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Jarom is another one chapter book in The Book of Mormon. He was the son of Enos, and continued the record passed down to him as his father commanded. Like his father, he understands that he is writing for the benefit of people far into the future. But he also knows, like his father, that what will benefit the people is the plan of salvation. So he does not write a great deal, and he does not share his own prophesies or his own revelations.
"For what could I wrote more than my fathers have written? For have not they revealed the plan of salvation?" (verse 2).
I love this guy! He says, "get it already!" "You know better!" "You know what to do, just do it!"
I love it so much.
But the people will not, and do not.
This is the sad-est and scary-est type of situation with people: when they know what to do, and even understand why, but will not do it. It is the ultimate stubborn-ness, the refusal to submit, the very stiff-neck that will not bow to the Father's command.
So something has to be done about it, Jarom says.
"Behold, it is expedient that much should be done among this people, because of the hardness of their hearts, and the deafness of their ears, and the blindness of their minds, and the stiffness of their necks…" (verse 3).
Yet still, the Lord is merciful, ever inviting them to look to Him and what He is waiting to give.
"God is exceedingly merciful unto them" (verse 3).
The evidence? Because He has not yet destroyed them.
We know, from every situation described in scripture, from the Old Testament to the New to the Book of Mormon, this is always the case: the Lord invites us to respond to Him, and that is where we get our provision and protection and blessings. When we do not go to Him, He is unable to give us these things. This leaves us in our own bondage. Still then, He calls for us to turn to Him, so that He can deliver us from bondage. When we do, He rescues us and then is able to bless us with all He has to offer. When we do not, our own consequences of our own choices are the result.
So still, Jarom says, the Lord is waiting, ever merciful, hoping we turn to Him.
And when we do, He does bless us and protect us and provide for us! Even by the Holy Spirit, who does correct and instruct and guide: "And there are many among us who have many revelations, for not all are stiffnecked" (verse 4).
And who is not stiffnecked? Those who "have faith (and) have communion with the Holy Spirit" (verse 4). To be worthy of the Holy Spirit means we are being an obedient people, which does open up even more access to the Spirit who does sanctify us to make us worthy-er. It's an upward-spiral kind of process, and a gift to us while we navigate mortality.
Jarom tells the story of his family navigating mortality, with it now being 200 years later. "The people of Nephi had waxed strong in the land. They observed to keep the law of Moses and the sabbath day holy unto the Lord. And they profaned not; neither did they blaspheme. And the laws of the land were exceedingly strict" (verse 5).
This is a comparison text, meaning he is comparing what makes the Nephites "set apart" from other people in the land. He points out that their strength comes from their obedience to the Lord, and their observance of the Holy Sabbath is evidence of that consecration. Then, specifically, their words are also consecrated – they do not use profane language and they do not curse God. The laws they followed were strict, because it was necessary for them to be set apart in order to be made holy.
It's a good reminder to us in the world in which we live, when cuss words are excused by using initials without saying the whole word, when it is easier to buy a pizza on Sunday than cook a home meal, and when it is easier to blame God for real life problems and for the people that make our lives difficult. But these things are not right, and such behaviors are a slippery slope into the world. It dulls the line that sets us apart, and sometimes even moves the line over so that we think we have not crossed the line and yet are engaging in behavior that is not set-apart-behavior.
And it is hard, because there are more of them than there are of us (verse 6).
So the pressure is intense.
And what counts as crossing-the-line gets more and more subtle.
But we are still at battle, in the same war we fought in Heaven, and should be fighting to keep that line obvious and clear, plain and simple. We should not be crossing it.
The world, even Satan, will try to make us cross the lines.
This is the battle.
"And it came to pass that they came many times against us, the Nephites, to battle. But our kings and our leaders were mighty men in the faith of the Lord, and they taught the people the ways of the Lord; wherefore, we withstood the Lamanites…" (verse 7).
Not only did they withstand the enemy (by doing what they were told), but they also "fortified" themselves. This means protection more than what is necessary just to survive. So instead of just building a wall around the city, there were also defenses and towers and extra things.
The prophets have said that instead of praying just once a day, we should be praying morning and night. The prophets have said that very soon, praying only morning and night will not be enough, and that Family Home Evening once a week will not be enough. Already we are told to read our scriptures for an hour a day, and soon that will not be enough to be in tune with the spirit to navigate each day. We will be required to do more, to fortify ourselves, to keep ourselves strong and well and safe.
But these people were obedient, and did these things.
And they multiplied, and were blessed with provision and protection, working hard to do what was required to keep themselves strong and safe and well and protected.
The scriptures promise "inasmuch as ye will keep my commandments, ye shall prosper in the land" (verse 9).
Inasmuch is more of that "to the degree".
As much as you put in the work to keep your family safe and provided for, they will be safe and provided for.
As much as you put in the work to be spiritually nourished and strengthened, you will be spiritually safe and nourished.
His love for us is unconditional, absolutely.
But what we get out of that relationship is absolutely dependent upon what we put into it.
His love is unconditional; the blessings are covenant-based, and so therefore very conditional.
The Lord sends us prophets to remind us of this, just as He always has:
"the prophets of the Lord did threaten (warn) the people of Nephi, according to the word of God, that if they did not keep the commandments, but should fall into transgression, they should be destroyed…" (verse 10).
It's that simple.
If you want financial blessings, follow the laws of tithing and avoiding debt.
If you want a loving spouse who is kind, be a spouse with a gentle and sweet spirit.
If you want peace in your home, love your family without feeding contention.
If you want physical strength in some form, obey the word of wisdom – not just be refusing the "forbidden" things, but also doing the part about eating what is healthy and getting good exercise regularly and often.
If you want intimacy, then protect your chastity and/or be faithful (even emotionally).
It's that simple, plain and simple.
His laws are not complicated.
They are not laws, as in oppressive rules.
They are laws, as in physics: if you want this, do this and that will happen.
He is telling us how the system works; we only need to do what He says to get the results He has promised.
It's so, so simple.
"Wherefore, the prophets, and the priests, and the teachers, did labor diligently, exhorting with all long-suffering the people to diligence; teaching the law of Moses, and the intent for which it was given; persuading them to look forward unto the Messiah, and believe in him to come as though he already was. And after this manner did they teach them" (verse 11).
So the prophets and apostles and priesthood leaders continue to teach us today, through General Conference, Sacrament Meeting, Sunday School, Home Teaching, and Priesthood Blessings.
This is the way. Walk in it.
"And it came to pass that by so doing, they kept them from being destroyed…." (verse 12).
They are trying to help us.
Follow them.
Do what they say.
"for they did prick their hearts with the word, continually stirring them up unto repentance" (verse 12)
This is the ultimate love, the ultimate friendship. The deepest love and the strongest friendship is one that will tell the truth, not one that will set aside truth for convenience. These leaders taught those people the truth, and it saved our lives. So our leaders teach us the truth, and heeding their counsel will save our lives.
Even when the truth "pricks" our hearts, because it is hard work to do.
But it is the work that will save us.


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Shen Build
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Hello everybody. My name is Bonifatius94 and today I wanna tell you more about how to play " Shen, the Eye of Twilight". The reason why I created this guide is I love playing Shen so much because he is actually one of the best picks on the whole metagame. If he is not banned he will usually get picked immediately because of the huge tactical advantage he will give to his team. The split push potential while still being able to contest global objectives makes him really strong.
Please don't downvote this guide only because I am no native speaker and I didn't use pictures etc.
The Skills
Shen's passive is Ki Strike, an empowered auto attack that deals 10 percent of your additional health as magic damage. Hitting a living target with an auto attack will reduce the cooldown of Ki Strike by 1 second. When Feint is active the cooldown is reduced by 2 seconds. This passive allows Shen to stack high amounts of health while at the same time dealing a very big hit every 9 seconds. Also you can play Shen on attack speed to have more Ki Strikes available as the cooldown of Ki Strike is reduced by every hit on a living target.
Tipp: Using this attack to last hit at the very beginning will help you a lot as your auto attacks don't deal that much demage. If you have one Ki Strike left you can also go for a litte harass on your opponent. While trading with your opponent always land a taunt and after it switch on Feint to have more Ki Strikes available in order to trade successful.
q: Vorpal Blade is a single target short ranged attack that deals magic damage. In addition you and your allies heal up by hitting this target the next few seconds. As this skill is your only source of damage besides the litte damage of your Shadow Dash try to take 2 or 3 points early in it and max it first.
Tipp: Althogh Shen has no great damage tools for bursting down enemies quickly you can harass really good if you keep on throwing Vorpal Blades onto your opponent.
w: Feint is a shield that scales with 60 percent of our AP, but as we don't build any items granting us massive amounts of AP we only use the amount we get without scaling. If you are jungling Shen take a point early in it (usually at level 2 or 4) and max it second.
Tipp: If you are fast enough to activate this skill in time you will tank every poke away. As already mentioned use it to trade effectively with your opponent.
e: Shadow Dash is a dash taunting all enemy champions it hits while dashing foreward for 1.5 seconds. In addition they are dealt a little amount of magic damage. This skill is one of the reasons why Shen is that strong. If you land a nice Shadow Dash taunting multiple targets your carries can do their job and you will win the team fight without any problem. But you can also use this skill for chasing or fleeing (especially taunting through walls helps a lot).
Tipp: Use this skill wisely; it can decide whether you or your team mates go out of the fight dead or alive. If you can manage to hit multipe targets your energy will be regenerated really fast and you will be able to go on spamming your other abilities.
r: Stand United is your ultimate allowing you to give an allign a big shield and then after a short channelling time of 3 seconds teleporting behind him if he is still alive.
Tipp: Always have a look at the other lanes not being too late or making a fail gank if you have been waiting for too long. When you decide to channel your ultimate go somewhere you can't be interrupted in order to join your team mates. Also put this shield if possible on high valuable targets like the AD or AP carry. Many Shen players go for Teleport as summoner spell to be back on their own lane as fast as possible after such a teleport gank.
The Masteries
I take a tanky 1/22/7 masteries in order to fullfill Shen's role as a support tank.
In the offense tree I take Summoner's Wrath to improve Ignite.
In the defense tree I pick Hardiness and / or Resistance to have some nice resistances and follow it up with Durability , Veteran's Scars , Perseverance, Unyielding , Block , Juggernaut and Honor Guard for a better lane sustain and health pool. Good Hands , Safeguard and Tenacious will give Shen everything a real tank needs.
In the utility tree I take Summoner's Insight for the Flash upgrade. In addition I get Wanderer for the extra movement speed and Mastermind in order to improve my summoner spells again.
The Runes
As runes I use 3x Greater Mark of Magic Penetration and 6x Greater Mark of Attack Speed, 9x Greater Seal of Armor, 9x Greater Glyph of Scaling Magic Resist and 3x Greater Quintessence of Movement Speed. You will see that this works quite well on Shen as all of those runes help you putting out a lot of magic demage while still being tanky.
The Summoner Spells
I usually use Flash + Ignite on Shen to be able to pick up some important kills.
Other viable spells on Shen instead of Ignite are Teleport for a better global presence, Heal for the extra hp boost in difficult situations or Ghost / Exhaust for better results while chasing or fleeing. But I really recommend Flash + Ignite because it provides the last bit of damage to take down your lane match-up.
The Items
If you have been playing League of Legends longer than the Season 3 patch you should know that there was a time when tanks stacked armour and magic restistance instead of health. This has changed with the Season 3 patch bringing new items and a different playstyle to the league. Especially the changes to The Black Cleaver, which is now also used on offtanks, made stacking health more viable. In addition the price of Warmog's Armor was reduced significantly so it became more and more common to use it even on AP and AD carries when they feared getting bursted away. The only thing I want you to learn about itemising an offtank such as Shen is that being just tanky wins not a single game. It is always important as an offtank to be a target your opponents can't ignore in order to help your team properly.
So why do I get items like shown in my cheat sheet?
The simple reason is that I wanted to itemise a Shen being able to split push while still being really tanky. For Shen it is not so important to pick up kills when you are able to help out your team mates getting them fed. Itemising Shen as a full tank will only be useful if you can manage to hit nice taunts. But then you will rely on your team mates' damage and when they have none you can't win the team fights and as a consequence also not the game.
Let's get started:
start: Boots of Speed + 3 Health Potions
Now if you look at my item kit you can see that I start up with Boots of Speed and three Health Potions. It may seem a bit old fashioned, but I don't know a better way of staying in lane for a longer time.
example for first time back: Boots of Speed + Health Potions + Giant's Belt + Sight Ward
After I farmed a bit I usually build a Giant's Belt because an early Sunfire Cape or a Warmog's Armor is just so strong on Shen especially against AD match-ups. If you are playing against an AP match-up go for a Giant's Belt as well and follow it up with an early Wit's End and Mercury's Treads. If you still get bursted away after having purchased a Wit's End maybe think of a Hexdrinker, a Spirit Visage or a Abyssal Mask. As with every other champ always buy a Vision Ward if you can afford it in order to be safe in lane. I cannot stress enough that IT REALLY HELPS.
example for second / third time back: tier two boots upgrade + first core item + Sight Ward
Finish your first core item as quickly as possible in order to get a real beast. A tier two boots upgrade helps you now not falling behind in movement speed. (I really recommend to have the tenacity effect on a tank when there is hard cc on the enemy team. So either get Mercury's Treads or Ninja Tabi + Zephyr.) As enchantments I recommend Enchantment: Homeguard or Enchantment: Captain.
after several times back: tier two boots upgrade + Sunfire Cape + Warmog's Armor + Wit's End + Sight Wards
After finishing your core items you should be quite tanky to survive your opponent in lane without any problem. What is added to your build now is some attack speed by purchasing a Recurve Bow. This basically allows you to trigger your passive a couple more times for more damage. Although it seems not to be the strongest pick on Shen it is actually all you need to have in mid game because it allows you to trade effectively with your opponent, it keeps up the lane pressure and it also gives you the possibility of split pushing.
preparing for late game: tier two boots upgrade + Sunfire Cape + Warmog's Armor + Wit's End + a situational item of your choice + Sight Wards
When you have built that ones your items are nearly completed and the late game is about to begin. Get another item fitting your situation and purchase Sight Wards in order to pick the right fights and winning the game. The game is usually finished after your next big item so choose a nice one and gg.
example final build: Nanja Tabi + Warmog's Armor + Sunfire Cape + Wit's End + Zephyr + Runic Bulwark
The Gameplay
Now I show some tricks. If you are used to Shen there should be nothing new to you.
1. Farming
First of all you have to practise farming with Shen. I tell you that because it is not as easy as with other solo top champions. If you farmed using only your auto attacks you should have recognised that Shen's auto attacks are not that strong especially early game.
So try to save your first hit because it will be a Ki Strike and make your first farm with it. When you are not able to reach a minion low on health throw a Vorpal Blade. If you have no Ki Strike or Vorpal Blade available switch on Feint and keep on attacking minions that have full life so your next Ki Strike will be off cooldown very sooner. Of course try to farm very low minions with auto attacks like with every other champion. You are doing well if you have at least 150 to 200 farms after 20 minutes.
2. Harassing / Trading
You will bully your lane match-up out of lane if you keep on throwing Vorpal Blades on him. This is quite a lot of damage because your magic runes and are doing their job quite well. Make your oppontent call in for ganks (and laugh at him because you are very hard to gank with Shadow Dash up) and back off a bit earlier as he wanted. After that you can outfarm your opponent or go teleport ganking. When you are trading start with a Vorpal Blade to put down your sustained damage with auto attacks. Use Feint to unleash as much Ki Strikes as possible and always save enough energy to taunt your opponent so he doesn't go anywhere. Of course this harass combo gets stronger and stronger the more health and attack speed you can stack.
3. Laning against two enemies
Hopefully you won't be in such a bad situation because your opponents will really make your life hard, especially in swoap lanes. My only advise for you is: fall back under beneath your tower and make your jungler camp your lane. You will be ok if you can manage not to end up feeding too hard.
4. Picking up kills during laning phase
If you have tried out playing Shen without harassing you will agree that ruling your lane and picking up kills with Shen is not that easy. So if you did harass your opponent and see he is about 20 to 30 percent on health you can try to make a go:
Land a taunt, put the ignite on your enemy and throw Vorpal Blades as much as you can (I advise you to use your Feint only if you hit your Shadow Dash because you otherwise will run out of energy too fast and then can't go for a second Shadow Dash or the decisive Vorpal Blade). Also manage not to tank the tower while taunting in. This should be a kill in your favour.
5. Gameplay during mid and late game
Recognising that the laning phase is almost over try to put on pressure onto the lanes. Split pushing can actually be a very big deal for your team because your opponents have to send one of their team mates as well in order not to lose several towers etc., but if he has no Teleport you will be able to fight 5 vs 4 coming into the team fight with Stand United. And this advantage will allow your team to pick the right fights and also putting a lot of pressure onto your opponets when they are willing to contest an objective such as dragon or baron.
When you feel confident make sure to get the advantage after a nice team action. Now split push or group up around an objective (tower, dragon or baron), start to deal damage to it or bait your opponents into a trap and wait for the enemies' reaction. As you see your opponents have grouped up, too, try to initiate a fight with a good taunt hitting multiple targets allowing your team mates to pick up the easy kills. As it is not so easy to land an awesome taunt it may help you to flash for getting into a better position allowing you to reach the carries in the back as well as the tanks in front.
While you are split pushing and your team mates start off a fight, obviously without you, immediately choose a squishy high valuable allign like the AD carry and join the fight. As soon as you arrive land a nice taunt turning around the tables in your favour. (Of course avoid interrupting your ultimate while channeling.)
6. Saving the lives of your team mates
If you see a carry has been caught by a trap and is now in serious trouble you should help him out as your job is to save lives. If you are in range for a Shadow Dash you will try to taunt every single enemy that is chasing your allign. Then run the other direction to drive your opponents out of position for a kill on your carry. While you are taunting your opponents your team mates could try to pick up some easy kills or simply run away into safety. Another possibility is to put your ultimate on your allign just in time and then turn the fight around. As your team mate sees that you are teleporting in he should make a go dealing as much demage as he can waiting for an immediate taunt after your arrival that saves his life and grants you some assists or even kills.
The Summary
This was all of my guide for today. I hope you enjoied reading and now know how to turn around the tables with "Shen, the Eye of Twilight", one of my favourite champions.

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Everything went very well, the film ended the Saturday night of the festival and opened up a lot of discussion mostly about the diversity and richness of the Gipsy people. Many of those that saw the film knew nothing about the roots of the Roma people, so I think that from that perspective it was mostly enriching. Then, the part about how the 5 groups collaborated and rediscovered themselves was largely debated, and there was somebody who compared their nomad history with the one Jews had, going from one place to the other and feeling so excluded. But they also touched on the fact that through this International Decade of the Roma Integration maybe more consideration will be given to them and people will be more interested in integrating them, rather then discriminating against them.
All in all it was a very touching and entertaining night, that made a lot of people reflect on their attitude towards Roma people. In the context of Italy, it was a quite daring thing to show it, as the situation is very negative for them and everybody, especially the authorities, have their eyes set on Gipsies.
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Tempo Planner's program board is essentially a kanban board that enables those managing multiple teams working on projects that fall within a common theme to prioritize features, backlogs, and architectural epics on a higher level before they are delegated to specific teams.
Each column shows a team and its team members, as well as prioritized workflow of the epics they are working on, and the epic backlog. You can drag-and-drop to assign an epic to a team or re-prioritize them according to your needs.
Epics that are being worked on display the original estimate of the epic in the top-right corner. In the bottom-left corner, time spent all issues within the epic are displayed and the remaining estimate is displayed in the bottom-right corner.
If the time spent on epics within the issue and the remaining estimate combined exceed the original estimate then a status indicators will inform you that the epic is at risk of going over budget or if it has already exceeded the budget.
If your team is working in story points then you can also associate story points to an epic instead of hours.
2. Visualize your versions long-term roadmap
Tempo Planner's program timeline view gives managers a bird's-eye view of all scheduled versions for multiple ongoing JIRA projects on a detailed roadmap, along with the epics associated with each version and their due date. You can also choose to view the timeline by teams, which means that you'll be able to view all of the teams within the program and the upcoming iterations/sprints that have been scheduled for each team in the program.
The timeframe of versions or iteration can easily be adjusted with a drag-and-drop as things change. Flexibly plan and adapt in conjunction with how your development process evolves.
3. Track the capacity of your teams and programs
Calculating and managing the capacity and availability of teams and programs is made easier with Tempo Planner's capacity reporting features.
By doing so you've gone a step further and accounted for non-working time in the planning process and measured your team's capacity as accurately as possible. Visually view your team's capacity and make sure that everyone is being efficiently utilized and working towards the same goal.
- Day, week, month; or
- Quarter according to the managers needs.
The Capacity Report is also available on the Program Level for managers who want to keep track of capacity for multiple teams within a program.Tempo Planner is not just for software teams, it's also for core business teams, and IT teams. Teams around the world are extending JIRA Software, JIRA Service Desk, and JIRA Core with Tempo Planner to optimize their planning processes.
Stay tuned for our next post about how Tempo Planner can help your core business teams (like marketing, sales, HR, legal) better visualize and execute their plans in JIRA.


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news to all mom and dad! A very unique attraction opened at Tutuban
Center today, October 26, 2012. Aptly called the Tutuban Center Virtual
Zoo. It captured not only the hearts and minds of kids but even the
Minus the actual zoo animals,
the Tutuban Center Virtual Zoo will surely pack 'em in as wide-eyed
visitors will truly marvel at the sights. The Tutuban Center Virtual Zoo
is a collage of larger-than-life 3D photos of all the familiar animals
in the animal world and then mounted on the blank walls of the cinema
With these exciting animals in
various poses, the entire cinema lobby was beautifully transformed to
become a virtual theme park that would provide joy and thrills to every
visitor, what with every almost life-like image of animals, from
crocodiles to giant spiders, tigers, turtles, sharks, bats, elephants
and lions, greeting you at every corner of the virtual zoo.
However, these photos are not
just there for people to ogle at. To make it more fun and merry, each
wall is already an interactive photo booth by itself that is open to all
shoppers and moviegoers. This means everyone is free to pose with the
pictures of the animals however they want. You can pose as if the giant
croc is eating you, or probably lifting an enormous elephant on its
feet. The possibilities are endless, and every pose can only be limited
by your imagination. And what is good about Tutuban Virtual Zoo?
Admission is FREE!
To celebrate the opening of the
Tutuban Center Virtual Zoo, Tutuban Center management lined up today
several fun and sometimes heart-stopping activities to make today's
opening truly memorable.
After the registration in the
morning, VIP guests and visitors witnessed the blessing and
ribbon-cutting ceremony that formally declared the virtual zoo open.
After this, everyone was invited to gamely pose with the photos of the
animals in their most wacky or even life-like poses as those with
cameras, including the media, clicked away to capture each fun moment.
Simultaneous to the opening
of the Tutuban Center Virtual Zoo, a separate activity was also held
starting at the Bonifacio Plaza where students from invited schools,
different kids' groups, sponsors and the general public participated in
the parade the circled around the Prime Block and Centermall vicinity.
They were also treated to an entertaining mascot show and trivia games
that thrilled guests even more.
After a hearty snack time,
guests were provided with another round of entertaining and hilarious
treats like a magic show, mascot appearances and even special
appearances by cosplayers who delighted the crowd with their spectacular
and colourful costumes of different animé characters.
Finally, a "Parade of Nations"
courtesy of kids under the care of the Department of Social Welfare and
Development (DSWD) capped the day's celebration, while for the entire
day, kids had fun with the face-painting activity done by face painting
artists, and the human statues who made guests and onlookers smile with
their antics.
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It's Monday! What Are You Reading? is hosted by J.Kaye over at J.Kaye's Book Blog. Yes, I know that it's actually Tuesday. You could say that I'm a day late and a dollar short, but I'm still recovering from the weekend and the two Halloween parties we attended (one for the kids, one for the adults). When I got home during the wee hours of Sunday morning it looked like a tornado had torn through the house in my absence and I'm making up for it now. Order seems to be mostly restored, and I finally have time for a blog post!
What I Read Last Week:
Ruby's Diary by Ruby Gettinger: This was an encouraging story about Ruby's very personal, yet very public struggle to lose weight. A great story for any fan of the Ruby show.
The Brightest Star in the Sky by Marian Keyes (review to come): Does it come as any surprise that I loved this one? I thought not. However, I'm still mentally writing my review, as the plot certainly gave me a lot to think about (this isn't your cotton-candy fluffy chick lit, ladies!).
What I'm Currently Reading:
The Twisted Heart by Rebecca Gowan: I just started this one last night and the jury's still out. This is the story of a lonely post-graduate in London and her tentative new romance. I'm 98 pages in and still waiting for it to grab me, but I'll continue on.
What I Plan On Reading This Week:
24 Hours London by Marsha Moore: The author was kind enough to send me a copy of this brand new, very fun tour guide about London, England. It looks fascinating and I can't wait to start it!
Bergdorf Blondes by Plum Sykes: This one is something that I personally bought a while ago at my local Coles store. I like chick lit, so I'm looking foward to giving it a try!
That's my plan for this week- what's yours??


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Is Bipolar Caused by Inflammation
So the long answer to a short question: yes, bipolar (and likely other mental illness) is related to inflammation but nobody is quite sure how yet. There is a central (brain) and peripheral (body) aspect but which is driving the bus is unclear. For now. Which isn't in any way to say that reducing inflammation in an overall sense is necessarily a bad thing but rather that I find that some of the conclusions I've seen drawn in this regard may be a bit preliminary.
Bipolar Recovery Year in Review
I at least started the process of repairing the damage I had done previously. For the record., on contrast to what one idiot claimed (as a means to dismiss me of course), I NEVER blamed the bipolar for my behavior; I take responsibility for all of it. But this individual is either ignorant, illiterate or just an outright liar (more accurately, he's just another weak-minded idiot in a field full of them). I couldn't patch it up with everyone and I accept that. I'm not big on forgiveness or second chances and don't expect everyone to be ok with how I acted or my apology. So it goes.
Bipolar Recovery Update 7
I know I have mentioned in previous updates that my bipolar swings seem to be very seasonal with my hypomanic upswing happening in the spring and my typical depression being when fall starts and the weather changes again. Which means that the rest of the year it's pretty boring and stable. And this summer certainly was. Honestly, it just sort of moved along as I was grinding along on editing and re-editing and re-editing the women's book.
Bipolar Recovery Update 6
So it's been a little while since I've done one of these and, since I can't really come up with anything else to write about at the moment, it seemed like a good time to do another bipolar update. The last one of these was done quite some time back so it's really overdue. I figure at this point most people have read earlier parts of this, if not you can find them all here. But I'm not going to recap everything over and over again even if it pads out the word count.
Bipolar Recovery Update 5
But since it's been a few months, I figured it was about time to go ahead and do another bipolar recovery update, for reasons that I'll actually elucidate below. The short version for anybody who doesn't want to read is that things are going well. I'm mostly stable although I find stimulants will tend to push me towards aggression ville, sleep is good, I'm halfway into my normal trouble spot and everything seems on track, etc. So far so good. Now, some details.
Bipolar Recovery Update 4
I knew that Austin held some baggage from me, bad habits established in my late 20's and early 30's (during a depression) originally and then further cemented when I moved back in 2010. Mind you, I was in a very different situation now due to the aftermath of the previous year and that would help me avoid some of my bad habits. Even if I wanted to engage in some previous habits, I was no longer in the financial boat to do so.
Bipolar Recovery Update 3
I had been instructed to take Depakote at bedtime to help with my sleep. And it had the entirely opposite effect. I went from broken sleep to wide awake, no way in hell are you sleeping non-sleep. I tried it the second night, same effect and I called the nurse practitioner (NP). She said to take it earlier. So I moved it back in the day and back in the day and finally to morning. My sleep still sucked and I was getting horrible headaches and what I can only describe as pressure behind my eyes. Especially when looking at a TV and worse yet when the background was white or bright.
Bipolar Recovery Update 2
Some of this is that I am very much a creature of habit and being out of my normal environment, eating habits, life habits, stresses me out. The dogs were also an issue. My mom's neighborhood was not great for walks and she doesn't have a back yard. Norman is used to peeing fairly often and usually I just let him out back.
Bipolar Recovery Update 1
And it all came crashing down in about the third week of November. I went from hypomania to crushing depression basically overnight. Apparently there is some theory that the hypomanic brain sort of crashes out, whatever is going on just runs the well dry and then you crash. So while the ramp up to hypomania is often fairly gradual (making it difficult to see it), the crash into depression usually isn't for me. One day you're flying, the next day you can't get out of bed.
An Open Apology to the Internet
I'm not even sure where to start this as I sit here contemplating what was (I hope) the single worst choice of my adult life (semi-jokingly, I can only hope to find no way to top it). One that will have an impact on my life, my future, my career, my reputation for years to […]


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1 a covered rectangular container for storing or transporting things filled a whole box with books Synonyms of 1box bin, box, caddy, case, casket, locker, trunkWords Related to 1box carton, crate; footlocker, locker, sea chest; coffer, lockbox, safe, safe-deposit box, strongbox; coffin; compartment, vault; canteen; caisson, hope chest; minaudière; bandbox, hatbox, jewel box, snuffbox, tinderbox
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a hard strike with a part of the body or an instrument the vicious bully delivered a box to the child's ear Synonyms of 2box bang, bash, bat, beat, belt, biff, bop, box, buffet, bust, chop, clap, clip, clout, crack, cuff, dab, douse [British], fillip, hack, haymaker, hit, hook, knock, larrup [dialect], lash, lick, pelt, pick, plump, poke, pound, punch, rap, slam, slap, slug, smack, smash, sock, spank, stinger, stripe, stroke, swat, swipe, switch, thud, thump, thwack, wallop, welt, whack, wham, whop (also whap)Words Related to 2box counter, counterblow, counterpunch, counterstroke; body blow, hand, kick, knee, left, one-two, rabbit punch, right, right-hander, roundhouse, shiver, sidewinder, sucker punch, swing, uppercut; cruncher, kayo, knockdown, knockout, KO; bastinado (or bastinade), battering, beating, bludgeoning, clobbering, cudgeling (or cudgelling), drubbing, hammering, lambasting, licking, pasting, pounding, pummeling (also pummelling), thrashing; flogging, walloping, whip, whipping
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Either Luke Bryan was trying to avoid spilling the beans about his pal Blake Shelton dating Gwen Stefani, or he was genuinely surprised because the country crooner couldn't believe the news.
While chatting with E! News prior to the 2015 Country Music Association Awards on Wednesday, Nov. 4, Bryan, 39, joked that Stefani is too hot to be dating Shelton. "He didn't come out about that," Bryan responded incredulously after being informed about the new couple. "You're trying to trick me…Pull [it] up online. I need to see where Blake has stated that."
After trying to wrap his head around the new romance, Bryan, who took home the trophy for Entertainer of the Year, joked: "It can't be true, because there's no way Blake could ever score a girl like that. It's not true."
As exclusively confirmed by Us Weekly, the two Voice coaches are indeed seeing each other. "Gwen and Blake are longtime friends who have very recently started dating," her rep told Us earlier in the day.
And according to a source, the 46-year-old No Doubt songstress, who split from husband Gavin Rossdale this past August after 13 years, is in Nashville with her beau to attend CMA afterparties!
Shelton, 39, split from Miranda Lambert in July after four years of marriage. After Lambert won Female Vocalist of the Year Wednesday night, the singer noted in her acceptance speech that she "needed a bright spot this year."
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Unit Linked Insurance Policies or ULIPs are insurance policies which offer you the opportunity of wealth creation while providing the security of a Life Cover. In ULIPs, a part of your premium is dedicated towards your Life Cover and the rest is assigned to a common pool of money, called fund, which invests in equity, debt, or a combination of both. The returns on your investments depend upon the performance of the fund opted by you.
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Since updating everything I have had some issues with the featured image function of WP. Today I narrowed this down to a clash with Attachments.
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I have cloned the site and turned off all plugins and working through them to find the issue. It appears to be Attachments.
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Mike Arroyo invited to Senate investigation on PNP choppers
Promising to him a fair treatment, Senator Teofisto Guingona III on Monday extended to former First Gentleman Jose Miguel "Mike" Arroyo to be at this week's Senate blue ribbon committee inquiry regarding to the controversial purchases of two helicopters to the National Police in 2009.
"We hope that he would take this opportunity to face the allegations against him… that he was the real owner of the second-hand helicopters sold to the Philippine National Police (PNP) at brand new prices in 2009," Guingona said in a statement.
"We would like to assure Mr. Arroyo that he would be given a fair chance to air his side during the Senate blue ribbon hearing. As in previous Senate investigations, we would be mindful about his health condition during the proceedings," added Guingona who happens to lead the blue ribbon committee.
Mr. Arroyo arrived in the Philippines before noon Monday following a checkup in Hong Kong. Earlier, upon arriving at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport, he said he does not like being placed on the Immigration watch list. He told his critics, "I am back."


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We had just come from a dreadful hotel in another part of Cyprus, so the contrast here was even more marked!
On arrival, a smiling welcome and an upgrade to a suite, plus a complimentary capuccino while we waited for the room to be made ready (we were early) - asked the receptionist to book us a restaurant for the evening and a taxi to the airport next morning - no problem!
The room was clean, modern, with a nice modern bathroom with spacious shower and rain-water head - 2 flat screen TVs and a comfortable double bed.
Two minor issues - the promised 'coffee maker' was in fact a kettle and some sachets of instant coffee, and the mini bar was out of order - sort this, please guys!
One possible large issue - we were woken several times during the night by noisy drunken groups passing in the street outside - I don't know if this was a one-off and bad luck, or whether the hotel is on a 'route' of some kind - it wouldn't be very nice if it happened every night - but it was a Friday, and they did sound British! (Don't they all?)
A particular compliment for the breakfast in a top floor room with a panoramic view - we had to grab it quickly due to an early flight, but it looked pretty good - freshly squeezed orange juice, platter of fresh fruit etc - nice!
I would not hesitate to book this hotel when I return to Larnaca, despite the minor quibbles mentioned above.
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In a new interview, Roger Daltrey of the Who admits that he would have welcomed death during his battle with meningitis. Thankfully, he didn't have to.
"I'm not bulls—— you; the meningitis last year took quite a heavy toll on me physically," Daltrey tells Rolling Stone. "My legs aren't good. My feet aren't good. But I think being able to manage it with the adrenaline of the show, that's all the matters. It's two hours of losing myself and forgetting about my feet."
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Despite coming dangerously close to death, Daltrey looks back on his illness in a positive light. "When I look back at it I'm so lucky to be here," he says. "I got a peace of mind out of it that I've never had before. That's kind of nice."
"When you get a shave as close as that from the reaper, you go … It's weird. I was totally peaceful," he reflects. "If death would have come, I would have welcomed it. It was weird. I was in such agony. But then it all went, and I felt this very peaceful space."
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Picture: John Mellencamp The 2008 Q Awards at the Grosvenor House Hotel - Arrivals London, England - 06.10.08
Rocker John Mellencamp is joining the U.S. presidential debate - by recording a radio ad in his native Indiana, urging the public to vote for Democrat Barack Obama.
Indiana is traditionally a Republican state, but recent poll figures show Obama has gained ground on his rival Senator John MCCain - and stands a chance of stealing it for the Democrats.
And Mellencamp wants to help.
In a radio commercial now airing, Mellencamp criticises current president George W. Bush's two terms in office - and insists electing MCCain won't bring about change.
He says, "Ive seen a lot of small towns, and now Im seeing small towns across America dying. Im proud to support Barack Obama, because whether you live in a small town or a big city, its time for a change."
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London: England and Liverpool striker Michael Owen admitted to "occasional" gambling but said his losses were nowhere near the millions reported. The Sunday Mirror newspaper claimed Owen had spent $3.52 million betting on horse racing and soccer over the past three years. Those bets, allegedly using accounts registered in his father's name, included Manchester United to win games in Europe and Chelsea to win in the Premier League. There was no suggestion Owen bet on matches involving Liverpool or England.A spokesman for Owen said part of the Sunday Mirror article was correct. "Michael's father Terry has confirmed that he opened an offshore betting account two or three years ago and has also used this to place bets for friends and family, occasionally including Michael," the spokesman said. "Michael's gambling losses probably total around $48,000 to $64,000 over the last couple of years. Although the sums represent a tiny percentage of his earnings, Michael and his family know how important even 100 pounds is to a normal household," he added. Gambling game Player gambling has been in the news this week following claims by former Ireland striker Tony Cascarino, Manchester United star Ruud van Nistelrooy and Chelsea's Iceland international forward Eidur Gudjohnsen that players lose thousands of pounds in card games. Owen, 23, has also denied allegations this week that he lost $48,000 on cards during last year's World Cup. "I have done nothing wrong and I can't understand why people should think I have," Owen was quoted as saying in the News of the World newspaper. "I can't believe some of the hurtful allegations that have been thrown at me, especially as they are so obviously inaccurate. I would never deliberately do anything to embarrass my club, my country, my family and myself. I would never encourage anyone to gamble." However Owen said the publicity would not stop his love for horse racing, as it was his main hobby outside soccer. The England Football Association said Owen would not face any investigation. (AP)
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S&P warns new recession will hit credit ratings
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CREDIT ratings in the eurozone will come under renewed pressure if large parts of the currency bloc slip back into recession next year, a senior Standard & Poor's expert warned yesterday.
David Beers said that there was a "heightened risk of renewed recession in a growing number of eurozone members" due to "the ongoing confidence crisis".
Mr Beers warned that this could potentially put additional downward pressure on the euro area's sovereign ratings.
"This risk, I regret to say, looks unlikely to diminish quickly."
Speaking at an IBEC conference in Dublin, Mr Beers also warned that the single currency would be damaged if any country left.
Any "laboratory experiment" involving Greece exiting the euro region would have a "huge cost", he added. It would be "foolish to underestimate the consequences of that because the markets would question who's next", he said.
While warning that a departure from the eurozone would be bad news, he said that ratings agency Standard & Poor's did not expect it to happen.
"Our base case scenario is that there will be the same membership of the eurozone in 12 months' time," he told a panel discussion.
"The notion of Greece benefiting from leaving the eurozone is a completely misdirected notion."
Mr Beers, the global head of sovereign ratings at S&P, also said he expected the European Central Bank (ECB) and eurozone governments to come to some sort of accommodation on how to resolve the spiralling sovereign debt crisis.
"With so much at stake, one would expect that some accommodation can be found between eurozone monetary authorities and national policy makers that balances substantive government policy actions with more aggressive steps by the ECB to counter a renewed economic downturn.
"Such steps of course would entail closer policy coordination and a redoubled political commitment at the euro group and EU levels," he added.
The ECB is under growing pressure from world leaders to do more to address a debt crisis that has reached the core of the 17-country eurozone.
German opposition is preventing the ECB from being potentially tapped as a lender of last resort.
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Hi all,
I have been using 3DS Max 7 for long time in different machines and mostly it was never a trouble, it always worked fine, but recently I upgraded to a new machine and it has windows 10 running, and I assume its because of the OS... well everytime I right click in any viewport it creates a certain area thats like not refreshed anymore, then it makes imposible to work in anything after rightclicking, the squares look like parts of the viewport copied there and it remains even if i minimize 3DS or change to other window, it only dissappears after I close the program, has anybody seen something similar to it? I have a friend who had 3DS Max 8 and had same issue in windows 10.
Thanks for any help regarding this =)
PS I forgot to mention that I havent tried 3DS Max 9 that seems to have same interface, if memory works it was changed after 9 and from there on its different, well if I know someone who can make the test I will post results but I believe it will be the same
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You can check autodesk.com to see which version of Windows is supposed to be compatible with Max 7. I'd be surprised if Max 7 is even officially meant to run on Windows 7, let alone 10.
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I sometimes get artifacts in right click menus when there are some windows running in the background. Minimizing or closing those windows usually solves it. Changing windows themes might also make a difference.
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Thanks Mr.Burns, yes you are right its not meant to run on Win 10, anyway I have to run it like that or get other OS.
Thanks Sangre, well the artifacts are mostly parts of some viewport copied there and never refreshed when the menus are gone, so it leaves like 2 or 3 squares without a refresh in the viewport but minimizing the program leaves the squares still there, only closing Max makes them go but its a waste of time to be restarting it over and over, many times I find myself using right click even accidently sometimes, I will try to see if someone with max 9 has same issue on win 10
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Did you try choosing a different driver in the viewport preferences?
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Thanks Sangre =), it seems odd what Im saying, I changed as you suggested from hardware to software, I restarted it and then it was really slow, checked to revert the change and it was set on hardware like I did nothing, closed it restarted again and it was at regular fast speed again but... surprisingly the artifacts under menus dissappeared apparently, well its not a effect that happens always but like 70% of right clicks used to trigger that, not I cant tell for sure the problem is gone but in my several attempts it seems its not showing up, so while I cant be entirely sure I think your idea fixed it =), thanks a lot for the great help, I will update the thread if problem appears or something but I restarted Max several times and loaded complex models (that apparently trigger the bug easily) and so far there is no problem :D. Thanks a lot everyone for the big help =D.
Edit: Forgot to add that after I changed the setting first time on restart I was asked what I wanted as driver and of course I picked software as that was the test I was taking, thats when it was really slow on viewport, but as said the settings were like before nothing changed there, after next restart I was not asked anythng and was fast again but trouble was gone apparently, just in case someone finds similar issue
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There are currently only 32 Certified Rolfers™ in the UK and Breathe is fortunate to be the only therapy centre in the UK with three Rolfers™, Keith Graham, John McLane and Loan Tran. Keith practices Rolfing® in Waterloo on Tuesdays 3pm to 9pm and Thursdays 2pm to 9pm offering Rolfing® and personal Tai Chi tuition. Loan offers Rolfing® at the centre on Saturdays by appointment . John practices on Saturday in Covent Garden.
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