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OverPowered Skills
Arme's 1st Job Cash Firestorm
Lire's 1st Job ST Stardust Rain
Lass's 1st Job ST Raven Walker
Ryan's 2nd/3rd/4th Transformation Nephilim (within a 10 second period of attacks)
Dio's 1st Job OnRush
Out of the following, if they all had the same amount of Attack (exclude the buffs), rearrange them to Strongest to Weakest (exclude buffs). As far as I know, those are usually the Over Powered skills against single monsters. Do not include Mob damage please. I'm just looking for which one would be the strongest in damage. If there are other skills that are OverPowered that aren't mentioned in this list, please provide the name and how to use it.
Focusing on Dungeons by the way.
Is this for the benefit of possible nerfing or something in PvP/Dungeons? Or just for convo stimulation?
How about:
Dio's 1st Job Necrotic and Black Space (is Black Space considered mob damage-ish?)
Jin's 2nd Job The Glow (maybe Power Rising as well, I'm not sure.)
That's about all I can think of.
Arme 2nd job "Big Bomb"
Is great if all bombs hit, especially from the back. This'll probably see more use after Arme's revamp.
Sieg Cash ST "Mocking Blade"
I love this skill. Cast it and walk around, watch things die. Great invincibility so you can MP pot or use a pet to charge MP for another go.
I'm thinking about Mari's "Eraser" but it doesn't carry most bosses, which sucks.
Eraser isn't that strong for Mari. Big Bomb is pretty strong, but it's not as strong as FireStorm. I'm not thinking about combination skills like Necrotic after BlackSpace because I've gotten it maxed out already. Trying something different because I want a new class. The reason why I mentioned OnRush is becasue I haven't completely decided if I should go for KillZone or Full Stygian (Left and Right Path for First Job). I havent tried the ones for Jin or Sieghart, but I do have additional Skill Keys available. Can someone rearrange the skills in order that has been mentioned so far?
1.) Lass' 1st job ST skill "Raven Walker"
2.) Arme's 1st job cash skill "Firestorm"
3.) Lire's 1st job ST skill "Stardust Rain"
4.) Ryan's 2nd~4th job skill "Nephilim"
5.) Dio's 1st job Left Tree skill "Necrotic"
6.) Dio's 1st job Right Tree skill "Onrush" (with AP reduction bonus from 2nd job)
7.) Sieghart's 1st job ST cash skill "Mocking Blade"
8.) Dio's 1st job Left Tree skill "Black Space"
9.) Arme's 2nd job skill "Big Bomb"
10.) Jin's 2nd job skill "The Glow" (Burning)
11.) Mari's 1st job skill "Eraser"
#6 and #7 are debatable, I guess.
Onrush is a great skill and definitely worth the Righty choice (plus it can be extended with MP pots a and Sellion), but I think I'm gonna wait on my Dio in case 3rd job comes out and decides to screw Lefty Dios over. My Dio's a Lefty so I don't want to be stuck with half and half.
As far as Mocking Blade vs. Onrush goes on that list, I'd say Onrush tops Mocking if the extension is used (holding the directional key and/or spamming MP pots during), since Mocking time can be extended to 10 seconds.
Arme 4th "Deep Impact"
Does a lot as well, but my screen always lags when I fire it off so I can't tell if it's better or worse than Big Bomb. ><
I miss Lire 2nd's Harpy in this sort of conversation. ._.
And also, As far as power goes, I know it's the general belief that 3bar skills are the most powerful, but there's also efficiency, as in the 1bar that does as much damage as a 2bar and so forth, so should those be mentioned as well, or are we only looking for the best of the best?
Arme's 4th job skill "Deep Impact," huh?
You're getting hit by multiple huge meteors that cover up the whole screen. Of course it's gonna be OP. Still, not sure if it does more damage than Black Space or not, because it's really hard to fit a skill like that somewhere. The meteors go everywhere and not all of them hit a single target. Maybe at least two or three meteors will.
Time to redo the list:
1.) Lass' 1st job ST skill "Raven Walker"
2.) Arme's 1st job cash skill "Firestorm"
3.) Lire's 1st job ST skill "Stardust Rain"
4.) Ryan's 2nd~4th job skill "Nephilim"
5.) Dio's 1st job Left Tree skill "Necrotic"
6.) Dio's 1st job Right Tree skill "Onrush" (with AP reduction bonus from 2nd job)
7.) Arme's 4th job skill "Deep Impact"
8.) Sieghart's 1st job ST cash skill "Mocking Blade"
9.) Dio's 1st job Left Tree skill "Black Space"
10.) Arme's 2nd job skill "Big Bomb"
11.) Jin's 2nd job skill "The Glow" (Burning)
12.) Mari's 1st job skill "Eraser"
EDIT: Yep. Sure does do more than Black Space.
Um, I don't think any of those are over powered at all. They are strong but they are really easy to dodge in my opinion. So I think it has balanced pros and cons. Raven Walker can easily be dodged or if you have good timing, you can use a quick mp to save your life. Stardust is just really easy to dodge, I mean the only time it hits is fall right into some awesome timing or surprise attack. Not sure about Nephilim, he's very cumbersome to control so you can easily evade him. Firestorm is kinda hard to dodge, but at least it's easy to dodge maps with elevation and also that move doesn't happen so instantly as like Phoenix asssault. Last but not least onrush is kinda hard to dodge out of the most, xD. In my opinion, if you get caught in one while you're mping, you better hope you can out last it or if you he runs out of ap just in time. But onrush isn't that bad at all. Most concerning is... phoenix assault... that move is so strong and yet so fast to react against. -_-
^ We're talking about Dungeon damage, not PvP.
Oh my bad. Dungeon damage... but isn't it good to blaze through a dungeon. I mean isn't it more pleasable if you were to run through a dungeon faster?
ummmm.... overpowered skills = blazing thru dungeons really fast?
I want a challenge; I feel like I've earned whatever I get in the end. Easy stuff gets really boring after a while.
Like most grindfest games, people wants to level up their character to make things easier for them in the future. At the same time, they're trying to figure out easier ways to level to achieve that goal.
I already have a Lv 58 Arme and Lv 67 Dio; the rest of my characters are Lv 52 and up. I'm trying to figure out ways to get them all to 67 for the Thunder Hammer weapons, but I would need to find out what skill(s) is the strongest to know how to kill strong monsters/bosses the fastest while leveling them in a dungeon. I don't PvP, so it usually takes me a while.
Stardust Rain
does hax damage but you need to place your opponent above you to get max damage.
Raven Walker
same with stardust but you'll need to get near to your opponent as close as possible.
haven't tried on rush as I use black space.
Currently training Ryan to 67, then doing either Arme or Jin next. There's enough Arme users out there, and she's kind of boring to use to be honest. I'm leaning towards Jin next.
Get his 2nd job ASAP!
Unless you already have. His 2nd and 4th jobs are both the best in dungeons. 1st is second to last, 3rd is last, though I love them both still.
They are overpowered... But isnt that a good thing for dungeoning?
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2004 Jeep Wrangler SUV Sahara 4WD 2dr Convertible SUV (4.0L 6cyl 5M)
Jeep Wranglers rule! I bought my '04 Sahara a month ago, and it is incredible. The only 4X4 that I could find that wasn't made mostly of plastic. They cut all the gadgets and gizmos. I knew going into it that 16-18MPG would be normal, so I can't complain. The engine is powerful, stock suspension is very capable on trails. I found it interesting that people said the freeway drive is too bouncy and noisy. With the hard top on, it is just as quiet as my wife's Integra, the soft top isn't bad either. It is very smooth on freeways. Yeah, when you hit bumps on smaller roads,you do bounce a little, but it is a Jeep! Take it off-roading and you will see what I mean.
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Question about Pooping outside the box
Im not sure who the "culprit" is, but we have had one of our babies pooping on one of the small area rugs. The door to this room has been mostly shut (meaning, its a snug doorway, and its not latched but they do have to shove their way in). its in the laundry room, covering the sewer/drain in the floor.
the poop it self is perfectly fine, looks no different than what ive been seeing in the boxes all this time.
i have a couple theories as to why, but im not sure. One idea is that some scent is coming from that drain, drawing them to it bad enough to want to mask it?
another theory i have is that some days, we have been trying to leave the food bowl empty. just for a few hours. trying to keep them (mostly simba) from eating out of boredom. Could it be that he is expressing his anger for not having enough kibble at all times? the only thing that doesnt make sense is that it *seems* to happen overnight. i check it every night when i clean the boxes. (they havent been going there every night). The problem with this theory is that when i do try to get them more mealtime-ish based, their definite meal is in the evening just before i go to bed. so, overnight there is all the kibble they could want. and normally some canned to go along with it, plenty to nibble on.
a third theory that i thought of is that im currently testing unscented vs scented litters (one type in each box) to try to determine which they prefer - up until i started that a few months ago i had been buying whatever was on sale. sometimes scented. which i think led to issues with the bigger, more important/expensive rug in the main room. i have since *touching wood, literally* solved that problem since going back to the unscented. check that every night too, still. i read that scented litters can confuse them and draw them away from their own scents. that its better maybe for us humans but worse for them.
but the fact that its not just there and effort is required to get in leads me to think its got something to do with that drain being there.
has anyone else had a similar problem??
i just now sprayed some leftover indoor cat repellant that we had from the big carpet onto this smaller carpet, and closed the door all the way latched for the night.
since its a smaller carpet, i can wash the snot out of it in the washer... but if the drain smell is the cause, what on earth can i do about that??
this particular issue did just start more routinely, about a week ago. i looked in when i noticed the door was only open about wide enough for a cat to fit inside. sure enough there it was. before this we had problems in that area but very much spread out and just random, possibly on a night i skipped cleaning the box (but im talking months ago.) .... now it seems to be getting more routine. the boxes still get cleaned nightly. every night. since i skipped a night and woke up to a problem, i never skip now. not brave enough.
can anyone shed any light on the situation?? luckily its not a super expensive large rug *touching wood again*. but id rather get the issue totally fixed, regardless of size or quality of the carpet.
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You haven't mention another possible cause: medical. Perhaps the problem is none of the above but a medical issue. Get them vet checked to rule out any issues. Could be the smell, could be the litter, could be the box location, could be the door - - all of these could contribute. You need to rule out medical, then go through process of elimination with each issue one at a time.
My Zipper would poop on the LR carpet until I discovered that the new auto air freshener in the laundry room (where the downstairs boxes were) was the problem (dumb me didn't make the co-relation at first). I turned it off and the pooping stopped. Coincidence? I think not.
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I'm curious to know what happened last night since you locked the door? Did the culprit just use the litter box, or was there poop somewhere else?
Some scent may have drawn the culprit at first, but it may also be the texture of the rug. One of mine, who still occasionally poops outside of her box when she is constipated (which is why you do want to consult a vet), stopped pooping on my big expensive rug when I bought a small cheap one with a different texture and put it on top of the spot where she'd been pooping. I wasn't thinking about texture when I bought it, just that it was cheap, so I could throw it out if necessary. But she's pooped in a different area on the nice rug, so clearly the texture was a turnoff.
Do you have any means of videoing the door, to see who it is? My downstairs neighbor got some app that allows her to use the camera on her laptop to take video, so she can see what her dog's up to when she's not home.
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Actually to answer your question, whoever it is did in fact just use the box since access to that rug/drain scent was locked off. for a few nights now... but theyve been acting just the same, both of them. if i go down to clean the boxes, there seems to be no desire to go in there (you know, when they sit somewhere and look up at you means let me in there).
it still could be scent or texture, but how to tell which?
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That said, in your shoes, I'd probably just leave the door closed/latched on a regular basis, since I don't imagine the cats have any need to be in the laundry room.
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I had that problem as well a few weeks ago. All I had to do was add a second litter box.
How many cats do you have/how many boxes? The rule is 1 per cat +1. I have two cats and two boxes (I should have three, but they are fine with two). One of the two were pooping on the rug under the table. The consistency was fine and they were peeing in the box. I added a second box and voila, no more pooping outside the box.
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Since September 2003 the AMHA has published the Journal of Australasian Mining History which embraces all aspects of mining history, mining archaeology and heritage.
Journal of Australasian Mining History
Volume 13 October 2015
'The Challenge of Standing on the Shoulders of Giants',
Keynote Address to the 10th Congress of the International Mining History Association and the 20th Annual Conference of the Australasian Mining History Association, Charters Towers, July 2014.
REFEREED Pages
Discovering Gold in the North: the evidence changes
'Jon and Jackey': An Exploration of Aboriginal and Chinese People's Associations on the Victorian Goldfields
'The Rush that Ended': The Quest for Rubies in Central Australia
The Wolfram Mine at Wilks Creek, Victoria
Benjamin John Dunsheath and his Auckland Smelting Company
'The Broken Hill of Tasmania': the rise and fall of the 13-Mile silver-lead field, western Tasmania
Robert Menzies: miners and the metals market crash of 1930
John Taylor and Sons, Mine Promoters and Managers: Seventy Years of Mining
in Spain and Portugal
Songs from the Australian Goldfields, Part 1: Gold mania
Don Johnson's Charters Towers Mining History: The Importance of Historical Data
The Magnet Mine 1894-1940: 'careful management - constant production'
The Genesis of Heavy Haul Freight Railroads in the Pilbara
John Woodland, Money Pits: British mining companies in the Californian and Australian gold rushes of the 1850s 223-226
Reviewer: K.G. McQueen
Garry Richardson, Tin Mountain: the European and Chinese History of the Blue Tier, Poimena and Weldborough 226-227
Reviewer: Nic Haygarth
Collin Myers:
'The Challenge of Standing on the Shoulders of Giants', Keynote Address to the 10th Congress of the International Mining History Association and the 20th Annual Conference of the Australasian Mining History Association, Charters Towers, 2014.
Collin Myers worked for 40 years as a mining industry communicator. After an early career in journalism in Australia in Brisbane and Canberra and in the UK with Reuters, he established and built the corporate affairs function at Brisbane-based M.I.M. Holdings Limited incorporating public, investor and government relations. In recent years, he has provided investor relations and financial communications services to mining companies. His corporate career was interspersed with stints in Canberra where he served as Senior Adviser to the Prime Minister.
The paper looks at how past leaders of Australia's mining industry embraced downstream processing of mine production in Australia as a natural extension of their businesses. For them, there was unassailable logic in adding maximum value through smelting, refining and manufacturing in Australia, for commercial reasons and for what they perceived to be the national interest.
As value-adding activity increased in Australia in the mid-late 20th century, ironically there was vociferous criticism that Australia had become no more than a quarry. Today, at a time when the downstream processing of Australian mine products in Australia is being reduced and Australian processing technologies are being applied in other countries, public discussion is muted.
Peter Bell: email@example.com Discovering Gold in the North: the evidence changes. Peter Bell is a consulting historian, based in Adelaide. He has been interested in the history of the mining industry for over thirty years.
Warren Fahey AM is a cultural historian, author, broadcaster and performer. When he founded the Larrikin Record label in 1974 his first release was Man of the Earth - a collection of songs about mining in Australia. He has maintained his interest in mining and in 2013 published an e-book and CD album, The World Turned Upside Down.
Music played an important part in the life of the Australian digger on the 19th century goldfields, both around the campfire and performed by professional entertainers. The first of the goldrushes took place in May 1851 following publicity of discoveries in the Bathurst district of New South Wales and within weeks songs were appearing in local newspapers, depicting the excitement and turmoil as men left their homes in search of fortune. Many of the songs came from anonymous writers and what they may have lacked in literary quality was more than compensated for by way of intensity of emotions expressed. Others were published in songbooks by goldfields entertainers such as Charles Thatcher and Joe Small.
'Jon and Jackey': An Exploration of Aboriginal and Chinese People's Associations on the Victorian Goldfields.
Fred Cahir is Senior Lecturer in Aboriginal Studies at Federation University (Faculty of Education & Arts). His main research areas are Victorian Aboriginal history and Aboriginal Ecological Knowledge.
Ian Clark is Professor of Tourism at Federation University (Business Faculty) whose primary work has focused on Victorian Aboriginal history and Aboriginal toponymy.
Whilst historians have tended to concentrate on northern Australian analyses of Sino-Aboriginal relationships this paper shall explore the topic of Aboriginal associations with Chinese people on the Victorian goldfields (1850-1900). Evidence is provided that establishes a shared history, both positive and derogatory, which has hitherto been ignored or poorly understood. It contributes to the broadening of Victoria's cultural cartography by including Chinese and their intersections with Aboriginal people on the goldfields.
Jim Enever:
'The Rush that Ended': The Quest for Rubies in Central Australia.
Jim studied mining engineering at Melbourne University followed by a career in mining research with CSIRO, with major interest in coal mining and coal seam gas. After retiring, Jim went back to study archaeology and history at Melbourne University and has for the past 15 years been writing on various aspects of Australian mining history. The current paper is a link between Jim's interests in mining history and gem stone fossicking.
In August 1886, explorer David Lindsay discovered what he thought might be gem quality rubies in the East MacDonnell Ranges. Lindsay's exploration party formed a syndicate in Adelaide to pursue the discovery. A large cache of stones was brought back to Adelaide, which when examined by experts was proclaimed to contain a proportion of 'true Oriental rubies'. This sparked a rush between September 1887 and May 1888.
A debate ensued in Australia and the UK about whether the stones were valuable rubies or 'worthless' garnets. It was eventually agreed that the stones should be popularly classified as 'Australian rubies', a completely new gem species. After the prospect of British capital entering the arena had kept the uncertainty about the nature of the stones alive, it became generally accepted by mid-1888 that the stones were in fact garnets. This realization sparked an exodus from the field and by the end of 1888 the ruby field was completely deserted. The ruby companies progressively slid into liquidation during the first years of the 1890s. As fast as the rush had begun, the rush had ended.
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'The Broken Hill of Tasmania': the rise and fall of the 13-Mile silver-lead field, western Tasmania.
Nic Haygarth is a professional historian, freelance writer and Voluntary Associate of the University of Tasmania, which awarded him a PhD in history. While passionate about wild places, high country and those who populate them, he is very interested in mining wherever it occurs.
The 13-Mile silver field west of Waratah, Tasmania was bruited, disastrously, as 'the Broken Hill of Tasmania' at the cusp of the 1891 economic depression. In an object lesson in how not to conduct mining, infrastructure expenditure of £26,000 was undertaken at the Godkin mine without a lode first being proven. However, while the Godkin Silver Mining Company collapsed, this investment today stands as one of the richest mining heritage sites on the island.
Don Johnson's Charters Towers Mining History: The Importance of Historical Data.
Jim Morrison is a Townsville based geologist with a long-term fascination with mining history. Educated in Melbourne at RMIT and Imperial College (London University) Jim's 48 year career has included over two decades in and around the 6 Moz Charters Towers goldfield where he was Geology Manager for Citigold for 11 years. He is currently a member of EGRU Advisory Board at James Cook University and a former Chair of the AusIMM North Queensland Branch.
Ian Hodkinson is a self-employed consultant geologist, based in Brisbane. He was educated at Kingston Polytechnic and Leicester University in the UK and emigrated to Australia in 1981. He was heavily involved with mining and mineral exploration in North Queensland between 1986 and 2012. He is a member of the Australasian Mining History Association and has contributed to several publications of the Charters Towers and Dalrymple Family History Association over a period of many years. In 2002 he completed a major review of the history of Charters Towers Central State School to coincide with the 125th Anniversary of the school.
Charters Towers, discovered in 1871, has a colourful history full of larger-than-life characters including Don Johnson himself, an eloquent and erudite, yet occasionally implacable historian/artist of legal background and self-indulgent lifestyle. Don became obsessed with researching and chronicling the early history of Charters Towers. He embarked upon writing a complete history but died prematurely in 1993 with only the first 13 chapters completed. Johnson vividly documented the amazing discoveries of bonanza gold, the riots, roll-ups and rogues, the fortunes made and lost and the characters like Warden Charters, who named the goldfield after himself, and Thadeus O'Kane, the radical newspaper owner who escaped to the colonies following a sensational scandal involving his wife and the British PM. Posthumous publication of Johnson's book was unsuccessful and it was effectively lost for two decades. His diligent research was not in vain, however, as his files are available at the Dalrymple Archives and are regularly used by local government, company and private researchers. They helped Citigold locate previously unknown oreshoots within the old workings and to explore for extensions. He accumulated information not readily accessible, which prevented a calamity in 2006 by alerting Citigold to unknown water-filled mines along the planned Warrior Decline. The fate of Johnson's work demonstrates the need for historians to make known what they would like done with their work in the event of their untimely death.
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Robert Menzies: miners and the metals market crash of 1930.
Sybil Nolan wrote her PhD thesis on the comparative liberalisms of the Age newspaper and Robert Menzies, focusing on the interwar period. She teaches publishing studies at the University of Melbourne, and is now working on a monograph about Robert Menzies' social and cultural connections between the wars.
When base metal prices crashed in 1930, the mining industry rallied its political and media connections in its support. Melbourne, then the industry's chief corporate base, was a centre of this lobbying. One of the issues around which it agitated was the tariff, which since the late nineteenth century had been a token of faith with liberals and even conservatives in Victoria. Robert Menzies, a QC and Victorian politician then taking his first tentative steps towards the federal arena, played a key role in weakening the unalloyed allegiance of the Victorian National Federation to the tariff, altering the party's platform to reflect the need for tariff reform. This paper investigates the development of Menzies' thinking about tariff policy, and how it was partly shaped by his emerging connections in the Melbourne world of industry and finance, both in the Collins House group and beyond it.
The Magnet Mine 1894-1940: 'careful management - constant production'.
Keith Preston is a retired engineering geologist and geotechnical engineer who continues to research aspects of the Tasmanian mining industry, particularly the widespread use of water for power generation.
Development of the Magnet silver-lead mine in the 1890s, together with the Heazlewood and Zeehan fields on the west coast, was instigated by the huge profits generated by the Broken Hill mines in N.S.W. The deposits of limited size were expensive to develop however, due to their isolated location in rugged terrain, and expensive to operate due to high costs of conveying the ore to mainland or European smelters, for all but a ten year period when a smelter operated at Zeehan. Economical mine operation using water for power generation became an operational necessity for survival. Prudent management enabled dividend payments to be maintained despite the high costs of providing the required infrastructure (particularly the demands for increased water storage) being a continual drain on profits. A series of setbacks following the onset of WWI resulted in a gradual decline and eventual closure during the depression of the early 1930s: of these the more damaging included restricted smelter operation during the war, the Broken Hill industrial disputes that immediately followed, depressed metal prices, escalating costs, labour shortages and the limitations of the water storage dams located in a water catchment of inadequate size. Against all odds, The Magnet became Tasmania's most productive silver mine at the time of closure in 1940.
John Taylor and Sons, Mine Promoters and Managers: Seventy Years of Mining in Spain and Portugal. Presented to the 10th Congress of the International Mining History Association and the 20th Annual Conference of the AMHA, Charters Towers, 2014.
Robert Vernon is a retired geologist, with an interest in mining history that spans 45 years. He has written papers and books on a variety of subjects, that includes medieval iron smelting, mining technology, Welsh metal mining, and now Spanish mining. An underlying interest is the spread of mining technology around the world by British mining companies.
This paper examines the 19th and 20th century mining activities on the Iberian Peninsula by John Taylor and Sons, the renowned London firm of mining engineers, and mine managers. It also provides a brief account of the development of their business, and the factors that led up to their achievements in Spain. Over a seventy year period, their lead and copper mining companies, particularly in Andalucía, enjoyed success, and one uniquely declared over 100 dividends. Their legacy remains today, principally in the Linares area, with the important mining landscape that they helped to create.
The Genesis of Heavy Haul Freight Railroads in the Pilbara.
William Walker is a retired Mechanical Engineer, MIEAust and MIMechE. He worked on British Rail, Kowloon Canton Railway and retired as Railroad Manager, BHP Railroad. After retirement he studied history and is a PhD Candidate at the University of Western Australia. The paper uses a part of his PhD thesis.
The paper examines why a private railway and three private heavy haul railroads were built in Western Australia. The railway and railroads are described with details on how ideas were changed and adapted as they were being built. It describes the early infrastructure and equipment failures and how, by using research and technology, the problems were overcome, until eventually they became 'state of the art' railroads.
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HUNTINGTON BEACH – Police arrested a Corona man and a Garden Grove woman Thursday during an investigation into a counterfeit currency operation that led Huntington Beach detectives and United States Secret Service agents to a motel in Cypress.
Members of a task force serving a federal search warrant arrested Salvador Serrano Jr., 40, on suspicion of a variety of counterfeiting charges and Christine Ann Harrison, 43, on suspicion of drug possession, according to a Huntington Beach police statement.
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In the world of computers and new technologies there is a phrase that is more than likely spun around a bit: Hard-Disk drive.While for an average Joe who merely presses the power button on his PC and who doesn't have any knowledge what is going on in that little humming case under his/her desk, just what precisely is a hard drive? How precisely does it work? But why is this device so popular in todays computers, and what are some pros cons of having a hard drive? Well you are definitely reading the correct post if you want to understand the answer to these questions. So let us now take a few minutes and discuss this issue and data recovery - the process of retrieving files from broken hard drives in depth.
To begin with, let's investigate the often asked question : What is a fixed disk drive? Briefly declaring it, it is a component inside your PC that stores and allows you to access your information. The sole reason as to why the word disk is used is because a hard disk drive uses rotating disks (aka platters) with a special magnetic solution on the platters. With a fixed disk drive, there is a read and write head ( tiny magnet) that flies somewhat over the disk that is being wrote to and read from.
what we will talk about next is quantity and units of measurement. In case you opened up a computer and noticed a hard drive, first thing you would notice is just how small it is, being about the size of an ordinary paperback book, but with far more weight to it. Most hard drives sit in a 3.5 inch bay (where the drive is stored ). If you are installing drive, you can readily see how a drive slots in that bay, because of the screw holes in the sides of the drive. In case your hard disk drive is for a 5.25-inch bay, there are relevant adapters that will allow you to connect the drive to your PC.
At the rear of your hard disk drive there are interfaces for both your power supply unit (PSU) along with the data cable to your mother board. If you would like to install more than one drive you will notice on the rear there are what is known as jumper settings. These are used for the mother board to understand and recognise each drive.
So hopefully right now you have a great knowledge of hard drives as well as how they work. So just what is it that makes devices so prevalent today? Well to begin with there's a popular saying that summarises this perfectly " tough to transition when you're stuck in tradition". Hard disk drives have always been made in the exact same way. The majority of us don't know of the alternatives to hard drives that are available. When you categorise data storage, users will think only in terms of that which is..
Hard disk drives may be as popular as they are because of the lack of knowledge about the dangers involved. If you think something is break-proof, then there should be no reason it should be altered, but unfortunately they have only a limited life as hard drives utilise mechanical parts. So just why do drives fail, what are the reasons behind hard drive failure.
A principal factor to drive failure could be the surrounding environments of the drive. Exposure to hot weather, or water are common factors. As stated earlier the platter is coated with a magnetic substance, so being exposed to powerful magnetism can very easily cause hard disk drives to break. Head crashes are among the most frequent problems with hard disk drives. Head crashes occur when independent factor or contaminate changes the platter in the tiniest way, inducing the floating read write heads to make contact and damage the platter (which stores your data).
Hard drive failure basically means you have lost your capability to access your files. All your docs, files, folders or work, anything digital is lost. Any attempts done by you to retrieve the information again can lead to even additional damage. A specialist must be contacted who can use special gear to regain your files.
Overall, hard drives have their benefits, but might break, your understanding of hard drives will cause an educated choice in the purchasing of a fixed disk drive or not.
Frequently the first task if your hard drive fails would be to look on the internet. Type the failure symptoms of the hard drive and you'll discover that a large number of other people have had the same problem at some point. Perhaps you are lucky and find an answer to your problem that you can complete yourself, or you might find some recommendations for reputable data recovery companies. Please be cautious as frequently doing the wrong task will utterly destroy any chance of folder recovery in case you are trying to regain the lost data. You need to have the ability to get an idea of how competent a company is by reading their reviews in case you are considering using a data recovery company that.
I have just been required to write a short blog post about computer hard disks. Now according to NAS data recovery and hard drive repair experts these items are the rectangular steel boxes that live in your Mac and save all your valuable documents, photos and movies. People change their hard-drives quite occasionally and therefore years and years of valuable data and files is collected up on them with time. Regardless of this, scarcely their data is backed up by anyone, this is fairly short sighted as it could lead to lots of troubles if the drive crashes or becomes faulty.
You take the possibility of losing that information because drives can fail for a range of various causes, once you save important information on a disk drive. Losing folders on a hard drive may be tough because you really do not know how to proceed to regain your data, if you are not computer literate. Fortunately, there are businesses which can help you to get that important data back. These are known as data recovery businesses and they can retrieve files from almost any type of hard drive in almost any type of condition. So when you end up in a scenario where you have lost precious information you should not assume this missing data can't be retrieved.
A Mac has at least a single standalone hard disk drive. It is the bit of the computer system that stores all of the data, files and photos you make. A hard drive is frequently full of treasured files, so obviously, a hard drive failure is better avoided.
It could be possible to buy a program from the internet to retrieve your data. Software can not repair a damaged drive . However, it could recover damaged data from a working one. Basically go on the internet and look for some data recovery programs. If you would like the program to actually retrieve folders for you you'll have to purchase it - this will not cost very much. The quality of data recovery software varies significantly - some software is excellent, other software is garbage. Again, you must choose carefully.
Many people think that as soon as their hard drive crashes the information on it is disappeared but this isn't true. Frequently an experienced data recovery firm will be able to rescue the lost data for you by initially repairing the fault on the hard drive and then by accessing the data on the drive and rebuilding your documents. If you have a hard drive failure or delete some data, go online and first determine what sort of issue you have. When it is something that can be fixed by running an application then obviously that's the best thing to do, and it'll often be the cheapest alternative too. If you have then to a hard disk problem your are almost always going to require the help of a decent hard drive recovery business. Again, I am unable to emphasise enough how much you must read reviews of the firms first so you can make an informed choice about who to send your defective disk drive to for data restoration and repair.
There was a time when important data was held in paper records you might browse through at leisure and take off the shelf. Today information is more likely to be put on hard drives than any place else. However, is your data safer as a result?
It really is astonishing how many of us believe that having our information to a disk drive means our data is completely safe . Hard-drives are mechanical devices and, like other mechanical devices, can go wrong.
Many of us have abandoned writing anything down altogether. I have. People write not just their business but their private data like photographs and music to their own hard drives too. If all of us take music for example, an album or CD could won't play and become scratched. Scratching a hard drive case is not going to cause the information to be lost, but scratching the real surface of the hard drive - the component that holds the files will have the same effect.
Old photographs can be repaired as long as you still have access to the negatives but other documents held on paper will fade over time and risk being entirely ruined by mildew and damp conditions. Frequently old records are kept in peoples garages and studios - these storage areas are hardly ideal and the temperatures can vary significantly. Often there is frequently a high moisture content that is unfortunately fatal to written material.
Once data is stored digitally, backing this up is a practical action to take. It is necessary to back folders up regularly as it can soon become old however, this is something which few people do. Because of this, if the data on your own hard drive becomes inaccessible you can get in touch with a data recovery organisation to aid retrieve the files from your hard drive. Obviously data recovery will not apply to information which is written in books and diaries but it's merely an example of how transitory data is.
Data recovery services are used whenever there is some sort of file loss. In case the missing data is of no value then there is little purpose in making use of a data recovery specialist. When the missing data is valuable and is required a company supplying data recovery services should be contacted who will manage to retrieve the missing data. These companies specialise in repairing broken hard disk drives and retrieving the data from them. Of course, whenever the data you have is backed up someplace this minimises the chances of data-loss as well as the need to make use of a data recovery support company.
If you find yourself with a damaged hard disk containing data you require back the next step is to get in touch with a recommended data recovery service. There are many data recovery services but just a few of them are actually any good. All you need to do is go online and search for some data recovery services reviews. These should provide you with a good idea of the recommended data recovery company you can get in touch with to retrieve your hard disk drive data.
What Is A RAID?
RAID set-ups are hardware and software systems that are capable of reading or writing data to and from multiple hard drives, in a modern system different levels of RAID systems can be nested or combined to supply more data redundancy & integrity or for a higher read/write speed, The level of a RAID is consistently signified with a number from 0-6 for instance RAID 0 or RAID 1 an example of a nested RAID would be RAID 1+0 the 1 means a RAID 1 and the 0 means a RAID 0.
There are 2 terms that can identify each RAID level's function these are striping and mirroring, both with several operations that they will perform. Striping is the action of writing a solitary file to several drives in tiny bits, if for example there are two hard drives within a RAID array the file would be broken up into two and written to both hard drives, performing this offers a quick write speed but in the most basic type doesn't supply any defence from redundancy. Mirroring is when data is written to two or more drives in the same manner, each drive is going to be just like the other because they all store the same data, mirroring provides a considerably faster read performance when loads of users desire to get into identical data, it also provides increased integrity as losing one hard drive doesn't mean that the data on the failed drive is lost as it will be restored by the other drives
What Is A RAID 5?
This unique type of RAID utilises striping to improve read efficiency but in addition provides fault-tolerance and redundancy in case of a disk failure. This is achieved by having parity bit data stored across the drives in the RAID; it could be rebuilt with the data stored on the other hard drives if one disk fails. A RAID 5 set-up will maximise the utilisation of storage space, as there's no massive amount of data mirrored across multiple hard drives, which has significant advantages. .. Advantages of RAID 5 as a Business Option You will find 3 principal advantages : 1) Fast read speed 2) Maximise storage use 3) Protection against hard drive failure The fast read speed of a RAID 5 means that the program is recommended for data archiving systems or some business which gets particular data on a constant basis, the write speed of a RAID 5 is not as fast as other RAID's because of the fact that the parity bit has to be written in addition to the original data. If data does not be modified by your business on a constant basis but it's read by several users, A RAID 5 would be the best option; nonetheless you will need to know about potential failures.If there is data within your business that's not altered on a constant basis, nevertheless at the same time is read by numerous systems and users, subsequently RAID 5 is possibly an ideal resolution for you. However, you are doing need to be aware of potential system failures. The fast read speed makes this method idyllic for data archiving systems and any business area which gets specific information on an incredibly habitual basis. On the other hand write speed is decreased compared to other RAID's, as the added parity bit data must be written in addition to the core data. RAID 5 Failures A RAID 5 isn't a backup alternative it provides a fixed level redundancy from one hard drive failing, if one hard drive does break the system goes into critical mode where the read and write speed is greatly reduced, the failed hard drive needs to be substituted as quickly as possible because if the hard drive isn't changed and one more breaks the system will be unable to rebuild itself and you would be looking in a substantial price to regain what data is left on the drives. Data recovery on RAID 5 systems is even more complicated than normal data recovery and requires a high degree of technical competence, specialist RAID recovery experts like Data Clinic's RAID data recovery service, see http://www.dataclinic.co.uk/hard-disk-raid-recovery/ provide complete RAID fault diagnosis, restoration and recovery from all types of RAID system. RAID 5's can supply a high read speed for businesses that rely on rapid entry to their data to be successful, it also offers a level of built-in protection against hard drive failure, therefore in the event your business does process a lot of data it's likely the finest setup to go for, you will see a significant difference in the rate of computer system.


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Editorial: Greenprint plan is more than urban-planning idealism
In a region dominated by a city with severe budget issues that have caused painful changes in employee and retiree health insurance benefits, talk about creating amenities like green spaces may not resonate with some people.
That is understandable as local governments in Shelby County talk about tax hikes and fee increases to fund education, build roads and schools, and pay for basic services like trash collection.
City employees and retirees in Memphis have been in an uproar for weeks as the result of the City Council's approval of a plan by Mayor A C Wharton to hike the premiums for employee health insurance and end the premium subsidy for most city retirees. The money saved will be used to increase payments into the city's severely indebted pension fund.
The cuts have drawn renewed criticism of the city-county economic development PILOT program, which lets companies make payments in lieu of taxes as incentives to expand or locate here. Elected and business leaders say incentives are necessary to compete with other communities that also offer them. Business expansions and relocations bring badly needed jobs, some of which attract talented individuals who add to the city's creative human capital.
In the midst of these economic challenges, it is easy to dismiss talk about preserving and planting trees.
But development of a viable "greenprint" plan also is an important economic development tool that can help create a quality of life that is attractive to that creative class and the companies that employ them. And the amenities and benefits such a plan envisions eventually can benefit all citizens.
By November, the Memphis and Shelby County Office of Sustainability is scheduled to complete the Greenprint for Memphis and the surrounding area, formally known as the Mid-South Regional Greenprint & Sustainability Plan. Developed by individuals from some 80 organizations, the plan will lay out a 25-year goal to develop "green" amenities such as parks, trails, bike lanes, recycling programs and better public transportation in a four-county region — Shelby and Fayette counties in Tennessee, DeSoto County, Mississippi, and Crittenden County, Arkansas.
The plan envisions a network of more than 400 miles of interconnected greenways and trails.
During a visit with The Commercial Appeal's editorial board last week, representatives of the nonprofit Urban Land Institute and the Office of Sustainability stressed the plan has benefits that can lead to safer neighborhoods, better housing and improvements in public health.
Those possibilities make the Greenprint plan more than a pie-in-the-sky concept by urban-planning intellectuals. Plus, it is one of the few local initiatives under way that represent a true regional collaboration on behalf of the entire metro area. That is important because commercial real estate brokers are consistent in saying that they sell Memphis as a region to prospective clients.
The federal funding that paid for the work to design the plan is ending and it will take a public-private partnership to raise the money to see its goals through to completion. The private part of that partnership likely will be hard to lasso without a strong commitment from local governments.
Amid the concerns about budgets and taxes, this kind of planning has a place. The Greenprint has the potential to attract businesses that bring good-paying jobs that attract and retain creative individuals. An improved quality of life will bring other benefits, from better health and public transportation to higher property values. That makes this kind of planning more than pie-in-the-sky idealism.


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Jr. Tiger Dance Clinic
Saturday, February 13th, 2016
For the past eleven seasons, the Tiger Dancers have mentored a number of young girls and future dancers during the Jr. Dance Clinic. The dance clinic has averaged over 100 kids from around the region who have participated in this all day clinic. They work directly with the Tiger Dancers and then perform during halftime of a Pacific Men's Basketball game.
You have watched them dance all season long, now is your chance to perform with the Tiger Dancers at the tenth annual Jr. Tiger Dance Clinic. The clinic is open for children of all skill levels between 5-14 years of age. The clinic will be held on Saturday, February 13th from 2:30 p.m. to 6 p.m. at the Janssen Lagorio Gymnasium on the Pacific Campus. Plus, all participants will perform that night during halftime of the Pacific Men's Basketball game vs. Pepperdine at 7 p.m.
Clinic Information
Clinic Date:
Saturday, February 13th, 2016 - 2:30 p.m. to 6:00 p.m.
Begins at 2:00 p.m.
Clinic Location: ***NEW THIS YEAR***
Janssen Lagorio Gymnasium
Participants should eat lunch before arriving and bring a snack and water or juice.
Dress Attire:
Black pants (dance pants, leggings, sweat bottoms, etc.) and white tennis shoes
Registration Fee
Early Registration: $35 (registration before Jan. 22, 2016)
Registration: $40
Your Registration Includes:
Official Jr. Tiger Dancer T-shirt, a Pizza Party before the game, free admission to the game for clinic participant
- Click Here to register online
- Click Here to purchase discount tickets to the Men's Basketball game on Feb. 13th
Frequently Asked Questions
- How do I register?
Click Here to register online.
- Do I need to stay during the dance clinic?
Parents are more than welcome to stay and watch, however, we will be able to provide supervision for your children during the clinic.
- Can I take my child out to eat Lunch?
Unfortunately, due to the limited time frame, all children are asked to stay at the Pacific campus. We encourage you to pack some light snacks and water. We will be hosting a pizza party before the game.
- Do I need to bring my child to the Spanos Center?
No, we will travel over to the Spanos Center as a group and we will arrive approximately 15-20 minutes prior to tip off.
- What will the participants learn for the performance?
Each participant will learn a dance routine and cheer from the Tiger Dance Team to be performed at halftime that afternoon. Children of all skill levels are welcomed to participate.
- Does my child need to rehearse these routines before the performance at home?
No, all of the learning and rehearsal will take place that day.
- Will we have to stay until the end of the game?
No, you are free to leave after halftime as long as you check out with your child's dance team chaperone.
- How do I purchase tickets to the basketball game?
Parents, friends and family members wishing to attend the game can purchase discount tickets online starting at just $6 (Reg. $14). A limited number of discounted tickets will be available during registration/check-in. Admissino for clinic participants is included with the registration fee.
- Why will I not have a t-shirt size preference if I do not register by Jan. 22th?
Since the t-shirts need to be ordered ahead of time, any registrations after the 22nd are welcome, but the sizes will be on a first come, first serve basis.
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FAST FACT – With a student-teacher satisfaction rate of more than 96 percent, our students graduate prepared for the head of the class. We continue to be a resource for them even after graduation.
The Teacher Education Program at Siena Heights University focuses on education in its broadest vision. Students are encouraged to explore various aspects of the teaching/learning process, in addition to the formal preparation required for classroom teaching.
Siena Heights University is accredited by the Council for the Accreditation of Educator Preparation accrediting agency and has been approved by the Michigan Department of Education as an education preparation institution.
For details about the Teacher Education Program at Siena Heights University, click here.
At Siena Heights University, Teacher Education students choose from a variety of teachable majors and minors for either initial certification or additional endorsements. Siena Heights University has authorization from the Michigan Department of Education to recommend certification and/or additional endorsements in a variety of grade levels and content areas, including post-BA initial certification and degrees for Master of Arts and Specialist of Arts.
Elementary Education
Click here for more details about an Elementary Education Certification at Siena Heights University.
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Click here for more details about a Secondary Education Certification at Siena Heights University.
Post-Baccalaureate Intensive Certification Program
This is a Post-Baccalaureate program for college graduates seeking secondary Provisional Teacher Certification. The 12-month program prepares individuals for entry into the teaching profession. The same majors and minors available to students in the Secondary Education program are also available to those in the Post-Baccalaureate Intensive Certification Program.
Click here for more details about the Intensive Certification Program at Siena Heights University.
Child Development
This is a program that prepares child care providers to work in centers, homes and preschool classrooms. Michigan teaching certification endorsement (ZS) is also available through the Child Development Program.
Click here for more details about a Certification in Child Development at Siena Heights University.
Click here for more details about Teacher Education Endorsements at Siena Heights University.
Students who graduate from the Teacher Education Program at Siena Heights University apply for an initial teaching certificate from the State of Michigan. They are prepared to seek employment as teachers in either elementary or secondary schools.
Other related careers include jobs in early childhood education centers, intermediate school districts, state departments of education, professional education associations, education publishing and the educational divisions of industry. Further education could prepare students for professions such as school administrators, librarians, guidance counselors and school psychologists.
The job market for teacher in Michigan is tight, but there are some shortages present. Students' chances for full-time employment can be increased if they are able to move within Michigan or into states which have shortages. Careful selection of majors, minors and endorsement areas can also increase students' chances for full-time employment.
Students at Siena Heights University can continue their education to the master's level without attending another university. Siena Heights University offers graduate programs in early childhood, education and special education. Planned programs are available for candidates already holding bachelor's degrees. These programs provide for teacher certificate renewal, upgrade, endorsementand work toward the Master of Arts degree.
We believe the more experience students have, the greater their chance of success. Field experience gives students the opportunity to apply theory into practice through a variety of placements. Siena Heights students will log more than 250 clock hours of field experience during their program of study.
The Michigan Department of Education requires a minimum of 100 clock hours of field experience prior to the student teaching placement. It is the belief of Siena's Teacher Education Program that the more experience students have prior to student teaching, the greater their chances of a successful student teaching placement.
For more details about the field experience requirements, click here.
The Teacher Education Association for Community Help (T.E.A.C.H.) is an organization dedicated to reach out and help learners of the community who are in need, by providing supplies, support, and resources to enhance one's education.
Those who are eligible:
All SHU students who are working toward an Education or Child Development major/minor without regard to race, religious creed, gender, national origin, differing abilities, or sexual orientation are eligible to participate in T.E.A.C.H.
An annual fee of $5 is required while an active member of T.E.A.C.H.
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Major: Teacher Education
What Katie is Doing: Award-Winning Principal of the Walter Bracken STEAM Academy, Las Vegas, Nev.
Katie Guilbault Decker has made learning fun again for students, teachers and parents at the Walter Bracken STEAM Academy in urban Las Vegas. As the recipient of the 2013 Magnet Schools of America Principal of the Year Award, Decker has transformed an underperforming, underprivileged school into one of the best in the state of Nevada.
Decker, who spent the previous 11 years as a teacher and an assistant principal in the Las Vegas area, saw an opportunity to improve the failing school. She made the shift to more of a science, technology, arts, engineering and mathematics (STEAM) curriculum. The results have been nothing short of remarkable. Bracken is now one of the top schools in the state. It received High Achievement status from the state of Nevada for Adequate Yearly Progress and ranked among the top 5 percent of all schools in the district.
She said Siena Heights—especially the late Sister Eileen Rice—helped in-still those teaching values in her.
"I adored (Sister Eileen). I would love to be even half of what she was. We used to joke that she never slept.She was probably one of the bigger influential people in my life."
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Owning my problems
Thursday, October 07, 2010
The best years of your life are the ones in which you decide your problems are your own. You do not blame them on your mother, the ecology, or the president. You realize that you control your own destiny.
- Albert Ellis
I received the quote in one of my spark mails quite a while ago. I saved it because I knew at some point I wanted to write a blog post about it. The quote resonated with me. I think for me it truly points to a core belief of mine. Normally I don�t discuss religion, but the way my thought process works is tied up with my spiritual beliefs. I am a Buddhist, but I also have acquired beliefs from other faiths. I approach spirituality from the standpoint that if an idea or concept �feels� right I will follow it. If it doesn�t I won�t. All of this leads up to one of my favorite mantras � I can only control things from my skin in.
I use this when people in my environment are doing things that make me crazy, and I cannot make them stop. I use it when my beloved is making a choice I would not make. I use it when my friends tell me all their problems, and I ask them what they are going to do to fix it and they refuse to change. I use it to remind me that as difficult as it is to see someone struggling, all I can offer is support. My responsibility ends where my skin ends. Don�t get me wrong, if I do something that causes harm to another, I am responsible. I just use it to remind me that I cannot control others, even if I think I have all of the answers.
I�m sure that others have looked at me and the choices I have made, and wanted to force me to choose another path. They probably felt as if they knew what was best for me. It is easy to be the person sitting away from the situation and dissect the situation and find a solution.
In the same vein the quote above helps remind me that I am the source and solution of my problems. No one else can fix them. Even if ultimately I have to use a resource outside of myself, I have to own the problem, determine a solution, and act to implement the change. If I spend all of my time blaming others I miss a chance to examine my own flaws. I destroy my own self worth by giving it up in favor of saying there is nothing I can do about it. Conversely when I own my problems, weaknesses, and flaws I then accept the fact that I have power to change the things that I want to. I get to examine, poke, prod, and develop my strengths and myself.
I have been fighting with a particular weakness of mine for the last few months. I am a food addict. Addiction runs in my family, though for most it is drugs or alcohol. I dabbled in alcohol when I was younger, but ultimately I made a choice to minimize my exposure. Fighting a food addition is a bit harder. You cannot abstain from eating and live long. You can minimize, but once again not for long. So for me acknowledging and admitting that I have addictive behaviors when it comes to food was me owning my problem. When I am emotional it becomes easier for me to binge on my addition. I eat. I choose things that are not healthy. If I did it in moderation it would be fine, I instead binge. I have fried foods, high fat foods, quadruple portions, or bottomless baskets of high fat food.
When I am binging I forget some of the hard earned lessons I have in my past. I forget to take my emotional temperature, to stop and make conscious choices, to own my problems. I need to focus on solving my problems, not burying them under an avalanche of fried and baked foods. I am reminding myself of all of the lessons I fought so hard to master. I am allowed to have emotions that don�t mesh with those in my life. I can feel sad while someone is happy, I can be content while someone is depressed, I can be me and let them be themselves. Not everything in life is going to match up, sometimes they just don�t fit, and when they don�t fit it�s ok.
So as I move forward I have reset myself on the path I have traveled before. I take the first step by owning my problem, and knowing that I don�t want to blame anyone. There is no fault, there is just me.
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Sable, what a wonderful blog. I often do blame others for choices I have made all on my own. I needed to hear this right now. Thank you for the quote. So glad we have become sparkfriends.
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Sable, you are a very wise woman. It's good to own your problems and not play the blame game, which I think we all do too often. But don't forget to lean on your friends and supporters too. You can own your problems and still accept help, encouragement, and love.
And I never knew you were a Buddhist. I find that fascinating. I was a Religion minor in college. As a Catholic, I was very comfortable in my own faith, but I felt sheltered from other faiths and wanted to study other beliefs and lifestyles. Among others, I studied Buddhism extensively.
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It isnât often one gets invited to participate in a revolution of the future, but thatâs just what OMSI did. âDrive Revolution: The Future of Transportation,â a car showcase at OMSI on Saturday, July 13, was our local science museum's way to allow the Big Three and their Eurasian cohorts to show off their vision of the four-wheeled âfuture of transportationâ to bike- and transit-loving Portlanders. Without us, the sensible candle in the darkness of obsessive technophilia, who would keep these Ayn Rand-worshipping industrialists in check? Who would finish the tofu at the eventâs well-stocked lunch buffet?
Does it feel like the future? The Fit EV has one of the better-designed displays, turning a satanic red when put into the more aggressive âSport Mode.â Its 118 combined miles per gallon was the highest everâfor a couple months. How drearily unfuturistic.
What the PR people say: âIt has the most advanced electric motor and battery available. And you can control the air conditioning and charging from our iPhone or Android app.â - Chris Martin, Honda spokesperson.
Does it feel like the future? It took a good three seconds after I pressed the Start button to actually turn on. I thought the future was supposed to be fast.
What the PR people say: âLots of people are into hyper-miling. Itâs a cult-like contest for who can hit the highest MPG. Weâre proud of the seamless integration of our technology, including an app you can download.â - Mark Angelacos, Toyota spokesperson.
Car2Go Head2Head: It took an hour in the bathroom to clean that Prius smugness off my face. No thanks.
Winner: Car2Go.
Toyota Prius image courtesy of Toyota. All other images by Mitch Lillie.


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Hannah Aitchison
|Hannah Aitchison
December 20, 1966
Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States
|Chicago, Illinois
|tattoo artist, television personality
|Guy Aitchison (brother)
Hannah Aitchison (born December 20, 1966) is an American tattoo artist from Chicago, Illinois.[1] Hannah was based in Chicago at Deluxe Tattoo for many years, but recently relocated to Pittsburgh, PA to work from her private studio known as Curiosity Shop, where she works in various mediums. She continues to travel the world working at tattoo conventions and artist collectives, among others. She is well known for her appearance on Seasons 1-2 of the TLC reality television show LA Ink.[2] and 3 Seasons as a Judge on Best Ink (Oxygen Network). She also studied classical singing and is an expert knitter.[1]
Aitchison contributed quotes to Girls Against Girls by author Bonnie Burton.[3]
Aitchison is the sister of tattoo artist, Guy Aitchison.[4]
Hannah is a current judge on the American reality show Best Ink that airs on Oxygen and has been since 2012
- ^ a b TLC Q&A - Hannah Aitchison
- ^ American Way Magazine - LA ink
- ^ Burton, Bonnie. Girls Against Girls: Why We Are Mean to Each Other and How We Can Change. ISBN 0-9790173-6-X.
- ^ "Guy Aitchison and Michele Wortman interview". Prick Magazine. September 2003.
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...rest in an eerily calm landscape. With the Spanish director Luis Buñuel, Dalí made two Surrealistic films— Un Chien andalou (1928; An Andalusian Dog) and L'Âge d'or (1930; The Golden Age)—that are similarly filled with grotesque but highly suggestive images.
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...Cubist, and Surrealist movements. Leading filmmakers such as Jean Renoir, René Clair, and Sergey Eisenstein made private experiments in addition to their publicly shown films. The classic Un Chien andalou (1928; " An Andalusian Dog") by the director Luis Buñuel and the Surrealist artist Salvador Dalí, financed by Buñuel's mother, was a product of...