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Former Green Beret turned FBI Tactical Commander, Brekan Graywolf, never expected to see his old team lead or friend again. Landing at EROPs feels surreal.
Loving Harper was never easy, but he spent too long fueled by anger and needs an explanation. She's got a chain around his neck that saved his life, but not his body. With burns covering one side of him, Brekan moves to the place he knows she'll show eventually.
Harper is not the person to put up with bullshit. She's not happy and doesn't think he's a good addition to the unit. Her unit. She is not moving away from family and the job she loves for him. He just better stay out of her life.
This new series is fantastic, the new book Saber D'Artagnan is Book three in The Providence Series where we meet Brekan, I loved him so much. Once I started the book I couldn't put it down till I finished reading it cause it was that good I needed to know what was going to happen next. A passionate and emotional story, so worth the read. Brekan and Harper have so much chemistry it's hot. A Must Read you won't be disappointed come join the bad ass FBI.


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Nico Hulkenberg hopes new teammate Daniel Ricciardo will bring some hints and tips from Red Bull along with him to Renault in 2019 as the French squad look to make headway into the fight for honours in Formula 1 next season.
Ricciardo is a seven-time grand prix winner after half a decade with Red Bull, but has thrown his lot in with a Renault squad still building towards an anticipated title tilt in 2021.
Hulkenberg has seen off Jolyon Palmer and Carlos Sainz as Renault teammates, but will be under pressure in 2019 alongside the high-profile Ricciardo, whose move from Red Bull sent shockwaves through Formula 1.
And, although the German does not expect Ricciardo's presence to aid Renault in the design and build of their car, Hulkenberg says his new colleague can still bring new ideas to the team.
"He will bring a breath of fresh air and certainly have some information from Red Bull for us, how to set up the car for example, that will be interesting for sure," Hulkenberg told Auto Motor und Sport.
"As drivers we're not engineers and certainly not aerodynamicists.
"He cannot tell us how to make the bargeboards, but he could help us by explaining what Red Bull did with various systems or on setting up the car."
MORE: Vettel left 'on his own' in title battle
MORE: GPFans' big fat review of 2018

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Benefits of Direct Gate Milling For Plastic Injection Molding
25 de abril de 2019 13:43:29
Are you using an EDM for machining the gate on a plastic injection mold? To stay competitive in the mold making market, companies need the best machines to efficiently and profitably produce a high-end custom product. Milling a gate is one of the top trends in 2020 and we've got the scoop on the latest benefits straight from the experts to your shop floor.
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Dragon Keeper
The Dragon Keeper is part one of the two-part Rain Wild Chronicles. The story was originally written as just one book, titled "The Dragon Keeper" but it was so long that the publishers decided to split it (much like happened with The Reindeer People and Wolf's Brother.) Part two is Dragon Haven.
The story takes place in the Rain Wilds and Bingtown some time after the events in Ship of Magic and Fool's Fate. Like the Liveship Traders, the story is told in third person. The viewpoint characters are Thymara, Alise Kincarron Finbok, Sisarqua/Sintara, Leftrin and Sedric Meldar. Notes sent between two Keepers of the Birds, Erek and Detozi are between each chapter of the book.
The book is dedicated
To the memory of Spot and Smokey,
Brownie-butt and Rainbow, Rag-bag and Sinbad.
Fine pigeons, one and all.
- UK and Australia hardcover edition published by HarperVoyager 25th of June 2009 with ISBN 9780007273744. Cover art by Jackie Morris. Dustjacket price £ 20.00 HarperCollins UK website also lists a "signed limited edition", a hardback with ISBN 9780007345595 published 3rd of September 2009 but this doesn't seem to exist.
- Australian trade paperback 1st of July 2009 with the UK cover and ISBN 9780007273768.
- UK audio book by HarperCollins, unabridged edition 1st of July 2009, narrated by Saskia Butler. ISBN 9780007317097.
- UK paperback edition by HarperVoyager 4th of March 2010. There seem to be two different sizes with two ISBNs:
- ISBN 9780007342594 (19.4 x 12.8 x 4 cm) - seen in a bookstore
- ISBN 9780007273751 (17.6 x 11.2 x 3.8 cm) - unconfirmed, if you have this, please leave a note!
The US editions print the title as "Dragon Keeper" without the definite article.
- at least some of the US ARC/proof copies of this book were send out tied with a leather string with a tiny dragon charm attached to it. The US covers went through some major font changes before publishing, whether any actual copies with the red and white "fantasy font" exists is not certain .
- US hardcover edition by HarperCollins/Eos January 26th 2010 with ISBN 0061561622. Cover art by Steve Stone.
- US audio book by Tantor media, unabridged edition 26th of January, narrated by Anne Flosnik. ISBN 9781400113330.
- US mass market paperback by Eos January 25th 2011 with ISBN 9780061561658
affiliate links for buying Dragon Keeper
- a Dutch translation titled De Kronieken van de Wilde Regenlanden eerste boek: Drakenhoeder by Luitingh, 11th of November 2009 with ISBN 9789024528769
- an Italian translation titled Il Custode del Drago (Le Cronache delle Giungle della Pioggia #1) by Fanucci, 22nd of April 2010 with ISBN 9788834715895. Translated by Gabriele Giorgi.
- A French translation was split in two parts. Part 1 titled Les Cités des Anciens, Tome 1 : Dragons et serpents was published by Pygmalion 22nd of September 2010 with ISBN 9782756402871 and part 2 Les Cités des Anciens, Tome 2 : Les eaux acides 17th of November 2010 with 9782756402888. The covers are the US covers for Dragon Haven and Dragon Keeper respectively.
Notes and sources
- Drafts 6 and 7 of the book's prologue at Robin's Myspace blog.
- The official book trailer for the Dragon Keeper
- Extract at Voyager blog
- Another extract
- Summary for the book and other details at HarperVoyager (UK)
- HarperCollins Australia trade paperback
- HarperCollins Australia hardcover
- US audio book sample and details at tantor.com
- Summary for the book and other details at HarperCollins/Eos (US)
The Realm of the Elderlings
The Farseer trilogy : Assassin's Apprentice | Royal Assassin | Assassin's Quest
The Liveship Traders: Ship of Magic | The Mad Ship | Ship of Destiny
The Tawny Man: Fool's Errand | The Golden Fool | Fool's Fate
Rain Wild Chronicles: Dragon Keeper | Dragon Haven | City of Dragons | Blood of Dragons
Fitz and the Fool: Fool's Assassin | Fool's Quest | Assassin's Fate
Novels: The Willful Princess and the Piebald Prince
Short stories: Homecoming | The Inheritance | Cat's Meat | Words Like Coins | Blue Boots | Her Father's Sword


text: The Commercialization and Manufacturing Excellence Center (CMEC) of Purdue University Northwest is a new model for our region that combines a commercialization space with a manufacturing center in Hammond. Executive Director Niaz Latif said the center: 1) serves as a catalyst for economic development and tech transfer across NWI; 2) provides advanced manufacturing opportunities and training for manufacturing; and 3) enables faculty experts and students to help business bring new ideas to market. It is also home for WJOB, which provides internships to students. To learn more visit www.nwisoi.org


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With the wallpapers of the category Cartoon & Comic you can create your own fantasy world at home. From young to old - our category offers a wide range of wallpapers with motifs of Disney's Mickey Mouse, Marvel's The Avengers and Batman and Superman. The wallpaper designs will become an eyecatcher in every living room or child room.


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FRANKLIN, Ind. - A national program that helps pregnant women break the habit of smoking has expanded to Johnson County. Baby & Me Tobacco Free says its mission is to reduce the burden of tobacco on society.
Baby & Me Tobacco Free of Johnson County is inside the Johnson County WIC office located at 600 Ironwood Drive.
"The Indiana State Department of Health (ISDH) always encourage WIC programs to reach out into the community to see what they can do to make moms and babies healthier," said Tracy Smith, the Johnson County WIC coordinator.
Smith's office teamed up with Partnership for a Healthier Johnson County to bring Baby & Me Tobacco Free to the community. The duo made it possible thanks to a $33,500 grant through the ISDH.
Unlike WIC, a nutritious food program for low-income women and their young children, this stop smoking program has no income requirements.
"Reducing smoking rates in women can help everybody be healthier and decrease infant mortality, along with other things with that like premature births and low birth weights," Smith said.
According to state statistics, 15.1 percent of pregnant women in Indiana smoke. In Johnson County, the percentage is slightly higher at 15.4 percent.
Baby & Me Tobacco Free programs are running in 19 states. It will be in 22 states by the end of 2018. It has approximately 15,500 women enrolled.
Pregnant women can sign up, and they can be referred by someone else, including a physician or insurance provider.
"If a woman is pregnant and she is a smoker, or was a smoker three months prior to her pregnancy, she is eligible to enroll in the program," said Smith.
Women have four visits while their pregnant, and then monthly appointments for up to a year after their child is born.
Besides offering counseling, the program gives the women an incentive with a $25 voucher for baby wipes and diapers. To earn vouchers, staff at Baby & Me Tobacco Free measure the carbon monoxide in a pregnant women with a "Smokerlyzer," which determines if someone smoked or not.
Another adult who smokes and lives with the newborn child could also be eligible for the voucher.
"They both come back on a monthly basis, so they have an opportunity to earn $50," said Smith. "One for the spouse and one for the mom."
The device also allows staff to show a mother how much carbon monoxide her unborn child is getting.
Click here for more on Baby & Me Tobacco Free
Smith said the national program wants to eventually expand to every county in the country. It is already in a couple dozen Hoosier counties.


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No need to sacrifice a great protocol due to some privacy issues, better improve it!
IPv6 hosts can use IPv6 Stateless Address Autoconfiguration (SLAAC) to label themselves with one or more IPv6 addresses. These are composed of a network prefix advertised by a local router, and some kind of interface identifier. There are many security and privacy implications if such an identifier is globally unique — addresses with embedded hardware address being a perfect example. On the other hand these kind of addresses are stable, allowing for a higher degree of network control and manageability.
Users privacy can be significantly improved if the interface identifier is random and changes frequently. Such mechanisms, like Privacy Extensions for SLAAC (RFC 4941), can bring a nightmare to many network administrators.
DHCPv6 to the rescue!
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This week kicks off our annual Step-Up Band Instrument Sale! The sale runs in our Normal store from November 10th – November 15th and in our Champaign store from November 18th – November 22nd. We have a large assortment of step-up band instruments in stock, and we are offering specials throughout the sale weeks such as deferred interest financing and double rebates.
Step-up instruments provide the advancing student with a higher level of performance capability, and it's something you really have to experience to understand! As a special incentive to our customers, we are giving away $10 gift cards to any student that comes with a parent to try a step-up band instrument during the sale weeks.
You may have also heard this from your local band director, but the school that has the most students trying instruments during the sale week will win $500 for its music program!
(If you are planning on coming in to try instruments, please remember to bring your own mouthpiece and reeds)
Come on out and learn a little more about the next level of band instruments. You may even find something that strikes your fancy!


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Franking Facts: 8 things you didn't know!
26 August 2014
Want to find out more about franking? Here are 8 facts about franking machines that you probably didn't know!
- The first franking machine was invented by Norwegian Engle Frankmussler
- You must have a franking machine license from the Royal Mail to use your franking machine!
- The first franking machine was created in 1884 and was intended to solve security issues in the postal system and provide a way to reliably pay for postage
- Before the digital franking machines of today, when your franking machine needed topping up with credit, you would have to take the entire machine to the Post Office
- There are only four licensed franking machine manufacturers in the UK.
- The first franking machines were sold in the UK in 1922
- Franking machine ink must be authorised by Royal Mail
- The word franking translates are "free", derived from the Latin word "francus"
To find out more about franking and how making the switch from stamps can benefit your business, speak to our team today.


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Intense pulsed light or IPL is a method of skin treatment and rejuvenation which uses light based energy to improve the appearance of the skin.
It selectively heats and damages specific targets in the skin without disrupting the surface. The treatment is sometimes called a "photofacial".
Quinn Clinics deliver intense pulsed light treatment using the very latest Lumenis IPL and laser platform. This is not widely available elsewhere – due to the investment and sophistication of the technology, Quinn Clinics have the only such machine in Bristol.
It is particularly effective in treating the signs of sun-damage and ageing skin.
IPL is particularly useful in the treatment of both sun-damage and acne rosacea (redness).
Sun damage presents in numerous ways, including age or 'liver spots' and thread veins or telangiectasia. The skin also loses elasticity. IPL helps to remove surface imperfections and also by heating the skin stimulates collagen production which improves the overall appearance of the skin.
Following skin cleansing, a cool conducting gel is applied to the area to be treated. The treatment is delivered then through a sapphire tipped rectangular block. Some patients liken the experience to that of an elastic band 'snap'. Immediately after treatment the skin is cooled as it can feel quite warm.
At your initial consultation a test patch is performed to assess the skin's response. Most patients will have a series of at least three treatments, spaced a minimum of 4 weeks apart.
The treatment can be uncomfortable. The skin is often red immediately afterward. This usually settles within a few hours but can last a few days. Less commonly there can be some associated swelling, again usually only for a few hours. Any pigmented age spots tend to darken and fall off.
Crusting and blistering are rare. Scarring, although possible is also very rare. It is to minimise the risk of this that a test patch is performed a week prior to treating the entire face.
Therapist Rachel says:
"It helps take out anything red and brown in the skin, so pigmentation and broken capillaries and thread veins."
"I've had it done – it's my favourite treatment to have because I really love the results, because as well as treating pigmentation and thread veins, you also get the collagen stimulation as well. I love it."
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Bacteria have always received a bad press. Some bacteria are 'Friendly' and we need them to help many parts of our bodies. They are present in our mouths and run right the way through our digestive tract. Without their support, particularly in the lower intestine, many functions throughout the body would be compromised.
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The use of probiotics is encouraged, for the benefits that it has to our general health and in particular our digestive tract. People generally think of bacteria as the cause of infection or disease. They do not think about the good some of them do to lessen a number of problems.
As with many substances included as an ingredient in supplements, probiotics occur naturally in the body, and is present in the intestine along with yeast. If the probiotics inside uses are depleted then the yeast begins to grow, and that is when stomach and intestinal problems emerge.
The most common food that contains probiotics is yoghurts. Probiotics can also be found in chocolate. The body contains many bad bacteria but the presence of probiotics creates a balance.
Probiotics aid digestion by making it easy for food to move through the gut. Some common probiotics are Lactobacillus found in yoghurts and Bifidobacterium, which can be found in some dairy products.
Using Swanson Probiotics ProLacto Acidophilus, could restore your gut health. It has also been implied that it could make the immune system more effective.
You may notice an improvement in the following conditions once you start using Swanson Probiotics ProLacto Acidophilus:
Adults may take one capsule daily with food and water. It is not known if using in pregnancy is safe. Always consult a professional before you take any supplement.
This supplement may be safe to use as quantity of acidophilus is already present in the digestive tract. Caution should be observed particularly by patients with abnormal heart valves and it may cause side effects.
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In 1758, Nova Scotia was the first representative government in British North America. In 1784, New Brunswick, PEI and Cape Breton Island were granted status as British colonies. In 1820, Nova Scotia circumvented the Royal Charter and administratively annexed Cape Breton, during a period of global warfare.
Cape Breton did indeed protest, to the UK Privy Council, which declined to vote on the issue. Meanwhile British Warships were deployed to the Sydney harbor in case they were needed.
In 2007, Nova Scotia celebrated by forming the Democracy 250 committee which honoured Canada's founding fathers of democracy. The Democracy 250 management committee was comprised of former premiers Russell MacLellan and John Hamm, MLAs Alfie MacLeod, Cecil Clarke, Wayne Gaudet, and Leonard Preyra.
Whereas Cape Breton Island was granted an unrevoked colonial status and illegally annexed by Nova Scotia prior to entering Confederation in 1867, and given Cecil Clarke and Alfie MacLeod's association in supporting Democracy celebrations in Nova Scotia, I am calling on these men to help bring democracy to Cape Breton Island.
In 2020, it will be 200 years since we were annexed, with a half century exodus of about 1,000 people per year from our island over recent years, and basically we've been swallowed by a political and economic serpent residing in Halifax.
I call on Premier McNeil to form a Democracy for Cape Breton, 2020 Committee (or Cape Breton Island Democracy 200) to review governance and long term strategic socio-economic development for Cape Breton Island as a self-governing district, region, territory, province within province, or as its own province within Canada akin to its sister colony, Prince Edward Island.
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Pumpkins and squash are a super versatile vegetable, although a bit unwieldy to prepare. Use them in soups, pasta dishes, risotto, couscous, tarts and pies, curry, cakes and even to brew your own beer. High in fibre, Vitamin A and C and potassium, great after a hard workout, pumpkin and squash really are the great Autumn vegetable. A perfect staple for soup, this easy recipe from the BBC website is a fantastic quick warming dish.
Serves: 1
Preparation time: 10 minutes
Cooking Time: 30 minutes
What you need
1 tbsp olive oil
1 garlic clove, chopped
150g/5½oz butternut squash, peeled and chopped
150ml/¼ pint chicken or vegetable stock
2 tbsp milk
salt and freshly ground black pepper
What to do
- Preheat the oven to 200C/400F/Gas 6.
- Remove any seeds, place on a baking tray and roast in the oven for ten minutes.
- Peel and chop the butternut squash.
- Heat the olive oil in a saucepan and cook the garlic for one minute.
- Add the chopped butternut squash and fry for two minutes.
- Add the stock to the pan and bring to the boil.
- Simmer for 8-10 minutes, or until the butternut squash is tender.
- Add the milk to the pan and season with salt and freshly ground black pepper. Allow to cool.
- In a food processor, blend the butternut squash mixture until smooth and pass through a sieve into a jug. Warm through in a pan when required.


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For sale an ex German fire brigade Ford Taunus Transit FK 1200(LHD) of 1963. Low milage (22000 km) panel van. The first van to carry the Transit name was the Ford Taunus FK 1000 / FK 1200 produced in Germany. It was built between 1953 and 1966, with FK standing for Ford Cologne. In 1955 the engine capacity was increased to 1.5 liters (FK 1200). From 1961 the model would be called Ford Taunus Transit in full. Unique opportunity to obtain a multi purpose (food truck or camper van) classic van. Price euro 14.950,–
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slang Severely intoxicated with drugs or alcohol. We all got pretty looped at the staff party, so no one was feeling particularly productive in the office the next day. Jenny must have taken something at the party, because she looks totally looped.
slang Feeling or showing the effects of taking drugs or alcohol. I only had a couple glasses of wine with my lunch, but I was a bit loopy by the time we left the restaurant. Is it just me, or is Jenny acting a bit loopy? I think she might have taken something at the party. I hate how loopy pain medication makes me, so I try to avoid it.
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mod. alcohol intoxicated. She got loopy very quickly and had to be helped to a chair.
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There are more than a dozen cakes in the new collection, all served with sweet toppings that reflect centuries of meaning and symbolism.
New Year's Day
With three cute box designs and adorable individual wrappers, this is the best way to send wishes for a lucky New Year.
Have you ever wished you had just a little more time? Well, you should have been more specific!
In Japan, even beer cans have cute details.
These holiday greeting cards from Japan are so cool you have to see them to believe they're real.


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Part of the team spent the past 5 days in Chicago learning new research, presenting their own, and most importantly, having a blast at the 2018 American Association for Cancer Research Annual Meeting. #aacr2018 #alwayslearning
Month: April 2018
Congrats to Carol on her first HMRF full grant!
Congrats to our postdoctoral fellow Carol on securing her first ever HMRF full grant with >1.1 million HKD in funding. Well done!


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You should have one of the following: at least an Upper Second Class (2.1) Honours degree in Photography; at least an Upper Second Class (2.1) Honours degree in any subject and significant professional experience in the industry; or at least an Upper Second Class (2.1) Honours degree in a related subject with a major project in photography.
Months of entry
January, September
Course content
Our popular MA Photography course has achieved success through the production of student work of the highest standard. Some of the most important photo festivals and exhibitions, both national and international, have included University of Bolton photography students' work. Their work has also been acquired/collected by local and national galleries and other collections.
We'll encourage and guide you to develop a critical understanding of the key issues in contemporary photographic culture. You'll look at ethics, social responsibility, meaning and context in photographs, and see how they are influenced and informed by these issues through a series of research-informed practical assignments. You'll also explore the work of contemporary practitioners and the relationship between their work and the photographic market.
Our highly skilled and experienced teaching team will encourage you to develop a systematic understanding and critical awareness of knowledge relevant to advanced photographic practice. We also offer opportunities to engage with external creative industry professionals across the full range of photographic cultures. Successful graduates have experienced career progression across a number of creative industry sub-sectors, as freelancers and curators, working for charities, and in broadcasting. Others have chosen to teach in higher and further education.
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2019: Concerts to WatchArt & Culture28 December 2018
By Larasati Oetomo
The year 2019 has not started yet, but a line-up of star-studded musicians already booked their date to perform in Indonesia, next year.
#1 LaLaLa Festival
The biggest forest music festival in Indonesia returned for the third year, bringing sundry music artists from many countries, including Indonesia, USA, and South Korea to Orchid Forest, Cikole, Bandung.
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The show is on fire! Catch up with all the star-studded list of performers, and we'll see you in LaLaLa Festival 2019! Reserve your ticket first thing first before it's all gone again. Sales open on 26th November 2018 at 8 AM straight and yes, expect more of the unexpected!
#2 John Mayer
Perhaps the most awaited concert in 2019 so far, the American artist will hold his first ever concert in Jakarta on 5 April 2019.
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Yes it's us! Bringing you John Mayer to Jakarta. Pre-register for tickets at our official website www.johnmayerjakarta.com. We'll have more information about tickets, venue, etc. in early January 2019. Stay tuned at @temgmt and @dmeasia #johnmayerjakarta #johnmayer #temgmt #dmeasia
#3 Ed Sheeran
After cancelling some cities in his tour due to injury last year, the Brit will pay visit to his longing fans in Jakarta, also this spring.
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- Ed Sheeran Divide World Tour 2019 Jakarta - . Presented by PT. Bank Mandiri (Persero) Tbk. Main Sponsor: Tokopedia . Tickets on sale 05 Dec | 1PM . Ed and his team have a strict stance against anyone using unethical secondary ticketing sites. In order to put a stop to the secondary ticketing market, absurd prices and fan rip-offs, tickets are only valid when bought through www.edsheeranjakarta.com & Tokopedia . Please read the Terms & Conditions carefully. For more information, visit the official website www.edsheeranjakarta.com . Promoted by AEG Presents Asia, PK Entertainment and Sound Rhythm . #EdSheeranJakarta #EdSheeran #EdSheeranDivideWorldTour2019
#4 Lauv
The young artist will finally have his own stage in Indonesia after visiting Java Jazz Festival in March 2018.
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- Lauv Tour of Asia 2019 Jakarta - . Indonesia! The time has come. Lauv is coming back with more music. . Lauv Tour of Asia 2019 Jakarta Friday, 24 May 2019 at 9:30PM Tennis Indoor Stadium . Produced by AEG Presents Asia and Promoted by PK Entertainment & Sound Rhythm. Tickets on sale 23 November 2018 at 10AM only at www.LAUVJAKARTA.com. . #LauvJakarta #LauvID #LauvTourOfAsia2019 #PKEntertainment
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Just like Lauv, Irish band Kodaline will hold their first solo stage in Indonesia after joining We The Fest in 2017.
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For the third time in three consecutive years, the indie pop group will see their Indonesian fans in the second semester of 2019.


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The Best of 2011
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"2011: Top 10"
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"2011: Looking Back"
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An Ongoing Debate
I have read over the last couple of weeks the criticisms regarding the 'outdated' GCSE and A Level examination system that have been voiced by several prominent people, namely the president of the Royal Society, Venki Ramakrishnan and Robert Halfon, chairman of the government's Education Select Committee. This is not the first time this has happened; in 2012, Michael Gove who was Education Secretary at the time said that GCSEs were not fit for purpose following an outcry over GCSE English results after a last minute C grade boundary change. John Cridland, the director general of the Confederation of British Industry (CBI) also came forward at the same time, arguing that abandoning GCSEs would deliver more of a well-rounded education.
I feel that we experiencing deja vu with the argument we are now hearing. The exam reforms that were brought in from September 2015 aimed to increase the rigour of both GCSEs and A Levels with the replacement of module exams with terminal examinations, matched with an increase in content in every subject. The outcome? Continued dissatisfaction and matched support for GCSEs to be scrapped. Lord Baker, who introduced GCSEs exams in the 1980s, supports the views of Robert Halfon that GCSEs are 'outdated' and Geoff Barton, leader of the ASCL head teachers' union has expressed a similar opinion. The alternative? A call by Robert Halfon for vocational training alongside traditional A Level subjects to create a form of baccalaureate for 18 years olds, along with the scrapping of 'high stake' GCSEs, the latter was also supported by Geoff Barton. The justification for such a proposal is to make students more fit for employment and to remove the 'great deal of pressure' that students are put under whilst taking their GCSEs.
Pondering the Debate: My View
Over the last week, I have been thinking about the GCSE/A Level debate and I have now arrived at my own opinion that I would like to share, hence writing this blog.
The Need for Stability
Education is always rife with examination reform and without some stability, we will continue to flit from one system to another with continuing dissatisfaction. It is easy to blame the examination system for our failings in producing young people with suitable employment skills, but I personally think this very narrow minded. Additionally, whilst I appreciate the school leaving age is now 18, many students leave school and go onto different institutions at 16 and, without GCSEs or A Levels, Universities would be faced with giving offers based on school predictions alone.
A Valuable Life Skill
Personally, I think GCSEs are an excellent precursor to A Levels; it is far better to learn how to study and to deal with the stress of exams before sitting A Levels. I think it is naive to think that 16 year olds are able to do this on their own, and this is where I think there is a joint responsibility of parents and teachers to help students through this time period. At Ipswich High School we have lessons about how to revise in Year 9 as part of our study skills programme and we also have an annual student presentation from an award-winning revision company called Elevate to all students in Years 9 to 11. Many Year 11 pupils also have teacher mentors alongside their tutors who meet regularly to monitor and support them academically and pastorally.
High Stakes
I also think that GCSEs have been more 'high staked' due to the increased pressure on pupils to achieve top grades, or levels, as they are now graded. Even though we are now approaching the third year of the new GCSE grading system, there is still a viewpoint held by parent and pupils that only a '9' will do, even though a level 7 is still equivalent to an 'old' grade A, and is, therefore, a strong performance. In my presentations to pupils and parents, I am always mindful to reinforce this point as the likelihood of pupils achieving a level 9 in multiple exams is very slim.
Maintaining Standards
Another headline in the Independent I read recently was a statement about pupils failing to achieve a level 4 in GCSE English Language was 'rubbing the noses of thousands of pupils in disappointment'. This statement actually made me laugh out loud; we cannot have increased rigour in GCSE exams, with more grades/levels at the top end and then allow pupils who do not have a basic standard of English to 'pass'. Forcing pupils to re-take until they achieve a level 4 reinforces the importance of having this basic standard. Surely, in order for British students to have employability skills they need to be able to communicate in their native language?
Looking Beyond Academic Teachings
So, in the final part of my blog, I want to address the A Level/Baccalaureate debate and the argument about A Levels being unfit in preparing students for work. A Levels and the Baccalaureate are distinctly different, and I think that they suit different pupils. To blame A Levels and even degree courses for being insufficient preparation for work is very harsh. I do however think that academic study from 16+ needs to be supplemented by schools and students themselves. Schools by offering a 'super' curriculum; that provides other opportunities beyond A Levels that offer learning experiences, for example, the Extended Project Qualification (EPQ), opportunities to study courses online, as well as opportunities for leadership, mentoring and education in terms of finances and current affairs. At Ipswich High School we do just this by offering an 'Orbit' Programme for Sixth Formers, which encompasses the aforementioned amongst many other opportunities. Students should also take it upon themselves to get 'Saturday' jobs to get the experience of work, customer service and to understand the need for commitment and reliability.
Still Fit for Purpose
In conclusion, GCSE and A Levels, in my opinion, are still fit for purpose; they are not the 'be and end all', but they give pupils an excellent grounding in learning skills and attributes. Perhaps if these external examinations were allowed to 'embed' without further tampering and other extrinsic factors such as the irregularities surrounding exam marking and grade boundaries, to name but a few, students and schools would have more of a chance of educating pupils beyond GCSE and A Levels? Just a thought!
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I am sitting in a beautiful cafe in the Markstrasse near the Knust, called "Gretchen's Villa" and I just ordered a piece of cake & a Chai Soy Latte =) And now I am reproducing the day 2 days ago.
Seriously… I have only been to my course and after that I went grocery shopping to spend the evening in front of the TV to watch "The Vampire Diaries" for the first time and accidentally I think the episodes I watched have been the very first, so I started from the top! And maybe this will be something for me…
So after watching 3 episodes I went to bed (alomost fell asleep already)
At school we were making an arm for our tailor-dolls to drape sleeves on them, which was very time intensive so that is also why I was very tired, butnow I have got an arm!!!


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Seattle production duo ODESZA releasing a new single, along with the announcement of a new album titled In Return, would be exciting enough news for anyone who's a fan of their mesmerizing electronic sounds. But, the fact that this track is one of the most magical things I've heard in some time - clearly designed to transport each listener on an awe-inspiring four-minute journey - takes this release to a whole other level.
Starting slow, before building into a wave of jubilant chants, sunny synth and Bengaluru-based singer Monsoonsiren's soothing vocals, the upbeat "Memories That You Call" is the key to feeling like your life could not be any better. If you thought summertime was pretty swell so far, be prepared to have that notion kicked up 100 notches with this glorious anthem.


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I have written about Rokit before – it's safe to say that I'm a fan. To me, since I moved to London from Cambridge over 10 years ago, it has always been the perfect source of vintage clothing and retro treasures. Discovering markets like those in Portobello Road, and wandering the length of Brick Road was a regular Saturday pastime. Rokit was a discovery I made on one of those rambles and I highly recommend it to anyone who has a penchant for the vintage/preloved fashion movement. As I keep saying, I haven't shopped on the high street for a long time. I prefer to find the one-offs and discover independent fashion whenever I can.
These sunglasses were a find at Rokit whose online collection offers a variety of styles from decades past. You will find everything from 50s cat eye, 60s round, 70s oversized, 80s sport and 90s flip top (all terms I learnt from their website which only scratch the surface when it comes to the repetoire available). Have a good hunt, mine are worn and weathered now, just like I like vintage.
Take a look at the range of vintage sunglasses at Rokit here (worn with Dancing Leopard's easy Genie jumpsuit – £42) and Opificio V Milano's vegan shoes. Created in 2009, Dancing Leopard is a boho-chic label inspired by Ibiza and all things exotic and vibrant. With a flare for combining vibrant prints with flowing fabrics, the fabulous pieces they create are fit for a balaeric summer basking on the beach and dancing under the stars.
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Try as he might, President Trump has not been able to completely kill the legacy of Barack Obama, according to the mainstream media.
He has pulled the U.S. out of the Iran nuclear deal, the Paris Climate Accords on global warming and the Trans-Pacific Partnership – all Obama foreign policy projects.
He has not completely killed Obamacare, but he has removed the individual mandate, ended the practice of reimbursing insurance companies that lose money participating in the federal exchanges and rolled back thousands of Obama-era regulations.
But now, the mainstream media seems to be fighting back. A recent example came Friday when the Philadelphia Inquirer ran a story entitled, "Cory Booker, the 2020 race and Obama's legacy," by Julian Zelizer.
"Sen. Cory Booker's announcement last Friday that he will run for president is not only another sign of the historic diversity of the Democratic Party as it heads into the 2020 presidential primaries. It is a demonstration of the power of former President Barack Obama's legacy in American politics," Zelizer wrote in the lead.
The next two paragraphs retell the tale of Obama's inauguration night, when there were 'celebrations all over the country among Americans who sensed the significance of the moment. A nation born at a time of slavery had just elected an African-American to the highest position of power." More than two-thirds of the country saw the election as one of the top three moments of race relations in America in the last 100 years.
The euphoria did not last, Zelizer wrote, because a "hard-edged skepticism" took its place. Certain events "can't be forgotten – like a series of controversial police shootings of African-American men, a racist 'birther' movement that gained airtime in the national media falsely questioning Obama's legitimacy, the election of Donald Trump, as well as the horror of neo-Nazis marching down the streets of Charlottesville chanting vile anti-Semitic and racist comments."
And by the time the midterms of 2018 rolled around and Trump had "unleashed his full-throated … campaign message … that stoked nativist fears about a caravan of migrants trying to 'invade' the U.S., Obama's presidential election seemed a world away."
But it's better now. We're starting to "witness its impact on mainstream party politics," Zelizer wrote of Obama's legacy. "The Democratic primaries are already showing how his success transformed the political playing field."
It is "stunning" to behold the "diversity of Democrats who are running or considering running the primaries," Zelizer noted. There are four women – including one who is African-American and another who is Hindu.
One is a gay man, another the son of Taiwanese immigrants (Andrew Yang), a Latino who is the son of immigrants (Julian Castro) and, finally, Booker.
"This year's presidential primaries add to the historic events in 2016 when a female candidate, Hillary Clinton – who secured the nomination – faced off against Bernie Sanders, a Jewish American."
And it's not just diversity at the presidential level, there also are all those new women and people of color in Congress, including Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-NY.
She "comes from a Puerto Rican family and is the youngest women ever elected to Congress," Zelizer pointed out. "In her first few weeks, she shook up Washington with talk of progressive taxation and a Green New Deal. Many Republicans have not liked the fact that when they criticize her, she hits back hard."
None of these hard-hitting rejoinders were offered as examples, and it is hard to find instances of her effectively countering any of the criticisms leveled against her.
There is no guarantee these diverse candidates will be any more successful in moving the political ball than their predecessors, Zelizer acknowledged, "because of the social biases that are still deeply rooted in our country over matters such as race and gender.
"Yet it would be an equally bad mistake to ignore the reality that this is not your grandfather's Democratic Party anymore. In fact, it is Obama's party."


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Wander through a classroom in both of our schools and you'll probably see exactly what you expect: desks, textbooks, and enthusiastic teacher and eager students – essential ingredients of a quality education. But what you won't see is just as important.
Since it's founding in the mid-19th century, the 14-million member Adventist church has invested heavily in the future through education. Our schools benefits from this commitment through modern facilities, innovative curriculum, professional development support and quality measurement processes.
Though separated by oceans and continents, all Adventist schools are bound together by a sense of common mission and purpose – to prepare young people for happiness and success on this earth and a glorious life in the world to come.
Beyond the classroom walls, each school is connected to and nurtured by the global Seventh-day Adventist Church's education system – the largest of any protestant denomination.
Worldwide Adventist Education Profile
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Here in North America and Minnesota, the Maplewood Academy school curriculum is based on the comprehensive requirements of the North American Division of Seventh-day Adventist and is aligned with both National and State standards. Adventist schools prepare students of all faiths to interact in a highly competitive and fast-paced world.
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(When) are Religious People Nicer? Religious Salience and the 'Sunday Effect' on Pro-Social Behavior
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Prior research has found mixed evidence for the long-theorized link between religiosity and pro-social behavior. To help overcome this divergence, we hypothesize that pro-social behavior is linked not to religiosity per se, but rather to the salience of religion and religious norms. We report on a field experiment that examines when auction participants will respond to an appeal to continue bidding for secular charitable causes. The results reveal that religious individuals are more likely than non-religious individuals to respond to an appeal for charity only on days that they visit their place of worship; on other days of the week, religiosity has no effect. Notably, the result persists after controlling for a host of factors that may influence bidding, but disappears when the appeal for charity is replaced by an appeal to bid for other reasons. Implications for the link between religion and pro-social behavior are discussed.


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Ronald Ngala primary school is located within Sparki area, which is in Ziwani zone. The school shares a boundary with Ziwani School for the hearing impaired. The school is along the main Mombasa Malindi highway coming from Saba Saba junction towards the Nyali Bridge. Opposite the school gate, there is a BP fuel station and a wide jua kali artisan shade where they make articles such as metal pails, jikos and other items. Across the other side are Tudor secondary school and a few residential houses.
The school is built of concrete blocks with 24 rooms arranged in three rows parallel to each other. The main building is a stored block with tree floors. It has the administration block on the ground floor. The zonal TAC office is also located on the topmost floor of the main block. Behind the main block is the special unit for the mentally challenged.
The school admits children from pre unit to class eight. Most of the children come from Mshomoroni area and the adjacent slums such as Burukenge and Ka chonjo. There is a big playground and plenty of water supplies, which is treated and safe for drinking. A perimeter wall built of stones surrounds the school. On the over all, the school is quite conducive to learning. The school has a school feeding programme, which is co- sponsored by the government, and the world food programme.
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"Love is one of life's greatest ironies; It opens your eyes but at the same time blinds you." – motivatingmoments.com
Consider this tale of love and irony: Gary Kremen,40, is a multi-millionaire. He lives in a 9,000-square-foot house in Rancho Santa Fe, the wealthiest community in the U.S. He's Jewish, has never been married and has no children. He started the website March.com, the largest online dating service on the web.
The irony? He still can't find a date.
Kremen is so desperate to find a nice Jewish girl that he's offering a reward of $25 ,000 to the person who sets him up with his future Jewish bride or a woman willing to convert and marry. Even if the relationship doesn't lead to marriage, he's offering a $1,000 donation to a Jewish charity for the person who sets him up with a lady who's willing to go out with him for at least 10 dates.
So what's the catch? You 'll have to find someone willing to go out with him. He 's a former speed addict who would sometimes work for five days straight without sleep. Kremen kicked the speed habit about 18 months ago. but he's still addicted to his many business ventures. He's a workaholic with multiple phone numbers that don't stop ringing. He is pudgy and balding. His speech is fast-paced and nasally. George Costanza comes to mind, without the glasses and possessing slightly more hair and a much stronger entrepreneurial spirit.
But even George Costanza was loveable in his own way, like an irritable teddy bear. The baby-faced Kremen has a similar appeal. He possesses a combination of computer science genius and business acumen. He can be charming and accommodating.
Ladies: Kremen has lots of potential. Unlike Costanza, Kremen is growing.
A personal trainer visits Kremen's house daily. He practices yoga on an almost daily basis. He's eating healthier and he's even trying to be a nicer boss and businessperson. This is not easy for somebody whose motto could be "Sue Everybody."
Kremen's house is typical for the Rancho Santa Fe Covenant area, gorgeous yet so big you could lose your soul somewhere in its seven bedrooms. In the backdrop of the immense foyer, ripe lemons the size of softballs hang proudly from trees that stand next to a te court, a pool adorned with a magnificent fountain. and a hot tub, accoutrements requisite for a neighborhood that's home to the Bancrofts (Wall Street Journal), the late Joan Kroc (McDonald's) and even Bill Gates (a part-time resident)."
"They wouldn't let me join the [Rancho Santa Fe] Association," says Kremen. "It took me about eight months of lawyers and official deeds to be able to join the Association. " Kremen speculates that the powers-to-be in the Association wouldn 't let him join because of his high profile and the nature of his business.
Like a gold-rush maverick of 150 years ago, Kremen gobbled up Internet domain names during the '90s, on the hunch they would soon become valuable virtual property. (His hunch was right; he eventually sold Sex.com for $12 million.)
Two of the names he registered were Match.com and Sex.com. He didn't do much with Sex.com, at least until he realized the domain was stolen. In October 1995, Network Solutions, central registrar for all Internet domain names at the time, transferred ownership of Sex.com to a five-time felon, Stephen Michael Cohen. All Cohen had to do to get Sex.com was forge a letter and make a phone call to Network Solutions. Incredulously, Network Solutions was duped, despite the fact that Cohen didn't make the request by e-mail because, as Cohen said in the letter, Sex.com didn't have e-mail.
After a three-year legal battle that cost Kremen S4.4 million and left him nearly broke, the courts returned Sex.com to Kremen in November 2000. Cohen, who turned Sex.com into a half-million dollar-a-month pornography site, was ordered to pay Kremen $65 million in damages. Cohen didn't pay a cent. He fled the country and remains a fugitive, presumably living in Mexico. (Up until 2001, Kremen was offering a 550,000 reward for his capture.) After Cohen fled, Kremen took what he could. The house in Rancho Santa Fe. That used to be Cohen's.
"I don't feel spooky at all living here," says Kremen. "for a while I slept in the guest house , but now I'm over it."
Kremen doesn't give a grand tour of the house, which is mostly devoid of furniture.
"It's a typical frickin' house in Rancho Santa Fe," he laughs. "You don 't need the tour." Kremen's office, one of the only decorated rooms in the house, is where his future-bride-to-be will most likely find him.
The wooded walls of his office are adorned with framed articles and his first job wanted postings for Match.com. He points to a Forbes article written about his success with Match.com and proudly says that, 'I'd like to think I've made a great contribution to the planet. I've created more love than anybody else."
Despite his wealth from other Internet ventures, Kremen didn't make a lot of money from Match.com. Even though the company was sold and resold for $50 million, Kremen, according to the San Jose Mercy News, only got $50,000 and a lifetime membership. You can still find his profile – "thefounder" – on the site.
Asked how many millions he's worth, Kremen replies, "It depends on what the value of Sex.com is. Maybe it's worth about five million." Kremen's net worth on paper could be in the high seven figures to low eight figures, considering all his investments and stakes in other companies. (For a list of the companies he 's involved with, visit Kremen.com.)
Despite his wealth Kremen doesn't want a trophy wife; he desires a family with a strong Jewish identity, adhering to the religion 's values and morals. Is it straight-up chutzpah when you're CEO of Sex.com to talk values? Kremen doesn't see himself as a pornographer. "There's no hardcore imagery on Sex.com," he explains. "You won't find any images on Sex.com that you wouldn't see on cable TV."
Sex.com is a directory of online adult entertainment. The images and language on the page are no more graphic than what you'd see on HBO's Real Sex, but hardcore porn is only a click away.
"No, hardcore porn is only a click away on AOL," Kremen counters. Kremen is not addicted to pornography, nor does he seem like a pervert. Although his presence is sometimes required at debauchery-laden adult entertainment industry events, Kremen would rather pontificate on the science behind search engines or the state of Israeli-Palestinian relations.
Kremen's Jewish self-realization occurred during his sophomore year of high school, when neo-Nazis planned to march through his hometown of Skokie, Illinois, a heavily Jewish town with literally thousands of Holocaust survivors. The neo-Nazis, with the help of the largely Jewish American Civil Liberties Union, won the right to march but never did hit the streets of Skokie. They held rallies in Chicago instead.
"The Nazi march made me want to learn more about my Jewish identity," Kremen says. "Why are these people against us; what did we do?"
Kremen considers himself a politically conservative Jew. He hates what he calls "Jew-hating Jews," those who would attend a pro-Palestinian, anti-Israeli demonstration. Spending several years in San Francisco , Kremen encountered many liberal Jews. "The Jewish film festivals in San Francisco would make me sick. If I were to donate to a Jewish charity in San Francisco, the money might be used to buy potassium nitrate, which would wind up strapped on a 17-year old suicide bomber." Kremen says he donates to charities every month, such as CAMERA (Committee for Accuracy in Middle East Reporting in America) and ASACP (Adult Sires Against Child Porn).
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Sapporo Timetable Counter, read the comments written very well, actually I think generally, because it is the best European style building, so it is also very characteristic, there is a clock, so here is also called Sapporo Bell Tower, although the building is not big, but many people come here to take pictures, I came here once in the evening, passed here again in the daytime, really do not need to specially come to the business. Come by the way when you are on the street or when you are reversing the subway at Datong Station.
Ticket prices do not remember, but the appearance is that the time counter is actually the museum looks small, but the amount of information is large, there are not many people with pictures and articles in it, so you can enjoy the goods in the souvenir shop, it is also very interesting that the museum has a place to stamp the souvenir.
Sapporo time counter is also called Sapporo Bell Tower. It's near the Datong subway station. In fact, every day when you go shopping in Wanjing, you will see it. You don't have to go there on purpose. The time counter is white in color with two floors high. It has a beautiful and beautiful view from a distance. It highlights its pure white beauty under the light at night. If you want to visit, you need to buy tickets. Because Sapporo shopping trip is very tense, there is no opportunity to visit, each time is a long distance look, the next time you go to visit it closely.
Timetable station, a good place to know the history of Hokkaido. Everything is so simple and simple, but it is so elegant and practical. It is very comfortable to sit quietly in the martial arts arena on the second floor. It's interesting to hear the bells from different parts of the world.
Datong stands out in the opposite direction of the TV tower, you can see at the right intersection, there is a best photo gallery.
Sapporo is a great city, but it's easy to overlook the beauty of Sapporo because Xiao Juan is so amazing. As the busiest city in Hokkaido, it is rare to keep a quiet in the noise, such as this clock house, which seems to have passed for many years in a twinkling of an eye.


text: We knew this would happen. Well, just pretend we turned our clocks back early and posted this before the last post. It's an utterly fascinating account (by Stefan Fatsis, who wrote the Scrabble-related book, Word Freak) of the recent record-setting Scrabble game played by two intermediately-rated players. Now we know how watching the World Series feels to people who like baseball!


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|Kaiser Vlad
Kaiser Vlad in BWii.
|Vital statistics
|Supreme ruler of Xylvania
|Buried beneath the Tundran Territories
"Our victory may be postponed, but the torch of destiny still burns brightly for Xylvania!" - Kaiser Vlad
Little is known about the Kaiser's past except that he is the ruler of Xylvania and is trying to take over the world like his ancestor, Lord Ferrok, Also it is suggested that Vlad could very well be more than 100 years old, since the current model of the Xylvanian Heavy Tank had been a "present" to the Kaiser on his 97th birthday. Since his rise to power, he has been intent upon reclaiming Xylvania's stolen legacy of world domination.
The Frontier Wars Edit
30 Years before the Global War, Vlad, in his search of the "Staff of Legend", tricked Tsar Gorgi with rumors of a superweapon being developed in the Western Frontier. He proceeded to conduct mining operations around the continent. However, his activities were eventually discovered by a Frontier Recon just prior to the opening stage of the assault on the Tundran HQ during the first Frontier War.
The Global WarEdit
During the restarted-Frontier Wars, Tsar Gorgi visited Vlad in a attempt to gain his support to expell the invading Western Frontier out of the Tundran Territories, Vlad "agreed" with the condition of Gorgi giving up the Dune Sea's soveriegnty to Xylvania. however, when the time came, Vlad sent Countess Ingrid to bomb both sides during a pivotal battle.
His first offensive effort, a Xylvanian Invasion of the Dune Sea, ended in defeat with the destruction and capture of several Nerocrite mining facilities. Vlad then, surprisingly, gathered his forces and marched on the Solar Empire in the Coral Atolls, but the Frontier-Tundran Alliance formed up with the Solar Empire to make the Alliance of Nations and drove the Xers (Western Frontier, slang for people from Xylvania) from the Coral Atolls.
The Alliance later launched an all-out attack on Xylvania. After the all-powerful Iron Legion was awoken, the Alliance destroyed them and captured the Xylvanian capital, the Vladstag. however, Vlad escaped via a T-copter and went into hiding for a few years.
The Quest for the Staff of Qa-Len & The Fall of TundraEdit
He reappears during Battalion Wars 2 in which he tricks the Anglo Isles into invading the Solar Empire by somehow spreading a rumor about a superweapon and then launches a invasion into Tundra while it was preoccupied with assisting the Solar Empire's Invasion into the Anglo Isles. Before and during the conflict, he had been secretly searching for the Staff of Qa-Len, a lost relic from the Lightning Wars that would activate the Satellite weapon of mass destruction, and building a giant machine, the 'Mining Spider', in the far North of Tundra to dig it up once its location had been confirmed.
Despite his successful deception of turning the Solar Empire and Tundran Territories against the Anglo Isles and his defensive efforts to keep them away from his operations, Vlad's Xylvanian forces and his Mining Spider were destroyed. But not before he found the Staff of Qa-Len and tried to use it to destroy the Allies. Unfortunately for him, Vlad's T-copter was shot down by Commander Pierce and he, along with Ubel, ended up being trapped in the caves that the mining spider had dug out. While they are stuck deep in the dark, icy caves trying to dig themselves out, the Kaiser announces that the Xylvanian army will return once again and that Xylvania will have a shining future. However, just when he says this, their (last?) match goes out.
Even though Kaiser Vlad is not a cruel dictator like his ancestor Lord Ferrok, he is still obsessed with world domination like him and is a rather ridiculous and somewhat egomaniacal person. He tries to appear calm and sure of his superiority but he can also be quite clumsy.
He likes to shout a lot and to scare others, but it is clear he could never be dictator of the world. His shouts often reveal ambushes or his plans, most notably during the events of Operation Nautilus, or in "The Reckoning" when he gives away his escape plan, only to have Pierce immediantly shoot it down.
- In the ending of Battalion Wars 2, Kaiser Vlad stated that the "Xylvanian Light of Destiny" still burned brightly, but it went out and it was revealed it was just a normal match.
- He has somehow lost touch with reality, since he really believes Xylvania could take over the entire world in the "traditional way" even though it has been defeated so many times. His vision of global politics and domination seems to be an anachronism. However, when Ingrid tries to bring the Iron Legion back to life the Kaiser plays "voice of reason" and wants to save her from doing the biggest mistake of her life. He is afraid of her losing control and knew that it was impossible for any modern Xylvanian to control the Legion.
- Kaiser Vlad's name is a combination of Vlad Tepes and Kaiser Wilhelm II while his character is based on the latter with the ambitions and ideals of Adolf Hitler.
- During Operation Nautilus, Kaiser Vlad's quote "Run Silent, Run Deep. Submarines, submerge and attack!" is a reference to a 1955 novel by Edward L. Beach Jr.
- He acknowledges the player with a line of dialogue in the Western Frontier campaign mission "Enemies Undone" that reads as follows: "Your actions only provoke me, Kommander. Someday, you shall feel the true wrath of Xylvania." This is one of three times in the game that the enemy CO speaks directly to the player, the other two being Tsar Gorgi in the same mission and Commander Pierce in the Solar Empire campaign mission, "Rally the Defenses".
- He speaks a line in the final mission that goes: "Now witness the firepower of this fully-armed and operational Mining Spider!" A very similar line was spoken by Emperor Palpatine in Return of the Jedi. His ancestor Lord Ferrok, coincidentally, speaks a Star Wars line of his own, this one taken from Darth Vader from the same movie, in the Iron Legion mission "Apocalypse", saying "Perhaps I should find new ways to motive you, Kommander!"
See alsoEdit
|General Herman - Brigadier Betty - Colonel Austin - Marshall Nova - Tsar Gorgi - Major Nelly - Empress Lei-Qo - Admiral A-Qira - Empress Qa-Len - Colonel Windsor - Commander Pierce - Kaiser Vlad - Kommandant Ubel - Countess Ingrid - Lord Ferrok


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For dry wit, it's hard to beat The Dandy Warhols. Formed in 1994, the band's early success is probably best remembered by the release of their 1997 album The Dandy Warhols Come Down and hit single "Not If You Were The Last Junkie On Earth", a tune where the band staked their claim to music lovers' hearts with a song less remembered for its title, and more for the delivery of it's deadpan refrain "I never thought you'd be a junkie because heroin is so passé." As a chorus line of leggy hypodermic syringes danced around the band in the accompanying David LaChapelle directed video, the Portland Oregon quartet decisively carved a uniquely irreverent niche in the alternative rock world of the '90s.
The band's latest, This Machine, is a fuzzy, thick, slightly sober and occasionally meditative album. While stripped of many of the band's common accouterments, and chipper sing along choruses, the signature wit is still in place – interestingly adjusted for the band's maturity. Really, who other than Dandy frontman Courtney Taylor-Taylor would have enough cheek to mourn the loss of his pretty young self, crooning on Enjoy Yourself "It went by so fast, now I want to go back, and that's why I'm living in the past!" before entreating listeners "Enjoy your health"? Your parents' AARP this isn't.
Rocker met up with Dandy Guitarist Pete Holstrom to hear more
Rocker: It's been four years since the last full-length from you guys. What's been going on during those years?
Pete: We toured the last record, then we put out a best-of record and we toured on that, and then we made a new record. I think we all did side projects in that time, as well. I put out a record, Brent's record just came out, plus I think he did a solo record, plus his other band, Zia's got an EP out, and Courtney has a record out, and a graphic novel. It's been busy!
Rocker: I was surprised I didn't see you listed as a songwriter on the new record because everyone else seems to have a credit?
Pete: Yeah. I submitted some stuff, and since I don't write lyrics myself, the other people didn't latch onto them in a way that would make them want to write lyrics for those songs, so it didn't happen with this record. But those ideas are still there, and they'll probably be on the next record.
Rocker: Might they come out on a future Pete International Airport records?
Pete: Probably, if they don't get used. That's what the first Pete International Airport record is, is a bunch of ideas that did not get picked up by Courtney, and I thought they were good enough, so I just worked them up.
Rocker: For the track Autumn Carnival the band teamed up with David J from Love and Rockets. Between that and working with Duran Duran's Nick Rhodes in the past, it seems like you're getting all of the great new wave people involved with the Dandys. How did you first meet him?
Pete: We toured early on with Love and Rockets, and we've known all those guys ever since. Courtney and I were huge Love and Rockets fans growing up, so that was just amazing. It had been talked about, the writing with David, for a long time, and it finally just happened. I think it's one of the best tracks on the record, I hope some more stuff comes out of that.
Rocker: When you end up meeting these people, do you have to get over being a fan and geeking out over them?
Pete: I have to get over the fact that they're human. You sort of expect them to be more than a normal human being. You want them to be superbeings of some sort, and they're not. Those guys were the first ones that we met, and they were very real people. That was very disappointing at first, but because they're real people, it's like we're friends with them now. We don't see Daniel too much, but we see Kevin and David all the time.
Rocker: Is there anybody you have your eye on collaborate with in the future?
Pete: Not really. These things just sort of happen, it's not like they're really planned. There's lots of talk, and most of it never happens, so when it does happen, it's like, "That's cool."
When you're recording, sometimes you get an idea, "I want to have a banjo on this track, we want to get Steve Martin to play it." That didn't happen, so we ended up with Mike Campbell and (Dire Straits') Mark Knopfler instead, just because Steve Martin never got back to us. It's pretty random stuff.
Rocker: The band moved on this record from having self-released to going back to having a label. What precipitated that decision?
Pete: We felt like we didn't know what the hell we were doing, or we learned that we had no idea about releasing records, and we reverted just going back to, "We'll make records, we'll go on tour, we know what we're doing with that, leave all the other stuff to people who claim they know what they're doing," and so far, they've been great, and they've done a wonderful job, as far as I can tell.
Rocker: You're not the first person I've talked to who's said the same thing about self-releasing.
Pete: Before you actually try it, you think you know better than you do… I'm sure Capitol was… well, I don't think they were doing the best that they could have, but maybe the best that they were allowed to by the people holding the purse strings.
Rocker: When your band and Capitol split… how did that whole thing fall apart?
Pete: It was kind of funny, they picked up the last option for a record on our original contract, signed off on it, agreed to give us the money. We started recording, then they dropped us, so we had a record pretty much almost done, then they had to pay us to make this go away, because they'd signed the option. They could have, at that point, not picked it up, and we would have been free agents. It was a weird thing.
Then the next royalty check came in, and it was for…I forget how much money, but it was enough that they would have recouped on picking up the record if they had kept us. It was just really like they were just looking at figures going, "This band didn't sell enough records on their last record. They're gone!" but we recouped through advertisements and movies and TV shows and all that stuff. It's just very short-sighted. Whatever, we're on our own now, and that's great. We wanted off of that label for years before they let us go.
Rocker: I was talking to The Primitives recently, and they spoke about how when they were on a major label, they were packaged in ways they didn't want to be packaged. Do you feel freed up now with Capitol off your back?
Pete: We fought against everything like that with Capitol, which is kind of why there was tension, so no, it's not any different, because we were in complete control the whole time, even when maybe we shouldn't have been.
Rocker: Why should you not have been?
Pete: We should have had people around us that were maybe better business people. We're not politicians, we're not good at putting on a fake smile and pretending…at playing nice. We said things we probably shouldn't have to the wrong people. There could have been a better way to go about a lot of things.
Rocker: I re-watched 'Dig!' recently, and even though it's ancient history, one of the things that really struck me was the talk of the $40,000 video, and I thought, "Who has these budgets anymore?"
Pete: 40,000?
Rocker: Oops, $400,000.
Pete: Like $600,000. It was ridiculous!
Rocker: Considering you were able to musically come of age in a time when people were spending that kind of money, is it hard to adapt from that?
Pete: At first it was. We're continuing to adapt. We have to. Things cost more and you get paid less. You sell less records, but what are you going to do? I don't know how to do anything else, and I don't particularly want to do anything else. It was great, being a part of it though, to get that opportunity to really see, I guess, kind of the peak, where there was so much money being thrown around, just constantly. None of it ended up in our pockets, but it was a blast. We had a good time.
Rocker: What excites you about your new record, when you hear it back?
Pete: For me it's not really about the end result, it's about the making of the record. I'm just happy that it sounds cool, and the sounds are all there in a way that I find exciting; that there's pretty songs with some extreme sounds, and in a variety of different styles, which is kind of what we go for all the time. For me, when the record is done, it's for other people at that point and I don't really listen to it. Other people make records for me!
Rocker: Is it hard to listen to your own work because you feel critical?
Pete: I enjoy it when I hear it, but it's not like I go out of my way and listen to it. I won't put my own records on. I've heard all those songs far too many times. I hear my mistakes and hear other people's mistakes, and I hear things that are other than the way I'd prefer them to be. That's part of it. When it's done, you can't go back, you can't change it. So I don't want to put myself through that.
Rocker: Do you feed the changes you hear you'd like into the live show?
Pete: Oh yeah, because live, we don't necessarily try and replicate anything. Whatever works, whatever the four of us can do, sonically…
Rocker: When you're doing your solo work and stuff, does that feed a freshness back into your work with The Dandys?
Pete: With the Dandys, we're definitely very used to what we all do, so you rely on people to take care of things, and they do. It's very comfortable to just relax and let everybody else do their thing. With my own record and with the other projects I've played in, it's always been about trying to become better at my instrument or learning another one, or just any sort of input.
Rocker: Was it challenging to record your solo record all on your own? Was it all on your own?
Pete: No, but I didn't have anybody driving it, so it was me who had to organize everything. I kept sitting around, waiting for other people to do stuff, and I was like, "Wait, no, I have to do it, oh no!" It was tricky, difficult, frustrating. I find working with other people to be very frustrating, because I don't know what they normally do, and I expect them to do what the other Dandys do, and they don't, and they all have other jobs and other bands, which are maybe their first priorities. Very frustrating.
Rocker: So, do you find you come back to the Dandys having more appreciation for your fellow band members?
Pete: Absolutely, I can't believe how lucky we got as a band to have four people that actually kind of had a common goal and would show up to rehearsals three, four times a week, back when that was very important, and would put the band before family, before holidays, before everything, pretty much. It really did allow us to get as far as we got. I haven't had that luck with five other bands since then, plus my own side project. It's amazing.


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Wednesday, September 16, 2015
Toy Story Midway Mania
For week 2 of the LSSL-Fall Challenge over at Creative Swappers I did another layout for my Disney album.
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Thursday, September 10, 2015
Puppy Love
Here is a layout I did for round 1 of the LSSL-Fall-2015 Challenge over at Creative Swappers. I knew I wouldn't have much time to work on it this week so I tried to stick with a clean and simple layout.
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