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Golden State Killer suspect Joseph DeAngelo, who is accused of a crime spree including dozens of rapes, watched his own younger sister get raped by two men when they were children, according to a report.
Jesse Ryland, a son of DeAngelo's sister Constance, told BuzzFeed News Friday that DeAngelo witnessed the rape when he was 9 or 10 and his sister was 7. The rape happened in an abandoned warehouse on an Air Force base in Germany, Ryland said.
"That's pretty crazy for a kid to see his sister be violated," he said.
Constance died from cancer last year, and Ryland said she told him about the rape before her death. Ryland hinted that witnessing the rape could have led, in part, to the rapes and murders that his uncle is accused of committing.
"Maybe that was the start of Joe going wacko," he said.
Kenneth Ryland Sr., Jesse's father, told BuzzFeed News that his wife never mentioned the
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text: Hi folks, I decided to put it here,in 'Philosophy' section,and not under Parapsychology It is about Robert Lanza'z another article.He argues that we create time,not other way around.Here is the article: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/robert-lanza/is-death-the-end-new-expe_b_774814.html What bothers me with Lanza's articles that he always uses scientific experiments to support his ideas.For example , in this article he uses references to some experiments to point out that we create time. "Numerous experiments confirm that such uncertainty is built into the fabric of reality. Heisenberg's uncertainty principle is a fundamental concept of quantum physics. However, it only makes sense from a biocentric perspective." What do you guys think?You see,it makes sense only under 'bioncentrism'. Or is it one more woo? Thank you


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1 egg
2 1/2 tsp usukuchi soy sauce
4 prawns
Small handful chanterelle mushrooms
2 tsp sake
Potato starch (to clean prawns; not in photo)
2 stems mitsuba
Clean prawns with potato starch, and rinse.
Sogigiri slice prawns at a slant.
Cut and tear mushrooms into small pieces.
Chop mitsuba.
Place mushrooms in a microwaveable bowl, pour over sake, cover with plastic wrap, and microwave for 40-50 seconds.
In a medium mixing bowl, put dashi and usukuchi soy sauce.
Serve in individual bowls; top with mistuba.
- The above cooking time is when using cold dashi. When dashi is warm, egg mixture solidifies much more quickly.
- Because of prawns' salt content, no salt is added to this recipe. If prawns are not used, you might want to add a pinch salt.
- If mitsuba is not available, chives, green onions, mizuna, daikon or kabu leaves and other leafy greens work fine.
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Recently there's been a bout of compelling games using very simple mechanics. In particular, I'm going to use the mobile Marvel Puzzlequest game and Battle Chef Brigade as examples, because both create compelling and narratively-dense games using match-3 gameplay!
Using simple gameplay to make compelling games is far from a new idea. Every game does this. An RPG uses basic math. A shooter uses simple moving and shooting.
But what we're seeing these days is something a bit different. The play is more emergent than ever, and the emergent play is more narratively compelling than ever.
Everyone tells stories about that time something cool happened while they were playing a game. The ten-person raid that almost didn't work out. The time you drove a jeep into an exploding alien. When you did five no-scopes in a row. These emergent moments are extremely powerful draws, to the point where many games (like Overwatch) attempt to automatically highlight cool emergent moments.
But you don't need expensive content or complex mechanics to create those emergent moments.
For example, I just had a fight where Storm, The Thing, and Juggernaut fought Spider-Man and two of those Spider-Man variants or clones or whatever they are. It was an epic fight. Storm was about to die, but The Thing stepped in the way, took the blow, and went down himself. Even while unconscious, he shielded Storm as she called down a hailstorm. Finally she went down to a web-swinging kick, and it was just Juggernaut against them. The hailstorm helped take out two of them, but in the end, Juggernaut and the last standing Spider-man were going toe-to-toe. Juggernaut couldn't catch him, and was ready to fall over at any second. In a last, desperate attempt, Juggernaut slammed his helmeted head into Spider-Man and they both went down. A battlefield of fallen heroes. Well, the villains were stopped, and that counts as a victory for the heroes, even if they're all unconscious.
Here's the twist: that whole battle was a damn match-3 contest. There were very few visuals - just some particle effects and a few generic superhero poses flashed up from time to time.
Still, it felt properly epic in my head, and it was probably the best time I've ever had playing a match-3 game. Would it have been better with more graphics? Sure. But putting aside the juice, the fundamental play of the game allowed this story to emerge.
Regardless of anything else, we want our gameplay to allow for that kind of emergent narrative. How do we do that?
Well, first is contextual elements.
In the Marvel game, the context is really easy: the various characters on each side of the fight. We are familiar with most of the characters, or at least their templates, and therefore we can easily picture how things are unfolding. Even the assists have a character attached.
In Battle Chef Brigade, the characters on each side certainly have context, but since you're always playing the MC, that's not really a factor. Instead, it's the ingredients and judges you learn to identify. This takes more time than Marvel's context, because we aren't really familiar with the elements in BCB, but it's the same basic idea.
Context is mostly established at or near the beginning of a match. You know who's fighting, who the judges are, which ingredients are available, etc. Context can change over the course of a fight as well, but the starting context is critical. Here I think BCB does well: the various statistical effects are incorporated into high-context items like fun pots and strange knives. The Marvel game isn't quite as good, since they're just called things like "blue/green boost".
Endings are important, and not just statistically.
In the Marvel game, the end of the battle isn't just a win/lose. There's also how many resources you expended, and how long injured heroes will take to recover. But more than the statistical elements, there's the question of how the victory unrolled. Who gave the final blow? Who fell, when? I don't think that the Marvel game plays this up as much as they could, but it would probably hurt their monetization if they tried to push this any further.
In BCB, the ending also isn't simply win/lose. You are judged by several judges each. This not only gives a final win/lose, but teaches you more about the judges and what you should serve them next time. In addition to that, the dishes themselves are fun. You've created the dishes out of high-context ingredients, and seeing those transform is fun. Put in a lot of eyeball monsters, the final dish is an Eyeball Saute.
How things end is the capstone of your narrative experience. If the arches are in the right spot, the capstone holds everything together and you get a great result. If the arches aren't right, or the capstone isn't placed, the whole thing collapses into rubble.
Although Marvel's game can give us great fights with cool endings, that's not the norm. Normally fights fizzle out without much of an ending. This is made worse by the fact that the difficulty is front-loaded: the ending is almost always the easiest part of the fight, when you have the fewest enemies and the most resources to deal with them.
This isn't universally crappy, though. The statistical results of fighting mean that a battle's conclusion feels real and solid even if the ending was pedestrian. For example, if you win without taking a hit, you don't have to heal anyone and can immediately move forward, and that feels pretty great even if you were a set of level 100 heroes against a set of level 3 baddies.
BCB punches up the endings a bit better, because rather than constantly bickering with the enemy, it's a race against yourself, a race against the clock. You can feel the ending getting closer and closer, and the tension naturally rises as you move into various phases of play, judging for yourself how much time you can spend in each phase. On the downside, the enemy isn't really in your face as much. Trash-talk, interfering on the hunting grounds, and so on might help to alleviate that distance, but in the end it is an indirect conflict.
There are a variety of potential avenues towards making something like Marvel's game have better endings, and it all involves building mechanics that pace the ending better. Some of those mechanics might be in-match, such as enemies gaining resources or hitting harder as they get injured or lose team mates. Some of those mechanics might be meta elements, such as a penalty for taking overlevel characters into battle against weak enemies. Either way, they're just imaginary, there's no way to tell how well they would work without trying them out. There is a risk of locking the player into overly strict progressions, which would be just as bad as ending on a fizzle.
Midgame Management is another important element.
When you are playing a match-3, there's a lot of focus on the nature of match-3 play. Not only do you want to line up 3s, you'd like to line up 4s and 5s and double 3s and cause chains and so on. If there's no time pressure (like in Marvel's game) hunting for the best move can be as slow and careful as you like. For games with a timer (like BCB), the focus is typically on smaller grids and heuristic approaches.
Both games make "tending" the battlefield critical. In Marvel, enemy heroes get to take a turn, so it's important not to accidentally leave them with a good move. Done well, you can even trick them into destroying their own attack tiles! While there are only a set number of colors, the weights vary: some times you'll need to absolutely set up greens to insure you can stop rocket attacks, while other times you may want to hunt down that fist icon on that yellow tile. By layering effects on top of colors, the fundamental matching stays the same, but the weight of each color or region of the map changes dramatically.
In BCB, you add all the colors yourself, more or less. With a smaller battlefield and self-chosen colors, you'd think it'd be easier to manage. However, they take a Threes approach: blue isn't always blue. When you match some blues, they turn into a bigger blue that only matches with other tier-2 blues. And so on.
Suddenly the smaller battlefield is not "easier" but "more cramped". Every match you make leaves you worrying about how you'll fit in the next ingredient, and whether you can afford to temporarily knock those two tier 4 blues apart so you can make a tier 3 red... or will the pot overflow before you can recombine them?
These are very different approaches, but they both work. One creates midgame management by adding layers of meaning to various tiles or colors, whereas the other creates midgame management by steadily adding in more and more colors as you make matches.
Of course, neither is completely focused on their approach alone. In BCB specific colors do have different weights depending on the judges or the main ingredient, and in Marvel's game you do get special tiles like criticals that pop up from time to time.
Either way, adding depth to the core gameplay is an important part of keeping the player engaged. Both in terms of adding a difficulty curve and in terms of making context pop.
For example, when you are adding in your ingredients in BCB, you're thinking about whether you can get them to congeal correctly... but you're also thinking about them as Things That Exist. "Should I add more eyeball?" is a question that has both statistical and contextual meaning, and your decision will change how you think about your dish.
There are many ways of adding depth, too. For example, in addition to everything else, in Marvel's game, whoever has the best "attack value" with a given color makes an attack when you match that color. This also leaves them on the front line, and they'll take any damage thrown at your team. This makes managing high-power attackers with low health a fun challenge which evolves over the course of the game as health values fluctuate.
Mix-ins are a big part of making simple gameplay support complex contexts.
In Marvel, your heroes (very high context) are given additional context by their powers. As you make matches, you earn points of various colors, and the various heroes have powers that cost points or are affected by specific colors in various ways.
The diversity of powers is enormous. For example, The Thing has a power where he'll step in front of squishier characters and also create protection tokens, only moderately affected by board state. Kraven the Hunter will diminish enemy tiles and steal mana if there's a lot of enemy tiles. Hawkeye can create a critical, or wipe out a row of tiles. Storm and Juggernaut both have a green ability to smash tiles: Juggernaut smashes more tiles, but Storm earns mana from smashed tiles.
These modifications are not technically part of the match-3 game. They're another game layered on top - they affect each other, but are separate kinds of play. The link between the two is quite tight in this case, largely because there's no time pressure, so the player can just sit and think for a bit about the various options.
In BCB, the alternate game mode is much more distinct: you go out into the wilderness and hack apart monsters for ingredients. Since there's a lot of time pressure, the modes only loosely interlock. That way the player can stay focused - trying to stir your food pot while hacking up a wolf would be considerably more stressful and difficult.
In an RPG you sometimes think of these sorts of things as the other play loop. Like, you explore a dungeon, fight random monsters, get treasure, level up - and each of these are distinct elements.
However, in these simpler games we're seeing, the mix-ins are literally mixed in. They weave in and out of the normal play loop. It'd be like if you leveled up mid-fight and had to choose exactly what bonuses to take before the fight continued. In a classic RPG this would be a bit weird, because the battle system is engineered to keep your whole focus the whole time, so bopping off to do something else for a moment would break your groove.
But with these simpler games, you can wander in and out of the main play without really losing too much focus, since a glance at the board will remind you of where you stand. Moreover, this wandering can be used to radically increase the context of the play and provide additional story beats. When Storm summons hail, it's Storm summoning hail. It's not just a statistical effect: your board and play state is now coated in Storm's story beat. Similarly, killing an eye monster and bringing it back to throw in your pot adds a ton more context to your pot, much more than if you just had a giant stack of eyes on a shelf to throw in.
I used match-3 games as an example, but I think this can be done with any kind of gameplay. You can even dissect existing complex gameplay as two or three kinds of simple gameplay mixed in - running and gunning is [running] and [gunning]. RPG battles are [initiative] and [math]. It's a fun thought, although I'm not convinced it's a good universal framework.
But it can be fun to analyze that stuff with this new eye. If your game is [initiative] and [math] mixed together, can you use the lessons learned here to punch up the context, the ending, the midgame management, and the mixin? It might be really interesting to try to create an RPG that's been re-engineered from scratch to focus on in-battle emergent narratives.
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As a short note, I must say that I've found no better place to perform than to a room of artists, writers, musicians and freaky-creative-types. It's like breathing, being able to feed from that flow. Everyone was excited to see what we had to offer, and Blair, Lord of the Grand Midway, gave us an extrordinary introduction. We hope to return to the haunted hotel and to Kerouac Fest in the future years to come!
I hear that Phat Man Dee and Jason Kirin both has fantastic sets on Friday night, and I was very well impressed by Damian Youth, David J, and other lovely poets, musicians, magicians and dancers. What a lovely congregation. The energies were intense.
Congratulations to Blair on his future father status, and thanks to everyone who supports the communities they are a part of. There is no other way to continue forward.
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The Solar Impulse 2 may be an exercise in wishful thinking, or it might just be the next big step forward for aviation. Yesterday, like several hundred other media outlets, this publication covered the announcement of a planned round the world flight by the Solar Impulse team. Several of those news organizations were reporting that this was going to be a non-stop flight. Fox News actually stated the trip would take five consecutive days.
Please do the math. The Solar Impulse 2 has an average cruising speed of 43 mph. The Earth's circumference is approximately 26,366, depending upon exactly which route is being used, because the planet is not a perfect sphere. Dividing the circumference of the earth by the speed of the aircraft, and it turns out that a single circumnavigation of the Earth in the Solar Impulse 2 would take 613 hours or 25 days to complete…but the aircraft may not be able to carry enough supplies to sustain the pilot for the duration of the flight.
With an empty curb weight of 4,600 pounds, and a projected maximum takeoff weight of around 5,500, the SI2 has a maximum payload weight of approximately 900 pounds, which has to cover the weight of the pilot and the pilot's life support systems, including food, water, and air.
Water needs differ on the basis of size and weight. A 2oo pound person needs approximately 100 ounces of water per day, if sedentary, at sea level, and up to twice that amount if strenuously active. That number doubles, however, at higher altitudes. At 27,000 feet, the pilot of the Solar Impulse 2 would need a minimum of 200 ounces of water a day to avoid high altitude sickness or pulmonary edema. That works out to 39 gallons of water for a projected 25 day journey. That amount of water weighs in at 325 pounds.
Food is a different matter. Humans can live on very little food for very long periods of time, but their functionality decreases along with their caloric intake. There is a piece of folk wisdom that human beings eat half their body weight in the course of a month. A 200 pound person might, then, be expected to consume 100 pounds of food in the course of a month or around 83 pounds of food over a 25 day period. In the real world, a British hospital conducted a study indicating that, on average, people consume around 1,277 grams of food per day. Over a 25 day period, that would work out to 319.25 kg or 702 pounds of food. In this case, the real world trumps folk wisdom.
Between food and water, then, the Solar Impulse pilot would need up to 1,037 pounds of supplies to remain aloft for 25 days. Throw in the pilot's hypothetical body weight of 200 pounds, and you get a payload requirement of 1,237 pounds, 237 pounds over the maximum payload capacity of the aircraft….and that is before you put any air on board the plane.
At sea level, air it is free for the taking and most people take it for granted. At 18,000 feet, however, humans are standing at death's doorstep. At 27,000 feet (the operational ceiling for this aircraft), visitors have stepped over that threshold, into a territory only mountain climbers frequent, where no one survives without highly specialized acclimation and access to bottled air.
If the Solar Impulse pilot is going to hang around above 18,000 for any length of time, that pilot is going to need compressed air or oxygen. NASA estimates that an average human being needs .84 Kg of oxygen per day or 21 Kg (42 pounds) of air for a 25 days mission…but humans do not live on oxygen alone. In fact, breathing pure oxygen for more than 24 hours can actually cause pulmonary edema and can be fatal.
The oxygen must be mixed with an inert gas to create the volume of gas the lungs need to operate. Oxygen is 21% of the gas mixture at sea level, so 168 pounds of inert gas are needed along with the 42 pounds of oxygen for a total of 210 pounds of the breathing mixture, which is equal to 260 cubic feet of gas. The gas cylinder for the compressed air adds another 160 pounds, with the air regulator included for a total of 370 additional pounds. This brings the total payload requirement for this mission up to as much as 1,607 pounds, 707 pounds over the weight limit. Even if the lower food weight of 83 pounds is used, the payload still exceeds the plane's capacity by 88 pounds.
The Solar Impulse could fly at lower altitudes, and reduce the amount of air and water needed for the pilot, but this is a very fragile aircraft and, as such, it needs to avoid air turbulence as much as possible. With a cruising speed of 43 mph, the SI2 cannot outrun bad weather, so it has to maintain the highest possible altitude to go over the weather it can't outrun.
More importantly, the SI2 must fly as high as possible as long as possible during the daylight hours so that the pilot can "feather" his propeller and use the plane's glider-like characteristics to maintain headway while the solar cells recharge the aircraft's batteries for the next night's flight. This finally brings us to the biggest problem facing the Solar Impulse team: endurance.
Endurance is the amount of time a solar-powered aircraft can remain aloft. The benchmark that aircraft designers are shooting for is 48 hours, which is considered the threshold for perpetual flight. The theory is that, if an aircraft can remain aloft for two daily cycles, then it has demonstrated the ability completely recharge its batteries in time to fly through the night….and remain aloft indefinitely.
In order to cross the Atlantic, the SI2 must traverse anywhere from 3150 to 3700 miles of open ocean (depending on the route) which, at 43 mph, will take anywhere from 73 to 89 hours around 80 hours. Solar Impulse 2 may be an exercise in wishful thinking, or the next big leap forward in aviation, but the SI flight team won't know which until the plane completes flight testing.
By Alan M. Milner
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Where the more moderate temperatures of the Rio Blanco meet the warmer waters of Rio Perdido, the water is naturally cool enough for an enjoyable hot springs experience. The crystal-clear water of this thermal bath is located amidst a verdant canyon and volcanic jungle filled with giant rocks, where I end up sitting, paintbrush in hand. Moments later, I am covered in sulfuric mud.
"The volcanic mud is supposed to make you look 10 years younger," said Rob Harper, business development director for Costa Rican Vacations.
This is just one way guests of Rio Perdido, an eco-friendly hotel and spa in Guanacaste's Bagaces region in Costa Rica, can get up close and personal with their surroundings.
"All of the Rio Perdido signature activities are not only on-site, they are also all a short walk from guests' rooms," said Ignacio Gomez Escobar, general manager of Rio Perdido. "This is part of what makes it so special. It's all happening in the same place, and there's no need to get in cars, buses or trucks."
The property, which opened in late 2013, really does offer an immersive experience. For hikers, Rio Perdido offers five classic hiking circuits with more than 20 miles of cleared trails throughout the 600-acre private reserve. Two trails, Las Tumbas and Mesa Norte, lead to breathtaking lookout points with lush green trees as far as the eye can see.
"There are many different walks that we could tailor," Gomez said. "There is something for everyone."
Wellness travelers will not want to miss the carbonated spring near the Las Tumbas trail. When this part of the reserve was owned by a local family, people with gastrointestinal ailments would make visits to the water source. Rio Perdido still keeps the spring accessible to hotel guests who request access. The property also carries out lab tests every few months to note the water's mineral composition.
For guests who want to get in the water, there's little better than floating by the river, the canyon as well as local sloths and monkeys while whitewater tubing. There are also three thermo-mineral pools on property with different temperatures, flanked by the two deep canyons on both sides. Guests can also retreat to the pools' swim-up bars for an afternoon libation.
Costa Rica is famous for its world-class ziplining, and Canyon Adventure at Rio Perdido is truly unique. The child-friendly course uses Deltex cables made of carbon fiber, which serves as a stronger and a more durable alternative to steel that emits practically no sound. The cables do not conduct electricity, so the adventure can operate even during rain showers. Canyon Adventure includes swinging between waterfalls and a walk over a suspension bridge to reach the next platform.
Perhaps one of the most notable aspects of Rio Perdido is its sustainability practices. Currently, the hotel covers less than 1 percent of the total land area. Builders used existing paths to avoid clearing the forest and disrupting flora. The hotel recently placed No. 2 in Cemex Building Award's Winners XXIII Edition in the category of sustainability, in addition to receiving several other architectural accolades.
When it's time to unwind, Rio Perdido's accommodations provide a minimalist design with maximum comfort. There are 20 bungalows on property, each measuring 400 square feet, with elevated terraces and a hammock to unwind. It's Robinson Crusoe meets simple luxury, complete with free Wi-Fi access and satellite television in the middle of the jungle. Details inside each room include local hardwood and stainless steel.
"These rooms are free-standing bungalows on stilts, akin to something one would typically see over the clear blue and green waters of the Caribbean," Harper said. "Basically, they're tree houses with modern, upscale furnishings. The desire was to not disturb any part of the environment, allowing the bungalows to naturally blend in."
Guests who love their bungalows can even get their breakfasts delivered to their rooms a la carte, though the main restaurant offers a panoramic view from any point. All meals feature fresh food from local farms.
There is also a chic lounge and bar to watch a sports game or grab a cocktail. For an extra special experience, guests can request a dining experience on a floating platform, 160 feet above the river convergence and below the evening sky. At Rio Perdido, it's just another way of communing with nature.
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Ever since I first met Stacey Barney, an editor with G.P. Putnam's Sons, in 2009 at the Rutgers One-on-One Conference, I have been deeply inspired by the books she edits, the passion and poise with which she works, and the love of stories she shares. So I'm especially ecstatic to share her lovely interview, below!
You've worked as both a teacher and an editor. Can you share any reflections on the similarities and differences of these two vocations?
I haven't been a teacher for more than ten years, so it's really hard to name specific similarities this far away from those classroom experiences, but I can say that my love of literature and the high I get from sharing good books remains the same. The students I taught have long since become adults with lives, jobs and children of their own, but I like to think the middle school or high school souls that still exist within them would be proud of the books I help bring into the world.
What most helps you sustain your belief in the power of stories and words?
The stories themselves and a talented author's ability to make me feel something with their words and make me believe in the power and good of people. There are more of these stories than not and I'm so happy that after all this time, I still hunger for them and find myself satisfied by these powerful stories and words in a way that's truly life-affirming and renewing.
What do you think are some of fiction's most noble endeavors?
I'm not sure I completely understand the question, but I'll answer it in two different ways and we'll see if either way gets the job done. If the question is what are some of the most noble endeavors (i.e. works) of fiction, it's fortunately a long list. A few of my favorites are To Kill a Mockingbird, The Things They Carried, Praisesong for the Widow, Another Country,Orange Laugter and The Book Thief. If the question is what noble endeavors does fiction seek to accomplish, my answer would be fiction's most noble endeavor is to mirror us not as we are, but as what we could be. Such a mirror would be at turns dark, hopeful and inspiring, but always riveting.
What makes you laugh so loud you're afraid of intense embarrassment?
I don't embarrass easily and I laugh a lot. Loudly. Just ask my office-mates. Laughter is a by-product of joy and that should never be embarrassing. So what makes me laugh? Lots. Usually, unexpected truth and I'm definitely laughing with appreciation. Oh, and Golden Girls! Still! ;-)
Who or what do you admire?
Every author on my list. It's a brave thing to write and be vulnerable on the page.
Stacey Barney is an Editor at G.P. Putnam's Sons. Some of her recent titles include Sparrow Road by Sheila O'Connor, The Lions of Little Rock by Kristin Levine and the forthcoming Black City by Elizabeth Richards.


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Face-Off: Red State vs. Tusk
What do you think of the result of this Face-Off? Would you give TUSK the win, or do you think RED STATE should have won? Do you love these movies like I do, or do you have a negative opinion of them? Share your thoughts in the comments section below. If you have any suggestions for future Face-Off articles, you can send me an email at [email protected].


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Special Events Pre-Application Form
Designed to Help Guide You Though Existing Process
As of Dec. 14, 2009, a new Special Events Permit Pre-Application Form is available to help guide residents and groups planning special events through the existing event application process.
IMPORTANT: No additional regulations or requirements were added as part of creating the new form. No additional events are required to get permits or approvals.
WHY DO WE NEED THE NEW FORM? The purpose is to improve overall customer service by saving applicants time, avoiding confusion, and enhancing communications. Permits or approvals required vary widely based on type of event and amenities, so the new pre-application form should make it easier to navigate the process with all relevant agencies. The form also helps ensure safer, better coordinated events for attendees.
Prior to the creation of the form, applicants had limited guidance on who to contact first and which permits or approvals were needed. Each event has to be evaluated based on where it is and what it entails so that staff can correctly guide people to the right places.
WHICH EVENTS MUST APPLY? The pre-application form applies to the same events that had to obtain permits or approvals in the past: large outdoor public events, such as fairs, carnivals, street festivals or similar events involving tents, air-supported structures (inflatables), food sales, art shows, outdoor musical performances or plays, and fireworks displays.
If you are not sure if an event requires a pre-application, contact the Chatham County Central Permitting Office at 542-8230.
WHERE ARE FORMS AVAILABLE? The special event pre-application forms are found below or can be found at the permitting counters in Chatham County's Dunlap Building at 80 East Street in Pittsboro.
WHAT HAPPENS NEXT? After sending in the pre-application form, the applicant will receive a returned copy with a specific list of next step contacts. The applicant will take this form when meeting with other agency contacts.
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Suarez finally puts Bale in the shadows
It very much seems that the PFA Footballer of the Year award will be going to one of Robin Van Persie, Luis Suarez and Gareth Bale. Now, for differing reasons, I don't very much care for any of them.
As an Arsenal fan, it is not hard to fathom why I find it difficult to smother Robin Van Moneybags and Gareth 'As good as Messi and Ronaldo' Bale in praise (as good as Messi or Ronaldo, really? Seriously? It must just be some weird joke I just don't get).
But Suarez is a different matter altogether. He is probably the most universally despised footballer in the world. From his infamous handball that denied Ghana a semifinal berth in the World Cup, to his 8 game ban for racially abusing Patrice Evra, via the gathering of a seemingly permanent reputation as a diver (it appears to have been overlooked that Bale has been booked a record 6 times for simulation this season).
I, like everyone else, really did not like Luis Suarez. But that stance seems to be softening. Perhaps it is because I don't have the energy to outwardly despise him alongside Van Persie and Bale, perhaps I'm just coming round to appreciate his undoubted ability as a footballer. What you can't deny is that he's a bloody good footballer.
His opening goal against Spurs was just brilliant. Put through by Enrique on a tight angle with Lloris advancing rapidly, he poked it past the Frenchman by shooting so unexpectedly early, the Tottenham keeper had no time to react. Whilst us mere mortals would have opted for a more conventional, less effective option, Suarez displayed the sharpness of mind which is arguably his greatest asset.
Suarez has single handedly kept Liverpool in the hunt for 4th spot this season, others have flitted in and out of form, but the controversial Uruguayan has been utterly brilliant all season long. Whilst last season his finishing often left much to be desired, that complaint certainly cannot be made this year. He's leading the scoring charts with 21, two more than Van Persie and five more than Bale. He has also turned provider on four occasions, the stats certainly back him up.
Whilst Bale has hit a purple patch in the last month or so, driving pundits into a frenzied rush to heap as much praise on him as humanly possible, and Van Persie has benefited from playing in by far the best side in the league, Suarez has had to contend with the relative mediocrity that surrounds him at Anfield, whilst rarely going through a period of ineffectiveness.
He's still grabbing headlines for the wrong reasons, his handball against Oldham almost broke Twitter as the entire country rushed to call him a 'massive ****'. That was harsh on Suarez, I don't think he purposefully handled the ball, and we can't expect all footballers to immediately admit to handling the ball with a goal on the line. After all, even the legend that is Thierry Henry found himself in a similar situation. Footballers aren't saints. In other news, the Pope is Catholic, and sun rises from the east.
Suarez gets my vote for Footballer of the Year; just as Van Persie did last year with Arsenal, he has made an average side perform like a good one. For me, that's more impressive than running riot in a brilliant side focussed on getting the best out of that individual (Van Persie), or running very quickly and scoring a few pot shots (Bale).
I suspect the gong will go to Van Persie or Bale, whether that has anything to do with Suarez's reputation, I don't know. But we might not be able to appreciate his talents for much longer, with endless rumours about a summer departure doing the rounds. One thing's for sure, we'll miss him when he's gone. Well, at least the Liverpool fans will, especially after they've spent Suarez's transfer money on Leon Best.


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CINCINNATI--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Procter & Gamble Company (NYSE:PG) announced today that more than 3,500 products are now present within SmartLabel , an online and mobile platform that enables consumers to access detailed information such as product ingredients, usage instructions, certifications and endorsements. P&G now has more items, across more categories, than any other consumer product goods company on the platform.
Over the past decade, P&G has taken a number of steps to disclose more information about what goes into and what is excluded from formulated products. Now with SmartLabel, P&G delivers the next step for the company's transparency goals, which were recently announced via Ambition 2030: to help people make informed choices by providing ingredient information in a way that is clear, reliable and accessible.
"Using SmartLabel to share our products' ingredients reinforces P&G's commitment to transparency, and is one way we are holding ourselves accountable to the transparency goals we outlined in Ambition 2030," said Kathy Fish, Chief Technology Officer, Procter & Gamble. "We know people care about what goes into the products they use every day, and we want consumers to be informed and confident in their choice to place P&G products in their baskets."
Consumers can find top P&G brands – such as Febreze®, Herbal Essences®, Olay®, Pampers® and Tide®, to name a few – through the SmartLabel website and on the SmartLabel app on both iOS and Android devices. Additionally, P&G is the first company to offer details on the components in their feminine care products, Always® and Tampax®, in SmartLabel.
This move demonstrates P&G is listening and responding to consumer needs as research1 suggests consumers are seeking more information about product ingredients than they have in the past; more than eight in 10 consumers globally have cited ingredient transparency as "very important or important" when shopping for personal care or beauty products.
P&G product information is available online via SmartLabel in the U.S. The company will also continue to move forward in its broader ingredient transparency journey by advancing fragrance transparency in the U.S. and Canada by the end of 2019.
About Procter & Gamble
P&G serves consumers around the world with one of the strongest portfolios of trusted, quality, leadership brands, including Always®, Ambi Pur®, Ariel®, Bounty®, Charmin®, Crest®, Dawn®, Downy®, Fairy®, Febreze®, Gain®, Gillette®, Head & Shoulders®, Lenor®, Olay®, Oral-B®, Pampers®, Pantene®, SK-II®, Tide®, Vicks®, and Whisper®. The P&G community includes operations in approximately 70 countries worldwide. Please visit http://www.pg.com for the latest news and information about P&G and its brands.
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Yoga for Cross-TrainingJune 3, 2017
10:00 a.m. - 11:30 p.m.
What is cross-training? In reference to running, cross-training is when a runner trains by doing another kind of fitness workout such as cycling, yoga, swimming, a fitness class or strength training, to supplement their running. It builds strength and flexibility in muscles that running doesn't utilize. For improving muscle strength and flexibility, yoga, can target specific areas of the body that need work. Boosting your upper body strength and core help maintain good running form, especially over long miles, so it's good to concentrate on these areas. When running three or four days a week, cross-training can easily be incorporated two times a week into your schedule while still allowing one or two days a week of rest. Rest is also an important component of training do, so don't neglect it. Visit website for information about more classes in this series.
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Heritage Category: Listed Building
Grade: II
List Entry Number: 1106080
Date first listed: 04-Mar-1988
Statutory Address: CHARISMA COTTAGE, HILLMORAY
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Statutory Address: CHARISMA COTTAGE, HILLMORAY
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
County: Devon
District: West Devon (District Authority)
Parish: Drewsteignton
National Park: DARTMOOR
National Grid Reference: SX 73517 90844
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SX 79 SW DREWSTEIGNTON HILLMORAY, Drewsteignton
5/117 Charisma Cottage
Cottage. Probably early C19 although parts may be earlier. Plastered cob on stone rubble footings; stone rubble stacks topped with C19 and C20 brick; thatch roof. Plan: double depth house facing south. There is a front and back room either side of a staggered through passage and the staircase is in the rear part. The front rooms are wider than the rear ones. The rear right room is unheated. The rest are heated by gable-end stacks. The largest room, the main room, is front right. 2 storeys. Exterior: regular but not symmetrical 3-window range of C20 casements with glazing bars. The front doorway is left of centre and now contain a C20 gabled door behind a contemporary gabled and thatch-roofed porch. Roof is half-hipped to right and gable-ended to left rising above the adjoining properties. Interior: has plain carpentry detail and C19 joinery detail. The ground floor front left fireplace looks earlier than C19; it is a large fireplace built of granite with a neatly soffit-chamfered oak lintel. Charisma Cottage is one of an attractive group of listed buildings in the centre of Drewsteignton village.
Listing NGR: SX7351890846
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
Legacy System number: 94911
Legacy System: LBS
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
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We didn't meet in high school. We didn't even meet in college. We met as adults – with fully independent lives, including separate homes and styles we'd never had to compromise before. The trend of meeting your significant other at an older age, after you've started to build your life, is not uncommon these days. Of course there are immediate benefits here – you "know yourself" better, you're (probably) not living at home under the watchful eyes of your parents, and you've (probably) got a steady job that lets you pay for meals nicer than the dollar menu. But what happens when you decide to incorporate another person into your comfortable, routine-filled life?
Taking the big leap into cohabitation means many things, but first let's talk about the obstacle that is combining all of the crap you've both collected over the years of your established adulthood. As my manfriend and I were both living out our adult lives when we met, we had the obvious essentials for your basic rooms in a home: living room, kitchen, bathroom, bedroom. This meant that we had TWO of everything. Of course, there were minor conveniences like using my candles in the bathroom and easily choosing his couches over the futon that I pretended was a couch through my many apartment moves prior (bye futon, see ya never). For the most part, combining our things went smoothly with our formula of comparing our duplicates and donating or tossing the older or more deteriorated pieces, but my anxiety loomed overhead – this was going way too well. There had to be something we'd disagree on, right? Obviously.
So what was it that stopped our move-in progress in its tracks? The seemingly useful, yet clearly controversial (for us, at least) spice rack. No joke. We both had a strange attachment to our spice racks. Mine was in pristine condition, with a chrome finish and round shape that fit perfectly in any kitchen (or so I thought, of course). His was hand-built out of wood (he's a carpenter by trade) and expanded along the back of the counter for more than a foot. It impractically took up too much space in my opinion, but mine impractically had spices that are never used on a daily basis like "Savory" and "Herbs de Provence". I reluctantly agree – I literally never used those spices. But I held my position that my spice rack was pretty and his was too big. What could we possibly do? Our mutual stubbornness finally took hold after days of compromise over other pieces throughout the home. Why the spice rack? WHY NOW!
We proceeded to debate our points for well over half an hour, both of us holding our ground, neither giving any room for the other to win. So how could we possibly solve this endless circular discussion when we knew neither of us would budge? Eventually we decided to keep both, as we had enough counter space to do so and we agree that eventually we'd have to totally adjust the spices altogether, perhaps moving them to a dedicated cabinet instead. So really no one won, what was the point?
This first move-in disagreement was a wake up call for me. The time of getting everything my way was over, giving way to a time where considering the opinions of someone I loved was crucial for cohabitation. It wasn't all about me anymore and that was okay because I wanted it to be about us. Sure, this disagreement was ridiculous and certainly not the last, but it made me feel comfortable that we wouldn't agree on everything always and that didn't mean I needed to give up my feelings for his. It meant that hearing someone else's voice in your decisions is just a part of starting a new chapter of 24/7 life with another person. Remembering that it's not all about you, that's the point.
Yep, I got all that from a spice rack and you can bet I make it a point to use spices from mine as much as I can even if his does have the salt and pepper. 🙂
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|The "Snow Queen" Lady Flame
Lady Flame is in her element when it snows. She gets so energized!
And, she play-poses constantly in the hopes that somebody will run around the yard with her.
Trouble jumped up and down and said, "Come on girls, let's run!"
It didn't take much coaxing on his part before the girls got the ya-yas, and they tore around the yard.
Of course, tom-boy Lady Flame had to body slam Trouble.
And, Lady got an ear-full from Trouble. Sugaree looked on in wonderment and just kept on running.
Then, the girls decided that they needed to band together for their own run while Trouble nursed a cold hamstring.
They tore around the track for a few laps.
And, then they made snow angels. Sugaree is the official Snow Angel of the half-sibs.
Snowy Sugaree...
Happy Birthday, Snow Angel! Sugaree will turn 10 years old on Dec. 22nd, whereupon she will be whisked away to Pittsburgh to spend the holiday. This will be our last romp together until after the new year. Sigh...we will be lonely. The weather will turn ugly and icy. No play, of any kind, will happen in the backyard until the weather settles into a truly, cold wintry pattern.


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New Attorney General sworn in
Hon. Michael Peyrefitte was this morning sworn-in as Attorney General before the Governor General of Belize, H.E. Sir Colville Young at the Belize House in Belmopan. Hon. Peyrefitte takes on his new role after serving in the capacity of Speaker of the House of Representatives since his election in 2012.
Hon. Michael Peyrefitte, Attorney General;
I Michael Peyrefitte do swear that I will be a true faith and allegiance to Belize and will uphold the constitution and the law, and that I will conscientiously, impartially and to the best of my abilities discharge my duties as Attorney General and do right to all manner of people without fear or favor, affection or ill will. So, help me God.
Hon. Michael Peyreffitte now succeeds Senator Hon. Vanessa Retreage who demitted office in December 2016 after serving as Attorney General for one year. Mrs. Laura Longsworth has been nominated to replace Hon. Peyrefitte as Speaker of the House.


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Free meditation classes in Dublin
February 2019
4 Evening Meditation Course – Admission Free
February 4th, 7th, 11th & 14th
7.30-9pm (Mondays and Thursdays)
In this series of courses you will be introduced to the world of meditation through guided exercises, visualisation, music and mantra. Discover practical and inspiring techniques that you will be able to incorporate into your day to day activities.
Text the number below and we will be in touch in due course with details of the next upcoming class.
Venue: 5 Little Fitzwilliam Place, Dublin 2
To register please call or text: 085 1450880
Admission Free
As all classes in the course are sequential, we kindly ask you to try to attend at least 3 of the 4 classes. We also request that new comers do not join after the 2nd class.
Meditation. What is it good for? …absolutely everything! Whether you want more peace of mind at work, more artistic or musical creativity or need more energy and focus when you practice sport, meditation holds the key to unlocking the strength that we have within. More importantly it gives an understanding of our deeper nature and how we can make the most of each day. This two week course will offer a variety of meditation exercises to help you tap into the positive energy within. Go for it!
February 2019
An Evening of Mantras, Music and Meditation – Admission Free
Friday, February 15th
An evening of Mantras, Music and Meditation to Sri Chinmoy's compositions.
Sri Chinmoy himself wrote, "Music is the universal language. We do not have to learn any particular language to communicate with others if we can play soulful music. Soulful music is next to meditation, and it carries the beauty and fragrance of silence, the message of the inner and higher worlds." 'Soulful music intensifies our meditation. Soulful music expedites our soul's journey. Soulful music helps the seeker establish his conscious and inseparable oneness with the Supreme Pilot. Therefore I give great importance to music in the spiritual life.'
Venue: 62 Gandharva Loka Music Store, 62 South Great Geroges Street, Dublin 2
To register please call or text: 085 1450880
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Christmas Fusion
Free Concert
Friday, 14th December – 7pm
Experience the deeper aspect of Christmas spirit with this evening of meditative music and singing. Blending instruments such as Harmonium, Flute and Tabla with Vocals, these musical arrangements will take you on an inner journey.
Bring your voice with you as, in the second half, we will invite the audience to join in singing some simple mantric songs for peace and inner awakening.
No previous experience necessary, just arrive and enjoy.
Gandharva Loka Music Store,
62 South Great Georges Street, Dublin 2
About us
The Dublin Sri Chinmoy Centre has been offering meditation classes free of charge to the general public for over 20 years – in that time thousands of people have come to our courses to learn the basics of meditation.We also offer concerts, and other artistic and athletic events dedicated to self-discovery and inner peace.More about us
Video: Some of the things we did in 2017
Meditations for everybody.
With 222 techniques suggested by noted meditation teacher Sri Chinmoy, there's something in this book for both beginners and advanced meditators alike.
Meditation resources
Some practical articles on starting an maintaining your meditation exercises, as well as free audio and video exercises.
Meditation in a busy world – a case study
One of our members, Natalia, owns the escape-room business 5 Quests in Cornelscourt; in a recent article from the Small Business Association, she describes a typical day in the life…
Addicted to screens?
Ambarish Keenan explores some ways in which our daily technology use takes away our peace of mind, and offers some suggestions on what to do with it.
Irish Times: 30 people making life better
Sadanand, one of our meditation class givers, got a nice mention in the Irish Times as one of 30 people making life better. It's a very nice compliment and one we hope we can continue to live up to in the years ahead. In the past 15 years, over 3000 people have...
Audio meditation exercises you can use
These are some nice meditation exercises based on some of the techniques that our teacher Sri Chinmoy taught us. This particular exercise is given by Kaivalya Torpy from London....
Why meditate?
To ease stress, we often become involved in a whole manner of mindless activities, many of which can only provide us with temporary relief. The stress continues. Sooner or later we are consulting doctors and therapists of one kind or another in the hope of ridding...
What are the benefits of meditation?
Stresses and challenges in my life, coupled with curiosity, interest and longing led me to meditation classes held in the Dublin Sri Chinmoy Centre. I am a working mother with two teenage children and had heard and read of meditation, but misunderstood it to be...
Meditation exercise 1: Focus on the Breath
This exercise will help you to sit still and concentrate, 2 basic requirements which will allow you to progress toward a meditation practice. How often do we take time in our lives to simply sit still? Not doing anything or thinking of anything but simply being? ...
Meditation exercise 2: Dynamic concentration
Sri Chinmoy advised people who were beginning meditation to first develop their power of concentration, in order to clear the mind of thoughts. Here we present two common meditation exercises, on using a candle and one using a flower. Candle exercise: Sit a few feet...


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The film operates under the assumption that the average Joe associates Mormonism more with "Sister Wives" than Mitt Romney, so the film will be an eye-opener only for subscribers to such stereotypes.
The narration promises surprises ("This story may challenge what you think you know about the roles men and women play in Mormon homes"), but the movie might have started by examining its straw-man conception of the audience.
Would you go out of your way to see an infomercial that was more than an hour long? Would you even pay for the privilege? That's what "Meet the Mormons" would have filmgoers do.
Meet the Mormons isn't substantial enough to screen on the first day of LDS 101; the church's most basic tenets - and controversial aspects - are elided completely.
Audiences from outside the LDS Church may not come away with a new understanding of church positions on contemporary social issues, but at least they might find their basic assumptions challenged.
Nothing more than a slick-looking TV ad, where its placement behind the "pay wall" of your local AMC, Regal or Cinemark seems rather silly.
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"Meet the Mormons" offers almost no insight into Mormonism and plays like an infomercial. Unless you're a Mormon who just wants to feel you're special because a movie was made about people like you, this film has almost no value.
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Holding Redlich
2. When did you join that firm?
October 1997
3. When were you made a partner of that firm?
July 2001
4. Which firm were you at most recently prior to this?
Dunhill Madden Butler
5. What practice group are you with?
Dispute Resolution and Litigation – Sydney
6. What has been the most significant change to your practice area during your career?
I am a litigator with a special interest in information technology and intellectual property. My observation is that the more things change, the more they stay the same.
My experience is that while most commercial enterprises value and protect their intellectual property capital, there are always some who do not think the cost of registration for a statutory protection warrants the benefits. This creates difficulties for protection later on when competitors start to use that unprotected branding. I see this frequently in my practice.
Unfortunately I also see all too often the failure of IT implementation projects and the cost and waste that arises from these failures. The seeds for minimising risk in this area lie in contract drafting and management.
7. What has been a major career highlight for you?
There is a great thing about becoming more senior in the law and that is the reward you get from being able to serve the profession. I appreciate being a member of the NSW Law Society's committee for Litigation Law and Practice, the Supreme Court Rules Committee and other court user groups on which I represent and support the profession and its standards. The work is very satisfying and it is a pleasure to meet and work with other members of the profession.
8. What do you like about being a lawyer?
I enjoy practice in the company of an extremely experienced group of litigators at Holding Redlich. I feel extremely lucky to work with them.
9. What do you find challenging?
The challenges in litigation are really about problem solving. It is the problem-solving element I enjoy the most and that is what makes being a litigator interesting.
10. What do you enjoy doing when you are not working?
I love to spend all the time I can with my husband and my two young daughters. All of whom are at a very amusing stage.


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Thursday, June 10, 2010
LOL: The Broad Highway
Jeffery Farnol's The Broad Highway is next in Barbara Cartland's Library of Love series. This is a romantic regency about 2 cousins and the woman that one of them must marry in order to win a fortune!
Francis Marshall creates a beautiful cover for this book. Our couple are unencumbered by titles across the illustration and we can see that this looks like they are walking through a field. We don't know if they are hiding or fleeing from someone. The heroine is wearing a muslin dress and cloak over it, but the hero is less formally attired in an open collared shirt and jacket.
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BoB NEWS
- 10 minutes from Jim Morson,
Bunking off school to earn a crust, joining a recording studio and meeting the stars, recording a No. 1 hit, moving into print services and buying out the company was all part of Jim's career.
Now Jim plans to expand his businesses in the print, copy and signage areas with mulitple web sites.
See more information at www.PrintCopySign.co.uk
10 minutes fom Paul Jeanes. Thank for listening this morning. For follow up if you wish to look at the pension calculator then this one from Aviva is easy to follow.
For those with children here is the link for the Martin Lewis programme on 10 things your kids need to know
10 minutes today from Nick Henry, General Manager of the Holiday Inn, Sutton. Nick gave us a brief history of his career and went on the explain more about the hotels and the services available.
10 minutes today from Ashley Walter advising members on central heating boilers, recent updates and servicing. He also advised us on regulations for Landlords and their heating systems.
|- 10 minutes from Mark Atkinson who gave us a really interesting talk about dealing with wasp and bee nests in our houses. His home made video was well put together and he reminded us afterwards to contact him whenever we have a pest problem. See www.inmysights.co.uk. If you don't believe bees are caring creatures just watch this video. https://youtu.be/Zs_3FHh3z4o?t=65.0
- 10 minutes from Mike Warwick.
Was Mike's 10 minute presentation today a tall story or just a fisherman's tale? Now we know just why he has a Master's Degree in 'Angling'. We hope the BoB members enjoy their 'angling education' on Friday morning.
- 10 minutes from Bea Campbell
Bea is experienced in residential property transactions with www.qualitysolicitors.com/copleyclark.
Buying and selling properties can be very stressful. She aims to offer a friendly, efficient and stress-free service to her clients and ensures transactions progress as smoothly as possible.
In her 10 minute presentation she explained the issues relating to residential property theft and how everyone should protect their house from theft by fraudsters. We have now registered our details with HM Land registry at www.gov.uk/propertyfraud.
- 10 minutes from Dr Brian Hammond
Dr Brian Hammond of The Chiltern Centre / Sutton Chiropractic Clinic promotes Natural Health Care Services in Sutton Surrey. Contact on 020 8643 3177 & 020 8661 1613 or
Sick and tired of feeling sick and tired? Our Expanding complimentary health care centre provides the following treatments to care for your total well-being: Chiropractic, Osteopathy, Aromatherapy, Physical Therapy, Sensory motor Rehabilitation, Hot stone Therapy and Sports Massage.
With an impromptu 10 minutes from Malcolm Dickey today he recounted his time before and with BoB, From the shoe industry to financial services and his 16 years with BoB, Malcolm has been a passionate business person supporting our networking group and many start up businesses. This was his farewell speech to our members but we hope not the last we will see of him. We all wish Malcolm much success with his new career supporting students at Overton Grange school.
|Chris Austin of Shield Fire Assurance spoke on minimising the risk to people in the event of a fire. He specialises in providing a personal approach to Fire Safety Risk Assessments, working with businesses so that the responsible person can comply with latest fire safety legislation.
|Paul Cawthorne presents a cheque from BoB members to Ameer Buksh of Copley Clark for his walk for Cancer Research.
- 10 minutes from Jade Boulter.
Jade, the General Manager of the Holiday Inn, told us more about the hotel and gave us a guided tour of the sales office, board rooms, kitchen and staff quarters.
- 10 minutes frm Charles Perry - Holiday Inn, Sutton Accountant.
Charles is rertiring this week after 40+ years in the hotel industry. We wish him a wonderful life and hope he will visit BoB when he has time.
A very professional presentation today from Mike Olatunji Fuwa on Forever Living Products.
In order to ensure the highest quality, Forever cultivates aloe vera on its privately-owned plantations, avoiding the use of herbicides or pesticides. Forever's aloe vera is one of the purest available on the market. Treated with the greatest care, avoiding pasteurisation, freeze-drying and heating, it retains its beneficial properties.
- 10 minutes from Brian Helene
Brh electrical services ltd provides a professional service covering all types of electrical works and as an NIC EIC Approved contractor all of our work is fully backed & warranted by the UK's leading electrical body.
Operating mainly in the Surrey & South West London area, brh offer a customer satisfaction driven service. We have a diverse portfolio of customers ranging from schools & colleges, landlords, offices, housing trusts through to work shops and domestic properties.
20 years industry experience
Electrical Testing specialists, using bespoke software that offers the customer a jargon free report with photographic evidence
- 10 minutes from Paul Jeanes
We want to give the best financial advice. To do this we will ask you some detailed questions to help us understand your circumstances and objectives. This will enable us to give you the most appropriate advice for your aims and needs. Specialise in advising individuals and small to medium size businesses and business owners on the following topics.
· Income when you stop work.
· Protecting your income when you are working.
· Mortgage review of Personal, Buy to let and Commercial Properties.
· Exit planning for your business.
- 10 minutes from Chris Sowerby
Business Doctors is a support network dedicated to helping small and medium sized businesses fulfil their potential. We're experienced business people who offer hands-on support to SME owners, enabling them to overcome their individual challenges and helping them to achieve their aspirations for growth. Business Doctors is not a business consultancy, nor are we traditional management consultants. Our approach means getting into the inner workings of your company, providing practical advice every step of the way. Expect us to step off the sidelines and get involved, because we know from experience that this is what it takes to help you achieve your vision.
We don't just coach, we get on the pitch!
- 10 minutes from Kardar Challenger
Challenger Catering is a vibrant new business based in Sutton, created to meet a growing demand for a complete catering service that relieves customers from the strenuous tasks associated with modern events. We provide catering for the Surrey and south London area.
- 10 minutes from Jim Morson
We offer a full graphics service for all vans, cars, trucks and lorries. In house design services for most of our products, for business cards through to exhibition display stands. We offer a full installation services for all signage purchased from us. This includes vehicle, shop front and window signage as well as bespoke street furniture. We are able to collect and deliver all customers jobs from anywhere in the country using a reliable courier service. In most part all of our orders are dispatched on a 24 Hour next day service.
- 10 minutes from Simon Davison
Today at Business over Breakfast Simon Davison warned us about Phone Toll Theft. This occurs when criminals hack your phone system to make thousands of calls to their premium numbers and your company has to pick up the bill. Many suppliers do not trap this activity until the end of a week or month by which time it is too late. Simon's company, Revolution Phones, monitors all call costs in real time to prevent unusual bills occurring. Visit www.businessoverbreakfast.co.uk to ask Simon for details.
- 10 minutes from Emanuele Loggia
Audio Design has been designing and installing the highest quality entertainment systems for the past 20 years. Our team of highly qualified designers and engineers work closely with our customers to design and install integrated multi-room home entertainment systems.
- 10 minutes frm Mike Lane
- 10 minutes from Brian Stone
DSI ( UK) Ltd are installers of Alarms, Security & Telephones
- 10 minutes from Stephen Taylor
Whether it's a dream kitchen, cosy bedroom, practical home office or simply finding a way to utilise storage in your living room, replacing one cupboard door – to furnishing an entire room, matching colours and styles with existing fittings, Taylored Room Solutions will be with you every step of the way - from the design concept to installation, and quality after sales service.
- 10 minutes from Chris Dyer
Willow Motor Worksis a family run business established for over 20 years. Our customers receive a high quality service at competitive rates.
We are able to provide a comprehensive range of services from an oil and filter change to complete engine rebuild. We cater to meet the needs from a single customer through to large company's with a fleet of vehicles.
- 10 minutes from Mark Atkinson
IN MY SIGHTS provide a humane, and effective, answer to removal of: Mice, Rats, Squirrels, Feral Pigeons, Wood Pigeons, Rabbits, Mink, Foxes, Magpies, Crows & other corvids and Insect Infestation. We are able to trap mice alive in large numbers, and dispose of them afterwards. (Field mice and House mice are released unharmed in a natural environment).
– 10 minutes from Paul Cawthorne
Paul gave an outline of his past employment, his work in Sutton Borough, his youth work and his work with Sutton Chamber and Sutton United.
Paul's Utility Discount Club will help residents and businesses to save money on their household bills and will show them the cheapest prices for many items.


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Summer is my favorite season of the year, mostly because I like being warm and I like being outside. From an artistic perspective, summer is especially great because its so full of the thick air and golden light that enhances everything from simple, happy human moments to panoramic natural phenomenons. I found these four unique, beautiful perspectives on summer by amateur and professional filmmakers on Vimeo and wanted to share them with you.
The Ocean Is My Playground: Cave Diving from Makai Creative on Vimeo.
My summer 2010 REEL from Phil Tetu on Vimeo.
Midnight Sun | Iceland from SCIENTIFANTASTIC on Vimeo.
Summer from Benjamin Dowie on Vimeo.


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I didn't even know what triclosan was up until recently, when Natural Home Magazine tweeted a link to an article listing the chemical as a reason to dislike anti-bacterial soaps. Never a fan of anti-bacterial anything (soap and water works just fine, people), I eagerly clicked on the link.
And then I was horrified.
Triclosan is officially a pesticide, and is found in a wide range of consumer products, including clothing, toothpaste, toys and, yes, liquid soap. According to the Environmental Working Group, triclosan is linked to cancer, developmental defects, and liver and inhalation toxicity, and may affect thyroid and other hormone systems (Source). Ninety-five percent of nursing mothers have traces of the chemical in their breast milk, and 75% of Americans over the age of 6 have traces in their urine (source).
Adding insult to injury, the "beneficial" use in anti-bacterial soap is marginal at best. Studies show that soap and water works just as well as antibacterials in removing bacteria from hands. (Antibacterials kill the bacteria while soap and water merely removes them, but the results are the same.) (Source.) Further, many people use anti-bacterial soaps to help stave off colds and flus… which are viruses and are not affected by antibacterials.
Further, it is believed to aid in the development of antibiotic-immune "super bugs," and contaminates water, plants, and fish.
In short, there is nothing even remotely redeeming about the chemical.
We now have the opportunity to tell the EPA to ban triclosan. Beyond Pesticides is asking for public comment on the Ban Triclosan petition, filed by 82 public health and environmental groups. The public comment period is expiring on Monday, February 7. Visit the Beyond Pesticides blog for instructions on submitting your comment and letting the EPA know that this chemical must be banned for public safety.


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Via rail has a special offer for you! You can Travel on Easter for $25.00 in Economy Class between Windsor - Quebec City Corridor. This is their way of wish you a Happy Easter Weekend!
Hurry– this offer ends March 26, 2013. The number of seats at this fare is limited.


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Really? I am so disappoint.
So getting one shotted is dueling?
# 1 Jan 16, 2013
# 10 Jan 16, 2013We implemented dueling to provide interested players a way to battle each other -- no objectives, no scoring, just Nephalem against Nephalem. It was something the community has been asking for, and with additional PvP modes still in development we honestly didn't have a good reason to keep saying no.
Dueling isn't intended to be balanced, though, so don't expect a fair fight. That's not what dueling is about. There will probably be some match-ups in which you're one-shotted (this is a big reason why we have no permanent Hardcore deaths at the moment). There will also probably be some match-ups in which you one-shot other players. Your heroes are designed to kill things quickly and without mercy, and in this case those "things" just happen to be other heroes.
We don't anticipate that everyone will like dueling. That's fine. While some players might really love it and find it a cool challenge, we're okay if most people don't make it an integral part of their gaming experience. The system exists to give you the opportunity to obliterate your opponents in an environment designed explicitly for that purpose, but that's it -- and we feel it achieves that goal pretty well.
Now, we're still open to your feedback and will be keeping a close on eye on it throughout the PTR process. We're not opposed to making changes if they benefit the game; in fact, that's what a PTR is all about. In return, we just ask that you keep in mind the scope of what dueling is supposed to be, and that you give the system a fair shot before jumping to conclusions or making sweeping requests for buffs/debuffs/etc. Explore new builds, try out different tactics, and then let us know what you think. If we make changes, we want them to be informed, and that tends to work out best if the feedback you give us is also informed (i.e. not just a judgment based on only a few minutes of gameplay).
# 20 Jan 16, 201301/15/2013 05:51 PMPosted by ChuckNorriswhy not give a damage reduction for pvp. at least give every class the 30%
Like I said, we're not opposed to making changes, even ones along the lines of a universal damage debuff while in the dueling zone. The point of the PTR is to get feedback from players so we can make those kinds of tuning adjustments if necessary.
We've only got a few hours of feedback at the moment, though, and we'd like to get a better picture of what players' general experience has been before we start talking about possible changes. For example, I'm betting that a lot of players are still dueling in their farming builds, rather than something that's been refined and tailored for PvP-style combat -- which can make a difference. We also want to make sure that the people who are providing feedback understand what dueling is supposed to be (i.e. not a place you go to for super balanced battles).
# 50 Jan 16, 201301/15/2013 06:33 PMPosted by SkiTzMay I ask why on earth did it take 8 months to release such an embarassment of a pvp mode? Seriously, you guys could have given this during the release... It's obvious very little time and effort was put into this system, yet it took this long to give the community such a simple pvp mode?? what a head scratcher.
We didn't spend 8 months on dueling. In fact, we had no plans to add dueling to the game until very recently, and that was both based on the community's consistent feedback as well as our decision to postpone the release of any additional PvP modes. You can read more about that here.
# 171 Jan 18, 2013
Reducing damage has nothing to do with balance, if damage is reduces for all characters. People just want to be able to fight longer and be able to use a skill more then once.
So a 80% damage reduction should be in order.
Some form of damage reduction is definitely on the table. Before we make any changes, though, we want to watch how players adapt to PvP combat. Dueling has only been available for few days, and we're already seeing new builds and strategies develop -- something which we'll need to consider when evaluating the possibility of blanket damage reduction (or any other tweak that would only affect the dueling world).
Either way, we don't want to compromise PvE gameplay for the sake of balancing dueling. We also don't want to put a lot of restrictions on dueling or create tons of architecture around the system. It's a relatively uncomplicated feature that's there for people take advantage of (if they want), not something that's intended to be regulated or become part of the core gameplay experience. Any changes we make would ultimately be framed by those goals, and it's possible we won't make very many adjustments as a result.
We're loving the feedback we're getting, though -- even the harsh criticisms. Keep it up!
The part that really pisses me off, is I had a thread suggesting they both make a PVP flag for 95% damage reduction vs players(this could be changed to 90% based on testing).
I set this thread up a month ago. They deleted the thread. I suppose, logic was too much of a troll for Blizzard to handle?
You mean this one that's still active? http://us.battle.net/d3/en/forum/topic/7415464925
It was a good read. Thanks for the feedback.


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