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Bright Lights, Big City - I know, during the day, it seems drab and ugly, but at night the city is beautiful. I love living among the bright lights. I am young and beautiful, and I can do everything. I look out over the city from a high balcony and I enjoy life. I am quite happy to have sex there on the balcony. I can do it anywhere. I do not mind if anyone sees, I quite like it really. I know I am a sexy young babe. I like my figure, I know I look good. I know I especially look good, when I am naked, when a guy is having sex with me. I can do whatever you want, where ever you want. I do not know why you want to have sex on the staircase, but why not. No one saw me there, because everyone takes the lift. You could have had sex with me in the lift. You took me to your apartment, locked me up and gave me a piece of plastic to play with. And I did play with the plastic, and I did enjoy it. With you watching. With the drapes closed. But really the best was being on the balcony. Watching the world, and the world watching me. Because I am small and glorious, and I shine in the middle of the night, high in definition on video.
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Don't mention the traffic circles… or water
Ten Years On: Diary of an Immigrant
Three weeks ago, The Province published Diary of an Immigrant – Ten Years On. It was a follow-up to the series I had published in 2003 and 2004 after arriving in Canada as a new immigrant. The Diary series was intended to be a humorous, slightly wry look at my experiences as I battled various obstacles; bureaucratic and personal. My recent article was also intended to be humorous, but it somehow morphed into a bit of a tirade. After ten years of living here, I felt qualified to rant about certain things: the cost of living, accent mocking and roundabouts. I tried to make it fairly innocuous and inoffensive, as well as balanced (I also mentioned the good things about my move here), but it seems that however hilarious I thought it was, some readers did not agree. As a result, an angry mob appeared at my door carrying pitchforks. I may be over-dramatising here. What actually happened was that I received a few irate e-mails. Two things struck me, though from the tone of some of the e-mails, I am sure those readers would have been happier if there had been more than two things that struck me; preferably heavy things. One thing I noticed is that the people who felt the need to "complain" didn't seem to notice the positive, or humorous, side of my piece. The other thing that struck me is that those people, mostly, were what I like to call – wrong.
I happened to mention in my piece that drivers seem to be unsure how to use roundabouts here. Anyone who knows me (and I am sure they regret that enormously) know that my favourite hobby is educating people on the use of roundabouts. I have been known to deliberately drive around my local roundabout several times a day, trying to teach the unfortunate people driving behind me that when exiting the roundabout, they must signal to show other drivers where they are going. I do this by driving around the roundabout very slowly, then deliberately moving my indicator to its upward position in an overly dramatic fashion as I make my exit, whilst staring intently in my rear-view mirror as if trying to convey my superior driving skills to the driver behind. It rarely works, and I know this because I have a camera installed in my car so I can watch my unwitting students as they leave the roundabout behind me.
I am providing this as a kind of free community service. It is unbelievable to me that drivers scoot round these things and just suddenly shoot off without any warning. Oh, I haven't even got started on this, but really I am starting to bore even myself. The point is, I received an e-mail from someone who gave me a lesson in the difference between roundabouts and "traffic circles" and informed me that you do not in fact need to signal when leaving a traffic circle, though you do need to signal when you leave a roundabout. Right. OK then. So, what, exactly, is the difference between a roundabout and a traffic circle? And why do we need both? And who named this ridiculous, confusing, superfluous "traffic circle"? Please don't email me to answer any of those questions. It's kind of irrelevant. To pass my rigid roundabout testing, my unwitting students will need to signal on both circles and rounds.
Accent: I moaned in my article about people mocking my accent. The people who felt the need to defend or explain this to me were suggesting in their correspondence that when people who I don't know repeat what I say in their false British accent, they are in fact complimenting me. They are doing it out of respect or sometimes even reverence. Wrong! They are doing it because I sound different to them. And as I have pointed out to the e-mail writers who suggested this to me, the accent mockers would not dare to do this to a Chinese or Indian person. One e-mailer even suggested that perhaps I don't speak properly, which is why I am mocked. Ironically, after receiving this particular e-mail, I actually could not speak properly for quite some time. My words were coming out in a mixture of swearing and spitting.
Cost of living
I mentioned in my rant that I find living here extremely expensive, compared to living in England. I was not talking about tourism – which in London is particularly extortionate – I was talking about cost of living, and to illustrate this, I am pretty sure I mentioned cost of living type things – utilities, insurance, groceries etc. My favourite e-mail was from someone who felt the need to point out that I was probably forgetting to convert pounds to dollars before making a comparison. Because pounds are, like, three-quarters of what a dollar is, so obviously everything would seem cheaper – three-quarters of the price in fact! And back in 2003 when I moved here, a pound worked out to less than half of a dollar, and so based on this logic, everything was half price!
OK, now I feel I have gone on another rant, and I will probably have to go through the whole thing again. I would like to publicly state that these topics are now closed for debate. Unless of course I need to mention them again. But I won't. I promise my next entry will be non-confrontational, non-offensive, and will not mention roundabouts. Or even traffic circles.


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Another Gold Medal For New Zealand Squash Team15 Apr 2018
It was the 16th match for Kiwi squash player Joelle King who has played every day of the Commonwealth Games, but every match has been worth it as the 29-yearold from Cambridge finished with two gold medals and one bronze.
Her latest medal was in the women's doubles where she teamed with Rotorua's Amanda Landers-Murphy to defeat the defending champs Joshna Chinappa and Dipika Pallikal Karthik of India 11-9, 11-8 in 22 minutes.
King had previously won the women's doubles gold medal with Jackie Hawkes at the Dehli Commonwealth Games, but on the Gold Coast she has a gold from singles, a bronze from mixed with Paul Coll and a gold with Landers-Murphy.
For King, the effects of all of her matches hadn't quite registered on her body yet.
"I'm actually feeling alright at the moment...when you play such a big match on such an occasion and come up on top it's easy to feel on top. I wanted three gold to be honest but to win two gold and a bronze is pretty special," said King who was in high praise for her partner who excelled in the semis and final in particular hitting vital winners.
"She's the dark horse in the team the quiet achiever I'm just proud she has put in the effort and got us through. She carried me through the week, when I was flat she lifted me. I was in awe of her. We play our best when we are relaxed and aggressive."
"We were pretty excited for the game today," said Landers-Murphy who was praised for her shot making, but was typically bashful. "At the time it doesn't really process I guess. As Joey said it's a team effort the only way I can play those shots is because of the pressure she puts on other people."
During the final the Kiwi pair had a significant lead in the first game 8-4 which was pulled back to 9-8 and then 10-9, however King and Landers-Murphy forced a mistake from their rivals.
In the second game they again raced to a big lead, 6-3 and again found the Indian pair coming back. But a stroke to New Zealand to go ahead 9-7 and a winner by Landers Murphy gave the Kiwis a 10-7 lead. They dropped one more point but then won as the Indians called for a let which was not given by the referee.
King will fly to Egypt for the big World Series El Gouna PSA tournament worth US$165,00 in each each draw early Monday morning along with teammate Coll. Coll won the other medal for the New Zealand team with a silver in the men's singles.
The full seven-player New Zealand team was King (Cambridge), Landers-Murphy (Rotorua), Coll (Greymouth), Campbell Grayson (Auckland), Evan Williams (Wellington), Lance Beddoes (Auckland) and Zac Millar (Kapiti, Wellington), coach Glen Wilson, manager Wayne Werder.
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It might not seem like that to you, when you are enjoying the wildlife and vistas of African savannah and jungle, but your safari adventure plays a vital role in the African economy.
Without it, many African countries may not have been able to build the infrastructures that they have today.
This kind of travel can have an effect on everything – from GDP to conservation to poaching limitations.
Let's see where you can actually help by having the time of your life!
Here is How Safari Tourism Helps the African Economy:
Safari countries generally attract more international investments, which causes an increase in the Return on Investment (ROI) in these countries.
Hotel chains expand, restaurants explode with business during peak seasons, and other formal and informal businesses all reap the benefits that an influx of tourists brings to their communities.
Job Creation
Due to the increase in hotels, as well the influx of consumers at restaurants and other businesses in the areas surrounding the national parks, tourism accounts for an estimated one in every twenty jobs in East and Southern Africa.
While many of these jobs are seasonal, the tourism and hospitality industry does well all year-round. When new hotels open, new staff will be needed to fill it. The same applies to restaurants and even game drives.
If a national park has an increase in safari-goers during peak season, then it may need extra rangers and guides during this time.
Conservation and Biodiversity
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With a steady income due to tourists, many national parks and reserves can consistently improve their conservation efforts of both wildlife and vegetation.
Such conservation efforts include rhino reserves, breeding programmes and endangered species sections in certain parks.
Cultural Awareness
Many safari tours include day visits with local African cultures, and in many instances, you will be interacting with these unique people as they go about their daily lives.
In Lesotho, you can visit a Shaman and then spend a night being entertained by local choirs. In Swaziland, you can interact with the Swazi people and try your hand at day-to-day activities, and in Kenya, you can visit the famous Maasai people.
Interacting with local cultures helps to ensure that they don't end up dying out like so many other African cultures throughout history.
You may think that there is no correlation between tourism and poaching but there is. When tourism decreases, poaching increases.
The reason for this is quite simple: when a country has high safari activity, poaching is less likely, due to the higher likelihood of poachers getting caught. Tourists protect wildlife with their very presence.
Another problem with a decline in tourism is that it causes a decline in revenue, which in turn reduces the anti-poaching patrols due to insufficient funds.
Top African Safari Destinations
- Tanzania
- Kenya
- Botswana
- Namibia
- Rwanda
- South Africa
- Mozambique
- Uganda
- Zambia
- Zimbabwe
Namibia is home to one of the largest rhino populations in the world, and Rwanda and Uganda are incredibly popular due to their Mountain Gorilla populations, while Tanzania and Kenya are famous for their roles in the annual Great Wildebeest Migration.
In Botswana, you can see the black-maned Kalahari lion, while Mozambique provides both wildlife and marine life.
South Africa is home to the Kruger National Park, with its wonderfully large Big Five populations, and Zimbabwe is home to the magnificent Victoria Falls.
Africa offers wonderful sights and experiences for everyone – and has safaris suited for first-time safari-goers and experienced adventures alike.
Photo by Wade Lambert on Unsplash
In fact, there are many national parks, which are family-friendly, such as Lake Nakuru National Park in Kenya and the big game parks (Mkhaya Game Reserve, Hlane Royal National Park, Malolotja Nature Reserve and Mlilwane Wildlife Sanctuary) in Swaziland.
If you've decided that you want to help Africa, then why not visit the beautiful country on a safari?
Pick an African destination, and then choose a credible tour operator. It is always best to visit as part of an organised safari tour, as the operator will arrange all transportation for the duration of your stay – and sometimes even the accommodation.
Another plus for choosing an organised tour is that you can give the operator your preferences (such as bird watching or cultural tours) and they will do their utmost to accommodate you.
Going on a safari is a great way to help Africa, by boosting its economy and aiding in the fight against poaching.
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This article has been written by Safari Reviews. All written content and opinions expressed herein have been externally written and researched and are featured on my blog with my express consent.
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Author: Tamlyn Ryan
Content writer by day and blogger by night, Tamlyn Ryan passionately runs her own travel blog, called Tamlyn Amber Wanderlust, from her home base of Cape Town, South Africa. And, despite a national diploma in Journalism, in her free time, Tamlyn's preferred niche remains travel writing.
Tamlyn is a hopeless wanderer, equipped with an endless passion for road trips, carefully planned, holiday itineraries and, above all else, an innate love for the great outdoors.


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Oxfordshire, 14th April 2016 – Medelinked, the online health platform that empowers healthcare engagement and management, now features the Medelinked Symptom Checker integrated as part of the Medelinked mobile health app for Android and iOS. The Medelinked Symptom Checker is also now offered via a single aggregated Open API as part of the Medelinked Partner Development Programme for integration in third party products and services.
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The Program is designed to accelerate the global development and adoption of medical, wellness and fitness apps, devices and sensors by healthcare consumers and service. It allows developers to take advantage of Medelinked's decade of experience in the mHealth marketplace and the ever-expanding Medelinked ecosystem of already connected wearables, healthcare and commercial applications.
Medelinked Symptom Checker enhances the capabilities of Medelinked, where individuals are able to create a health profile online that is secure and connect and share their health record with their network of trusted health partners and providers (including doctors, dentists, physiotherapists, trainers, insurers and clinical researchers).
Examples of the type of health information that can be sent to and received from a Medelinked account include medical reports, consultation notes, blood results, x-rays, scans etc.
Health records may be displayed by Medelinked Health Snapshot, which can be displayed on a PC, Apple Mac or any iOS or Android tablet or smartphone, enables both doctor and patient to use the Medelinked Partner Health Portal to be partners in health management.
Medelinked Health Snapshot supplies an easy and quick to read and interpret single common graphical view crucial to supporting current health state information numbers such as: blood glucose and cholesterol levels; calorie intake; weight; waist size; exercise levels and blood pressure as well as featuring contacts details and space for the patient to describe their symptoms and wellness.
Medelinked Personal Health Timeline allows doctors and healthcare professionals to get a rapid overview of their patient or client's history - including medical reports, records, messages, x-rays and DICOM scans. All are presented in a simple, clear, linear and familiar social timeline manner increasing the time doctors and healthcare professional have to focus on their patients and clients.
Medelinked also enables doctors and healthcare professionals to engage securely with their patients and clients via email, voice, text, video and instant messaging. This gives them real time interaction for faster and more effective consultations, recommendations and review as well as preventing unnecessary appointments that could be dealt with remotely.
As part of connecting, communicating and collaborating securely in real time with all of their patients and clients that have a Medelinked health account doctors and health professionals can also receive documents and health partner share requests from existing Medelinked patient and client members, enabling them to connect into their network.
According to Medelinked CEO, Ian Gallifant: "With the integration of Medelinked Health Checker and release of the Medelinked Health Checker aggregated open API the digital health revolution has taken another step forward. There is now a clear multi-stage integrated and connected digital pathway not only for people to take control of their health but for patients and medical professionals to engage in the most efficient and effective way from initial diagnosis through to treatment, so improving quality of care delivery and outcomes."
Leveraging mobile technology and the cloud, Medelinked technology aims to increase health care effectiveness.
Medelinked Health Cloud and API is the leading platform already powering some of the best mHealth applications allowing developers to create a series of new applications that deliver real health benefits to the end user and healthcare professionals.
Using Medelinked individuals are able to create a health profile online that is secure and connect and share their health record with their network of trusted health partners and providers (including doctors, dentists, physiotherapists, trainers, insurers, clinical researchers).
Managing all health data in one place helps individuals securely track, monitor and improve their health state, ensuring their latest health data is accessed and enabling the provision of best possible care, keeping individuals in control of their own health.
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Episode #203: We Did Four Years. Can We Do Five? Place Your Bets.Saturday, November 26th, 2016
We start our fifth year of internetting with more tributes (because tributes will always be with us) plus more of our favorites. One of us and several of you have birthdays, and that's always nice. Most of us have had a big meal and watched a lot of television by now so it's time for something different. Music and leftovers. Please download this. I hope we didn't do all this work on a holiday for nothing.
(0:00:00) Jean-Jacques Perrey, Gershon Kingsley — Main Street Electrical Parade (Disneyland (1979))
(0:05:10) Your DJs Open the Program
(0:14:03) Jean-Jacques Perrey, Gershon Kingsley — Computer in Love
(0:16:11) Jean-Jacques Perrey, Gershon Kingsley — Swan's Splashdown
(0:18:28) Jean-Jacques Perrey — Hello Dolly
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|Winter lantern Festival
I would like to show you is this lantern that I made with Theo. He was home from kindi for 2 weeks whilst unwell and as he recovered we found the chance to craft together.
He missed out on making a lantern at school, which is a yearly tradition ending with an evening lantern walk - so we made our own. A quick look through Pinterest and we were all set.
This is what we made.
|We used vegetable oil to make our water colour paintings translucent, then I did lots of folding whilst Theo claimed he was hungry! A bit challenging for a small boy - fun for me. A very good and detailed tutorial is here
|Then we had to be very patient and wait for the glue to dry until the next stage! time for a snack.
We then stuck the base and spent time shaping the lantern - sorry too busy folding to take photos!


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All Our Relations: Finding the Path Forward
Every single year in Canada, one-third of all deaths among Indigenous youth are due to suicide. Studies indicate youth between the ages of ten and nineteen, living on reserve, are five to six times more likely to commit suicide than their peers in the rest of the population. Suicide is a new behaviour for First Nations people. There is no record of any suicide epidemics prior to the establishment of the 130 residential schools across Canada.
Bestselling and award-winning author Tanya Talaga argues that the aftershocks of cultural genocide have resulted in a disturbing rise in youth suicides in Indigenous communities in Canada and beyond. She examinees the tragic reality of children feeling so hopeless they want to die, of kids perishing in clusters, forming suicide pacts, or becoming romanced by the notion of dying — a phenomenon that experts call "suicidal ideation." She also looks at the rising global crisis, as evidenced by the high suicide rates among the Inuit of Greenland and Aboriginal youth in Australia. Finally, she documents suicide prevention strategies in Nunavut, Seabird Island, and Greenland; Facebook's development of AI software to actively link kids in crisis with mental health providers; and the push by First Nations leadership in Northern Ontario for a new national health strategy that could ultimately lead communities towards healing from the pain of suicide.
Based on her Atkinson Fellowship in Public Policy series, Tanya Talaga's 2018 Massey Lectures is a powerful call for action and justice for Indigenous communities and youth.
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The purpose of this post is to organize US electrical production data for easy access. To impact global warming what matters is the developing world. But the US data is easy to access, so here it is:
Most Renewable-Generated Electricity is from Hydropower
Renewable energy sources provided about 12% of total U.S. utility-scale electricity generation in 2012. The largest share of the renewable-generated electricity came from hydroelectric power (56%), followed by: wind (28%), biomass wood (8%), biomass waste (4%), geothermal (3%), and solar (1%).
Electricity generation from renewable resources is primarily a function of generation capacity and the availability of the resource. The history of electricity generation has been different for each renewable source.
- Nearly all of the hydroelectric capacity was built before the mid-1970s, and much of it is at dams operated by federal government agencies.
- Biomass waste is mostly municipal solid waste which is burned as fuel to run power plants.
- Most of the electricity from wood biomass is generated at lumber and paper mills. These mills use their own wood waste to provide much of their own steam and electricity needs.
- The amount of installed wind generation dramatically increased in the past decade, due in part to Federal financial incentives and State government mandates, especially renewable portfolio standards.
- Unlike other renewable sources, a significant amount of solar power is generated by small-scale, customer-sited installations like rooftop solar (or, distributed generation). According to the Annual Energy Outlook 2013, these small solar facilities are projected to generate an estimated 14.13 billion kilowatthours of electricity in 2013.1


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Thursday, January 3, 2008
Need More Stuff
Now, in the battlegrounds, getting dead is a fact of life. If yer gear sucks, then getting dead is a fact what happens a lot more often. DangerMouse has sure learned this the hard way, and she's been saving her coppers and leather of the monkey gear as fast as she can. Dak had the advantage of generous friends in high places, and so his gear be top-notch and he's got more than three times the health. Don't stop him from being a clueless idiot in the battlefield, but it do mean he spends more time learning and less time running back from the Whores-in-the-Gulch graveyard.
Which brings us to the subject of the most impotant member of Team Ratshag, me. I still want that shield, and these bracers look pretty useful fer tanking too. Plus, that battlegrounding action do look like funs. But the good gear fer PvPing mostly comes from PvPing, which kinda be one of them Catch 22 nuggerbluggers. So, I says to meself, "Self, what can I do to improve me gear and buy meself a little more not-dead-time?"
Useful bugger that he is, self answered. "Why don't you look around and see if there be any craftable gear what has built-in resilience?" Not a bad idea. Found three such items - two peices of plate and a cloak:
I took me old Adamantite Breastplate outta the attic, and replaced the crappy uncommon gems in it with +8 resil ones. There also be a +15 resil enchant ya can get fer it, which I'll work on getting when I gets back from vacationizing. Then I did a little research. There be three pieces of craftable gear which I could gets and still respect meself - coupla hybrid tanking/PvP plate items, and a cape. These would give me another 70 resil fer a total of 109, getting me outta the pathetic bracket and into the less-pathetic bracket. Coolness. So, what's it gonna cost me?
Bugger, it ain't gonna be cheap. Lots of hardened adamantite and primal earth, which at least I can mine for. The cape's gonna be a tough nuggerchumper - it also needs ten primal mooncloth. I can't even begin to do the mathifications on how much netherweave that's gonna take. And of course they each needs a primal nether, which means both not cheap and I'll need to find a blacksmith / blacksmith / tailor willing and ables to do the job.
So, is gonna take some efforts to get these gears. In the meanwhiles, I'll try to learn from DangerMouse and Dak what I can about battlefielding through osme..., osmi..., osmu..., through that thing where ya soak it up sponge-like.
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- Marthrak said...
Love your blog and just thought I'll share some of my own experiences.
If you are serious about going PvP, then those 3 pieces are a start. BTW, an alternative to the helm is the one bought with Spirit Shards (http://www.wowhead.com/?item=28559). You might also want to get in some Halaa action for the pants and belt.
However, if you just want to run PvP for the shield for tanking, then don't bother... Do as many EotS as required to get the marks. Run AV rest of the time, it's almost like PvE now anyhow, to get the required honour. 15k is not a lot.
As for the wrists, my opinion is that they are really not optimum for tanking. The only thing it has going for it is the high stamina. If you are already pushing 500+ def, this could be an option.
But frankly, grinding the money and getting a Bracers of the Green Fortress or grinding the badges for Bracers of the Ancient Phalanx might be better options for PvE tanking.
- January 3, 2008 at 7:55 PM
- Ratshag said...
Hey, thanks fer yer comment, Marthak. Wasn't aware of those Halaa pieces ya mentioned, so I really appreciates the info.
Am I serious about PvP or is I just in it fer a few gears? Buggered if I know. Had me a tanking career path all mapped out, then it all went kerfloozie when me friends stopped showin' up. At the same time some other opportunities for funs presented theyselves. But maybe some friends now saying they's gonna start adventuring again. Is all very confusicating fer a simple orc like me.
As far as the tanking goes, right now me defense be at 522 in full kit, and I were having rage generation issues in places like Steamvault. So swapping some avoidance fer stamina is an option, were me thinking.
- January 4, 2008 at 5:17 AM
One alternative is to go to the BGs in full tanking gear and shield-slam some faces. You will survive longer ;)
Check out http://www.theoryspot.com/forums/miscellaneous-pre-burning-crusade/438-current-shield-slam-records.html for some fun shield-slam stuff.
Also running with the flag in whoresung or tanking Vanndar as Prot-spec can be fun.
I usually just bite down and do the holiday bgs until I get enuf honor to buy next vindicator piece, it gets easier the more of em you have. Then find some poor bloke to play arena with (make sure you have a big weapon and MS spec). Takes a couple of weeks, but gets easier and easier the more stam and res you get.
- January 4, 2008 at 7:24 AM
Link got messed up .. :/
testing this
Of steel Guide
Seems to work ..
Shield slam stuff is under Current shield slam records page
- January 4, 2008 at 7:29 AM
- Megan said...
You are going to learn to love WSG flag carrying. With 3 different "charges" (Charge, Intercept, Intervene) to get across field as well as Spell Reflect, a Protection Warrior rocks if the rest of the team is on point.
If you aren't carrying the flag, I suggest getting Hamstring on multiple targets, then stick to harassing Locks and Paladin's. The reason being is that for those 2 classes, mobility is an issue (least chance you will be snared). You can break Fear, your Orc has increased chance to resist Stun from HOJ, and your Concuss Blow and Imp. Shield Bash (if you have it) does wonders on casting times.
Basically play to tie them up so they aren't abusing the rest of your team.
And really get used to Intervene, even for non Protection Warriors I find mastering the ability for both extra mobility and defense to be one of the defining things that separates good from average Warriors.
- January 4, 2008 at 10:13 AM
If you can't get gear with Resilience then stack Stamina as well as you can. Thats just as if not more important then resilience for surviving in bgs/arena. Regardless, even if you can't get it if you don't really plan on doing BGs for long then I'd go with Marthrak's plan of getting your EoTS marks and then heading into AV for the honor you need to buy the shield.
- January 4, 2008 at 12:58 PM
- Sellia said...
LOL ! I really like your style Rat !
Funny and useful ... nice formula.
- January 4, 2008 at 5:31 PM
- Euripedes said...
I can't even BEGIN to count the number of times my warrior-killing bravado in warsong has been ruined by intervene...
Oh. And Improved Hamstring makes me cry.
- January 5, 2008 at 4:33 AM
- Marthrak said...
re: Rage Generation Issues
I remember reading somewhere that if you have Rage Generation Issues, tank without your pants. ;)
re: Warrior PvP
One thing I'll mention is that in a good team, PvPing as a Warrior is a dream... On a bad team, it's an exercise in futility... ;)
(But then again, all PvP is like that... lol)
- January 7, 2008 at 7:41 PM


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Soccer great Cristiano Ronaldo may play as a forward on the field, but when it comes to kids, he's an all-star defender.
Ronaldo, who has the largest Facebook following in the world, recently used that clout to ramp up donations to his favorite charity, Save the Children.
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Ronaldo, who has been a global ambassador for the organization since 2013, was thanked for using his voice and global visibility to raise awareness of the problems that the most vulnerable children around the world, including those affected by the earthquake in Nepal.
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Graphics cards keep getting cheaper and more powerful, but AMD's line-up this year is surely a generational leap that was much needed for us PC gamers, both for enthusiast as well as budget builds. The RX 480 gives phenomenal 1440p and VR performance, at 200$ while the recently shown lower end RX 470 and 460, reminds me of the then amazing Nvidia's 750Ti. While the 750Ti shoots frames faster than a minigun shoots bullets at 720p, the RX 470 will easily do the same at 1080p, and shall make 1080p an achievable standard for gamers with little money to spend. Soon PC gamers will be able to 1080p 60FPS next gen games well within console prices.
AMD recently introduced two more of its latest graphic cards at the Electronic Entertainment Expo or E3. The all-new AMD Radeon RX 470 and RX 460 are all set for a June 29 release. Like the RX 480 that was unveiled previously, the RX 470 and RX 460 are based on the 14nm FinFET Polaris architecture. The AMD Radeon RX 470 is the go-to for high-definition gaming. It supports gaming at Full HD resolution and at 60 frames per second without a hitch.
AMD RX 470 4GB GDDR5 will cost around $149. And may be $179 for the 8GB version.
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At 3,640% interest, bank overdraft fees getting ridiculous
That's not news to anyone who regularly reads WalletPop, but in case you need more proof, the Consumer Federation of America has come out with a new survey, looking at overdraft fees charged by the nation's largest banks.
I don't think any of this will be a surprise to anyone who is aware of how punitive fees have become, but the information in the survey is interesting nonetheless.
So I thought I'd do a rundown, that comes from their survey, on what banks are charging for their overdraft fees these days. Incidentally, according to the CFA, as a nation, we're spending over $17.5 billion on overdraft fees.
Average bank overdraft: $35
Highest overdraft: $39, courtesy of Citizens Bank. That's what you get upon your third overdraft in a year. According to the CFA, "fourteen of the sixteen largest banks charge $35 or more per overdraft, either initially or after a few overdrafts in a year." (Overdrafts, in case you're lucky enough not to know, is the term used to describe when you spend more than you have in your bank, and suddenly instead of, perhaps, $36.90 in your bank account, you have negative $15.43. If you've ever seen a negative number in your bank account, you're in overdraft, and for that, you'll be given an overdraft fee.)
Sustained overdraft fees: This occurring more and more -- and with shorter time frames. If you don't pay your bank overdraft fees in a timely manner, they'll hit you again with another fee. For instance, last month, in June, Bank of America started charging a $35 sustained overdraft fee after five business days.
So if you hadn't paid back the money you owed them, they'd hit you with this other charge. And newsustained overdraft fee news for customers of BB&T bank: According to the CFA, as of Aug. 1, BB&T will charge customers the sustained overdraft fee after five days instead of seven.
Citizens Bank is the least best place to go into overdraft. They'll hit you with two sustained overdraft fees. After six days, if you haven't paid them back, you'll get charged $35 after six days. If you go 10 days without paying them back, you'll get hit with another $35 fee.
At some banks, there's no maximum limit of overdraft fees that you can be hit with in a day: Citibank is pretty kind. You can't get hit with more than four overdraft fees in a day, so if you screw up in a big way, the most you'll pay is $136 (four times $34). At Bank of America, they limit you to 10 overdrafts a day, so if you really have a bad day, you could wind up owing them $350 in just overdraft fees. But at some banks, you can screw up in perpetuity. Fifth Third Bank, Chase, Wachovia, SunTrust, Regions Bank, PNC Bank, National City and HSBC have no limits on overdrafts.
Granted, a lot of critics will say that this is the customer's fault, when they make these errors, and of course, there is a lot of truth to that. But as the CFA stated in its press release with the findings, "in a typical overdraft loan program, banks unilaterally loan money to consumers without the consumer's knowledge or consent by paying or authorizing checks, debit card purchases, ATM withdrawals and preauthorized electronic payments when there is insufficient money in the account to cover the transaction."
In other words, sure, the customer shouldn't be overspending, and they should manage their money better. But let's given an overdrawn customer the benefit of the doubt. Let's say that a wife is out of town on a business trip, and she spends $100 at a fancy restaurant, not realizing that about the same time, her husband's car broke down, and he had to shell out a lot to a mechanic to get it fixed. So suddenly they're overdrawn.
Sure, the wife's card might get declined, but more and more, the payment for the meal whizzes right through. Nobody ever gets a waiter coming up and saying, "Oh, ma'am, I'm being told that you don't have the money to pay for this meal. But your bank says that they'll loan you the money for it, if you're willing to pay 3,640% interest on it."
(The CFA, which likens these overdrafts to payday loans, says that the interest on a $100 overdraft is 3,640%, if "the overdraft remains unpaid for seven days, using the bank's maximum fee and the sustained overdraft fees that would be imposed over a seven-day time period.)
It might be nice to have the choice to decide if you want to go into serious debt to pay for that meal, or if there's another, less costly way to pay for it.
I saw how this can play out just last week when I erroneously told my wife that we had $20 in one of several accounts at a credit union we belong to (although, yes, I'm also still a customer at a large commercial bank). Actually, we just had a few pennies in it, since I had raided the money for something else recently. Anyway, my wife tried using the credit union debit card at the dentist office, to buy some special toothbrush the dentist had recommended, and it was declined. She was a little embarrassed, true, but she whipped out another, different debit card, paid her bill and no harm was done.
"If that had been with our bank," I told my wife, "they would have let you buy the toothbrush, and then they would have socked us with a $37 fee."
She asked: Why haven't we just left our regular bank to just use a credit union?
I'm still not sure how to answer that.
Geoff Williams writes a lot about banks for WalletPop. He also is the author of C.C. Pyle's Amazing Foot Race: The True Story of the 1928 Coast-to-Coast Run Across America (Rodale).


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Once again we are being told that astrobiologists have discovered life in outer space. Well, that's not really what we are being told. Like everything and everyone else that embraces Darwinian Theory, these scientists often hype the flash with little or no substance following. This is not the first time these so-called scientists have ventured out on the proverbial limb of "wishful thinking passing for science." It is exactly one and one half hours until the scheduled 2pm NASA news conference, and already cyberspace is abuzz with the fall out from the Associated Press's (AP, 2010) story entitled "Has NASA discovered life in outer space? Scientists say no, but an unusual news conference is planned." How would George Orwell characterize this news story? Just some more doublespeak from our friends at NASA.
Sometimes it appears that the entire race into space had one goal in mind, to discover extraterrestrial life. It all began very innocently, or so we thought. Search for water, because life (as we know it) requires water and, as every evolutionist knows, the formula for life is just add water and mix for a very long, long time. Perhaps for a couple of hundred million years. Well, I guess that was just another oversimplification, or was it? As recently as this past November, Science magazine published an article concerning liquid water found on the surface of Mars. True to form, Sushil Atreya of the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor said, "Liquid water seems plausible, quite reasonable. If so, life might – just might – be holding out a bit beneath the surface of the martian artic" (Kerr, 2010). I rest my case.
Most people can remember the Search for Extra-Terrestrial Intelligence (SETI) project. This is the collective name for a number of activities people undertake to search for intelligent extraterrestrial life. It was the inspiration for the very ambitious Robert Zemeckis movie entitled Contact. The movie was based upon a novel by, none other than the poster-boy for life in outer space, Carl Sagan. SETI projects use scientific methods to search for electromagnetic transmissions from civilizations on distant planets. The SETI project dates all the back to 1960 when Cornell University astronomer, Frank Drake, performed the first modern SETI experiment, named "Project Ozma," after the Queen of Oz in L. Frank Baum's fantasy books (Time Magazine, 1960).
By 1971, NASA was funding the SETI project that involved Drake and some hefty corporate funding. Project Cyclops incorporated 1,500 satellite dishes, and a price tag of 10 billion USD, to search the heavens for signs of life. The OSU SETI program gained fame on August 15, 1977 when Jerry Ehman, a project volunteer, witnessed a startlingly strong signal received by the telescope. He quickly circled the indication on a printout and scribbled the phrase "Wow!" in the margin. This signal, dubbed the Wow! Signal, is considered by some (the evolutionary faithful of course) to be the most likely candidate from an artificial, extraterrestrial source ever discovered. No one bothers to admit that in the ensuring years, and following numerous searches in the same location, the signal has never been detected again!
In 1979, evidently encouraged by the never heard again Wow! Signal, the University of California at Berkley jumped on the SETI bandwagon with the "Search for Extraterrestrial Radio Emissions from Nearby Developed Intelligent Populations (SERENDIP)." In 1986, UC Berkeley initiated their second SETI effort, SERENDIP II, and has continued with four more SERENDIP efforts to the present day.
Fast-forward to the early 1980's and now you have, in 1981, a portable spectrum analyzer named "Suitcase SETI" that had a capacity of 131,000 narrow band channels. Even 131,000 channels weren't enough to search the sky in detail at a fast rate, so Suitcase SETI was followed in 1985 by Project "META," (and META II) for "Megachannel Extra-Terrestrial Assay." The fact that these hi-tech systems failed to produce any evidence of life beyond the atmosphere of planet Earth did not deter these alien-hunting astrobiologists. The follow-up to META was named "BETA," for "Billion-channel Extra-Terrestrial Assay," and it commenced observation on October 30, 1995. On March 23, 1999, tragedy struck the 26-meter radio telescope on which Sentinel, META, and BETA were based. The structure was blown over by strong winds and seriously damaged. This forced the BETA project to cease operation.
Not to worry, MOP and Project Phoenix to the rescue!
That's right. With the demise of the SETI project (and after nearly 30 years of abject failure to produce any evidence of life in outer space, with the exception of the never to be heard again Wow! Signal) the U.S. government stepped in and funded the 1992 operational SETI program in the form of the NASA Microwave Observing Program (MOP). MOP drew the attention of the U.S. Congress where the program was ridiculed and canceled a year after its start. SETI advocates continued without government funding and, in 1995, the nonprofit SETI Institute of Mountain View, California resurrected the MOP program under the name of "Project Phoenix," backed by private sources of funding. Therefore, SETI lives on, despite the utter failure of this technology to yield any substantive results.
Never fear, the Fermi paradox is here
By this time, you might be asking yourself, "Why-oh-why do these astrobiologists (and others) persist with their overly optimistic view that eventually ET will finally phone home (sic)?" The answer can be found in the logic of the Fermi paradox. What exactly is the Fermi paradox? It was the result of a 1950 discussion with physicist Enrico Fermi. In 1975, astrophysicist Michael Hart wrote a paper containing a more detailed discussion of the implications of the Fermi paradox, sometimes referred to as the Fermi-Hart paradox (Wesson, 1990).
It is a set of seemingly logical precepts concerning the existence of extraterrestrial life. The Fermi paradox is the apparent contradiction between high estimates of the probability of the existence of extraterrestrial civilizations (in the minds of evolutionary scientists) and the lack of evidence for, or contact with, such civilizations. These precepts are based entirely on a fallacious premise, i.e. that there must be life somewhere in the vast unchartered regions of outer space. Here is the Fermi paradox in a nutshell:
The size and age of the universe incline us to believe that many technologically advanced civilizations must exist. However, this belief seems logically inconsistent with our lack of observational evidence to support it. Either:
(1) The initial assumption is incorrect and technologically advanced intelligent life is much rarer than we believe, or
(2) Our current observations are incomplete and we simply have not detected them yet, or
(3) Our search methodologies are flawed and we are not searching for the correct indicators.
Have you noticed the flaw? There is nothing in this paradox that allows for the possibility that life simply does not exist in outer space. Fermi states, life might exist, but the smart aliens are too rare for us to discover or we just haven't looked in the right place yet or we are not doing it correctly or fill in the blank yourself any old reason will do. Bottom line, according to Fermi and those who endorse his paradox, life exists in outer space, period! End of discussion.
I have a sneaking suspicion those meteorite bacteria are making a comeback
Don't quote me on this just yet, it's still 20 minutes before the much heralded NASA "we've found life in outer space, not really," press conference. Could we be on the verge of yet another hitch-hiking space microbe story? Does anyone remember the Mars microbe fossil that wasn't? The existence of microbes that are extremely resilient in both extreme hot and extreme cold temperatures are the basis for speculation concerning the ability of microorganisms to survive in outer space. Now it is after the NASA news conference, and guess what? I was right. It's all about microbes that can thrive, not in cold or hot, but by ingesting toxic substances, arsenic to be specific.
Alien life has been with us all along, right here on planet Earth!
Well that's the big announcement from the people at NASA. That's right, since we cannot find any real evidence of aliens in outer space; we can just identify these "little green" bacteria (not men) right here on planet earth. After a two-year study at California's Mono Lake, near Yosemite National Park, Wolfe-Simon found that a bug will grow in the presence of the toxic chemical arsenic when only slight traces of phosphorous are present (Brandon, 2010). This is, if you believe those folks at NASA, very important because this is the only organism that substitutes a poison for phosphorus.
However, is this really news? Is it worthy of all the publicity that NASA has generated? Here's the bottom line as to why they are all so excited. Dimitar Sasselov, an astrobiologist who leads the Origins of Life Initiative at Harvard University and evidently one of the biggest cheerleaders for this discovery says, "The possibility that Earth-life biochemistry is not universal is a transformational concept. It fills the search [for alien life] with optimism. NASA is moving in a good overall direction. What is needed is to take alternatives for life's chemistry to heart and fund research work better." Arsenic is poisonous to nearly all forms of life on earth. Even small amounts of the poison become embedded in living tissue, causing liver failure and ultimately death -- in nearly everything BUT these bacteria.
Oh well, that settles it. Life in outer space must exist because we have life here on earth, some of which is incredibly resilient and, in this case, immune to a normally poisonous substance. Why didn't these same scientists present other chemolithotrophic bacteria that have been found to exist in nature? One such research paper reported extensive bacterial growth observed when copper sulfide ores were leached with 0.6 N sulfuric acid (Va´Squez & Espejo, 1997). I think that H2SO4, a.k.a. sulfuric acid, is pretty toxic to most life; however, God did create life to be resilient. It is His plan that living things "be fruitful and multiply."
If the truth be known, some of the most resilient living organisms are found in the realm of microbiology. Alcanivorax borkumensis is a rod-shaped bacterium that relies on oil to provide it with energy. In 2007 American Scientific magazine asked "Are Aliens Among Us?" (Davis, 2007). This is nothing new at all, so the all the hype from NASA is just that… more extraterrestrial propaganda from the people who need evermore taxpayer dollars to fuel their quest for life beyond the confines of planet Earth.
Make no mistake about this; evolutionary scientists will continue to see evidence where none exists. They will continue to make announcements that are mostly flash and very little substance. Like the evolutionary story of molecules-to-men, astrobiologists simply assume extraterrestrial life exists. They assume many things, and today they have assumed that life exists, unusual and exotic life, but life nonetheless. Right here, right now. So the next time you see some mold, or some other representative from the world of microbiology, perhaps you should ask it to "take me to your leader." Just don't hold you breathe waiting for a response.


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Parents, Children & Young People
Neroli Counselling is an ethical private counselling practice in Bignall End (North Staffordshire). I work with people from all walks of life and I work with all ages: my youngest client is 4 years old and my oldest is 84 years old. An area that is very close to my heart is supporting Staff, Children & Young People as they navigate their way through education.
In recent times I have seen an increase in the number of Children and Young People referred to me by their parents. I do often wonder why this is so…?
Is it the shocking state of publicly funded Children's Mental Health Services in the local area?
Is it the lengthy waiting lists to be seen by many overloaded but brilliant and hard working agencies in the voluntary sector?
Is it my vast and diverse experience of working with Children and Young People, Families, Organisations alongside and within the Education System (over 15 years)
Is it "word of mouth" recommendations from previous clients who liked my work? (this is my preferred reason)
I really don't know the answer. I do know that Working with Children and Young People through a charity in this area is amazing. The "Dark Side" is when I have to bring funded sessions to an end as clients have had their quota. I try to signpost to other sources of support. For those who can't afford to pay for their own sessions, The picture is shocking: all agencies/charities are overloaded with long referral forms, huge waiting lists and seemingly capricious remits and targets… seriously struggling. But that's another story…
The subject of todays blog is Parents who bring their Children and Young People to Counselling within the Private Sector.
People find themselves coming to counselling for many, many different reasons. It can be, at least at first, an uncomfortable experience. This results in most people wanting it to be over as fast as possible and sorted, done, dusted. Clients or loved ones often ask:
Can you fix this? How long till I feel better? How many sessions will it take?
Parents, in particular, when bringing children and young people have all their hopes pinned on me: I am the chosen one, one waft of my magic wand, an enigmatic smile and all will be better and brighter (I know, as I have been that parent.) Parents would often also like me to do so for as little money as possible: family finances are often very delicate and the thought of indefinite sessions can bring most parents pulse rates up at an alarming rate. Hopefully you will find it comforting to know that as a member of the BACP I am ethically required not to continue with therapy for longer than required.
What are you talking about in sessions?
I know that handing your child over to another professional adult can be an anxious time for a myriad of reasons. When I sent my son for counselling I personally found it intimidating to think that that grown up would be hearing intimate, personal and potentially embarrassing details about daily life in my home. What might they think of me? Would they judge me? Am I a bad parent? Professional Counsellor Persona ("Neroli Counselling" me) knows the other side of these worries: I am fully aware of the strict code of ethics counsellors follow which includes clauses about confidentiality. The counsellor is not there to judge you or anyone else in your family, their sole purpose is to help your child manage their problems and try to resolve them in a positive way. I know this true, but as a parent whose child went to Younger Minds I still fretted despite their very useful info page.
I bet he/she just complains about me?
The British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) says that "therapy offers you a safe, confidential place to talk about your life and anything that may be confusing, painful or uncomfortable".
Sadly, parents, that can include you… Sorry. Often clients really don't want to say the things they say to me to people that they are going to have to see day in, day out. Some things are really just too personal, awkward, embarrassing or painful. As a counsellor I have no part in peoples' daily lives, both me and the clients' thoughts stay neatly in my little box (aka counselling room). They can leave the nastiness with me, they don't have to see "it" written all over their parents' face.
I also get the lovely liberty of working one-to-one without distractions with your child. I really get to see the very best of them. I am aware that I may have upset several adult clients who are also parents who have teenagers: I said many people run from Children and Young People whereas I love to work with them. What I don't always get to clarify is that I don't have to live with them 24/7 nor them with me. I can (for a short period of time) give them what they need. Apologies to any adult clients who may not have heard the clarification!
Is there a plan? An Aim? A target?
No! I know, shocking isn't it…
For once in their daily lives, there is no adult telling them what they can and cannot do. That's not How Person centred Counselling works.
I would like to see some goal setting? I think he/she needs to work on this….?
Whilst you as parent are paying for the sessions, with all due respect you are not my client. It is my professional role to protect your child's therapeutic space, strange as it sounds often I am like a bouncer and if your name ain't on the list you're not coming in. Obviously with your and your child's permission we can gently and respectfully negotiate some flexibility on this and discuss issues that you both wish to discuss but you have to trust me to to my job. It sounds a bit dramatic but you wouldn't second guess an A&E Medic or a Paramedic coming out to assist your child, so you need to let me do my thing. I will work with you, but sometimes it's a very delicate tight rope walk between your child's needs in the counselling space and you as a parent. I feel very passionately that it is my job to listen to your child to listen to their voice, even if their voice shakes and is barely audible.
How many more sessions?
The benefit of Private Practice is flexibility, we can have as few or as many sessions as your child needs/requires or likes. I have had a child have only 1 session, some clients take much longer. Many charities and government agencies are often limited to 6 or maybe 10 sessions maximum. Sadly often with vulnerable children it can take that long just to build up the trust and relationship required to begin the therapeutic work. In some cases we have had to work on ending sessions, before the real work has begun: as a counsellor that can be heart wrenching.
If you are ever unsure or unhappy with the number of sessions or perhaps unable to fund more, or you might even want to set a limit from the onset please do let me know at a convenient and discreet time. We can work it out.
When will I see a return on my investment?
Obviously with pressure on family finances ever increasing, parents do want to know when will they see results… unfortunately counselling our children and young people is something that's very hard to quantify…. So here are some things that children have told me:
I received one-to-one attention.
I received a trained professional's full, undivided attention, in a safe confidential environment with no interruptions.
I was able to set the agenda, I was in control of what went on and what was discussed, it was up to me.
I received a friendly warm and understanding environment where I felt at home and able to discuss some very raw emotions.
I was able to discuss some things that felt selfish, self-absorbed, possibly even self-pitying.
I was able to process my own reactions to things that I had heard or that had been said to me.
I was able to stop for a moment and look at events, people and stories in my life.
I was able to sift through what on earth was going on in my own head.
I was able to have a big sort out: pretend my head is a messy desk: I cleared away the scraps, the rubbish, the old things I no longer use.
So Yes indeed it is very hard to find a measure of success. However I find myself privileged both as a parent and as a counsellor to have witnessed the positive after-effects of person-centred counselling sessions. Its often in the little things… more confidence, sleeping through the night, going into school more happily, making and keeping friends, smiles, teachers reporting on little successes, children chattering about their day, reporting on events, being more willing and able to take part in activities, overcoming natural shyness, interacting with other adults in the family confidently.
I sincerely hope that this explains a few things, and eases some worries perhaps!


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Happy Mother's Day!
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"Most of all the other beautiful things in life come by twos and threes, by dozens and hundreds. Plenty of roses, stars, sunsets, rainbows, brothers and sisters, aunts and cousins, but only one mother in the whole world." –Kate Douglas Wiggin
I love this quote, and of course, today's the perfect day to share it. Happy Mother's Day!
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Federal investigators are saying that fatigue cracks were responsible for causing a 5-foot-long, 1-foot-wide gaping hole that burst through the ceiling of a Southwest Airlines jet headed from Phoenix to Sacramento Friday.
It's reported that the 15-year-old Boeing 737-300 quickly depressurized, causing the pilot to make an emergency landing at a Yuma military base after a rapid but controlled descent from 36,000 feet. Passenger Debbie Downey told CNN that she and her husband could see the sky as well as the plane's wires and cables. Although many on board were shaken up, none of the 118 people on board suffered serious injuries.
Southwest Airlines canceled 300 flights and ordered inspections of approximately 80 Boeing 737-300s. While Southwest has approximately 170 Boeing 737-300s in its fleet, the aircraft under scrutiny have not had their aluminum skins replaced. "Obviously we're dealing with a skin issue, and we believe that these 80 airplanes are covered by a set of (federal safety rules) that make them candidates to do this additional inspection that Boeing is devising for us," Southwest spokesperson Linda Rutherford told Everett, Washington newspaper The Herald.
The incident raises concerns for federal aviation officials and airlines with older planes. The Wall Street Journal's Andy Pasztor and Timothy W. Martin wrote that other U.S. airlines have not commented on how they'll deal with inspecting their own aging aircraft. Flight Safety Foundation president Bill Voss said that should the findings from this incident indicate fatigue, the FAA would be forced to implement more frequent inspections.
"The safety of our Customers and Employees is our primary concern," said Mike Van de Ven, Southwest's executive vice president and chief operating officer in a press release issued Saturday. "We are working closely with Boeing to conduct these proactive inspections and support the investigation." A nine-foot section of the damaged fuselage will be sent to the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) in Washington, DC for further examination.
The Herald; "Six Foot Hole Forces Southwest 737 Emergency Landing; April 2, 2011
Wall Street Journal; Southwest Jet's Skin Rupture Sparks Probe; April 2, 2011
Southwest Press Room; "Southwest Works to Minimize Customer Delays as it Inspects its Aircraft"; April 2, 2011
CNN; Widespread Cracking Found Where Hole Opened On Southwest Jet; April 3, 2011
CNN; Southwest Inspecting 79 Planes After Hole Prompts Emergency Landing; April 2, 2011
Tags: 737 fatigue cracks, Hole in 737, Southwest 737 skin rupture


text: Watermelon is the favorite fruit of summertime. This party-perfect fruit has a number of health benefits. First and most important is, it helps with digestion and dehydration. As most of us are well aware with the fact that drinking liters of water in summer keep us well hydrated. However busy… Read more"Think before throwing away Watermelon Rind"


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According to the report, Audi sent its chief executive and engineers last week to meet US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) officials and admitted that the software was in all 3 litre diesel engines sold from 2009 to this year — including Audi, VW and Porsche sports utility vehicles.
Audi revealed the EPA that the software was present in cars dating back to 2009, taking the number of vehicles affected to about 85,000.
VW earlier had denied the charges on November 2, saying that "no software has been installed in the 3-litre V6 diesel power units to alter emissions characteristics in a forbidden manner".
The report said that with this revelation, VW now has to deal with three separate emissions problems — the two involving the EPA as well as one involving carbon dioxide levels in Europe — that have raised questions about how widespread cheating was at the manufacturer.


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What is Hesed?
from R.C. Sproul Jr. May 04, 2013 Category: Articles
There may be no more significant Old Testament description of how God relates to His people than this Hebrew word hesed. I argue that the best translation of this term would be "loyal love." God loves His people genuinely, immutably, loyally. Both the love and the loyalty are, of course, tightly bound together. That is, just as one cannot love capriciously so one cannot be loyal without love. God is for His people, and will never cease to be for them.
Our calling is to reflect that reality. Our loyalty and our love, grounded in our loyal love toward Him who loved us loyally first, ought to be toward both what it is we believe, and those with whom we believe it. Too often we fail one way or another.
In the broader evangelical world the marketing of the church has taught us to see ourselves as consumers. We each have our own set of what we are looking for in a church. Typically, doctrine is low down on that list. When our church fails to meet our shifting needs we not only change our churches, but often our denominations, and ultimately our theological convictions. We are no more loyal to our church than we are to our soda. Our tastes change, and we change with them. The promise of a more vital youth program, a more entertaining preacher, a more talented praise band encourages us to wander from fold to fold, like lost sheep.
In the Reformed world we tend to be slightly more loyal to our doctrine. Indeed we define ourselves by our doctrine. We're committed to the wisdom of Calvin, the precision of the Westminster divines. What we tend to lack, however, is commitment to one another. Our loyalty to propositions, good, sound, biblical propositions, often causes us to lose sight of the good, sound, biblical command that we love one another. We split up our churches, and break our relationships over what we claim are vital theological matters. More often than not they are petty personal differences.
Loyal love remains faithful to both the Word of God and the people of God. Loyal love looks to the church not as a provider of religious services, but as the body of our Lord, our family. Some translate hesed as covenant love. Here we remember that family is not just emotional connections that can come and go, but family is binding. Family is commitment.
What is Hesed? was originally published at RCSproulJr.com


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Paris mayor convicted of slandering National Front with Nazi collaboration
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Paris mayor Anne Hidalgo has been found guilty of slandering the far-right National Front (FN) by saying that it supported collaboration with the Nazi occupation of France during World War II, before it had been formed. Judges found the charge "particularly serious" and so not covered by the right to freedom of expression.
The court gave Hidalgo a suspended fine of 500 euros and ordered her to pay a symbolic euro damages to the party, as well as paying 2,000 euros costs.
The case arose from a television interview Hidalgo gave in 2012 when she was deputy to the previous mayor, fellow-Socialist Bertrand Delanoë, in which she declared that the National Front had "fought the republic [and] supported collaboration with the Nazis during the war".
The far-right party's lawyer, David Dassa Le Deist, argued that her words were not a slip-up but designed to "floor an opponent" with a "hammer-blow".
Hidalgo's lawyer, Jean-Pierre Mignard, pointed out that some of the FN's founders were "notorious collaborators" with the Nazis guilty of "unrestrained anti-Semitism" and cited former leader Jean-Marie le Pen's convictions for justifying crimes against humanity and his statement that the German occupation had not been "particularly inhuman".
The judges found that, since the FN was founded in 1972, Hidalgo's assertion was not factually correct and was expressed in a tone that was without "nuance and reserve".
"I note that for the court the Front National's honour is worth one euro," Mignard commented afterwards, adding that his client would decide whether to appeal.
"We didn't ask for any more than this," was Le Deist's reaction.
A "very serious slander" had been "justly condemned", he said.
To read Has Marine Le Pen made France's Front National respectable? with timeline history of the FN click here


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Wining Your Thanksgiving Turkey
Happy Thanksgiving. Serving turkey tonight? Here are some wine suggestions. Turkey's pretty versatile when it comes to wine matches. As the dark meat possesses a little more flavour than the white, unstuffed, I prefer Chardonnay for the white and Cabernet Sauvignon for the dark. However, if stuffed, this really dictates what works. For traditional sage or herb, Sauvignon Blanc or Cabernet Franc are great. Wild rice works best with unoaked Chardonnay or rosé. If you like chestnut, check out medium-dry Riesling or Viognier. How about Ham? You'll require a fruity red like Gamay. For oyster, try Muscadet. Sausage sings with Valpolicella and for apple-walnut, medium-dry Riesling or Chenin Blanc. Enjoy!


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11/15 WWE Results: London, England
* The Prime Time Players def. Hunico and Camacho.
* Ryback def. Justin Gabriel.
* The Bella Twins def. WWE Divas Champion AJ Lee and Tamina Snuka.
According to the live report, AJ Lee took a bump to the outside and WWE staff attended to her immediately. The company dimmed the lights above the ring and played promotional videos as they checked on her. She was eventually helped to her feet and taken to the back. As noted earlier in a statement from WWE, Lee suffered from dehydration.
* The Great Khali def. Jinder Mahal.
* Paul Heyman appeared setting up another kendo stick beatdown from CM Punk.
* CM Punk and Daniel Bryan def. Luke Harper and Erick Rowan.
* The Usos def. Heath Slater and Drew McIntyre.
* WWE Intercontinental Champion Curtis Axel def. R-Truth.
* WWE World Heavyweight Champion John Cena def. Alberto Del Rio.
Source: Prowrestling.net


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Welcome Wagas Sandwich Cafe to Sanlitun VillagePosted: July 17th, 2012 | Author: LumDimSum | Filed under: Foodies & Dining Scene, Hot Tips | Tags: Element Fresh, Hatsune Sanlitun, Karaiya Spice House, Modo, Sanlitun Village, Union Bar & Grill, Wagas | No Comments »
Wagas, Beijing Welcomes You to Sanlitun Village
It was a sad story when Wagas came and quickly left Beijing back when it tried to first open in Xidan a few years back, but now that they're perched in prime real estate in the third floor of Sanlitun Village surrounded by popular dining destinations Modo, Hatsune, Karaiya Spice House and Element Fresh, Wagas should have a different story to tell this second time around.
A popular chain of over a decade in Shanghai, Wagas is an award winning cafe chain that has earned a strong reputation down there serving happy customers a range of "everyday food – gourmet sandwiches, pasta, salad, cake, fresh juice, smoothie and coffee". They now have 25 branches in Shanghai and their plans of expansion are only growing with their second try at a first successful branch in Beijing.
And they are off to a seriously strong start.
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At the moment i am feeling so scared, over the weekend i got summons to go to court over a debt with centrelink, to give you a bit of background info i was on single parent payment and reported my earnings every fortnight, while working at one job i wasnt given payslips so it was really hard to work out especially if i was having sick days, over time etc, another job was full time and i had been given the wrong info and had reported to centerlink my net income instead of gross for a few months, then my other job i didnt receive all my payslips and usually get alot of payslips at once, because my life was really full on with raising the kids and working full time i made a huge mistake and never double checked the pay slips i received, all this happened between 2005 - 2008, I found out about the mistakes i had made at the end of last year and soon as i knew about the debt i started a payment plan straight away. The total of the debt is $14 000. I always did my tax returns and thought that the ato and centrelink did a data match to make sure everything was correct. It wasnt consistant the under estimation of my income there was some over estimation etc. after the debt had been worked out a centrelink employee contacted me and asked for me to go in for a interview to work out what had gone wrong and to sort out the situation, informed me just to bring a friend or relatived if i wanted to and not to worry about seeking legal advise. I went for the interview and she informed me not to worry it was normal process but she was going to read me my rights and that was normal and it was just to sort out the problem. As far as i knew i was only there with a centerlink worker to find out what went wrong then she told me she was a fraud investigator, i feel like i was under false pretences at that interview, it felt like a trap to get me to admit to something i didnt do on purpose. She showed me a table of all the estimates etc and basically that was it. She also informed me i would get a transcript within 7 days of the interview which i never received and when i asked for it she refused it to me, she also refused me having a copy of the table she had done up with all the reportings of my income etc. I told her i didnt receive my payslips for one job and it was a honest mistake. I am seeing a solicitor next tuesday about this but i am so scared, i dont want to go to jail and miss out on seeing my kids. Can anyone please give me advise on this, i have never been in trouble with the law before and i am feeling so sick just thinking about it.