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CHAOS CREW iRacing Team Preparing for the NASCAR PEAK Antifreeze iRacing Series Playoffs
Richmond Raceway eSports continues to be at the forefront of the eSports scene in NASCAR. The inaugural CHAOS CREW iRacing Team is preparing for the final races of the 2018 NASCAR PEAK Antifreeze iRacing Series (NPAiS), and looking towards the playoffs. Currently, three members of the CHAOS CREW are in playoff contention.
As the NAPiS season comes to a close, Michael Conti, driver of the 4FRONT No. 5, and Nick Ottinger, driver of the Federated Auto Parts 400 No. 18, are currently in the top eight in the point standings. Logan Clampitt, driver of the Richmond Raceway #46 resides in ninth place just outside the playoffs.
"As we grow closer to the 2018 NASCAR PEAK Antifreeze iRacing Series Playoffs, we see ourselves in a pretty precarious position. We're in the playoffs, but not by much," said Michael Conti, 2014 NAPiS Champion and driver of the 4FRONT No. 5. "It has been an up-and-down year, but after strong runs at Chicagoland and Sonoma, we're confident we can get the #5 to the forefront and in championship form by the time we get to Indianapolis."
Conti has two top five and five top ten finishes along with one pole on the NAPiS season. Ottinger won the opening race of the NAPiS season at Daytona International Speedway, and has one top five and three top ten finishes. Clampitt has four top ten finishes and one pole on the NAPiS season.
"Heading into the final three races before our playoffs, we feel like we've made a lot of progress through the mid-portion of the season," said Nick Ottinger, driver of the Federated Auto Parts 400 No. 18 Toyota Camry. "Our team has worked extremely hard to find pace to contend to stay in the top eight in points. Along with Michael Conti, we have run extremely well at New Hampshire and I fully expect our CHAOS CREW teammate, Logan Clampitt, to keep the pressure on us to stay in the top eight next week."
"It'll be tough to beat my fellow competitors and CHAOS CREW teammates Michael Conti and Nick Ottinger for a playoff spot in the final three races, but if with a little bit of luck I think we can do it," said Logan Clampitt, driver of the Richmond Raceway #46 Toyota Camry.
After the cut-off race at Bristol Motor Speedway on August 21, the top eight drivers from the point standings will go on to compete in the playoffs. The season finale will take place at Homestead-Miami Speedway on October 23.
The other half of the CHAOS CREW iRacing Team also remain in contention. Marcus Richardson of the #1 TOYOTA OWNERS 400 Toyota Camry is in 15th place with one top five and one top ten finish, Brian Schoenburg of the #55 HeymanHustle.com Toyota Camry is in 17th place with one top five and three top ten finishes, and Jimmy Mullis of the #27 RacingVirginia.com Toyota Camry is in 19th place with two top five and four top ten finishes on the NAPiS season.
The NAPiS Playoffs consist of the final five races in the series and begins at Indianapolis Motor Speedway on September 11. If a driver wins in the first four playoff races, he will automatically advance to the final race at Homestead. If no drivers in the playoffs win, then the top four in the points standings will move on to Homestead. The top finisher out of the four will be crowned the champion and win $10,000.
The playoffs will wrap up a successful first season of the CHAOS CREW. Team members have collected one checkered flag, and competed towards the front each week. The season started at Daytona International Speedway in February and has progressed throughout the year following a similar schedule as the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series.
The NASCAR PEAK Antifreeze iRacing Series is iRacing's World Championship series officially sanctioned by NASCAR. The series features the world's most elite oval sim-racers competing on a simulated version of the actual real-world NASCAR tracks and Gen6 cars available on iRacing.
Rounds run every other Tuesday night starting at 9 p.m. (ET). Each round is broadcast live to the general public on iRacing Live, with coverage provided by RaceSpot TV. The next NAPiS race is Tuesday, July 24 at New Hampshire Motor Speedway. For the full 2018 NPAiS schedule, visit iracing.com.
Stay up to date with the CHAOS CREW iRacing Team throughout the 2018 NPAiS season, by following the team on Twitter at @CHAOSCREWRVA.
Richmond Raceway 2018 NASCAR Season
NASCAR returns for Richmond's inaugural Fall Playoff Race Weekend, presented by Who's Your Driver, with the Go Bowling 250 NASCAR Xfinity Series Playoff race, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Pole Qualifying, and Federated Auto Parts 400 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series Playoff race on Sept. 21-22. Dale Earnhardt Jr. will make his return to competition in the Go Bowling 250. The track will also make history with the grand opening of the DC Solar FanGrounds as part of Richmond Raceway Reimagined (Reimagined), a $30 million infield redevelopment project. To learn more about Reimagined, visit richmondracewayreimagined.com.
The Pro All Stars Series (PASS) will run the inaugural PASS Commonwealth Classic on Saturday, October 20 at Richmond. The race will be the penultimate race of the PASS National Championship Series. PASS Super Late Models will headline the day with feature events for Tour-Type Modifieds, Late Model Stocks, Limited Late Models, and Street Stocks. To learn more, visit richmondraceway.com or proallstarsseries.com.
Tickets for the Fall Playoff Race Weekend, presented by Who's Your Driver, and PASS Commonwealth Classic are available for purchase in-person at the Richmond Ticket Office, via phone at 866-455-7223, or online at richmondraceway.com.
Stay connected to Richmond Raceway on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, Snapchat and YouTube, and by downloading the Richmond Raceway mobile app for Apple or Android.
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I love watching that show. The complete pandemonium that ensues is hilarious, and I find myself smiling the entire time and thinking it would be so cool to get all that loot. At the end of the show, Oprah gave everybody the new VW Beetle. A new car. Do you have any idea as to how much we could use a new car? (Well, not even new so much as A car, ANY CAR, really...) I thought - that would be so great! And I was really happy for those people. I'm sure that all of them could have used a new car (and a little pick-me-up) as well.
Closing up the show, Oprah said something along the lines of "This show isn't intended to be about 'the stuff'. It was never meant to be about 'the stuff'. I just wanted to show people that sometimes magic can come into your life when you least expect it."
(Okay, that was a lame paraphrase, but stay with me. I do have a point ...at least, I think I do...?)
I immediately thought of these two.
I have magic in my life every day.
No, better than magic, I have miracles.
It was this exact time last year that a little (microscopic, even) miracle was burrowing deep inside my belly...at the time, and I didn't even know just how much I had to be thankful for on that Thanksgiving. Most days, I still can't believe it. I can honestly say that as Oprah concluded her show, I thought to myself- "Wow, I am a receiver of some of that magic she's talking about. And I don't need any 'stuff'. I have everything I could have ever hoped for right here." And that's the dang truth. After5 years of pain, and struggle and living with the ugly (and I'm talkin' u.g.l.y.) shadow of "not knowing"...
I have sons (That's with an 'S' on the end, people. An 'S'! That 'S' is very important.)
Brothers, even.
Two people that will now have one another to lean on as they go through this thing called life. And the added bonus? With a big ole seven year gap standing like a sentinel between them, these two actually seem to (dare I say it...?) LIKE each other. Life is good. Oh so very good.
And in this, the very season of miracles, I already feel like my cup overfloweth.
And it feels pretty dang good.
Sure, it might be nice to drive something other than a pedophile van... someday. But, I'm not gonna lie. Having an extra set of wiggly toes at our dining room table?
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The mission of the Food In Neighborhoods Community Coalition (FIN) is to support community efforts to build a just, healthy, and sustainable food system.
The members of the Food In Neighborhoods Community Coalition are developing a new website and need a new logo to go with it! As a community coalition, we invite YOU, our community of friends, artists, advocates, and graphic designers to join our logo contest! The winner will receive a local food gift basket and be promoted on the FIN website, facebook page, and at the LFPL How-To Festival on May 12, 2018!
How to Enter:
- Design a logo that represents FIN and its mission. Read below for more information about FIN and logo ideas from our membership.
- You may submit up to 3 logos or versions. Please submit a scalable vector graphic or high-resolution PNG graphic; black and white, white, and/or color for our website, brochure, and other marketing materials.
- Send your logo(s) to firstname.lastname@example.com by Monday, April 23 and include your name and phone number in your e-mail.
- Logos will be voted on by Food In Neighborhoods members during the week of April 23.
The FIN logo will be used to represent the work of FIN on the FIN website, promotional materials, signage at events, social media, FIN branded t-shirts/water bottles/stickers, etc.
We ask that all logo ideas are developed and shared by Monday, April 23, 2018. FIN leadership will then share the top logo options with FIN membership to vote on during the week of April 23.
File Specifications:
File Type: Scalable Vector Graphic and/or high-resolution PNG
Community Process:
FIN is committed to communal decision making. The members of FIN were asked in a survey to offer feedback on what logo concepts should be included in FIN's new logo. The question we asked was:
"What phrases, ideas, images, and colors best represent Food In Neighborhoods to you? For example, 'Food for all' or 'Healthy, affordable food' or 'People power' or visual images such as 'Joined hands' or 'Vegetables' or 'Louisville skyline' or 'People with fists up.' List as many as you wish…"
The responses to these questions are attached. We look forward to seeing your creative interpretation of this feedback. Designers are welcome to submit multiple logos.
For Additional Information or Clarification:
Please submit logos by: Monday, April 23, 2018
Submit developed logos via email to: email@example.com
Please Contact: Rachel Brunner, FIN Member
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More about FIN:
The Food In Neighborhoods Community Coalition was formed in 2011 as a community food policy council. FIN supports local efforts and initiates collaborative projects in urban agriculture, food and agricultural policy and advocacy, and food justice and food access in Louisville, KY. FIN membership currently includes Louisville citizens and volunteers and staff from:
Guiding Feedback and Suggestions for FIN's New Logo:
Images • Guiding Phrases • Colors • General Suggestions
- Skyline
- Louisville skyline with farm tools mixed in with the buildings;
- Louisville skyline, greenery, vegetation
- Vegetables growing along a street scape; buildings that are made of vegetables
- People in a garden, with skyline in the background
- Skyline image
- maybe with Louisville skyline with vegetables and people and houses (but unique from other Louisvile skyline logos)
- Veggies/ Fruit / healthy grocery basket
- Veggies
- Veggies Abound, Veggies All Around
- plot w lots of veg
- Fists
- Fists up, clasping veggies!
- Multiple hands holding vegetables; power fist holding a vegetable
- People with fists clenching veggies!
- Hands Joined
- Food for all/ healthy food for all, hands joined together
- Helping with healthy food while holding hands
- People power, joined hands.
- Text
- Just use the name of the organization "Louisville Food In Neighborhoods Community Coalition"
- More text than images, simple, (Toronto and Pittsburgh policy council logos)
- Food In Neighborhoods,
- Food In Neighborhoods written out
- Other
- Images that incorporate people AND food (not one or the other)
- Maybe use abstract circles or swirls to show action and connection.
- A pyramid (like the FDA one but with the benefits of a local food economy)
Guiding Phrases:
- I am a fan of images that represent the power of people to make change.
- Health, environment, food production and community
- I like "Healthy, affordable food"
- Food Justice, Culturally Appropriate, Food Access, Nourishment, Public Health, Empowerment, Community Engagement
- Community-controlled, fresh and affordable
- food for all
- healthy affordable food for all
General Suggestions:
- Keep it simple and make sure it scales well.
- I would keep it simple
- I would not add a tagline to the logo (e.g. food for all).
- Finding an image will be challenging because of the diversity of this coalition. Abstract concepts are especially hard — food justice, collaboration, neighborhood, local, residents, access, agriculture, buy local, connect.
- Food plants and people are all fine images but it take so long to communicate a complex idea and agree on one in an image that I'm a big fan of just deciding to use the name and using text in a graphic an interesting way with a simple an image as possible. It's easier to pick from pre-selected images that get it what we're doing then to suppose them without selling them😉
- Simple
Questions? Want to get more involved in FIN? E-mail us at firstname.lastname@example.com! Thank you!


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Last night, my dorm had a pot party. We actually painted the pots. I decided to make my pot a Les Mis-themed plot. But what does my pot have to do with Les Mis? For those not familiar with Les Mis, Les Mis (otherwise known as Les Misérables) started out as a novel by Victor Hugo and eventually became a highly successful musical.
On this pot, the red and blue painted on this pot is supposed to represent France. That is due to the fact that red and blue are two colors on the French flag. The red could even signify the June Rebellion of 1832 and love. The polka dots represent the positive and negative nature of Les Mis. The black polka dots represent the tragic nature of Les Mis. The yellow polka dots represent the spirituality of Les Mis. Due to the yellow polka dots shining through and standing out compared to the black dots signifies just how strong the spirituality of Les Mis is. The middle section where you have two lines of yellow really signifies the fact that the spirituality of Les Mis does stand out. The spirituality of Les Mis is important to the heartbreaking nature. The flower planted in the pot signifies the fact that something really beautiful and unique comes out of Les Mis.


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Rowling'll make Potter seek missing child
J K Rowling is helping in the hunt for Madeleine McCann by putting the child's face on bookmarks of the final Potter book.books Updated: Jun 04, 2007 17:23 IST
Harry Potter author J K Rowling is reportedly helping in the hunt for Madeline McCann, who disappeared last month while on holiday with her parents in Portugal, by putting bookmarks with the face of the little girl in the final Potter novel.
J K Rowling had already donated an astounding $3 million to a reward fund to ensure the safe return of the little girl, who disappeared on May 3 from the McCanns' rented holiday apartment in the Algarve resort of Praia da Luz.
The English writer not only donated the largest amount, but also reportedly requested the authorities not to make a hullabaloo about it.
Madeline's father said that he and his wife were thinking about putting their daughter's photo on bookmarks, and added that an author like Rowling would be of great help, as she has a massive readership and appeal.
"There has been some indirect contact with her. We are thinking about getting bookmarks with Madeleine's photographs and getting the author's agreement. Someone like J K Rowling has got massive appeal and a Harry Potter book would be ideal," the National Ledger quoted him, as saying.
Madeline disappeared after her parents left her, her brother and sister, both aged two, alone while they went to a nearby restaurant within their hotel complex at Praia da Luz.
Other celebs who have contributed for the fund are Virgin company owner Sir Richard Branson and Pop Idol, The X Factor and American Idol judge Simon Cowell.
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The Wolf Among Us Premiere Trailer
The Wolf Among Us premiere trailer is here! Telltale Games has finally unleashed a very intriguing trailer for the game, based on the critically acclaimed comic book series, Fables. And unless you've been living under a rock, you know that The Wolf Among Us is being developed by the very same developers and story-masters who've created the award-winning Walking Dead games. Feast (no pun intended) your eyes on the debut trailer.


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Our social workers throw their heart and soul into transforming the lives of young people and their families. They genuinely love the challenge that every day brings.
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But we aren't what you might think a typical local government organisation looks like. We understand the work you do on a daily basis and we provide the support you need to make a difference to children throughout Cambridgeshire and Peterborough.
You could benefit from a relocation package of up to £8,000, generous annual leave entitlement and pension scheme, flexible working, and excellent training and career progression.
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Manufacturer: Cipla Pharmaceuticals Limited manufactures Novamox Rediuse.
The uses of Novamox Rediuse include:Amoxicillin is a penicillin-type antibiotic used to treat a wide variety of bacterial infections. It works by stopping the growth of bacteria.
This antibiotic treats only bacterial infections. It will not work for viral infections (e.g., common cold, flu). Unnecessary use or overuse of any antibiotic can lead to its decreased effectiveness.
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Shake the bottle well before each dose. Take this medication by mouth with or without food, usually every 8 or 12 hours, or as directed by the doctor.
You may add this medicine to formula, milk, juice, water, or ginger ale and drink it immediately.
Drink plenty of fluids while using this medication unless your doctor tells you otherwise.
Antibiotics work best when the amount of medicine in your body is kept at a constant level. Therefore, take this drug at evenly spaced intervals.
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Nigeria vs Tunisia: Super Eagles coach blames Akpeyi for Mahrez's goal
Super Eagles goalkeeping coach, Alloy Agu, has blamed Daniel Akpeyi's positioning, for Riyad Mahrez's last-minute winner, in the 2-1 loss to Algeria in the semi-final of the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations.
With the game poised at 1-1 and heading for extra time, Wilfred Ndidi conceded a free-kick on the edge of the box to the left of Akpeyi's goal.
Mahrez stood behind the ball to the left, with Mehdi Zeffane to the right and Akpeyi arranged his wall to protect the left part of his goal.
However, the Kaizer Chiefs stopper then stood behind the wall, leaving ample space to his right, which Mahrez duly exploited to score the winner.
"First you have to look at the position where the infringement is being committed, and the first point is that you place your wall so that you can have a viewpoint [and] a direct contact with the ball. That is the first thing you have to do – you have a direct contact with the ball no matter the wall you have put in place, you must have a direct view with the ball.
"Secondly, you have to wait, you don't move before the ball is being kicked – you wait for the ball, what makes you to move is the ball. Therefore, the second thing you need to do is you wait for the ball to be kicked. The moment the ball is kicked, because you're having a direct contact with the ball then you can now react," Agu told BusyBuddies.
Agu also implied that Akpeyi was badly positioned for Mahrez's strike and said going forward, more work will be put in to ensure that the goalkeepers under his tutelage understand positioning.
"So, when you have that kind of situation in the near future, what we need to do as we continue to advocate, is that you form your wall and you are not behind your wall – you are in contact with the ball and also you take your action the moment the ball is kicked, then you react.
"You don't have to go before the ball you react immediately after the ball has been kicked because you can see, where the ball is going to," he added.


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Welcome to the book blitz for BOOK OF ENCHANTRESS, the second book in the new adult fantasy romance series, Book of Watchers, by Mary Ting. See below for information on the book and series, buy links, an exclusive excerpt, and details on her giveaway.
About the Book – Read for Free with Kindle Unlimited
Title: BOOK OF ENCHANTRESS
Series: Book of Watchers #2
Author: Mary Ting
Release Date: February 21, 2019
Genre: New Adult Fantasy Romance
Links: Goodreads | Amazon | Amazon UK | Amazon CA | Amazon AU
Keira is convinced her guardian, Ezekiel, knows more than he shared about her biological parents, and she will do everything she can to find out who they were. She secretly meets the powerful witch Awan at a nightclub and is promised the answers she seeks on one condition: she retrieves the legendary Book of Enchantresses.
Keira, along with Uriel, Samyaza, Jonah, and her Nephilim friends, must travel to another realm in Gotjawal Forest on Jeju Island to recover the spell book.
But nothing is free, and actions have consequences. When Keira's team returns to their world, vampires attack a demon stronghold. No one knows who to blame, but the fragile peace has been rocked. And it's about to get worse—Lucifer has escaped Hell.
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A figure appeared—a long dark shadow. As the silhouette neared me, it shrank to about six feet. He was clad in a black suit, and his blazing fire eyes met mine.
"Hello, Uriel."
His cooing voice disgusted me. The clang told me weapons were drawn from those standing behind me.
"No greeting for your brother?"
I wanted to tear through his smirk.
"You don't deserve—"
"What? To be in your holy presence?"
Lucifer paced around us, examining us with those cunning, keen eyes. "Don't bother with your weapons, friends. They will do no good here. If I wanted you dead, you would already be. You're in my domain now."
I felt so helpless as rage gnawed at me. Never had I been at the mercy of this monster. Never had I ever been out of control.
I grabbed Lucifer by the throat and slammed him to the ground. "Give me the book, Lucifer. I've had enough of your games."
"Do it. Kill me. I dare you." Lucifer struggled to get the words out from under my vise grip.
Power surged and grew inside me. It begged for release, and I gave in.
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Book 1: BOOK OF WATCHERS
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International Bestselling Author Mary Ting/M. Clarke resides in Southern California with her husband and two children. She enjoys oil painting and making jewelry. Writing her first novel, Crossroads Saga, happened by chance. It was a way to grieve the death of her beloved grandmother, and inspired by a dream she once had as a young girl. When she started reading new adult novels, she fell in love with the genre. It was the reason she had to write one-Something Great. Why the pen name, M Clarke? She tours with Magic Johnson Foundation to promote literacy and her children's chapter book-No Bullies Allowed.
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Title: Tempest 4000
Genre: Arcade Shooter
Platforms: PS4, XB1, Steam PC
Player: Single Player
Publisher: Atari
Developer: Llamasoft
Price: $29.99 (PS4, XB1), $19.99 (Steam)
Website: Tempest4000.com
When Tempest was released in the arcades in 1981, Atari introduced some cutting edge changes to game play, including progressive level design that not only gave players increasing levels of difficulty, but also completely different board layouts on each level. Most games to this point presented one board and increased the games difficulty by increasing the speed, number, and movement of enemies.
Since the release of the original Tempest game for the arcade, there have been many ports as well as a few sequels released over the years, and the game has been included on gaming compilations, including the recent Atari Flashback 8 Gold, and Atari Flashback portable gaming consoles.
Jeff Minter of Llamasoft had previously developed two sequels of the game, which were named Tempest 2000, and Tempest 3000. The first being released for the Atari Jaguar in 1994. Atari and Jeff Minter recently joined forces again to develop a sequel, and keeping to the naming convention, they released Tempest 4000 for Playstation 4, Xbox One, as well as PC. Atari Edge took some time to review Tempest 4000, and once a player gets settled in, the game is fast paced entertainment, with a high replay factor.
At the start of the game, a player has the choice of playing one of 12 levels, all with a different starting bonus amount. Level 1 through 5 begins a player with 3 lives, and 6 through 12 begins a player with 4 lives. If a player starts on Level 1, there is a choice of Pure Mode or Survival Mode. Any level chosen to start after Level 1 defaults to a classic mode game play. Each level the player chooses to start at will provide that Levels bonus once the level is completed. If you choose to start at Level 0, you receive no bonus. The names that Jeff Minter and his team gave to the levels are fun to discover, and I will not ruin it for those who have not played the game, but I will tell you that my personal favorite level name so far is Syzygy, followed by Heavy Sixer, or maybe Basic Programming, owe well, I better stop there before I name them all.
Tip: When selecting a level, press left & right on the Dpad to move one level at a time, or press up & down to move through the levels by jumping 8 levels at a time
It took a few games to get used to the controls, as they appeared a little touchy, but once settled in, I quickly forgot about the struggle of the controls, and started getting into a groove with the game play. I started playing at Level 1 for a few games and worked my way through beating the levels 1-11 straight through a few times, and losing all my lives on Level 12, which appears to jump the difficulty up a few bars from the first 11 stages. After a few times of playing straight through, I began playing at Level 12, and beat it, opening up 13, which provides 1 Life and 486,400 Bonus Points when you restart a new game again at Level 13, and added difficulty as it switches the direction in which "The Claw" moves from the controller direction pressed. Each Level from 13 on can be opened up one at a time by defeating the last level you open. During my testing, I opened all levels to 23, and found each of the levels to be incredibly fun to play. Unlike other games of the genre where the game play continues to get increasingly difficult each stage, Tempest 4000 appears to give players a break as you increase in levels. I found that one level could appear difficult, followed by a level that was not as hard to beat.
Tempest 4000 also includes a local and online global high scores leader board, which adds to the games replay value. The leader board can be viewed from the game options. Press Y on the game pad to switch to the online high scores, and see how you stack up against other players. Press up and down on the D-pad to scroll through the rankings. Levels 13-22 start a player with 1 life and 486,400 through 870,810 bonus points. Once Level 23 is unlocked, the player starts with 2 lives, and 931,210 Bonus Points. This is where, as a player, you can start to see yourself climbing up the global leader charts, and the game also takes another large jump in difficulty. Tempest 4000 also includes player achievements. There are 21 achievements that can be unlocked. Achievements can be viewed and tracked in the game options. The high score leader board and achievements give the game more replay value than simply blasting through stages of enemy destruction.
Tempest 4000 looks amazing, and it is apparent that there was attention given to bringing this classic game to modern consoles without losing the original game play. As the game increases in difficulty, the action on the screen becomes somewhat of a fireworks display, and at times, it is hard to keep track of the claw. It is important to stay focused and not let your eyes get pulled away form the claw. The soundtracks that are included with the game fit well with the action of this updated classic shooter, and with three different sound tracks to choose from, there is variation in music for players to get in a groove. The volume controls for both the music and sound effects, as well as the players language can be adjusted in the game options.
Tip: At the level select, press Y on the game pad to switch through the three included sound tracks
As in the level names, I also enjoyed the different Atari slogans displayed on the Start Screen throughout the game. Two that jumped out at me were "Do the math" from the Atari Jaguar marketing, as well as "Have you played Atari toay" from the marketing during the original Atari VCS and Atari 2600 years.
For gamers who skipped reading through the game options, here are a few additional tips
1.) Hold down the A button for continuous fire
2.) Once jump is enabled, press RT or RB to jump
3.) Press B button to fire the SuperZapper. You get one SuperZapper per level
4.) Press LB to pause the game
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Gold and silver have had their most impressive 5-day session of the last few months this week. Not only did gold approach and subsequently cross over the $1,300 threshold, it is on the verge of surpassing the $1,325 mark as well. Silver performed in much the same way as gold, picking up well over a dollar this week and currently approaching $22.50/oz. While these impressive gains may lead one to believe that this week was full of bullish economic news stories and data, the reality of the matter is that this week has been generally quiet.
Some things that did take place this week, however, included a positive report on January imports and exports for China, the inaugural address to Congress given by the newly appointed Federal Reserve chairperson, as well as an updated, increased forecast on UK GDP growth for 2014.
US Equity Performance Confuses Some
For weeks now, market experts have been consistently claiming that US equities have officially run out of momentum. After witnessing the past few weeks play host to a number of massive stock sell-offs, investors have had enough and are rapidly losing interest in the increasingly volatile equity markets. Despite this, Wednesday and Thursday of this week saw US stock indexes make gains the market has not seen in weeks. While Wednesday's massive gains were enough to impress most investors, US equities made solid gains again on Thursday.
While the massive gains posted by stocks during the middle stages of this week might usually prevent gold and silver from making any gains worth talking about, such was not the case this time around. Instead, both gold and silver were able to continue along their upward trends even though stocks too were performing well. While this may seem strange, it also speaks to the current strength of precious metals.
The market was seemingly back to normal on Friday, however, as US stock indexes began falling the second the opening bell rang. Now, market analysts are attributing Wednesday and Thursday's stock market gains to one last isolated run before these same stock indexes correct themselves lower. We will have to wait until next week to see if stocks will continue to decline, but as investor risk-appetite diminishes, so too will gains by equities not only in the United States, but around the world as well.
This week's only bit of market-relevant economic data came in the form of an import and export report for China. In January, the world's second largest economy was credited with improving annual imports and exports by more than 10%. A more than 10% increase in annual imports and exports for January flew right in the face of market expectations of an increase of less than 1%. This was more than a positive Chinese economic report too, it was also the first positive such report the biggest Asia nation has produced in nearly a month. Though it didn't have an overpoweringly positive impact on precious metals, it did give almost all raw commodities some sort of boost.
As we look ahead to next week, it is clear to see that the gold and silver bulls have the near-term technical momentum. The only thing on investors' minds at this point is with regard to whether or not precious metals can sustain their recent upward trend as we head further into 2014's first quarter.


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What does it really look like to give yourself away?
There are many pictures that come to mind with the phrase "Give yourself away."
- Weddings – both in the spiritual sense of 2 becoming 1 as well as the physical aspect of giving yourself wholly to someone
- Serving people selflessly
- Having a religious conversion
Each of these images that come to mind are centralized in the concept of love. Everything that we do when we are giving of ourselves should be rooted in love. If that is not the driving force behind serving others and placing their needs above ours then we are trying to get something out of serving.
I understand that we can get things out of serving others. We feel good about ourselves or we may be thanked by someone and therefore feel a sense of gratitude from whomever we served. But to have that as the motivational force behind serving someone I think is awry from why we should be serving others and twists what can be accomplished through serving.
This year I am looking for more and more ways to "give myself away" to others. That starts at home. I want to be more free and giving of my time at home. I want my wife and kids to know that they always come first and that they always have me. I struggle with this all the time because I am a naturally helpful person. Many times in the past this has been detrimental to relationships that I have had. I want my family to know that they are priority number one (besides God).
Pray for me that I will be able to do this with better success – and I'll do the same for you all…


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A reader recently asked me a thoughtful question about how to deal with old photos. Since sooooo many people struggle with this, I thought it was time for another "Ask Rose" segment. Enjoy!
Dear Rose,
Over the years I've kept picture Christmas cards & photos of children sent by friends and extended family. I've let go of some, but how do I reconcile the emotional side of throwing away other people's pictures? I know they're mine to do with as I see fit, but I feel guilty tossing them out, as if one day that person will show up at my house and want to see that I cared enough to keep them. Any words of wisdom?
Befuddled by Photos
Dear Befuddled,
First of all, congrats on even asking this question! So many people hold onto photos out of nothing more than a vague feeling of obligation, and it's terrific that you're brave enough to question if these items are necessary in your life.
Like any other type of memorabilia, when it comes to photos, my general rule is this:
The only person you should save memorabilia for is YOU.
From what you wrote, it sounds like the main reason you want to keep these photos is for others.
But I feel your emotional struggle, so here are some ways to think about it…
First, it's highly doubtful that the senders even remember giving you these pictures, and if they do, even more doubtful that they would ever ask to see them at your house. (I mean, would YOU go to someone's house and ask them to produce a picture of your kid that you sent them 20 years ago? Doubtful.)
The reason people share pictures is to show a cool moment in time that is currently happening.
Think of those photos as your friends saying, "Hey! Look at my 5-year-old kid on Santa's lap! Isn't he cute?"
If that kid is now, say 35, the message no longer applies.
So look at the pictures for what they are–moments in time that people wanted to share with you THEN. Today, they're probably sharing moments that are happening NOW: trips they've recently taken, photos of grandkids, etc. (And the good news is, they're probably sharing these digitally, so yay!)
In brief, you're more than welcome to hold onto these photos if they mean something to YOU. But for goodness sake, don't hold on to them because they may (or may not) mean something to others.
You're only required to be the keeper of YOUR memories, friend. And that's how it should be.
To your peace of mind,
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Friday, September 24, 2010
Mark Bridge writes:
I remember the 1980s. In fact, I rather enjoyed them. Hang on a sec, hear me out. There really was some good stuff there – not least the renaissance of 'sisters doin' it for themselves'. Oh, and the launch of the UK's first cellular mobile phone network.
Thirty years later and time seems to have moved backwards. We now appear to be living in an episode of Mad Men scripted by R Kelly and Wilma Flintstone. Samsung's Taiwanese business unit has just released a pink 'Femme' version of the Galaxy S in partnership with Aveda. Lovely. But why didn't they also release a blue one that came with a football?
Girly geeky gadgety stuff is all over the internet. Arguably a female focus has been needed to offset the male dominance of the mobile phone industry (and most other industries) – but do we really still need it? More to the point, isn't any pink/fluffy/compact theme a tacit suggestion that standard mobile phones – normal mobile phones – are the ones created exclusively for men? Isn't any 'mobile phones for girls' messaging more likely to keep women as a niche market, not liberate them from it? Of course I'll accept there are differences between women and men. But is there really such a difference in their purchasing of consumer electronics?
I know this is a subject I've mentioned before. And I'm certainly inclined to agree with the suggestion that men and women tend to think in different ways. So maybe the marketing messages for mobile phones need to be broader or targeted differently. But that doesn't mean setting your pitch in a kitchen or a shoe shop.
Perhaps this type of female focus on technology was needed once. But not now. Surely not now. Germaine, please tell me it ain't so.
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Last Updated on Tuesday, 30 November 1999 05:00 Written by Shumaila Ahmed Thursday, 18 April 2013 09:46
"The life insurance industry in Pakistan has grown strongly over the past five years, but this growth is attributable to the efforts of companies in the sector; not rising fear of terrorism and lawlessness," said Shahid Aziz Siddiqui, the Chairman of State Life Insurance (SLIC).
In a recent interview with Business Recorder, Chairman SLIC highlighted the Company's commission-agent approach as the driving force behind its stellar performance over the past five years.
The Life Fund went from Rs 169 billion in 2008, to Rs 330 billion in 2012 so our asset base has been closed to doubled," highlighted Siddiqui. He added that the bonus given out by the Company will likely reach Rs 30 billion by the end of this year. Recently, SLIC has also formalizedan agreement with Nadra to offer life insurance to holders of CNIC Smart Cards as well as to beneficiaries of the Benazir Income Support Programme. Now the Country's biggest life insurance company is working on a similar proposition for overseas Pakistanis whereby their relatives in the Country would receive life insurance.
The commission-agent approach addopted by SLIC has multiple advantages, he contended. Firstly, the agents are dispersed through out cities and towns and even villages ensuring maximum outreach for the Company. Secondly, these agents are able to convince more prospective clients because they often belong to the same communities and understand their perspectives. Thirdly, the Company has 155,000 agents on its roster; "that's 155,000 people who are employed and not a strain on the State's resources" said Siddiqui.
Skill development to drive innovation
Shahid Siddiqui contended that over the years, many of the best and brightest qualified professionals incluuding actuaries have left the Country in pursuit of more lucrative employment opportunities abroad. In his opinion, this "brain drain" has stymied the growth of life insurance and other sectors in the Country because "there is not an adequate number of new products and services being introduced which would be relevant to the needs of the people here."
"A majority of Actuaries in the Country have been trained by SLICand at present we have a team of 16 young men and women whose examinations in London are being funded by SLIC. These professionals are bound by five-year service agreements which come into effect after they receive their FIA/FCA certifications."
Siddiqui asserted that these young professionals are driving innovation at State Life. "Our team recently went to Germany to study the health insurance system in that Country and now they are working on developing localised solutions in the realm of health insurance," he said.
Healthcare in Pakistan: Spend smart, not more Siddiqui highlighted that "The Federal and Provincial governments as well as various public sector initiatives such as social security institutions and income support programs are all spending on the provision of healthcare services in the Country. In Sindh alone, more than Rs 160 billion are available for spending on healthcare services, each year."
The SLIC head suggested that the total sum spent on healthcare by various arms of the government should be combined under a unified fund, contending that such a fund would be sufficient for providing universal healthcare in the province. "The issue is that there are many stakeholders to be brought on board," he said. But Siddiqui appears convinced that the development of such a fund is inevitable as universal healthcare will remain a distant dream until this initiative is launched.
"What you want to do is create a health fund backed by a composite of labour representatives, employers, health insurance companies and hospital administrators who oversee the fund. Government involvement has to be kept to a minimum and professionals must lead in terms of managing operations and devising strategies to meet national goals."
While he conceded that gaining the buy-in of labour and employers for such a mechanism will be a tall order, he insisted that such an initiative is not impossible. He pointed out that similar funds have already been launched in various countries including India and Sri Lanka.
Life insurance and financial inclusion Siddiqui said that the SLIC has made considerable inroads in some parts of Balochistan including Jaffarabad, Quetta and Hub. He revealed that the Company is looking to expand its operations in the province by establishing a regional office there. "We have requested the Government of Balochistan to allot a plot where we may construct new premises from where our operations in that province will be spearheaded," he said.
Based on its commission agent approach, SLIC has been successful in reaching clients in remote areas such as Gilgit, Skardu and Swat. Siddiqui concedes that many areas of Balochistan remain untapped by the insurance sector, but he appears confident that SLIC will play a leading role in addressing this void, in the near future.
Life insurance companies have so far been thwarted in their efforts to enter the Takaful market. In a country where religious considerations often reign supreme over financial considerations, the SLIC Head is convinced, allowing the life Insurance companies to offer Takaful services will open and expand the market. "The existing Takaful companies should not be afraid of competition from life insurance companies. Instead they should appreciate that the entry of large players in that segment will drive growth in the industry which will also benefit those firms," he said.
Courtesy: Business Recorder
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Storm Watch
Hurricane Dorian has made landfall in North Carolina as a powerful category 1 hurricane.
September 7, 2019
The first post-storm imagery from Hurricane Dorian is now available on the Geomni Web Viewer. Please contact your Verisk account executive if you need assistance gaining access.
September 6, 2019
Geomni crews are in the South Carolina area actively capturing post-storm imagery following Hurricane Dorian's passing through the Carolinas.
Hurricane Dorian has been brushing the Carolina coast since yesterday, bringing dangerous storm surge, heavy rainfall, tornadoes and damaging wind to the Carolinas. As of this morning, Dorian has decreased to a category 1 hurricane, with maximum sustained winds of 90 mph. As of 8 am this morning, various news outlets report that Dorian has made landfall in Cape Hatteras, North Carolina. Dorian has begun moving to the northeast at near 14 mph and should continue in this forward motion through Saturday. This means that Dorian should move out to sea today and it is expected to become a post-tropical cyclone by Saturday as it moves nearer to New England and Nova Scotia. Storm surge and tropical storm warnings remain in effect for those areas.
Geomni has been closely monitoring this situation for days, making sure that our fleet of aircraft were staged and ready to respond quickly. The imagery capture team is already in the area collecting post-CAT imagery along the South Carolina shoreline. Plans to collect imagery along the North Carolina shoreline will be executed as soon as weather conditions clear up. Post-CAT imagery should be available in the coming days.
September 5, 2019
Hurricane Dorian underwent a period of brief re-intensification overnight and went back up to a category 3 hurricane, but has already weakened back down to a category 2 this morning. Dorian is now moving to the north-northeast at around 8 mph with wind speeds of 110 mph. The storm is forecasted to move very close to the coast of South Carolina today, and then move near the North Carolina coast tomorrow and Friday, so a landfall in either of these regions is not outside the realm of possibility.
Tornado watches are in effect for parts of northern South Carolina and eastern North Carolina through today, a common occurrence in the outer rainbands of hurricanes as they approach land. A number of damaging tornadoes have already been reported as of this morning.
September 4, 2019
As of this writing, Hurricane Dorian is now a category 2 hurricane with wind speeds of 105 mph, moving to the north-northwest at 9 mph up the southeastern United States coast. Doria is approximately 95 miles east of Daytona Beach, Florida and will continue to move along the northern Florida and Georgia coasts today. It should continue moving in this parallel direction until tomorrow, when it will shift and start moving to north, then the northeast on Thursday.
Despite remaining off the coast of Florida, the entire southeast region, including Georgia and the Carolinas, faces threats from strong winds, storm surge and flooding, perhaps even tornadoes. The center of Dorian is forecast to move near or over the Carolinas Thursday into Friday.
Hurricane Dorian is expected to maintain its category 2 strength through today; after that, it should gradually weaken. Should Dorian make landfall in the Carolinas later this week, it would likely be as a category 1 or 2 hurricane. Dorian is expected to weaken further after Friday as it continues to move in a northeasterly direction away from the U.S. coast.
September 3, 2019
Hurricane Dorian is finally pulling away from the northern Bahamas this morning, as well as picking up speed and size. It still remains a very dangerous hurricane, with hurricane-force winds extending outward up to 60 miles from its center. Dorian has begun its predicted turn to the north, moving northwest at 2 mph, and it will move dangerously close to Florida by this evening.
According to the most recent forecasts, it still remains unclear if Dorian will ultimately make landfall. The most likely scenario expects Dorian to continue moving up the southeastern U.S. coast without ever making landfall, eventually making a turn to the northeast to move out to sea. Even if this scenario is confirmed, significant impacts may occur along coastal regions, from Florida all the way up to the Carolinas. These impacts include wind gusts, heavy rainfall, swells and storm surge, and even tornadoes.
Geomni's fleet of aircraft remain staged and ready should Hurricane Dorian make landfall in the U.S.
September 2, 2019
Dorian was just downgraded to a category 4 hurricane with wind speeds of 155 mph and gusts up to 190 mph. This is not good news just yet, as Dorian is still a very dangerous major hurricane that has all but stalled over the Bahamas today at speeds of 1 mph. Yesterday, it made landfall in the Abacos Islands as a destructive category 5 hurricane, battering the region with powerful wind, rainfall and storm surge. Today, it is expected to move over Grand Bahama Island and inch closer to the Florida peninsula.
A great deal of uncertainty remains with Dorian's track after today. Strong pressure to Dorian's north is still expected to weaken today, allowing it to start making a turn north; it would also being to pick up more speed again. If this happens, Florida could largely be spared from the worst of Dorian making landfall as a major hurricane, and Dorian instead would skirt the southeast coast and make landfall in the Carolinas. Florida could still feel some wind and storm surge effects, but it would not be nearly as catastrophic as experiencing Dorian's direct landfall. Should Dorian move along this predicted track, it would make landfall in the Carolinas as a category 1 or 2 hurricane.
September 1, 2019
Hurricane Dorian has evolved into an extremely dangerous major category 5 hurricane, with maximum sustained wind speeds reported of 180 mph. It's still moving west but has slowed down significantly. This trend should continue for the next day or so before it turns gradually north. This means that landfall along the east coast is possible anywhere from Florida all the way up to North Carolina.
Today, Dorian is expected to have catastrophic effects as it moves over the Northwestern Bahamas, including the Abacos and Grand Bahama Islands. Wind gusts of 100 mph have already been reported and the areas could experience life-threatening storm surge of up to 23 feet in some areas as Dorian moves slowly over the islands for the next 24 hours.
Dorian will remain a very powerful and destructive hurricane during the next few days. The system has also grown in size; hurricane-force winds extend outward up to 45 miles from the center, and tropic-storm-force winds extend out to 140 miles.
August 31, 2019
Geomni continues to monitor Hurricane Dorian's daily developments in anticipation of capturing post-CAT aerial imagery. Here is the latest update.
Dorian strengthened to a category 3, then a category 4 hurricane yesterday. According to the latest reports from NOAA, Dorian now has sustained winds of 145 mph and is moving west at 12 mph. It's expected to remain a dangerous major hurricane through the weekend.
There has been a significant change in the hurricane's forecasted track. The area of high pressure that is currently preventing Dorian from moving north could weaken, meaning that it could turn and start moving north toward Georgia and the Carolinas rather than making landfall in Florida. The uncertainty around when and where this turn is going to take place will have a dramatic impact on where Hurricane Dorian ultimately tracks and makes landfall.
August 30, 2019
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Indonesian interest in Princes Highway
A group of 13 civil engineering university lecturers from Indonesia recently visited the Princes Highway project between Winchelsea and Colac.
As part of a joint venture between the Australian and Indonesian Governments, the lecturers have been learning about best practice road design and how we deliver our road planning, construction and maintenance programs.
The Princes Highway West site was of particular interest for the lecturers because the project includes building new lanes, bridges and intersections as well as general maintenance and upgrading existing infrastructure.
For more information visit the Princes Highway West project page.
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What Is Autism Awareness Day?
April 2 is Worldwide Autism Awareness Day. It is a day of recognition for this debilitating disorder that inflicts people all across the globe. There are events taking place in all the major cities of each nation you help shed some light on autism and how it affects people. But what is Autism Awareness Day? How do you get involved? Here is some information for anyone interested in this important day.
What Is Autism
Anyone who has a child or knows someone with a child afflicted with this disorder knows how heartbreakingly frustrating it can be. Autism is a mental disorder that is normally diagnosed within a child's first two years. Unlike other forms of mental retardation, children with autism appear perfectly normal. You wouldn't know that they have this disorder just by looking at them. However, those looks are deceiving. Children with autism have trouble functioning and relating to the real world. In some severe cases, they are completely unresponsive to outside influences and are totally unaware of what goes on around them. Since the early 1990's, the rate of autism in births has increased. Some nations have as high as 60 in 10,000 births. The Center for Disease Control reported back in 2007 that on average 1 in every 150 children had been diagnosed with autism.
What Is The Purpose Of Autism Awareness Day
The purpose of Autism Awareness Day is to increase awareness of autism on a global level. This special day is designed to educate people in the dangers of autism, how it occurs, and how it can be treated. The hope is to make people aware of the importance in early diagnosis in children that may be suspected of having it. The earlier the diagnosis, the better the chances of a child improving through proper treatment. This day also is to show people the challenges that children and adults afflicted with autism have to face each day.
Another point of Autism Awareness Day is to celebrate people with special talents that can develop because of their autism. The movie Rain Man that depicted Dustin Hoffman as a grown man with autism helped bring about awareness of unique autistic talents. Some autistic people have special skills such as art, music, or math. They are able to perform these skills at extraordinary levels, often without any training or practice. Examples are the child who, since age three, can sit down at the piano and play Mozart or the math genius who can solve the most difficult mathematical equations that challenges even so-called experts. These talents are just another reason why autism is a difficult disorder to understand.
How Did Autism Awareness Day Get Started
Autism Awareness Day got its start back in 2007 at the 62nd United Nations General Assembly. The State of Qatar tabled Resolution62/139 that declared April 2 to be a day for autism awareness, thus known as World Autism Awareness Day. Her Highness Sheikha Mozah Bint Nasser Al-Missned, Consort of the Emir of the State of Qatar, supported the campaign by garnering consensus support from all the Member States of the United Nations.
As one of only three official disease-awareness days sponsored by the United Nations, this resolution was designed to bring attention and awareness of the epidemic of autism to a global level. This is a disease that knows no boundaries such a national borders and is not culture specific. It can be found in every nation in the world. The World Autism Awareness Day encourages all its Member States to take measures to diagnose, treat, and prevent autism within their own borders.
Events For Autism Awareness Day
There are scheduled events going on all over the world to celebrate Autism Awareness Day. In the United States, most of the major cities are holding some type of awareness conference. There are education programs and auctions going on all over the country. Some citiesare having a "Race For Autism" where participants walk or run in support. Other cities have readings from popular books or art shows depicting works done by people afflicted with the disease. If you want to find out what is going on in your area, you can check online or contact your city officials to find out more. There is some information on the official website for World Autism Awareness Day.


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Peter Andre has taken to Instagram to share a very intimate moment of his son Theo taking his very first steps.
The black-and-white video shows one-year-old Theo taking a few steps towards his older half-sister, Princess.
As she encourages him, Theo lets out a cry of excitement and is greeted by claps and 'good boy' cheers from Princess and the rest of the family when he walks over to her.
Captioning the sweet video, the doting dad wrote: 'Special moment yesterday. Theo's first steps.'
The video post received over 227k views, nearly 30k likes along with nearly 300 comments from fans all so excited to share this special baby milestone with Peter.
'First steps are magic. There will be no stopping him now. Good boy Theo x', commented one.
'Thank you for sharing such a precious moment. Princess was being so encouraging to Theo. Truly beautiful', said another.
It seems like Theo has been keen to master walking for some time, as back in November the doting dad shared another adorable video on Instagram of Theo standing up on his own, dancing. He captioning it: 'He's dancing before he can walk'.
The Mysterious Girl singer and his wife, 27-year-old Emma McDonough, welcomed their little boy Theo back in December 2016.
The pair are also parents to Theo's older sister, three-year-old Amelia, while Peter shares his children Princess and Junior with his ex-wife Katie Price.
Peter has often talked about wanting to have more children, despite already having four.
According to OK! magazine, only two weeks after Theo's birth, he was already looking ahead at the future and thinking when him and Emily could have another.
He revealed details of Theo's birth in his New! magazine column, indicating that the couple are still potentially open to having a bigger brood.
He said: 'Without going into too much detail, there were a few complications [during Theo's birth], but thankfully everything is ok now.
'What I will say is, it certainly hasn't put Emily off having more kids.'


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It could be that inflation is at the core of the political divisions on the economy in some industrial countries.
This is because people or organizations that owe money, including governments, benefit from inflation and those who have made loans stand to lose. It might be useful to make a distinction between money and purchasing power. Inflation increases the purchasing power of borrowers and decreases the purchasing power of lenders.
As this is at the core of our well-being we want government economic policies that promote or discourage inflation. Those who would benefit from inflation want stimulus and an increasing money supply. Those who stand to lose their savings want austerity and smaller government.
Inflation may be a way of dealing with the one percent but it also catches a lot of people who have worked hard to build up some savings. It should probably be considered a form of theft. It is no wonder the victims of inflation have such strong feelings.
It probably doesn't help for them to hear economists call for inflation to solve debt or economic problems.
It is interesting that when the representatives of those hurt by inflation get into government they appear unable to get debt under control and frequently increase it. This may be because they enjoy spending, have friends who need to be rewarded for past support and because they now have to deal with the debt problem. This may explain the rise of the tea party with its strong feelings of frustration.
The way to deal with the inflation conflict is to aim for price stability. This is probably easier said than done because I figure inflation is built into the way we create money. For more on this please look at my essay "LETS go to market: Dealing with the economic crisis."
It may be that inflation is becoming a moot point as it has been going down in spite if attempts to stimulate the economy and increase the money supply via quantitative easing. Does this indicate some other things we don't understand are happening in the economy?
This analysis is probably an over simplification as some people may be standing on both sides of the inflation issue and others may change from one side to the other during their lifetime but may not change their politics.
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3.7 Rusty Poisonous Steel (Lancing Steel Pathfinder Poison build) 2.6 M shaper dps
3.7 changes:
Packed together in single post in page 7 [with updates following]:
Click here
To put it short: The build got buffed:
* Passive tree have two new nodes "Poison you inflict deal damage 5% faster"
* Flat physical damage on skill, so it got crazy scaling.
* Potential 2.6 million shaper dps
But also nerfed:
* "monster can only get hit by one projectile"
This will change setup for faster clear speed to:
6L: Lancing Steel - Vile Toxins - Withering Touch - Void Manipulation - Deadly Ailments - Unbound Ailments
3.6 changes
-- No meaningful change in passive tree, same pathing with very tiny change with introducing new 'resourcefulness' notable.
-- Dual curse (Despair + Temporal Chains) is more viable than ever. Though Impresence still BiS Amulet.
-- "Spreading Rot" damage modifier is gone, a nerf to our burst damage of Vaal Blight. We didn't rely on it so much though, poison dps builds up slowly (at least 6 seconds constant attacking endgame bosses. Think of it as the spoin-up time of a minigun)
-- This change allow us to get rid of Wither Totem, and use Vaal Blight/Blight Totem instead to apply both. Freeing up more sockets.
-- New aura "Malevolence" is going to be another buff, if mana reservation isn't overkill.
-- New ring "Circle of Nostalgia" shall allow us to support Herald of Agony probably for maximum dps.
-- Onslaught setup on a secondary skill is now viable for bosses.
Lancing Steel attack modifier isn't that great, but it really shines for its ability to shotgun bosses with more than 3 projectiles (up to 7 if you are really that skilled).
With 5 projectiles fired by default, you can invest your whole five supports for pure poison damage. And with Pathfinder and poison nodes from tree, you get solid poison duration of over 6 seconds, and can stack up 40-50 poisons on bosses.
This is my highest level character so far in PoE, and the one with most achievements. I could clear every map with it in previous league, and make Uber Lab runs trivial. Shaper was doable, but survivability can get the better of it it sometimes.
And it sometimes crash instances[not anymore! 3.7], but other than that, it's a solid build, if not "meta".
3.5 Betrayal introduction:
Rather than putting together a build guide that focuses on end-game gearing and skills, I wants to put more of a diary to record my progress and findings as I explore the couple new Steel skills coming in Betrayal league. I'm not long experienced player, but I think I understand enough about mechanisms needed for this build to work as league starter.
Big part of my motivation to make this build, is inspired by @Angry_Roleplayer 's Toxic Rain Pathfinder Build, which is the build I played in last month of Delve league. It's very solid damage dealer, with good survivability, and more forgiving at poor connection/lag/delay conditions. Since I have bad connection in peak times of the day, it's easier to throw something and move away, while I still leech during lag spikes. I killed atziri with +500 Ping, so it fits the formula, and should give me easier times, especially with reflect immunity.
As I progress through the new league, I'll add more posts about my progression and current stat of build. And hopefully some people will find it interesting and try it.
Diary: (List of discussion posts)
Page 1:Reasons For going Pathfinder over Assasin
Page 1:My thoughts of Shattering Steel V.S Lancing Steel
Page 3:Real damage V.S Path of Building calculations & example of 1.4 million dps endgame build
Page 4:Theory crafting an Assasin version
Page 4:How to calculate Herald of Agony Crawler dps with PoB
Page 2:Level +30 update
Page 2:Example of equipments prior to level 50
Page 2:My actual build at Level 57: https://pastebin.com/gBNyWFR9
Page 3:Level 79 & and low tier maps
Page 3:Level 83
Page 5:Level 89 with Dual curse
Page 5:Level 90/Guardians + Summing up how much currency for full build
Page 3:A brief on every choice of support gems for Lancing Steel
Page 4:Every choice of support gem for Herald of Agony
Page 5:Pushing the damage from gems beyond Max level
Page 5:Optimizing the build for shaper fight
Page 6:How to Maximize damage from items/mods priorities
► T12: https://youtu.be/Yu7HiMBwpV4
► T16 (Hydra): https://youtu.be/gtQ00hWslZY
► T16 Minotaur: https://youtu.be/FaIYZxbZ8Co
Lancing Steel is a projectiles skill, which fire a good number of projectiles per attack. The theory is: increasing number of projectiles to shotgun bosses while keeping good clear speed with pierce. Poison with Shotgunning + Attack Speed + Pathfinder means greater number of poison application, increasing damage immensely.
How does Lancing Steel works?
First you must have a melee sword or axe, as the skill swings them to fire one main projectile towards mouse direction. After very short delay, 4 more projectiles appear from both sides of your character, and shot forward.
You have a huge advantage with Lancing Steel as you can actually control the spread of the projectiles. Aim right next to your character, and your projectiles spread in wide angle, covering almost whole screen in front of you. The angle of spread become smaller as your aim go further from your character. Aim almost half the way between your character and the edge of screen, and all your projectiles go side by side in parallels. Intensely shooting small area with all your projectiles as shown in the illustration below:
Please notice that this image shows only the angle of the spread, not the actual timing of the skill. Because Lancing Steel shoot projectiles at various milliseconds delays, not at exact same millisecond. So it's more skin to:
Which is important for "Cast on Critcal" builds. But here in our build, it means we can press our mouse button to swing our sword, and then move away without waiting and the projectiles will shoot on their own. The good thing about this is: Being able to shoot, whirl, shoot, whirl, without worrying. The monsters are being attacked by lancing Steel even during the animation of your Whirling Blades, which make the build feel very much smooth (Assuming you have no LAG!)
Here's pic from official release video to show it live:
The control over spread makes the skill more flexible for larger packs and single target, and allowing for shotgunning. Especially with the fact that adding more projectiles don't make the spread wider if you keep aiming further away from your character. That's important to keep in mind.
Unlike Toxic Rain, the physical attack damage of your weapon matter, not only projectile numbers and attack speed. Which means you need good two weapons all the way from start while leveling to finish. If your damage drops significantly at 3x or 4x or at any point, seek to upgrade your weapons, both of them. Also, using fancy unique with additional projectile and low dps like 'Ewar's Mirage' for anything but early leveling will cripple your damage.
On top of that, Lancing Steel have only (Attack, Projectile) tags, meaning our poison will scale by some modifiers and not others. So look for:
Projectiles number, Attack speed, Poison duration, Poison damage, chance to poison (capped at 100%), Attack skills deals increased damage with Ailment, flat added physical damage, all chaos damage modifiers, Damage over time, and accuracy. And to a lesser degree crit chance and multiplier, though these need specific conditions to work.
On addition to these, we have all the nodes of sword, one handed melee, and dual wielding in the tree. These where we get most of our damage.
Pros & Cons:
* None to minimum performance impact on low end computers.
* Most forgiving on bad connection with lag spikes.
* Hit & run build, encouraging fast and enjoyable pace while clearing.
* Have all the different kind of nodes available, allow picking best and most efficient ones.
* 100% uptime for flasks.
* Cheap to moderate unique items. With upgrade potential for rich guys.
* Immune to reflect at endgame (Almost!)
* Can go Dual curse.
* Main defense is RNG based. Shaper and tougher content can be Tough.
* Need more Int & Strength via items.
* Poison damage is hard to scale at early levels.
* Require constant upgrade to both weapons during leveling.
* Knowing when to swap supports can be elusive.
* Actual dps never show on character sheet, it needs PoB.
Flasks as main tool for Pathfinder:
As Pathfinder allow 100% uptime for all our flasks. Using both to make poison benefit from Crit Multiple modifiers to skyrocket damage even further, and leech from chaos damage.
Witchfire Brew can be used from level 48 instead of Blasphemy+Despair, saving your mana to reserve something else.
Add Quicksilver with freeze immunity, and Life with Bleeding immunity, and you have full five flasks.
The expensive "Dying Sun" is our endgame flask though, and as you have no slot for it, it must replace "Witchfire Brew" once you get enough "Reduce Mana reserved" modifiers, and/or get the expensive amulet "Impresence" to use Despair freely.
Key active skills:
Lancing Steel/Herald of Agony/Herald of Purity/Despair/Whirling Blades/Summon Ice Golem/Wither/Vaal Blight
Support gems priority for Projectiles Scaling (Early starting tree):
Slower projectile
Vicious Projectiles
Pierce (replaced once we get the pierce node from tree)
Damage on Full life
Support gems priority for Projectiles+Poison Scaling (mid game):
Vicious Projectiles
Void Manipulation
Lesser Poison (Replaced once we get Fatal Toxins wheel from tree)
Maim (Replaced as we get 'Innsbury Edge' for weapon)
Damage on Full life
Added Chaos damage (Get it as 5th link, or even 4th if you are confident and have the currency to buy)
Support gems priority for Endgame pure Poison:
Vicious Projectiles (Will be replaced once we stack so many poisons with good duration and attack speed plenty from skill becomes hindering)
Void Manipulation
Added Chaos damage
Damage on Full life
Unbound Ailments
Vile toxins
Deadly Ailments (Replace Damage on Full life)
For more info: A brief on every choice of support gems
Skill Tree:
My level 90 character in 3.7 (Legion):
PoB link with leveling trees: https://pastebin.com/ckwBTWJ9
Betrayal 3.5 Tree:
My actual lvl 92 character from 3.5 (Betrayal) with 730k shaper dps :
23 Points: Finesse-Aspect of the Panther-weapon Artistry-Toxic Strike Wheel-Heart of Oak-Primal Spirit-Ballistic Mastery.
43 Points: Herbalism-Brutal Blade-Swagger-Fatal Toxin Wheel-Piercing Shot
== Now you can replace pierce for more important supports ==
70 points: Acrobatic-phase Acrobatic-Aucity-Dirty Techniques wheel-Ambidexterity-Golem's Blood.
== Around this point we will be doing Cruel lab and getting "Nature's reprisal" which will help immensely to sustain Virulence charges, and start shaping the build into real poison stacking.
== Gradually, Projectiles hits will be insignificant, and we can switch to more ailment/poison supports.
== Once we have enough currency, we should get "Spreading Rot" and slam it in the slot above Blood Drinker on Top Right of tree. It's great debuff for bosses as long as we use Vaal Blight.
From here, we go Fatal Blade, and the rest of life and crit nodes, and add some sockets if we have good jewels. Adding accuracy is also an option to counter all the dropping of accuracy in late levels.
Major: Soul of Lunaris
Minor: Soul of Gruthkul
Minor: Soul of Yugul (If you still do significant portion of your damage as physical in early/mid game)
Some of my leveling gear:
Then two of:
My (lvl 84) items for Mapping/Atziri
Lvl (+90) endgame/Guardians
Alternative Dual curse setup (Despair + Temporal Chains):
* Scaeva/Innsbury Edge/Beltimber Blade/Ahn's Might/Dreamfeather all are good uniques and can be dual wielded in diffrent combinations.
* Ahn's Might need 213 STR, but it's pretty rewarding. Though crafting can be stronger.
* Corrupted 6L chest with 4G2B or 4G1B1R can be a cheap option at start of league. It will be cheaper than tabula plus having some stats/res/life.
* Belly of the Beast/Loreweave/Dendrobate are all viable, depends on how you prioritize defense and offense.
* Use one handed thrusting sword as a base. (best is ilvl +83)
--- I use "Jewelled Foil" , because attack speed is better than crit chance/multiplier.
--- No need for "Shaper" or "Elder" items. Though you could get some interesting/useful mods if you have the currency to pursue them.
* Quality it to 20%
* Use single socketed resonator with (Perfect Fossil) as many times as possible to get best quality (+28% is good, +26% is ok. Reroll if you have smaller number)
* Use 3 socketed resonator with (Aberrant + Corroded + Serrated Fossils) until you get this mod:
-- "60% chance for Poisons inflicted with this Weapon to deal 100% more Damage"
* Check that you have two of these other Prefixes/ or have only one, with one prefix open for crafting:
-- Adds (47–72) to (98–123) Chaos Damage (Best prefix)
-- #% increased Physical Damage
-- Adds # to # Physical Damage
* Check that you have at the very least two of these Suffixes (You might get three easily with these fossils!)
-- #% increased Attack Speed
-- #% increased Poison Duration
-- #% chance to Poison on Hit (This will save you one or two passive points in tree)
-- #% increased Damage with Poison
-- Curse Enemies with Level 10 Despair on Hit
-- +#% to Global Critical Strike Multiplier
* If you still have open mod, craft one of these, depending on recipes you have unlocked so far (they sorted by order of importance, though some are more expensive than others. Some of the mods further down in the list is only effective if you have other 5 existing mods aligned perfectly for maximum dps):
-- Prefix: (100–129)% increased Physical Damage
-- Prefix: (86–105)% increased Physical Damage/(18–20)% chance to Poison on Hit
-- Prefix: (86–105)% increased Physical Damage/(18–20)% chance to Blind Enemies on hit
-- Prefix: Adds (13–17) to (26–30) Physical Damage
-- Suffix: (13–16)% increased Attack Speed/+(13–18)% to Quality
-- Suffix: (16–20)% increased Attack Speed
-- Prefix: Attacks with this Weapon Penetrate (14–16)% Chaos Resistance
-- Prefix: Hits can't be Evaded
-- Suffix: +(161–250) to Accuracy Rating/+(16–18)% to Quality
-- Suffix: (6–7)% chance to deal Double Damage
-- Suffix: +(26–30)% Critical Strike Multiplier while there is a Rare or Unique Enemy Nearby
Now you end up with some weapons like this:
If you don't have the currency to spend (say while levling), you can satisfy with any weapon that have the "60% chance for 100% more dps" and crafted "100% physical" , it will still be better than most uniques.
HOWEVER! Don't get fooled by perfectly rolled physical weapon which doesn't have the 60% more poison dps mod! Things like T1 %physical, T1 +hysical, T2 AS is perfect, but not for our build. So if you roll something like this: don't reroll it, but rather Sell for good money, and work on another sword.
Other note is: You don't need ilvl 83 very early in the league while it's very expensive. The 60% chance to deal 100% more dps is our greatest source of damage, and it's (ilvl 1) delve mod .. so any weapon can roll it.. what will matter is the other rolls will be a bit lower, but it could pass.
Last edited by givemelight on Sep 1, 2019, 2:27:14 PM
Last bumped on Sep 24, 2019, 4:57:09 PM
Posted by
on Dec 5, 2018, 3:57:07 PM
I'm not a poison expert at all, but what is the reason for going PF over assassin?
I think Toxic rain fits PF better than assassin because she gets 50% AOE. But for lancing/shattering, PF will not get any AOE bonuses.
The more hits u can get in per second, the better assassin becomes over PF because of increased poison duration.
Posted by
on Dec 5, 2018, 4:54:38 PM
Master Toxicist
* Poisons you inflict during any Flask Effect have 40% chance to deal 100% more Damage
* You lose Virulence 50% slower
Nature's Boon
Flasks gain 3 Charges every 3 seconds
20% chance for your Flasks to not consume Charges
Basically this: Infinite Flask charges. So:
* 40% of all poisons are 100% MORE.
* Coralito's Signature (which is the biggest single damage source in build) up 100% time.
* Free despair buff allowing me to support Heralds without worrying about reserved mana. Supported Crawler do very decent damage when at full stacks, and add more poisons by itself. (It attack with up to 120% Attack Speed and 760% increased phy damage at lvl 20 gem, and up to 160% AS and 800% increased phy damage if lvl 21 gem).
True I can't fully exploit Crawler with Dual-wielding and having to put main attack on chest. But Crawler on 4L Emblamer is as good as 5L which is enough. lvl 4 empower is even more powerful than anything, but that's not league starter.
If all of this is not enough to compensate the lose of around 100% poison duration from Assasin, then maybe Assassin is better. Either way, I'm not looking for highest damage ever, just something I can start the league with and enjoy while having options to upgrade later. (Actually Cast on crit Lancing/shattering steel probably better than this by a mile or two, but my PC and Internet connection will not forgive me for doing this to them :( )
On the other hand, I'm theorizing about good way to support Herald of Purity in this build, but still struggling. So suggestions would be most welcome.
Posted by
on Dec 5, 2018, 6:02:49 PM
Thanks for writing this post. I think grelwood shank might be a great unique for this build. What do you think?
Posted by
on Dec 5, 2018, 11:43:15 PM
How you get poison chance - i only see a 10% chance to poision node in the tree - how you get more since you are speaking about 100% chance
edit: oh i found it xD
Last edited by Phiro on Dec 6, 2018, 11:25:29 AM
So the skill gems info finally got released: Here.
Couple thoughts on skills:
* Shattering Steel have lower base damage (49% at lvl 20), But 100% more damage as it travel further.
* Lancing Steel have 80% base damage, and 4 additional projectiles (total 5).
* Quality of Shattering Steel give better impale effect, quality of Lancing Steel give better chance to impale.
* The only important part from above is the projectile number which affect a poison build, so my plans lean more to use Lancing Steel.
* Shattering steel have AOE tag, while Lancing lack it. I didn't build around AOE anyway, and "Nature's reprisal" from PF support only chaos skills anyway. So this build have minimum AOE at all cases. We might be at disadvantage with shattering, but lancing would scale better with other modifiers.
* War banner have only two benfits: Increased accuracy + Adrenaline for 1-2 seconds when placed. It's also easier to get charges while clearing, harder at bosses. Though you should reach bosses with it charged already and ready to be used.
* Dread banner have two advantage: less enemy accuracy + Stronger version of Fortify for 1-2 seconds when placed. It's also harder to charge, as it charge only when you impale, and we do't have that big chance anyway.
* Both banners seems minor, and I'd say we have better chance using other aura/buff/stronger heralds. But should give them a try once or twice and get to you with feedback anyway.
Multiple Totem:
* I'm debating if this will be better than "Faster Casting" to support (Wither + Spell Totem). Not 100% sure it will work anyway, but would be alternative approach.
* It open up another option: Ancestral Protector + Multiple Totem. It could be used to block many projectile spells/attacks I think, and Attack speed is always good (maybe while leveling). Though it's still inferior to Wither at end game.
Posted by
on Dec 6, 2018, 11:42:04 AM
Thanks for your interest in the build, and your feedback.
I don't know if Point blank affect poison (it probably doesn't), but other mechanism "Iron reflexes" sound counter productive?
Either Grelwood or Beltimber, both are made rarer this league, and certainly more expensive. I don't think getting them will be that easy for league starter.
Last edited by givemelight on Dec 6, 2018, 12:10:14 PM
Posted by
on Dec 6, 2018, 12:09:31 PM
As someone who has a lot of experience with Poison builds, i just wanted to say that assassin is probably the right option to go with. You also dont really need to change the skill tree that much and it will boost your dmg and survivability. PF i found is only really winning over Assassin if you go for Big Hit Poisons or you need some heavy flask upkeep, but coraltos and atziris dont really need taht much upkeep. The % to get double poison damage can also be achieved fairly easy with a cheap fossile crafted sword or axe and supported by a lycosidae. But rather than that, this seems to be a nice idea and i hope to see some more updates on how this build plays.
GL Exile
Interesting build. I love poison builds and am thinking of trying this out. What bandits are you picking?
Posted by
on Dec 7, 2018, 12:47:02 PM
PoB link, if you are referring to OP, shows kill all.
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on Dec 8, 2018, 12:21:34 AM


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News to me. I have plenty of PS1 downloads to burn onto CD yet. Recently, I've read a way that regular PS2s can see backuped PS1 games without modchips. Shocking.
Here I'll list the directions and you can comment on my blog here.
1. Insert the PSX disc in your Burner (NOT the regular CDROM, as chances are it won't read subchannel info)
2. Fire up CloneCD, preferably 22.214.171.124 and up.
3. Click on the "Read to Image File" Button (the one with the glasses)
4. Now select your burner from the drives listed.
5. You'll now see a couple of profiles. We'll need to create a custom one though. Right click on the white area and select "New".
6. Name your new profile "PlayStation Disc" or "PSX Backup" or "PIRACY RULZ!!!111!" or whatever.
7. Input the following settings into the profile:
Data Read Settings
Read Speed Data: Max
Read Subchannel Data from Data Tracks: Checked
Regenerate Data Sectors: Checked
Audio Read Settings
Read Speed Audio: Max
Audio Extraction Quality: Medium(Fast)
Read Subchannel Data from Audio Tracks: Checked
Only Read the First Session: Unchecked
Error Handling
Fast Error Skip Settings: Off
Abort on Read Error: Off
Don't Report Read Errors: Off
Intelligent Bad Sector Scanner: Off
After setting all that, click "Next.
8. Now you name your .ccd file. If you want to have a .cue sheet file, check the appropriate box for it.
9. CloneCD will now make your ISO, or Disc image. Grab something to eat while waiting, or browse for porn, or post at Emuforums, it's up to you.
10. Alright! that stupid clinkety-clink reminder has sounded… Reading has finished. Now get your original disc and put your blank in the tray and close it.
11. Click the "Write from Image file" Button (the one with the pencil)
12. Browse for your file. You can also make the program to delete the image file after a successful burn, just check the appropriate box. Click on Next.
13. Choose the CDRW drive. Click Next.
14. You'll now see a set of profiles for writing. You'll also see the write profile you made earlier, but it's not yet set. Input the following settings:
Write Settings
Write Speed: 4x (yes, 4x)
Weak Sectors: Ignore
Don't Repair Subchannel Data: Checked
Always close last session: Checked
15. Click on Ok. The write session will now start. This will take ~20 minutes.
Tell me if this is the truth! I have many SHMUPs to play on my LCD TV.Zaniac X Zaniac is $300 and Raiden DX is $100.
Monday, February 09, 2009
Play PS backups on PS2s without modchip?
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