Christ, and aware that in the image of each person they feed is the image of the Lord himself.
The Philoptochos initiative has in many ways demonstrated what can be achieved when the faithful come together to serve. Logus and her army of dynamic Philoptochos women remind me of another great woman, Mother Maria, who was canonized a saint by the Holy Synod of the Ecumenical Patriarchate on 16 January 2004. In response to the appalling conditions in which the Russian émigré lived in Paris after fleeing Russia in the early 1920's, herself a refugee together with her family, Mother Maria transformed her life through creative contemplation, active love, the most heartrending personal compassion, and the ability to reinvent life. It is a question of giving human beings not only bread, but also beauty, opportunity, and celebration. In keeping with its rich Orthodox Christian tradition of loving one's neighbor, the tradition continues today in the loving, embrace of the National Philoptochos Society.
Working together with His Grace Bishop Sevastianos, local Philoptochos members, GOYANS, Fr. Michael Lambakis, Fr. Christopher Xanthos and Deacon Gabriel Gadah of the Annunciation Cathedral, nearly 50 National Board members from across the country came together to package to meals in an act of solidarity with their local chapter members, packaging the 12,096 meals in a little over an hour.
Martha Stefanidakis, a member of the Annunciation Cathedral and treasurer of the National Board of Philoptochos, participated in the fabulous Feeding Children Everywhere program a few weeks ago in Houston has this to say,
"We contacted Feeding Children Everywhere (FCE), raised the funds necessary and gathered Houston Annunciation parishioners and our clergy, students from our Annunciation Orthodox School, Metropolis of Denver Board members, His Grace Bishop Sevastianos and the National Board for a lively hour packaging a meal of lentils, rice, dried vegetables and Himalayan sea salt for 12,096 children. The cost of these meals is only 25 cents per meal! The meals were distributed by two social service agencies in the Houston area. This project can be done anywhere in the country and the rewards are great. It was a profound teaching experience, especially for our young volunteers who were amazed that such a small amount of food was dinner for a family of six. Philoptochos has sponsored a feeding in New York City at the Holy Trinity Cathedral and is planning a huge Feeding Children Everywhere project in conjunction with the Nashville Clergy Laity Congress and National Philoptochos Convention this July."
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I changed my Twitter handle at the start of this year. Part of it was because of the connotations 'Alt' had picked up in the years leading up to that moment. Most of it however was because of creepy guys who thought that because I sounded sexy on podcasts and had a nice smile in the selfies I posted, I was somehow their property. Being a woman on the Internet remains a fucking mug's game.
However, these people no longer have any control over my existence.
Then there was that time when someone persuaded me to shell out several hundred quid to server transfer all my characters to a server they then upped and left when it became apparent I wasn't interested in building a new Raiding Guild. I'd been very clear for a long time on intentions: on reflection, this one is probably down to me. What it did however is almost permanently sour my relationship with Azeroth.
Let's be honest, it has hardly been a banner year for ActiBlizz in the first place. Far more morally sound people have left this game in a) far more bright and noisy fashions and b) over principles the company still refuses to adequately address. 15 years of playtime has been exploited to within an inch of its life this year: all you beautiful people, in perfect families and communities, all created by Azeroth. Bless.
It makes people like me feel even more alone and exposed. Without X you aren't a proper player. If you've not done raiding to Heroic, who even are you? It remains slightly incongruous that everyone bangs on incessantly about how great a Community this is right up to the point where they have to actually support the people that have legitimate criticism of the way things work.
This is why I've decided to continue working alone going forward.
I've always been a cynical, objectionable cow and yet in the last few weeks, I have been called some lovely things. The one Guild I did belong to, and ran for years, was the only place I truly felt comfortable in because, I now realise, it was where I could truly be myself. Now I've managed to remove the people from my life that make me feel uncomfortable, and there's a chance to start again, I'm gonna give it a try.
If I don't like something, I'll say so. That's always been how this works, so if you're idea of family and community is rounding on the unbelievers, we should have a lot to discuss. Yes, this game remains as just pixels, but occasionally it does ridiculously dumb stuff. It doesn't think through processes. Crucially, it uses emotional blackmail and often crude signposting in an attempt to keep people interested.
Tell you what, how about going forward we concentrate on engaging gameplay, proper narrative and genuine innovation in an attempt to try and make people like me enjoy their (very limited) playtime, which should mean that you'll only have to put up with me complaining once a week… That would be great. Just keep me playing, and make it worthwhile.
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YXY Technology
Imagine a circular plant-based plastic with high performance properties and endless possibilities for application.
Our YXY Technology catalytically converts plant-based sugar (fructose) into a wide range of plant-based chemicals and plastics, such as polyethylene furanoate (PEF). PEF is a 100% plant-based, 100% recyclable plastic with superior performance properties compared to today's widely used petroleum-based packaging materials.
PEF is a 100% plant-based and recyclable polymer with wide range of applications – packaging, textiles, film, and many more. It shows improved barrier properties for carbon dioxide and oxygen, leading to a longer shelf life of packaged products. It also offers higher mechanical strength, which means that thinner PEF packaging can be produced and fewer resources are required. In combination with the plant-based feedstock, that added functionality gives PEF all the attributes required to become the next-generation polyester, superior to the conventional PET.
Superior barrier properties:
- PEF's oxygen barrier is 10 times better than PET
- PEF's carbon dioxide barrier is 6 to 10 times better than PET
- PEF's water barrier is twice as good as PET's
More attractive thermal properties:
- The Tg of PEF is 86°C compared to the Tg of PET of 74°C
- The Tm of PEF is 235°C compared to the Tm of PET of 265°C
(Tg – glass transition temperature)
(Tm – melting point)
The main building block for PEF is furandicarboxylic acid (FDCA). Given the huge potential of FDCA, industrial production of this building block has been pursued and researched for over 100 years, without success. As such, FDCA has been called 'the sleeping giant'. Avantium believes that its YXY Technology can finally unlock the full potential of FDCA. The FDCA monomer offers exciting opportunities to create a wide range of polymers. These include polyesters, polyamides and polyurethanes as well as coating resins, plasticizers and other chemical products.
Applications and Markets
From baby food pouches and medical fluid bags to transparent wrappers for dried food, Avantium Renewable Polymers is constantly exploring the enormous potential of PEF film. Thanks to its superior barrier properties, PEF film has the potential to have a significant impact on the flexible packaging materials market.
PEF has the potential to replace various packaging materials such as PET, glass or aluminum in typical applications like bottles for soft drinks, water, alcoholic beverages and fruit juices. PEF provides improved barrier properties for carbon dioxide and oxygen, leading to a longer shelf life of packaged products. The ability to keep out oxygen, for example, results in longer-lasting carbonated drinks and extended shelf life.
We are currently working with industry leaders to explore the future potential of PEF fibers in mainly high-value industrial fibers.
of PEF
Avantium's PEF is a 100% plant-based, 100% recyclable plastic with superior performance properties compared to today's widely used petroleum-based packaging materials. PEF is designed for recycling and reusing and therefore it fits perfectly in a circular economy. PEF has a proven fit with existing sorting and recycling facilities. Recycling for PEF is very similar to PET recycling and trials have shown that the existing recycling systems are compatible to PEF, so no systems need to be developed. In addition PEF can easily be distinguished and sorted from PET and other plastics using optical sorting systems used today.
If human behavior results in unplanned and undesired leakage of PEF into our environment, first results of tests by Organic Waste Systems (OWS) (Gent, Belgium) show that PEF degrades much faster than PET under industrial composting conditions (250-400 days with air/oxygen @ 58°C in soil). The biodegradability of PEF under ambient conditions is under investigation (10-year field trial).
From pilot plant to flagship plant
Avantium has successfully demonstrated its YXY Technology at its pilot plant in Geleen, the Netherlands. We are now ready for scaling up to a flagship plant, which is slated to start-up in 2023.


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According to Casualty Report 92792382 Baker, Emrik glasch Gral was killed in sector 22093 during the Borg invasion of the year 2381. (ST novel: A Singular Destiny)
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The Jakarta Post
The Bandung Police have named eight Persib Bandung supporters suspects in the fatal beating of 23-year-old Persija Jakarta fan Haringga Sirila before a Persib vs Persija match on Sunday.
"Sixteen people have been detained and eight of those have been named suspects," Bandung Police crime unit chief Adj. Sr. Comr. M. Yoris Maulana said in Bandung, West Java, on Monday.
The suspects have been identified only as B, 41, GA, 20, CG, 20, AA, 19, SMR, 17, DFA, 16 and JS, 31.
Yoris said it was possible that more suspects would be named.
According to the police, Haringga came to Bandung alone on Sunday to watch the match and was picked up by a friend who lived in the city. When they arrived at Gelora Bandung Lautan Api Stadium, they were confronted by a mob of Persib fans who were checking for holders of non-Bandung ID cards.
A Persib supporter who requested anonymity confirmed the details of the incident.
"When [people] arrived [at the stadium], they were stopped and asked to show their ID cards," the supporter said. "I was allowed to pass through because I had a Bandung ID card, but the person behind me was pulled out of the line."
Haringga, who had a Jakarta ID card, was chased by the mob and eventually surrounded.
"The victim was immediately beaten, until he died at the scene," Yoris said. "Some [people] beat him with their hands and feet, while others used objects, such as wooden planks and helmets."
One detainee, Dadang Suptriatna, 19, reportedly said he beat Haringga because he saw the other Persib supporters doing it.
"I was just following the others," he said at the police station.
Police are looking for more suspects and are coordinating with the Persib club management and the Viking Persib fan club in their investigation.
"We urge anyone who was involved to immediately turn themselves in," Yoris said, adding that the suspects had been charged under Article 170 of the Criminal Code on attacking and injuring others, which carries a maximum prison sentence of 12 years.
Viking Persib Club head Heru Joko expressed deep regret over Haringga's death.
"We apologize for yesterday's incident. We did not mean for that to happen, we did not order that," he said, adding that the club supported any law enforcement action the police took. (kmt)


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Battery Recycling
WOODSTOCK IL – Starting December 26, 2019 through January 31, 2020 the McHenry County Department of Health (MCDH) will be accepting single-use alkaline batteries for recycling. Battery sizes AA, AAA, C, D and 9-volt from residential sources will be accepted at no cost to residents. Residents may drop off their single-use non-rechargeable batteries at the MCDH Division of Environmental Health office, 667 Ware Rd, Suite 110, Woodstock IL and the MCDH Crystal Lake Health Clinic and Animal Control offices located at 100 N Virginia St, Crystal Lake IL, during normal business hours of M-F 8:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. MCDH is unable to accept other types of recyclable materials or waste for this drop-off program.
All of the batteries collected during this collection event will be shipped to Battery Solutions in Wixom Michigan, a United States-based battery recycler where the batteries are separated by chemistry and recycled into materials such as zinc and manganese concentrate, steel, paper and plastic. Last year Environmental Health Staff had the opportunity to visit Battery Solutions and observe firsthand the alkaline battery recycling process. Recycling is an easy way to reduce waste from disposal in sanitary landfills, improve sustainability efforts and protect the environment. Last year MCDH ran a similar event and collected approximately 1 ton of batteries in about 6 weeks.
For more information, please visit the Department's website www.mcdh.info or contact Kelli Boeckmann, Solid Waste Manager, at 815-334-4585. DD###


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Roccafiore Wine Resort & Spa
Immersed in nature The Roccafiore Wine Resort & Spa, set in the green heart of Italy, is surrounded by a picture-postcard Italian landscape. With Roccafiore at the centre, the gentle outlines of the Monti Martani extend on one side and on the other, the medieval skyline of Todi silhouetted by romantic sunsets. The elongated plains are one of the constituent characteristics of this territory, ideal for enjoying scenic roads and ensuring that the both winds and one's gaze are free to travel towards the horizon. The panorama surrounding Roccafiore is adorned with stretches of olive trees and vines in the vineyards that have been here since time immemorial. Further down are pomegranates, hazelnuts, lime trees, oaks and traditional wooded areas, all aimed at preserving the biodiversity typical of this territory.
Flowers are an essential feature of the Resort, with the name Roccafiore actually being taken from the wild rose garden that surrounds the walls of the manor house. An authentic fil rouge of Roccafiore Wine Resort & Spa is that guests are surrounded by flowers in all environments—fresh florae enrich the rooms and lounges each day, with the Spa being sprinkled with light petals to colour and differentiate the different areas. The garden, rather, is embellished with wonderful ornamental and aromatic plants. Caring for this splendour is entrusted to Francesca's love. This floral touch is naturally also featured in the Roccafiore logo, consisting of three different stylised flowers in various hues—one for the Resort, one for the Winery and one for the Spa.


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Featured Speaker - Laurie Dhue
A former award-winning national news anchor on three cable networks, CNN, MSNBC & Fox News Channel, Laurie is now one of the leading recovery advocates in the country. She is in long-term recovery from alcohol and drug addiction and openly shares her personal struggle with substance use and her journey to wellness and recovery.
Hero in Prevention and Recovery Award - Max Wilson
Max Wilson is known in both the prevention and recovery communities not only in Shawnee County but throughout Kansas. Max exemplifies the definition of a hero - a person who is admired for courage, outstanding achievements, and noble qualities. With over 30 years in recovery, Max has been the voice of recovery for countless people and is a stellar example that treatment works, and recovery is possible.
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Prevention and Recovery Hero Award Dinner and Speaker Event
Date: Wednesday, September 25, 2019
Time: 6 PM – 9 PM | Dinner Served at 6:30 PM
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Tauranga auctioneer Frederick Hugh Dodson was killed in action at Gallipoli on 25 April 1915. Newspapers reported that after falling mortally wounded he 'got up on his knees and emptied his revolver into the enemy and then fell back dead'. In 1917 Dodson Avenue in Milford, Auckland, was named in Frederick's memory. In 2014 Tauranga's 'Field of Remembrance' was created comprising 107 white crosses in memory of the men from the Tauranga area who died during World War I (1914-1918). Each cross carries a red poppy and the name of an individual who died. Text and photograph © Debbie McCauley (2014).


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History repeats as Thomastown United face Evergreen in McCalmont Cup final
It's a case of history repeating as Thomastown United A and Evergreen A booked their places in the McCalmont Cup final.
Thomastown, who beat Evergreen on penalties to lift Kilkenny soccer's prestigious title last season, got the better of a local derby with Highview Athletic, beating their near-neighbours 3-0 in Derdimus.
The holders battled against a strong breeze in the first half, but made the breakthrough when Dessie Walsh steered CJ Browne's low cross in after 30 minutes.
United held that advantage well into the second half, keeping Athletic at bay with a strong defensive display. Highview weren't helped when they went down to 10 men late on, before two goals in little over a minute spelled the end. Rory Monks made it 2-0 with a diving header, before Walsh bagged his second to cap a good performance.
Earlier in the day Evergreen A cruised into the final when they beat Deen Celtic A 5-0. The city side were quick off the mark, going 1-0 up in the second minute thanks to Niall Andrews.
They didn't rest on their laurels, doubling their lead through a Jamie Owens header on 20 minutes. Further goals from Mikey Drennan, who drilled home a penalty, and Sean Barcoe meant they were in the driving seat by half-time.
Deen Celtic's day didn't get any better in the second half. Richie Lynch had his penalty saves while they also ended with 10 men. A late goal from Conor English heaped more misery on Celtic, sending Evergreen on their way to another final.
The McCalmont Cup decider will be played in Derdimus on the Saturday of the June Bank Holiday Weekend.


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4 thoughts on "Guayusa Fuel Cells"
Runa's Guayusa spice satchets? What is this?
WOW! this is awesome. I am so excited to try this out. Guayusa spice is my favorite of the Runa's blends. This fuel cell will be great for work in the winter. Since guayusa has no tannins, the leaves never produce an astringent bitter flavor. The tea bags can be left for hours and the brew is always smooth. Plus, tt's a delicious herbal tea with twice the caffeine as a black tea. 🙂
I love these containers! This is definitely going on the gift idea list for the holiday season, and so is the tea. Gotta love highly-caffeinated teas; I always try to think of something to replace morning coffee (not because of the caffeine; mostly to see if it can even be done) and I think if I found a tea with enough caffeine, that would do it.
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Mating Data - Bulb Duster Method
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This dataset shows the results of the mating competition experiments when using the bulb duster method of marking the mosquitoes. The trial number (T1-T3) is given, and the ID of the males involved. The number before the decimal point indicates the cage number, and the .1, .2 and .3 indicate the order of the matings within the cage. Those males that do not have a decimal point in their ID number did not mate, and solely the cage number is given. The diet of the male and the dust that they were marked with is given. Details on whether they mated (Yes) or not (No) is provided. For those males that mated, the females diet and dust type is also given. The wing-length in mm of both the mated and unmated males is also provided.


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Feb 05, 2016
Written by Larry Fox
Whether you're new to freelancing or a contracting veteran, overbooking can happen to anyone. You might forget about a prior commitment, or maybe you're a workaholic—convinced that an 80-hour workweek is normal. To help, Cushion will now highlight when you're overbooked, so you can reschedule and avoid those nightmare weeks.
In the preferences, you will now see a "weekly limit" preference. Here, you can define how many hours you consider a full workweek. This lets you specify 20 hours if you're only freelancing part-time or 80 hours if you're a 2-person team.
Cushion will then highlight any overlapping projects that exceed your weekly limit. Hovering the highlighted area will indicate how many hours a week you're overbooked as well as the date range.
If the overbooked areas ever become too distracting, or if you thrive under pressure, you can hide them in the schedule view settings.
Overbooking provides a new kind of insight for Cushion users. Now, instead of calculating when you're taking on too much work, Cushion shows you. Expect more "smart" features like this over the next few months!


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When God shows me dreams or visions, I know I am seeing them through my spiritual eyes. Things look like a very detailed movie. The images appear in a very high definition 2D. However brief, it is burned into my memory in full color and clarity. When I see spiritual beings, I see their forms in a different way than their surroundings, so I know I am still here. What happened to me when I was seventeen was an experience so different from anything that I had witnessed that it would change my life forever. Like Paul said, whether in my body or out of my body, I do not know. Only God knows.
What I can tell you is that I saw, felt, and smelled everything. It was a place that can only be described as heaven.
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My First Grant Proposal: Financing Research Projects after the Doctorate
One-day workshop offered by the Bonn Graduate Center on September 09, 2019, 9:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m., Alte Sternwarte, Poppelsdorfer Allee 47, Room Pegasus (0.003).
Course Content
Are you in the final stages of your doctoral studies or have you already finished your PhD and are thinking about your academic future? If you are planning a career in academia, raising external funding for your project or your position is often imperative. But where should you apply? How do you write a promising proposal? When should you begin the application process? Do German funding institutions offer funds for research projects abroad? All these questions will be discussed and answered in the workshop. Complementing the information on relevant funding institutions, the most important aspects of the application process will be practiced in short exercises.
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- Defining your own career goals
- Finding suitable funding lines for your research project
- Devising promising grant proposals
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Saturday, March 19, 2011
It is almost Spring Time....
The weather here is wonderful...Warm, take your shoes off and walk in the cool grass...Birds flying, flowers blooming and trees waking up and stretching their arms.. Spring Time......
Enjoy the weekend.
11 comments:
- Laura said...
How delightful Katelen...take off your shoes warm, wow!!! I'm sure your Mom is loving the painting...she is so blessed to have you for a daughter...and vice versa!
- March 19, 2011 at 10:02 AM
- GlorV1 said...
Hi Katelen! So good to see you. Hope your Mom is doing good. Tell her I said HAPPY BIRTHDAY AND MANY MORE!! You are such a great daughter and your Mom must be so proud of you. Well it's cold here and it rained all day yesterday and the world is changing rapidly, so we must enjoy each day and be thankful for what we have. Take care Katelen and again HB to your dear Mom.
PS: I love your tree and the colors are striking.
- March 19, 2011 at 10:27 AM
- Tammie Lee said...
This is lovely, I love the colors you chose. Your weather does sound wonderful. I have a gray day with two feet of snow in my yard.
- March 19, 2011 at 11:31 AM
- Momo Luna S!gnals said...
First, congratulations with your mothers birthday. I love the painting, the red that glows between the shadows of the tree.
Today we finally had a lovely spring day, with delightful sunshine. :-) But not yet warm. But it's coming....
Sweet greetz!
- March 19, 2011 at 11:41 AM
- Noelle Dunn.... A Poet in Progress said...
This is fabulous and so are you!
- March 19, 2011 at 2:12 PM
- pchickki said...
The painting is wonderful. I hope you Mother is feeling better.
I am jealous that you have warm weather. It is still a cold 38 degrees. rainy and my daffodils are getting hammered.
- March 20, 2011 at 1:04 PM
- GalleryJuana said...
Your Mom is too cute. I love how this painting hangs between the dog and the cat.
We had wonderful warm weather last week with birds galore singing. It really lifts the mood, doesn't it.
Wonderful tree painting. The colors are rich and the tree is strong.
wishing you a warm week.
- March 21, 2011 at 8:52 AM
- jbkrost said...
This is really nice... I love the mystery of the work
- March 21, 2011 at 7:17 PM
- joanna said...
Beautiful painting, Katelen! Happy Birthday to your mom, she's lucky to have such a talented daughter!
- March 22, 2011 at 2:05 AM
- Mary said...
Happy, Happy Birthday to your Mama Katelen...give her a hug for me.
really like the color of the tree with the rich background...i have a feeling it is even more beautiful in person.
love to you...
- March 22, 2011 at 1:27 PM
- Odd Chick said...
No wonder she loves it, it's really gorgeouuus and rich. tell her happy birthday from Odd Chick!
- March 24, 2011 at 12:09 PM


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Ugh, I hate my doctor. She told me last week that the mysterious hives that appeared all over my month old baby were the result of an allergy to my breast milk. I've had a total of two break down crying moments since bringing him home, one of them being in her office thinking that his itchy misery was my fault (the other was when he screamed bloody murder during his first bath).
But the hives are gone now. I'm pretty sure it was my lotion that was the culprit, though there is a small chance it could have been my detergent. I stopped using his (hypoallergenic) soap, and switched to baking soda, but I am going to reintroduce the soap tonight, and I've switched detergents and lotions.
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Golf fans are among the healthiest sporting fans, researchers at Edinburgh University have found.
Published in the British Journal of Sports Medicine, the study established that most golf fans average over 10 000 steps per day—the number of daily treads recommended by the NHS. And they do it effortlessly while following their star players around the course. This way, they get the same benefits from golf as do the star players, researcher Dr. Andrew Murray said. These benefits include increased mental and physical well-being as well as longevity, he added. That beats watching the entire event on TV.
So basically, watching golf enables you to do a lot of walking – the ultimate exercise. And the faster, longer and more often you walk, the better for you. It stimulates the heart, firms up the bones, and promotes weight loss and muscle building while decreasing your risk of developing conditions like type 2 diabetes and certain cancers.
The greatest advantage of watching golf, however, is the balance it brings to your life. Fans surveyed said they were drawn to golfing events for the exercise, healthy air, family quality time and the chance to watch the top golfers in action. We don't pay enough attention to the enormous part that balance plays in making us happy, successful and productive. All too often, we put too much focus on just one area of our lives. That's why active golf watching is so beneficial. It hits all the right balance notes.
Researchers from Edinburgh University working in tandem with the Golf and Health Project of the World Golf Foundation used pedometer data to analyse golf spectators movements during the Paul Lawrie Match Play event at Archerfield Links, East Lothian in 2016. About 82 percent of spectators walked over 11,000 steps per day with men taking around 1800 more steps than women. Golf watchers can measure their own steps using a pedometer. It enables them to compare the number of steps they manage from tournament to tournament. This way they can try to exceed the recommended 10 000 steps per day.
Overall, the findings could be hugely significant in terms of increased attendance at golf events, because of the presumed health benefits of the walking involved. They may also help promote the sport's public image. The research could particularly benefit the middle aged and elderly. This demographic has already been found to enjoy watching golf but has lower rates of physical activity than younger groups. There's evidence that active golf watching is already being promoted at events such as the Ryder Cup.


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A NEW crossing over the River Thames lived up to its name as the Bishop of Reading, the Rt Revd Andrew Proud, led worshippers across Christchurch Bridge from Reading to Caversham. The group of 15, from Greyfriars in the town centre, have joined the evolving community at St John the Baptist, Lower Caversham.
"They have publicly declared their desire to follow the call of Christ and, with their brothers and sisters at St John's, to learn and live the way of Christ," said the Revd Penny Cuthbert, transition minister at St John's. "Friends from Greyfriars have pledged their continued support, and the new, united St John's congregation have promised, with the help of God, to accompany one another on the journey of faith, supporting each other in friendship, love and prayer."
The support from Greyfriars – a large church in central Reading – is part of its commitment to becoming a resourcing hub. This started when New Hope, a missional community, was sent out of Greyfriars in 2002, to housing estates south of the River Thames. A second church plant was sent out in 2011 to St Matthew's Southcote, under the leadership of the Revd Pads Dolphin and a team from Greyfriars.
The Thames is the boundary between Caversham Thameside and Mapledurham Parish and Greyfriars Parish. Bishop Andrew preached at Greyfriars about being an 'outdoors' rather than 'indoors' church before leading the transfer group and friends, together with clergy and churchwardens of the two churches, out of the church and through Reading to the river. Members of St John's met them on Christchurch Bridge where led by Bishop Andrew, all publicly declared their faith as an act of unity.
Arrival at St John's was greeted with music, cheers and helium balloons before Bishop Andrew commissioned the newly-united St John's congregation and celebrated Holy Communion.
"The party to complete this great day was wonderful, with so much sharing of food, friends and chat," said Penny. "With so much joy around, it promised further growth to come out of this 'transfer growth'."
In April, St John's will begin a monthly café church and monthly contemporary worship service as add-ons to the current pattern of worship.
Greyfriars is set to continue as a resourcing hub, supporting churches in the Reading area with worship, children, youth, teaching and preaching resources. In the last year, Greyfriars has supported and will continue to support St Mary's, Purley, Reading Minster, Holy Trinity Theale, St Matthew's Southcote, St Peter's Earley, St Barnabas Emmer Green and St John's Caversham.


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Feeling hungry while touring Ninjago City? Be sure to visit one of MyOwnLegoCreations' six fantastic food carts! Come with me as we visit the wide variety of tasty treats on offer. Our tour begins at a sushi cart in a red and gold theme brimming with maki. The look is completed by two lanterns sporting gold tassels and the menu tile from the Ninjago City Set. Don't forget the wasabi!
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Beware the dangerous depths of Layers City
With sets like 70620 Ninjago City and 70657 Ninjago City Docks, The LEGO Ninjago Movie brought a cyber-punk aesthetic to official LEGO sets, which in cool factor is only eclipsed by the post-apocalyptic aesthetic of the new LEGO sets from The LEGO Movie 2. While LEGO fans have certainly been building cyberpunk creations for many years, even more builders have embraced this aesthetic, inspiring numerous custom LEGO models, including our own Ninjago City collaborative display at BrickCon, featuring over 60 custom city blocks. Sebastian Bachórzewski is an incredibly talented builder who builds in everything from medieval to post-apoc style. His latest large-scale model is "Layers City," featuring a slice cut from a teeming metropolis full of colorful characters.
Ninjago City collaborative display at BrickCon 2018
Our recent collaborative display at BrickCon 2018 in Seattle was an outstanding success, generating an amazing response from both the convention attendees and the public. What started as an idea back in February of this year to expand on the official city set for my son, who is a big Ninjago fan, turned into one of the most popular displays at BrickCon, judging by the crowds leaning into the stanchions, and the tremendously positive feedback we received throughout the 4-day convention. Our collaboration enjoyed the participation of over 30 people, comprising a few of our staff and a lot of awesome readers, and together we displayed nearly 60 custom blocks for Ninjago City, plus numerous sections of waterway.
Beautiful pagoda park Ninjago City block
This stunning Ninjago-themed block by Galaktek was part of The Brothers Brick's recent Ninjago City collaborative display at BrickCon 2018 in Seattle. In fact, it was the winner of our award for best detail, and it is easy to see why. Look for our full wrap-up of the enormous display soon, but in the meantime, let's take a closer look at this wonderful addition to the city.
There's still time to build for TBB's Ninjago City collaboration for BrickCon 2018 [News]
With only a few weeks until BrickCon 2018, we here at The Brothers Brick are super excited by the tremendous positive response to our collaborative public display! With over 30 contributors signed up to participate, it is shaping up to be one of our larger projects! For more information about the project, check out our original announcement feature. Also, be sure to check out our recent feature on building the lower level of Ninjago City. There is still time to join the fun if you are registered to attend the private convention from October 4-7 in Seattle. Check out the Flickr group to join the project, or to see more photos by contributors.
Just be sure to register your creation by Sept. 30th so we can be sure to have enough space allocated for the display.
Building Ninjago City: The Brothers Brick open collaboration [Feature]
Summer is here, and that means there are only about three months left until BrickCon 2018. As we announced in May, The Brothers Brick will be hosting a public collaborative display of Ninjago City open to any full convention attendees. Check out that announcement for detailed instructions on the guidelines and how to participate. In the meantime, we here at TBB have been busy little builders, and have over a dozen city blocks underway, not to mention a massive volcano lair for Garmadon. Today we want to share some tips and tricks to help get you started, as well as some of the building techniques that we have used so far in the construction of the lower levels of Ninjago City. Let us know in the comments below if you would be interested in more detailed guides or additional techniques shown in our city blocks.
Ninjago City is a layered city, with the oldest buildings on the bottom stories, rising to modern, nearly sci-fi architecture at the top. As such, we're approaching the building of our modules from the bottom up, starting with the oldest, lowest level. Nearly all of the buildings shown here will have additional structures placed on top to complete the upper levels–in many cases several more stories. Look for additional articles as we continue building the upper levels. Each of these modules conforms to our standard to ensure the whole layout will fit together well (except in the few special modules we've noted).


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All eyes were on Federal Reserve chairman Janet Yellen's semi-annual testimony to Congress on Wednesday.
To the surprise of many, she walked back the impression the Fed was growing increasingly hawkish by noting interest rates wouldn't have to rise all that much further to get to a neutral policy stance.
She maintained the belief that recent inflation weakness was driven by one-off factors and that "quantitative tightening" balance sheet normalization would begin soon.
Investors focused on the dovish comments; however, pushing risk assets higher and the Dow Jones Industrial Average to new intra-day record highs for the first time since mid-June. Long-term Treasury bonds also rallied, providing relief to risk parity funds hit in recent weeks by the combination of weakness in both bonds and equities.
But not everyone was impressed. Big bank stocks, for instance, declined on the news on a drop in long-term yields pressuring net interest margin hopes.
Here are six stocks that aren't playing along:
Stocks Shooting Warning Flares: Deere & Company (DE)
Deere & Company (NYSE:DE) is getting hit hard on Wednesday, down 2.8%, after hitting resistance from its mid-June high. The catalyst was a negative crop conditions report from the U.S. Department of Agriculture resulting in big losses for corn and wheat futures.
Worries surround an abundant South American corn crop (negatively impacting U.S. corn prices and inventory levels) and an ongoing decline in U.S. crop conditions. All of this will negatively impact farmer earnings and the ability to finance new equipment purchases.
DE will next report results on Aug. 18 before the bell. Analysts are looking for earnings of $1.88 per share on revenues of $6.9 billion. When the company last reported on May 19, earnings of $2.14 beat the consensus estimate by 45 cents on a 2.2% rise in revenue. Watch for a possible decline to the November-May trading range near $110, which would be worth a 10%+ decline from here.
Stocks Shooting Warning Flares: CenturyLink (CTL)
Centurylink Inc (NYSE:CTL) shares are down 2.4% in trading on Wednesday, dropping further below its 50-day and 200-day moving averages to hit lows not seen since March. This continues a post-election malaise in the mid-$20s and represents a decline of nearly 20% from its mid-June high.
CTL will next report results on Aug. 2 after the close. Analysts are looking for earnings of 49 cents per share on revenues of $4.1 billion. When the company last reported on May 3, earnings of 52 cents per share missed estimates by a penny on a 4.4% drop in revenue.
Stocks Shooting Warning Flares: Harley Davidson (HOG)
Harley-Davidson Inc (NYSE:HOG) shares are down 2.9% as I write this, dropping out of a three-month consolidation range and falling away from its 200-day moving average. This takes shares back to levels not seen since October representing a drop of nearly 20% from its mid-March high. The drop was catalyzed by a cautious note from Goldman analysts citing weak channel activity indicating a soft Q2. Shares were also downgraded by Bernstein amid ongoing caution from the U.S. consumer.
The company will next report results on July 18 before the bell. Analysts are looking for earnings of $1.39 per share on revenues of $1.6 billion. When the company last reported on April 18, earnings of $1.05 beat estimates by 3 cents on a 15.7% decline in revenue.
Stocks Shooting Warning Flares: Morgan Stanley (MS)
Morgan Stanley (NYSE:MS) shares are rolling lower, down 1.2%, as it remains within the confines of a massive eight-month consolidation range. Watch for a drop to support near $41, which coincides with its 200-day moving average. Bank shares haven't been doing much amid net interest margin concerns (from recent yield curve flattening) as well as industry management warnings that Q2 trading revenue wasn't all that great.
MS will next report results on July 19 before the bell. Analysts are looking for earnings of 77 cents per share on revenues of $9.1 billion. When the company last reported on April 19, earnings of $1.00 per share beat estimates by 10 cents on a 25% increase in revenues.
Stocks Shooting Warning Flares: Best Buy (BBY)
Best Buy Co Inc (NYSE:BBY) shares are continuing to fall on Wednesday, down another 0.7% to cut below its 50-day moving average. This represents a 13% drop from its late May high on reports Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) — which just had a very successful "Prime Day" promotion — is looking to start tech services offering that will challenges the company's "Geek Squad" offering. Yet another way AMZN is delivering a serious punch to traditional retailers like BBY.
The company will next report results on Aug. 24 before the bell. Analysts are looking for earnings of 63 cents per share of BBY on revenues of $8.7 billion. When the company last reported results on May 25, earnings of 60 cents per share beat estimates by 20 cents on a 1% rise in revenue from the year-ago period.
Stocks Shooting Warning Flares: Fossil Group (FOSL)
Watchmaker Fossil Group Inc (NASDAQ:FOSL) just can't catch a break, down another 6.5% on Wednesday to test its June lows as a combination of uneven retail sales and pressure from smart wearables keep eating into its top line growth. FOSL shares are down more than 70% from their post-election high in November. And the waterfall decline shows no signs of slowing. Less than four years ago, shares were trading above $125.
FOSL will next report results on Aug. 8 after the close. Analysts are looking for a loss of 38 cents per share on revenues of nearly $617 million. When the company last reported on May 9, a loss of $1.00 per share was 6 cents better than expected on an 11.8% decline in revenues.
Anthony Mirhaydari is founder of the Edge and Edge Pro investment advisory newsletters. Free two- and four-week trial offers have been extended to InvestorPlace readers.


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It's such a simple statement, but it pretty much sums our collecting philosophy. Just buy what you like...what makes you smile. It's YOUR money and YOU have to live with it, so don't let anyone tell you what you should collect.
Take, for example, the thing pictured here. It's, um, a huge bracket fungus that someone 100 years or so ago decided was not only worth keeping, but was worth decorating! And whoever painted this was pretty darn good.
We've seen lots of decorated odds and ends--butter paddles, bowls, bottles, and even other fungi--but this one is the best we've seen and absolutely our favorite. It sits on the top of a cupboard in our dining room, and every day as we descend the stairs, we look at it and smile.
What'd we pay? $225. So it was cheap too!
Monday, March 2, 2009
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The substantial two-storey stone homestead, and the adjoining stone farm buildings were built for the Smaill family (probably Charles or his son Alexander) in the late 1870s or early 1880s at what is now known as Smaill's Beach, near Tomahawk on the rugged south coast of Otago Peninsula. The Smaills were the centre of the small farming community in the area, known for their community involvement and their progressive farming practices. The house and outbuildings recall the nature and history of community development on the Otago Peninsula, as well as the farming practices and architecture associated with the late nineteenth century developments.
Local historians suggest that the name Tomahawk is probably a corruption of Tomahaka (tom - a burial place, haka - dance). Maori used to travel overland along the coast, getting shellfish from the rocks and eels in the lagoons. Their old track was along the sandhills from St Clair, along the coastline to Tomahawk lagoon over the Tomahawk hills, down into Sandfly Bay, up over the Sandymount, down to Hooper's inlet and Wickliffe Bay and on to the kaik. There were various cooking places along the way.
The Smaill family owned land at Tomahawk, as the area was known by the European settlers in the area in the 1860s. According to the Cyclopedia, the family had lived in a fern-tree house in the vicinity of the stone house in the 1860s.
The homestead is thought to have been built in the late 1870s or early 1880s. Once built, an extensive garden was developed surrounding it, including some macrocarpa trees that still stand.
Alexander Smaill took over and extended his father Charles's farm. Alexander Smaill was a prominent and active member of the Tomahawk community. He was a member of the Tomahawk Road Board, a member of the Agricultural and Pastoral Society and the Dairymen's Association. He promoted a scheme to cut a canal from the Tomahawk side of Lawyers Head through to Otago Harbour, which never eventuated. He founded a paint factory to use the haematite found in the hills surrounding his property. He was a significant supplier of milk to Dunedin. In addition he was an enthusiastic musician, with the Smaill Orchestra being well known for their entertainment on the Peninsula.
Alexander Smaill's energy and ingenuity extended to his farm operations. He was an early enthusiast for electricity - apparently being an early user of light in his house, and in his milking shed used hydropower, generated by a dam above his house. An addition to the north elevation of the outbuildings housed the power plant. The power was used to drive a flying fox system which carried the manure from the shed up the hill behind the buildings and allowed it to be distributed over the farmland above.
In 1916 title was issued in the name of Alexander Smaill (OT180/1 00), although it is clear that the land was owned by the Smaill family at an earlier date.
Alexander Smaill died in 1926 and the land was transmitted to his widow Catherine Smaill and others. Catherine Smaill died in 1931. On Catherine Smaill's death in 1931, the land was transmitted to the others mentioned above. The property remained in the Smaill family until 1952.
After some changes in ownership in the 1950s the property was bought by farmer Fergus Mathieson in 1971. Mathieson, a patron of the Tautuku Fishing Club, sold the homestead to the Club in 1972, and continues to use the outbuildings (OT180/1 00). The outbuildings are now owned by his son.
Currently the Tautuku Fishing Club uses the homestead as clubrooms, and as a function venue. The original cow byre part of the outbuildings is used to stable racehorses, with the rest largely disused.
Goodall, M. and Griffiths, G. Maori Dunedin, Otago Heritage Books, Dunedin 1980
Cyclopedia, p.393. See also Otago Witness, 14 July 1925, p.44.
H. Duckworth, "History of Anderson's Bay and Tomahawk" unpublished ms, NZHPT Otago/Southland Area Office Library, Dunedin, p45-46.
Pers comm. Fergus Mathieson, June 2005
There is some difficulty tracing land titles in the vicinity, as there is a complex re-survey regarding land close by which was originally surveyed as road reserve, which was never formed. It has not been possible to resolve this puzzle.
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We've just released version 2.03 of Eufloria.
Patch for the full game
Patch for the demo
The new version should filter through to the Digital Download services over the next few days.
This release should fix the following issues / added features:
– Added screenshots on F9.
– Fixed AI not planting flowers on Dyson trees.
– Fixed seedlings not attacking high-altitude enemies attacking trees.
– Fixed laser mine sending crash
– Asteroids can be moved in script at runtime with asteroid:MoveBy(x,y) and asteroid:MoveTo(x,y) (Cannot be moved out of world bounds)
– Add flowers and mines to asteroids with script commands asteroid:AddFlower(), asteroid:AddFlower(faction) and asteroid:AddMine(), asteroid:AddMine(faction) (returns object created or nil)
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– Send flowers and mines with flower:SendTo(asteroid) and mine:SendTo(asteroid)
– Set attributes on any game entity (asteroid, seedling, tree, mine, flower, etc) using SetStrength, SetSpeed, SetEnergy – results are untested and may not work as desired
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Did Oliver Cromwell really ban Christmas?
On June 1647 Parliament passed an Ordinance that abolished Christmas Day as a feast day and holiday...
While Cromwell certainly supported the move, and subsequent laws imposing penalties for those who continued to enjoy Christmas, he does not seem to have played much of a role in leading the campaign.
Throughout the medieval period, Christmas Day had been marked by special church services, and by magnificent feasts accompanied by heavy drinking. The subsequent 12 Days of Christmas saw more special services along with sports, games and more eating and drinking.
- Oliver Cromwell: Hero or Villain?
- No Christmas under Cromwell? The Puritan assault on Christmas during the 1640s and 1650s
By the early 17th Century Puritans and other firm Protestants were seeing the Christmas jollifications as unwelcome survivors of Catholicism as well as excuses for all manner of sins.
There was a widespread, though minority view, that Christmas should be a fast day devoted to sober religious contemplation. The defeat of King Charles I in the Civil War put the more extreme Protestants into power and so Parliament passed a series of measures to enforce this campaign on others.
The legislation was deeply unpopular and was enforced only sporadically. When King Charles II returned to power in 1660 one of his first acts was to repeal all the anti-Christmas legislation, helping foster his image as the "Merry Monarch".


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Government borrowing last year fell to its lowest annual level in 17 years, official figures show.
Borrowing for the 2018-19 financial year was £24.7bn, £17.2bn less than in the previous financial year, the Office for National Statistics said.
Despite the drop, the amount was still higher than the Office for Budget Responsibility's forecast last month.
Economists believe the reduction should give the Chancellor freedom to ease the austerity measures of the last decade.
The figures showed tax receipts continued to grow strongly in March, but higher government spending accounted for the wider-than-expected deficit, mostly down to the purchases of goods and services.
Chancellor Philip Hammond speaking to the Treasury Select Committee on Wednesday reiterated that by the financial year 2020/21 the government would have around of £27bn "headroom" to use on a range of options.
But he added: "Until we have resolved the Brexit issue I don't think it makes sense to to plump for one option or another and rule out our optionality."
Samuel Tombs, UK economist of Pantheon Macroeconomics, explained that the chancellor had set a borrowing target equivalent to 2% of GDP. Borrowing last year was equivalent to 1.2% of GDP, down from 10% at the height of the financial crisis, giving the chancellor some extra spending room.
Mr Tombs said: "The chancellor still should be able to scrap the further austerity measures planned for 2020/21 in the Budget later this year and meet his target."


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QuickBooks QuickTip #2: Simplify Your Quickbooks Account Register DisplayPosted by: Carol Post date: January 12th, 2011
When you open up an account register, QuickBooks defaults to a 2-line display for each transaction. A compact 1-line display is available that provides most of the same information and makes the account register much easier to read.
Minimum Skill Level:
Beginner. Assumes a basic understanding of Quickbooks account registers.
1. Open the account register.
2. For all versions except QuickBooks Online – Select the "1-Line" checkbox at the bottom of the register window.
3. For QuickBooks Online:
a. Click the Customize button on the left hand side of the screen.
b. In the Customize Register dialog box, check the box for "Show on one line instead of two."
Works For:
All versions of Quickbooks
Carol Dubs, CPA
QuickBooks ProAdvisor
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Two-Winged Attackers
In this modern era of super-sponges it's a huge advantage to be able to attack effectively from both wings. There was a time (back when I was learning to play) that many players mostly attacked from one side - usually the forehand - and mostly played steady on the backhand, which is how I usually play. It's generally a mistake to develop your game that way; learn to attack from both sides.
However, a common problem for some is trying to rip winners from both wings, whether looping or smashing. This is a very difficult style to master. Even if you have the ability to rip shots both forehand and backhand, it's difficult to get both shots going at the same time. Instead, it's almost always better to focus on ripping winners from one side, and a steady attack on the other side with opportunistic rips when the shot is there. While more players rip on the forehand while playing the backhand as the steady attack side, there are many who do the reverse.
Even on the "ripping" side, you shouldn't rip everything that's potentially rippable, though of course take the shot if it's there. Unless the ball is really easy, in fact, it's almost always best to take a little off for consistency, so even your best smashes and loop kills might be at 80-90% power. But which ones should you rip?
The key is recognizing which shots are rippable and which are not. In general, there are three types of balls that should be put away:
What I Did Yesterday
This past weekend I ran the Butterfly MDTTC October Open. (See the story, photos, and results in my blog yesterday.) Here's what I did yesterday (straight from my todo list, with these items now crossed off), mostly TT related, much of it tournament related. I had only one hour of coaching scheduled, but the student was sick and cancelled. (I just realized that I never left my house yesterday, unless you count letting my dog in and out.) Yeah, this was my day off....
Scoring Against Ariel
Here's an article in yesterday's issue of Slate called "Smashed: My quest to win a point against one of the world's best table tennis players." The author relates his attempt to score a single point against U.S. Women's Champion and Olympian Ariel Hsing.
Forget Multi-ball - it's Chinese Multi-table-ball! Here's the video (3:43). I've done this at my club in the past, though not recently. Time to revive these types of drills?
Point of the European Championships
Here's the last point of the quarterfinal match between eventual champion for the sixth time Timo Boll of Germany (the lefty) and Andrej Gacina of Croatia. The video (2:36) replays the point in slow motion.
Photos from the European Championships
Here's a photo album (347 photos) from the European Championships that finished this past weekend in Herning, Denmark. (As noted in my blog yesterday and last week, here are ITTF articles on it, and here's the home page for the event, with complete results.)
500 MPH Ping-Pong Ball Cannon
In this video (6:49), Professor Harold Stokes uses a ping-pong cannon to demonstrate to his physics class the effects of air pressure. He puts a ping-pong ball into a sealed tube, pumps out all the air, and then punctures one side. The air rushes in, and shoots the ball out the other side at 500mph. He does it three times in the video, but the ball moves too fast to see, and ends up shattered each time. The second time he shoots it through a piece of plywood (leaving a ping-pong ball sized hole). The third time he uses a human target - himself! You get to see the welt at the end.
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Tip of the Week
Turn Opponents into Puppets with Long Serves.
MDTTC October Open
I ran the MDTTC Open this weekend, a rather exhausting ordeal since I also did four hours of coaching. Here is my write-up and results of the event, followed by the usual blog stuff.
$2600 Butterfly MDTTC October Open
MarylandTable Tennis Center
Gaithersburg, MD • Oct. 20-21, 2012
By Larry Hodges
This month there were extra large trophies waiting for winners of most of the Sunday events, in addition to $2600 in prize money mostly given out in Saturday events at the October Open at the Maryland Table Tennis Center. The larger trophies went over very well, and hopefully will attract more players in our next tournament, sometime early in 2013.
Wang Qing Liang, rated 2621, defended his title from last month, once again defeating fellow MDTTC coach Chen Bo Wen, rated 2516, in another 4-2 battle, this time at -9,10,-9,7,8,5. There's an old adage that choppers tend to get better as the match goes on as they adjust to the opponent's attack, and that's exactly what happened. By the end of the match there seemed no way to get through Wang's chopping defense, and his forehand loop was as spectacular as ever when he'd swoop in against a push or counterloop from off the table. Chen had actually spit matches with Wang at the recent Badger Open, knocking Wang's rating down from the 2642 he'd achieved mostly from making the semifinals of Men's Singles at the U.S. Open. Wang won $1000 to Chen's $400.
Both had semifinal battles. Former MDTTC junior star Richard Lee (rated 2424 and the long-time owner of North American Table Tennis) led 10-9 and 11-10 in the first (going for the possibly the most powerful forehand rip in the history of the universe at 11-10 that just missed) and 10-8 in the second before losing at 11,10,7,8. In the other semifinals, Larry Abass (rated 2320) came from way behind to win the first against Chen, and then made it to deuce in the fifth game, but in between it was all two-winged looping penholder Chen, winning at -9,4,5,4,10. Abass, who also used to be a big two-winged looper (but shakehand style), is now using one millimeter sponge on his backhand, which he uses to backhand loop against backspin but mostly chop against topspin. He caught both Chen and many spectators by surprise with his excellent chopping game, including Raghu Nadmichettu in the quarterfinals. Between him and Wang, the chopping game is alive and well in Maryland. Lee and Abass each pocketed $200 for the semifinals.
Hung Duy Vo, who'd lost the final of Under 2350 last month (to Raghu Nadmichettu), mostly dominated Under 2300 this month for $200, defeating Nasruddin Asgarali (who won $100) in the final, -8,11,6,8, and Roy Ke (age 13, rated 2188) in the semifinals, 7,7,-7,5. Asgarali took out Lixin Lang in the semifinals, 8,-10,6,4, allowing him to return to his greatly appreciated help at the desk.
Chen Qiming won Under 2150 ($150), 7,7,-10,-9,4 over Arsha Kuds ($75), whose comeback from down 0-2 in games fell short. But Kuds then surprised everyone by making the quarterfinals of the Open with wins over Hung Duy Vo and Lixin Lang. Both finalists did Houdini comebacks in the semifinals, with Chen coming back against Lilly Lin, -5,-8,7,11,6, and Kuds against Richard Bowling, -9,-7,6,9,6.
The semifinals of Under 2000 was a battle of experienced veterans against aspiring juniors, with the veterans prevailing in five as Mahesh Balagangadhar defeated Jason Wei (14), 5,-7,5,-6,8, and Gordon Gregg defeated Amy Lu (U.S. #3 Under 12 girl at 1852), 4,-8,7,-7,9. In the final, it was Balagangadhar ($100) over Gregg ($50) with his Seemiller grip variation that seems to give junior players so much trouble.
Mohamed Kamara won $80 by defeating Princess Ke ($40 for the U.S. #4 Under 12 girl at 1821 until she turned 12 in August) in the final of Under 1850, -9,6,11,-9,6.
Timothy La, with his two-winged smashing game, seems to like to go five games. This month he changed the trend from last month (where he kept losing five-gamers), to prevailing deuce in the fifth, defeating David Goldstein in the Under 1600 final, -8,7,4,-8,11, and stopping Alexander Beaulieu's comeback in the semifinals, 8,9,-9,-12,12. In the other semifinal, Goldstein defeated Kyle Wang, 3,-8,4,9, to the great relief of the control desk, since Kyle was holding up many matches by making the semifinals here, and also...
...winning Under 1350 over Michael Zangwill, 7,7,11. Kyle, 13, had a semifinal battle with Daniel Yang (12), -9,4,9,-4,6, while Zangwill defeated an exhausted Ken Chia in the other semifinals, 4,4,2. Why was Ken Chia exhausted?
Leon Bi won Under 1100, exhausting the inexhaustible Ken Chia in the final, 5,8,6. Leon, however, could only lament how he'd been in a three-way tie to advance out of both his Under 1350 and Under 1600 round robins, only to finish in third each time by a single game as two advanced. Not bad for a 12-year-old with a rating of 637 before a full summer of training!
Special thanks goes to tournament sponsors Butterfly and Llewellyn Realtor James Wu.
(NOTE - Click on the names below for a photo of the finalists, or all four semifinalists in the Open.)
Open - Final: Wang Qing Liang d. Chen Bo Wen, -9,10,-9,7,8,5; SF: Wang d. Richard Lee, 11,10,7,8; Chen d. Larry Bass, -9,4,5,4,10; QF: Wang d. Richard Doverman, 4,10,9; Lee d. Nathan Hsu, 6,6,6; Abass d. Raghu Nadmichettu, 6,6,8; Chen d. Arsha Kuds, 8,17.
Under 2300 - Final: Hung Duy Vo d. Nasruddin Asgarali, -8,11,6,8; SF: Vo d. Roy Ke, 7,7,-7,5; Asgarali d. Lixin Lang, 8,-10,6,4.
Under 2150 - Final: Chen Qiming d. Arsha Kuds, 7,7,-10,-9,4; SF: Chen d. Lilly Lin, -5,-8,7,11,6; Kuds d. Richard Bowling, -9,-7,6,9,6.
Under 2000 - Final: Mahesh Balagangadhar d. Gordon Gregg, 10,8,-10,8; SF: Balagangadhar d. Jason Wei, 5,-7,5,-6,8; Gregg d. Amy Lu, 4,-8,7,-7,9.
Under 1850 - Final: Mohamed Kamara d. Princess Ke, -9,6,11,-9,6; SF: Kamara d. Mort Greenberg, 9,4,11; Ke d. Tony Li, 8,4,3.
Under 1600 - Final: Timothy La d. David Goldstein, -8,7,4,-8,11; SF: La d. Alexander Beaulieu, 8,9,-9,-12,12; Goldstein d. Kyle Wang, 3,-8,4,9.
Under 1350 - Final: Kyle Wang d. Michael Zangwill, 7,7,11; SF: Wang d. Daniel Yang, -9,4,9,-4,6; Zangwill d. Ken Chia, 4,4,2.
Under 1100 - Final: Leon Bi d. Ken Chia, 5,8,6; SF: Bi d. Douglas Harley, 2,7,7; Chia d. Michael Borek, -4,8,-7,7,4.
European Championships
The European Championships, though of course somewhat upstaged by the MDTTC Open, were held this weekend in Herning, Denmark. Timo Boll of Germany won Men's Singles for the sixth time, this time over surprise finalist Ruiwu Tan of Croatia, while Viktoria Pavlovich of Belarus won Women's Singles for the second time, over Yi Fang Xian of France. Here are ITTF articles on it, and here's the home page for the event, with complete results.
Simple Tactical Advice
"Tactics isn't about finding complex strategies to defeat an opponent. Tactics is about sifting through all the zillions of possible tactics and finding a few simple ones that work." This is the advice I regularly give. I've expanded on this in my upcoming book, "Table Tennis Tactics: A Thinker's Guide," which will be out in December.
Rajul Sheth for Silicon Valley Entrepreneurship of the Year Award
He's one of the nine nominees - go here to vote!!! The awards will be presented on Nov. 18. Here's a description of the award: "Silicon Valley Awards 2012 'Making a Difference' is all about the people who live in Silicon Valley and who make a difference in one way or another to help the Valley grow and become a better and richer place, culturally and professionally. The objective of the SVA 2012 'Making a Difference,' is to recognize these individuals in Silicon Valley who epitomize the Silicon Valley culture, its philosophy; these people work in a way which creates successful endeavors.
ITTF Coaching Seminars in India
Here's another ITTF article about the last of the three ITTF Coaching Seminars run in India by USATT Coaching Chair Richard McAfee.
Pongcast Episode 17
Here's their latest video (12:07), this time showcasing the 2012 China National Championships and the 2012-2013 Chinese Super League. (Did you know the Chinese Super League was originally put together by Xu Huazhang, the former Chinese National Team Member who lived in the U.S. for much of the 1990s, at one point achieving a rating of 2777? He lived and trained at MDTTC, and shared a house with me for two years.)
The Lord of the Ping?
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Developing Your Smash
So many players have this strange idea that the best way to develop a forehand or backhand smash is to, well, smash a lot. It seems to make sense, but isn't always the best way. I've seen this in student after student - they work on smashing by smashing a lot, and the balls spray all over the place as they ingrain the habit of spraying the ball all over the place. Smashing is, first and foremost, a precision shot, and if you practice smashing by spraying the ball all over the place, you are being counterproductive.
Instead, focus on driving the ball only at the pace that you can control, and develop the precision at that speed. As you get better, increase the speed. If you find yourself spraying the ball all over the place, take it down a notch. Precision comes from good technique and timing, and these are things you should work on at a pace you can control. Spraying the ball over the place is a great way to develop bad technique and poor timing. (I may expand this into a Tip of the Week.)
MDTTC Open - Last Chance
If you live within 100 miles of Gaithersburg, Maryland, then enter the MDTTC October Open this weekend or we will go online and steal rating points from you. Yes, we can do that. I'll take entries at least until 7PM tonight.
Here are the top seeds as of now:
Senior and Hardbat/Sandpaper Camps
The training camps at the Maryland Table Tennis Center are open to all ages and levels, but because we have so many junior players, they tend to be dominated by junior players. Most camps have a few non-juniors, but not many. So essentially we run junior camps.
I've been thinking about doing specialized camps for other groups, such as senior camps. Back in the 1990s for a few years we had senior camps, where you had to be over age 40 (though we let some "youngsters" in if we believed they were "old at heart"). Most of the attendees were in their 60s. For some reason, after filling the camp several years in a row, one year we had a small turnout, and we stopped running them. Perhaps we should bring them back? There are some differences in running a camp for seniors, besides the obvious fact that people tend to prefer training with their own age group. With juniors, you run them to death with footwork drills, and with faster and faster rallying drills as you work to increase their speed to beyond human recognition. That's not going to work with most 60-year-olds. Instead, they'd do more steady drills, focusing on control and ball placement, as well as variation. There's also more combination rackets, with lots of long pips, so we focus more on both playing with and against such rackets. There are also more choppers and blockers, so we coach a lot on playing with those styles and against them. We don't teach too many 60-year-olds to race around the court looping everything.
Another camp I'm toying with running would be one for hardbat and sandpaper. There's been a strong hardbat movement in the U.S. since the late 1990s, and now sandpaper play is on the rise, to the great consternation of many, including the upcoming $100,000 World Championship of Ping Pong. I'm a many-time national hardbat champion and pretty handy with sandpaper as well, and more importantly, I understand how you play with these rackets from a coaching point of view, so perhaps it's time to run a camp and teach these techniques? At the very least, it'll give a chance for hardbat and sandpaper aficionados to train together.
European Championships - Michael Maze vs. Stefan Fegerl
The European Championships are in Herning, Denmark this year, Oct. 17-21. Here's the home page (in English). Here's the Men's Singles Draw and the Women's Singles draw. And here's a video (8:19, with the time between points removed) of a nice first round match (in the main draw, after the preliminaries), where Stefan Fegerl of Austria (world #131, European #53) upsets Michael Maze of Denmark (the lefty, world #15, European #4), 5,7,7,-10,-10,8.
Table Tennis Nation Uncovers the Canadian Scandal
Eugene Zhen Wang, the top-ranked player in North America, had his Canadian citizenship rushed through for the Olympics, according to this article at Table Tennis Nation. Perhaps the U.S. should invite the Chinese team over, and hold them hostage while we rush through their U.S. citizenship.
Angry Ball
Don't mess with this 3-star ball.
Circular Table Tennis Triples
I'm not going to describe it. Just see the picture.
Non-Table Tennis - Buzzy Story
Today my story "Running with the Dead" went online at Buzzy Magazine, one of the highest paying science fiction & fantasy markets in the U.S. This is the story of a dead kid who wants to attend high school and run as a miler on the track team. He faces not only public pressure to quit - the country is mostly against letting dead people attend school - but also the captain of the track team and leader of the "Mile Mafia," the very person who murdered him one year before. Here's the first paragraph:
Ben closed his eyes as he jogged on the bike path through the forest, enjoying the cool misty early-morning breeze on his dead flesh. He could feel his dried-up heart loosely bouncing up and down inside his chest cavity in rhythm to his long strides. Toby, his pet mouse, squeaked in protest as he anchored himself deep inside his hole in Ben's stomach, his claws dug firmly into the lining. It tickled.
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Celebrities Playing Table Tennis
I've updated the Celebrities Playing Table Tennis page, with 11 new celebrities and 14 new pictures, bringing the totals up to 1285 pictures of 1285 celebrities. (Some pictures have multiple celebrities, so numbers below may appear not to add up.) New this month (and "new" means I already had pictures of that celebrity, but have put up new ones):
Serve practice
I think the best way to do it, and way I do it (including a lot recently) is to practice one serve motion and one spin, depth, and placement variation at a time. After you've done a bunch of that one, do another variation with that motion. When you've practiced all the spin, depth, and placement variations for that motion, then practice doing them randomly. If you have trouble controlling one of them, go back and practice it until you have control of it, then go back to serving them randomly. When all this is done, move to the next service motion, and repeat. At the very end, randomly practice all the variations with all the motions.
A few important points. First, don't get in the habit of rapid-fire serving. Visualize each serve in your head before you do it, and make sure your execution matches what you visualize, including where it bounces on your side of the table, how it breaks, etc. Second, you should also practice subtle differences in the serves. For example, vary your follow-through on each serve to throw opponents off. On a forehand pendulum serve, sometimes follow through down, sometimes sideways, sometimes up. If you don't practice it, you won't be able to do it effectively in a match. Third, don't forget fast & deep serves. They take a disproportionate amount of time to develop the timing, and so put in extra practice with them.
Crazy inside-out sidespin by Wang Liqin
It's only nine seconds long, but if you want to learn how to loop inside-out with crazy inside-out sidespin, this is the video to watch. Shown at full speed and in slow motion, from two angles.
Pongcast Videos
Iran pulls out of "Ping-Pong Diplomacy"
North and South Korea, and India and Pakistan are all competing in Monaco in this modern version of Ping-Pong Diplomacy run by the Monaco-based Peace and Sport, but Iran has pulled out, with no reason given. Other teams competing are USA, China, Japan, Russia, France, and Qatar. Here's the ESPN article.
Big Ping-Pong
When I say Big Ping-Pong, I mean BIG PING-PONG. Watch this video (0:43), and see if you agree.
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The most under-used serves
Do you see a pattern?
Doing the journey and heavy backspin
Once again while coaching yesterday "doing the journey" was one of the most interesting things for new players learning to serve with sidespin. What is "doing the journey"? For a righty, you place a box or other target on the far right corner of the table. (Where a righty opponent's backhand would be.) You have your player stand by his forehand court on the right. Then he serves a forehand pendulum serve so it bounces on his backhand court (on the left), goes over the net and bounces on the far left court, then curves to the right and hits or goes into the box. After his lesson was done, one kid spent roughly forever practicing this. (He made several, had lots of close calls.)
Another good exercise is to practice serving backspin so the ball comes back into the net. When first learning to do this, it helps to serve high. As you get better and better you can serve it lower and lower. One key thing to remember is that this is practice in learning to put backspin on the ball. In a real game, the "ideal" backspin serve would drive out a bit more, so that (if given the chance) the second bounce would be near the end-line, and that it would then bounce off. But it's great fun to serve slow, heavy backspin, and watch the ball practically slam backwards into the net!
European Championships
The European Championships (Oct. 8-16) are taking place, and you can watch it live! (Well, you can watch it live while play is actually going on.)
Lots of videos
Here's a whole bunch of videos I saw posted somewhere a while back. Take a look - lots of good stuff!
"Green" ping-pong
The new Spin Galactic paddles - translucent green! (And you thought this was going to be something about Kermit the frog, who, in case you didn't know, has eyes made from ping-pong ball halves - see second sentence.)
Marty Reisman Music Video
Yes, a Marty Reisman Music Video! Okay, it's actually the music video for "Superpowers" by Anthony Cruz featuring Julian Diaz. Marty shows up at 2:44 in this 4:45 video, and stays around for 36 seconds. (What, you don't know who Marty Reisman is? Shame on you! He's the one in the white hat.)
The first sponge - Hiroji Satoh in 1952
And while we're on the subject of Marty Reisman, here's vintage footage and narration by Marty and others on the first sponge player - Hiroji Satoh at the 1952 Worlds (4:01).
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"Tainted Love" is originally a soul tune, written by Ed Cobb and recorded by Gloria Jones in 1965. It was with synth pop duo Soft Cell it became a worldwide hit though, when they recorded it in 1981 and released it a single. It went to number one in several countries and was also included on debut album Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret.
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The Elder Scrolls Online: Murkmire
A large expansion pack for The Elder Scrolls Online, which is set in the Argonian homeland. In Murkmire, you can gain the trust of the Argonians, explore Black Marsh and the Xanmeer pyramids ruins, and discover the secret of the Hist, the land's conscious trees.
This is The Elder Scrolls Online expansion pack.
developer: ZeniMax Online Studios
publisher: Bethesda Softworks
Game mode: massive online multiplayer
Multiplayer mode: Internet
Murkmire is an expansion pack the MMORPG The Elder Scrolls Online. Like the previous large add-ons, this one allows you to experience a new adventure in the previously unavailable part of the Empire. The DLC was developed by the creators of the base game and other expansions, ZeniMax Online.
The Elder Scrolls Online: Murkmire is set in the homeland of Argonians (reptilian people). During the game you can not only gain their trust, explore Black Marsh and the Xanmeer pyramids ruins, but also discover the secret of the so-called Hist, intelligent gigantic trees, existing since ancient times.
The Elder Scrolls Online: Murkmire adds a new area, whose size is comparable to that of Summerset Island from the previous DLC, and many new missions and side quests. Moreover, you can face previously unseen boss enemies and participate in PvP duels in a special arena.
Technical aspects
Murkmire is not a standalone expansion, and so it requires The Elder Scrolls Online base game to run. The DLC does not introduce any changes to the visuals or the sound layer.
PEGI Rating
System requirements
PC / Windows
Recommended: Intel Core i5-2300 2.8 GHz / AMD FX-4350 4.2 GHz, 8 GB RAM, graphic card 2 GB GeForce GTX 750 / Radeon HD 7850 or better, 85 GB HDD, Windows 7 64-bit
Minimum: Intel Core i3-540 3.06 GHz / AMD A6-3620 2.2 GHz, 3 GB RAM, graphic card 1 GB GeForce GTX 460 / Radeon HD 6850 or better, 85 GB HDD, Windows 7 64-bit


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Metals Type: Zinc Alloy
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How to use
Crimp bead is used to secure a loop on a piece of jewelry so it can be attached to other components. Here is a tutorial on how to use the crimp bead.
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Today's Scripture:
From there Jesus traveled to Judea and beyond the Jordan River; He taught the crowds who gathered as was His custom.
2 Some Pharisees came to Him to test Him on His adherence to the law of Moses.
Pharisees: Is it lawful for a husband to divorce his wife?
Jesus: 3 What did Moses say to you?
Pharisees: 4 Moses permitted us to write a certificate of dismissal and divorce her.[a]
Jesus: 5 Moses gave you this law as a concession because of the hardness of your hearts. 6 But truly, God created humans male and female in the beginning.[b] 7 As it is written in the Hebrew Scriptures, "For this reason, a man will leave his father and mother [to marry his wife],[c] 8 and the two of them will become one flesh and blood."[d] So they are no longer two people, but one. 9 What God has joined together in this way, no one may sever.
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