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USe the link https://kwandrivia.net/ from now on, the old one directs to errors and has issues, this is the new one.
You can now link your characters account to your main one. Use the drop down menu in the top right corner then go to profile, from there edit your profile, then go to Linked Accounts. Then begin adding from there. The dropdown menu in the top right is where you can find your linked accounts.
You can now link your characters account to your main one. Use the drop down menu in the top right corner then go to profile, from there edit your profile, then go to Linked Accounts. Then begin adding from there. The dropdown menu in the top right is where you can find your linked accounts.
Zen "Zenthêl" City (Halcyon Kingdom)
Serving as the home of the High Elves and the protecting capital of the Halcyon Kingdom is the great forest city of Zenthêl. The City of Zen as Humanity call it is a place where the citizens want nothing more than the preservation and protection of nature. The City of Zen is mainly build atop the branches and around the trunks of tall trees that fill the forest surrounding the River of Zen. Bridges, catwalks, multistory homes and great nets all spiderweb though the branches of Zen City. The City of Zen is a place which is truly in tune with nature, animals of all kinds are not afraid to wander through town. Most have made alliances with the High Elves seeing them as no threat to nature. It is Human-kind that the animals and high elves have a thing against, thanks to the actions of the Laurentia Empire no doubt. One will rarely see a human walking about, but that doesn't mean the people here will make visitors feel unwelcome.
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The Great Oak tree is the most Sacred place within all of the High Elven Halycon Kingdom. It is known to be thousands of years old and is the birthplace of the High Elven race. It is the single god, single deity and single thing the High Elf worship. It is here a High Elf is born and dies. Likewise it is the centre of the city and the heart of the Halcyon Kingdom. The tree is also home to the current Prince/Princess of the Halcyon Kingdom and is where the richest of the High Elven live. Rooms of all shapes and sizes are built atop it's branches, thousands of rope bridges connect each room. Near the trunk of the tree is the throne room, here the Princess/Prince conducts his/her daily business. The Great Oak acts as the cities Financial District, Military Headquarters and Governmental Headquarters all in one place.
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Deep beneath the Great Oak is a shrine guarded by two 3rd Rank Elven Warriors. It is beyond these warriors that a space of null energy, lies. Within this null energy zone, all forms of energy are rendered useless, except a small amount to keep a person alive. Within their pitch black charcoal coloured room as a single monument, an obelisk. This monument is the start of the Magikami Aspect.
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Can or should we buy chews or bones for our cats? I wanted to buy some to help their teeth but they all say they are for dogs.
"There are cats who do like to chew; if yours is one of them, you'll want to provide an acceptable alternative to wires, shoelaces, leather, and other tempting items."
Hello Frank,
In cats, chewing on things that aren't food is generally considered to be an abnormal condition called "pica." Siamese cats who chew or suck on wool fall into this category. Pica can be a sign of dental disease or abdominal pain, so get your cat checked by the vet if your cat suddenly starts this behavior or does it excessively. Teething kittens (between 4-7 months of age) will often chew anything in sight, but this is usually temporary.
Lots of cats lick or chew plastic or styrofoam, which is sometimes attributed to the animal by-products in those items. (My personal theory is that they like the noise it makes!) However, it's best to keep those items out of reach. Many cats chew on plants. The stiff, crunchy leaves of a spider plant, for instance, seem to be irresistible!
Kitty's Garden cat grass would be a big hit with them.
Not many cats like to chew on toys, and in general it's not necessary to buy them for an adult cat.
But there are cats who do like to chew; if yours is one of them, you'll want to provide an acceptable alternative to wires, shoelaces, leather, and other tempting items. Try a
Catnip Chew Ring; it's one of the only chew toys designed for cats. Teething kittens may also appreciate the satisfying feel of this toy.
Some other good choices include
Ark Naturals Breath-Less Brushless-Toothpaste,
Ark Naturals Sea Mobility Jerky Strips, and
Only Natural Pet HealthTreats Jerky Bites.
Because cats are sensitive to carbs, chewy, jerky-type treats rather than biscuits are most appropriate. Also remember that these edible chews will add calories (mostly fat), so you may need to adjust your cat's food intake accordingly.
By the way, you can't rely on treats or chews for your pet's dental health. Talk to your vet about how to truly keep your pet's mouth healthy.
Healthy regards,Jean Hofve, DVM
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With Teen Mom, original sauce cancelled, Teen Mom 2 gotta pick up the slack and unfortunately, the cast members of MTV's notorious
trainwreck reality show are continuing to keep themselves in the news for breaking the law.
In the latest, Adam Lind, 21, the sometimes boyfriend of Chelsea Houska, was arrested for a DWI Saturday morning. Adam was pulled over for riding his motorcycle while allegedly intoxicated and driving on a suspended license. RadarOnline is reporting that Adam was arrested by Minnehaha County Sheriffs in Sioux Falls, South Dakota around 2:30 am Saturday morning. He was held behind bars for a few hours and released on $450 bail.
"He was charged with driving under the influence, exhibition driving and driving on a suspended license," an insider reveals. Witnesses report Adam had been bar hopping all night and was driving home on his motorcycle when he was pulled over after the police observed him "hotdogging".
Adam was bailed out by, but who else, Chelsea – who cannot seem to give up on the unwilling to reform bad boy. Sources report that she posted his bail early Saturday morning. Adam is due back in court April 26th to face charges associated with his arrest.
This is, of course, not the first arrest for father of the year, Adam, who even has a prior for underaged drinking! According to sources, "Adam turned 21 in January and has been drinking even more since then."
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The Peace Light: A Christmas reminder for all
December 07. 2013 7:02PM
The antidote for Christmas season stress will be in Bedford next Sunday. Partake of it and be cleansed.
The weeks-long focus on toys and gifts and impressive decorations can make it seem as though these are the core of Christmas. We forget all too easily that Christmas is not about the gifts we give; it is about the gift we all have been given, the gift of eternal life.
"I am the light of the world," Jesus said. "Whoever follows me will never walk in darkness, but will have the light of life."
To recenter us, Boy Scout leader Gretchen Osgood and her son Joshua, a Boy Scout, are bringing to New Hampshire a reminder of that message.
The Osgoods started two years ago a tradition that we hope lasts forever. Each December, they arrange to bring New Hampshire the Peace Light - candles lit from an eternal flame in the Grotto of the Nativity, the neighborhood where Jesus was born.
Scouts in Austria began the tradition of bringing this light to Europe. American Scouts have arranged to have it flown each year to New York City. Scout leaders from communities in the United States can drive to New York and bring the light back home. The Osgoods have made this their annual Christmas mission.
Next Sunday, from 6 to 8 p.m. at Bedford Presbyterian Church, the Boy Scouts will offer the Peace Light to anyone who wants to share it. To accept this reminder of God's gift, bring your own enclosed candle (or, preferably, an oil lamp) and have a plan for keeping the flame burning continuously in your home.
The Scouts' goal is to remind as many people as possible that "we can all be channels of peace through our words and actions." Spreading the flame and the message would be a better way to spend this Christmas season than striving to pile a few more gifts under the tree.


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Germany: Fire at apartment building kills 8
BERLIN (AP) — A fire broke out early Sunday at an apartment building in southwestern Germany, killing eight people — a woman and seven of her children, authorities said.
Three more people were rescued from the blazing building in Backnang, a town near Stuttgart, among them the children's grandmother. The family was of Turkish origin, and Turkey's ambassador to Germany headed to the scene.
Authorities were alerted to the blaze at 4:30 a.m. (0330 GMT). Once it had been brought under control, firefighters found the bodies of the 40-year-old woman and seven of her 10 children, aged between 6 months and 16, in two rooms of their second-floor apartment. The victims' names were not released.
Police and prosecutors said the fire almost certainly broke out in the apartment. They said in a statement that a heater was a focus of investigations, but another technical cause also was possible, and it could take days or weeks to pinpoint with certainty what started the blaze.
A German-Turkish cultural association has an office on the building's ground floor. Police said there was no indication that the fire might have been set deliberately or been a racist attack.
The building is part of a former leather factory that was converted into a row of three-story apartment blocks.
In Turkey, Deputy Prime Minister Bekir Bozdag said it was "a very sad incident."
"We want the incident to be investigated thoroughly without leaving any room for doubt," he said. "We hope that the fire is not the result of an arson attack."


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Usually time measuring in sql server is done in 2 ways: with the help of GetDate() function or with SET STATISTICS TIME ON.
For doing hardcore performance analysis where any time reduction counts you need more precise measuring capabilities and the two mentioned are only accurate to a milisecond order.
In SQL Server 2000 there was no practical way to change this.
SQL server 2005 to the rescue. It has DMV's which hold time in microseconds which is better. but they can't be always used to measure the duration of the statement. You...
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A coworker found this in code generated by Visual Studio 2005:
this.sqlSelectCommand2.CommandText = "SELECT columnName1, columnName2, columnName3, columnN" + "ame4, columnName5, columnName6 FROM MyViewFromMa" + "nyTables"
Searching for...
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I've come accross a video recently that was tagged with VeoTAG.
I must say that IT IS AWSOME!
I can already see the uses in presentation videos.
No more searching for that 47th minute minute where there's something that you like...
or was that 34th minute?
maybe 58th minute?
Just click on a comment and you're there.
This is a very cool idea.
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Since this blog is hosted i don't have access to it's source code. That means that i can't play with the source, can't add counters,
can't have anykind of statistics etc... All i can do is post a formatted post or article and have galleries.
Subtext colleccts statistics by showing you numbers for aggregated views and web views and it also has a refferals page that you can see who clicked you.
And I really wanted to have some statistics. I've looked into Google analytics when it came out and I still think it's awsome.
So i wondered how to put it in my blog....
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Well SP2 CTP for SQL Server 2005 is here. Amongst all things new and fixed bugs there's one that i wanted to see if it's any good.
That is the vardecimal storage format.
My first thought and try was:
Create table t1(col1 vardecimal)
followed by
Create table t1(col1 vardecimal(18,12))
which both failed nicely with the following message:
Column, parameter, or variable #1: Cannot find data type vardecimal.
Ok then let's try google and MSDN. Both return exactly zero (at the time of writing) explenations of how to do this.
in the above link of new stuff this is said about vardecimal:
Added new functionality in the SQL Server...
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I've seen a lot of confusion about the scope and lifetime of temporaray tables.
While i think that ##global temp tables are clear, #local temp tables are a different story.
They seen to sometimes work and sometimes not, especially when used with dynamic sql.
So what is the problem?
Mostly basic misunderstanding.
So because i'm such a nice guy, i'll try to elaborate a bit about "them darn #temps". :)
BOL clearly states:
Local temporary tables are visible only in the current session... ... Temporary tables are automatically dropped when they go out of scope, unless explicitly dropped using DROP TABLE So how is scope/session defined?
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here's a select. don't run it just look at it and think what it returns:
SELECT 123.654, 123d6, 123e4, '123'e4
ok now run it.
the results are:
(No column name)
(No column name)
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Our wilderness is under an unprecedented attack from Trump and anti-conservationists in Congress. Help us fight back.
Hot Springs National Park is a 5,500-acre refuge of craggy mountain slopes draped in oak, hickory and shortleaf pine woodland and a variety of wildflowers like smooth aster and Indian paintbrush.
The Forest Reserve Act of 1891 was signed into law by President Benjamin Harrison after two decades of debate about public land policy and concern about exploitative logging, putting in pla
For the first time since the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska was established in 1923, a company is producing oil in the w
President Trump and members of Congress are pressing to open the Arctic Refuge to oil and gas drilling. Don't let them!
A hearing hosted on Feb. 25 by the House Natural Resources Committee's Subcommittee on Federal Lands showcased legislation that would severely undermine national public lands, elevating industrial uses over the conservation and protection of our parks, refuges, and forests.
Colorado's Arkansas River Corridor could be the first place where a new Bureau of Land Management (BLM) planning strategy touches down.
Thanks to the passage of the Wilderness Act in 1964, the U.S.
The Tennessee Wilderness Act, introduced in the House by Rep. Phil Roe (R-Tenn) on Feb. 11, would expand two existing federal wilderness areas in the Cherokee National Forest, helping to safeguard vital wildlife habitat and clean drinking water for nearby communities.
Natural gas waste is a major contributor to climate change, as oil and gas companies release methane, a super pollutant, into the atmosphere. From 2009 to 2014, enough natural gas was intentionally wasted on federal lands to supply over 5 million households for a year!
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The Blues Foundation will host the 29th annual International Blues Challenge Tuesday, Jan. 29, through Saturday, Feb. 2, in Beale Street venues and other Downtown locations. Visit blues.org for a schedule and tickets.
NEXUS will hold its annual Leadership Luncheon Tuesday, Jan. 29, at noon at Second Presbyterian Church, 4055 Poplar Ave. Entrepreneur Bill Courtney, the former coach featured in Academy Award-winning documentary "Undefeated," will present the keynote, and the winners of the NEXUS Mentoring Awards will be announced. Tickets are $30. Visit nexusleaders.org.
Memphis Rotary Club will meet Tuesday, Jan. 29, at noon at the University Club of Memphis, 1346 Central Ave. Ryan Dalton of Operation Broken Silence will discuss human trafficking. Cost is $18. R.S.V.P. to Taylor Hughes at email@example.com
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BIG for Memphis will host meet Wednesday, Jan. 30, from 10 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. at Phelps Security, 4932 Park Ave. BIG brings together Memphis Police Department colonels and business leaders to impact the community. Cost is free. R.S.V.P. to firstname.lastname@example.com.
The Rotary Club of Memphis East will meet Wednesday, Jan. 30, at noon at The Racquet Club of Memphis, 5111 Sanderlin Ave. WMC-TV weatherman Dave Brown will speak. Cost is $17. R.S.V.P. to Lee Hughes at firstname.lastname@example.com.
Kiwanis Club of Memphis will meet Wednesday, Jan. 30, from noon to 1 p.m. at The University Club of Memphis, 1346 Central Ave. Frank Davis of The Eliminate Project will speak, and the Kiwanian of the Year will be announced. Cost is $18 for nonmembers.
Literacy is Key: A Book & Author Affair, a Literacy Mid-South benefit luncheon hosted by the Memphis Alumnae Association of Kappa Kappa Gamma Fraternity, will be held Thursday, Jan. 31, at 11 a.m. at Holiday Inn University of Memphis, 3700 Central Ave. Tickets are $45. Visit memphiskkg.org.
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"Greener Days" at Honolulu Community College
Three-day sustainability event celebrates Earth Day a month earlyHonolulu Community College
Billie K. Takaki Lueder, (808) 778-8589
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Posted: Mar 28, 2011
WHO: Honolulu Community College's Student Life and Development office is sponsoring a three-day sustainability event
entitled, "Be the Change: Honolulu CC Go Green Days."
WHEN: Tuesday, March 29 – Thursday, March 31, 2011
11 a.m. to 2 p.m.
WHERE: Honolulu Community College on the campus mall
874 Dillingham Boulevard
WHAT: In early celebration of Earth Day on April 22, 2011, Honolulu Community College will be hold a multi-day
educational awareness celebration around sustainability. The three-day event is free to the public and will include a swap
meet and a "Recycling for a Reason" campaign. All individuals are encouraged to bring their plastic bottles and aluminum
cans to campus in which the proceeds raised will be donated to the Hawai'i chapter of the American Red Cross to aid the
earthquake and tsunami victims in Japan.
According to bottle2tap.com, roughly 50 billion plastic water bottles end up in U.S. landfills each year, which comes out to 140 million every day! That's enough, laid end to end, to reach China and back each day. "In 2008, Americans drank an average of 215 bottles of water, and Honolulu Community College will string together a visual representation of what that looks like. The idea is to raise awareness and make 'Going Green' not just a fad but a conscious lifestyle change," shares Emily Kukulies, director of student life and development.
Other events being planned are a light bulb trade in for energy-efficient fluorescent bulbs in partnership with the Blue Planet Foundation; WheelGo will offer a car demonstration of their energy-efficient vehicles; free herb plants will be passed out for people to take home and cultivate; sustainable-themed movies will be shown in the student lounge; a special tie-dye project will be conducted by chemistry instructor Mike Ferguson; and Honolulu CC students will offer a display showcasing a net-zero energy home that is currently under construction as one of 20 worldwide entries in the 2011 U.S. Department of Energy Solar Decathlon to be held in Washington D.C. this fall as a part of Team Hawai'i.
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Remember the 90s where every kid has those plastic sword? I was rocking them when I was a kid but yeah. I held a real sword before, also a dagger and shurikens.
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all im going to say is a katana is the way to go. a medevial sword is not. to fucking heavy rather use a axe then one of those pieces of crap. so yea light swords vrs heavy we all know who is going to win there. now heavy vs a axe give me a axe. like a friend once said before there is nothing you can do with a sword that cant be done with a axe .
Actually there is a major problem with axes and that is that they get hung up a lot. Skill can lower the chances of it, but it still does a lot more than a sword ever would. There is a reason that the sword or a version of it is used by almost everywhere in the world. Plus the fact that an axe is only a slashing weapon whereas a sword may thrust as well. Its also generally faster due to its balance and easier to hit with (larger bladed surface).
well dont forget hacking as well. and a thrust of the blade is not all ways needed and there are some axes with a point up top. ether way each has a job and does it well. now like i said i prefer a katana but if we go to medival then a axe please
ment to qute some body on a pot thing o well
I have held a sword before, but it's my father's. c:
I did a couple semesters of fencing (foil) in college.
I have a collection of them. Made to a functional standard, also.
getting my learn on
my parents want me to learn how to use a sword since I was 7y.o ==;;;
Dulce, Mimmy. Create one more stupidity here and I'll hate you 2. I'm serious.
how about a ninja star i have a real one but its sharpe on all edges so i keep in a safe place
I need friends omg
i own a real katana, so yes.
"We work Hard! We play Hard! We banish HARD!"
I use a jian and butterfly swords. 4 years experience with the jian and learning the forms for the butterfly swords right now.
yes, not much to say
When you really want something, the whole universe conspires to make it happen.
Only replicas
I'm sah tired x_x
Yes, yes I have.
I use to own a katana. I only ever held it once, when I used it to kill a weed taller than myself in the backyard of a new house. Henceforth, the katana was christened "Weed Killer - The Blade Which Can Pierce the Roots of Hell".
Dilly dally, shilly shally.
I have a katana and a flamberge . I used to own a USMC NCO sword as well a gun-blade. the gun-blade was a totally impractical and gunpart wasn't real.
My former roommate had an a supposedly authentic Chinese bronze sword that had been in his family for generations. I don't know whether it really was that old or not, but it certainly looked it. He let me hold it once when he first showed it to me and it looked so beat up that I was worried it'd snap in half and i'd end up destroying his priceless family heirloom.


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12 Schools Graduate From Malaysia Airports' 2nd Phase Of Beyond Borders Programme
20 November 2012
Kuala Lumpur, 20 November 2012 - Twelve schools adopted by Malaysia Airports 'graduated' today, as Malaysia Airports completed the three years adoption period under Beyond Borders, its flagship Corporate Responsibility (CR) programme for the community.
Malaysia Airports has adopted a total of 21 schools since 2007. As a sustainable CR programme, Malaysia Airports will continue to adopt other schools with the aspiration to achieve better results and emulate the achievement of the past 21 adopted schools especially in terms of usage and application of the English language.
Tan Sri Datuk Dr Wan Abdul Aziz Wan Abdullah, Chairman of Malaysia Airports in his speech said, "In this second phase, the students' proficiency in English language has shown encouraging improvement. This year, the adopted schools have shown a tremendous improvement by achieving an average percentage of 75% passes in English subject for year 2012 compared to only 52% when we first started the programme in 2010.
We are delighted that Beyond Borders has helped to nurture quality students especially those who are in Year 6, and increased the percentage of passes in English subject. It is apparent that since the inception of Beyond Borders, the schools have benefited from the programme and have managed to tackle what was once a killer subject for most schools."
The twelve adopted schools were chosen based on the proximity to the airport, experiencing academic and economic challenge, and Malaysia Airports plan to continue with this criterion in choosing the future schools for adoption, in the effort to contribute to the surrounding communities that Malaysia Airports operates in (list of adopted schools attached).
This noble effort of contributing to the development of communities through education has seen Malaysia Airports awarded the prestigious Community Engagement Award by Enterprise Asia in the Asia Responsible Entrepreneurship Awards (AREA) 2009 Malaysia and two awards in the The StarBiz-ICR Malaysia Corporate Responsibility Awards 2009, for the Community and Environment categories.
Tan Sri Wan Abdul Aziz said, "I am proud to say that our dedicated team, that consist of Malaysia Airports staff as well as the school teachers and representatives from the Ministry of Education, has worked closely hand-in-hand and created a truly comprehensive framework to realise the aspiration of Beyond Borders to improve the academic achievement particularly in the English Language. The framework also addresses personal efficacy and development of greater self-esteem for all teachers and students."
Beyond Borders advocates four different competitive programmes that serve as the pillars, namely Golden Pen Award Essay Writing Competition, Beyond Borders Interschool Project Competition, Planet Green Interschool Project Competition and 'Act It Up' Interschool Drama Competition. Atotal of RM31,150 cash prizes was allocated as a reward to all participants of these four competitions and other supporting awards.
In the Golden Pen Award Essay Writing Competition, Standard 6 pupils from the adopted schools will be rewarded for the best essays submitted for the competition. The shortlisted pupils from each school sat for the final essay writing competition earlier today. Panel of judges will select top three winners which will be announced tonight.
For Golden Pen Award Essay Writing Competition, the winner will receive RM700, second place will receive RM500 while third place will receive RM300 and a consolation prize of RM50.
The 'Act it Up' Interschool Drama Competition was introduced as part of Malaysia Airports' effort to create a greater affinity and passion for Science and English and develop student potential by applying a well-rounded approach in balancing creativity and academic excellence through drama and stage performance.
The competition was opened to all Standard 3 and Standard 5 students. The theme is "Everything around you is Science". Each school was required to produce a 15 minutes drama comprising a team of maximum 8 students.Four schools made it to the final stage, which will be held tonight - SK Sg. Raya (Perak), SK Olak Lempit (Selangor), SK Parang Putting (Kelantan) and SK Batu Tiga (Pahang).
'Act it Up' competition offers RM2,000 for first prize; RM1,000 for second prize; RM700 for third prize and a consolation prize of RM500.00. There are also cash prizes of RM500 each for Best Actor and Best Actress while the Best Director will also receive RM500.
Earlier today, teachers from four schools competed in the final stage of Malaysia Airports' 'Beyond Borders Interschool Project Competition', presenting their schools' projects to judges. The four schools which managed to reach the final stage were SK Wakuba from Sabah, SK Seri Cheras from Kuala Lumpur, SK Sungai Raya from Perak and SK Sungai Batu from Penang.
One of the objectives of Beyond Borders Interschool Project Competition is to encourage and promote the school community to challenge themselves and go beyond their own personal boundaries through the implementation of school project and project management. These projects are created by the teachers to enhance reading habits in school. It will also aid the teaching process and ultimately results in adopting English in school easier and smoother.
The school which emerge as champion in the Interschool Project Competition will receive RM3,000; second place will receive RM2,000 while third place walk away with RM1,000 and RM500 for consolation prize.
The Beyond Borders Planet Green Interschool Competition is a competition aimed to promote and cultivate 'green culture' among its school community. The competition is also a follow-up from the teachers' workshop conducted where teachers involved have to plan and implement a school project that is sustainable and environmental based.
The schools that made it to the final stage presentation today were SK Wakuba (Sabah); SK Parang Puting (Kelantan); SK Temenggung Datuk Muip (Sarawak) and SK Labu Ulu Batu 8 (Negeri Sembilan). The winner for the Beyond Borders Planet Green Interschool Competition will receive RM3,000; second place RM2,000; third place RM1,000 and consolation prize of RM500.
To further celebrate and encourage participation, Malaysia Airports created special awards for Beyond Borders Awards 2012. The special awards are Best Principal, Best SPOC (Single Point of Contact), Best Presenter for Beyond Borders Interschool Project Competition, Best Presenter for Beyond Borders Planet Green Interschool Project Competition, Best Airport Representative, Top Volunteer Award, School with the Highest 5As in UPSR and School with the Highest Percentage Achieving 5As for UPSR.
The grand prize winner of Best Beyond Borders School will walk away with a cash prize of RM3,000 accompanied by a trophy and certificate. All twelve schools will also receive their graduation certificates to mark the end of their adoption period with Malaysia Airports.
A total of 120 teachers and 156 students are present at for the Beyond Borders Awards ceremony, and as a morale booster to the students, 36 parents are also present. Guest judges for Beyond Borders' competitions comprised of representatives from media agency, government ministry, university and art academy.
Malaysia Airports also salutes the contribution of its staff in the 2010-2012 Beyond Borders activities, which has recorded a total number of 110 volunteers equalling 1772 volunteering hours this year.
Tan Sri Wan Abdul Aziz said, "It is also our hope that Beyond Borders would leave a positive legacy for the schools, in particular the lives of the children that we have aspired. And to the children of Beyond Borders, do not be afraid to spread your wings and fly. Nevertheless, as the framework for Beyond Borders is founded on sustainability, we shall be introducing the Beyond Borders Alumni programme as a continuing initiative and we look forward to work with all of you again in the future


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"Spider-Man Turn Off The Dark" sounded like a good idea with Broadway veteran Julie Taymor ("Lion King") overseeing the production and U2's Bono and the Edge writing the music. But the over-budget musical was plagued with trouble from the get-go, suffering cast accidents, major delays and the loss of Taymor. And then there were the bad reviews. Adding insult to injury (literally), the show served as a Tonys punch line. Even the rockers got in on the skewering: "When I first saw the Tonys on our schedule, I just sort of assumed we had been nominated," quipped Bono. "It appears we missed the deadline," noted the Edge.
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"Five Came Back: A Story of Hollywood and the Second World War" (Penguin), by Mark Harris
Hollywood was never the same after taking up the fight to defeat Nazi Germany and Imperial Japan — just like the rest of the world. Many of the film industry's greatest talents put aside their careers to join the military and turn the movies into a weapon for victory.
Films were developed to boost public morale, educate millions of troops and stoke anti-German and anti-Japanese sentiment. The studios cooperated with the government to ensure that dramas and comedies — entertainment polished with propaganda — carried the right message. Besides churning out training films, filmmakers in uniform also sought to tell inspiring stories through documentaries, some of them mostly real and some of them mostly made up.
In his engaging book "Five Came Back," author Mark Harris follows the wartime experiences of a handful of movie directors to explore this unique intersection of entertainment and war. His compelling narrative is first-rate in all respects, a war story for film fans and a miniseries-like treatment of American history for those interested in World War II.
Director Frank Capra ("It Happened One Night" and "It's a Wonderful Life") joined up shortly after the attack on Pearl Harbor. His major contribution was the "Why We Fight" series, lessons in history and politics designed to explain to recruits why they were being asked to go to war. As Harris points out, Capra and his colleagues were challenged to come up with persuasive arguments aimed at black recruits given segregation. Their depictions of the Japanese were so racist that even the U.S. government balked at approving such a film, knowing it would complicate the lives of Japanese Americans and postwar relations with Japan.
Director John Ford ("The Searchers" and "The Quiet Man") was under fire at the battle of Midway Island, getting a memorable documentary out of his color footage, and again at Omaha Beach when the Allies invaded Europe on D-Day. An old habit of going on an obliterating bender between movie assignments could have ended Ford's military career. In one sorry instance, a few weeks after the Normandy landings, the filmmaker spent three days drunk while bunking at a house along the French coast, leaving his bed only to buy or steal more booze and pick a fight or two.
Ford and director John Huston ("The African Queen" and "The Treasure of the Sierra Madre") shared a penchant for embellishing their personal war stories. Huston went well beyond the accepted practices of the documentarian when he passed off re-enactments for "The Battle of San Pietro" as actual battle footage. He was on more stable ground with his piece on shell-shocked troops and their treatments, "Let There Be Light," which proved unsettling enough that the government kept it under wraps for decades.
William Wyler learned that he had received an Oscar for the wartime drama "Mrs. Miniver" while serving overseas. He and his film crew flew on B-17 missions over Europe for one of the war's best-received documentaries, "The Memphis Belle." Its fakery was forgivable: Wyler used footage from multiple bombing runs and assembled the plane's crew in Hollywood to record dialogue for the movie because their words couldn't be heard over the roar of the bomber's four engines. Wyler ("The Best Years of Our Lives" and "Ben-Hur") lost much of his hearing while trying to film aboard a B-25 flight.
George Stevens ("Giant" and "Shane") was less interested in making documentaries than in filming events as they happened to create a record of the war. For example, he was in Normandy for D-Day and in Paris during the celebration of its liberation. Most significant, Stevens and his cameras passed through the gates of the concentration camp at Dachau two days after its liberation. Stevens spent weeks there filming life and death among the tens of thousands still at the camp, footage he later used in assembling two documentaries that served as evidence during the Nuremberg trials.
In Harris' telling, these directors faced their wartime fears with little more than cameras and courage. Their frustrations were due mostly to a kind of friendly fire. Time and again the indifference of government bureaucracy, including in the military itself, made it exceedingly difficult for them to obtain the equipment and supplies required for them to do their jobs.
Of the five, only Capra failed to recover his footing when he returned to Hollywood, a professional stumble as much about age and changing tastes and times as ability. His colleagues, however, achieved their greatest work after the war. Their movies turned more realistic, more serious and more profound. Like Hollywood and a world once at war, they too were never the same.
Douglass K. Daniel is the author of "Tough as Nails: The Life and Films of Richard Brooks" (University of Wisconsin Press).


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The Final Cut: Upcoming Season Finales Sure to Leave Us Wanting More
Posted by Devin Categories: Features, Home Entertainment,
In this week's edition of "The Final Cut", Devin takes a look at some of the upcoming season finales over the next week. A week ago she gave us a preview of the summer movie season. Get ready for a summer full of reruns:
With May Sweeps quickly approaching, many of our favorite shows are coming to their seasons' end. Many questions and mysteries that we've come across during the season are sure to be answered during each shows season finale, and I'm sure it is no surprise to know that most finales will leave us with a cliffhanger, and have us counting down the days to next seasons' premieres. Today we take a look at finale listings from tvtome.com's episode guide for some of the years highest rated shows, and see just what we can expect from some of out favorite TV shows, not to mention what questions we hope get answered.
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Google Buys Dodgeball.com
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This just goes to show that developing a unique idea that creates a community with a service that people can get behind can make you a success. Today, Google acquired its thirteenth third party company when they bought Dodgeball.com. If you are unfamiliar with Dodgeball's service, here is a rundown:
Dodgeball is a service designed to get you in face-to-face contact with friends, friends of friends, and even crushes. All that is required is a cell phone with text messaging. You sign up for an account and give Dodgeball a list of email addresses for your friends. These people become a part of your network, as do any friends that they recommend when they sign up. The fun begins when you are out and about. You simply send a text message to Dodgeball as follows:
To: firstname.lastname@example.com
Message: @NameLocation
Now, Dodgeball is available cost-free in just about every major US city. So if I were doing this from Seattle, I would send a text message to firstname.lastname@example.com, and if I were at the Space Needle then my message would be "@Space Needle". Now Dodgeball goes to work. Any of my friends who are within a 10 block radius recieve an email and/or text message telling them "Your friend Andru is at Space Needle [address here]. Why not stop by and say hi?" It is simple a great meetup tool. Now, you can format your message in different ways so that instead of contacting your friends, it will send you back a list of friends of friends in the area. You can even just typ in a destination, and it will send you a message back telling you the address and cross streets. Google obviously aw the potential in this service, as have many of its users. If you live in a major US city, check them out at www.dodgeball.com.
Make Email Work For You
Posted by Andru Edwards - Categories: Productivity,
One thing that can get very overwhelming as far as business is concerned is email. Personally, I receive over 400 email messages per day. If I didn't have a system in place to manage it all, I would quickly become a victim of information overload. Your email client can do a lot more than just display electronic messages sent to you from colleagues and friends. We take a look at a few ways to use email to save time, and bring you even more business, after the jump.
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Global Gadget Magazine I4U, Gear Live, and Playfeed Announce Exclusive E3 Podcast And Video Coverage
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I4U Future Technology News, the Premier digital gadget online news publication, is set to bring E3 coverage to a whole new level. Journalists will be on hand to bring unfiltered reports to readers, listeners and video viewers worldwide.
"This years E3 is going to be special, even for non-hardcore gamers," states Luigi Lugmayr, CEO of I4U LLC. "The new consoles will also change home entertainment in the near future."
Our team will produce Podcast and video news reports optimized for multimedia devices such as the iPod, Playstation Portable, and Smart Phones from both the big pre-show press conferences and after show events. Microsoft's Xbox 360, Sony's PS3 and Nintendo's Revolution will all make their debuts this year, and I4U will be there to bring you the latest coverage from the show room floor. Look for interviews with the top names in gaming, new console updates, hottest holiday titles and everything else that matters. Playstation Portable owners can look forward to video coverage downloads formatted exclusively for their console.
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HOW TO: Hack A PSOne LCD Into Your Computer
Posted by Jesse Easley Categories: Features, Mods / Hacks, PC / Laptop,
I've been wanting to do something neat to my computer for a long time. I thought of etching something into the side window, thought of adding water cooling, I thought of doing a bunch of things. Well, in my search ventures online to find something neat to do I found a really cool mod to do with your PC using a PSone LCD Screen. Jump on down to see how it went.
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Dodgeball.com Acquired By Google
Posted by Andru Edwards - Categories: Cell Phones, Internet,
I have been messing around with Dodgeball.com for a couple of weeks in the Seattle area, and I think the service is pretty cool. I haven't done much more than test it, but I like the idea behind it. Apparently Google liked it to - so much so that they have acquired the company, making Dodgeball.com the thirteenth company that Google has picked up. If you are unfamiliar with Dodgeball's service, it is simple. Sign up is free, and you are then able to send a text message to email@example.com whenever you are somewhere that you want to meet people. For example, if I am at Pike's Place Market hanging out, I can text email@example.com with the message @pikes place. Now anyone on my contact list that happens to be in a 10 block radius will get an email and/or text message which says "Andru is at Pikes Place". Very cool. Dodgeball is available in most major cities. Congrats to Google for picking this one up.
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British Scientists Anti-Gravity Machine
Posted by Andru Edwards - Categories: Misc. Tech,
British scientists have put together an anti-gravity machine which has the ability to levitate heavy stones, coins, and other metals in the air. Using a powerful magnet, the anti-gravity machine uses diamagnetism, which essentially means that you can place non-magnetic object into a powerful magnetic field, which then causes the object to take on a weak magnetic force of its own. While the levitation technology isn't new, it has certainly never been at a point where it could lift objects like lumps of metal and heavy stones before. One step closer to that levitating Segway I have been wanting.
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Google Can Dig Up Personal iCal Information
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The Google search engine is a powerful force. We have all heard of the different ways you can manipulate the search field to find things that people would rather keep private. Now it appears that someone has uncovered another security flaw, this time concerning iCal. Now, after talking to Joel it was made clear to me that the user needs to do something in order to get their information out there. Apparently, if you publish your iCal, anyone can view it if they know what to plug in to Google. Check it out for yourself. Click on a result to view the calendar, addresses, appointments, and all. Unfortunately, many users will publish a calendar on the web to share with friends, family, or co-workers, not knowing that it would become available for all to see. Perusing through the search results, you can find personal addresses and phone numbers - things I am sure the users probably didn't mean to broadcast across the interweb.
Canada's CRTC To Regulate VOIP
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Canada's local phone companies were hoping that VOIP services would be left unregulated similar to other Internet services. Instead, what is expected to happen is that the CRTC will bring VOIP under its umbrella which would mean that the large telcos like Bell Canada and Telus Corp. would need to seek CRTC approval for their prices. This means that if they want to slash prices to compete with VOIP services like Vonage and Primus Telecommunications, they need to go through the proper channels to do so. This gives startup VOIP services and easier time of gaining footing, as well as giving cable companies like Shaw, Rogers, and Videotron the ability to compete.
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Yahoo! Music Unlimited Gets It Right
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Yahoo! has made a very bold move in the digital audio download arena. Yahoo! Music Unlimited will bring its users music downloads, similar to services provided by Napster and Rhapsody, for the extremely low price of $7 per month. If you purchase one year all at once, it costs just $60 - that is $5 a month! The music is your standard DRM protected WMA format and can be transferred to portable devices, same thing offered by all the other music stores that aren't called iTunes. It even allows you to share music via Yahoo! Messenger. Comparatively, NapsterToGo costs $15 per month. I have been messing around with the interface for a bit, and it is honestly just a bit buggy. My guess is that they will have their programmers working on a new build throughout the day in preparation for launch tomorrow. $60for one year's worth of music? That just may be too hard to pass up.
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The sixth and final season of the "Star Wars" animated series "The Clone Wars" is coming to Netflix.
Subscribers in the U.S. and Canada will be able to watch the final 13 episodes of the popular show, dubbed "The Lost Season," beginning March 7.
"The Clone Wars" aired on Cartoon Network but was canceled last year to make way for a new series, "Star Wars Rebels," which will premiere on the Disney Channel in the fall before airing regularly on Disney XD.
In addition to "The Lost Season," Netflix also will make available the entirety of "The Clone Wars'" first five seasons, including several director's-cut episodes not previously seen on television, in addition to the "Clone Wars" feature film.
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"'Star Wars' is one of the most iconic franchises of all time and this series joins a long line of Disney content that Netflix members are and will continue to enjoy for years to come," Netflix chief content officer Ted Sarandos said in a statement.
"The Lost Season" follows a rift in the Force caused by Ahsoka Tano's departure from the Jedi Order and the growing menace of Sith Lords and apprentices throughout the galaxy. In an interview with Hero Complex last fall, executive producer Dave Filoni had teased that the final set of episodes would "really please the diehard 'Clone Wars' fans, especially the story arc with Master Yoda."
"That one is critical to the bigger picture," Filoni said.
Disney, which acquired Lucasfilm in fall of 2012, has been ramping up publicity efforts for "Star Wars Rebels" in recent weeks, revealing new characters who will be central to the series, which is set 14 years after "Star Wars: Episode III — Revenge of the Sith" and four years prior to the events of "Star Wars: Episode IV — A New Hope."
The Inquisitor, first unveiled during New York Comic Con last year, will serve as a major new villain tasked by Darth Vader with tracking down the remaining Jedi Knights such as Kanan, who will be voiced by Freddie Prinze Jr. A former Jedi Knight who survived the Emperor's massacre, Kanan has gone into hiding and no longer uses his lightsaber for fear of being discovered.
A new droid, Chopper, also will be a regular character on the show.
Of the differences between the two series, Filoni said last year: "'Rebels' will be different from 'The Clone Wars' in a couple ways, and one is the decision to stick with one story and one main group of characters. We wanted fans to get to know the new characters and what they are fighting for. Each episode has its own unique story, while still fitting into the much larger picture of what is going on in the 'Star Wars' universe. 'Rebels' will tell the story of a group of characters, in this way it is more like the original trilogy which followed Han, Luke and Leia, where the prequels showed us the grand scale and political as well as personal."
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As a reminder to our guests, the front gate and park close at 6 p.m. during the fall and winter and at 7:30 p.m. during the spring and summer. All campers are restricted to the campground until 8 a.m. (except for travel to and from the front gate via the roadway). The exit gate will be locked between park closing and 6 a.m. and checked at the top of each hour. On Fridays, Saturdays, and holidays the exit gate will be locked from park closing to 8 a.m. and checked at the top of each hour. Park is staffed 24 hours. Please call 954-270-1506 if a problem arises.
The park's regular weekend and holiday gate entrance fee of $1.50/person (children 5 and under free) will be in effect for nonregistered campers. Registered campers receive free park entrance on weekends and holidays. For more information, call the park office at 954-357-5100, or e-mail firstname.lastname@example.com.
There are three restroom and shower facilities in the campground. Campers can purchase ice and firewood (based on availability) at the park office.
The following partial list of park rules, regulations, and information is provided to help ensure that your visit with us is as enjoyable and as safe as possible.1. Platform tents and tepees are $35 a night (up to four campers). Additional persons (up to six campers total) pay $3 per individual per night. Children 5 years and under stay free of charge. Platform tents include 10' x 10' tent, grill, picnic table, water, fire ring, and electricity.2. A security deposit of $50 (cash or credit card only) per site is due at check-in.3. Check-in time is from 3 to 5:30 p.m. Checkout is by 1 p.m. on the scheduled date of departure.4. Registrant must be at least 18 years old. A driver's license is required as proof of identification.5. Only one vehicle is allowed per site. Additional vehicles must be parked in designated areas.6. Camping reservations must paid in full and in advance. No refunds or rain checks. Contact the park for details. All sites are on a first-come, first-served basis.7. Launching of watercraft from the campgrounds is prohibited.8. The maximum length of stay is 14 consecutive days.9. Campsites do not accommodate recreational vehicles (RVs).10. Sleeping out in the open or in cars is prohibited.11. Do not adjust or tamper with the rope used to secure your tent/tepee. Do not use any nails or screws in the tent/tepee.12. Campsites must be kept in a clean and orderly fashion at all times.13. For your safety, do not feed wild or domestic animals.14. Children under 18 years of age are the responsibility of the registrant and must be supervised at all times by an adult.15. No swimming or wading is permitted in the lake or any other body of water within or around the park (except at Splash Adventure, which is open seasonally).16. Fireworks, explosives, and weapons other than firearms may not be brought into or discharged in parks. Park visitors with valid concealed weapons permits may bring their firearms into the parks subject to Florida Statutes 790.053, 790.06, and 790.33.17. Vehicles are allowed only on authorized roads and parking areas. All State of Florida traffic and vehicular laws will be enforced. Maximum speed limits are posted.18. No more than two domestic animals are permitted per site. Pets are not allowed in boats or lake waters. All pets must be kept under immediate control of owners at all times and on leashes not to exceed six feet in length. Campers are expected to clean up after their pets and register them at the park office, including a $1-per-pet registration fee. Proof of rabies vaccination and license is required.19. Quiet hours are from 11 p.m. to 7 a.m. Excessive noise and sound-amplifying equipment, loudspeakers, and other such devices that produce excessive noise are prohibited. Extension cords running from the restrooms are prohibited.20. Drinking or bringing alcoholic beverages, excluding beer and wine, in the park is prohibited. Please refrain from bringing kegs into the park. Glass containers and bottles are prohibited.21. Guests of registered campers are required to pay the park entrance fee when applicable and will observe regular park user hours. Visitors desiring to remain after park closes, however, may register with the appropriate park staff on duty and remain in the park, although no later than 11 p.m.22. Storing combustibles, burning candles, etc., in tents/tepees is prohibited.23. Fires may be built within the metal fire ring and in designated areas only. Do not break tree branches or damage park shrubbery for fire fuel. Please extinguish fires before departing the vicinity.24. The Broward County Parks and Recreation Division is not responsible for any loss by fire, theft, or accident. We strongly suggest you secure all valuables when leaving your campsite.25. No additional tents are permitted without prior approval from the park manager.26. This park employs a lightning prediction system, which will sound a 15-second horn blast, accompanied by a flashing strobe, alerting you that a storm is imminent. Once the alarm has sounded and strobes remain flashing, outdoor activity is to be suspended and you should seek shelter immediately, either in a large building or a vehicle (not a convertible). You may resume outdoor activity only after you hear three five-second horn blasts indicating that the storm has moved out of the area. IF YOU REMAIN OUTDOORS AFTER A WARNING ALARM IS ISSUED, PLEASE BE ADVISED THAT YOU DO SO AT YOUR OWN RISK.Broward County provides and maintains this park for your use and enjoyment. Please respect all park facilities, wildlife, and plant life. 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Skelta, the Indian BPM specialist snapped up by British technology giant Invensys last April, has released Skelta BPM 2011, the latest version of its flagship solution with new SharePoint capabilities.
Skelta BPM 2011 includes an extension to SharePoint 2010, Skelta SharePoint Accelerator 2011, that lets users build processes that span across SharePoint 2007, SharePoint 2010 and third-party systems. There are also document management enhancements, the addition of customisable business dashboards and web parts, and support for custom controls.
Invensys Skelta's Windows-based BPM software is used by around 700 customers across verticals like financials, government and business process outsourcing to build horizontal solutions such as accounts payable, document management, compliance management, HRIS and other business processes.
BPM has rapidly gained its place within enterprises for a simple reason: it helps companies squeeze more value from their existing software infrastructure. Various industry analysts have highlighted that business process improvement, cost-reduction and improving efficiency are among firms' top 10 business priorities for 2011.
Sanjay Shah, Invensys Operations Management's managing director for Skelta, says: "The Skelta BPM 2011 software has matured and evolved. We strongly believe it will provide businesses across the world a better platform for enterprise-wide collaboration, while at the same time leverage existing systems to achieve operational excellence and high returns on our clients' BPM investments. We also thank our customers and partners for giving us their valuable suggestions to help us evolve this product over time."
Skelta BPM 2011 can associate Skelta workflows with SharePoint context-specific events and configure alerts for business activity thresholds with real time email notification of violations of policies and SLAs. Users can design reusable declarative workflows and customise the BPM solution with Skelta's Forms Architecture for advanced reusability functions.
The new release can also build BPM-enabled composite applications rapidly to automate core processes in an organisation. These are built using processes, forms, rules, user management, task management and queues. Composition is accelerated by the use of visual toolkits and composite applications can be deployed independently or to work with other apps.
To mark the launch of Skelta BPM 2011, Sandy Kemsley, a leading independent BPM analyst and systems architect, will deliver a webinar entitled "BPM and Application Composition" on Tuesday, February 1. Kemsley will explain how BPM-enabled composite applications ensure rapid ROI and you can register for free here. Attendees will also get a free whitepaper on the topic. Skelta BPM can also be trialled using QuickStart, which the company say is the world's first hosted product evaluation portal for BPM.


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Paul McGuire is the public affairs specialist at U.S. Bureau of Land Management. In this Q5 he tells us about the upcoming Wild Horse and Burro Adoption.
Paul McGuire is the public affairs specialist at U.S. Bureau of Land Management. In this Q5 he tells us about the upcoming Wild Horse and Burro Adoption.
1. Paul, can you tell us about the Wild Horse and Burro Adoption coming up on Friday and Saturday?
The U.S. Bureau of Land Management (BLM) will hold a Wild Horse and Burro Adoption in Tonganoxie, Kan., Friday and Saturday, Aug. 8 and 9.
The two-day event at the Leavenworth County Fairgrounds will feature dozens of spectacular animals. These are adult and yearling horses and burros that once roamed free on public lands in the West. The BLM periodically removes excess animals from the range in order to maintain healthy herds and to protect other rangeland resources. The adoption program is essential for achieving these important management goals. This event is free and open to the public.
2. Why did Congress feel it was important to design this program?
Due to unregulated management of wild horses and burros through most of the 20th century, animals were often mistreated and were at risk of being eliminated from western rangelands. Congress passed the Wild Free-Roaming Horses and Burros Act in 1971 to ensure that these symbols of the American West would be protected and preserved on public lands.
3. Why have these animals been removed from the public lands that they used to roam and why is this adoption program essential for achieving management goals for our public lands?
Animals are periodically removed to ensure healthy herds remain in balance with healthy rangelands. Overpopulation would result in extreme degradation of the land, the horses and other wildlife would suffer along with other land values.
4. Why are these animals ideal for work or recreation? Since the program's start in 1973, how many of these 'living legends' has the Bureau of Land Management placed with adopters?
Wild horses and burros are extremely intelligent, strong, agile and have tremendous stamina. These are all qualities that enable them to survive in the wild. Since the mid-1970s, BLM has placed more than 235,000 wild horses and burros into adoptive homes.
5. What are the times for the adoption, how much are the fees and what is the adoption incentive? Where can people get more information on the adoption?
Adoption Schedule
Friday, Aug. 8, noon - 6 p.m.
Saturday, Aug. 9, 8-10 a.m.
Adoption Fees
All animals will be offered on a first-come, first-served basis for the minimum adoption fee of $125 (set by law).
$500 Adoption Incentive
BLM pays a one-time $500 care-and-feeding allowance to adopters of horses at least four years old. The allowance is paid in full after one year when adopters receive official ownership title for their horse(s). All standard adoption conditions and fees apply. A limited number of eligible horses will be available. Younger horses, burros and trained animals are not eligible for this incentive. This incentive is designed to find homes for older horses that might otherwise be destined for long-term pastures, where they'd live out the remainder of their natural lives at taxpayer expense.
For more information, call toll-free 866-468-7826 or visit www.blm.gov/nm/whb.


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SAN FRANCISCO — Rescue teams were back in the mountains Sunday resuming separate searches for two hikers missing in California's Sierra Nevada.
More ground crews were called in and two more helicopters, including a California Highway Patrol helicopter, joined the search for Larry Conn of Pacific Palisades.
The 53-year-old departed on a three-day backpacking trip in Inyo National Forest on Oct. 19 and never emerged from the wilderness.
Conn had planned on hiking through a rugged wilderness area in the mountains of the eastern Sierra, not far from the tiny town of Independence, officials said.
His planned trip included a climb over the Taboose Pass, a trail described as "strenuous" and requiring a climb of more than 6,000 feet, according to the parks service website.
Search crews were focusing their efforts on the pass, an area considered to be a likely camp location, Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks spokeswoman Dana Dierkes said.
Conditions continued to be challenging for the search teams, who were working in cold and icy conditions, with up to 18 inches of snow on the ground.
Conn is an experienced hiker who's familiar with the region, having hiked the pass earlier this year, according to his partner, Claus Svendsen.
"I'm hopeful that he is working his way towards an exit up there," said Svendsen, 60. "Or he's just hunkered down and waiting for rescue."
In a second search in the Sierra, Fresno County teams continue to look for Matthew Hanson, 52, a Visalia man who was missing after going on a backpacking trip near Shaver Lake.
The search for Hanson was also taking place in a mountainous area that has also been covered with about a foot of snow on the ground, Fresno County Sheriff's Lt. Patrick Hanson said.
The missing hiker Hanson, no relation to the sheriff's lieutenant, was described as an avid backpacker who had left on his trip, prepared with food and clothing, on Oct. 16, with plans to return last Thursday, Lt. Hanson said.
Fresno County authorities on Sunday asked agencies across the state to send personnel and resources to help in the search. Additional help was expected to arrive late Sunday or early Monday.
To the north, a search in the Desolation Wilderness, a vast wilderness area southwest of Lake Tahoe came to an end when search crews found a missing hiker safe and in good condition in his tent.
Nathan Sperring, 29, who was reported overdue from a hike on Tuesday, had spent six days in the wilderness, two days longer than he had expected, El Dorado County sheriff's Lt. Tim Becker said.
When Sperring was found Thursday afternoon he had spent the last three days in his tent, waiting out a storm that had passed through the area, Becker said.