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May 12, 2014
Pirate101's Updates Are Now Live!
Ahoy Pirates! Today Kingsisle released the updates for the Pirate101 Spring Update to the live realm! This means that we can see a lot of new features in the game such as new advanced pets, advanced companions, mark and recall and so many other awesome features! I'm happy this update was finally released because this means that we'll have a lot of new things to test out. :D If you like marking places that you port from so you can port back without having to travel back there by ship, mark and recall is a great feature. With mark and recall you mark your spot you want to port to and then you can travel somewhere and then port back to that spot without having to take time to get there. This feature is as awesome as the mounts. The advanced pets and companions are awesome too! All schools also get new companions, make sure to visit your school if you're above level 4 to recruit your new companion. :D Okay I'm going to stop typing now so you can log onto the game and have fun with the new awesome updates KI released. Thanks KI for all of your hard work! :) If you would like to read through all of the updates KI released just click on the image that's been attached to this post. Thanks for reading and I'll see you around the spiral!
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It's been a great year for the U.S. stock market. The Standard & Poor's 500 Index is up about 25%, and the Dow Jones Industrial Average has climbed 23%.
And Money Morning's gurus have done even better than that for their subscribers this year…
Chief Investment Strategist Keith Fitz-Gerald decoded an 80% gain for readers of his Money Map Report with an insurance company that pays out a super dividend.
Our Defense and Technology Specialist Michael A. Robinson, delivered a 100% gain with a politics-proof defense contractor.
Now it's time to pick the next big winners for 2014. Some of our experts share what they're watching, looking for, or forward to, next time around.
The Good
Here's who's going to have a great 2014:
Two of our favorite tech stocks, Apple Inc. (Nasdaq: AAPL) and Microsoft Corp. (Nasdaq: MSFT), bear close watching next year, according to Money Morning's Capital Wave Strategist Shah Gilani.
"Apple is headed back to $700," he said, on the basis of "new products and business lines that will shock the world." AAPL is trading at $560 per share now.
Meanwhile, Gilani says Microsoft will mount its own challenge to Apple and Google – and emerge from the fight "bigger, stronger, and more growth-oriented."
- 2013 was a rough year for the equity markets in the emerging economies of Asia and Latin America. Although gross domestic product (GDP) growth was 4.5% in those markets, share price indexes for Asia were only up 1.7%, and down 8.7% for Latin America, according to research firm Yardeni.
Next year, things will start to look up, at least for one of the big emerging economies.
"2014 is going to be all about Brazil: economically, politically, athletically," said Gilani. "If Brazil can rise to the many challenges it faces, its stock market will soar."
Brazil will host the 2014 FIFA World Cup and the 2016 Olympics in Rio da Janeiro, both events that will tax the country's infrastructure.
- And speaking of soaring, this famed investor is poised to have a massively profitable 2014…


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The Falcon at the Portal
Vendor: William Morrow Paperbacks
Number of Pages: 464
Dimensions: 8.00 × 5.31 (inches)
New York Times Bestseller
From New York Times bestselling author Elizabeth Peters comes another riveting mystery in her phenomenally popular Amelia Peabody series.
The Land of the Pharaohs harbors more secrets than any tomb can hide.
In Egypt for the 1911 archaeological season, Amelia Peabody and her family are not anticipating trouble, but it finds them nonetheless. Their young friend David is accused of selling ancient artifacts, and it's up to the Emersons to expose the real culprit. But the body of an American discovered at the bottom of their excavation shaft and a child of mysterious antecedents are sparking twin crises that threaten to tear the family apart. Amelia brings her estimable powers of deduction to bear, but she might not survive long enough to unravel more than one perplexing puzzle—because suddenly someone is shooting bullets in her direction...and coming too close for comfort!
"Amelia is rather like Indiana Jones, Sherlock Holmes and Miss Marple all rolled into one."—Washington Post Book World


text: Matrix Group Partners with FMI to Produce Animated Video Series Highlighting Supermarket Facts Dec 19, 2013 December 19, 2013 – ARLINGTON, VA – Food Marketing Institute (FMI) and Matrix Group, a leading web design, development and e-marketing agency in the Washington D.C. area, announce the release of an animated video series that showcases key industry facts through a digital platform. The first video in the series presents a picture of how often U.S. consumers visit the supermarket and where they shop. As the voice of the food retail industry, FMI continues to invest in research that maps the changing food retail landscape and identifies new ways of presenting the trends in its vast library. The supermarket facts video series, resulting from the creative collaboration between FMI and Matrix Group, brings to life these major industry trends. View "Americans Go to the Supermarket 1.7 Times per Week" here. Learn more supermarket facts at fmi.org.


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Ladies and gentlemen, there is cause for concern. This time though, it's not Kenyan women. Well, not 100%. See, it seems everybody's hormones are fired up and raging, for no apparent reason.
Let me explain.
A good looking Kenyan, such as myself, was parking his car at Nairobi University's Main Campus once upon a Wednesday afternoon. Oh yes, that car again. I was smelling as good as I usually do on Wednesdays, as I stepped out onto the campus. My mind was far away and my body was on autopilot. I was on a mission. "Walk to the office, get the document, back to the car, go home."
Before I got 10 meters from the vehicle in question, a slender, gently scented hand placed itself on my chest and slowly slid up to my shoulder. I would've raised my eyebrow in alarm were I not already fully aware of how sexy I looked.
So instead I began to assess my assailant. Some under-clad twenteen year old girl stood before me smiling. I can't lie, I can remember her chesticles better than her face. But to be fair, she had geography for breasts: Rift Valley as cleavage and Mt. Kilimanjaro on either side. And she seemed intent on making sure I got a good view as she shoved them in my stomach region. See, I'm about 6ft tall, and she was 5'3, maybe. Looking down, I felt like I could set my laptop atop that dashboard and begin surfing the web while having a discussion with her.
Eventually, after she was certain I had noticed all the goods she had in front of me, she asked "Where are you going?"
I stammered and then said "Working", fully aware that that was neither a noun nor a destination. She asked "Can I come?" and my first reaction was "Normally, if you're healthy, you should be able to." But I didn't say that. I realized she meant the other "come", (or so I thought) and quickly switched gears. I gently shifted her hand off my shoulder as I gave her my spiel on how I have a very lovely, very dangerous lady to whom I pledge allegiance, and that I was flattered but no thank you.
As I proceeded to attempt walking away, I realized her hand had found itself on my shoulder again. She was still smiling. "She won't find out," she whispered and then nodded towards the Audi "Let's go back to your car."
This isn't the first time something like this happened. I have been propositioned on Main Campus by more women than Tiger Woods has cheated on. Each time, I say no and each time, they get more aggressive. It's not clear to me just when and where this epidemic begun, but there are now lots of dirty talking time-bombs in skirts strolling through your local Universities, looking for something to blow. And you should be concerned.
I know I lost half the male readers on the above paragraph, as they've all probably decided to take a walk on main campus and try their luck, but for the rest of you, here's a word of wisdom.
If she throws it at you, you're bound to catch something. If nothing else, be very, very careful.
As for you women, I don't know what to say. The sensible ones among you will get offended if I make a general statement and the other loose-Lucy's will probably not take the time to read through this rant. But to be fair, both guys and girls are equally to blame. I only mention the women because I don't get hit on by men.
Anyhow, instead of giving my 2 cents in the post, I'll open up the discussion in the comments. Why do you think young Kenyans have the sex drives of rabbits in heat? Why have they become more open to sex than they were maybe 10 years ago? Any thoughts stories and anecdotes, share.


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In response to U.S. engagement in Iraq, ISIS supporters have renewed threats on Twitter that Americans and the U.S. are at risk of attack. Most of the threats are being posted with the hashtag #AMessageFromISIStoUS.
Although many official ISIS media outlets have been deleted from Twitter in recent days, the Al Battar Media handle, one of ISIS's official accounts, has been posting threats, with tweets such as "Would you like to taste the losses, pain, death and all what you tasted in Iraq again?" and "O Westerners, your governments have lost their minds, and they will let you pay the cost of their stupidity, the Islamic State is too strong, so you must yield to it, not fight it!"
An unofficial pro-ISIS account that tweets information from Al Battar media has also tweeted such messages as "Listen: All your bases in the Arabian Gulf are our targets, and you know what we'll do with the employees!" "Targeting Iraq means targeting America and Americans in (sic) all over the world!" and "NOW we're warning the Americans NOW our words speak After Airstrikes: We're cutting their heads Our weapons speak!" All were tweetedwith the hashtag #AMessageFromISIStoUS.
The "Shamalmalahem Media" handle, dedicated to releasing pro-ISIS news, has been prefacing all of its tweets (regardless of subject) with the message from ISIS hashtag or the hashtag #CalamityWillBefallUS. Its tweets include descriptions and video of ISIS fighters attacking Kurdish and Iraqi forces, as well as video in which it claims ISIS snipers are "catching the American soldiers in Iraq."
Shamalmalahem Media has also released an eightand a half minute video addressed "to the people of the united states (sic) and a message especially to the (sic) barack obama (sic)" calling for the U.S. to remember the destruction it encountered in the second Iraq war, and to expect worse should troops be sent. The video has since been removed from YouTube as a violation of the company's policies.
As is typical for ISIS social media campaigns, multiple ISIS supporters are also tweeting various threats with the same hashtags. A number of the supporters have specifically directed the threat against New York City, posting images of Times Square and of the falling Twin Towers along with the message "The head of ISIS Sheikh Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi said: Our appointment in New York."
This campaign is the second time that ISIS organized a Twitter campaign threatening the U.S. The first was in June when the group encouraged followers to tweet using the hashtag #CalamityWillBefallUS, to warn the U.S. against engagement in Iraq. That hashtag has occasionally been used in the current campaign as well.
ISIS has become well known for its sophisticated use of social media even as it is increasingly blocked by social media sites.


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ActiveOps Announced As National Business Awards Finalist
Winners revealed on 14 November 2017
ActiveOps has been shortlisted for the Smith & Williamson Scale-Up Business of the Year for the 2017 Lloyds Bank National Business Awards. ActiveOps is a leader in cloud-based back office workforce optimization solutions, including Workware™ software and their Active Operations Management (AOM™) Methodology.
Richard Jeffery, CEO of ActiveOps explains, "Being recognised in this way endorses the role of our leading workforce optimization platform in delivering operations transformation. The radically different customer experiences being created through digitization, automation and AI are more quickly, safely and efficiently adopted inside organisations where the insight and control provided by Workware is present."
The finalists were chosen from the hundreds of businesses that entered or were nominated across 18 award categories. They will now prepare for live presentations to an expert judging panel who will decide the overall winners.
Continuing the celebration of Best of British Ambition, this year's prestigious award ceremony will take place on Tuesday 14th November 2017, at the Grosvenor House, Park Lane, where the winners will be revealed.
Conor McGinn MP recently hosted a reception for the Lloyds Bank National Business Awards at the House of Commons. This enabled finalists to meet fellow entrants, the National Business Awards Advisory Board members, judges (who they will present to in September) and sponsors of each category.
Tom Broughton, Group Brand Director of the Lloyds Bank National Business Awards said: "Given the economic uncertainty over the past year, it is inspiring more than ever to see British businesses prosper. Through a thorough and comprehensive judging process, this year's selected finalists demonstrate exceptional quality and diversity across a range of business sectors within the UK. We are now looking forward to the next step of the process and meeting some of the finalists face-to-face."
Visit www.nationalbusinessawards.co.uk for a full list of all finalists or for details on how to attend the event.


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Kalmbach Publishing has some terms of use which are now being enforced. Since they pay me, I am going to follow their terms of use obviously. The relevant part for comments here:
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The swearing part is pretty straightforward. I have no idea what 'cordial' entails. Some readers say rather ignorant or stupid things now and then, and I'm rather frank about that. The main impact this is going to have is that since I moderate the comments I'm going to just publish fewer comments, because I am not inclined to spend much time explaining in cordial terms why the comment was not appropriate (harsh languages is at least compact). Also, anyone who obviously misrepresents anything I say is going to get banned. I can't be bothered to respond to a response to a point I didn't make. I'm aware I offend people with some of the things I say, but please get angry about things I actually say, not what you perceive or intuit I say. If I mean it, I'll say it. That's how I roll.


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Filmmaker Prakash Jha, known for serious big screen outings like 'Aarakshan' and 'Satyagraha', is happy to produce a non-star cast comedy 'Crazy Cukkad Family' as he wants to back small films and fresh talent.
'Crazy Cukkad Family', directed by debutant Ritesh Menon, stars singer-composer Swanand Kirkire in his acting debut and Shilpa Shukla of 'Chake De' fame.
"Over the years I have done my films but also supported small films. It is time that new talent and content driven cinema gets the focus. The industry has been taken over by the corporates and they don't invest and develop. They are always into big stars and projects.
"I felt I should give chance to younger talent. It is a very conscious decision that I will keep making movies which are my forte but there are others whose stories I like so I will support them," Jha told PTI in an interview.
The director said he was attracted to the relatable and entertaining story of the film.
"'Crazy Cukkad Family' is a small budget and non-star cast film. It is very entertain ming comedy. The film is about values and a family, where people keep running after the golden egg and eventually become 'cukkads'.
"It is a sweet, light-hearted story with fresh bunch of people, who are very talented. The situations are very real in the movie," he said.
Praising Swanand's performance in the film, Jha said, "He is so natural. He has done a lot of theatre so he is not new to acting. He has done a great job in the movie. He was so apt for the role. You will be surprised to see him," Jha said.
'Crazy Cukkad Family', produced by Prakash Jha Productions and also starring Zachary Coffin, Nora Fatehi, Kushal Punjabi Jugnu Ishiqui and Anushka Sen, is set to release on January 16.


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When it comes to color, 2018 is all about pink and gray. But will these hues stick around for 2019? Don't worry, we have at least some of the answers thanks to paint companies Sherwin-Williams and Dunn-Edwards's newly released color forecasts for 2019. And spoiler alert: pink and gray will still be there to play, but maybe just not quite as prominently as before. Learn more below.
Sherwin-Williams has established 42 trend colors for 2019 with a "voyage" theme. These colors are divided into six categories: shapeshifter, wanderer, aficionado, enthusiast, naturalist, and raconteur. Let's break them down:
These colors are inspired by outer space. Think deep, dark blues.
The plains and deserts inspired these color picks. So we're talking clay, leather, and wool hues.
Timeless tradition is the inspiration behind these shades. Think copper, gold, merlot, and dark gray.
These shades are inspired by the enthusiastic person. From red, to green, to gold — they're all super vivid.
Inspired by nature, these colors range from mushroom, to green, to floral pink.
These shades are inspired by the storytellers among us. They include taupe, orchid, red, and beige.
Dunn-Edwards comes in with 60 trend colors for your consideration. Just as with Sherwin-Williams, they're divided into several trends that fit within the theme "spirited journeys": extreme odyssey, city stroll, poetic passage, sojourn, and country caper. Check them out:
Extreme Odyssey
"Bling is on a downtrend, evolving to influences of deep sea exploration, with colors of cold neutrals and pastels, along with pink and mauve," said color expert and stylist Sara McLean. "We'll welcome aquatic tones, contrasted with pearled white, camouflage, grayed purple, and terra-cotta."
City Stroll
"Color next year will have a swimming pool vibe, with coated accessories, rounded shapes, inflatables, and icy finishes," McLean said. "We're loving shades of teal, mango, sangria, and dark chocolate."
Poetic Passage
"We'll see delicate, bleached, fresh neutrals and warm naturals lit by cool icy tones," McLean said. "Casual blues and tender pinks will be paired with graphic colors, sophisticated nude palettes, and desaturated colors."
Think primary colors paired with outdoorsy olive, brown, and ochre. "These are comforting colors and materials that remind us of our history," McLean said.
Country Caper
This trend is all about different hues of green. "They pair well with brown, pastels, juicy red, and chalky neutrals," McLean said.
Carolin Lehmann is an Associate Editor at Hunker. She's a graduate of the Missouri School of Journalism and has previously written for HuffPost, Seventeen magazine, and a variety of local news outlets. As a studio apartment dweller, she's always on the lookout for new ways to decorate a rental on a budget.


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There could be a few instances where you'll find different betting lines for CSGO matches. This can be a result of one esports betting site gathering better information or lacking information about an upcoming match. New CSGO Bitcoin betting sites might require a bit of time to catch up with the latest trends to set the correct lines. Meanwhile, other sites might want to offer odds that focus more on attracting players.
That being said, it's seldom for CSGO gambling sites to offer odds that are significantly different from other sites. Just remember that small changes can make a difference, particularly if you bet on multiple matches.
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- An entry of a large number of bets on either of the two sides
- The recent performance of a team
- CSGO team member changes
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Putting in time for research before placing your bets is a crucial stage when betting on CSGO matches. Appreciating the dynamics of Bitcoin CSGO odds can lead you to smarter and better choices.
As more people find out and see the benefits of Bitcoin CSGO betting, you are sure to see more odds and more betting sites that furnish more options, making the importance of finding the best odds even greater. Follow our page for the latest updates, tips, and information that points out everything you need to make the right choice.


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ORGANIZER: One Fund Boston
EVENT: Boston Marathon 2014
EVENT DATE: Apr 21, 2014
One Fund Boston wrote -
One Fund Boston was formed to assist victims and families affected by the tragic events at the Boston Marathon on April 15, 2013 and in the days that followed. In the weeks after the Boston Marathon, through the incredible generosity of thousands of individuals, foundations and corporations, One Fund Boston has raised more than $60M for the victims and the families. In Late June, over $60M were distributed to more than 230 individuals who were injured.
The One Fund's mission to support those most impacted by the attacks is continuing as part of a collaborative effort to coordinate services to help the survivors and victims' families.
The recovery is just starting for many and it will be a long road. Their resilience has inspired our city and nation, and we ask that you continue to support and stand united with them. To date, One Fund Boston has raised $70.5M million. The One Fund is in the process of conducting a formal assessment to determine the long term needs of the victims, families and community and will announce its future plans once this assessment has been completed. One Fund Boston will work to establish this longer term operating model through communications with survivors and families in a manner that will provide for a productive transition from a victim relief fund to a service and support network. We will continue to provide updates on our website on the amount raised to support those most impacted by the 2013 Marathon attacks.


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Pune, Oct 27 (IANS) Punjabs Himanshu Sharma, the gold medal winner on his maiden overseas appearance at the Belgrade International Boxing in Serbia earlier this year, made his intentions clear as he boxed his way into the quarter-finals of the 3rd men's boxing Nationals at the AIS rings here on Saturday.
Himanshu defeated Routh Suraj Kumar from West Bengal 5:0 in the Light-fly category (46 kg) without having to sweat it out much in what was a one-sided bout.
On the opening day of the championships that witnessed as many as 39 qualifications round bouts, both Punjab and All India Police (AIP) pugilists dominated the rings with four each of their boxers entering the quarters.
However, Delhi and Manipur were not far behind as three each of their boxers made it to the last eight stages while two boxers each from Maharashtra, Rajasthan, Jammu and Kashmir, Chandigarh and the Services made the cut.
Surprisingly, unconventional boxing states like Odisha, Gujarat, Pondicherry and Karnataka also ensured that their pugilists too made the quarterfinal round. As for the rest of the Northeast, one each from Tripura, Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Sikkim and Nagaland qualified for the knockout round.
Himanshu, a national team boxer was very aggressive from the beginning, traded combination punches on his hapless West Bengal opponent with the latter left to fend for himself all the time. But then the Patiala boxer was very calculative in his approach and just ensured that he moved into the next round.
But the first knockout of the day happened when Arunachal Pradesh's Tara Heli Tana got the verdict in his favour in the second round against Uttar Pradesh's Ankit Chauhan. Besides, there were about half a dozen RSC verdicts on the day while most other bouts were one-sided.
Earlier in the day, a brief opening ceremony was held with boxers representing all states and institutions attending the function.
The National Championships are important for those aspiring boxers who would want to make it to the India squad and subsequently get selected for the Tokyo Olympics.
The semi-final and final bouts are scheduled for November 1 and 2.
Disclaimer :- This story has not been edited by Outlook staff and is auto-generated from news agency feeds. Source: IANS


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The tough-tackling midfielder was introduced to the big stage at World Cup USA in 1994.
And he was well known in France and England after spells with Lyon and Premiership clubs West Ham and Manchester City.
Although Cameroon were eliminated in the first round of World Cup 1994 amid a series of disputes over unpaid bonuses, Foe was a reliable force, respected on the field and well-liked off it.
At that time, he was still with his first professional club Canon Yaounde, in Cameroon.
But the following year, he transferred to Lens in the French top flight, where he remained for five seasons.
His performances were of sufficient quality to attract interest from Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson in 1998.
But the day before official negotiations for his transfer to the Premiership were due to start Foe broke his leg, and missed that summer's World Cup in France.
Despite the set-back, his dream of playing in England was soon realised when he signed for West Ham United midway through the 1998-9 season.
He failed to settle with the Hammers and after a move to Liverpool fell through, the midfielder returned to France with Lyon in the summer of 1999.
But when he re-joined the Premiership - on loan to Manchester City in 2002 - he made a far greater impact.
Foe's football helped the newly-promoted outfit stay in the top flight.
And he also carved a place in City history by scoring the club's last goal at Maine Road.
Foe appeared at four African Cup of Nations finals for his country.
He first played at South Africa in 1996.
And he was on the winning side at last year's final in Mali, when Cameroon beat Senegal on penalties.
Foe was an imposing presence in midfield and used his height to particular effect with aerial balls.
Together with captain Rigobert Song, he provided the back-bone for Cameroon's "Indomitable Lions".
Foe was known as an affable - if slightly shy - member of the national team.
And his presence on and off the field will be missed across the world.


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Google Data Feed Export from 3DCart
March 6th 2012 Posted at General
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I spent much of this morning trying to get my 3DCart products to export a google data feed and had a couple of problems. I was unable to find the answers online so I thought I'd share what I did to solve it. If you are looking for the solution, don't do what I did, skip to the end.
First, I was getting the error "Too many column delimiters". Basically, it was reading the commas in the title and description and thinking that signaled a new field. Which it shouldn't do because the data used quoted fields. But whatever! I went through all my products and replaced every comma in the title or description with the character code for it, which is "," (without the quotes). What a pain.
After that I tested it and received another error. Something about the date format being wrong. It was right, but it was including the quotes. Again, it should have just used those to determine what data was a field but whatever! So after a little digging I found that if I click on "Settings" under the data feed, one of the options was "Use Quoted Fields". This option is not available when you first create the new data feed. I changed that to yes and all was right in the world.
Then I got to thinking, could I have skipped all that work replacing the commas and just changed that one setting? I tested it and sure enough, it worked. So, if you are having this same problem, change that setting FIRST!SHARE


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|This article is about a/an animated spin-off in the Garo franchise.
GARO: The Carved Seal of Flames (牙狼〈GARO〉-炎の刻印 GARO: Honō no Kokuin?), aka Garo: The Animation in international releases, is an anime within the GARO series made by Studio Mappa, which premiered on October 3, 2014. The anime was written by Yasuko Kobayashi, who previously worked on Attack on Titan and JoJo's Bizarre Adventure and directed by Yuichiro Hayashi. A second anime was announced titled Crimson Moon, which has an unrelated story, continuing the anthology-like tone of the live action series. [1] The show is now available for purchase on iTunes, with Funimation publishing DVD and Bluray video release on April 26, 2016 with a full English dub.[2] This makes it the first entry of the Garo series to be available for purchase in western countries.
Set in Medieval times in the country of Valiante, the Makai Order is under a terrible crisis as they are viewed by the Church as agents of the Devil for their use of magic. To that end, the evil royal adviser Mendoza has convinced the King to hunt and kill all Makai Knights and Priests who set foot in this land. This causes an increase in Horror activity in that area and their numbers infiltrate the country's government. Amidst all this chaos, a young Makai Knight returns to the kingdom, donning the title of the Golden Knight Garo.
Makai Knights[3]
|Leon Luis ► Alfonso San Valiante ► Leon Luis
|Germán Luis
|Rafael Banderas ► Alfonso San Valiante
|Bernardo Dion
Villains & Horrors
Supporting Characters
- to be added
- Main article: List of Garo: Honoo no Kokuin Episodes
Season 1
- Chapter 1: Hellfire
- Chapter 2: Divine Flame
- Chapter 3: Zaruba
- Chapter 4: Bloodville
- Chapter 5: Gaia
- Chapter 6: Black Knight
- Chapter 7: Sorrow Beast
- Chapter 8: Full Monty
- Chapter 9: New Hope
- Chapter 10: Fallen Blood
- Chapter 11: Shadow Slasher
- Chapter 12: Blood Moon
- Episode SP: Daybreak
- Chapter 13: Burning Ashes
- Chapter 14: Geste
- Chapter 15: Project G
- Chapter 16: Cure
- Chapter 17: Snow Fall
- Chapter 18: Scar Flame
- Chapter 19: Tempest
- Chapter 20: Double Dealer
- Chapter 21: Knights
- Chapter 22: Deadly Focus
- Chapter 23: Doom
- Chapter 24: Chiastolite
- Chapter 25: Home
Season 2
Unlike most animes, the Garo anime follows the separate continuity format of some of its live action counterparts. The next season will be set in the Heian Period and feature the franchise's first female protagonist.
Film: Garo: Divine Flame
Theme Songs
Opening themes
- Honō no Kokuin -DIVINE FLAME- (炎ノ刻印 -DIVINE FLAME-)
- Episodes: 1 - 12
- Lyrics: Masami Okui
- Composer: Hiroshi Kitadani
- Arranger: Kenichi Sudō
- Artist: JAM Project
- Episodes: 14 - 25
- Lyrics: Hironobu Kageyama
- Composer: Yoshiki Fukuyama, Hironobu Kageyama
- Arranger: Miyake Hirofumi, Kenichi Sudo
- Artist: JAM Project
Ending themes
- Episodes: 1 - 12
- Lyrics: Sayaka Sasaki
- Composer: Takaha Tachibana
- Arranger: Takaha Tachibana, Yōsei Teikoku
- Artist: Sayaka Sasaki
- Episodes: 14 - 25
- Lyrics, Singer: Showtaro Morikubo
- Composer, Arranger: R.O.N.
On October 3, 2014, Funimation announced that it had acquired the rights to simulcast the anime.[4] During a promotional event in Tokyo on November 23, 2014, the production staff at Mappa announced a second season was in development in 2015 as part of a celebration of the Garo franchise's 10th anniversary.[5]
- Creator: Keita Amemiya
- Director: Yuichiro Hayashi
- Screenplay writer: Yasuko Kobayashi
- Writers: Kiyoko Yoshimura, Sadayuki Murai, Koji Seko, Shigeru Murakoshi, Tooru Kubo
- Original Character Design: Hiroyuki Takei
- Animation and Character Design: Noriyuki Kanno
- Art Director: Kazuyuki Hashimoto
- Director of Photography: Yusuke Tannowa
- CGI Director: Makoto Kanemoto
- Music:MONACA
- Sound Director: Shuichiro Kubo
- Sound Production: Tohoku Shinsha
English Cast[6]
- Leon Luis : Ricco Fajardo
- Germán Luis: David Wald
- Alfonso San Valiante : Justin Briner
- Bernardo Dion : Ivan Jasso
- Mendoza : Vic Mignogna
- Anna Luis : Anastasia Munoz
- Ema Guzmán : Monica Rial
- Zaruba : Barry Yandell
- Garm : Tia Ballard
- Rafael Banderas : Ben Bryant
- Octavia : Colleen Clinkenbeard
- Fernando San Valiante : Ben Phillips
- Esmeralda Valiante : Dawn M. Bennet
- Ximena Coronado : Jad Saxton
Video Release
- Garo is one of the few Tokusatsu franchises to make the leap into an anime series. Most Tokusatsu shows try to avoid going into anime spinoffs due to licensing problems or just general corporate hostility from the creators.
- A notable example of this is the manga Kamen Rider Spirits, despite many fans wanting it to be an anime, Toei forced the artists and authors to sign a contract not to license it to any animation studio as the Ishinomori estate would not authorize it.
External Links
- Studio Mappa Page
- Garo Project Page
- Official Twitter Page
- Funimation Page
- Hulu Page
- Anime News Network Page
- http://tokusatsunetwork.com/2014/03/21/garo-anime-title-announced/
- http://forums.animesuki.com/showthread.php?t=125072
- Purchase the series on iTunes:
- ↑ http://tokusatsunetwork.com/2015/08/07/2nd-garo-anime-crimson-moon-announced/
- ↑ http://www.amazon.com/Garo-Animation-Season-Blu-ray-Combo/dp/B01ASMCMMS/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1456598251&sr=8-2&keywords=garo
- ↑ http://tokusatsunetwork.com/2014/08/08/characters-crew-revealed-for-garo-anime/
- ↑ http://www.funimation.com/blog/2014/10/03/funimation-fall-2014-simulcast-season-part-2/
- ↑ http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2014-11-23/garo-gets-3-new-live-action-films-and-show-new-tv-anime-and-film-stage-musical/.81355
- ↑ http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2016-02-28/garo-the-animation-rage-of-bahamut-genesis-videos-preview-english-dubs/.99179


text: Joe Pug is a singer-songwriter from Chicago (his real name is Joe Pugliese). He has released two EPs, Nation of Heat and In the Meantime, the latter of which has been made available for free on his website. He has toured extensively since 2008 and has opened for alt-country pioneer Steve Earle, singer-songwriter Josh Ritter and folk rocker M.… Leer Más


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Slam Dunk @ Edmonds Community College in Lynnwood
March 9, 2019 @ 7:05 pm - 8:05 pm
U.P. North is offering an original new show called "Slam Dunk." The "Slam Dunk" is based off the popular basketball game "HORSE" where one team throws a shot and challenges the opposing team to beat them for the point. The first team to 3 points wins the night. It promises to be a fun packed hour of improvisation at 7 p.m.
Concessions and beverages will be available at the show! Please note that our concessions rack inside the theatre is cash-only; however, we gladly accept credit and cash for ticket sales.
Black Box Theatre
Edmonds Community College
Mukilteo Hall
20000 68th Ave W,
Lynnwood, WA 98036
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Previous Challenge Entry (Level 4 – Masters)
Topic: Predicament (03/01/12)
TITLE: Vision | Previous Challenge Entry
By Cheryl von Drehle
"We all love the Quirkery like family. And yes, we do not want it to change. But we need to see this predicament as an opportunity." The soft murmurs of approval told Sylvie she had struck the right opening note. As she briefly considered her next words, the last two years of culinary memories wafted through the room.
A brilliant chef had founded the Quirkery cooking co-op ten years ago, when she retired from the Culinary Arts College down the block. Miss Beardsley wanted students to retain their first love while enduring the rigors of producing perfectly square chops of onion and chemically correct seasoned broths.
Here was a place for culinary students to experiment and play without fear of criticism and failure. Competition was as fierce as in formal classes, but here it was fun, even including an occasional food fight. Volunteers donated common and rare ingredients, students created amazing dishes without concern for grades, and everyone shared in the bounty.
Miss Beardsley passed away six months ago after 70 decades of creating quirky but fabulous offerings to appreciative gastronomes. Ownership of the co-op quietly passed to a handful of nieces and nephews who loved their aunt's cooking but did not share her vision. They were social workers, ministers, business owners, teachers.
When the heirs visited the co-op three months ago they were polite but Sylvie was concerned by their perplexed stares at the dough gobs on the kitchen walls and the chocolate smeared counters. The happy chatter about Childs and Beard as students swirled batter and discussed roux was incomprehensible gibberish to these visitors.
Nevertheless, time passed with no consequences and the co-op continued to thrive… until two days ago. All co-op participants who had registered their e-mail on www.quirkycooks.com received the startling announcement of the new owners' enthusiastic plans to turn the Quirkery into a soup kitchen.
This hastily gathered fan group today was Sylvie's attempt to bring some sanity to the intense blogging response that had ensued.
"We should acknowledge that Quirkery's new owners have good intentions. They just have a very different vision than their Aunt did," Sylvie said. The accepting murmurs started to falter as one by one the participants voiced various concerns.
"That's fine, but there are a dozen soup kitchens in this community. This cooking co-op is unique."
"It belongs to the Beardsley heirs now…they should be able to do with it what they want. I think it is a wonderful idea to give cooking students an opportunity to cook for the homeless."
"They can do that by volunteering at St. Stephen's Church over on 5th Street. Where else can they go to freely experiment with quinoa?"
After several hours the conversation dwindled into a heavy silence. No one size fits all resolution would resolve this predicament.
Sylvie decided it was time to share her intentions. "I have told the family I will stay on as administrator through the transition for six months, and then assess whether I can incorporate this different vision into my goals, or move on."
"I gave my two week notice yesterday," said a staff person. "I already volunteer at my church's soup kitchen. I'm going to look around for a new direction."
"I guess I'll wait and see if students are still able to play with food and experiment with wine," said a volunteer. She shook her head to indicate her doubt.
A student cried silently before choking out her sentiment. "I live in the dorm. I have nowhere else to play."
By midnight it was clear that things were changing quickly and the inevitable would happen. Some would embrace the new vision eagerly, some would take a wait and see approach, others would stay and work for compromise. Some would fall into bitterness and drift away, and others would use this predicament as a prod to create an as yet undefined new direction.
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The DST-CSIR National Centre for Nanostructured Materials celebrates 10yr of nanotechnology research
The Centre celebrated its ten year anniversary with a celebration on 27 November 2017 at the CSIR. The morning celebrations included a tour of facilities by guests with breakfast, where all projects displayed the work that they are doing and some of the outputs of that work. This was followed up by a programme hosted at the CSIR International Convention Centre. The CSIR CEO, Dr Thulani Dlamini, commended the Centre on its good work, while current and past students and staff related their experiences at the Centre. Between the talks, an interactive pole was held with the audience members to reflect their opinions of the impact and future of nanotechnology locally and internationally. The day was rounded off by a panel discussion with experts from the field on the way forward for nanotechnology.


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Wednesday, April 11, 2007
Reviews:: J. Tillman Cancer and Delirium
In the world of overactive bloggers, I'm actually stunned that more people don't sing the praises of J. Tillman. His records are honest, dark, melancholic, and beautiful. The Stranger declared his music breathy and breathtaking and I really can't think of a better description.
Yerbird released his new album – Cancer and Delirium – on Tuesday, and it is all I hoped and more. Despite his young age, Tillman writes the type of songs you expect a grizzled old man to be playing in the dark corners of a seedy bar. With only a few sparse strums and a delicate harmonica solo, Visions of a Troubled Mind sums up everything fantastic about his work. He doesn't rely on anything, except his ear and his smoky voice. With instrumentation so soft you have to strain to hear, you get swept up in the wave of emotion his words deliver. As the song ends, you are left exhausted, but somehow craving more.
Tillman is not afraid to offer himself up on every track. He doesn't hide his feelings behind solos, bridges, instruments, or even harmonies. He's able to make you want to listen, but I don't think he really cares if you do or not. His songs are his own, and that's why they work. He strikes me as the type of person who would write a song about how a woman has shattered his heart, and sing that song to a room full of people (including the woman) who know the real story. Not to embarrass her, or be vindictive. Simply because those are the feelings he has inside.
Ribbons of Glass stands out from the other tracks, simply because of the banjo riff and slow drawn strings that bolster the sound, but Tillman's sound truly relies on what he doesn't add. Instead of throwing in a pedal steel at every turn or echoing harmonies and lush strings, he resists the urge to over complicate things. That's why the tender sound of the singing saw on A Fine Suit, the metallic plink of the xylophone on , or the vocal help on Under the Sun push through the gloomy from the haze. On any other record, they'd creep quietly, lost in the arrangements, but Tillman asks for help so rarely that the extra sounds can't go unnoticed.
I'd like to describe this record, talking about every subtle squeak on the fret board, every nuance of his voice, but these songs are truly better heard than described.
MP3:: Under the Sun
At 9:13 AM, did sayeth:
Thank you for introducing me to this artist and his band. I am alsways interested in learning about bands that use the singing saw.
Thank you for introducing me to this artist and his band. I am alsways interested in learning about bands that use the singing saw.
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Turkey has a number of advantages that make it attractive for investors, including its young population, high growth potential, and rich entrepreneurial culture, the World Bank's Turkey Director Martin Raiser has said, stressing that Turkey should not be modest about these strengths.
"Turkey is in a much more advantageous position than its neighbors. A number of Turkey's characteristics make it very attractive and strong. First of all, it has a very young population and a high growth potential. Its infrastructure is also quite robust, making Turkey one of the top 30 countries in the World Bank's Logistics Index," Raiser said, also noting that Turkey has a "very rich entrepreneurial culture and financial sector."
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I've given this book a look-through, hoping it would be able to serve as a nifty reference for my research and work. To make that story short: it will be.
There are some curious things to note about the book, though:
1) The introduction is very thorough and is worth a read. It discusses the sources that the authors used when making the list and alludes to the ever enduring question of what is a word.
2) The entires are given in kanji (when commonly used) and romaji; but no kana. This is curious because the glossary/first index is ordered by kana, as one would expect from a Japanese dictionary. So regardless the readers are expected to know 1) the "kana order" and 2) what the entries would look like in kana.
3) Various conjugations are treated as words. Entry 3, for example, is た, which is there called a past auxiliary. You'll also find う from the exhortative conjugation as well, amongst many others.
4) There are combinations of particles and verbs that are also treated as a single word as well. Entry 16, for example, is という, which is と and いう and I cannot for the life of me imagine that anyone actually believes that those are one word. Entry 125 is のではない, which is a particle, a verb, another particle, and another verb.
5) There are spread throughout a number of useful charts and tables that tell you how frequently alternate pronunciations are used and in what contexts for some words (for example, いう and ゆう) and thematic groupings of certain words, like Animals, for example. (I was surprised to see lion there translated as ライオン because the word that comes to my mind is 獅子, which may or may not be in popular use nowadays.)
6) The further you get into the book, the more "normal" it gets, in the sense that you stop seeing phrases and particles and verb endings and you just see your standard nouns and verbs and adjectives and adverbs.
7) Like all reference books, you may want to get your feet wet with the language through a primer or something like that before actually trying to use a book like this. But when you go get around to using this kind of thing, it's often useful to just read it and find out how far down the list you have to go before you stop recognizing most of the words. Then you start making flashcards or what have you in order to learn all the words you need to know.


text: Thailand has more than forty thousand temples [1], most of them gulden and colorfully decorated serve as parish assembly point for all type of cultural and religious activities. The most prestigious constructions often have a royal status or are particularly venerated for their relics or a powerful master's fame; they might be compared with western cathedrals [2]. In some cases, the temple's features, it's situation or design, popularize it as a tourist attraction, not only for Thai devotees, but also for foreign visitors. This is, for instance , the case of " Wat Phra Bat Pupha Dang "located in the Chae Hom district of Lampang province, in Northern Thailand. {} To visit this mountain temple, it is possible to follow several itineraries. Starting from Chiangmai , the loop through Mae Kachan, on Route 118, or the trip through Lampang are similar, in road conditions and distances. Other possibilities are to leave Route 118 in Pang Faen and to climb Route 1252 over the mountain, through the Jaeson national park, or to drive from the East, coming from Payao. For all these trips it is advisable to start very early or to spend a night close to Chae Hom, as climbing to the temple becomes arduous once the sun reaches the Northwest hill's side. My journey, for this story, starts at the Mae Kachan's intersection with Route 120, a southern branch out from Route 118, after the city center, at about one hour drive from Chiangmai. {} Route 118 and 120 intersection, monument with Royal portraits. Route 120 is a lovely trail, gently twisting up and downhills to Wiang Nuea, just fifteen kilometers away. At this city's entrance, large signboards point to Chae Son National Park and to Route 1035, the road to Chae Hom (at 54 kilometers) and Lampang (at 108 kilometers). {} The journeys follows Route 1035, a nice drive but mostly flat and uneventfull. {} Passing the middle point of the trip to Chae Hom. There is always something to wonder about along any itinerary and, on this road, it is worth to have a glance at the many wooden houses, old or new, who are still frequent. The region gives the impression to still be rich in timber as, in other regions, such constructions are nowadays less usual. {} This house is for sell – the wood only – at a price of 500'000 THB (US 15'000 $) {} A newly built wooden house Another peculiarity, along Route 1035, are the surelevated trash bins wich, regularly, punctuate the itinerary, denoting environmental awareness or, at least, the availability of a working public trash-collection system. {} Ubiquitous surelevated trash bins Just before Chae Hom, a bifurcation leads to a city ringroag, in direction of Lampang; this is the itinerary to follow (staying on Route 1035). The branchout to the temple is not far away, a small intersection, slightly hidden, and better visible when coming from the Lampang's direction. {} After a short drive, the secondary road leads to the temple's coumpound {} The intersection before Chae Hom leading to the ring road {} Following the secondary road for a couple of kilometers. Driving uphill, the country road leads to the coupound's "base station", just after an intersection with a signboard prohibiting all types of vehicles to climb further north. {} A narrow trail – closed to the public traffic – leads uphill to the temple. Parking places are available as well as a couple of restaurants and a booth selling tickets (100 THB per pax) for a return ride to the next step, the walking escalade's departure. "Welcome to Prabahphuphadand Temple". The vehicles have to remain at the "base station" while the passengers – after buying a ticket – can board the official four-wheel drive trucks who, in packs and alternance, climb uphill. {} The "base station" ticket booth The mountain road is steep and narrow, crossing is impossible and non experienced drivers would be challenged to ascend this trail, even without oncoming traffic. The official truck flow is managed through a radio connection, ensuring that the vehicles are only driving in one direction. The schedule is drivren by the passengers' number and, on days of high affluence, more pick-ups are grouped in a pack. {} Steep and narrow road {} A nice promenade through the forest {} At the upper end station, vehicles turn around, waiting for passengers bound for their downhill journey. Visitors have now the choice to only ramble through the "base station" temple's coumpound or to climb their way up to the "usual" final destination, the peak stupas. {} The first stretch is a 300 meters flat and paved road. Before departure, a small kiosk is the last chance to buy some drinks, and lavatories are also available nearby; nothing – organized – is available uphill. {} For the journey's beginning, the trail is a flat and gentle, three hundred meters, inviting walk. {} The "last chance" small coffee shop {} Light snacks and drinks are available at the coffee shop, on the "escalade's" beginning. Along the road, big gravity driven boulders are symbolically supported by chimerix bamboo sticks; "no merit is too small for a right cause". {} Boulders sustained by small sticks {} A "giant spyder", a boulder supported by frail bamboo sticks Before climbing to the top, an opening in the forest wall allows to glance to the North, toward the city of Pan (Muang Pan), clouded with smog during this time of the year (March). The most attractive period visit the temple is between November and January, at the end of the rainy season, and before north Thailand's smoky season. {} View toward Muang Pan in the valley This was the journey's easy part; the trip becomes now a real "escalade", even so, the climb is on a concrete footway, with iron stairs. {} "Putho Putho" – a small board and a bouder at the path's beginning {} Beginning of a slow ascension on concrete and iron stairs {} Some places were hit by flames, but these blazes are limited to accidental fires. A first bamboo hut provides a rest and shelter after seventy stairs, a great beginning, but there are many more steps to count before reaching the top . {} First bamboo restplace At the slow pace of mountain climbers, step by step, the journey follows the concrete and iron stairs path. {} Iron steps all along the hillside. {} Some stretches are just on dirt ground, passing through boulder walls. {} Bamboo stairrails help to secure the way A second resting place, after one hundred fourty stairs, a last one, at three hundred twenty and, finally, after climbing three hundred sixty stairs, and a number of concrete slopes, the southern morning light illuminates the arrival glade. It was nine thirty, still relatively early in the morning and on a normal week day. I was alone during the whole escalade but met one family on the top, already on their way back. During the peak season, and on public holidays, the place can, however, be crowded. {} The morning sun at the arrival glade {} In the Winter season, the vegetation in sparse {} Time to ring a bell to make the Gods aware of our efforts. {} Clearly marked boards (for people with a Thai guide) – "the way to the place to pay respect and meditate" and, underneath, a board asking to take the waste back downhill. {} Side of "kot pun punyo nuson" chedi (with its nameboard) The uphill glade is another "plateform" to visit the skyward temple structures. Stairs and concrete slopes, again, lead to various worshipping places. {} A large upper chedi The southern panorama is gorgeous during the clear sky season; sometimes it is blanqueted by a morning sea of fog, contrasting with a dark blue sky and illuminated by the warm morning light. In the « burning season », however, one can just lament about the region's bad habit to clean forest and fields by putting them on fire; the view is blurred by smoke. {} During the month of March, smoke blurres the valley view The highlight of Phra Bat Pupha Dang temple is, arguably, its amazing arrangement of chedis coronning ragged boulder peaks. Grey and gulden or white, they integrate man's devotion symbols with pristine and rugged nature. This construction is the brainchild of Phra Kru Phaiboon [3] a venerable monk. He is the abot of Wat Analayo, a beautiful temple near Payao and has recently supervised "Sam Naksang Thep Nimitr's" construction, a hillside temple and meditation place, just outside Chiang Khong, behind "Naka's Kiosken" cafe. This new travel destination, eagle nested and with a georgous view over the Mekong river is another enticement for a visit to that region. {} Some chedis are built on unreachable peaks {} Gulden, grey or white, the chedi contrast with ragged boulder peaks. {} White chedis {} White chedis on grey boulders {} Skyward view, white chedis and blue sky From the uphill glade "base station", stairs lead to the main uphill chedi, on one side and two other trails lead to a small temple and a meditation platform on the other side. {} Rocks are inviting steps for adventurous climbers, but such perilous enterprises are prohibited. {} A "protected" (ordained) tree along the way up to the meditation platform {} The chedi arrangement on the East side is impressive {} Perched on rugged boulders, the chedis are to be admired from afar. {} White and colored chedis on the east side {} A pattern of wide chedis against their blue sky backdrop {} Some chedis were installed downward, along a vertiginous ridge {} Downward chedis and panoramic valley view {} The main chedi and the backdrop landscape seen from the the opposite viewpoint and meditation plateform {} Another view of the main chedi from the opposite viewpoint {} In the "burning season", the view toward the valley is blurred by smog {} What could be a georgeous valley panorama is just a dull sight in the wrong season (February to April) {} A view point and meditation hall, next to the western side chedis {} Watching from one view point to the other – the perched meditation hall and the western side chedis. After visiting the meditation platform and viewpoint, the journey goes backward, downhill again. Descending the same abrupt iron steps and steep concrete slopes seems, comparatively to the upside escalade, a relative breeze, an easy stroll. {} Hiking downward the steep iron steps The "base station", the transportation terminus, features several places of interest wich are worth visiting. {} A natural cave is located right behind the arrival parking {} Pecular formation of a natural cave {} The natural cave is host to some Buddha images {} Monks visiting the natural cave featuring Buddha images Another point of interest is Buddha footprint temple. A short stroll leads to this place, located slighty downside from the arrival parking. {} A short trail leads to the Buddha footprint temple {} The worshipping place near the Buddha footprint is a small wooden plateform {} There are, actually, two types of rock imprints at this location. One is shaped like a hand, the other one like a foot. These legendary symbols are of course oversized and part of the local Buddhist mythology; they are respected and venerated as religious images. It is not advisable to put one's foot it these hollows to compare sizes. A Thai TV presenter learned this the hard way; after such an offense, the local community required broadcasted excuses for the disrespectful act. On the marketing side, however, it was a boost for the temple and the foot print became widely known as an place of veneration and worshipping. {} Imprint of Lord Buddha's foot {} Phra Sankadjai a Lord Buddha's disciple The coumpound features other Buddhist panteon's images, for instance a statue of Phra Sankadjai, invariably confounded with the "Laughing Budha" as both have bulky representations. More about this in my GT-Rider write up about "The quest for the laughing Buddha": North Thailand - 1 The quest for the Lauging Buddha After riding down to the base station, on a provided "four wheel" transportation, there are some more Buddha images and temples available for a visit. {} {} {} {} {} A last motorcycle selfie before the return journey The complete loop to the temple's « base station » and back to Mae Kachan's Route 118 intersection, added one hundred fourthy five kilometers to my odometer, and a couple of thouthand walking steps, some up and down a steep trail. Globally, it is a very enjoyable excurssion worth to be scheduled during the Tai winter, after the rainy season and before the «cleaning » fires' blurr the landscape uder their smoke. -------------------------------- Notes: [1]List of Buddhist temples in Thailand - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia [2] The original meaning of cathedral points to an important hierarchical position; this was signaled by a usually more impressive architecture and construction than normal churches. Colloquially the term is used for large and grandiose buildings. In Thailand, the royal temples are usually the most prestigious, however private initative buildings might sometimes acquire a fame for their extraordinary architectures or through the repution of a famous monk [3] About wat Analayo, see the information in GT-Rider. Luang Po Pai Boon - also patronized the new temple and viewpoint up-hill from Naka Kiosken, near Chiang Khong: Wat Analayo


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Ternium Announces Annual General Meeting of Shareholders
LUXEMBOURG / ACCESSWIRE / March 19, 2019 / Ternium S.A. (NYSE: TX) announced today that its annual general meeting of shareholders will be held on Monday May 6, 2019, at 2:00 p.m. (Central European Time) at the Company's registered office, located at 29, avenue de la Porte-Neuve, L-2227, Luxembourg. Each holder of Ternium ADRs as of March 29, 2019, are entitled to instruct The Bank of New York Mellon, as depositary bank, as to the exercise of the voting rights in respect of the Company's shares underlying such holder's ADRs.
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Hotel Luci di la Muntagna is located in one of the most fascinating corners of Porto Cervo, in the heart of the Costa Smeralda. Its typically Mediterranean architectural character coexists in perfect harmony with the marvelous natural scenery that surrounds it, and enchants the visitor at the first glance.
One of the first hotels built in Costa Smeralda, it keeps intact the atmosphere and the spirit of the place in its rooms and terraces, suspended between white and blue, and in its rooms completely renovated in early 2014.
Our team, through the company Temussi Srl – Hotels management, manages this extraordinary hotel since 2013. A task that makes us proud.
Stella Maris Church and Luci di La Muntagna
Porto Cervo is a fraction of the municipality of Arzachena, a tourist center of excellence of Gallura, in the province of Olbia-Tempio. For centuries, Arzachena and its buildings have been destinations for travelers. However, it is only since the early 1900s that these places have assumed the characteristics of locations in which to spend the summer holidays.
Hotel Luci di la Muntagna is one of the first hotels built in Porto Cervo.
The structure was designed by architect Michele Busiri Vici and overlooks the port and the splendid sea of the Costa Smeralda.
In the early 60s, Busiri Vici formed together with Luigi Vietti and Jacque Couelle the Costa Smeralda Architecture Committee commissioned by Prince Karim Aga Khan IV.
The style of Busiri Vici, inspired by Mediterranean architecture, is characterized by the combination of constructive and stylistic elements typical of Morocco, Tunisia, Spain and Greece.
The dominance of white and blue, the terraced arches and rounded spiers identify the most significant constructions that Busiri Vici has signed in Costa Smeralda, such as the Stella Maris church and the Romazzino and Luci di la Muntagna hotels.
Over the years the Hotel Luci di la Muntagna has been extended and renovated several times, until the last renovation works, carried out in 2014.
Luci di La Muntagna, 1965.
Stella Maris and Luci di La Muntagna, 1965.
Luci di La Muntagna, 1966.
A prestigious hotel like the Hotel Luci di la Muntagna must know how to interpret times and renew itself constantly, both in the structures and in the services.
Our experience teaches us that customer needs change and evolve season after season, and encourages us to work hard to improve and update our offer.
Modernizing facilities, making them more comfortable and ensuring a complete range of high quality services is undoubtedly essential, but it is not enough.
We also need attention and warmth in human relationships, accompanied by the right amount of discretion. The value that underlies our commitment is an authentic sense of hospitality, understood as a real ability to welcome customers to make them feel at ease.
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Oakland moved to double the city's medical marijuana dispensaries Wednesday, but a federal crackdown on the industry has cast doubt on whether any new dispensaries will be opening anytime soon.
With far fewer applicants than expected, and nearly half of the finalists losing the consent of their prospective landlords, the city approved four potential dispensary operators, only one of which also has an approved location.
The other three will be given four months to find a new location that satisfies city rules requiring dispensaries be located at least 600 feet from schools, parks and youth-serving programs. If they fail, the city also approved one alternate dispensary group.
Oakland received more than 100 inquiries last year when it announced it would issue permits for four additional medical marijuana dispensaries. The city's existing four dispensaries generate about $1.68 million a year in tax revenue.
But in October, shortly before the application deadline, federal prosecutors announced stepped-up enforcement efforts against the commercial marijuana industry. In the ensuing months several Bay Area dispensaries have closed, and one of Oakland's four dispensaries, Blue Sky Care Center, was forced to move to a temporary location farther away from a school.
Prosecutors have also sent notices warning dispensary landlords that they risk losing their properties if their tenants are found to be involved in illegal drug sales.
Oakland took federal concerns into account and was merely implementing the City Council's directive in expanding the number of dispensaries, said Assistant City Administrator Arturo Sanchez.
United States Attorney Melinda Haag's office declined to comment about Oakland's move Tuesday to increase its dispensaries, but medical cannabis advocates said stepped up federal prosecution was the primary reason that the city got only 12 permit applicants.
"I think that people are understandably being cautious given the federal crackdown that's going on," said Dale Gieringer, California coordinator for the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws.
Even the co-owner of the lone dispensary that received city approval for its ownership group and location is proceeding with caution. "It's a possibility we open; it's a possibility we don't," said Salwa Ibrahim, who's collective would be located at 21st Street and Broadway.
The other three groups greenlighted for dispensary permits — Agramed, Tidewater Patients Group and G8 Medical Alliance — face additional hurdles.
Agramed's Jeff Wilcox said he will try to find a new location after lenders balked at his current property at 1820 Embarcadeo.
Representatives for the other two groups could not be reached Wednesday. The city rejected Tidewater's proposal because it would have been located within 600 feet from East Bay Regional Park District land and G8's because it would have been within 600 feet from a school.
Both groups had strong ties to the owners of those properties.
Tidewater's proposal was based on it getting a new building and startup loan from the property owners, who include City Hall insiders Carlos Plazola and Ana Chretien. G8 was to occupy a building at 70 Hegenberger Loop, owned by Dhar Mann, whose cannabis supply shop had failed at the same location.
"Their funders and investors are associated with those properties, so it will be interesting to see if they can get another location," said Mickey Martin of the blog Cannabis Warrior.
The alternative dispensary group selected by the city is Magnolia Wellness, Inc., which also would have to find a new location. The city rejected AMCD, Inc., which had proposed a dispensary at 578 West Grand Avenue for "questions about truthfulness and compliance with (city) requirements."
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Let me take you to school on scripted lessons and "teaching to the test." As I've said before, this is nothing new. In fact, scripted lessons date back as far as 1888. Yep, 1888.
Then in the 1960s Siegfried Engelmann and Carl Bereiter developed the direct instruction method of teaching reading to raise the academic success of inner city children. And it was considered scripted.
There are other programs known to be scripted, including Success for All, Open Court, and others. Want more information on that? You might read Is Your Child Being Taught From a Script or Do Scripted Lessons Work--Or Not?
The FACT is that scripted education has been around for over 100 years. You can find more information about scripted education here.
So the educators who are complaining about Common Core taking the joy out of teaching, about not being able to be creative, about having to follow pacing guides, about having fewer choices about resources are probably really complaining about the way their administrators have implemented whatever program or curriculum is being used. Could be Common Core, but it could be anything.
Common Core is not yet an optimal solution. It takes time for any kind of reform to be effective.
What we're learning is that there are many educators who do not know how to teach without a script or without a teacher's edition. That should be far scarier to parents.


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You Last Forever literature samples, such as the printed items below, will be sent to donors giving $25 or more. See the free YLF resources too.
"You Were Made to Last Forever" Cards
Carry You Last Forever cards to share with others as you serve the Lord.
People often will review, discuss, and ask to keep the card.
"You Were Made to Last Forever" Booklets.
These eight-page booklets are 5 ½ x 8½", and in full-color.
Use for personal edification and for outreach.
"You Were Made to Last Forever" Post Cards.
The post card reads; Dear Image of God,
Your journey progresses from the womb to this world and into eternity. None of us is a self-starter physically or spiritually.
We inherited physical life from Adam and Eve. They disobeyed God and passed on to us sin and death. Thus, we flee the Creator and His Word, the Bible.
Spiritual life with God comes only through Jesus Christ, the last Adam. In love, the God-man came down from heaven to die for sinners. He rose physically from the dead to guarantee forgiveness of sin to all who believe in Him.
Receive Jesus Christ as Savior and Lord and gain eternal life. Be nourished by Jesus through the Bible, God's Spirit, and a Bible teaching Church.
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This is a 24 page, full-color, pocketsize YLF Gospel manual on salvation.


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Over the course of 3 weeks, the team conducted a plant survey of Piramagroon Mountain with local experts' assistance and training, mainly based in Zewe village, with a few days spent in the hidden hanging valley (Qola Rash) just below one of the mountain's peaks.
A four-day bird identification training took place simultaneously to the surveys in the Nature Iraq Eco Camp. Ten participants attended the training: 5 from Kurdistan, 4 of whom were forestry police, and 5 from other parts of the country. Topics included an introduction to field work, methods of counting birds, criteria for selection of protected areas, and management of protected areas.
Following the success of the online course this year, with 24 students and staff from the University completing 5 to 6 modules, the course will be reprised for the coming year.


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A mild drama occurred yesterday at Imo State University after a student was alleged flogged with a belt by a lecturer.
According to Daily Times, the lecturerwho was identified as Prof.Egbe Richard, flogged the female student till she fainted. She had to be rushed out of the exam hall by her friends who resuscitated her.


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Originally, I didn't make any changes, but then I saw a thread on exotic weapons. The poster suggested getting rid of the exotic feat and giving exotic weapons prerequisites. It didn't go very far, but I took the idea and ran with it.
Thus, I went through all the exotic weapons and rebalanced them. Several shouldn't have been exotic, IMO: the kama, shuriken, two-bladed sword, and crossbows. The kama is just a modified sickle; the two-bladed sword is a staff with blades (and once you drop the damage to 1d6, it's pretty well balanced as a martial weapon); the hand crossbow is just a smaller version of the crossbow (which is itself a simple weapon); and the repeating crossbow isn't that much harder to use. Shuriken are even worse than darts; their only saving grace is that monks can flurry with them. Whoopdedoo - making them martial weapons doesn't unbalance them, since monks are the only ones who use them anyway. So, the hand crossbow got moved to simple, and the others are all martial.
I dropped the siangham entirely. It's a goofy weapon, a cross between a dart and a dagger, which you can't even throw. Its only real use is as a monkish weapon, and since PP uses weapon groups, there's no use for it at all. The dire flail was dropped for much the same reasons - you can wield two light flails and get the same effect for a fraction of the cost, AND not have to get an exotic feat.
For the rest, I had to think up prerequisites for each. My original iteration of this idea had a simple stat requirement to use the special abilities (for example, nunchaki required 15 Dex to gain the disarm bonus). When I went back to it to do some more work, I decided to simply have a straight stat requirement to use the weapon at all, and a second, higher, one to employ maneuvers. Thus, the nunchaku now requires 13 Dex to use without a penalty and 15 Dex to be able to disarm opponents.
The bastard sword and dwarven waraxe were odd cases; they're large and unwieldy (and already require 13 Strength), but you can wield them two-handed as martial weapons or one-handed as exotic. I decided to up the Strength prereq to 15 and make it so that if you have 15 Strength, you can wield it one-handed and deal normal damage; if you have 14 or less, you can either use one hand and deal less damage, or use two hands for full damage.
I also found a weapon valuing system on the Wizards boards (which you can download here), which I tweaked a bit and used to value and balance all the existing weapons, as well as the new ones I added. This is the reason why some weapons have different damage/crit values than normal. Also, some research turned up very interesting facts: the sling, for instance, requires years of practice to use effectively and actually has a range comparable to a longbow's, and the javelin has a very short effective range (about a third what's listed). I decided to make the sling an exotic weapon and upped the range - it can be pretty effective in the hands of a proficient user.
Weapon groups: I originally used this idea for fighters only, as a way of letting them be specialized with large numbers of weapons without blowing a boatload of feats. Someone asked me why I didn't just use it for all classes, and I started thinking about it. It was a good idea, but I had one major stumbling block: What to do with simple and martial weapons. See, I could easily institute the system - simply replace the class' starting weapons with groups, and you're done. The problem is, most classes aren't proficient with martial weapons on the whole - bards, rogues, and monks get a few specific ones, but that's it. I didn't want mages to be able to take a couple weapon groups and suddenly be able to use swords.
I finally came up with a solution, though: all characters can use simple weapons in their groups without penalty. Martial weapons, however, require the MWP feat - it grants proficiency with any martial weapons in your groups. [I]For example:[/I] Josef the mage takes Slings and Spears as his two groups. Of the weapons in his groups, the shuriken, javelin, lance, and trident are all martial - he suffers a -2 penalty to use them (as opposed to -4 for a weapon outside of his allowed groups). If he took the MWP feat, he could use all those weapons without penalty. Since exotic weapons are now classes as "martial with prereqs", this works out very well.
This most closely simulates advanced training without the kludgy simple/martial weapons system - some weapons, while similar to what you know, are just different enough that they require a little extra effort to learn to wield properly.


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Why we should be seen as heroes
That is a joke of course, or is it really? Every day we help different kinds of businesses. Everything from clothes, buses, media and something as wonderful as a company that ships insulin, to assure their information flows.. This proves the endless possibilities within the beautiful fluffy, cloudy and pink world of integrations. Oh, what a wonderful world! If you´re a night owl you have come to the right place, we also offer twenty-four seven support for those who want it. So companies do not need to worry if they're in a country far away or have business-critical data.
Why orderliness is so neat
Every support department needs structure in their daily work. We handle incidents from completely different customers and in order to do that we need to keep them separated. One way to do this is by writing and using our step by step guides to solve incidents as fast as possible before the business impact gets too high. The structure is also given by using ITIL when we classify and prioritize tickets. For example, incidents tend to have a higher priority than a change or a request fulfillment. To have some kind of perception on what needs need to be handled we use our own support-board in Jira. Jira is a tool for issue tracking that lies near our heart. One problem we struggle with is that we also have two other tools for our customers that we use externally. This means that there is quite a lot of administration that comes with the job.
Every day is just a ray of sunshine, or is it? Not quite. Here are some exciting challenges
There are a lot of different integrations that you need to know about. This is the biggest challenge, to know where data is coming from and where it should be sent. The next challenge is knowing which third-party organizations that are involved in the big hot messy soup. That could also be the fun part of being in the middle. Sometimes we can actually detect problems before the customer does, by doing that we can extinguish the fire before it burns down the whole company, so to speak. Think of it as a spider web, there are many threads to follow and we need to detangle to be able to point the customer in the right direction.
Something that we encounter every week is that the customer has not received an order or packlist and don´t know why. This is where we shine the most, we have ten different guides to help us through that. This is a very frustrating problem for the customer and could be critical. It could mean that they can´t sell clothes to their customers, even though they actually have the cartons right in front of them.
In every incident, we have to find out what went wrong, why, integration, who to contact and also try to solve it, or sometimes forward it to one of the other teams. Unfortunately, it is not always that easy to know what to look for. Because of that, we have to know a little about everything, due to the importance of seeing the connection between various problems. In the end, it all comes down to a good documentation.
The importance of having tools that meets our needs
To get an understanding of a problem we need some tools to collect the right data. This is done by a logging tool where we can filter out from which integration we want the information from. We also use a database management system on a daily basis to check if an order is sent for example, or if a field is missing important data. You have to know how to filter out the relevant data or sort it in a big file. You may not want to spend hours doing something manually.
So to sum everything up, don´t you want to feel like a real hero? Well if you do, then you have come to the right place where everything is possible! Welcome to FlowCommand, the support team of Entiros Integrations.
We at Entiros Integrations are constantly looking for new heroes to join our squad. Contact us at email@example.com to find out more, we look forward to hearing from you!


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No drum roll, please. On a minimal, modest level, I eased in to working on my next book this week. The target schedule is 6-7 am Mon-Thurs mornings and then four to six hours on Fri and Sat with Sun off. I started with sketches of thethree main characters. Just like the ankle bone being connected to the leg bone, all elements of the story affect each other. Even though results so far are less than a typewritten page, focusing on thecharacters has implications for the setting and has also helped develop the plot. One big development dictates major research; I will be contacting the local VFW to try and connect with a Vietnamvet in that regard.
How pleased and grateful I am to be doing this. I've said that about 100 times because of the truth of it.Still profoundly true.
Any comments? Are you, perhaps, involved in a writing project? I know those of you are pastors are: weekly sermons. I know my sister who works with crisis care and my daughter who works in research development are: reports. Some of you may journal. Composing an email—or even a handwritten letter or card, if you remember those—is the craft of writing.
If you enter a comment about the writing process as you observe it or do it, love it or hate it—or comment on anything, even, "Good luck on the book, Cristy!"—you are eligible to enter a drawing and possibly win a lovely deluxe gift boxed set of my Sunday by Sunday series.
One person reported that she had complications trying to comment, and her comment didn't, in fact, come through. Please email me if you've had that problem. I'll be checking this out with my IT guy.
And now, on to my writing enterprises. I've already, on this Friday morning, hung out a load of wash and fixed myself fabulous whole wheat and oatmeal pancakes, and it's only, er-ah, 12:30. Oh, well. Y'all enjoy your Friday and take care.


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Get started on your cybersecurity degree at American Military University.
By James Lint
Senior Editor for InCyberDefense and Contributor, In Homeland Security
The BSides Las Vegas information security conference took place in Las Vegas from August 7-8. This conference is different from the usual cybersecurity conferences: it is free to participants and is a volunteer-organized event.
The keynote speaker for this event was retired Special Agent Jim Christy, who spoke on August 7. Christy's experience includes several decades of working for the Department of Defense and private industry. Before leaving government service in 2013, he was the Director of Futures Exploration (FX) for the Department of Defense Cyber Crime Center (DC3).
Before that, Christy was the Director of the Defense Cyber Crime Institute from 2003 to 2006 and Director of Operations of the Defense Computer Forensics Laboratory from 2001 to 2003. He is currently President and CEO of The Christy Group LLC, Vice President of Investigations and Digital Forensics at Cymmetria, and President and Co-Founder of the Digital Forensics Consortium.
Christy Also Involved in Cooper Skyjacking Case
In 1971, a man named Dan Cooper (misidentified as D.B. Cooper by the public press) hijacked a Northwest Orient flight between Portland, Oregon, and Seattle, Washington, by showing a flight attendant a bomb housed in his briefcase. He demanded to be given $200,000 in cash and four parachutes.
After the plane landed and passengers were released, Cooper directed the flight crew to fly him to Mexico with a stop to refuel in Reno, Nevada. Somewhere over Washington State, Cooper parachuted out of the plane via its rear stairway with the ransom, never to be heard from again. For law enforcement, this remains the only unsolved skyjacking in American history.
Christy put together an online task force to help prove the real identity of Cooper, starting with the evidence from a 2016 documentary created by television and film producer Thomas Colbert and continuing through a surprising number of online sources and contacts for a 47-year-old case. It only took them a few years to prove what had eluded countless investigators in all that time: the real identity of Cooper.
Christy's Keynote Speech Provides Further Details in Cooper Case
Christy's firsthand experience, coupled with his candid sense of humor, created a standing-room-only audience. He delineated the integral roles (both good and bad) that law enforcement, the U.S. Intelligence Community and private-sector organizations played in the surreal investigation into the unsolved hijacking. With the renewed Cold Case Digital Forensic Investigation Team that Christy has put together, the Cooper case appears closer to a solution than ever.
Attendee's View of Christy Speech
Conference attendee Antonio Rucci described Christy as "the consummate professional and [he] did an outstanding job kicking off 'BSides – Hacker Summer Camp.'" Rucci is a former White House Counterintelligence Operations Officer and currently works as the Director, InfoSec & Threat Intelligence at GRIDSMART Technologies, Inc.
Rucci is a typical attendee at events such as BSides Law Vegas. Quality cybersecurity professionals such as Rucci provide mentorship opportunities for BSides Law Vegas attendees who are beginners in the cybersecurity field.
Comparison of BSides Las Vegas versus Other InfoSec Conferences
BSides Las Vegas is smaller than many of the cybersecurity conferences, with approximately 3.000 attendees. It has some advantages such as employment tracks for cybersecurity professionals and an advocacy group track called "I Am The Cavalry."
BSides Las Vegas takes pride in not being a "talk at you" conference. Instead, conference organizers strive to keep events interactive. They claim, "Everyone is a participant at BSides."
As with most of these conferences, this event also features researchers discussing the "next big thing" in the cybersecurity field. Their research is often focused on ideas on causes of future security breaches and solutions to fix security problems.
Conferences Like BSides Las Vegas Help Build a Well-Rounded Education
Education never stops. While taking college classes is a start, attending conferences like BSides Las Vegas provide supplemental education and context to collegiate programs.
Once established in the cybersecurity field, you attend these conferences to keep your knowledge up to date. Networking with interesting professionals with seniority in this field gives you a deeper understanding of the cyber community.
About the Author
James R. Lint retired as the (GG-15) civilian director for intelligence and security, G2, U.S. Army Communications Electronics Command. James has been involved in cyberespionage events from just after the turn of the century in Korea supporting 1st Signal Brigade to the DHS Office of Intelligence and Analysis as the first government cyber intelligence analyst. He has 38 years of experience in military intelligence with the U.S. Marine Corps, U.S. Army, government contracting and civil service.
Additionally, James started the Lint Center for National Security Studies, a nonprofit charity that recently awarded its 51st scholarship for national security students and professionals. James was also elected as the 2015 national vice president for the Military Intelligence Corps Association. He has also served in the Department of Energy's S&S Security Office after his active military career in the Marine Corps for seven years and 14 years in the Army. His military assignments include South Korea, Germany and Cuba, in addition to numerous CONUS locations. In 2017, he was appointed to the position of Adjutant for The American Legion, China Post 1. James has authored a book published in 2013, "Leadership and Management Lessons Learned," a book published in 2016 "8 Eyes on Korea, A Travel Perspective of Seoul, Korea," and a new book in 2017 "Secrets to Getting a Federal Government Job."


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The Keep Calm Gallery is at it again with another retro-inspired piece of artwork – the Get Lost print by Douglas Wilson.
The fetching phrase is hand letterpressed by the artist onto vintage maps of the UK. In fact, if you want your particular location on the print, just drop them a line and if it's still available, it can be yours.
An edition of 220, all signed by the artist and measuring 14 x 14 inches, you can pick one up for £22.


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Dmitry Kouzov and Dmitri Shteinberg Play Beethoven's Cello Sonatas in Urbana
November 21, 2013
It's not often that one has the opportunity to hear a live performance of all five of Beethoven's Sonatas for Piano and Cello at one sitting. Cellist Dmitry Kouzov and pianist Dmitri Shteinberg will present just that opportunity in a free recital at the University of Illinois Friday night. Dmitry and Dmitri will be my guests on the Thursday edition of "Live and Local."