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Magic level is one of your skills.
The higher your magic level is, the higher the damage/healing caused by spells or runes will be. Magic Level does not affect the damage caused by Rods and Wands.
To raise your magic level you have to cast spells and use mana. There is a spell, called Magic Shield, that makes damage taken by monsters (or possibly players if you play on a PvP-server) not reduce your Hit Points, but your Mana. Mana that is used in this way doesn't count towards your magic level.
Since the Update 8.2, you can also increase your magic level by wearing certain pieces of Equipment. There are also other ways to (temporarily) raise your magic level, such as using a Mastermind Potion or by eating a Tropical Fried Terrorbird.
Some vocations gain magic levels more quickly than others. Knights advance slowly, paladins a bit faster. Druids and sorcerers advance the fastest. That means they need to use less mana to get a certain magic level than Knights and Paladins.
The Tibian with the highest magic level once was Tomex of Guardia at 114. It was deleted due to using unofficial software to play.
The first Tibian to get magic level 100 was Averthith Solifitrotus.
Hints on how to get better magic level:
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- Carry food at all times and remember to eat it.
- Use your mana frequently during hunting, and refill often with mana potions.
- Train magic offline.
Equipment that boosts magic level
The following items increase your magic level while wearing them.

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As the Last Airbender leaps from the small to the big screen, the game inspired by the film takes a big leap along with it. Experience the biggest Avatar adventure yet with this game that lets you bend fire and air! Use the Wii Remote and Nunchuk to manipulate your environment with an incredible telekinesis system powered by groundbreaking physics. Unleash fire-bending bombs and blasts as Zuko, use stealth weapons as his Blue Spirit ninja alter-ego, and create tornadoes, vortexes and more as Aang, the last Airbender. Master your Firebending and Airbending abilities as you win epic battles, defeat powerful foes, and harness magical powers unlike anything you've ever seen.
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It's time to pull out the checklist of things I'd expect from a basic game based on a movie after playing Avatar: The Last Airbender. 3D platforming levels? Check. A few basic abilities that the player has to use over and over again? Check. Sequences where the player has to wave the Wiimote an...more
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The Kaiman project was born in 2004 when the Advance R&D team designed and built an inflatable hang-glider. From that day the project has gone on to develop the ideal kite to satisfy the modern kiter. The Kaiman is a plug and play kite with total depower and a big wind range. Relaunching has never been easier; simply pull the bar left or right. The bar is pleasantly soft and very precise to the command, always reliable and turns the kite tightly and quickly. New materials and technology have been used on the frame of the Kaiman, producing much lighter and stronger critical points, keeping the kite light in weight but offering maximum strength. Awesome for waves and freeride, the Kaiman can also satisfy the demands of the unhooked freestyler. So easy to control in any situation, it can easily be ranked alongside the best kites in the market for beginners and cruising.
CHRIS: Immediately the most striking feature is that trailing edge cut-out. I was a little nervous when piloting up in the sky because I've never seen anything like this before, but the bar is comfortable and the kite was stable straight away. That canopy is so stable and there's not a hint of flapping anywhere. The panels look really well cut and there's not even any creases.
WILL: Tidy, wide chicken-loop and the safety system is a bright white plastic chunk that's simple and easy to find. Not so chunky that it's awkward ? just super easy to grab and push. One of the easiest to grab and the five line depower system worked very well.
NEAL: The bar has tension and feeling sheeted in and out. Lots of depower available but you have to stretch out to full arm length to get to really low power.
CHRIS: Yeah good progressive depower rather than all or nothing. Turns very well and from the moment I launched it I knew I was going to be able to boost on this.
NEAL: But not in a scary power way that makes you want to get off the beach and away from land. Coming down from jumps is like having a parachute.
CHRIS: Turning is just the right speed ? not too fast or slow and the feel through the bar for turning is ideal. On the down-stroke the power is smooth and comfy and there is plenty of control from then on from sheeting in and out. Sent jumps are a joy. This kite absolutely loves jumping high and has a nice float pattern through the sky ? really progressive all the way to landing. Solid and stable above your head too, so you always feel like taking one hand off the bar for some grab or board-off trickery. Kite loop-wise, it does do them but isn't the most comfortable. A very manly kite looping kite.
NEAL: Yeah, especially hooked-in it is an advanced rider's game on the kite loops.
CHRIS: Unhooked it is well behaved, but you do need to depower the kite fully before unhooking to stop it dropping back too much.
NEAL: This is the smallest kite on test, but you wouldn't know it. Grunty for an 8.5 metre.
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Miscarriage (spontaneous abortion) is an event that results in the loss of a fetus during early pregnancy. There are many types and causes. Symptoms include heavy spotting, vaginal bleeding, abdominal pain, and more.
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NIH: Cardiovascular Benefits Outweigh Small Weight Gain for Former Smokers
When it comes to health, the small amount of weight someone can gain after quitting smoking is inconsequential compared to the improvement in cardiovascular health, according to a new study in the Journal of the American Medical Association. Researchers from the National Institutes of Health found that current smokers were at twice the risk of developing cardiovascular disease as were former smokers without diabetes. "Our findings suggest that a modest weight gain, around 5-10 pounds, has a negligible effect on the net benefit of quitting smoking," said study co-author Caroline Fox, MD, MPH, senior investigator in the Laboratory for Metabolic and Population Health at the NIH's National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI). "Being able to quantify to some degree the relationship between the benefits and side effects of smoking cessation can help in counseling those who have quit or are thinking about quitting." Read more on tobacco.
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The antibiotic azithromycin, also known as Zithromax, can lead to a potentially fatal irregular heart rhythm by changing the heart's electrical activity, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has warned. The FDA is cautioning physicians to be wary of certain risk factors when prescribing the antibiotic, including low levels of potassium or magnesium, a slower-than-normal heart rate and the presence or other drugs to treat abnormal heart rhythms. Read more on heart health.
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Despite previous studies suggesting a possible link, breast-feeding does not reduce the chances that a child will grow up to be overweight or obese, according to a new study in the Journal of the American Medical Association. Still, breast-feeding does bring several health benefits, including a reduced risk of gastrointestinal and respiratory infections; a higher IQ; and lower incidence of eczema. It also reduces the risk of breast and ovarian cancer in the mother. "Although breast-feeding is unlikely to stem the current obesity epidemic, its other advantages are amply sufficient to justify continued public health efforts to promote, protect and support it," said the study's lead author, Richard Martin, a professor of clinical epidemiology at the University of Bristol in England. Read more on infant and maternal health.


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An x-ray image shows how 94 illegal migrants in a truck were discovered by authorities in Tuxla Gutierrez, Mexico, on July 23, 2013. The 78 men and 16 women were traveling in inhumane conditions and have serious injuries to their hands and legs, as well as symptoms of suffocation.
Mexico detained 94 illegal immigrants, including 19 from the Indian subcontinent, packed into a truck bound for the U.S. border, authorities said on Tuesday.
Among the people found near the southern city of Tuxtla Gutierrez, capital of Chiapas state, were 10 Nepalese and nine Bangladeshis trying to reach the United States, officials said.
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SPOTTSVILLE, Ky. (10/1/13) – The Kentucky Transportation Cabinet plans to restrict traffic to one lane on the US 60 Green River Bridge at Spottsville today.
The lane restriction with alternating traffic flow controlled by flaggers is to allow a detailed inspection of the bridge structure. The inspection team will include climbers and use of a Snooper Truck to access the lower portion of the bridge structure.
The lane restriction is expected on the Spottsville Bridge until approximately 3 p.m.
Motorists should be alert for stopped traffic on the bridge approaches. Delays should be less than 4 minutes.
The US 60 Green River Bridge is located at US 60 mile point 19.388 in Henderson County. Also known as the Spottsville Bridge and the Richard W. Owen Memorial Bridge, the 797 foot long structure was built as a toll bridge and opened to traffic in 1931. Tolls were removed in August 1945.
Approximately 3,000 vehicles cross the bridge in an average day. The US 60 Green River Bridge at Spottsville is nine miles east of the US 41 Cloverleaf at Henderson and about six miles west of the Henderson-Daviess County Line.
The Spottsville Bridge is at Green River navigation mile point 8.6.
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Amelanchier x grandiflora 'Autumn Brilliance'
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Deciduous, Edible fruit, Shrubs, Trees, Decorative fruit or berries
Graceful, airy plants grow about twice as high as wide. Bloom in early spring, just before or during leafout, bearing drooping clusters of white or pinkish flowers that are showy but short lived. Fruits follow in summer; they are similar to blueberries though with a somewhat musty flavor. Use them in pies and preserves—if you can get to them before the birds do (in Alaska, birds have thus far seemed uninterested in fruit). Purplish new spring foliage turns deep green in summer, fiery in fall.
Locate plants against a dark background to show off flowers, form, fall color. Best to choose a site where litter from fruit and birds won't be a problem. Prune after bloom to remove crossing, crowded, diseased, or dead branches. The common name "serviceberry" is often pronounced "sarvisberry."Amelanchier x grandiflora 'Autumn Brilliance'
One of several hybrids between A. arborea (similar to A. canadensis but larger) and A. laevis. Many named selections are available and may be sold under any of the three names.
Grows vigorously to 25 ft. tall, 30 ft. wide, with drooping clusters of white flowers. Blue-green foliage turns orange-red in autumn. Strong stems, profuse bloom, and brilliant fall color makes it a good choice for ornamental use.
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My InnerSea Discoveries expedition cruise on the Wilderness Explorer embarked in Juneau and went south toward Ketchikan. Which meant that we'd be missing Glacier Bay in the northern section of the Inside Passage. But that's OK, as the ship's itinerary took us to Sawyer Glacier in the Tracy Arm fjord.
As our ship came around the bend in the fjord and we saw Sawyer Glacier for the first time, I couldn't help thinking that it looked like The Wall in the Game of Thrones series (for the uninitiated, The Wall keeps zombie-like creatures called the Others out of the Seven Kingdoms. And yes, I'm a geek).
As we entered Tracy Arm, we passed numerous icebergs that kept getting bigger as we drew closer. Many of the icebergs were a glorious blue color, which means they had recently "calved" off the glacier. I thought that some of the bigger ones looked like Murano glass sculptures.
The ship dropped anchor and we all had the opportunity to approach the glacier in a pontoon or Zodiac. It looks cold in the pictures, doesn't it? And it was. Air temperatures around the glacier were between 30 and 40 degrees Fahrenheit. We bundled up in fleece, gloves and hats.
Excursion craft can only get so close to glaciers for safety reasons. That's because of the calving, the term that's given when big chunks of the glacier break off. Sometimes pieces of glacier calve under water, making the ice shoot up to the surface. No one wants to be on top of that – especially after we saw the glacier calve in front of us. Loud!
Besides going up to the glacier, our guides took us around Tracy Arm. The glacier-carved mountains surrounding the fjord had waterfalls running down them, runoff from the summer melt.
I'm not sure I've seen so many waterfalls in one place.
Our excursion to Sawyer Glacier really kicked off the trip on a high note. While it was billed as the least active day of the cruise, I enjoyed having a moment to sit back and soak in the only-in-Alaska scenery. While Tracy Arm may not be as glamorous as Glacier Bay, I loved that we had the glacier all to ourselves. It really spelled out what a small ship cruise is all about.
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The health block begins in ninth grade and presents basic information that students need in order to move consciously and safely through the adolescent years. The adolescent of 2008 is faced with insurmountable seductions and attractions that create pressure and require thoughtful navigating. Learning to make smart decisions can literally be lifesaving. This block continues in the tenth grade and culminates in the twelfth grade with the Senior Seminar/Life Skills class. The eleventh grade does not have a formal health block or class; however, many of the eleventh‐grade students become peer educators and continue to meet weekly to discuss health and social issues.
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The Student Mentor, Kelli McCarty, is a guide who listens and assists students in learning to make healthy choices that unfold their innate and full potential. Ms. McCarty has a M.A in counseling, a California State School Counseling Credential (PPS) and is pursuing her Marriage and Family Therapy License. She is a resource for helping students to develop self-esteem and to recognize beliefs and behavior patterns that prevent them from being successful. Ms. McCarty meets with students individually and in small groups, facilitates meetings with parents, students, and faculty, and is available for appointments Monday through Friday. You can reach her at email@example.com or 415-213-6124.
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Los Angeles (CNN) -- A private jet carrying Chris Brown made an emergency landing in Burbank, California, Monday after smoke filled the cockpit, the singer's representative confirmed Tuesday.
The incident, first reported by TMZ, happened as Brown was on his way from Los Angeles to New York to attend Monday night's Met Gala event.
The Gulfstream jet quickly returned to the Burbank airport when passengers and crew noticed the smoke just minutes after take off, TMZ reported.
Brown resumed his trip without incident on another jet later, but missed the event, TMZ reported. He did attend an after-party, it said.
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Steph S, if that's a real painting, it's a very good copy, i guess you know, of Turners 'Fighting Temeraire'. But i'd guess it's a comp gen digital work. The right half is way too close to be someone's copy. If you did it, WOW.
I really miss doing art. Right now, I am learning shodo (Japanese calligraphy) and ikebana. Art was my major in college, and I focused on ceramics, before moving on to metals. I'll share some of my college work when I have a chance and am not at work. :) My senior project centered around wire sculpture through nancy-knitting and crochet. Though my teacher was hesitant for my vision (she was more apt to appreciate technique and application than the initial concept)--I was greatly inspired by learning about superstring theory, branes, and the theory of everything. Unfortunately, I'm far from knowledgeable on that particular science, so it's artist's inspiration only... It may be that my teacher thought I'd lose the audience by bringing it up...
I've got new updates soon coming to my artanddigital.com
peace cya later; shit i'd go to reason rally and setup a anxus/artists group booth but.. life happens.. next year? or state tour? hell yes
you paint much?
i'll let you know when i get back there (now and then).
not a gregarious bunch here Steph. I use acrylic exclusively. Spent some time W of SanMarcos couple yrs back helping a friend startup a winery.
Anyone here like to oil paint?
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Its overall score is 1.4 points better than last year, due primarily to improvements in investment freedom, trade freedom, and the management of public finance. Botswana continues to be ranked the 2nd freest economy in the Sub-Saharan Africa region, and its overall score is well above the regional and world averages.Over the 20-year history of the Index, Botswana has improved its economic freedom by 15.3 points, the 18th biggest score improvement. A series of committed reform measures has enabled the country to rise from economically "mostly unfree" to "mostly free." Score improvements have been achieved in eight of the 10 economic freedoms, notably trade freedom, fiscal freedom, investment freedom, and freedom from corruption.With overall competitiveness sustained by a relatively high degree of regulatory efficiency and market openness, Botswana's economic freedom has consistently been among the highest in the Sub-Saharan African region. Its economy has been increasingly diversified, in large part due to dynamic investment attracted by low taxes, political stability, and an educated workforce. Botswana continues to set an example in the management of large endowments of natural resources. Read more about Botswana Economy. Close Background The Botswana Democratic Party has governed this multi-party democracy since independence in 1966. Ian Khama assumed the presidency in 2008 upon his predecessor's resignation and won a new five-year term in 2009. With significant natural resources and a market-oriented economy, Botswana has Africa's highest sovereign credit rating. Minerals (principally diamonds) account for three-fourths of exports and over 40 percent of GDP. Growth fell below 4 percent of GDP in 2012 partly because of a slowdown in the mining sector. In an attempt to diversify the economy through tourism, Botswana has focused on increasing conservation and creating extensive nature preserves. Botswana has one of the world's highest HIV/AIDS infection rates but is also among Africa's leaders in combating the disease. Rule of LawView Methodology Property Rights 70.0 Create a Graph using this measurement Freedom From Corruption 61.2 Create a Graph using this measurement Botswana, the least corrupt country on the African continent, continues to perform strongly in international measures of corruption and takes a tough approach to crime. The legal system is sufficient to enforce secure commercial dealings. A landmark High Court ruling in October 2012 held that customary law could no longer be used to deny a woman's right to inheritance, setting a critical legal precedent. Limited GovernmentView Methodology Government Spending 69.8 Create a Graph using this measurement Fiscal Freedom 81.0 Create a Graph using this measurement The top individual income tax rate is 25 percent, and the top corporate tax rate is 22 percent. Other taxes include a sales tax, a value-added tax (VAT), and a property tax. The overall tax burden has fallen to 28.1 percent of GDP. The government has attempted to curb spending to reduce the burdens of slower growth. Spending has fallen to 31.8 percent of GDP, and public debt has fallen to 15 percent of the domestic economy. Regulatory EfficiencyView Methodology Business Freedom 68.5 Create a Graph using this measurement Labor Freedom 69.7 Create a Graph using this measurement Monetary Freedom 72.4 Create a Graph using this measurement The regulatory framework generally facilitates entrepreneurial activity. With no minimum capital required, launching a business costs less than 2 percent of the level of average annual income. Obtaining necessary permits remains time-consuming and costly. Relatively flexible labor regulations support the development of an efficient labor market. The inefficient agricultural sector is highly subsidized, and the government influences prices through state-owned enterprises. Open MarketsView Methodology Trade Freedom 82.7 Create a Graph using this measurement Investment Freedom 75.0 Create a Graph using this measurement Financial Freedom 70.0 Create a Graph using this measurement Botswana's average tariff rate is 3.6 percent. The importation of containers remains costly and time-consuming. New foreign investments may require licensing from the government. The small but vibrant financial sector has contributed to dynamic economic growth and economic diversification. The private sector's access to credit is maintained effectively by the banking sector and well-functioning capital markets. Country's Score Over Time Country Comparisons Regional Ranking rank country overall change 1Mauritius76.5-0.4 2Botswana721.4 3Cape Verde66.12.4 4Rwanda64.70.6 5Ghana64.22.9 6South Africa62.50.7 7Madagascar61.7-0.3 8Swaziland61.24.0 9Zambia60.41.7 10Uganda59.9-1.2 11The Gambia59.50.7 12Namibia59.4-0.9 13Burkina Faso58.9-1.0 14Gabon57.80.0 15Tanzania57.8-0.1 16Côte d'Ivoire 57.73.6 17Kenya57.11.2 18Benin57.1-0.5 19Seychelles56.21.3 20Djibouti55.92.0 21Mali55.5-0.9 22Malawi55.40.1 23Senegal55.4-0.1 24Niger55.11.2 25Mozambique 550.0 26Nigeria54.3-0.8 27Guinea53.52.3 28Mauritania53.20.9 29Cameroon52.60.3 30Liberia52.43.1 31Burundi51.42.4 32Comoros51.43.9 33Guinea-Bissau51.30.2 34Sierra Leone50.52.2 35Ethiopia500.6 36Togo49.91.1 37Lesotho49.51.6 38São Tomé and Príncipe 48.80.8 39Angola47.70.4 40Central African Republic46.7-3.7 41Chad44.5-0.7 42Equatorial Guinea44.42.1 43Republic of Congo 43.70.2 44Democratic Republic of Congo40.61.0 45Eritrea38.52.2 46Zimbabwe35.56.9 See Entire Region List › View all countries ›


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He earned his law degree cum laude from the University of Hawaii at Manoa, William S. Richardson School of Law, where he was a member of the law review and national environmental law moot court team. He received a number of academic awards and wrote three law review articles.
Following law school, Mr. Goodin clerked for Associate Justice Steven H. Levinson of the Supreme Court of Hawaii and Senior Judge Alan C. Kay of the United States District Court for the District of Hawaii. He has also served as a lecturer in law at the Richardson School of Law, teaching a first-year legal practice course.
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People its not about the passport what matters to get a visa to travel. Its about the honesty and proof that the individual is genuinly be back in their own country after the travel. If you read every bit carefully about obtaining a visa and give them, u will get your visa very easily and you can travel to any country even you have a Sri Lankan passport. I have never had any issue with Sri Lankan passport to travel anywhere.
Sri Lanka passport one of world's 10 worst for travel
The Sri Lankan passport has been ranked as one of the 10 worst in the world for those wishing to travel overseas. According to the 2013 Henley & Partners Visa Restrictions Index, a global ranking system based on the freedom of travel for countries' citizens, Sri Lankans face similar restrictions to people from Afghanistan, Somalia, Iraq, Pakistan, Eritrea, Palestine, Nepal, the Sudan, Kosovo and the Lebanon.
The index ranks 219 countries, and measures the number of countries and territories that people can visit without needing a visa. Finland, Sweden and the UK topped the ranking with 173, compared to a pretty measly 32 for Sri Lanka.
Visa restrictions are an important tool for governments to control the movement of foreign nationals across borders," Henley & Partners said. "Visas are a standard requirement for most countries as certain non-nationals wish to enter their territory.
"Visa requirements are also an indication of the relationship between individual nations and the status of a country within the international community of nations," it added.
Unfortunately, this would seem to suggest that Sri Lanka's status in the international community is not especially high.
More detail can be found here.
as a Filipina and married to a Sri Lankan i found it difficult to travel in southeast asia with my husband because of the limitation in his passport. the people of sri lanka doing blue collar job doesnt have anything to do with the passport problem. we dont have to think in ridiculous way. we filipinos are facing the same problem travelling especially in US or UK because they are always thinking that filipinos might run away and stay as an illegal immigrant. citizen from UK, US or Switzerland can travel around the world without any hussle but paying hell lot of money for the taxes when visiting our country. for the benefit of the doubt, Asian are not the only nationalities that cleaning toilets in the middle east. i've been working with EU and British nationals and they, themselves admitting the fact that they did housekeeping job aswell because they are paying ridiculously high especially in London where cost of living is horribly expensive. but the thing is we Asian were bargaining the job in a very low cost, why? because we are hardworker. we dont care how many job we do in a day, not caring how long is the duty hours will be as long as they are paying because we are doing the hardwork all for our family which they dont have.
Guys . what i think is probably this is also western powered propaganda . I 100% agree that Sri Lanka is a highly corrupted, fucked up country as we have fucking idiots and thugs to run our country . But u also have to remember as we have very strong president, western world and India try to make us looks bad in every possible way . Sometimes our president also not so cleaver as he criticizes the western powers openly . this must stop . I truly respect him but i wish he can control his bother and son as they r destroying his reputation and the name of the country as both of them r highly corrupted and no very educated . finally , our passport cannot be that bad guys , no more war in the country . i agree time time few idiots who r politically involved rape tourists and kill boyfriends :-) come-on , its sri lankan politicians . over 98% of them r fucking idiots or thugs or thieves or sluts :-)))))))
this is not right, somebody got error in their thinking as usual about Sri Lanka. amazingly some Sri Lankans agree with their perverted idea about Sri Lanka.Who has seen the Good things of Sri Lanka.
Sri Lanka is considered as 'high risk' country mainly because Sri Lankans are more likely to violate visa conditions either by overstaying, illegal working or claiming asylum. This is the very reason why Sri Lankan passport is not very well respected. I don't agree with some comments that our passport is treated badly just because cleaning toilets in the middle east. Somebody has to clean toilets and it is part of the job. There are other 'shitty' jobs than cleaning toilets like prostitution. the government must do its part to earn ' respect'.
@RoryV_Midwinter unless you are a very famous celebrity or one of the richest persons in the world.. ;)
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The nationals from Britain, Sweden and Norway also wash toilets, but they do not travel to middle east to wash toilets since their income are much higher in their countries.
The passport issue is due to our own presentation to the world. We need to stand up for injustice, for example in asia and Middle east; the low paid jobs like cutting grass or maid is respected much lower and we accept this as part and partial of our life.
In Europe we are respected lower because the european think we are not the same level of competence and we do nothing to convince otherwise. This is partially because we are not able to communicate in the same level as the locals.
The passport has very little to their behavior, all depend on our presentation of ourself to the authorities.
I have Sri Lankan passport and I need visa´s to travel around but I love my passport and never had problems except I need to plan my trips and get visa´s to enter new destinations. I agree Visa process can be difficult for Sri Lankan low income citizens, where the same social ranking person from UK can travel without Visa.
Its all about income, and if we could support our self in our travel destination and the destination will benefit by our movement.
the story is true,,i've experienced a few times when transit in the quatar and emirates airports,that those who are in counters for passport checks and immigration treats us very rude and disrespectfuly as soon as they see I am holding a Sri Lankan passport,,it's not a fault of the government or any other international matter,it's due to our own peoples mistakes,,when half of the country is washing there toilets in middle east,definitely they treat the rest of the country as there shit cleaners,,no matter in what possition you are or in what class you are living in sri lanka,, people of Sri Lanka should start to build up a dignity for them self and stop going to wash middle east toilets for 200 usd,, there're a lot of job oppertunities in the island,all you've got to do is loosen up the negative thinking and stop listening to the last generation who destroyed and still destroying the good country..try and be proud people no matter you're rich or poor.
but thy got god..
jest same funny lanka...
අපිට ආඩම්බර වෙන්න මොන රෙද්දක් වත් නෑ ඇත්තටම :) . හිතං ඉන්නේ හැබැයි මහ ලොකු මිනිස්සු ටිකක් කියල -_- . තුටුටු දෙකේ තඹ සතේකට වැඩක් නැති හැත්තක් ඉන්න comedy country යක් :)
උගත්තුත් ඉන්නවා , හැබැයි උන් රට හැර යනවා :)
@groundviews Travel travails on #lka passport probably don't apply 2 DPL ppts (ministers, min secretaries, all MPs?) They never care 4 rest!
@shareenossen I am also a Sri Lankan, I am going to marry a Filipina. But i have no clear idea about the procedure that I sould follow in order to marry a Filipina. I really appreciate if you can provide me some information about this.
My email is [email protected]
Thanks in Advance.. :)
@Lahiru Dude, the reason behind this is not people coming to middle east to wash toilets. the true reason is people going to USA, Italy, France, Australia in fishing boats and crossing borders as refugees. when they get caught they screw the name of sri lanka saying its not safe to live there. 99% of the people in middle east specially house maid's and labour workers have valid visa's but how about the people in Europe, Aussie or America?
@Lahiru Seriously ? You are dishing out on the women who currently bring in the most revenue into the country ? If it wasn't for them you wouldn't be able to live in the so called upper class that you are existing in. You should be ashamed to be talking down about people who are suffering because of the lack of other industries within the country. Seriously come down from your pedestal and your dream land of Sri Lanka.
@NalakaG Quite right!
@Sri Lankan @Lahiru wooow man hats off to you....nice answer
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While the World Wide Web as we know it might be vast and it's size unimaginable, it's still wild, new and vastly unconquered. It's a brave new world, where mere dot commers are like colonial squatters staking their flag in the rich binary soil. Some will grow digital crops of t-shirt's with witty slogans and some will be daily logs of anthropomorphisms of house cats and other animals. If the Internet had a flag, there would be a cat on it for sure. However, .coms and .orgs have had their day; it's time to find a new empire. Where's my land of virtual plenty? Where are my 40 gigabytes and an avatar of a mule? Where is my digital El Dorado?
In 2013, we might see the end of the physical world, but we might see a wide broadening of a digital one. On June 20, 2011, thirteen years after the Los Angeles based non-profit private organization took over the job from the United States Government, ICANN (Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers) board members officially voted to ban most of the restrictions of applications for generic top level domains. In early 2012, 1,930 proposals for applications, which cost $185,000, with an annual fee of $25,000 just to apply, for arbitrary domain names from a myriad of industries around the world, came rushing in.
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A study conducted by the Tufts Medical Center's Institute for Clinical Research and Health Policy Studies states that your risk for heart attack is tripled after sex. While you may be justifiably concerned about your sexual health, don't scream, "Jumpin' Jesus on a pogo stick" and go for an emergency libido-ectomy just yet. Keep in mind that your chances are still really small that it'll happen.
Best Of The Web: Mr. Wrongs & Master Manipulators
What if a guy you like is an annoying talker? Are you dating Mr. Wrong? Can cheating on your boyfriend ever be justified. Five signs a woman is being unfaithful. The secret benefits of ED. Why keeping your looks up while you're in a relationship is a huge sign of love. One-quarter of women were disappointed in how they were proposed to. A long-term relationship CAN start from a one-night stand. Facebook got a man caught for polygamy. Web addresses can now end .xxx. Was the breakup more about you or him? And are you dating a master manipulator.
8 Things Charlie Sheen Can Teach Us About Breakups
Charlie Sheen is a treasure trove of bon mots, bemused narcissism and can't-look/can't-look-away Schadenfreude... a gift robot that keeps on giving. Here's what the Two And A Half Men meltdown has taught me about breakups.
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Facebook Unfriending Lands Couple In Jail
A woman in Brooksville, Florida unfriended her live-in boyfriend whilst in a pique about something or other. And that very umbrage came back many-fold as the live-in boyfriend confronted his lady about the unfriending and her status change to single (and, implicitly, ready to mingle). Eventually, the fracas came to such a boil that John Law was called to the feuding couple's mutual residence.
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A couple in California decided that a little lung infection wasn't going to ruin their weekend wedding plans. As there were upwards of 500 guests attending from as far as away as Korea, they decided not to delay their nuptials. Instead, they went ahead with the ceremony--with the bride in the church and the groom in the hospital--via Skype. Everyone wins!
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Quote of the Day | Ed Brubaker on bringing back Bucky
"Everyone who's ever written Captain America has wanted to bring Bucky back, and I was the first person who arrived at a time where they were willing to … The whole thing when Bucky died was a ret-con that Stan Lee did because he didn't like sidekicks, and Jack Kirby went along with it because he thought it was this great way to add tragedy to Captain America […] But honestly, when I got the book, I was asked, 'What would you want to do?' and I said, 'Well, I have this idea about how to bring back Bucky, where he is like a really cool bad guy who's actually an adult.' And Joe Quesada said, 'Oh, that's really interesting, because we just this big summit where we were arguing over whether we could bring back Bucky or not, because Captain America is not selling.'
I was working on a thing with Gene Colan years later — his last comic that he ever did; he drew Captain America, he co-created the Falcon — and I asked him, 'How come you guys never brought Bucky back?' And he said, 'Oh, y'know, we were doing this story where Bucky came back and he turned out to be a robot, and I asked Stan, "Why don't we have it be the real Bucky?" and he said, "Aw, sales aren't low enough yet."' Stan was always OK with [resurrecting Bucky], because he always left the door open — like when Bucky died, they always put the word 'supposedly' in there, so I felt like the door was left open. I got a lot of flak for it at the time, because it was a ret-con, but I also tried really hard to make sure the ret-con worked with the actual con, if that makes sense."
– Ed Brubaker, in a wide-ranging discussion that touches upon his Captain America run, his collaborations with Sean Phillips and Steve Epting, and the five-year deal he and Phillips signed with Image Comics
What Are You Reading? with James Asmus
Welcome to What Are You Reading? Today's special guest is writer and comedian James Asmus, who you know from Gambit, Thief of Thieves and the just-released The End Times of Bram & Ben.
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What Are You Reading? with Alex Dueben
Hello and welcome to What Are You Reading? Our special guest this week is Alex Dueben, who you probably know from his interviews for the main site, Comic Book Resources, as well as for sites like Suicide Girls.
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What Are You Reading? with Elisabeth Forsythe
Hello and welcome once again to What Are You Reading? This week our special guest is Elisabeth Forsythe, marketing manager for online comic shop Things From Another World and frequent contributor to The Blog From Another World.
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Food or Comics? | The League of Spontaneous Olympians
Welcome to Food or Comics?, where every week we talk about what comics we'd buy at our local comic shop based on certain spending limits — $15 and $30 — as well as what we'd get if we had extra money or a gift card to spend on a "Splurge" item.
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Graeme McMillan
If I had $15 this week, the first thing I'd grab would be a complete nostalgia-buy: DC Retroactive: Justice League of America – The 70s #1 (DC, $4.99), because I am a complete and utter sucker for JLA stories, and grew up reading old back issues of the title I found at used bookstores. This would be worth it for the reprint at the back alone, never mind the new story by Cary Bates that looks like it's playing around with the multiverse one more time. To accompany that, I'd also pick up the first two issues of Joe Harris and Brett Weldele's Spontaneous (both $3.99), because – even though I missed the Free Comic Book Day release of the debut – I'm a fan of Harris' Ghost Projekt and Weldele's work on The Surrogates, and curious to see just where a book about spontaneous human combustion can actually go.
What Are You Reading? with Chris Butcher
Welcome to another edition of What Are You Reading? Our special guest today is Chris Butcher.
Butcher is the manager of The Beguiling in Toronto and founder of The Toronto Comic Arts Festival. He'll be at the UDON Booth #5037 and The Beguiling Original Art Sales Booth #1629 at San Diego Comic-Con this weekend.
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Talking Comics with Tim | Jason Latour
One of the perks of working with Robot 6 is often getting to see a glimpse at a new project before it is available for purchase. This past week (thanks to the project's colorist, Rico Renzi) I was able to read the first issue of Loose Ends, a four-issue southern crime romance miniseries by writer Jason Latour and artist Chris Brunner, which goes on sale this Wednesday, July 13. As a native of the South, it is not often I get to read comics set there–so the comics caught my attention purely on that level at first. But then, when I started reading the issue, I realized it reminded me on some level of Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips' Criminal. That's not to say Latour and company have done a wannabe story, far from it, as the creators have their own distinctive voices/styles, that mesh quite well. If the remaining three issues are as strong as this first one, I expect it will land on a few best of 2011 lists (at least mine, for sure). Latour and I discuss the first issue and other aspects of the series in this email interview. If you want a preview of the miniseries, be sure to enjoy the one CBR posted a couple of months back.
Tim O'Shea: The opening page of the first issue is all art, no narrative boxes or dialogue. Was the script always that way, or was that a creative choice you made after seeing Chris Brunner's art for that page?
Jason Latour: Well as an artist myself I've worked on a few stories where I was dying to stretch a moment or let something play out visually and it just wasn't possible. So from the start there was always an allowance for some organic growth in this script. The simplest reason for that is because I trust Chris. We're collaborating. His point of view is equally important as mine is. If I'm doing my job then I'm inspiring him, not fencing him in. The medium itself, the page limit already does that. I tried to give him a script that communicated the tone, the pace and specific details needed to tell the story within that space. From there it's on us as a team to communicate. If he has an idea, I listen. If he nails a scene and I'm in the way… I try to move. If he needs me to pick him up, hopefully I'm ready and able.
Comics A.M. | Archie addresses gays in military; NYT explains Crisis
Publishing | We noted in late April that Archie Comics appeared to be embracing cultural and political commentary with its upcoming Kevin Keller miniseries, which features Riverdale's first openly gay character and his father, a retired three-star general. But now the publisher, or at least the character, is going a step further, marching into the middle of the debate over gays and lesbians openly serving in the armed forces by revealing that Kevin aspires to be a journalist, but only after attending the U.S. Military Academy and becoming an Army officer. "Even though we don't tackle the specific issue of Don't Ask Don' Tell, the goal was to show that patriotism knows no specific gender, race or sexual orientation," cartoonist Dan Parent says. "While it sounds like heavy subject matter, I tried to show it simply that Kevin, like his dad, loves his country. Being gay doesn't effect that in any way." [The Associated Press]
Publishing | DC Comics' line-wide reboot has received extensive coverage by mainstream media outlets, based largely on the original USA Today article or The Associated Press report. But my favorite piece is this one by George Gene Gustines that turns back the clock to 1985 and attempts to explain to The New York Times audience the effects, and problems, of Crisis on Infinite Earths, and the publisher's subsequent attempts to streamline continuity: "… If the goal was to make the DC universe easier to understand, the end result was the opposite: to this day, fans frequently mention 'pre-Crisis' and 'post-Crisis' as a way to distinguish stories. Twenty years later, in the Infinite Crisis limited series, DC tried to clean continuity up again: Superman's career as Superboy was back; Batman knew who murdered the Waynes; and Wonder Woman was a founder of the Justice League again." [The New York Times]
Food or Comics? | This week's comics on a budget
Welcome to Food or Comics?, where every week we talk about what comics we'd buy at our local comic shop based on certain spending limits — $15 and $30 — as well as what we'd get if we had extra money or a gift card to spend on a "Splurge" item.
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Chris Arrant
If I had $15, I'd first do a two-fisted grab of this summer's big event series Flashpoint #2 (DC, $3.99) and Fear Itself #3 (Marvel,$3.99). It's required reading if you're writing about comics like I am, and as a reader I'm intrigued by both. Two questions come out of this: 1. I wonder which one jiggered their release dates to come out the same week as the other event book, and 2. I guess DC will have to take off its "Holding The Line at $2.99" logo, or at least add some fine print. Next up would be Uncanny X-Force #11 (Marvel, $3.99); Rick Remender and the artists here have made this the best x-book on stands, hitting me right between the eyes by revisiting older storylines and characters and giving them a modern spin. Lastly, I would get Turf #5 (Image, $2.99), because I'm one of the biggest Tommy Lee Edwards fans out there.
Quote of the day | Ed Brubaker on superheroes, violence, and the villainy of closure
[I've] pretty much been given free rein on Captain America and Daredevil and all the stuff I've written for [Marvel] to do whatever I do because they like what I do. Still, I know what I'm doing. I know the superhero comic has to have a fight in it. I know there has to be a bad guy. I know that at the end of the day, the problem will not be solved by talking about it but will be solved by two people punching each other in the face. Although I have gotten away with letting the bad guys win a lot of the time, which is more true, I think.
David Milch said, when he created Deadwood, that part of Deadwood was wanting to exorcise — I think he worked on Hill Street Blues and NYPD Blue, and he thought it was bullshit that every week they were solving crimes when in the real world people were always getting away with it. He wanted to do something about crime the way crime really is, where crime is corruption and crime is behind everything. It's much more about what's really going on in our country right now, where Bill Clinton deregulates the media and now we have seven companies that basically own America. Sometimes when I'm writing a superhero story I wonder if they really have to punch each other in the face. Is that really going to solve anything? I feel the same way sometimes when I watch episodes of Law & Order. I'm like, "Yeah, right. You found the sex offender and now everything is fine." TV is big on closure, but I think closure is horseshit in real life. I'm still haunted by stuff I did in my teen years when I think about it too much.
There's a lot to chew on and pick apart and mull over in Tom Spurgeon's long, fascinating interview with writer Ed Brubaker on the occasion of the launch of the next installment of his and Sean Phillips's crime comic Criminal this week, but this is the passage that jumped out to me. I've often said that the core idea behind superhero stories is "extraordinary individuals solving problems through violence"; now that I think about it, what sets Brubaker's Captain America and many of his other superhero comics apart is that the violence committed by their extraordinary individuals tends not to solve much of anything.


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IBM used to be considered a huge tyrant, like Microsoft is today... and didn't Microsoft essentially take over IBM's position
Although I think IBM has learned a lot from its dance with M$, its sad to see that they still feel the need to cut budget by laying people off.
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[in case you didn't get why "war => +BNP", here's a short explanation: war needs soliders (need food, need...), guns, ammo, army vehicles (needs gas, needs refinaries, needs...), and this is just the start of the chain, in short, an terrible amount of services and resouces nees to "done", a nb GDP is, bingo, the sum of it, this also means accidents and such is also good for GDP - that's one of the reasons not to use GDP to emasure "wealth" of a country]
Dude500: that might have been the april fools thing, there was a such, where, Ballmer allegedly got, let us say, cut of short by nitendo. Fun joke, but nothing more afaik.
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