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JBS supplies a complete range of life jackets. We are close partners with Mullion (Sioen) life jackets and flotation devices, which are made in Ireland. They have 25 years of experience supplying floatation devices to mariners worldwide. JBS also offers a lifejacket maintenance/inspection service).
Below we list some of the more usual queries regarding life jacket selection:
Question: What is the difference between 275 Newton and 150 Newton flotation device? How do I decide which I need?
Answer: The difference is the level of buoyancy or flotation provided – a 275 Newton having a higher level of buoyancy being nearly double that of 150 Newton. A 150 Newton should only be used where light weight clothing is being worn and no heavy tools being carried. It is not recommended to the used with a flotation suit or a dry suit. (As it is possible that it will not self-right you in conjunction with this type of clothing). A 275 Newton should be used where heavy weight clothing is being worn or tools are being carried, or when wearing a flotation suit of dry suit. All Mullion 275 N lifejackets are compatible with Mullion flotation suits.
Question: What does Newton buoyancy relate to?
Answer: Newton buoyancy basically relates to the amount of upward force or uplift provided by a lifejacket (or flotation suit / buoyancy aid) in the water.
1 Newton = approximately 1 tenth of a kilo (100 grams)
So a 50 Newton buoyancy aid will give 5 kilos of additional uplift in the water; a 150 Newton lifejacket will give 15 kilos of additional uplift; a 275 Newton lifejacket will give 37.5 kilo 27.5 kilos additional uplift.
Question: How long is a lifejacket guaranteed for?
Answer: This depends on the nature and frequency of use. If it is used in a leisure environment on an occasional basis (providing it is well looked after and serviced regularly) then it may well last for tens of years. If being used in a heavy duty commercial environment on a regular basis then it may only last 1 – 2 years.
Question: How often do I have to have my lifejackets operating parts changed / what is the life on these parts?
Answer: The life / replacement period on the operating parts is as follows:
SOLAS light: 5 years
CO2 gas cylinder: 5 years
United Moulders Firing Cartridge: 3 years
Halkey Roberts Cellulose Bobbin: 2 years
Hammar inflation mechanism: 5 years
NB. This is assuring there is no interim damage or corrosion to these parts within this period. If there is, then they should be replaced at this point.
Question: Should a crotch strap be worn at all times?
Answer: It is strongly advised that it should be. Otherwise you fall into the water, the tendency will be for the lifejacket to come up over your head with the force of inflation and the impact of the water. Then your lifejacket will not give you the correct protection and / or support your head out of the water.
Question: How important is a spray hood?
Answer: In an offshore environment, it is very important as it covers the face and protects all your airways – i.e. ears, nose and mouth from water flushing into them from the wave motion. It also provides comfort and a degree of thermal protection to the face by keeping it enclosed and covered.
Question: It is possible to purchase inflation mechanism and gas cylinders for rearming my lifejacket when it has been fired?
Answer: Yes, Mullion supply all rearming parts required for all Mullion lifejackets and rearming instructions can also be supplied.
Question: My garment incorporates an integral inflatable lifejacket. Does the complete garment have to be returned for servicing?
Answer: Ideally yes, as then the JBS service centre can ensure the inflatable bladder / lifejacket can be refilled correctly after service.
Question: Is my weight a determining factor in the selection of my lifejacket? If I am heavy in weight do I need to buy a 275 N instead of a 150 N?
Answer: Not necessarily. Generally speaking larger than average people have more inherent buoyancy in their own bodies and greater lung capacity than smaller people so the additional buoyancy required to support you in the water and self-right you is sometimes less than with a smaller person.
Question: Are your lifejackets filled with EN1095 deck safety harness suitable for lifting purposes? E.g. Helicopter rescue?
Answer: No, this harness is only designated for use with attachment to a safety line on deck and is not designed or approved for lifting purposes
Question: What is the key protection given by a lifejacket?
Answer: The key protection factors of a lifejacket are that on water immersion it will:
Self -right you if you fall in face-down and / or unconscious
Will support your head and upper torso above the water level to minimize the risk of drowning
Question: How often should my lifejacket be serviced?
Answer: For SOLAS life jackets they must serviced at an independent approved service centre approved by both the manufacturer and the National Administration. E.g. In the UK this would be the MCA (Maritime & Coastguard Agency). They must be serviced at intervals of 12 months maximum.
For CE life jackets there is no legal requirement for servicing but it is strongly recommended that they are also serviced by an independent approved service centre or an annual basis.
Question: What is the difference in weight between a 150 Newton and a 275 Newton lifejacket in its undeployed state?
Answer: Less than 30 grams, which is very little. The common perception is that a 275 Newton lifejacket is a lot heavier and more cumbersome than a 150 Newton, but this is not the case.
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"May God increase those like you," I said to my young taxi driver, as I alighted. It wasn't his fault that I couldn't arrive at my destination. A wall of black-suited riot police blocked the rode. The day's intense sunlight reflected off their shields and helmets.
The street was extraordinarily empty for a post-prayer Friday afternoon in East Jerusalem. I looked around somewhat frantically for the cause of this intimidating police force and extraordinary emptiness.
It wasn't long before I spotted a crowd of people marching up Salah al-Din street near the Damascus Gate. 'It must be connected to the serious economy riots in the West Bank,' I thought. But as the crowd neared, it was clear the protest's nature was not economically motivated. The flapping of the black flag of the Islamist movement, Rayaet al-Islam, signaled that this was either religiously or politically motivated.
I approached a group of teenagers resting under a tree near the Old City walls.
"What's this protest about?" I asked no boy in specific.
There was a quick stumble over English before one of the boys answered,"It's a movie about Mohammad."
Another boy quickly kicked up,smacked his friend on the shoulder,and passionately corrected him: "No! It's a protest against the movie about Mohammad."
'Not here, too,' I thought. I would've much preferred economic protests. Somehow, to everyone one but these Muslim protestors, these riots are self-evidently ludicrous.
A minute later, I was in the middle of the crowd, baffled and bewildered by everything I see.Unfortunately, the peaceful though misguided protest was the least baffling. Around 150-200 people, young and old, jeans and niqab, carried signs about their love and dedication to Mohammad's character and path. I looked to see if a larger crowd was on its way. Nothing. Just this small motley crew. It seemed I had missed the day's primary action.
What really bewildered me was the plentiful and diverse group of journalist crews, speaking Spanish, French, Italian, Russian, and Japanese. The journalists alone may have outnumbered the protestors, like large packs of little feeding fish surrounding a small shark. I could sense their disappointment. 'Where the hell was the violence. Can't one of these policemen just hit a protester already so we can go home.' I know I can't blame the journalists. They can't know where or when news will strike. But I just couldn't help feeling that much larger rallies in Pakistan weren't getting the same attention.
In the middle of the large roundabout opposite the Damascus Gate–the most westward tip of East Jerusalem–nearly 40 riot police stood in formation, ready to pounce at any sign of trouble. A mix of Ashkenazi, Mizrachi, Ethiopian, men and women, created a strangely hopeful diversity to the rows of imposing black-shrouded guards.I was one among many snapping pictures with my camera-phone.
Next to me was a group of taxi drivers. Standing by their empty vehicles, calmly watching the surreal spectacle through sunglasses. The youngest of them, tall, gangly and spiky-haired, approached me.
"Where you from?" he abruptly asked in English. He doesn't give me a chance to reply before adding, "You're American?"
I didn't register the enmity in his voice and responded politely, in Arabic, "Yes. I'm from South Florida. Have you ever been there?"
"From America?!" he responded, his voice raising in volume and pitch
'Uh oh' I thought. 'Here it comes.'
"Ruuh min hon!" he snorted.
'Does he want me to leave because he's worried about my safety or because he hates George Bush?' I wondered.
"Why should I leave?" I asked him, with my own high pitched volume.
"From America. Fuck you America,ya zalameh (man)," he said, making his hate for me clear.
"What did I do?" I asked," hoping for an actual answer.
"Fuck you America, ya zalameh!" he repeated lowly but sharply, and turned away.
One of the older taxi drivers standing in earshot gave the young taxi driver a look of disapproval, and then smiled at me. "Go and takes pictures," he said.
The younger man snickered and walked away, and then so did the older disapproving gentlemen.
I've lived and worked for over a third of a year in East Jerusalem and the surrounding Arab villages, and have never heard "ruuh min hon," for revealing I was Jewish. No, the first time I was told to leave this land was because I'm American.
Obviously the protest I witnessed on the 14th of September was just the beginning of the Palestinian's own rage against the film. Since then, we've seen massive protests in Jerusalem and in the Galilee. Some thirty people world-wide have died, and hundreds of others have been injured. And these protests, seemingly absurd to any Westerner, have large public support.
There is clearly a large gap of understanding between between the Muslim world and the West. At least one side is totally unaware of the deeper nature of the other.

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Photo: John Calipari Snapped A Picture Of His Full 2014-15 Kentucky Team
John Calipari's teams always seem to be stacked with talent, but few have blended his signature blue-chip freshmen with experienced veteran players like the 2014-15 team will. The Kentucky coach has to be proud today. On Facebook, he posted that he arrived on campus after being on the road, and found what looks like almost his entire group of scholarship players playing a game.
To get Kentucky fans all excited, Calipari took the opportunity to take a picture, perhaps the first, of his full 2014-15 roster. Expect to see plenty of this bunch going forward, the season is only a few short months away.
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Chris Brown Cancels Guyana Show Amid Protests From Women's Groups, Spends Thanksgiving With Rihanna
Guyana is not rolling out the welcome mat for Chris Brown. Women's rights groups in the South American country protested the singer's Dec. 26 show, causing him to cancel the gig all together.
The uproar stems from his 2009 assault on Rihanna, with whom he spent the Thanksgiving holiday.
Brown was billed to headline a big show in the capital city of Georgetown, which was overshadowed by protesters and statements from opposition lawmakers. Rather than face the scrutiny, the Virginia native was said to be uneasy about the whole thing, and saw it best to pull out of the show.
Guyana is the latest country to give a negative response to Brown's international tour run. As previously reported, a group in Sweden used that now infamous image of Rihanna's battered face to promote his show in the country.
But while some are still upset with Breezy for assaulting his ex, Rihanna has moved in an opposite direction. The 24-year-old flew to Berlin to attend Brown's show in the German city. The former couple also partied at Adagio's nightclub, and rode together in the same vehicle.
In addition to spending time together, Rih and Brown have taken their reconciliation back to music by way of the track "Nobody's Business," appearing on the Bajan beauty's Unapologetic release.
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A head-on crash that involved three vehicles in Oceanside Saturday evening sent five people to hospitals, police and fire officials said.
The driver of a Toyota Corolla going west on Mesa Drive missed a curve in the road, skidded into an eastbound lane and sideswiped a Cadillac Escalade near Rancho Del Oro about 6:40 p.m., authorities said.
The Corolla kept going and slammed into Nissan pickup head-on. Both vehicles were totalled in the impact, Oceanside fire Battalion Chief Peter Lawrence said.
Police Lt. Sean Marchand said the second collision probably would have been fatal if the force of the impact hadn't been deflected by the heavy Escalade.
The SUV veered off the road and plowed through a chain link fence, which ruptured its fuel tank, Lawrence said.
A woman in her 40s who was in the pickup suffered potentially serious injuries and was airlifted to a Scripps Memorial Hospital, La Jolla. Two men in their 20s were taken to the same hospital by ambulance, while a third man in his 20s and a teenager were taken to Tri-City Medical Center, Lawrence said.
He said two people in the Escalade declined medical treatment.
The road was closed for about 40 minutes during an investigation.


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By Paul Scott Abbott, AJOT
In a shift from tradition, FAB/Starpoint LLC is counting on a fast boat from China ' Matson Navigation Co.'s China-Long Beach Express ' to keep children's backpacks and a host of fashion accessories on US shelves. (FAB is short for Fashion Accessory Bazaar.)
FAB/Starpoint has been onboard with Matson's weekly CLX service since its initiation in February, and officials of the New York-based importer could not be more pleased.
'It is FAB's highest priority to provide the service major retailers require, and one of the key elements to ensure this is speed to market,' said Steve Russo, president and chief executive officer of FAB/Starpoint. 'By employing the services of Matson, we have been successfully able to move our cargo in a swift and prompt manner at competitive rates. This is why we continue giving our business to Matson.'
Jack Marrero, import manager for FAB/Starpoint, shares Russo's enthusiasm.
'We love the service tremendously,' said Marrero, who noted that Matson quickly has become his firm's first choice for service from Shanghai and is increasingly being used for shipments from Ningbo as well.
Matson, a US-flag carrier based in Oakland, CA, distinguishes itself in the China-US market not only because it uses ships built in the United States and manned by American crews, but also because it typically offers faster service than global steamship lines that operate vessels three or more times the size of those deployed by Matson.
Also, Matson's comparatively small ships ' in the capacity range of 2,200 to 2,600 twenty-foot-equivalent container units ' facilitate faster loading and discharge of cargoes than can be accomplished with the behemoths that dominate the busy trans-Pacific trade lane.
Traditional carriers take 12 to 14 days in transit from Shanghai to Southern California, to which two or three days can be added for discharge. In contrast, Matson's CLX service boasts an 11-day transit time from Shanghai to Long Beach, and containers are available for pickup at Matson's dedicated Long Beach terminal or an off-port yard the day after the vessel's Sunday arrival.
'At first,' said FAB/Starpoint's Marrero, 'we were, like, shocked when the following day we heard, 'Containers are available.' That's just not normal.'
Marrero added that his firm saves money as well as time in that pickups can take place during off-peak hours, meaning cost benefits under the PierPass congestion-reduction program in place at the Port of Long Beach.
Truckers take the containers with FAB/Starpoint merchandise to a third-party warehouse some 40 minutes inland. From that distribution center, trucks for big-box retail giants such as Target and Wal-Mart, as well as numerous more upscale and smaller concerns, pick up the goods to deliver them to their own distribution centers throughout the United States.
Marrero said he is hoping that his company will secure its own Southern California distribution center property in the near future. That day may indeed be close at hand, considering the near-doubling of FAB/Starpoint's import volume, from 800 forty-foot containers to 1,400 forty-foot containers on an annualized basis, since Marrero joined the firm a year ago.
While backpacks and handbags lead the import gains, other divisions of FAB/Starpoint handle diverse commodities, including licensed Hello Kitty accessories for children, stationery items, Clicks watches and various domestic goods, such as towels and blankets.
FAB/Starpoint, with headquarters in Midtown Manhattan's fashion district, was the first of what now are about a dozen members of the New York-based, not-for-profit Gemini Shippers Group that use Matson's China-Long Beach Express. The group, formally known as the Fashion Accessories Shippers Association Inc., negotiates discounted ocean freight rates on behalf of member companies.
'The rates are excellent, very competitive,' Marrero said of the Matson CLX service, adding, 'The customer service is very good, highly professional.'


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4 Day Lodge Safari
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Best time to travel: All year round
During this 4-day camping safari, you will visit the three most well known reserves in North Tanzania: Lake Manyara National Park, Ngorongoro Conservation Area and the Serengeti National Park. This safari has something for everybody and is ideal for those with limited time but who do not want to miss out on what the national parks have to offer.
Day 1: Arusha – Lake Manyara National Park
In the morning, we will collect you from your hotel and take you to the Lake Manyara National Park. Once you have reached the national park gate, your driver will open the roof of the vehicle, allowing you to better observe the wonderful wildlife and scenery. Ernest Hemingway spoke of this area as the most beautiful area that he had ever seen. It is easy to see why as to the West the Rift-Valley-Escarpment rises to almost 600m and to the East, the seemingly endless Masai Steppe stretches to the horizon. In between lays the shallow and alkaline Lake Manyara where the flamingos seem to turn the shallow waters into a pink colour. On the lake's perimeter, a diverse range of animals can be seen such as elephants, giraffes, buffalos, antelopes and gazelles. The Lake Manyara National Park is also well known for its lions that like to climb the trees- something, which is quite unusual for big cats. In the late afternoon, you will leave the Lake Manyara National Park and spend the night at a nearby camping site. Lunch; Dinner
Day 2: Lake Manyara National Park – Serengeti National Park
After breakfast, you will travel to the cooler regions high up at the crater before later reaching the southern Serengeti. Masai Mara National Park in Kenya, the Serengeti National Park and Ngorongoro Conservation Area in Tanzania create mutually one of the largest conservation areas in the world. Their combined aim is to maintain this intact wildlife ecosystem continuously- one of the few left in the world. The Serengeti National Park is famous for the 'Great Migration', over one million wildebeests and more than two hundred thousand zebras follow the rains each year. In October and November, these animals travel from the mountains of the North, southwards to the plains seeking lush pastures. After the great rain season in April, May and June, the herds then make their return journey. Even without this mass migration, the Serengeti is still an exciting and spectacular place that still cannot fail to enthral. You will camp for the night at a campsite in the Seronera area (central Serengeti). Breakfast; Lunch; Dinner
Day 3: Serengeti National Park – Ngorongoro Conservation Area
Dawn is the best time to watch wildlife and therefore, the first wildlife tour of the day takes place before breakfast. Afterwards, another explorative tour of the Serengeti National Park follows in which you can watch wildebeests and zebras next to lions and other big cats such as leopards and cheetahs in the Seronera region. You will have lunch at a picnic spot before you slowly drive towards the Ngorongoro Crater. On the way, you will pass the Oldupai Gorge where the English couple, Louis and Mary Leak, pioneered archaeological excavation work. In the sixties, some of the earliest archaeological deposits of human evolution were found here and a small museum (visit optional) reports these discoveries. Once you reach the crater's rim, you will be able to see into this massive caldera and down to its floor, which lies 600m below. You will camp on the craters edge where you can enjoy the wonderful view across the caldera as the sun sets. Breakfast; Lunch; Dinner
Day 4: Ngorongoro Crater – Arusha
Breakfast will be at the break of day followed by a drive on a small road through a forested region to the crater's floor where the landscape slowly turns into a savannah with scattered acacia trees. At the craters floor, the wildlife is just breathtaking; with a little luck, you can observe the big five – lions, elephants, buffalos, rhinoceros and leopards – in just a few hours. You will also be able to observe warthogs, wildebeests, zebras, gazelles, antelopes, hippopotami and many more. After a morning full of wildlife watching, you will have lunch in the crater before you return to Arusha in the afternoon.
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Another goodie from Comic Con weekend, the first teaser trailer for Nickelodeon's new animated series "The Last Airbender: The Legend of Korra". As you might expect from the title, it's a sequel to the channel's highly successful original TV show "Avatar: The Last Airbender", which was adapted into a less-than-successful live-action movie by M. Night Shyamalan. Check out the teaser trailer, which introduces a new hero into the equation, and she appears to be one spunky, dangerous little gal.
Taking place 70 years after the events of "Avatar: The Last Airbender," this story follows the adventures of the Avatar after Aang – a passionate, rebellious, and fearless teenage girl from the Southern Water Tribe named Korra. With three of the four elements under her belt (Earth, Water, and Fire), Korra seeks to master the final element, Air. Her quest leads her to the epicenter of the modern "Avatar" world, Republic City – a metropolis that is fueled by steampunk technology. It is a virtual melting pot where benders and non-benders from all nations live and thrive. However, Korra discovers that Republic City is plagued by crime as well as a growing anti-bending revolution that threatens to rip it apart. Under the tutelage of Aang's son, Tenzin, Korra begins her airbending training while dealing with the dangers at large.
Featuring the voices of Janet Varney as Korra, Seychelle Gabriel, P.J. Byrne, J.K., Daniel Dae Kim, Lance Henriksen, and David Faustino. Yes, David Faustino, Bud Bundy from "Married with Children".
Coming sometime in 2012 on Nickelodeon.


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Bridge lessons Tunbridge Wells - Bridge Lessons Hildenborough - Bridge lessons at your home. Contact Stephen at email@example.com or on 07973 207218 for friendly help and advice.
Please look at the Bridge Classes Menu for details of courses starting from January onwards. These will all be held at Tunbridge Wells Bridge Club or Hildenborough Village Hall
If you have any questions about any course or its suitability, please contact Stephen Pierce on 07973 207218 or by email to email@example.com
The best way to enrol is by using the on-line enrolment facility. Alternatively, email Stephen with details of the course, the names of the people enrolling and a contact telephone number.
Note that no payment details are collected online.
16-18 March 2018
12-14 October 2018
At the Flackley Ash Hotel, Peasmarsh near Rye.
The Bridge Weekend, hosted by Stephen Pierce, begins at 5.45 pm on Friday with a Bucks Fizz reception and finishes at 5 pm on Sunday. There will be 5 sessions of Duplicate Bridge plus a seminar on Saturday morning. Everybody is guaranteed a partner and there will be prizes galore to be won.
The bridge sessions are optional and many guests skip one to visit the historic town of Rye (4 miles away) or local National Trust properties.There are also two fun trivia quizzes to tax another part of the brain!
The Flackley Ash Hotel is a 3-star Georgian Country House hotel, in five acres of grounds.
PRICE: £250 per person which includes dinner, bed and breakfast for 2 nights, buffet lunch on Sunday, welcome drink on first evening, full bridge programme with more prizes than ever and tea & coffee during all bridge sessions. There are no single rooms in the hotel – single occupancy of a double room is £36 for the weekend
Please contact Stephen on 07973 207218 or email@example.com if you have any queries or to obtain a booking form.
To book online, please click on the title or use the menu on the left hand side.
Wednesday Morning bridge sessions are ideal for everyone trying to improve their game. No sign-up list. Just turn up! If you are coming on your own please arrive by 9.45 to be guaranteed a partner.
Gentle Duplicate (including Jo's homemade cake!) - Every Wednesday morning.
The Thursday evening sessions run on the first, third and fifth Thurdays of the month are now being held at Hildenborough Village Hall. Refreshments include Jo's cookies! Stephen and Chris look forward to seeing you again soon.
More and more people are approaching Bridge For Fun to teach them to play.
Why? Because we teach structured courses in a friendly and flexible way. The lessons are so enjoyable with specially prepared hands to play, quizzes and puzzles that the two hours fly by.
Every lesson is reinforced by a comprehensive handout, such as the one being put to good use by Julia (left) whilst Dick and partner Sally await her next move!
Stephen Pierce teaches all the courses and both his teaching style and lesson content have been rated excellent by the English Bridge Union.
Contact Stephen at firstname.lastname@example.com or on 07973 207218 to find out more or to enrol.
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text: Cnbc technology Andreessen Horowitz said to lag rivals, despite commanding influence and fees Famed technology investment firm Andreessen Horowitz lags rivals Sequoia, Benchmark and Founders Fund when it comes to returns, according to documents reviewed by The Wall Street Journal. The firm, widely renowned as one of the best in the business, about doubled the investment in its first three venture funds, the Journal reported Thursday. That return... #fund #fees #journal Tweet Source: www.cnbc.com Read More


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" Genre: Sci-Fi / Fantasy / Author: Laurell K. Hamilton / Edition: Reprint / Mass Market Paperback / 432 Pages / Book is published 2009-05-26 by Jove Books "
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Book 15 in the Anita Blake series. In what even the characters agree is a cheesy plot, Anita agrees to pretend to be the girlfriend of her friend Jason so he can go back to his hometown and try to rebuild bridges with his abusive father who is dying of cancer.
Arriving in the home town, they hit a media circus as the governor's son is getting married the same weekend, the governor is a potential presidential candidate, and the governor's son looks uncannily like Jason. The media merrily go down the wrong track at first, but being convinced of Jason's and Anita's real identities doesn't make things better as they manufacture controversy about them and their relationship with Jean-Claude.
So far so cheesy, but something else is going on and Anita can't help picking up on it: extra security around the wedding, odd reactions from the security guards she can't help baiting, and a very drunk bride-to-be. And then in the middle of the "bachelorette party", the Mother of All Darkness intervenes spectacularly.
I enjoyed this book more than the previous: there's still a lot of sex-and-relationship angsting, but there's also some gripping non-sexual action, actual character development and creepily convincing depictions of what its like having one's memory and perceptions messed about with. And hurray and hurrah, Anita suddenly discovers how to feed on something other than sex, and Richard gets to stop being the annoying whiny bundle of angry angst that has put me off some of the more recent books.
Anita's never-ending power-uprating continues, this time getting her (and Jean-Claude) entangled with the insular were-tiger community. This book only gets a chance to skate over the new problems: to be continued in number 16?
After being so impressed with the previous book in this series I was more than eager to start on the next book, hence this review!
The book I will now review is - "Blood noir by Laurell K Hamilton".
The book starts with Anita (vampire executioner, necromancer, girlfriend and human servant of Jean-Claude, master vampire of St Louis) coming home as she does everyday from work, to be greeted by one of her live in lovers (she has a few due to the sharing of certain powers that enables her to feed from sexual contact and give her more power!), Nathaniel and her best friend and part time "sex buddy" Jason.
After an in depth conversation with the usually joking Jason, she discovers that his father has been diagnosed with terminal cancer and has only weeks to live.
The problem is that his father has always assumed that the very promiscuous Jason is gay, and as a bigoted fool he has since broken contact with him.
After much persuasion Anita agrees to go along and pretend to be his girlfriend, so that is father may die with a changed perception of his son.
But as with all of these books there is of course a twist, this one being the fact that they are being hounded by a disgruntled master vampire due to his wife running off with Jason's cousin Keith, and with them looking so similar that they were mistaken as twins at school, means they are going to be taking someone else troubles onboard too.
Will Anita be able to control he situation or will bigger, darker forces be hidden in the shadows, ready to pounce once again?
After being so impressed with the previous book I was quietly confident that this would spell the end to what I deemed as a dry spell in this series, I was unfortunately wrong!
The idea of the story was interesting as this is the first time one of the main characters has had his background story shown, as with many of these fantasy books you do forget that many of the characters have had to start somewhere, so from that point of view it was a good read.
Unfortunately it felt like covering old ground, there was the obligatory "big, bad vampire" who always seems to be stalking Anita and her having all these incredible powers, but never seeming to able to protect herself or her mind from being "rolled" by others (brainwashed by a vampire).
It was nice to be reading about the characters being away from their normal "click" due to them being out of town, thus having to interact with new characters, especially the dual personalities of Jason's cousin Keith's bodyguards, these were written about really well and interesting to read about.
The book though, in my opinion, was just far too long, with there being whole chapters that to me were pointless and slow enough for me to consider giving up on the book entirely, though due to just how many books I have read I refuse to do that!
There is the same sexual content as the previous books, though at least in this book it is featured with only one man, rather than the obligatory hundreds, though it is still as graphic in content as the previous.
Price wise this book is available from www.amazon.co.uk for around the £5.00 mark.
This is an ok read that could more than easily be missed out from the series of books, without breaking the story or momentum of the series.
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ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. - A local woman is heartbroken after Orange County Animal Services euthanized her lost cat.
Lisa Storey wants to know why they didn't wait longer and if it should have even happened at all.
The family said they went to OCAS with pictures of their lost Persian cat "Sophie," but left empty-handed three times. They said the last time they went, they were told OCAS had euthanized their cat long before.
"I have closure, but I don't have closure. And I don't even have a cat with me, I don't have her body to put her to rest. It's just horrible," Storey said.
After Sophie vanished Feb. 17, a neighbor found her without a collar, took her in and fed her for two days before taking her to OCAS on February 20.
Storey learned the neighbor had recovered her cat, so the very next day she went to OCAS to get her cat, but workers could not find Sophie. Storey said on March 3, she learned Sophie had already been euthanized after just one day in OCAS care.
"It's horrible, it's not fair," said Storey. "Follow the rules that you have that's mandated for three days stay."
Under county rules, OCAS is required to hold every animal for three days unless a staff veterinarian determines the animal is suffering or too sick to survive.
OCAS released a statement and said their staff vet thought Sophie was "lethargic and extremely emaciated. Due to her poor health, the veterinarian made the determination to humanely euthanize her."
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JD says yeah, let's not get swept.
Really bad outing by Verlander yesterday, its going to happen. I thought that Vince in MN had a great point regarding Verlander's transition into a finesse pitcher. If you need any more evidence than what you're watching, check out his K and BB rates. His K rate this year is a 6.7/9, the lowest it has been in 8 years. Only his rookie year had a lower K rate (6.0). Meanwhile, his walk rate has been jumping at an alarming rate over the past two years, as he struggles to put away hitters with dominant stuff. This season it is a 3.7/9, which is the highest since it was 3.9 in 2008 (when he went 11-17). I think it make sense that he's walking more as he tries to pitch around some hitters rather than through them.
He's still one of the best, and he'll get it sorted out.
Not a lot of time to dwell on it, as first pitch is less than an hour away.
Today's Let's Not Get Swept By the Indians Lineup:
1. Rajai Davis, LF
2. Ian Kinsler, 2B
3. Miguel Cabrera, 1B
4. Victor Martinez, DH
5. J.D. Martinez, RF
6. Austin Jackson, CF
7. Nick Castellanos, 3B
8. Bryan Holaday, C
9. Danny Worth, SS
The entire game was a long drawn out kick to the groin. Can't get out of there fast enough. Some pitching tomorrow would be a welcome sight.
We'll likely have another dozen or two games just like this throughout the remainder of the season. It's every true fan's curse.
JD says yeah, let's not get swept.
DET pitching (aces) seem to have awoke CLE bats from their 2 month slumber…
hopefully this humbling series in CLE will be a positive for DET, as they play TEX this weekend (3), then head out west to play OAK (4) and SEA (3)… and OAK is just good, and SEA is no slouch, especially w/hitting aficionado/McClendon at the helm
Mr Fielder apparently still has not grasped the concept of thinking before he speaks when there's a microphone in his mug. I expected DET fans to give him an ovation, but he's probably lost a few fans/cheers w/ comments like this
Uh oh, the Clown rears its ugly head.
what a great teammate Scherzer is, he's obviously just trying to make JV (and his bruised ego) feel a little better…;)
Hard to believe that the first plaace team goes to the last place team and gets out hit, out pitchhed, and out coached!
This series has been ridiculous…What happened to this team? Zubaz a little too tight?
Hey Worth when you finally get a chance to play…you can' suck at it!!!!
Whats the return policy on those Zubaz???
The starting pitching has just stunk this series. Wow.
Hey Smokey jr…why not leave him in to give up 100….try managing…maybe pinch hit Romine!!!…and Avila!!!!
I hate breathing life into the Indians. We are sure breaking records last two games. According to announcers most given up by Max since 2012 against you guessed it the Indians.
"KEVIN IN DALLAS" has put the jinx on us.
AJackson just 2 for his last 25 ABs
…now 2 for his last 29
Hey Jackson are you actually trying???
Donkey might have saved the day…2 BB…atta boy!
In just this game if the Tigers would swing at only strikes thrown by the Indian pitchers the score would be 20-7…but thats not the Tigers now is it?….
lets closse this out and get the h*ll outta town!!!!!
In fact the Indian pitchers walked 14-15 in this game but the Tigers only took 6 of them..
This totally sucks!!!!!!..Brantly a low ball hitter has 1009999 hits against the Tigers 0-2 pitch…we will show him…low breaking ball rip for his 1020000 hit against the Tigers
Joba came to play today!!!
how appropriate… looks like we're heading for an ugly ending to an ugly series
There we go, all this game was missing was a blown save.
…you know what else is missing right?
…a RDavis OF assist at the plate… what next?
Avila pinch-hitting?
This game definitely needed Phil Coke.
Mr. soft grounder to 2nd or 1st baseman get a HR.
…there it is Coleman, the always exhilarating 'walk-off balk'… as mentioned several innings ago, an ugly ending to an ugly game & series
…time to GTF outta CLE
prior to that 10th inning walk Krol had only 1 previous BB in 15 innings… par for the course with this game/series
Tomlin was scheduled to start tomorrow for CLE…obviously the bullpen/cupboard was bare
They can now use this as an excuse to dump a couple more this weekend…they will have to get their Zubaz on and will be getting into Detroit late now and the millionaires won't be able to get their beauty sleep!!
did I just hear the fat lady sing…or was that Phil Coke entering the game?
NOOOOOO! Not Coke, for the love of God! get the post-game show crew ready, we are done!!
Saved by Rayburn.
Look who ran into one.
Hey Brad I told you to PH Avila hours ago. .we'd by done by now…now wheres Romine!
Don't worry Coke is out for a second inning. Game is not over yet.
Phil Choke! Didn't we have a bat boy who could pitch!
Brantley with his 200th hit of the series.
Fire ASMUS…DD ..and take your hero Coke with you!!!!!
Starting to seriously remind me of Ole Smokey. Let's leave him out there so he can gain some confidence and have a decision. That's great except his confidence builder turns into a botched game by the manager.
Walk off balk. Should have predicted that for this game.
Not one to remember… I tell my 11yr old grandson to get Amnesia after a bad game, so…. AMNESIA FOR EVERYONE!
I know it's early, but it will be hard to top this for weirdest game of the season.
What has to happen to get COKE Off THE TEAM?????
…maybe if he started pitching 'well' that would do it??? …because he certainly has not pitched well since the '12 playoffs, and that strategy has worked so far.
if Coke was a RHP, he'd have been long gone last year – the only reason he's still got a job is because he happens to throw with his left hand… go figure
Tommorow we wilk read from Mumbles Jr that Coke was one pitch away from being perfect….
You know Brad you are too much like Mumbles for me..!!!
I think both games on Monday and today were poorly managed. Leaving Coke out for a second inning almost always a bad decision.
ALAl should get special recognition this series for facing 4 guys and blowing two games. Now thats being efficient!!
And what we didn't count on was Francona vs Asmus…it was a man against a boy this whole series
.and as a side note on this trip trying to get 2 innings out of Coke when you hardly use him and he can't even go one inning without giving up a run borders on negligence….
It's Ausmus! I am going out on a limb and will say that next October Phil Coke will be a hero.
That's a thin limb. Be careful. We'll be underneath with a trampoline just in case.
Hey Mississippi you gotta lay off that Old Milwaukee!!
Yeah, after yesterday 5 1/2 hour game I ran out of the good stuff! However I will alway recall Coke's 1 2/3 innings in game 5 of the 2011 ALCS in which he saved Verlander's win. I still think he has that in him as his pitch speeds remain very high, especially for a left hander (which is a rarity). When he works out his headgames, it will again become fun for him and that will put him on the road back. It may take a while.


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When American poet Adrienne Rich wrote, "The personal is political," she reminded us that political acts cannot be separated from the circumstances of individual lives. Too often drama that attempts to convey a political message does so by striving to be universal, at the expense of the characters' discrete choices and motivations. In A Bicycle Country Cuban-American playwright Nilo Cruz avoids this trap and proves Rich's maxim correct, combining his poetic skills with a keen knowledge of theatrical conventions to create a play that is both lyrical and relevant.
The plot of A Bicycle Country is simple,and familiar to South Florida audiences. Set in 1994, the action takes place in Cuba as well as in the waters of the Florida Straits. Julio (John Rodaz) is paralyzed and confined to a wheelchair. His best friend Pepe (Carlos Orizondo) finds a physical therapist to help him recover. The physical therapist, Ines (Marcy Ruderhausen), convinces the two men to risk escaping the country with her on a raft.
Upon this modest foundation, Cruz has constructed a work of incredible depth and complexity. Cruz is a gifted wordsmith, but he knows how to use the physicality of the theater to convey his themes. The theater-in-the-round staging for the set of A Bicycle Country, which appears as merely a square platform with a column in the middle, heightens the sense of confinement, especially in the second half of the play, when the stage becomes a makeshift raft. (Set designer Steve Lambert uses a hydraulic system to rock the stage as if it were on water in a subtle yet effective visual device.)
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Even the props take on a poetic identity. Chairs, an old trunk, and a couple of pillowcases go from being instruments of diversion to instruments of destruction. A captivating visual moment in the play comes from the use of simple pillowcases, which at first represent family and memory ("I was just imagining all the women in your family who have slept on these pillowcases," Ines says to Julio). Later the pillowcases give Julio and Ines the anonymity to love each other and to dare to escape repression and poverty in Cuba.
"We are going to play a game," Ines explains. "When we take off these pillowcases, we will be in a new place." They place the pillowcases on their heads and reach outward, exploring each other's features through the cloth. The pillowcases take on new meaning yet again in the second half, when Julio and Ines include Pepe in the game. When the three of them stand in a distant triangle with pillowcases covering their heads in an attempt to renew their sense of hope, they end up looking more like hooded prisoners awaiting execution.
The same objects are present from the beginning to the end, making the stage -- whether it's an apartment or a raft -- give the impression of both transition and permanence. Like the pillowcases, other objects take on vastly different meanings depending upon context. As metaphorically rich as this lack of change is, it threatens to make the show extremely static. A small stage, an abundance of rich language, and not much action could add up to a bored audience, even with Cruz's scintillating dialogue. Fortunately director Michael Garces has instructed the actors well in their movement. Whether they are dancing, arguing, or rowing, there is fluidity on the small stage that keeps the viewer engaged.
Even so, it is Cruz's script that truly drives this play. The sea is both an angel and a demon for Caribbean writers; Cruz ably explores this dichotomy. Like Garcia Lorca, Cruz is as much a poet as he is a playwright; the second half shimmers with the images of water as the three actors speak in a dizzying round robin of visceral metaphors. Cruz has given us new images of the sea, no small feat under the shadow of writers such as Derek Walcott and José Lezama Lima. A scorched and dehydrated Ines speaks of a dream in which water flowed from her breast: "I couldn't drink because I couldn't bring my mouth close to my chest. But you came close to me and sucked the water from my breast and gave me some water to drink." In one of the most beautiful moments of the play, Julio and Ines make love on the raft, perhaps for the last time. Julio tells Ines: "We don't have to move. The sea is already moving."
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For all the startlingly original poetry in A Bicycle Country, the dynamic among the characters is the tried-and-true triangle. In this dramatic threesome, Ines represents love, poetry, and freedom. But she also is well grounded in the role of caretaker and organizer. Ruderhausen demonstrates more than enough range as an actress to convincingly portray Ines's wide range as a character. Ines is both the idealist and the pragmatist: While the decision to leave the island is a leap of faith, it also is a carefully reasoned choice. Ruderhausen wisely gives us the no-nonsense Ines in the first half, the powerful, poetic Ines in the second.
While Orizondo plays the good-natured Pepe with ease, the lack of intensity written into this role saps some of the vigor from the first half of the play. While his character facilitates their attempted escape, he just doesn't add that much dramatically to the first act. His role would be fine in a larger cast, but in a triangle he is obviously (sometimes painfully) the weakest side. In Act Two, though, he begins to hold up his end. As the characters begin to slip into their own hallucinatory worlds, together they weave an imagistic tapestry of trains, ships, umbrellas. The desperate poetry of their impassioned incoherence echoes the cacophony of Beckett's Waiting for Godot.
Rodaz shows a subtlety that complements Ruderhausen's intensity. His portrayal of a bitter and isolated man who finds love and hope is subtly moving and largely grounded in physical gesture. His keen intuition allows him to let Julio's physical progress reflect the emotional metamorphoses taking place inside of him. Early on in the play Julio, referring to his paralysis, says, "I'm sinking in my own body. I'm sitting here on solid ground, and I'm drowning." This contradiction embodies the irony of the Florida Straits. Freedom, love, and safety, be it personal or political, are painfully close and at the same time, just out of reach.
A Bicycle Country is important not only as a human story but as a Cuban-American story, and the behind-the-scenes story is as interesting as what unfolds onstage. Cruz will debut four plays in Miami this season. New York-based director Garces also has emerged over the past couple of years as an actor and playwright with a unique perspective on being both Cuban and American. Likewise Rodaz and Orizondo are the founders of Oye Rep, a theater company dedicated to producing the work of Latin-American playwrights in English. The result of their collaboration is not only a powerful story of the Cuban-American experience but the beginning of a larger body of work that promises to defy its one-dimensional definitions.


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According to scuttlebutt, early industry screenings of Tom Hooper's "Les Miserables" have been greeted with standing ovations, in particular for Anne Hathaway's performance. I guess that's better than standing boos, am I right? Ahem. Find out what all the fuss is about when the film opens next month. Until then, take a gander at five singin' clips from the musical, take a ganderers. Warning: fans of non-musicals need not bother. In fact, you should avoid it entirely.
Set against the backdrop of 19th-century France, "Les Misérables" tells an enthralling story of broken dreams and unrequited love, passion, sacrifice and redemption–a timeless testament to the survival of the human spirit. Jackman plays ex-prisoner Jean Valjean, hunted for decades by the ruthless policeman Javert (Crowe) after he breaks parole. When Valjean agrees to care for factory worker Fantine's (Hathaway) young daughter, Cosette, their lives change forever.
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President Obama admitted last night that the US economic recovery was not progressing as rapidly as he would like after publication of June's disappointing jobs data.
Mr Obama, who is suffering from increasingly poor poll ratings in advance of November's mid-term congressional elections, sought to accentuate the positives in the jobs report but admitted that the figures showed there was much to do.
Speaking at Andrews Air Force Base, in Maryland, Mr Obama said that there was some cause for optimism. He pointed out that, for the sixth straight month, private payrolls had risen — with 600,000 private sector jobs being created during the first six months of the year. He said this compared with 3.7 million jobs lost during the same period last year and…


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Sarah Jones has some new jewelry to wear when she goes out, but it's not the shiny kind. Jones the former Bengals cheerleader and high school teacher who pled guilty in October to having a sexual relationship with a student will not have to wear an ankle monitor after breaking conditions of her plea agreement.
Jones reportedly left the state of Kentucky without her parole officer's permission per Fox 19.
According to Kenton County court documents, the parole officer was made aware that Jones was in Cincinnati on Jan. 29, 2013, to do a radio interview on 700 WLW. The interview was related to Jones' involvement in the sex charges against her and her recent civil case against the website, thedirty.com.
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I have 3 win7 Home Premium PCs:
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3. Notebook win7 32 on wireless
My Backup server is running win2000 and I need access /Users/<The User Name>/.
* On #1 I have EVERYTHING I need!
* On #2 I no access at all! Msg: User has not been granted the requested long in type.
* On #3 I can see the files but when I click I am told the user does not have access.
On all 3 systems I followed the procedures from CommonTater in this post.
Its crazy, it makes no sense. Any suggestions at all will be greatly appreciated!
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You have permission issues.
Make sure shareing is enabled on all PCs including your server.
Go to the properties of each systems main drive and be sure that everyone is listed and all access options are also enabled.
Also go to the network and shareing in the control panel and make sure network discovery is enabled.
And I always disable password protected shareing. People here will disagree but it makes conecting so much easier.
Good luck.
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Thanks! I'm almost there now... I lost the public folders somehow but... I'll figure it out!
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The Chicago Fire Academy U-16 team had to fight and scramble just to earn a spot in the U.S. Soccer Development Academy playoffs. But Friday, the Fire will get the opportunity to play for the U-15/16 championship at the Home Depot Center in Carson, California.
That scenario became a reality Monday evening when the Fire collected a goal in each half to claim a 2-0 victory over D.C. United. Luis Medina scored in the 20th minute to put the Fire up for good and his brother Jesus added an insurance goal in the 42nd minute. As a result of winning their first two matches in Group 1 play, the Fire has already clinched a spot in the Friday's 7 p.m. finals. Although they still have a match on Wednesday against De Anza Force, the Fire (16-5-10) doesn't need to worry about the outcome.
That's the same situation that has unfolded in Group 2 where Cal Odyssey also earned its spot in Friday's finals after two matches. Cal Odyssey (20-7-5), which lost last year's title match, rallied past the Internationals 2-1 on Monday to assure its finals trip. After the Fire took care of business against D.C. United, they had to wait for the outcome of the Sockers FC-De Anza Force match. Following a 1-1 draw in that match, no other team in Group 1 was in a position to reach the six points that the Fire had collected.
The Fire were the lowest-seeded team among the eight squads competing in Finals Week, ranking 21st out of 32 who were in the field. But Chicago has guaranteed its spot in the finals by playing well during recent matches, going 9-0-5 since suffering its last loss. Luis Medina connected on a liner from about 25 yards out, following an assist from Drew Conner, to give the Fire the early 1-0 lead.
"Reaching the finals means a lot to us," Luis Medina said. "We want to win the championship and to do that we need to keep focused." DC United (19-9-7) had a few chances to tie things up before halftime but Fire keeper Sam Euler was able to register some key saves. They both were provided by Dario Redondo, who was stopped on a liner and later had a shot try blocked when Euler came out of the net.
Also in the opening half, Victor Pineda sent a long free kick to keeper Dakota Niedermeier, who later stopped a liner by Manny Rios. Just after the second half began, DC United nearly got the equalizer but Cody Albrecht's close-range shot was just wide of the net. Less than two minutes later, the Fire took a 2-0 lead when Patryk Ruta flipped a pass to Jesus Medina, who connected to make it 2-0.
Neither squad threatened much after that as the Fire received a long shot from Luis Barajas and Luis Medina later hit the crossbar. The Fire defense of Keaton Albert, Peter Beasley, David Caban and Anthony Torres kept DC United at bay throughout the second half. It marked the team's eighth shutout in their last 10 matches and during the current stretch they have allowed just a pair of goals. Caban, who is believed to be the first Academy player to compete in three Finals Weeks, assured himself of his best finish so far.
He previously had helped the Chicago Magic to claim a third-place showing last season and to record a fifth-place effort in 2008. "It's a great feeling to know that I'm finally going to be in a final," Caban said. "Hopefully the third time's the charm for me."
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The Chicago Fire Academy U-16 team had to fight and scramble just to earn a spot in the U.S. Soccer Development Academy playoffs. But Friday, the Fire will get the opportunity to play for the U-15/16 championship at the Home Depot Center in Carson, California.


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Alameda Black Bears 24, Alameda Blaze 10: On Feb. 10 the Terry Pratt, DDS Black Bears notched their first regular-season
win over the Alameda Blaze. Annabella Pirrotta and Yasmine Rodriguez demonstrated outstanding leadership, each scored six points and they combined for 11 rebounds. The Bears spread their scoring, steals and rebounding throughout the roster, with every player contributing to the win. Rookie Hannah Kuhns scored her first points of the season to go along with three rebounds, while teammate Queenie Liu played tenacious defense.


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Chaos Chronicles - Trailer Released
Chaos Chronicles' first trailer has just been released showing some work in progress.
More information.
Nice graphics and animation. I hope the game will be on gog, then it will be instabuy for me. If it will be on steam only I will buy it as well, but then at some stage I will be annoyed by the achievements (like it was with Jagged Alliance Back in Action…). But anyway, the game looks really cool with the turn-based combat and I must say the developers put extra hard work….
Looks good.
this looks brilliant. I love the look of this game, and its great to see a developer doing a turn based game of this quality. I just hope that there's plenty of choice and exploration, and you don't get shoehorned into corridors and cut scenes. But everything in that trailer is ace, I will be keeping a close eye on this one!
One of the things I love the most about this game is how everybody I've heard on the Internet, be it here, on rpgcodex or on several gaming forums or websites are really excited about this game, without it having any sort of media buzz around it. It's not the product of gaming legends, it's not the spiritual successor of any old-school sacred beast, it's all about this kind of obscure Munich-based developer which happens to make a game that, up to now, looks great. I love that.
Looks great, pretty excited about this
Hope it plays as good as it looks. With this original sin and my several kickstarters I funded I'm going to have a lot of turn based goodness coming.
And I thought turn based games were dead. I love being wrong sometimes.
Playing in turns makes the monkey happy. Hexes are sexy.
Speechless. Its so…… perfect!
Looks amazing, hope it delivers.
that's why i liked kings bounty, only it wasn't RPG…so chaos theory, that's what i'm talking about!
Reminds me of ToEE a lot. I'll definitely keep an eye on this game.
Looks great. Hopefully there will be lots of dialogue and choices a la Fallout, Arcanum, not just tactical combat "puzzles."
Between this and Project Eternity I am excited.
Looks good but like I said before hopefully the camera is better than there Jagged Alliance games.
looks like a winner so far! This is the game we all have been waiting for!!! I hope they create rich world with a compelling story. If they can match that with how good the games looks now, it will be one hell of a great rpg.
Looks great and combat seems like there´s potential.
Personally I wouldn´t mind a somewhat more minimalistic approach to storytelling for once, though I hope lore will be fleshed out enough and dungeon crawling will include a puzzle here and there.
DeepO, I hate you! ;)
anyway :).
I'd like to see different D&D modules to be made with a game engine like this.
Looking really good! Turn-based combat, 5 person party, hexes, etc. Oh my! Very much looking forward to playing this. :thumbsup:
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Smith Urges Court to Block EPA Power Plant Regs
Washington, D.C. – Science, Space, and Technology Committee Chairman Lamar Smith today joined over 200 colleagues in both the House and Senate to file an amicus brief supporting petitions filed by 27 states seeking to overturn the EPA's Clean Power Plan.
Chairman Smith: "The EPA's energy regulations would shut down power plants, raise Americans' energy bills and have no significant impact on global warming. The Supreme Court earlier this month confirmed that this regulation overreaches EPA's legal authority. Despite legal setbacks, the Obama administration has continued to push its unpopular and extreme climate agenda on the American people. The Clean Power Plan has been appropriately halted by the Supreme Court and should now be blocked from enactment once and for all."
On Feb. 9 the Supreme Court halted enactment of the regulation, saying that it would shut down power plants and negatively impact local communities. Today's amicus brief urges the court to go a step further to block the rule from enactment. Chairman Smith joined the brief with 34 Senators and 171 House Members in the case of State of West Virginia, et al. v. Environmental Protection Agency, et al.
The EPA's own data has been used to show that the plan would only result in a 1/100th of a degree change in temperature.


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Berlin yet to receive firm`s request to sell arms to UAE, S Arabia
Berlin, Oct 8, IRNA -- The German government said Wednesday it has not received any formal petition for an arms export permit after the press reported on final talks between German defense firm Rheinmetall and Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to sell anti-ABC weapons reconaissance tanks and anti-aircraft systems. "As you know the negotiations are still going on and we have not received a formal request for an export permit," German deputy government spokesman Hans-Hermann Langguth said during a news conference. He added that the German national security council would have to make final decision whether it is going to issue a permit for the controversial arms exports. The German government is in general prohibited from selling arms to regions in conflict or where there is a high degree of political tensions. German military industrial circles were quoted as saying earlier that the potential deal is worth a "three-digit million" amount. An unnamed Rheinmetall spokesman pointed to "advanced negotiations" while refusing to give details on the imminent arms deal. The popular Fuchs reconaissance tank is equipped to detect chemical, nuclear and biological weapons. Furthermore the German firm is also negotiating a deal with the Arab side whereby German anti-aircraft systems would be delivered to both Persian Gulf countries over the next three to five years, the economic website Boerse Online said. OT/212 End
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Seahawks release receiver Braylon Edwards
Seattle has released receiver Braylon Edwards with an injured designation. Edwards appeared in 10 games for the Seahawks. He caught eight passes in his time with the Seahawks, but had struggled with a recurring knee injury.
Edwards nearly had a touchdown catch at the end of the first half on Sunday only to have it overturned on review.
The move leaves Seattle with five receivers on the active roster: Golden Tate, Sidney Rice, Doug Baldwin, Jermaine Kearse and Charly Martin.
Dec 24 - 6:10 AM Looking back: Revisiting Sunday's scouting report
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Here's my one bookcase that's filled to the brim with books. This isn't even all I have. I need another bookcase lol
Here's my second bookcase. Smaller, but still functions. It houses my lifestyle, and design books.
This is part 1 of 4! This also includes all my advanced reader copies!
This is part 2 of 4. Shows shelves one and two.
Sorry about the audio in this one! This is part 3 of 4.
From my bookcase..Shelves four and five!!
Books from my childhood and teen years that include The Baby-sitter's Club, Baby-Sitters Little Sister, Sweet Valley High, Sweet Valley Kids, Sweet Valley Senior Year, and Sweet Valley University.


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Tuesday is almost here, and you know what that means--it's time to start thinking about the latest hot releases. Luckily for you, we keep the Internet peace by handpicking you the dopest content that's just been released!
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World of Warcraft has been a bona fide sensation—and the butt of jokes--for years now. The crazy thing is that, in all this time, it's never really been updated all that much. All that changes with Cataclysm. The biggest expansion pack yet, it increases the level cap (how many times you can level up for you noobs), completely reworks the visuals, and introduces two new races to play as. Unfortunately, it does not come with something that will help you get your life back. If you're a recovering addict we recommend you stay far, far away as Cataclysm is essentially digital crack that will suck you so far in that you won't care if yours is showing. If you have any semblance of self control, it's probably the best online multiplayer RPG ever released. Just make sure you say goodbye to the loved ones before taking the plunge.
Source: Warner Bros. Pictures
Ever since the crazy success of The Dark Knight everyone and their mother very much wanted to see the next film writer/director Christopher Nolan had up his sleeve. Inception was that movie and damn did it deliver. Starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Inception is a psychological thriller where people's ideas during an intense dream state can change the world around them in very destructive ways. The film has taken in over $800 million up to this point and with the new Blu-ray/DVD releases, it's gonna rake in even more green. Diehard fans of Nolan's work can now take home an Inception Limited Edition Blu-ray/DVD with a briefcase gift set which includes a metal replica of the briefcase used by DiCaprio. There are also tons of other extra features such as a metal replica of the spinning top totem notoriously seen in the film's final scene. Either way, the movie by itself is worth the purchase. Get this now so your mind can be the scene of the crime, guys.
Source: Walt Disney Pictures
The best soundtrack of the year is finally here for personal consumption. The epic score developed by electronic legends Daft Punk for the upcoming sequel TRON: Legacy is what true fans of film live for. The few movie clips that have been released over the past few months with the Daft soundtrack incorporated have been nothing short of mind-blowing. Not only do these arrangements make the world of TRON truly come to life, they also effortlessly stand on their own two feet as an independent work worthy of a full listen. Get your hands on the deluxe edition of the album for a free poster of Daft Punk from the film. The score itself was also arranged and orchestrated by Joseph Trapanese. This might just turn into one of the most epic driving albums of all time. Just sayin'.
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Growing up in Tyler as the only girl in a house full of boys, Katina Chimney entertained herself by reading and writing stories. She loved Disney's "Cinderella" the best and was captivated by the pumpkin carriage and all of Cinderella's animal friends.
But even as a young African-American girl, she took notice that the girls in the stories she loved were different than her.
"There weren't a lot of books with girls who looked like me," she said.
Ms. Chimney attended Tyler Junior College where she first saw her byline on the pages of the Apache Pow Wow, the student newspaper. As a journalism student, she remembers immersing herself in the art of the interview. She went on to earn a Bachelor of Science degree in public relations from The University of Texas at Austin and a graduate marketing certificate from the University of Phoenix.
Now living in Houston, Ms. Chimney never gave up a love for writing. The stories she imagined in her head never quite faded away, especially the adventures of a little girl she called Keilah West.
The idea for Keilah — described as a lovable but klutzy 5-year-old African-American girl who never gives up — came to Ms. Chimney in a dream. Even the name Keilah came to her in the dream. When she awoke, she learned the name means fortress and has references in the Old Testament of the Bible.
Ms. Chimney said, in some ways, Keilah is just like her. As a child, Ms. Chimney also was a complete klutz with a big heart and sense of humor.
She said her father's passing was the catalyst that propelled her to write the adventures of Keilah.
"My dad dying made me realize you only live once," she said. "It was then I decided to make this book happen."
A month after her father's death, she finished the manuscript.
Ms. Chimney also was influenced to create Keilah by her volunteer work in Big Brothers and Big Sisters, which helps at-risk children who often lack role models. She hoped that a positive role model in the form of a young black girl could do much good.
She submitted her manuscript to By Grace Enterprises, a Texas publisher. Editors loved the story and paired Ms. Chimney with illustrator Robin Haley of Austin. The result is "Keilah West: The World's Greatest Klutz."
Ms. Chimney doesn't want Keilah to be marginalized as only for black children. Her goal is simple: "I think it's important for kids to learn about other races."
She cites the 1980s television show "The Cosby Show" as an example for what she's striving for with the book.
"Nobody really thought about the show as black; they thought of it as a family show for everyone," Ms. Chimney said.


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I had such very high hopes. I wanted something sweet and light for a bedtime tea and this seemed like a good candidate. The dry leaves are very pretty and smell like actual peaches. Quite misleading, since the actual taste of the tea is very artificial. Maybe I overbrewed, because I also found the fake peach flavor overwhelming. I can't say much for the white tea base because I couldn't really make it out. I tried diluting it with ice and even adding a splash of seltzer, but nothing could salvage this tea for me.
This might be improved with a shorter steep and a squeeze of lemon to add some natural sweetness while cutting the artificial taste.
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Sarnia Sting defeat visiting Saginaw Spirit in overtime win
Photo courtesy SarniaSting.com There's nothing like a come-from-behind overtime victory in front of the hometown fans to erase those ugly thoughts of a two-game losing streak.
Photo courtesy SarniaSting.com There's nothing like a come-from-behind overtime victory in front of the hometown fans to erase those ugly thoughts of a two-game losing streak.
Sarnia City Council plans to debate recommendations that include bringing the management of the RBC Centre under direct city control and the closure of Germain Arena at a special meeting this Thursday (Nov.
Trevor Letowski isn't sure why his Sarnia Sting hockey team team seems to play their best against the Saginaw Spirit.
Now that's a better way to start off a weekend. Backed by the 34-save performance of Taylor Dupuis, the Sarnia Sting skated to a well-deserved 5-0 win over the Kitchener Rangers, Thursday night in front of 2,593 fans at the RBC Centre.
The fourth iteration of Fusion—a discovery of local food and wine—was a resounding success, says Adelle Stewardson, event coordinator on behalf of the charitable beneficiary, Lambton County Developmental Services.
Photo by Metcalfe Photography. A four-goal second period propelled the Sudbury Wolves to a 6-3 win over the Sarnia Sting in Ontario Hockey League action, Saturday night in front of 2,576 fans at the RBC Centre.
Photo courtesy Metcalfe Photography. The Sarnia Sting snapped a three-game losing streak Friday night against the seventh ranked team in the Canadian Hockey League.
The Sarnia Sting had a tough time beating Owen Sound Attack Goaltender Brandon Hope on Friday night, losing by a final score of 4-2.
Photo courtesy Metcalfe Photography. The Sarnia Sting rallied from behind scoring 5 consecutive goals and defeating the Saginaw Spirit by a score of 6-3 Thursday evening.
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Back in the spring and summer of 2005, Dr. Dog's "Easybeat" was near inescapable among my crowd. It seemed like it was playing at every get-together or dinner party or after-party or pre-party or wherever you were, there it was.
"Easybeat" is one of the best examples of the type of shaggy, classic rock-informed pop that's not trying to take over the world nor reinvent the wheel. It's just fun. That is unless you're of those joyless, cynical, stick-in-the-mud types who can't admit to digging something unless it's super obscure and you knew about it first and can thus lord your superior tastes over everyone. Though I suppose if you just flat-out don't like rock music, you're probably not going to like Dr. Dog.
The Philly five-piece has released several albums over the years, including this year's "Be the Void." While their subsequent records aren't carbon copies of "Easybeat," they never stray too far from the Beatles/Beach Boys blueprint. But so what? What Dr. Dog does, the band does really well.
Opening the 18-and-older show is whimsical psych purveyor Cotton Jones.
After the jump, check out the video for Dr. Dog's "Do the Trick," which stars all those old Star Wars toys your mom sold at that garage sale back in 1990.
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In a bid to futher tighten regulations the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Friday asked banks to bring down credit exposure to a single non-banking finance company (NBFC),doing business of gold loans, from existing 10% to 7.5%. The regulator has given maximum six months to implement it.
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In a bid to futher tighten regulations the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Friday asked banks to bring down credit exposure to a single non-banking finance company (NBFC),doing business of gold loans, from existing 10% to 7.5%. The regulator has given maximum six months to implement it.
"Banks are advised to reduce their regulatory exposure ceiling on a single NBFC, having gold loans to the extent of 50% or more of its total financial assets (loans), from the existing 10% to 7.5% of banks' capital funds (tier I + tier II capital)," RBI said in a circular.
"However, the above exposure ceiling may go up by 5%, i.e., up to 12.5% of banks' capital funds if the additional exposure is on account of funds on-lent by NBFCs to the infrastructure sector."
Recently, RBI took a number of measures to stiffen norms for NBFCs, particularly those dealing in gold loans like Muthoot Finance, Manappuram Finance, Muthoot FinCorp and others. The measures included limiting loan-to-value (LTV) ratio to 60% for gold loans, mandating a minimum tier - 1 capital of 12% by April 1, 2014; and restricting NBFCs to grant any loan against bullion/primary gold and gold coins.
An LTV of 60% means that a borrower will have to give gold worth Rs 100 to get a loan of Rs 60.
"Our credit exposure to any single gold loan NBFC is mostly below 7.5%," an executive director of a Mumbai-based large state-owned bank told Moneycontrol.com on condition of anonymity.
"This RBI move may be aimed at ultimately curbing local moneylenders' business at the bottom of the society. Many moneylenders lend money at an exorbitant rate against the collateral of gold. They use the same stock of gold to borrow money from the gold loan companies relatively at much lower rate," he said.
Banks, according RBI, should have an internal sub-limit on their aggregate exposure to all such NBFCs. The rapid expansion of such NBFCs has led to their increased dependence on public funds, including bank finance.
"In recent time, RBI has been very harsh on gold loan NBFCs. The latest move will certainly affect their net interest margin. They may increase borrowing through commercial papers (CPs) and bond issues but at a higher cost of borrowing. However, market demand for gold loans is unlikely to wane as NBFCs have much greater reach than banks," said a treasury head from a Kerala-based gold loan NBFC. He did not wish to be named.
Due to prevailing regualtory concerns, investors are not ready to subscribe bonds or CPs issued by any gold loan company. Hence, they need to offer higher rate of interest to attract investors.
In March, Muthoot Finance had to extend its subscription closer date of non-convertible debenture issue offering 13-13.43% to raise Rs 500 crore.
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Interplay has announced that an increase in revenue following the sale of the Fallout IP to Bethesda means it is now ready for Fallout Online.
Interplay CEO Herve Caen said in a statement, "I am pleased with the progress the company has made, particularly with our debt load, which has improved from $59 million in December 2001 to less than $3 million today.
"With that difficult period behind us, we are focused on securing funding for development of a Massively Multiplayer Online Game (MMOG) based on the popular Fallout franchise. Along with our strategy of leveraging our existing portfolio of intellectual gaming properties, Fallout Online will play a key role in the future of Interplay."
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Memorial services for Vernon Ellis, 62, of Lubbock will be held at a later date. Cremation arrangements are with Resthaven Funeral Home.
He died on Tuesday, May 16, 2000, at Covenant Medical Center.
He was born July 14, 1937, in Ola and served in the U.S. Navy. He retired in 1999 with 33 years of service with Bell Helicopter in Fort Worth. He served as past master of the Hurst Masonic Lodge and was a former member of Highland Meadows Christian Church in Colleyville. He attended Aldersgate United Methodist Church in Lubbock after moving from Fort Worth in 1999. He married Melba Edwards in Fort Worth, in 1981.
Survivors include his wife; three daughters, Tanya Pierce and Terri Dotson, both of Lubbock, and Jackie Northrup of Dallas; a son, Mike of Carrollton; a brother, Kelly Ellis of Irving; and six grandchildren.
The family suggests memorials to Aldersgate UMC Stewardship Campaign, P.O. Box 53213, Lubbock, 79423.
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Following a sublime outing at London's St Pancras Old Church earlier this month, Eddi Front is set to make her U.S live debut early next year.
The Brooklyn-based singer and pianist will play The Slipper Room in New York on 24 January.
Although not entirely a live debut, Front has performed in the city before under a previous moniker of Ivana XL, it will be the first chance to hear material from her latest self-titled EP.
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Philadelphia Union's playoff hopes have appeared dim for at least the last few weeks, but it wasn't official until Saturday when Seattle's 3-2 victory over Toronto sealed the deal before Philadelphia's 1-1 draw vs Houston was even over.
Manager Peter Nowak put things into perspective after the match, acknowledging the club's disappointment but also pointing out reasons to be optimistic about his young expansion side.
"Listen, it is always disappointing when you are not making the playoffs," he said after the match. "We still believed and we deserved better (from some matches over the course of the season), but when you look around at what we have and how we built this team and this franchise, … we are still number three beyond Seattle last year and Chicago in 1998 (in terms of expansion success)."
The Union's first season in existence has been frustrating at times, no doubt, but there have also been a number of positives. To name a few: the emergence of Sebastien Le Toux as a legitimate superstar, Danny Mwanga's Rookie of the Year caliber season, a plethora of rising young stars, an exciting brand of attacking soccer, a rabid fan base and a beautiful stadium, among others.
"So, with all the negatives, the goals we gave up, unnecessary goals and unnecessary mistakes, we still have made enough progress," Nowak continued. "Of course we expected a little bit more than this and with the last three games to play we are going to play for the next year and make sure that we built something that at the end of the day will pay off next year.
"We believe that with you, the media, and fans who support us no matter what, that we have something special. How are we going to move forward? Of course everyone is expecting good results and the way we play is not going to change from our standpoint. The team is not going to get worse, it will only be better."
Nowak's last point is precisely what makes this expansion season a success. As strong as the Union have looked at times this year, the club is just beginning to hit their stride and nowhere near reaching their full potential. If Philadelphia can take just another step or two in their last three matches against elite competition, it'll be hard to argue with the results in Year One.
"We were supposed to get more points and we were still supposed to be in the playoff race," Nowak said. "That is not the case anymore, so now it is (about) what we are going to take into next season and how we are going to handle three very good games against Los Angeles, New York, and Columbus in Columbus. So we will try to find the answers to who and what (we are going to be) for the next year."