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What can you do for someone like that? What can you do for one of the most special persons in your life? I started thinking what to do and then, I saw a card Dena created for one of her friends, I used it as inspiration. Well, let me just tell you, I started the card about five times, different papers, different colors, different images…OMG, it was really difficult.
And here it is, for you my friend, my soul sister, I hope you had the most incredible birthday ever. Thanks for being my friend, for being part of my life, for always being there for me. I love you dearly!!
Warning: I included a lot of pictures, so you can see all the details.
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Image: Tilda with birthday present
Markers: Copics
Papers: Michele R Designs
Flowers: Wild Orchids Crafts
Punch: Martha Stewart Classic Butterfly
Sentiment: Bizzy Becks Digis
The ribbon, metal charm and pearls are from my stash
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Totally Gorgeous – #162 For someone special
Really Reasonable Ribbon – #62 Anything goes & ribbon
Papercrafts Junkies – #6 Bingo Board (Ribbons/Pearls/Pink)
Polka Doodles – #50 Birthday at Christmas/Young Adult
Simon Says Stamps – What's your favorite? (Stamps and Copics)
Cute Card Thursday – So Charming!
In the Pink - #10 Pink and Pearlie!
Flutterby Wednesday – Anything goes (must have a butterfly or fairy)
Stamp n doodle – Something un-usual
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The Tiniest Funniest Testimony Ever. This morning I was thinking about what the Lord had taught me regarding work, that He had commanded the Levites to start working in the Temple at 25 years old and it was compulsory that they retire from regular service at 50 years of age. We really like ignoring this little instruction. I wanted to read it again in the Bible lest I got that wrong or misread. So I reached for my Bible and my iPad because surely I'd have to Google the passages' address. While my iPad fired up I opened my Bible, went back to click on my Google app on the iPad, turned back to my Bible and it was already opened to the exact passages which I had underlined. Daddy God had caused the book to open at the exact place – Numbers 8:23-26!!! Ya'll take this like you want it and let it bless ya'.
(Father caused me to also remember this verse which He had taught me, Romans 4:5. I think I'm going to name this painting Romans 4:5)😎


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Last Saturday after the Project Semakau survey, a group of us stayed back for BBQ that night and also to check out the fireflies. The next morning, we decided to explore a part of Semakau's shore that we had never explored before. As it was not too faraway from the main NEA office, we decided to walk there instead of troubling the NEA staff to drive us there.
We soon reached the area we wanted to explore. The moment we climbed down the sea wall, we saw a Cryptic Rock Star (Cryptasterina sp.). And I told the group, this was probably a good sign, and certainly, it was!
Just a short distance away, I spotted an Upside-down Jellyfish (Cassiopea sp.).
And not too faraway, a Hell's Fire Sea Anemone (Actinodendron sp.).
As I was looking at some squid egg capsules, I heard some others shouting to me a distance away.
They have found a Stonefish (Synanceja horrida)! This was only the second time that we found this highly venomous fish on Semakau.
After taking a few photos, we carried on to explore the shore. There were lots of very aggressive Red Swimming Crabs (Thalamita spinimana).
And just then, someone shouted again. It was a Banded File Snake (Acrochordus granulatus)!
Nearby, we also found a Blue Dragon (Pteraeolidia ianthina).
While walking around on my own, I found this little colony of bleached Anemone Coral (Goniopora sp.). Not sure what had caused this to happen...
Not too faraway, I found another nudibranch, a Pustulose Phyllid Nudibranch (Phyllidiella pustulosa).
And again, one of the volunteers shouted to me, saying that they have found a Hammer Oyster (Family Malleidae).
There were lots of octopuses on this shore too.
I decided to move further towards the reef edge, and along the way, I found this Stonefish Sea Cucumber (Actinopyga lecanora).
And just nearby was this Tigertail Seahorse (Hippocampus comes).
When I reached the reef edge, I was amazed by its beauty! There were so many different types of corals!
Here's another view underwater - it looks so pretty with the fan worms on the bluish green coral, probably a Merulina coral.
Can you see the sea urchins at the back?
Just then, another volunteer called out to me - she has found a Chiton. It was only about 0.5cm long, certainly much smaller than the one I saw at Raffles Lighthouse recently, but still a nice find :)
I headed back to the reef edge, and more pretty corals greeted me, such as this Anchor Coral (Euphyllia ancora).
During the trip, we found several Burrowing Giant Clams (Tridacna crocea), but most of them were out of water. Finally near the reef edge, I found this one submerged with its pretty mantle extended.
And I was pleasantly surprised to find this Physogyra Coral (Physogyra sp.) - my first time seeing this in Singapore!
And another scene that surprised me were the many Magnificent Anemones (Heteractis magnifica). Usually in Singapore, I only see a few of them together, but here, there were easily more than 15 of them in an area less than 10 square metres! So far I have only seen such a scene while diving overseas!
There were many Bulb Tentacle Anemones (Entamacea quadricolor) too, and while I saw a few Tomato Clownfish, I did not managed to get any photos of them.
As I moved along the reef edge, I came across a few of this Black Margined Glossodoris Nudibranch (Glossodoris atromarginata).
Along the reef edge, there was a lovely garden of soft corals too.
Tide was soon rising, and on my way back to the sea wall, we came across this Black Long-spined Sea Urchin (Diadema setosum).
And just before I climbed up the sea wall, I saw this Spiral Melongena (Pugilina cochlidium).
I was really glad that we decided to visit this part of the shore. In fact, it was probably the nicest shore we have visited on Semakau so far! Will certainly come back here again :)
Monday, July 27, 2009
Exploring an Unexplored Part of Semakau
Last Saturday after the Project Semakau survey, a group of us stayed back for BBQ that night and also to check out the fireflies. The next morning, we decided to explore a part of Semakau's shore that we had never explored before. As it was not too faraway from the main NEA office, we decided to walk there instead of troubling the NEA staff to drive us there.
Posted by Ron Yeo at 8:19 PM
Labels: Intertidal, Semakau
1 comment:
- koksheng said...
I agree that the reef here looks fantastic with many special finds! Semakau just never gets boring.
- Jul 27, 2009, 11:27:00 PM


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Turneffe Island Lodge is situated on its own private island 30 miles offshore from the busy town of Belize City. The lodge is the original fishing lodge on Turneffe Atoll and is surrounded by an extraordinary marine eco-system that is home to millions of baitfish, crabs, shrimps, and other small aquatics that serve as the first link in the undersea food chain. Because of the pristine environment, the incredible variety of fish to catch and easy access from the mainland, it is no surprise that Turneffe Island Lodge has been recognized for more than forty years as one the top flats fishing lodges in the Carribean.
Before the lodge was constructed, anglers came from the mainland to Turneffe Atoll to fish for a day or two at a time. Over the years, they became convinced that not only should an offshore lodge be built, but it should be strategically placed on the Southern tip to take advantage of the best wading flats, the best permit habitat, and nearly all of the famous tarpon fishing spots. Creeks located only minutes away are home to snook, barracuda, cubera, snapper, and many species of hard-fighting jacks.
Offshore fishing at the lodge is provided by their 43-foot sportfishing yacht, and trips are geared to both fly fishing and conventional trolling tackle.
Turneffe Island Lodge limits the number of anglers each week to eight. English-speaking, native-born Belizean guides take the anglers onboard swift, super-skiffs for transport to the nearby fishing grounds. In addition, a strictly enforced catch-and-release policy in place for the last few years by the Belize government has increased the bonefish population and average size enormously. All this ensures that your guides will provide a productive day on the flats of Turneffe Atoll.
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Well, it has been a while since this blog has been updated. We have really got to get better at this.
Anna has had a pretty busy summer with traveling but things have calmed down now. First she went to Billings, MT for a couple weeks when her brother Seth came home from his mission and then she went to Granby, MO for a week for a family reunion. And all of this traveling with Abram. He did well overall but we can tell that he is happier now that he is home. Now Anna is just trying to finish some projects she has wanted to get done. Anna is considering starting up a cooking blog so keep your eyes open for that. He love and passion for cooking is growing more everyday.
Tim is really liking his job, but it is turning out to have more drama than he ever would have expected. He is continuing to learn more and more everyday he works and is also continuing to get more responsibility. His "boss" is out on vacation for the week so he gets to do the job of two project engineers for a while.
Abram has grown by leaps and bounds in the last month. He is now able to stand up in his crib so that makes sleeping time much more interesting. Everytime Tim or Anna puts him in his crib he cries for a couple minutes and then he stands up to bounce on the matress and play. At first he wasn't sure how to sit down, but has now mastered that. He is also a full fledged crawler. Anna has found herself on her toes every second of the day. Abram likes to follow Anna around the house and try to stand up by using her pants for support. Abram has also started climbing up the stairs and he can also cruise around the furniture. We don't know when exactly he will start walking but it can't be too far off.
Below is a picture of Abram doing is favorite thing which is standing in front of Anna on the couch using her legs for support and a picture of the berry trifle Anna made a few weeks ago. This will probably go onto Anna's cooking blog when she creates it. If anyone has any ideas for a name for the blog just let us know.


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For years it has been the habit of the literati to poke fun at the illiteracy of the moving picture magnates. Books, plays, short stories and essays have been written in superior manner each having as its thems some indication of the grossness and ignorance of Hollywood producers. It is therefore with a certain maliciously inclined sense of justice that it can be reported that the movies have no monopoly on stupidity. Book publishers and these are fellows who pride themselves and correct usage of English, are not immune.
Recently two examples came to light which are impossible to ignore and they both occurred in the same publishing house, and not a small one either. It seems that this firm and published a book of non-fiction which was neither very good nor very bad. Reviewers were indifferent. In looking over clippings of reviews the head of the house came across a notice in the Saturday Review of Literature in which it was stated in part, "The book is very redundant." This publisher, wishing to advertise the volume in its most favorable light, pulled out this line, called his advertising manager and together they worked out and ad which headlined "Very Redundant, Sat. Review of Literature." The ad was all set up and ready to go to the papers when an editorial man happened to see it. He thought it was a joke at first glance but upon talking to his employer discovered that neither his boss nor the advertising man knew that the word redundant, instead of being a term of praise, was one of unfavorable criticism. Only upon being confronted with a dictionary was the ad withdrawn.
The other example of a "boner" happened when time came to reject the third book of an author who had been published by this house. A relative of the publisher was told to reject the book "but to let the author down as easily as possible." He wrote a long glowing letter rejecting the manuscript. He stated, meaning to be kindly, "Yours was the most enervating manuscript I have read in months."
P. S. The author has been showing the letter adound with much glee.
Evidently some of the publishers have been following the war of the sexes that ran in the New Yorker. A few weeks before Melvin Levy's novel about the North-west was issued his publisher came to him and asked that some of the war stuff be deleted. Levy was surprised. His book barely touched upon the war. He told his publisher this and the latter gentleman answered: "Oh, you don't know what I mean. I am not referring to the World War. I mean the war over women."
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Wednesday, March 29, 2006
Peregrine's World
I often get up in the morning to find a hot cup of tea waiting for me, made by my ever-lovin' husband before he leaves for work. Lately he's also been making Peregrine's favorite drink, a molasses steamer. Last week Peregrine got up while I was still in bed. He came out and saw that Daddy had made him a steamer, then came back and cuddled with me for a while and told me all about what he had found: "Well, Dada said to himself this morning "Hmmm, what kind of hot drink would my boy like on this cold morning? I'll make him a steamer." Mom, Dad made me a chocolate steamer because I like chocolate steamers. Do you like chocolate steamers? We all like chocolate steamers. We're a chocolate steamer family!" A chocolate steamer does sound nice, but I'm afraid that even my deprived boy knows the difference between blackstrap molasses and chocolate! He must not have tasted it yet.
Hot milk with molasses, by the way, was a tradition that started for us a very long time ago, when I was just about Peregrine's age. My Dad was in Bible school at the time and each day when he came home he made himself a cup of coffee and me some warm milk with molasses. I felt very grown up with such an elegant beverage. We would sit together and talk about how our day had been. My Dad was very cool by the way. He had big sideburns and when we were walking together he would say "Howdy!" to the people we met along the way. I was sure that "howdy" must be the coolest way to greet people and I practiced saying it just like my Daddy.
Peregrine doesn't sleep anymore during the day but still has a rest time each afternoon. He listens to Bible story tapes and looks at books in his bed. Yesterday when I went to get him up he had shaped his blanket in such a way that it looked like a cave. He had a sipper cup with water and informed me that it was Jesus' car. Wow, Jesus' car! And that He was driving in it with his disciples, into the rabbit hole, which was the cave in the blanket! I love to see the things that my boy imagines and pretends. I can't keep up with al the different roles he plays and expects me to play, but it's sure fun trying! (Either fun or exasperating, depending on the minute!)
And then there are the dreams he's been having lately. There was the "horrible dream" where there was an ant and a tiny reindeer on some ice. And then he was flying (with his body, not an airplane) and he flew to another house. He saw a lady in a rocking chair and she saw him and then he called out for me but I didn't answer him. Horrible indeed. A few nights ago I went in to cover him and he frantically asked me "Mom, Mom, is my lunch box safe?" "Huh? Your lunch box? Yes, of course it's safe. It's right here in our house." The next morning I got the whole story: He had disobeyed me with his lunch box and put it in Grandma's fan. Then he was crying and crying, Grandma turned the fan on, and his lunch box went flying through the air. There was some black stuff on the top of it and when Papa tried to get it off he started yelling "No! No, Papa!"
Yup, that's my boy! Anyone out there who is into interpreting dreams will probably be able to psycho-analize my son and tell me all the ways that I've already messed him up. Go ahead and tell me; I need to know. He's a great boy, full of life and energy, a strong will, a great imagination and the vocabulary to share his stories and dreams with us all.
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A fantastic Chinese proverb states " there are two things to aim at in life, first is to get what you want and after that is to enjoy it, only the wisest of mankind achieve the second.
Looking at this proverb it would appear so simple to orchestrate. All you have to do is get what you want and then enjoy it. Then the problem begins as you have to know exactly what it is that you want, perhaps easier said than done.
Dreams As A Child
The process of knowing exactly what one wants to do, be and have, seems to come very easy us to us when we are children and only starts to become more difficult as we grow older.
In my school days as a child growing up, you could pay dearly for an over active imagination and if there was one thing I had, it was an over active imagination. I must admit to there being more than a few occasions that the black board rubber or chalk were thrown in my general direction. The comments that followed were of the ilk of " Bide you are day dreaming", " Bide are you with us" and " will you concentrate".
The teacher was right I did have a concentration problem especially with the invention of the Spinning Jenny by James Hargreaves or the opening of the Stockton to Darlington railway as good as both of those inventions were. However I had no concentration problems for flying down the wing beating a man two or three times like the great George Best and putting the ball over for Manchester United.
At that age I knew exactly what I wanted to do. Although as hard as I tried I never went on to develop the talents on the football field of George Best, but was a lot closer with the off field talents. Between the ages of 19 – 22 years old I could probably have gone beer for beer with him, but I must admit to falling a bit short on the Miss worlds though.
The only reason I bring up the football is as a child growing up all I wanted to do was play like George Best and play for Manchester United and it was that simple. So what can help us in the pursuit of defining our likes and dislikes or the process of self discovery.
Peaceful and inspiring spot for thought
Keeping A Journal
One of the key ways of discovering one's likes and dislikes is to not only be aware of them, but to record them into a journal that should be kept close at hand at all times. The journal is the ultimate piece of equipment for capturing your ideas and information and this is very much from the western world.
In the fantastic book " The Treasury Of Quotes" by the master and America's foremost business philosopher Mr Jim Rohn, Jim say's this on having a journal.
" Be a collector of good ideas, but don't trust your memory. The best collecting place for all the ideas and information that comes your way is your journal".
Perhaps an even better idea is to splash out on two journals, one for capturing your great ideas and information and one for your inner most thoughts and feelings. This will begin to unfold your true identity and perhaps should be best kept in a safe that only you have the code for.
Jim Rohn again says in the book The Treasury of Quotes: " The reason I spend so much money for my journals is to press me to find something valuable to put in them".
Life design is certainly something that is created, because if you don't spend time creating it, then some one else will create it for you. So it is certainly worth while spending the time on it. As another proverb of ancient China goes " Anything great is long in the making".
The last great quote on journals in The Treasury Of Quotes by Jim Rohn is this, "There are three things to leave behind: Your photographs, your library, and your personal journals. These things are certainly going to be more valuable to future generations than your furniture".
Jim Rohn certainly left us with his incredible knowledge and wisdom collected from over the years as he passed away in December 2009. I had the sheer pleasure of attending and meeting Jim Rohn at a seminar in 1990 in Reading, England and a more inspiring man I've yet to meet. I certainly recorded all my notes from that day in to a journal, in fact my pencil was in constant use. The great man's work lives on and you can buy " The Treasury Of Quotes right here http://www.engagingthailand.com/Easternandwesternsecrets.html
The philosophy of the west is down to the all out assault on being all that you can, having major ambitions, goals and striving to fulfill them. The pursuit of striving to achieve all that you can in all that you do and becoming the best in your chosen field.
Dreams and aspirations are of course a necessary thing as in the book " The importance of Liiving" by Lin Yutang the author states that amongst families of children, there is usually a child who dreams more and one who dreams less. The author shows a preference for the child who dreams more, even if he is the sadder one. No matter if he is sad or not he is far more likely to experience greater joys, thrills and supreme heights of ecstasy. So hence we put forward some eastern alternatives.
Ambition and aspiring to be on the other side of the coin can also lead to never being contented. The private aspires to become a corporal and the corporal aspires to become a captain and the captain sets his sights on becoming a major and on it continues. The wife you have is marvellous, but the wife two doors down, you believe to be better. The food in the restaurant that you ordered seemed right at the time, but when it arrived the food that your friend ordered was better and you wish you'd had that.
Some time away from the hectic life
The Half And Half Philosophy
In the book "The Importance Of Living" by Lin Yutang the half and half philosophy is put forward as perhaps a fine way to live your life.
Half a Confucianist style of seeking, exploring and finding the knowledge of things to reach an understanding of and half the Taoist escapist attitude of heading off in to the mountains to live as a hermit and play the role of simple fisherman amongst the beauty of nature and completely carefree. Yes, no need to choose a totally carefree life or the hectic, busy life with all its responsibilities, perhaps the answer does lie somewhere in between action and inaction.
Five half and half examples from the book " The Importance of Living" by Lin Yutang
- He is most wisely drunk who is half drunk
- Half lazily active and half actively lazy
- Not so poor that he cannot pay his rent, and not so rich that he doesn't have to work a little or couldn't wish to have slightly more to help his friends.
- Living in half fame and semi obscurity
- A wife who's not too simple and not too smart.
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Is this what makes one happy
Is This What Makes Me Happy
In the book " Living in the Tao: Guide to Self Discovery by Mantak Chia and W.U. Wei the Taoist way of learning to think with the heart and feel with the mind is put forward as opposed to the normal western way of thinking with our minds and feeling with our hearts.
Whilst going through the experiences of life we tend to react instead of act. We react to whatever is requested of us, responding to the challenge without ever stopping and asking
- Do I really want to do this or not want to do this
- Is this really good for me
- Is this what I really want for me
- Is this what makes me happy
Our reaction is driven by the challenged ego saying yes I can do this and yes I can do that, because it never wants to feel inferior and this is the process of reacting instead of thinking.
The key process in designing all areas of life is to find out what makes you happy, do I want to do or not want to do this. As the book "Living In The Tao: Guide to Self Discovery" by Mantak Chia and W.U. Wei states Find out what makes you happy and sustain yourself on that.
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The new QuickBooks Online Accountant is designed to deliver on the Intuit QuickBooks vision to be the operating system behind small business success, while also helping accounting professionals save time and grow their practice. The new product's core capabilities focus on three areas: seamlessly exposing tools and insights to accounting professionals, allowing them to seamlessly work with all their employees and clients, and transforming how they grow their practice.
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- New Bookkeeping and Payroll Detail Tabs: allows accounting professionals to see at-a-glance reconciliation information, transactions requiring attention, due dates and tax filings.
- New Accountant Toolbox: enables easy access to accountant-only tools such as batch reconciliation, re-classify transactions and Books-to-Tax from within any client's books. Also enables one-click access to any client from anywhere within QuickBooks Online Accountant.
- Enhanced Free QuickBooks Online Plus w/Payroll: Free subscription of QuickBooks Online Plus, included with QuickBooks Online Accountant, now includes Payroll to help accounting professionals manage firm's books and pay employees.
Work Seamlessly With Employees and Clients
- New Client Document Center (scheduled availability early 2015): powered by Box, the hub allows users to request and receive documents from clients directly inside QuickBooks Online Accountant. After an initial one time setup and account linkage with a free 10GB Box account, users can view all requests and documents by client and easily keep track of what is received or outstanding.
- New Employee Access Controls: designates firm roles and permissions that define the level of access (full, custom or restricted) an employee can have to clients' books.
- New Management Reports: enables creation of customizable, professional-looking and firm-branded management reports that can be easily saved and shared with clients.
- Enhanced Books-to-Tax: enables QuickBooks Online accounts to be easily mapped to tax accounts. Users can then make tax-only adjustments inside QuickBooks Online Accountant and seamlessly push the bookkeeping data to Intuit Tax Online to generate a tax return.
Transforms How Accounting Professionals Grow Their Practice
- New QuickBooks ProAdvisor Program Integrated into QuickBooks Online Accountant: allows QuickBooks ProAdvisors to access their membership details directly from within QuickBooks Online Accountant. ProAdvisors can track certifications, the number of clients they have, view available training materials and make changes to their Find-a-ProAdvisor listing.
- Enhanced Wholesale Pricing: exclusively for QuickBooks Online Accountant users, accounting professionals can now bundle payroll to their clients' QuickBooks Online subscription. Through QuickBooks Online Accountant, accounting professionals can offer their clients a 50 percent off the life of their QuickBooks Online subscription (for a special limited time) and enjoy consolidated, monthly billing for all their wholesale pricing clients.
"This is what we've all been waiting for! I am really excited about the new QuickBooks Online Accountant," said Michelle Long, founder of Long for Success, Inc. and internationally-renowned QuickBooks Online trainer. "The business insights it provides coupled with the firm management and time savings capabilities really pave the way for accounting professionals to transform the way they work so they can truly be trusted advisors to their clients."
Time to Become an Expert
The new QuickBooks Online Accountant is a global solution that is scheduled to be available to new users starting in early December 2014, and will roll out to customers around the world throughout early 2015. Current QuickBooks Online Accountant customers will begin to have access to the new product over the next few months.
"We know from experience that accounting professionals want time to become familiar with new offerings before they are publicly available," said McGinnis. "We listened and will offer a variety of ways to help accounting professionals become experts with the new offering including training sessions, videos, and weekly product webinars that highlight new features."
QuickBooks Online Accountant is free for the first 180 days, starting from the date of enrollment. After the first 180 days, users automatically maintain free, full access to QuickBooks Online Accountant if they have an active ProAdvisor membership or at least one current QuickBooks Online client on their QuickBooks Online Accountant client list. For full offer details visit http://intuitaccountants.com/announcement.
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Intuit Inc. creates business and financial management solutions that simplify the business of life for small businesses, consumers and accounting professionals.
Its flagship products and services include QuickBooks(R), Quicken(R) and TurboTax(R), which make it easier to manage small businesses and payroll processing, personal finance, and tax preparation and filing. Mint.com provides a fresh, easy and intelligent way for people to manage their money, while Demandforce(R) offers marketing and communication tools for small businesses. ProSeries(R) and Lacerte(R) are Intuit's leading tax preparation offerings for professional accountants.
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Photo by EllaEnchanted04Explaining where babies come from and how they enter the world can be challenging ... at best. EllaEnchanted04 shares this interpretation from her son Aiden, 4:
I'm pregnant and my son has no patience, so I told him: "When mommy's tummy gets really big and my belly button pops out, the baby will be ready."
So he was telling someone he was going to have a baby sister and said, "When I was a baby I was in mommy's tummy, and then I came out of her belly button; and my mommy's tummy is getting big and she's gonna come out of mommy's belly button too, yep that's how it goes."


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In this chapter, we will explore the correspondence between ideals and varieties. In §§1 and 2, we will prove the Nullstellensatz, a celebrated theorem which identifies exactly which ideals correspond to varieties. This will allow us to construct a "dictionary" between geometry and algebra, whereby any statement about varieties can be translated into a statement about ideals (and conversely). We will pursue this theme in §§3 and 4, where we will define a number of natural algebraic operations on ideals and study their geometric analogues. In keeping with the computational emphasis of this course, we will develop algorithms to carry out the algebraic operations. In §§5 and 6, we will study the more important algebraic and geometric concepts arising out of the Hilbert Basis Theorem: notably the possibility of decomposing a variety into a union of simpler varieties and the corresponding algebraic notion of writing an ideal as an intersection of simpler ideals.
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Trainer John O'Shea has confirmed that the 2015 Golden Slipper will be the target for talented colt Furnaces when he returns to racing next year.
Furnaces stamped himself as a horse to watch when he won a barrier trial over 800 metres at Warwick Farm on October 10 in good style and he proved that effort was no fluke when he led from start to finish to record a dominant six and a half lengths win in the Primo Moraitis Plate (1100m) at Rosehill Gardens on October 25.
The Exceed And Excel was sent straight to the spelling paddock following his debut win, but O'Shea told Sky Racing HQ that the two-year-old will return to his Warwick Farm-based stable next week to begin preparations for the Group 1 Golden Slipper (1200m).
"He is back in the stable next week," O'Shea said.
"He had the luxury of having a nice break and I didn't feel that we needed to have him back in too soon.
"He is probably only going to have a couple of runs into the Slipper and if he is good enough he will get in there and if he can't win either of those two races to qualify then he probably doesn't deserve his place.
"He has had a good spell, he will come in with nice fresh legs, he has a little bit of money in the bank and if he can win another race he will find his way into the Slipper."
Godolphin have dominated the early two-year-old races that have been held in both Sydney and Melbourne; with the likes of Calaverite, Mesa, Igraine, Antelucan, Sampeah and Bantam all stamping themselves as horses to watch next year.
O'Shea is confident that Furnaces is currently one of the most talented two-year-olds in the Godolphin stable and he believes that the debut winner still has plenty of improvement in front of him.
"He is one of our top five two-year-old colts," O'Shea said.
"He has produced a good performance and he did a good job because he was a November foal and was a little bit behind the others in terms of his physical appearance and still very open in his knees.
"It was important that we gave him as long out as we could and he seems to have furnished and grown.
"He will come back in hopefully a much improved horse."
O'Shea is still chasing his maiden Group 1 win since taking over as head trainer for Godolphin Australia, while the leading racing operation is chasing their third win in the Golden Slipper after taking out the 2007 edition of the race with Forensics and Sepoy in 2011.


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You will find various types of Jaipur Lady Escort Services who are working escorts in Jaipur. Most of these girls are independent escorts and are not associated with any kind of agencies. But just because they do not work for any agency does not mean that they are hard to be found. Previously these girls had to depend on their clients to refer them to others. So people could get in touch with an independent escort only if they knew someone who has hired an escort. But things have changed due the widespread use of the internet and smart phones.
Nowadays everyone is hooked to their Smartphone, which is why the best way to reach out to the prospective clients is through the internet. This is the reason that so many independent girls are using the internet to showcase themselves. It is the best way to reach out to the old as well as new clients. So if you want to hire an independent Jaipur escorts, you will not have to ask your friends who frequently hire such services.
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US Envoy Disputes Afghan President's Claims of Coalition Occupation
(HERAT, Afghanistan) -- The U.S. showed its growing impatience with Afghan President Hamid Karzai describing coalition forces as occupiers in remarks made Sunday by outgoing Ambassador Karl Einkenberry at Herat University.
Einkenberry, the former Army lieutenant general who's been top envoy to Afghanistan since April 2009, responded to Karzai's comments from the day before that American and NATO troops are "here for their own purposes, for their own goals, and they're using our soil for that."
The Afghan leader has long been critical of coalition forces over "friendly fire" incidents resulting in civilian deaths but his opinions have grown even more strident in recent weeks.
Speaking for the Obama administration, Eikenberry made it clear that Karzai's newest criticisms are unwarranted, declaring, "When Americans, who are serving in your country at great cost -- in terms of life and treasure -- hear themselves compared with occupiers, told that they are only here to advance their own interest, and likened to the brutal enemies of the Afghan people, they are filled with confusion and grow weary of our effort here."'
Karzai's statements are clearly not helpful to the coalition effort, especially with the White House set to announce what is expected to be the first of several troop drawdowns from Afghanistan. U.S. public opinion has also turned against the war effort as lawmakers from both parties have questioned the point of remaining involved in a conflict that seems endless.
Eikenberry went on to say in response to one student's question about the Afghan president, "should we lose our mutual confidence in each other, should we lose our mutual respect, those goals of transition could be compromised."
At the same time he was blasting "nations of the world" for "using our country," Karzai claimed that the U.S. officials had joined in talks with the Taliban to find a peaceful end to the war, although Defense Secretary Robert Gates said these discussions are in their very early stages.
According to Gates, "I think that the Taliban have to feel themselves under military pressure, and begin to believe that they can't win before they're willing to have a serious conversation."
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These two beauties pretty much sum up the CEY design philosophy: from the very simplest shape to elaborate intarsia fantasies, use the best materials and you get a stunning result. Pratt's pullover on the right could hardly be easier, and now you can make your own Applause-clone by running La Gran together with Alpaca Sox hand dyes or Desert. Hoff's striking sweater on the left is for experienced knitters only, but what a stunner! Try Renaissance instead of the extinct Tapestry, being sure to swatch.
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The bikers that just begun riding offroad and the ones that don't have good technical skills will have an hard time trying to find easy trails between our steep mountains. In this page I present you some relatively easy tours that can be ridden by the bikers who want to start improving their driving skills.
Look at the trails in Google Maps.
A relatively easy tour at the discovery of a hidden corner in Vallemaggia.
Skills: 2 / Strength: 1
This tour in the hearth of the Gambarogno region presents a descent on a relatively wide single-trail, and allows you to improve your driving skills.
Skills: 2 / Strength: 2
This tour follows the Vergante's ridge, passing through Mount Scincina, Mount Cornaggia, Mount Toriggia, Mount La Guardia and Mount Tessera. The tour mainly follows gravel roads and is technically easy, still the frequent ups and downs requires good physical conditions.
Skills: 2 / Strength: 3
This tour visits the Bavona valley mainly following the paved roads, but it also offers some interesting offroad stretches at the discovery of its old villages.
Skills: 1 / Strength: 2
This tour visits the trails and the fire roads that twist between the airy chestnut trees and the votive chapels of Mount Cargiago, a woody hill that overlooks Ghiffa. The trails described here are generally smooth and well maintained. This tour can thus be completed by those bikers with just average technical skills but willing to experience the thrill of a fast descent on a hiking path.
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Raymond Garvey killed seven women before he was arrested, condemned and imprisoned. He died of a brain tumor while still in prison. Fifteen years later, someone is killing the children (now young adults) of Garvey's victims. The police force, with DI Tom Thorne as lead detective, must help find and protect the next potential targets while trying to identify and catch the killer.
I've finally got to the part of my reading pile where Mark Billingham's Bloodline had been waiting since sometime last year --it's the paperback format. The book was actually published in 2009, in the UK and Canada, but will be released in the US this coming July (with a different, gorgeous cover) by the recently launched imprint Mulholland Books.
When DI Tom Thorne and his pregnant girlfriend, detective Louise Porter, learn that their unborn child is "not viable" as the doctor puts it, work is the only thing that can keep Thorne's mind away from a conflicting range of sudden emotions, while giving him a semblance of normalcy. He just wasn't expecting to get a case that would be far from the usual routine. It will take him instead into the twisted mind of a determined killer who is so confident and in control that he leaves his DNA at each crime scene along with slivers of X-Ray, like pieces of a telltale puzzle.
What makes Billingham's series of crime novels highly entertaining and also very engrossing is the cast of characters. Billingham, a former TV actor, stand-up comedian and scriptwriter in the UK, knows how to create complex characters that are so believable they follow you around if you put the book down, and they stay with you long after you've finished reading it. From the main protagonists, Thorne and his girlfriend, other coppers and potential victims, to a supporting cast of friends and the serial killer himself, it all looks like a pointillist's painting: from a distance it is alive and colorful; as you get closer all the rich and expertly drawn details are revealed.
One of the great things about Mark Billingham (one of my favourite UK authors) is that he actually gets better with each book. Most writers aspire to that but it's already a challenge just to keep up with constant quality and originality. After writing seven novels in his terrific DI Thorne series, Billingham came out with a standalone book titled In the Dark; simply his best book yet. I don't know if it's because he could finally get away from a certain pressure or restraint of writing about and for his Thorne character, but I felt that Billingham just let loose in this one; he delivered a great piece of crime fiction, one of the best from the UK in the last three or four years. He deservedly received comparisons with George Pelecanos and Richard Price for that one. It might be difficult for him to keep getting better but right now Mark Billingham is sitting right beside the Connellys, Lippmans, Rankins, etc. He's earned it and I think he'll stay there for a good while.
Billingham followed In the Dark with Bloodline, a more than satisfying book for the patient readers who like to approach a plot from different angles; the suspense grows slowly and surely towards the last 60 pages where it becomes a heart-pounding race for the killer. Billingham has built a brilliant, intricate plot full of emotionally charged moments: the late into the night talk that Thorne has with Carol Chamberlain, him finally opening up about the loss of the baby, about his fears and uncertainties regarding fatherhood, her telling him about her husband's rapidly failing health due to cancer and how she welcomes any work that will take her away from a dying man; also, Thorne's and Porter's moments at the hospital and at home, how they each personally felt about their loss and their relationship; the breathless moments of Debbie Mitchell and her son Jason both at home and running away, and of course the chase and the investigation bring their own moment of suspense and intensity.
Bloodline is almost perfect.
The only thing that bothered me a little was the killer's journal. A few segments dispersed throughout the book where we enter his mind. Although they were well written, I didn't learn much from these nor did it change my perception of the killer nor reinforce the suspense of the story, except when we learn his true identity, right before Thorne and the rest of the police force do. That moment was brilliant and a true surprise. The other journal excerpts only slowed the pace of the story for me, and I found myself reading them quickly. I don't think Bloodline would have been poorer without these segments. After all, there were only 5 or 6 of them, usually only 2 or 3 pages long, so it's not much out of a 460-page novel. Aside from that, Billingham had my attention at all times.
DI Thorne is back again in From the Dead, published in August 2010 in the UK where the book has just been put on the long-list for the Theakston's Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year Award, an award that Billingham won twice before (in 2005 for Lazybones and two years ago for Death Message). The book is also available in Canada but probably won't be in the US until next year. In the meantime, if you're not convinced about Mark Billingham (and even if you are) go read this piece called "Why Mark Billingham is a Badass" written by George Pelecanos:
You can also visit Mark Billingham at: www.markbillingham.com
JF (May 2011)
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In January 2009, I had an idea; photograph people in their homes that have placed a wide variety of personal advertisements. Although I imagined most people wouldn't want to give up their anonymity, I rightly imagined some would be willing to. And with that de-classified was born.
Over the past couple of months, since I conceived de-classified I had the amazing experience of spending time with 50 plus people I wouldn't have normally had the opportunity to meet. We have, for the most part, met in their homes and usually worked one-on-one creating an image of them.
The vast majority of those experiences have been both beautiful and intriguing.
When I began the project, I anticipated that by the time I got to 50, I would have captured a fairly complete representation of what was to be had. But now that I've hit that milestone, it is very obvious that I've barely touched the surface. Perhaps when I've completed another 200 I'll be closer to what has become my internal true north for the project – an exhibit that represents the human condition.
Through the anonymity of personal advertisements an amazing array and spectrum of human emotions, needs and experiences shows up – love, lust, anger, fantasy, and pain are just the first few to come to mind.
The intention of combining the images with the ads hopefully will give the viewer a very intriguing view of each subject. Adding the ability for the viewer and community at large to anonymously view and comment on each pieces hopefully will ad another interesting layer.
My immense thanks to each of the individuals that agreed to allow me to work with them to create these images and expose so much of themselves.
Thank you for looking. I hope you're pleased.


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Apps comparison can be difficult and especially when considering similar popular apps that present the same functionality to users. You have to consider the finer details to come up with distinctive variation to conclude that a certain app is the best compared to another. Birthday calendar reminders are popular apps which present almost similar usability, functionality and design to mobile users. It therefore becomes a task to single out the best app in the market and what really makes it the best Birthday calendar reminders app among others. Obviously, there are many popular Birthday calendar reminders app in the market but we'll evaluate Birthday Calendar Pal versus My Calendar Mobile to see which one scores highly on given factors such as usability, functionality, compatibility, design and layout.
Platform Compatibility
On platform and OS compatibility, both app are designed for Apple and they offer compatibility on iPhone and iPod touch. My Calendar Mobile app requires iOS 5.0 or later while Birthday Calendar Pal requires iOS 4.3 or later so, that means if you have an iPhone running on iOS 4.3, you will be able to install and use Birthday Calendar Pal which is an advantage. Consider a situation where you may be operating two mobile devices, a lower version and a higher version. Though app cost here is manageable, it would have been different with costly software.
Design and layout
Design and layout is one of the popular app features with users, it directly connect with their preferences and likes. On UI, My Calendar Mobile has a mixture of green, red and black on interface but some screen features like birthday alerts are completely in black, birthday theme in black? Birthday Calendar Pal comes with a purple and green silky color blending and the interface including alert screen is truly intuitive and professionally done. Not many app users will choose black for birthday, personally I won't.
So, on design and layout, it is a plus for Birthday Calendar Pal.
App Usability
Usability is the measure of how easy to use an app is in the eyes of users. For example, does the app provide extra information on tasks or does it come with some form of flexibility. Birthday Calendar Pal comes with attractive contextual icons for various alerts and notifications which create a far superior usability compared to My Calendar Mobile. Birthday events are glossily bolded with a silk informative highlight which clearly does not compare to the red or black borderline provided on My Calendar Mobile. When you compare Birthday Calendar Pal versus My Calendar Mobile on usability, that connection of an interactive interface is lacking in My Calendar Mobile.
App functionality
The ability to delivery service is a key feature of every app and users become increasingly irritated when they download a popular app only to find it is limited on some key functionality. While some app will only stop at delivering the bare minimum, others go overboard to provide added array of solutions making them complete in functionality. It is no doubt that Birthday Calendar Pal goes overboard in functionality when compared to My Calendar Mobile. Using Birthday Calendar Pal, you will be able to schedule incoming birthdays more quickly and ahead of time than when using My Calendar Mobile.
Birthday Calendar Pal is also loaded with extra management tools with hundreds of greeting card combos to make your birthday messages unique and special better than what is offered in My Calendar Mobile. Users will experience a sense of great value knowing that they can access and send birthday cards on-the-go, more like having greeting card store on your iPhone. That is one of the clear distinctive functionality features that you will get on Birthday Calendar Pal. I find My Calendar Mobile limited on functionality and extra added value as a Birthday calendar reminders app on iTunes and definitely, I would recommend Birthday Calendar Pal as the best Birthday calendar reminders app here. To read another Birthday Calendar Pal review click here.


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Hello and welcome to ExamPundit. Here are the Important Current Affairs of 7th September, 2015. These are important for IBPS PO V.
World –
NPCI launches new
RuPay credit cards co-branded with Mudra Bank
RuPay credit cards co-branded with Mudra Bank
- In a move to increase penetration of RuPay Cards, soon
National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) will roll out a new credit card
that will be co-branded with Mudra Bank. It is also in the final stage of
discussion with China UnionPay and Japan-based JCB Co., Ltd, which would allow
RuPay card holders to use their cards in other parts of the world.
- Meanwhile, NPCI is also planning to raise around Rs 100
crore through private placement by end of this year.
- RuPay Card is an Indian version of credit/debit card. It is
very similar to international cards such as Visa/Master. National Payments
Corporation of India (NPCI) initiated the launch of RuPay card in India.
- M Balachandran, chairman, NPCI said it has already tied-up
with Discover Network Merchants, which is the third largest in US and Europe,
and now is in the final stages of talks with JCB (Japan Credit Bureau) and
China UnionPay.
Reliance Defence
signs MoU with Abu Dhabi Ship Building
signs MoU with Abu Dhabi Ship Building
- Reliance Defence Ltd. (RDL), a wholly-owned subsidiary of
Anil Ambani-led Reliance Infrastructure Ltd. has signed a memorandum of understanding
(MoU) with Abu Dhabi Ship Building (ADSB) to explore an opportunity to set up a
strategic partnership for the construction of naval ships including frigates,
destroyers and other specialised vessels to address the needs of Gulf
Cooperation Council (GCC) over the next 10 years.
- ADSB is a leading provider of construction, repair and refit
services for naval, military and commercial vessels in the GCC region.
- Both RDL and ADSB are believed to be incorporating a joint
venture, which will encompass both construction of new naval vessels as well as
maintenance, repair and overhaul and refit opportunities of existing commercial
and naval vessels in the region. Reliance Defence will be the majority partner
in this proposed joint venture with 51 per cent stake, according to people
familiar with the development.
DRDO names first
female Director General J Manjula
female Director General J Manjula
- In a first, the Defence Research and Development
Organisation (DRDO), will have a woman scientist heading an important cluster
with the high rank of a Director General.
- J Manjula, has been appointed the new Director General (DG –
Electronics & Communications Systems or ECS) today. She will be one of the
seven DG's, who are heading different clusters within the DRDO, which has
nearly 50 national laboratories and Institutes under its network.
- A recognised expert in electronic warfare systems for Air
Force, Manjula is an Outstanding Scientist and Director of Bengaluru-based
DARE, Defence Avionics Research Establishment.
- She brings vast experience in EW systems, following a long
stint with the Hyderabad-based, DLRL (Defence Electronics Research Laboratory),
which is a pioneer in EW systems and cutting edge communications.
Prime Minister Modi
inaugurated extension of Delhi Metro Line till Faridabad
inaugurated extension of Delhi Metro Line till Faridabad
- Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 6 September 2015 inaugurated
the extension of Delhi Metro connecting Badarpur to Escorts Mujesar in
- This extension till Faridabad, an industrial hub in Haryana
would allow hassle-free travel for around two lakh daily commuters between the national
capital and the industrial hub in Haryana.
- The total cost of the project from Badarpur to Escorts
Mujesar was to the tune of 2500 crore rupees.
- Out of this, 1557 crore rupees was borne by the Haryana
Government, while 537 crore rupees was contributed by the Union Government and
400 crore rupees was spent by Delhi Metro.
Bala Tripura Sundari
Devi Temple renovated under India-Nepal Economic programme inaugurated
Devi Temple renovated under India-Nepal Economic programme inaugurated
- Indian Ambassador to Nepal, Ranjit Rae on 5 September 2015
inaugurated the newly renovated Bala Tripura Sundari Devi Temple at Tripurakot.
It is situated on the bank of glacial river Thuli Bheri in Dolpa district of
- The temple was constructed with 33.3 million Nepali rupees
financial support from the Indian government.
- Shree Bala Tripura Sundari Devi Temple is a historic
structure said to be more than 900 years old, having great socio-cultural
relevance in the life of the people of the Dolpa district. The renovation of
the temple has upgraded the old structure with improved facilities for 20000
pilgrims visiting the temple every year.
World –
Chinese, Pakistani
forces launch joint air drill called 'Shaheen (Eagle)-4'
forces launch joint air drill called 'Shaheen (Eagle)-4'
- Chinese and Pakistani forces on Sunday launched a joint air
drill, a military spokesperson announced.
- The Chinese contingent includes fighter jets, fighter
bombers and early warning planes while Pakistan has dispatched fighter jets and
early warning planes for the military exercise, Air Force spokesperson Shen
Jinke said.
- Shen, however, did not mention how long the drill would last,
Xinhua news agency reported.
- The joint exercise called "Shaheen (Eagle)-4" is
part of a series of military exchange programmes between the two air forces,
Shen said, adding that China's air force was willing to expand the scope of
cooperation with various countries.
- The first such drill was held in Pakistan in March 2011, the
second in China's western Xinjiang Uygur region in September 2013.
& Authors –
& Authors –
To the Brink and
Back: India's 1991 Story by Jairam Ramesh
Back: India's 1991 Story by Jairam Ramesh
- The book titled To the Brink and Back: India's 1991 Story
was in news in the first week of September 2015. It was written by former Union
Environment and Forest Minister (Independent Charge) Jairam Ramesh.
- The book deals with fast-paced changes in the economic
sector introduced by the duo P V Narasimha Rao and Manmohan Singh in 1991.
- It was the first hand account in the sense it narrates
author's observations when he was part of the Prime Minister's Office (PMO)
during first 90 days of the Narasimha Rao's government.
- It also holds key documents and notes, placed for the first
time in the public domain; the personal papers of Narasimha Rao; private
conversations with Manmohan Singh; Parliament proceedings; and the minutes of
seminal Congress meetings.
Shane Watson retired
from Test cricket
from Test cricket
- Australian all-rounder Shane Watson announced his retirement
from Test cricket on 6 September 2015. He announced his retirement immediately
after his calf injury cut short his one-day international tour of Britain.
- He stated that he will continue his international career in
the One-Day Internationals and Twenty20 Internationals.
- 34-year-old Watson's 10-year Test career came to an end at
the Ashes opener at Cardiff, which England won by 169 runs. His 30 and 19 with
the bat and failure in taking a wicket made him to lose his place for the rest
of the series.
Expected Questions on Stock GK:
Expected Questions on Stock GK:
1. Omkareshwar Temple
is located in which state?
is located in which state?
– Madhya Pradesh
2. Maharaja Bir Bikram
College Stadium is in which city/state?
College Stadium is in which city/state?
– Agartala, Tripura
3. Narora Atomic
Power Station is located in which state?
Power Station is located in which state?
– Uttar Pradesh
4. International
Mango Festival is hosted in which state/country?
Mango Festival is hosted in which state/country?
– Delhi, India
5. What is the
official currency of Jordan?
official currency of Jordan?
– Jordanian dinar
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The Dark Omen Campaign
the Dread King cometh
Updated: 12th May, 1998
You return to Altdorf with news of your victory and learn of your last mission: to the Southern Wastes to confront the Dread King. The Emperor bequeathes you the Runefang, a Dwarven Sword that penetrates armor and metes out 2x damage to undead troops. Oh Yes, and you also get the Imperial Steam Tank!
Mission #26 The Black Pyramid
Aye the Mother of all Battles. And essentially the scenario works roughly like this:
To the North of your box is the Dread King at his doorstep. And running down South, from his Pyramind are 3 smaller pyramids on his right and left. And each pyramind houses a unit of Mummies.
Further South from the Dread King are 2 units Mummies and a Necromancer. The Necro really packs a wallop this time around; he's armed with some dreadful spell that seem to suck the very lives out of my men. So make him a priority target during battle!
To the NW and NE are 1 unit Screaming Skull Launchers. And each guarded by at least a unit Skeleton Archers. A bit further down is another SSL also guarded by archers.
And closer to home are: lots of mummies and lots of skeletons for you to fend off. Aye, I lost count amidst all the chaos :-) Just remember to use your map which provides 100% battle information; where the enemy is headed, which enemy is routing, which unit of yours is idle, how many guys left in melee, are they kicking ass or getting creamed?, which unit needs your intervention etc.
I could really use a Cold Spell, unfortunately this long range 'twister' wasn't available for the Ice Mage. For those who have the Book of Ashur, you might(?) get this cos I missed the book in my campaign. I figured if you do, then the idea is to guard your Ice mage at all costs during the 1st wave of attackers and once that's over, you just toss your 'twisters' up North and freeze as many bad guys as you can
But If you're unlucky like the rest of us, here's what you can do to survive this last mission
I won't go in detail on what I equip all my men with, but for my favorite units :
Grudgebringer Cavalry - GSword/Horn of Urgok/Banner of Arcane Warding : Always blow your horn, that keeps units from routing. And your Banner shud keep u safe from the Necro.
Ice Mage - Wand of Jet/Staff of Osiris : The staff is great for zapping the Necromancer when he gets close
Ogres - Stormsword : These guys kick ass with the Stormsword
Ragnar Wolves - Runefang/SpellEater : The Spelleater shud channel the enemy spells to your Ice Mage
Woodevlves Archers - Shield of Ptolos : They shud be able to hold their ground against the large numbers of enemy archers
Pistoliers - Dragon Helm, Banner of Wrath : They're fast, they have guns, they can call down lightning strikes, and they're fire-proof. What more cud you ask !
And the Imperial Greatswords - Heart of Woe. yes, send them cartwheeling up to Dread's Welcome Mat and EXPLODE. In my 2 games I saw they took out 1/3 of every Mummy unit in melee w them. Why the Greatswords? well they're quite tough and will go down fighting; taking as many of the undead w them before taking out the rest in a bluish ball of flame. Btw if u do this the enemy will return the favor later, cos the Heart of Woe does not get destroyed :-(
And this also sends down the Dread King to your box. He's not that tough and my steam tank made short work of the guy. He will, like all the other Undead try and "charge" the tank failing which he will just stick around v close and you quickly either try and run him over or hit him w your cannon. Nope, the battle doesnt end with his death. You still have to wipe out every enemy unit on the map
The Steam Tank rools. No matter how badly you do here the Steam Tank will always outlive every other unit on the battlefield. Simply because the enemy cant hurt the tank, w exception of the Necro, SSLs and the Dread King firing spells. So if you keep the Tank in your Box, he can happily run over those pesky archers and mummies for you.
Once the enemy attack subsides, you can "safely" go for the SSL's. Your Cavalry, Pistoliers or Steam Tank shud pull it off easy. First I took out the SSL furthest NE with my gallant regiment of Pistoliers. And then in all honesty, all I needed was my tank to run over the remaining SSLs and archers.
Do this, send your tank up North but under cover of the 3 pyramids to the West. Sneak in from behind the NW SSLs and archers who will be looking South towards your other units, and mash them under your treads. The SSL from the NE will try and hit you but as long as you keep moving your tank u shud be safe. Then go for the NE site as well. My tank got 2790 exp but it was very slow work. Fortunately the SSLs suck at hitting my molasses slow Steam Tank.
Um that's it folks! Sit back and watch the Victory cutscene.
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Permission has not been granted by the state government for construction or repair works in Kashmir, in touring destinations of Pahalgam and Srinagar since 2009. The Kashmir valley is witnessing a huge crisis in the tourism infrastructure in the last couple of tourist seasons. The influx of tourists is getting larger and Kashmir is faced with crisis as it is unable to offer hotels and accommodations to the huge number of tourists.There has been an increase in the number of tourists visiting the scenic valley, which rose from 10.02 million in 2010 to 12.24 million in 2011. A major part of the increase in the number of tourists is accounted by the number of foreigners that has inflated to sixty eight thousand in 2011 from forty six thousand in 2010. The number of tourists visiting Jammu & Kashmir created a new record with the number of tourists touching 14 lakhs, in which 1275000 were domestic while the remaining were foreigners. It was the most successful year so far in the history of tourism in the state. The official estimates hold that Kashmir is visited by around 4000 or 5000 tourists in a day. This number further doubles during the season of pilgrimage to Amarnath, the holy shrine.
With the improvement of the situation, the state government held consultation with the union tourism ministry and this not only caused the tourists but also Bollywood to return. The Director of the department of tourism in Jammu & Kashmir, Talat Parveez, has pointed out the fact that the present occupancy in Srinagar is 80% while that in Pahalgam, Sonmarg, and Gulmarg "is almost full". In spite of the curfew and the 30-day strike, following hanging of Mohammad Afzal Guru on February 9, this year inside the Tihar Jail in Delhi, the state government remains optimistic about the tourists visiting the state. The state believes that more such records should be created in the present year.
What the tourists mostly complain about is the lack of proper facilities at the accommodation as compared to the other tourist destinations. The management of such hotels and accommodations that are privatized are beyond the control of the government and hence are fixed at sky-reaching prices. The prices of the budget hotels have also risen up to double, while the flight costs have tripled. The time taken for traveling to South East Asia is the same as that taken from Delhi to Kashmir.
Proper accommodation lacked such smaller towns as Gulmarg, which was chosen as the "All Season Destination of the World" by PATWA last year. The ski resort holds a capacity of 1400 rooms whereas Gulmarg receives more than 10000 tourists in the peak touring season. Another much famous holiday resort is Pahalgam in south Kashmir. This also offers the way to the pilgrimage at the Amarnath. There are over fifteen hundred rooms, but they are insufficient to hold the millions of pilgrims who stay in the tents on the banks.


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Rethinking the bathtub for universal design
Cheuk, Jennifer
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Body cleansing is an integral part of people's everyday life. Between five and seven percent of people over the age of 65 experience problems when using the bathroom. Some investigators have postulated that disability in older persons can further occur when there is a gap, mismatch, or poor fit between personal capabilities and environmental demands. Current bathing fixtures do not support people with limited ability, and so the current bathing environment perpetuates bathing disability. Furthermore, because assistive bathing technology is meant for one particular user, it can impede other users when they need to bathe. A consequence of this is that the assistive bathing technology could be abandoned. The purpose of this study is to design and evaluate a bathtub for body cleansing regardless of an individual's physical ability and allow for all stakeholders to use the tub within the same space.


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Raf Typhoon: 'Bad planning' added billions to jet costs
The RAF's Typhoon fighter jets have each cost 75% more than predicted, according to a spending watchdog.
The National Audit Office said the increase was because of bad planning and over-optimism at the Ministry of Defence.
The number of planes ordered has been reduced, but the bill for development and production has risen by 20% to £20.2bn.
The government says it has learned lessons and has improved its practices.
The UK originally ordered 232 Eurofighter Typhoons in the mid-1980s, but this was reduced to 160.
It has been suggested that RAF Typhoons based in Cyprus could be involved in policing any no-fly zone over Libya.
Deep-rooted problems
The National Audit Office (NAO) estimates that each individual aircraft is now 75% more expensive than originally anticipated.
It says the joint management deal with Germany, Italy and Spain led to problems obtaining spares, and meant the RAF had problems fully training pilots.
The head of the NAO, Amyas Morse, said there were still "difficult and deep-rooted problems" to be overcome by the MoD.
"Key investment decisions were taken on an over-optimistic basis," he said, "and the department did not predict the substantial rate at which costs would rise. None of this suggests good cost control, a key determinant of value for money."
The NAO report says Typhoons are performing well in air-to-air missions, but that work on adapting the jets for ground attack is unlikely to be complete until 2018.
Until the jet's full multi-role capability is achieved, it says, the MoD will not have secured value for money.
The Commons public accounts committee also said recently that the MoD had to address procurement delays and overspending.
Defence Equipment Minister Peter Luff said the MoD and the Eurofighter consortium had learned from past problems, and improvements had been made.
"The four partner nations are working hard together to ensure their project management continues to match the excellence of the Typhoon," he said.
"The defence secretary has announced reforms to prevent future delays and cost overruns in defence procurement, ensuring our armed forces are properly equipped and tax-payers get value for money."
Former Labour Chancellor Alistair Darling said there needed to be a "hell of a big improvement" in the Ministry of Defence procurement process.


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This past Saturday we had the privilege of filming a very sweet wedding. Mandy and Rich were married at The Rhinecliff Hotel in a ceremony overlooking the Hudson River. Though it began as a rainy day, the sun came out as the ceremony progressed, but nothing shinned brighter than their faces that day!
One of the best moments in the day were their personal vows to each other. They were heartfelt, sweet and pure. Nothing makes a ceremony more personal than your own words to each other. As many weddings as we film, we never tire of hearing the words of genuine love, joy and commitment that come straight from the hearts and minds of our couples. Personally written vows inject emotion in a way that no much else can. Today I wanted to share their beautiful vows to each other and the brilliant way that Mandy and Rich met the challenge of getting married along the river so close to the train tracks.
If you watched this clip, please let us know what you think. Leave a comment on the blog or on our Facebook post. If you like what you watched, we would love it if you would like us.
I'm sure there will be more posts to come from this wedding!
Congratulations to Mandy + Rich!!
The Production Team:
Location: The Rhinecliff Hotel, Rhinecliff, NY
Event Planner: Angela, Elite Wedding and Event Planning, Saugerties, NY
DJ: Dave, A Perfect Blend Entertainment,