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The annual income of the LTTE terrorists is between 200 and 300 million US Dollars making it the rebel group generating the second biggest income by illegal business..
The August issue of the Jane s Intelligence said the huge income is generated from shipping drugs and extortion by a network of professional managers, across a string of countries. Its income is second only to the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, whose income comes from its vast cocaine sales. The LTTE has been spending part of the income to buy conventional arms. Jane s also said the freedom of the Tamil tigers to operate overseas has been reduced by a global crackdown on militant groups.
LTTE's strategy to acquire high-tech weaponry – Jane's Intelligence Review
Jane's Intelligence Review- well known International Review Agency has stated that the LTTE's strategic need to acquire high-tech weaponry, such as surface-to-air missiles, indicates that its activities will continue.
The Jane's Intelligence Review in a special edition highlighting LTTE terrorist activities stated that the LTTE's strategic aim of defeating the Sri Lankan military and securing a political victory in the form of a separate Tamil state depends on the organization's capacity to source money and arms abroad.
It added that this process can only be undermined if the western law enforcement bodies take steps to crackdown funds and weapons to the LTTE. "After accounting for its estimated USD8 million per year of costs within LTTE-administered Sri Lanka, the profit margin of its operating budget would likely be the envy of any multinational corporation," the report said.
According to the report, though the estimated annual income of the LTTE is between USD 200 to 300 million its costs are only USD 8 million.
The special report of the leading London-based intelligence magazine investigated how the LTTE also known as Tamil Tigers generates money to support their activities and said, given the losses already incurred by the LTTE since 2006 in the east of the island nation, this may lead to increased pressure to sue for peace, although given the stubborn history of the LTTE not even a rigorous deprecation of its armory will encourage a political settlement. The report also added that the Review staffing front organizations with financial or procurement cadre has become identical to the LTTE. It said the Canadian security intelligence investigations into the flow of funds from Canada to Sri Lanka called "Project Osuluku" led to a raid on the Montreal office of World Tamil Movement as an example. The Jane's Review said the LTTE is constantly moving to address its strategic imbalance in air superiority with the Sri Lanka Air Force and in need of such weapons as SA-18 Surface to Air Missiles. The report said as the LTTE's light-wing aircraft are only able to bomb stationary targets anti-aircraft technology would be LTTE's primary driver of its procurement efforts.
The report said it further makes clear the LTTE wished to obtain military weaponry that could destroy boats. Illustrating the LTTE's decision-making structure and relative wealth, the operatives – allegedly naming and referring to Pottu Amman as responsible for 'outside purchasing' of arms – discussed a price of USD900, 000 to USD937, 000 for an initial package of 10 SA-18 surface-to-air missiles, 500 AK-47 assault rifles and the necessary training, which was to take place in Sri Lanka, the Jane's Review further said.
The Jane's Review said, that the document found by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police-FBI details the LTTE operatives' according to the complaint, indicated that payment could be made through accounts in the US , Switzerland , St Croix in the US Virgin Islands or other offshore financial jurisdictions.
The LTTE agents specified the point of delivery should be a ship-to-ship transfer in the Indian Ocean. The Jane's Review report on the LTTE fund raising described the European Union as an additional theater for the terrorist group's financial operation. The Review has given a detailed report on the LTTE activities in the recent past to strengthen their point.
It said that since May 2006 since its proscription increased law enforcement activities have taken place in France.The report said Lawrence Thilagar, former head of the LTTE international and Velyummylum Manoharan have been previously based in Paris. Manoharan was also granted French citizenship since May. The French authorities started the raids, the report said, to coincide with the fundraising activities of the Tamil Tigers, believed to start every Friday evening and last until the following Sunday.
Citing an Indian news report the Jane's report said in France every Tamil family had to pay Euros 2000 (USD 2728) and every Tamil business had to pay Euros 6000 (USD 8185) every year to the LTTE. The report said aggressively violent treatment was applied to those who failed to pay, like abducting Tamils to a LTTE associate owned farm and torturing and ransoming until their families agreed to pay significant amounts to buy the release.
The report said the LTTE outsourced its fundraising tasks to Tamil gangs on a 20 percent commission basis. This had been done to allow the LTTE some plausible deniability in the event of a raid. It further said reports about employing gangs for extortion and other illicit activities by the LTTE were also prevalent in the United Kingdom.
Reporting LTTE fundraising activities in Norway in May 2007 the report said by a credit card fraud some 16 men acting on behalf of the LTTE had gathered NOK 5.3 million (USD 890,000) and on being convicted of the skimming went to jail for five and half years. The report said international credit card frauds are also outsourced on a commission basis.
In May 2007 a six man Tamil team from UK, according to the report arrive in the port city of Singapore with blank cash machine cards, a cash machine card encoder and a portable computer that contained data about card account holders in the United Kingdom.
The demeanor of one of the six aroused suspicions of a security guard and the arrest of all with USD 354,070 in a hotel they have accumulated after three days activity. All were convicted to seven to 10 year's jail terms. Similar frauds by the LTTE have been caught in Kenya, Sri Lanka and Thailand, the report says.
The report also says the biggest income for the LTTE in Asia is its heroine trafficking and the USD 1 Billion drug market in Montreal is controlled by the LTTE. The report says drugs are being transported from Tamil Nadu to Sri Lanka.The Report said the estimated annual income of the LTTE is between USD 200 to 300 million but its cost is only 8 million.
"After accounting for its estimated USD8 million per year of costs within LTTE-administered Sri Lanka, the profit margin of its operating budget would likely be the envy of any multinational corporation," the report said.
LTTE earns US$ 300M a year to fund Terror War against Sri Lanka
Renowned defence magazine, the Jane's Defence Intelligence Review reveals that the LTTE funds its bloody terrorist war against SL with a sophisticated fundraising mechanism that earns "some USD 200 to 300 million a year".
In a press release on Thursday (July 19) the magazine says that the terror outfit has become "one of the most sophisticated insurgencies in the world" mainly because of its "complex global network of financial resources and weapons", that are being used to strengthen its campaign against Sri Lanka.
The LTTE has been fighting for a mono-ethnic separate state for the Tamils living in SL since 1983. The war has so far killed over 65,000 people. The magazine points out that the profit earned by a terror outfit as such "would be the envy of any multinational corporation".
Further, the magazine states it is with this money, that the LTTE has become the only known terror organization to have a "rudimentary air force" and also has been able to introduce "bold new frontiers" to terrorist warfare.
The LTTE is the first terror organization to introduce suicide bombers equipped with suicide belts and waist jackets, and suicide attacks using explosive laden vehicles including trucks and boats. The LTTE has been making a vast contribution to the development of terrorist warfare across the world with its endless innovations in terror training tactics, arms smuggling, bomb making, and etc. The magazine implies that the LTTE has been able to accomplish all of the above, because of its "financial and procurement structures" which are "well organized and strategically positioned around the globe".
Jane's magazine also makes an interesting revelation on the LTTE making money through many charitable organizations, which have been created and staffed by the outfit itself. Behind the charitable facade of these organizations, the LTTE is "projecting its influence through this front to raise money from Tamil communities and ultimately, convert the gains into arms" the magazine says. The mechanism efficiently works to move its funds to snatch procurement opportunities and investment options as they arise "utilizing a charitable facade's tax-free status and legitimacy" Jane's adds.
The report identifies two sections of the LTTE that are operating internationally for fund raising and arms dealing activities ; the Aiyanna Group and the Office of Overseas Purchases alias KP department.
"The Aiyanna Group functions as the group's intelligence and operations body, likely to be responsible for monitoring and ensuring the organization's financial support and revenue streams, while the KP Department is most probably the LTTE's procurement arm", Jane's report says.
According the local defence intelligence sources KP stands for Kumaran Padmanadan, name of a terror suspect wanted by the International Police (Interpol). Aiyanna is also an LTTE cadre who had been appointed to lead the LTTE's international operations as the network expanded beyond the capacity of KPs' department. Intelligence sources also said these departments are operating in a mutually supportive manner with other terror organizations such as Al Queda, to achieve their objectives. The heads of these departments are operating under the direct guidance of the LTTE chief, V. Prabhakaran and its intelligence head Pottu Amman, both on the wanted list of Interpol, the sources added.
Jane's elaborates that the LTTE is adapting geographically myriad of methods to carry out its cross-border terrorist activities. "The southern province of Tamil Nadu in India plays a pivotal role in LTTE procurement and has become an essential transit point in the LTTE arms, narcotics, contraband and possibly human smuggling", the magazine says.
Local defence analysts also support the view saying that due to the large number of Indian fishing vessels present in the narrow sea area between India and Sri Lanka, it has been practically difficult for the Navies of both countries to make a complete stop to the terror movements. However, the SL navy having extended its capability have been able to deny the terrorists' use of the Eastern coast of the island almost completely.
Recently, Maldivian defence forces sunk an Indian trawler which had been transporting weapons to the LTTE. It was later revealed that the LTTE terrorists had hijacked the vessel killing the Indian crew except one, and made use of the vessel for arms smuggling. There were many other incidents where the LTTE terrorists have killed and abducted Tamil Nadu fishermen during the recent past. The LTTE's control over the Island's North-Western coastal line from Mannar to Elephant Pass is the main supporting factor for the LTTE to carry out terrorist activities between India and Sri Lanka.
Finally, the Jane's report highlights that the main motivation for the LTTE in its fundraising campaign is to procure an anti- aircraft arsenal. During the 90s the LTTE shot down at least five transport aircraft, including the one carrying civilians, using missile technology.
Defence analysts argue that the leeway given to the LTTE by certain countries during the past had created a monstrous organization that is playing the role of the "Research and Development" department of global terrorism. It has been able to carry out remorseless ethnic ceasing campaigns against Sinhalese and Muslims; maintain a shameful "Baby Brigade" with over six thousand children, and use brain washed Tamil women as suicide bombers, for over two decades.
Ironically, despite its record of atrocities the LTTE has even acquired some legitimacy in certain parts of the world. According to the analysts this is mainly due to its effective propaganda mechanism that has been hoodwinking the world for years. Perhaps, as some defence analysts opine, the LTTE's propaganda mechanism may be the most sophisticated and complex one that any terror organization would dream of having for its own.


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The very first colorway of the Air Jordan XII is back. Known as the "Taxi" edition, this marks the second retro release for these OG's (not including the two low top releases). This Air Jordan 12 Retro comes in white, black, taxi and varsity red. Featuring a white based leather upper with black accents along with hits of taxi and red finishing them off. A general release, look out for these at select Jordan Brand accounts worldwide on Saturday, December 14th, 2013. Retail is set at $170 for men's and, they will also be available in full family sizing running all the way down to infant.
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In the other gardens
And all up the vale,
From the autumn bonfires
See the smoke trail!
Pleasant summer over
And all the summer flowers,
The red fire blazes,
The grey smoke towers.
Sing a song of seasons!
Something bright in all!
Flowers in the summer,
Fires in the fall!
Three of us afloat in the meadow by the swing,
Three of us abroad in the basket on the lea.
Winds are in the air, they are blowing in the spring,
And waves are on the meadow like the waves there are at sea.
Where shall we adventure, to-day that we're afloat,
Wary of the weather and steering by a star?
Shall it be to Africa, a-steering of the boat,
To Providence, or Babylon or off to Malabar?
Hi! but here's a squadron a-rowing on the sea--
Cattle on the meadow a-charging with a roar!
Quick, and we'll escape them, they're as mad as they can be,
The wicket is the harbour and the garden is the shore.
A little kingdom I possess
where thoughts and feelings dwell,
And very hard I find the task
of governing it well;
For passion tempts and troubles me,
A wayward will misleads,
And selfishness its shadow casts
On all my words and deeds.
How can I learn to rule myself,
to be the child I should,
Honest and brave, nor ever tire
Of trying to be good?
How can I keep a sunny soul
To shine along life's way?
How can I tune my little heart
To sweetly sing all day?
Dear Father, help me with the love
that casteth out my fear;
Teach me to lean on thee, and feel
That thou art very near,
That no temptation is unseen
No childish grief too small,
Since thou, with patience infinite,
Doth soothe and comfort all.
I do not ask for any crown
But that which all may win
Nor seek to conquer any world
Except the one within.
Be thou my guide until I find,
Led by a tender hand,
Thy happy kingdom in myself
And dare to take command.
UP with the sun, the breeze arose,
Across the talking corn she goes,
And smooth she rustles far and wide
Through all the voiceful countryside.
Through all the land her tale she tells;
She spins, she tosses, she compels
The kites, the clouds, the windmill sails
And all the trees in all the dales.
God calls us, and the day prepares
With nimble, gay and gracious airs:
And from Penzance to Maidenhead
The roads last night He watered.
God calls us from inglorious ease,
Forth and to travel with the breeze
While, swift and singing, smooth and strong
She gallops by the fields along.
SWALLOWS travel to and fro,
And the great winds come and go,
And the steady breezes blow,
Bearing perfume, bearing love.
Breezes hasten, swallows fly,
Towered clouds forever ply,
And at noonday, you and I
See the same sunshine above.
Dew and rain fall everywhere,
Harvests ripen, flowers are fair,
And the whole round earth is bare
To the moonshine and the sun;
And the live air, fanned with wings,
Bright with breeze and sunshine, brings
Into contact distant things,
And makes all the countries one.
Let us wander where we will,
Something kindred greets us still;
Something seen on vale or hill
Falls familiar on the heart;
So, at scent or sound or sight,
Severed souls by day and night
Tremble with the same delight -
Tremble, half the world apart.
Faster than fairies, faster than witches,
Bridges and houses, hedges and ditches;
And charging along like troops in a battle
All through the meadows the horses and cattle:
All of the sights of the hill and the plain
Fly as thick as driving rain;
And ever again, in the wink of an eye,
Painted stations whistle by.
Here is a child who clambers and scrambles,
All by himself and gathering brambles;
Here is a tramp who stands and gazes;
And here is the green for stringing the daisies!
Here is a cart runaway in the road
Lumping along with man and load;
And here is a mill, and there is a river:
Each a glimpse and gone forever!
THOU strainest through the mountain fern,
A most exiguously thin Burn.
For all thy foam, for all thy din,
Thee shall the pallid lake inurn,
With well-a-day for Mr. Swin-Burne!
Take then this quarto in thy fin
And, O thou stoker huge and stern,
The whole affair, outside and in,
But save the true poetic kin,
The works of Mr. Robert Burn'
And William Wordsworth upon Tin-Tern!
When at home alone I sit
And am very tired of it,
I have just to shut my eyes
To go sailing through the skies--
To go sailing far away
To the pleasant Land of Play;
To the fairy land afar
Where the Little People are;
Where the clover-tops are trees,
And the rain-pools are the seas,
And the leaves, like little ships,
Sail about on tiny trips;
And above the Daisy tree
Through the grasses,
High o'erhead the Bumble Bee
Hums and passes.
In that forest to and fro
I can wander, I can go;
See the spider and the fly,
And the ants go marching by,
Carrying parcels with their feet
Down the green and grassy street.
I can in the sorrel sit
Where the ladybird alit.
I can climb the jointed grass
And on high
See the greater swallows pass
In the sky,
And the round sun rolling by
Heeding no such things as I.
Through that forest I can pass
Till, as in a looking-glass,
Humming fly and daisy tree
And my tiny self I see,
Painted very clear and neat
On the rain-pool at my feet.
Should a leaflet come to land
Drifting near to where I stand,
Straight I'll board that tiny boat
Round the rain-pool sea to float.
Little thoughtful creatures sit
On the grassy coasts of it;
Little things with lovely eyes
See me sailing with surprise.
Some are clad in armour green--
(These have sure to battle been!)--
Some are pied with ev'ry hue,
Black and crimson, gold and blue;
Some have wings and swift are gone;--
But they all look kindly on.
When my eyes I once again
Open, and see all things plain:
High bare walls, great bare floor;
Great big knobs on drawer and door;
Great big people perched on chairs,
Stitching tucks and mending tears,
Each a hill that I could climb,
And talking nonsense all the time--
O dear me,
That I could be
A sailor on a the rain-pool sea,
A climber in the clover tree,
And just come back a sleepy-head,
Late at night to go to bed.
Thank you, pretty cow, that made
Pleasant milk to soak my bread,
Every day and every night,
Warm, and fresh, and sweet, and white.
Do not chew the hemlock rank,
Growing on the weedy bank;
But the yellow cowslips eat;
They perhaps will make it sweet.
Where the purple violet grows,
Where the bubbling water flows,
Where the grass is fresh and fine,
Pretty cow, go there to dine.
God, if this were enough,
That I see things bare to the buff
And up to the buttocks in mire;
That I ask nor hope nor hire,
Nut in the husk,
Nor dawn beyond the dusk,
Nor life beyond death:
God, if this were faith!
Having felt thy wind in my face
Spit sorrow and disgrace,
Having seen thine evil doom
In Golgotha and Khartoum,
And the brutes, the work of thine hands,
Fill with injustice lands
And stain with blood the sea:
If still in my veins the glee
Of the black night and the sun
And the lost battle, run:
If, an adept,
The iniquitous lists I still accept
With joy, and joy to endure and be withstood,
And still to battle and perish for a dream of good:
God, if that were enough!
If to feel, in the ink of the slough,
And the sink of the mire,
Veins of glory and fire
Run through and transpierce and transpire,
And a secret purpose of glory in every part,
And the answering glory of battle fill my heart;
To thrill with the joy of girded men
To go on for ever and fail and go on again,
And be mauled to the earth and arise,
And contend for the shade of a word and a thing
not seen with the eyes:
With the half of a broken hope for a pillow at night
That somehow the right is the right
And the smooth shall bloom from the rough:
Lord, if that were enough!


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"Toussaint Gaskins' book gives hope to and instills confidence and courage in those of us who continually succumb to unsuccessful ad hoc measures to manage our personal finances. Gaskins' holistic approach speaks to us on a level we can understand to engineer and manage our personal finances in a way that is congruent with and reflects our own personal spirits. The Personal Finance Kit – The Practical Financial Management Resource Guide is a formula that spells financial freedom – at last!"
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Max Borges Agency to Broadcast Live From CES
Miami, Fla. -- Max Borges Agency, the public relations and social media agency that only represents consumer electronics and technology companies, today announced the launch of a broadcast division, Tech Launch Pad.
The new unit will be broadcasting more than 50 segments live from the 2011 International CES show floor to ABC, CBS, FOX, NBC and CW affiliates across the country, according the the agency.
"Tech Launch Pad is another way for us to provide the best possible service to the media," said Max Borges, agency president. "Through our broadcast and editorial division, we're able to bring the best of 2011 CES to consumers that might otherwise never experience the excitement that is CES."
Tech Launch Pad is taking submissions from companies launching new technologies at the show. To have a product/service considered, please email firstname.lastname@example.com.
The broadcasts can be see live at CES at the Tech Launch Pad booth, 5325 in the North Hall, iLounge Pavilion.


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The training is designed to teach pedestrian skills to children in primary schools, by means of practical road-side training rather than teaching in the classroom. It is built around teaching three skills: choosing safe places and routes; crossing safely at parked cars; and crossing safely near junctions. The scheme examines risk, hazard and danger, and through coaching, children understand and learn at a very early age the necessary skills to be safer when walking. Our Y1-2 pupils have been taught over a number of weeks in the road environment near school, in small groups by trained volunteers. All received a certificate.


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Diehard Sanders backers descend on Democratic convention vowing 'Bernie or Bust'
Some loyal Bernie Sanders voters have organized multiple events and rallies in support of the failed Democratic presidential nominee in Philadelphia to coincide with the party's convention. "Bernie or Bust" adherents say there is no way they will vote for Hillary Clinton. CBC | World NewsRead More »


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Business for sale in United Kingdom - Ah139-retail gift and craft shop in well known devon coastal resort town-devon
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for the last 34 years this well known gift and craft shop has been trading on the main street of this well known devon coastal town. Customers come from far and wide because of the wide, eclectic and unusual array of gifts, products for the making of cards, candles and craftware available for sale. Over the many years of trading the business has generated an excellent reputation for the quality, variety and pricing of its goods. Despite being located in a well known holiday destination the business does not rely on tourists for its trade but rather on regular customers from both the surrounding areas and from the rest of the uk. The lead-up to christmas is their busiest time of year. The current owners have made the decision not to embrace modern technology(!) and have not created a website to sell their products on the internet. Investment in these resources would provide unlimited potential and obviously creates a marvellous opportunity for a new owner to significantly increase sales and profits. The owners have however focussed on selling the widest range and the most unique products. They are always on the hunt for new suppliers to add to their existing range.
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Vehicle insurance protects you against financial loss if you have an accident. It is a contract between you and the insurance company. You agree to pay the premium and the insurance company agrees to pay your losses as defined in your policy. It's a protection against physical damage or bodily injury resulting from traffic collisions and against liability that could also arise therefrom. Vehicle insurance may additionally offer financial protection against as theft of the vehicle, and against damage to the vehicle sustained from events other than traffic collisions, such as keying and damage sustained by colliding with stationary objects.
list of important vehicle insurance terms you will definitely come across when buying or renewing motor insurance.
One of the most commonly used insurance claim terms, IDV is the current market value of your vehicle.
IDV refers to the highest sum payable by the insurer for a vehicle insurance policy. It is thus the maximum amount you can claim in case of total loss of your vehicle, for instance, if it gets stolen or damaged beyond repair.
Tip: Refrain from quoting an IDV lower than the actual market value of your car. Though you may think that would allow you to pay less premium, it may also result in you receiving inadequate compensation.
This is the premium you pay to avail an insurance cover equal to the IDV and forms a major part of your total motor insurance premium.
ODP insures your vehicles against losses caused by events outside of your control. This includes natural disasters like earthquakes and tornadoes, as well as man-made calamities like fires and explosions.
Tip: The ODP differs according to the model, cubic capacity, geographical zones, etc. of the vehicle so make sure you specifically ask about it.
When you make motor insurance claims, standard insurance policies deduct depreciation on replaced parts. However, if you opt for a Zero Depreciation cover, insurance companies waive off depreciation on such replaced parts, which means that you get a higher claim amount.
Tip: This cover is generally only applicable to the first few motor insurance claims. Thus, though it may demand a steeper premium, it's advisable to opt for it given that the claim amount is considerably higher.
One of the most commonly used vehicle insurance terms, this is essentially the discount you become eligible for when you have not made a claim in the previous year- kind of like a reward for the prudent use of your vehicle. This discount considerably lowers the insurance premium you need to pay when you're renewing the policy.
Since the NCB discount amount can be quite large- starting* at 20% for the 2nd year and up to 50% for the 6th year, it's worth refraining from registering a claim for minor damages, and instead of holding out for the NCB.
Tip: The NCB can generally be transferred from one insurance company to the other but is only allowed if the policy is renewed within 90 days of the expiry of the previous policy, so make sure you claim it as soon as possible.
Another popular insurance claim term that is used is Third Party cover. This cover protects the vehicle owner against any financial liability as a result of death, physical injury or damage to the property of a third party. The term' third party' is used because the beneficiary of the policy is someone other than the two parties involved in the contract i.e. the vehicle owner and the insurance company.
A victim can thus file a third party cover claim against the owner of the vehicle, and the latter's insurer will pay for this claim on their behalf.
Tip: According to Indian Law, third party cover is mandatory when you're buying a car, so to ensure that it's a part of your contract with your insurer.
Beyond just your vehicle, Personal Accident Cover financially safeguards you against unforeseen events causing bodily harm, such as Accidental Death or Permanent Total Disability arising due to a road accident.
Tip: Not every motor insurance policy includes personal accident cover so it's absolutely essential you make sure yours does.
So, the next time you're buying or renewing your motor insurance, keep this simple glossary of vehicle insurance terms handy so you don't feel cheated or played on.
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Welcome Nigeria! ACS now in full swing!
And so it begins….. It has been an amazing and enlightening time walking with these two schools located in the Epe Local Government Area of Lagos State, Nigeria. Working with local children, our Ducere Foundation Coordinator Anthony has recently begun the amazing work to bring together our forthcoming and inaugural Nigerian African Children's Stories Collection!!!


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Cthugha-L 1.2
by Deischinger Harald & Kevin Burfitt
(Deischinger Harald & Kevin Burfitt Website)
Operating System: Linux
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License: Freeware (All Free software)
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PostCardWare for private use - Shareware for commercial use
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svgalib, ncurses, XFree86 >= 3.2 (recommended), soundcard (recommended)
Last Updated: 1998-02-02
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Software Description
An oscilloscope on acid. "Cthugha displays your sound card's CD, line or mic-input, then processes it into a hypnotic, swirling, 256-color confection for your eyes" - WIRED 3.03 (p. 156: Music to Your Eyes)
Works with svgalib (on console) and X11. X11 version also runs as screen saver and supports DGA.
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Ensure Home Efficiency and Harmony with a Mitsubishi Single Room Ductless Heat Pump
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Customizable Comfort Solutions Tailored to Your Individual Needs and Preferences
Here are some of the reasons why the Mitsubishi Single Room Ductless Heat Pump is one of the most efficient air systems in the industry:
- Inverter-driven compressors allow the compressor to quickly increase or decrease to accommodate your cooling or heating needs, resulting in outstanding energy efficiency.
- A Mitsubishi heat pump can operate as high as 26 SEER and 10.5 HSPF.
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Northern Territory Legalises Exchange Betting
Australia's Northern Territory has passed legislation that will regulate exchange betting and cement their position as the leading online sports betting jurisdiction in the country. Through this move, the state plans to attract betting operators such as Betfair and the state's greyhound and racing organisers.
Thirteen corporate bookmakers are already based in the NT; however, betting exchange Betfair Australia, despite being owned by NT-based CrownBet, is licensed by the Tasmanian Liquor and Gaming Commission. By regulating exchange betting in the state, Betfair will be able to be licensed in the territory.
The process to legalise exchange betting in the NT began in mid-April when the NT Gaming Minister Peter Styles proposed legislation in an effort to lure Betfair to the territory. As part of the attraction, the NT would offer Betfair superior financial agreements with the company required to pay around $805,000 in annual fees and taxes, and faster resolution of operational issues than they currently receive. In addition, this would allow Betfair to be located in the same place as their parent company.
Last week, the bill was approved by NT parliament and as a result, Betfair will be relocating to Darwin with a small staff of around a dozen people. According to Styles, this could be just the beginning for the Northern Territory with the new legislation expected to "act as a catalyst to attract International operators" to the territory.
The changes in legislation are expected to create a range of new jobs for residents with the additional business that is expected for the area. It would also result in a significant tax boost for the NT with the current thirteen operators paying $4.77 million in collective taxes in the last financial year.
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Yogyakarta (ANTARA News) – National Search and Rescue Agency Chief Marshall Henry Bambang Soelistyo announced that his institution was rated as one of the best search and rescue (SAR) agencies worldwide during the Asia-Pacific SAR Meeting 2015.
"Basarnas was recognized as one of the best teams in the world by achieving a grade value of above 90 points similar to SAR agencies from advanced countries, such as Canada, the United States, and China," he noted here on Monday.
The grade value was computed based on several capability points of the international SAR agencies presented during the Asia-Pacific SAR Meeting 2015 in Australia.
Bambang pointed out that Basarnas was ranked higher than other SAR agencies from the ASEAN countries, including Singapore and Malaysia.
The chief stated that several successful search efforts, such as AirAsia QZ8501 and Trigana Air evacuations have contributed to the track record of Basarnas.
"These two tragedies have drawn important attention to Basarnas performance," Bambang added.
Thus, the countries attending the SAR meeting want to gain further knowledge on Basarnas team and preparation management to better handle future evacuation operations.
According to Bambang, other SAR agencies are also keen to know how Basarnas coordinates with the media and the victims relatives, an area in which other nations often faced difficulties.
Thus, the achievement of Basarnas can support Indonesia to gain the trust of other nations to develop a giant program, including the maritime axis program.
"The maritime axis program is related to the trust of other nations, particularly the safety guarantee," Bambang added


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I love gadgetty gimmicks and I am particularly interested in anti wrinkle creams since my big 31st is next week and my 'laugh lines' seem to be getting more prominent every day.
Having said that it's no surprise that I would love a product that combines the two however I am more drawn to the ridiculousness of this gimmick than any belief that it works. Would anyone really believe that this 'alien with outstretched arms delivering a 40 point massage' will do anything more than make your wallet £15 lighter?
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Part of the bio-economy, Stora Enso is a leading provider of renewable solutions in packaging, biomaterials, wooden constructions and paper globally. We believe that everything that is made from fossil-based materials today can be made from a tree tomorrow. Our materials are renewable, reusable and recyclable, and form the building blocks for a range of innovative solutions that can help replace products based on fossil fuels and other non-renewable materials. Stora Enso has some 26 000 employees in over 30 countries. Our sales in 2017 were EUR 10 billion, with an operational EBIT of EUR 1 billion.
Paper division provides best-in-class paper solutions for the print media and office use. The wide selection covers papers made from virgin wood and recycled fibers. Our main customer groups include publishers, retailers, printing houses, merchants, converters, and office suppliers. We create value for our customers by providing competitive products and services that meet their quality and sustainability requirements.


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Kingston offers a unique approach to studying business-related programmes. Teaching, often in small groups, is innovative, interactive and practical, valuing independent learning, critical and lateral thinking, and applying theory to practice.
The course takes a learning by doing approach and half of your programme will take place in a computer lab where you will develop technical and analytical skills relevant to the digital industries.
Assessments reflect the skills and knowledge needed to engage in contemporary working practices, giving you the confidence and competence necessary to succeed in the rapidly changing digital environment. In your final year you will pitch for a live client project, working as a team to provide a relevant digital solution. Other assessment methods include presentations, business reports, and the development of technical and analytical solutions, both as an individual and part of a team.
Our teaching staff have experience of working in business, teaching and research. A series of guest lectures are delivered by industry practitioners, providing opportunities to contextualise classroom-based learning to real-world business problems.
We offer employment-based activities where employers are invited on campus to participate in specialist networking activities to support your professional development.
The number of learning hours for each module is determined by its credit weighting. For example, for a 30-credit module there are 300 learning hours. This is divided into contact hours (i.e. time spent with academic staff) and independent learning hours (i.e. time spent in studying alone or group work). Normally in the first year, you will have approximately 16 hours of class contact per week - but you will be expected to do independent study outside of class, some of which will be directed study, eg: homework, assessment and revision etc., with the remaining time available for you to look deeper into particular areas of interest.
Throughout the programme, there is a strong emphasis on developing the skills employers look for. These include the ability to manage projects and people in a dynamic business environment, and taking a critical perspective on contemporary management issues.
Assignments are designed to be achieved within the set amount of learning hours for each module and are appropriate to the level of study. We encourage a professional work ethic, which includes how to manage your time. A range of additional support is available to students who require it.
Our courses are carefully constructed to allow you to build knowledge and skills progressively during your degree programme.
We constantly update our curriculum to ensure that it covers the latest developments in your subject area, including the research and professional experience that your tutors bring to the course.
Our course teams also draw on the wealth of experience provided by our professional contacts and highly successful alumni who feed into the design of our courses and provide masterclasses and workshops to enrich your learning.
Our courses take a progressive approach to help develop your academic skills through the modules you study.
Our Academic Skills Centres also provide one-to-one support and advice on the techniques you need to be a successful student including:
During your degree you will develop the independence, creativity and excellent communication skills that we know employers look for in successful graduates.
Assignments are designed not just to test what you know, but to help you develop your knowledge, skills and confidence.
Because we want you to reach your full potential in every assignment, we build in opportunities for practice and 'feed forward' on assessment tasks so that you will know what you need to do to perform at your best when you submit your work.
When we return your work, we give you clear feedback that will show you what you need to work on next time. You'll have the opportunity to discuss the comments on your work one-to-one with your lecturers and your personal tutor.
When you arrive, we'll introduce you to your personal tutor – the member of academic staff who will keep a particular eye on your progress throughout your time at Kingston University (and after you graduate) and who will show you how to make the best use of all the help and resources that we offer at Kingston University.
Your tutor will give you academic guidance and will make sure that you know how to access our other support services if you need them.
When not attending timetabled teaching sessions (lectures, seminars, workshops, labs, studios etc.), you will be expected to continue learning independently through self-study.
Typically, this will involve reading journal articles and books, working on individual and group projects, undertaking research in one of the University's libraries, preparing coursework assignments or revising for examinations or tests.
Your independent learning is supported by a range of excellent facilities including the libraries and the University's virtual learning environment, Canvas.
Helpful feedback on your assessed work is hugely important in enabling you to perform your best. The University makes a commitment to all students that you will receive feedback on all your assessed work within 20 University days* of submission.
* University days count as Monday to Friday – the following are not included: Saturdays, Sundays, Public Bank Holidays, or when the University is closed during Christmas vacation.
To help you choose the right course to study at Kingston University, you can read the programme specification and the module listings which make up each course, which can be found on the individual course page.
A programme specification is a summary of the main features of a programme and provides details of the intended learning outcomes for students. It details the teaching, learning and assessment methods, including the structure of the programme.
Please note detailed course handbooks to guide you through each year of study are normally available at the start of term.
Kingston University provides each student with an individualised timetable. Timetables are normally available to students within 48 hours of enrolment.
While we make every effort to ensure timetables are as student-friendly as possible, scheduled teaching can take place on any day of the week between 9.00am and 6.00pm.
For undergraduate students Wednesday afternoons are normally reserved for sports and cultural activities, but there may be occasions when this is not possible. Timetables for part-time students will depend on the modules selected.
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Baptism & Membership Course
The next round of baptism classes for adults will start on 27 Jan 2019, with baptism taking place on Easter Sunday 21 Apr. Register by 13 Jan.
If you are already baptised and wish to become a member of TMC (including by transfer from another church) by committing to her your prayers, presence, gifts and service, you will also be required to attend all the above classes. New members will be received on Sun 19 May.
Detailed schedule.
To register for adult baptism and/or membership classes, please download this form, or you may obtain the registration forms from the church office. All forms, documents and enquiries to Park Ming or anyone in the church office.
There will be an opportunity for you to have your infant or child baptised on Easter Sunday 21 Apr. Please download this form. Please direct enquiries to the iSunday Counter / church office.
Baptism is the sacrament of initiation into the body of Christ, the Church, which joins the new member with Christians everywhere.
Under the guidance of the church, candidates carefully consider their motives for baptism and their willingness to accept the responsibilities of Christian life.
Under the guidance of disciplers / sponsors, candidates participate regularly in the life of the church, attend worship services, study the Bible and learn to follow Christ's teachings in daily life.
When persons unite with a local Methodist church, they profess their faith in God, the Father Almighty, maker of heaven and earth, and in Jesus Christ, His only Son; and in the Holy Spirit. Thus, they make known their desire to live their daily lives as disciples of Jesus Christ. They covenant together with God and with the members of the local church to keep the vows which are part of the order of confirmation and reception into the Church.
1. To confess Jesus Christ as Lord and Saviour and pledge their allegiance to His kingdom.
2.To receive and profess the Christian faith as contained in the Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments.
3. To promise according to the grace given them to live a Christian life and always remain faithful members of Christ's holy Church.
4. And to be loyal to The Methodist Church and uphold it by their prayers, their presence, their gifts, and their service.


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Keep Calm and Fish On: 4 Spots in Telluride to Fish with the Kids
by Jackie Edwards
On the backdrop of the beautiful Rocky Mountains, Telluride has some of the best trout fishing in the region. The network of lakes, ponds, and alpine creeks in Telluride offer unique fly fishing opportunities and are an angler's haven. If you're looking for a great spot to take out the kids, here are some recommendations that will have the fish biting, and the kids smiling.
Trout Lake: Located just 15 miles from downtown Telluride along Highway 145, Trout Lake is the perfect spot for a trip with your little one. The very spacious lake is located at the foot of 14,000 foot mountains and provides amazing views while you're fishing. The lake is also great for the kids because it has easy fly conditions as the fish are plentiful and are always very hungry. They bite your hook before it even hits the water. The kids will enjoy getting the nibbles and will be fully entertained by all the fish they are sure to catch at Trout Lake.
San Miguel River: Known as one of the friendliest trout streams in the Rockies the San Miguel is appealing to fishermen of all levels. For beginners, the trout here are very unselective and therefore great for the kids first fishing excursion. It is also a great spot to catch some big game. The trout in San Miguel are on average 12 inches, with many fisherman commonly catching trout longer than 18 inches. These will be nice and easy trophies for your kids.
Upper Dolores River: Near Lizard Head Pass and the Wilson Mountain Range, the Dolores watershed offers more than 75 miles of trout water. The trout in the Upper Dolores River don't see a lot of anglers so they are pretty easy for kids to catch. They are also opportunistic feeders so you simply need a fly that is easy to see in choppy waters. You can find brown, brook and rainbow trout throughout the river, but the fish lower down in the canyons tend to be larger – about 10-14 inches in size. The trout found closer to Lizard Head Pass are smaller and are only about 6-10 inches in size. Therefore, you may want to start your kids at the Lizard Head Pass to practice and then work your way down the river.
Gunnison River: Known as one of Colorado's legendary trout streams, Gunnison River houses gold medal browns and rainbows that can reach up to two feet in length. Although these fish will be harder for your children to catch, with your help, they could reel in an extremely large trout. The kids will be extremely excited when you both pull in the big ones, and you can get some great shots of them with the fish.


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A Culture of Achievement and Belief
Invizion is responsible to our people, our clients and our communities. Built upon a culture of achievement and belief, we strive to make every project, every deliverable, our best. With this vision, the possibilities are endless.
Our value statements of insight, innovation and integrity are much more than buzzwords to us. They're how we support our client base of mission-focused and principled organizations. It's how we support and protect the warfighter. How we keep people, infrastructure and data safe. How we help facilitate understanding between nations.
Because the work we do and the people we support are so critical, we do what it takes to foster trust and deliver on commitments. We make right choices, even when they're not convenient. This means we only take on projects when we're sure we can deliver.
Invizion isn't just about revenue. It's about people. We're committed to the communities where we live, and the communities we serve. It's about the values we hold near and dear and live every day, centered on the true assets of our company—our employees and customers. That's the only way to create endless possibilities.
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The apple iphone has confirmed for being more than the typical smartphone. With numerous applications accessible at Apple's app keep as well as other comparable web sites, the functions and purposes the apple iphone can serve have become limitless. One of the latest improvements from the environment of the smartphone will be the coronary heart amount check iphone app.
How Pulse Monitoring Apps Work
In case you are thinking about how a pulse monitoring app will work, it is quite simple. You will involve a sensor to transmit your pulse readings on your iphone. Once the knowledge is entered into your app's database, it can use your phone's memory to compute the information you demand and after that show it inside of seconds. You may then transmit this facts to an online database or share it with the social websites contacts.
The key benefits of These Apps
You can find quite a few causes which drove builders to build a coronary heart fee keep track of apple iphone app. Among the 1st kinds is the expanding need to stay fit and eliminate weight. Together with the numbers of weight problems and its fatalities growing each individual yr, far more folks are embracing nutritious lifestyles and enrolling in gyms. As a end result, the need to watch heart prices is improving.
A further advantage of monitoring the heart charge by means of an app is portability. Whereas watches is usually overlooked and chest straps might be way too tight for comfort, a heart price observe iphone app will be along with you wherever you go. So, irrespective of whether you're planning a training soon after do the job or dread heart issues, you may rely on your apple iphone to be sure your heart's fantastic wellbeing.
Ways to Locate a Heart Charge Observe Reservation app
Locating iphone applications which monitor and file your pulse is easy, but getting the most effective is not. You could really need to undergo many apps before you decide to can discover the very best. Nonetheless, if you need a nudge within the correct course, here are some ideas you may use:
1. Seem for applications formulated by well-known companies. This should be your very first clue concerning the quality and reliability with the app.
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five. Specialised apps would be the ideal since they offer you the info you require. So, for anyone who is monitoring your coronary heart to compute the amount of energy you burn off, go to get a fat reduction app relatively than a single constructed for runners.
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- Provide Premob inspection services using qualified and competent personnel with Mechanical / Automobile Engineering background, having experience in automobile inspections capable of inspecting light, medium & heavy vehicles, civil/ancillary equipment and lifting & hoisting equipment using appropriate Inspection / diagnostic equipment and checklists. Personnel must possess HUET for work in swamp locations.
- Contractor may make use of Premob bay and associated equipment where available on as it is basis and ensure routine and corrective maintenance of the equipment in liaison with the OEM to ensure effective use of them for testing braking system, exhaust emission, steering and suspension play, vehicle lifts amongst others. This is in addition to provision of
contractor owned equipment to carry out the required services where Shell own is unavailable or become unserviceable.
- Provide certified dead weights with calibrated measuring equipment for load testing lifting & hoisting equipment, inspection equipment, related tools including 5 units DEWALT DCT414S1 12-Volt Max Infrared Thermometer Kit, identification tags (EZ Loc 1/8" x 12" Mill Finish Cold Stamped Sequential Numbering, portable brake testers and smoke analyzers, Cameras, Vernier caliper, Thread depth gauge etc. to support Inspection process as required.
- Provide at least 1 no operational vehicle (NCAP/ENCAP rating >=4) with driver that meet SPDC requirements for transportation of inspectors to Shell and contractors land locations/sites where inspections are to be carried out whilst Shell shall provide transportation to swamp locations including accommodation.
- Print stickers using Zebra Thermal printers, provide thermal stickers and ribbons including outright replacements of the printers when required.
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We invite you to submit a paper/abstract to The 7th International Conference on Education and Information Systems, Technologies and Applications: EISTA 2009 (http://www.2009iiisconferences.org/EISTA). It will take place in Orlando, Florida, USA, on July 10th � 13th, 2009.
The deadlines are the following:
Submissions: October 14th, 2008
Acceptance: December 8th, 2008
Final version: February 18th, 2009
Submitted papers or extended abstracts will have three kinds of reviews: double-blind (by at least three reviewers), non-blind, and participative peer-to-peer reviews.
Authors of accepted papers who registered in the conference can have access to the reviews made to their submission so they can accordingly improve the final version of their papers. Non-registered authors may not have access to the reviews of their respective submissions.
Awards will be granted to the best paper of those presented at each session. From these session's best papers, the best 10%-20% of the papers presented at the conference will be selected for their publication in Volume 7 of JSCI Journal (www.j-sci.com/Journal/SCI). Libraries of journal author's organizations will receive complimentary subscriptions of at least one volume (6 issues).
Also, we would like to invite you to organize an invited session related to a topic of your research interest. If you are interested in organizing an invited session, please, fill out the respective form provided in the conference web page. We will send you a password, so you can include and modify papers in your invited session.
More details about the reviewing process, the acceptance policy, organizing invited sessions, and submission deadlines can be found at our web site.
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When a suitable property to rent has been found ALL persons aged eighteen or over will complete an Application Form and will be named in the Tenancy Agreement. We will take up references on behalf of our client, the Landlord, which may include a bank reference for which your bank will charge a nominal fee, a credit reference, an employer's / accountant's and previous landlord reference (if applicable). A payment to indicate your commitment is required when you submit your application and is held against expenses. The payment is non-refundable should your application be unsuccessful or withdrawn. Please note that this money in advance does not constitute a tenancy and is the administration fee that is payable to That Property.
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From 6 April 2007 when you pay a deposit for an Assured Shorthold Tenancy, your landlord or agent must protect it using a government authorised tenancy deposit scheme. This is to ensure you get all or part of your deposit back when you are entitled to it and any disputes will be easier to resolve. Within 14 days of paying your deposit your landlord or agent is required to give you details about how your deposit is protected. This includes the contact details of the tenancy deposit scheme and what to do if there is a dispute at the end of the tenancy.
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Friday Fiction: Monster Mash Ups
I'm skeptical about mash-ups. I know Pride and Prejudice and Zombies has been immensely popular, it even has a sequel: Dawn of the Dreadfuls. Not to mention the spate of other mash-ups that followed in its wake: Adventures of Huckleberry Finn and Zombie Jim; Alice in Zombieland; The War of the Worlds Plus Blood, Guts and Zombies; The Undead World of Oz; Emma and the Werewolves; Mansfield Park and Mummies; Sense and Sensibility and Seamonsters; Android Karenina; Robin Hood and Friar Tuck: Zombie Killers….
But I just can't help but lament the lack of new, original stories in an era of remakes, reloads and sequels – not to mention the fact that while the mash-ups obey the letter of copyright law I'm not convinced they're really in the spirit of the law… though I must admit to a fascination with Android Karenina…
Anyway, I digress…
In an effort to come to grips with the whole mash-up thing I thought I'd have a go at the genre – but using nursery rhymes.
Mary Had A Little Zombie
Mary had a little zombie, little zombie, little zombie,
Mary had a little zombie, its flesh was grey as stone.
And everywhere that Mary went, Mary went, Mary went,
Everywhere that Mary went the blood was soon to flow.
It followed her to school one day, school one day, school one day,
It followed her to school one day – breaking quarantine.
It made the children run away, run away, run away.
It made the children run away, to protect their brains.
Any nursery rhymes you'd like to see invaded by zombies (or vampires, werewolves or other nasty bitey thing?) Let me know for future Friday Fictions!
What's your take on the mash-up phenomenon?
4 Responses to "Friday Fiction: Monster Mash Ups"
Two competing views actually, as we encourage mashups for Picture Australia (see the Re-Picture group on Flickr).
On the one hand it encourages creative use of other peoples work, and people are more inclined to use creative commons as a form of rights, which is more granular than copyright and allows works to be used by others more easily. Which leads to community creativity – all good.
On the other hand you get bad mashups, such as the first example, which owes its popularity for the timing, rather than quality of the work. I've tried to read it, the language use jars alarmingly with the original Austen. First couple of times it's amusing, then it gets annoying. Mashups suffer from the same lack of editorial control as fanfiction – which leads to the same problems: a market flooded with crap you have to wade through to find something good, literary shortcuts taken which lead to the practice of bad writing – the mashup writer (like the fanfiction writer) doesn't learn writing skills they need – because they are never forced to use them and have no incentive to acquire them – the hard work has been done by others.
I'm the author of 'Robin Hood and Friar Tuck: Zombie Killers – A Canterbury Tale by Paul A. Freeman'. Your piece about monster mashups and the incisive views expressed in the reply make interesting reading.
If I may, I would like to put my book into context.
My novella, although it includes zombies, is not actually part of the 'monster mash-up' movement. The Robin Hood legends we all know and love are actually built from myth fragments from a number of sources. Although I allude to one or two of these in my book, my novella is in effect an original tale. In fact, the first half takes place not in Sherwood Forest, but in the Holy Land during the infamous Great Crusade.
Also, 'Robin Hood and Friar Tuck: Zombie Killers' is alternatively titled 'The Monk's Second Tale' and is the longest of a series of eight 'new' Canterbury Tales that I've written. It's part of my ambitious 'Canterbury Tales' project which involves each of Chaucer's pilgrims telling a second story completly in narrative poetry. All my Canterbury Tales are original stories, though I've borrowed Chaucer's pilgrims for the short introductory prologues and the epilogues.
Chaucer envisaged his pilgrims each telling four stories – two on their outward journey and two on their homeward journey. Unfortunately he died before even completing a quarter of his tales.
The Canterbury Tales I've written so far (which chronicle the pilgrims' homeward journey) are all in different genres, varying from fable to fabliau, and from crime fiction to chick lit. Since Coscom Entertainment offered me a chance at publication with 'The Monk's Second Tale', this became my horror 'Canterbury Tale'.
The reasoning behind this project is to help renew interest in narrative poetry and to give students aiming to study the original Chaucer tales in Middle English a stepping stone.
My Canterbury Tales project is now doing quite well. My 'Miller's Second Tale' is being edited for an anthology of neo-medieval literature and the abridged version of my 'Knight's Second Tale' (an Arthurian legend) will appear soon in the Every Day Poets' inaugural poetry anthology.
Sorry if I've been a bit long-winded, but this project is very close to my heart and I wanted you to see the whole picture.
So thanks for giving me this chance at explaining what on the face of things is a sensationally titled, band-wagon book, but is in reality meant to be anything but. Below are links to my website, where my Canterbury Tales project is explained in detail (along with samples of my work), and a link to my Robin Hood book at Coscom Entertainment. The Amazon and DriveThruHorror links allow you to read 4 and 6 pages of my book, respectively:
Best wishes
Paul A. Freeman
Hey 🙂
I've read some of the recent mashups on your list (Pride&Prejudice w/ Zombies being one) and some that aren't (including The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen) as well as a bit of fanfic.
I'm not sure what to say about them, really. The juxtaposition can be funny, if one is unfamiliar with the source material (eg: P&Pw/Z), because the novelty can excuse any clunkiness in the writing. It can also be about 50 types of awesome (eg: The League) if it is done cleverly (I was familiar with a fair chunk of the source material referenced in those books and loved them).
Probably the best thing about things like P&Pw/Z is when they are a novelty. P&Pw/Z was funny because it was out of left field and prompted doubletakes when shelved with the rest of the Classics section (as I've seen in a few shops now), but perhaps the main thing it has doing for it was, as Peter said, the timing. Now that there are lots of books that (at least on the surface) appear very similar, the idea isn't as funny anymore.
I've found that in some mashups and fanfic I've read – the writer hasn't needed to put as much effort (or any!) in characterisation because they're relying on the reader knowing about the characters already and filling in the gaps that appear in the text.
Of course, there are good writers out there who do carry on ideas and characters in a believable way. Unfortunately timing and the current glut in the genre would make it hard for the good ones to shine (like writers of magical boarding school novels after Harry Potter, of vampire romance after Anita Blake/Twilight, etc. etc. etc…)
Aaaaaaand I realised I've just taken a lot of words to pretty much exactly agree with what Peter said! 🙂 Oh well!
Krissy raises a lot of thought-provoking points on the monster mash-up phenomenon. For me, one of the best things to come out of the experience of writing my novella has been to delve into blogs like this one and discover such highly literate people voicing their opinions of books at a time when we're told no one reads any more.
From my own experience, last July, in Abu Dhabi, and having only heard vaguely of PP&Z, I wrote my Robin Hood 'Zombie' narrative poem / novella. As I've explained, the stories of Robin Hood come from fragmentary sources. So I didn't use a pre-existing text, though I did use largely pre-existing characters.
Also, since my book is a 'Canterbury Tale', I was faced with either using a title such as 'The Monk's Second Tale', or 'Robin Hood and Friar Tuck: Zombie Killers – A Canterbury Tale by Paul A. Freeman'. The former would not have been very marketable, hence the sensational title to my book.
Another point you may find interesting is that the 'Chaucer List' (a diverse group of Chaucer fans) has recently been discussing why Chaucer never wrote a Robin Hood Canterbury Tale – which is a major reason that I chose to do so.
As for topicality, the new 'Robin Hood' movie comes out later this month, starring Russel Crowe.
Anyhow, if my present Canterbury Tale doesn't take your fancy, I hope that those scheduled for publication in the future might. And as for the monster mash-up fad, yes, I feel too that it's probably had its day.
Happy reading!


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This is kinda premature, but it is my hope that we will be able to provide an agility group in the Brazos Valley pretty soon. The basic goals right now are to finish the equipment and find people of all levels that want to play. Meeting times will be arranged in the next few months. Possible long-term activities include seminars and fun matches. Even more long term we may actually become a "real" group and provide classes and events. More to come (hopefully)... Or, if you are interested in helping/playing please email me below.
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One form of information is metrics, or measures. But what do the metrics really measure, and are they being spun a bit?
"TV's New Metrics," Wall Street Journal, October 17, 2014 D1. Lots of data about the new TV shows, and how many and what people are watching them. Which one has the most viewers? Between ages 18 and 49? Is that different from the biggest audience? Which is the funniest? Who has the highest score? The most Twitter followers?
Common to the superlatives is a word with an "st" in it, e.g., most, biggest, funniest, highest. Borrowing from Richard Levick's work on crisis management, on how communications capture eyeball share. What information do you collect to which you can apply an "st" word to make your claim stand out? And how do you recognize the limitations on the "st" claim, when you are the reader?
How is all that information being used?


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Should Swaggy P Get an L.A. Kings Championship Ring?
On Friday, June 13, the Los Angeles Kings won the Stanley Cup by beating the New York Rangers in a five game series. After the game, Nick Young aka Swaggy P got on Twitter and sent the following message to the Kings:
LA Kings I think I need a ring to every since I got on Zamboni y'all ain't look back lol good stuff LA all day
Translation: Can I get a Championship ring because when I got on the Zamboni, you guys never looked back. When Swaggy P rode the Zamboni at the Staples Center, the Kings were down 2-0 to the San Jose Sharks in the Western Conference Quarterfinals. The Kings would lose the game that night but they ended going on a run afterwards winning four straight games to advance to the next round.
What do you guys think? It doesnt look like Swaggy P will be winning any rings from the Lakers anytime soon so one from the Kings will have to do.


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I have no info on this yet except that it took place in Álvaro Weyne, Fortaleza, Brazil. The first video shows the man already dead, killed by the people around him. They continue stabbing him in the eye over and over and then bring in an axe. The second video shows his body set on fire. I'm surprised he burned as much as he did. I wonder if he would just fall apart like BBQ ribs do if you tried to pick him up?
Thanks to @MrsPink!


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You may recall that chum James sent me a pack each of the Perry Miniatures mounted Union and Confederate Generals for my birthday last month. The Union chaps were turned around pretty quickly, but the Confederate Generals have been waiting their turn in the painting queue.
This week I managed to finish them off, giving them a spray of varnish this evening before taking the obligatory photos for the blog.
The first fellow looks to be quite the veteran so I gave him a set of grey moustaches and whiskers that I think go quite nicely with his mid-blue trim.
The second chap shall do duty as a dashing cavalry commander to lead the Confederate horse.


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Church of God, New World Ministries
Bible Q & A
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I understand God made man in His own image
after creating all the animals and other
creatures. What does "in our image" mean
(Gen. 1:26)?
First, notice that
God created all life after its own kind (Gen.
1:19-25). The fish in the oceans, lakes, and
streams, were created after the fish kind. The
birds of the air after the bird kind. The land fowl
after the fowl kind. The land animals, each after
its own kind.
Then God said, "let
us make man in our image after our likeness" (Gen.
1:26). God proposed to make man not after the
animal kind, but after the God kind! Man, then, is
not descended from an animal as evolutionists
The word "likeness"
in this verse refers primarily to facial
appearance. The word "image" signifies not only
form and shape as in other passages of the Bible,
but "stamped with character." The word "image"
includes the potential of developing God-like
Adam was
formed—shaped—out of material substance. In form
and shape he bore God's likeness. (God reveals
Himself as having face, hair, eyes, ears, nose,
mouth, arms, and feet.) But Adam was made for the
very purpose of acquiring—during his mortal
lifetime—the character of God. Adam failed,
choosing to follow the ways of Satan rather than the
ways of God.
God is now
fulfilling His purpose in those He has called and
chosen through His son Jesus Christ. It is through
Jesus Christ that Christians shall—by a resurrection
to immortality (I Cor. 15:50-54)—bear the "image" of
God. That is, be composed of God's very own
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