text: Report post Posted November 1, 2014 Hello, first post here. Some common sense and advice for WOD Xpac. This may seem like a bunch of rumbling but hear me out. Make yourself a sandwich and gimme 15 minutes of your time. I've been playing WOW from day 1. Never stopped. Started with a holy pally in vanilla and BC. Tanked for LK then switched mains to DPS on my alt mage. It is what it is - The mage is a damage class, it was very convenient to be able to evocate and self heal from 20% back to 100% with "only" 8 evocates at 10% a pop but we were not doing our job to inflict damage because we were healing ourselves. I'm glad that's gone, now healers are going to have to do better at their job and as a mage am going to be more careful at not getting additional unnecessary damage. Hope some will stop complaining about this topic. -I've been playing a Mage since the Cata expansion. I've tried everything, all 3 specs, cookie cutter builds, custom builds, mix and match gems, enchants and gear configurations. -There is always going to be someone in your guild, LFR, a bystander around the training dummies, forums etc who is going to criticize, dissect or give "pointers" about every gem, rotation, gear, enchants etc you have. I've seen players who do PVP as fire mages and some do PVE as fire or arcane or even frost mages and I have never, never ever been even close to their damage numbers. Why? Because I play differently, because my gear is not heroic warforged, because my guild doen't cover all the possible beneficial buffs there are etc. - Talents and abilities will always be buffed or nerfed as the game goes along, as of right now-right now it's hard to tell if all coefficients, algorithms, damage percentage and such will remain the same until after at least a few weeks into the xpac. That being said here are a few mage words of wisdom: 1. As soon as the xpac is released focus 100% on leveling up, don't worry too much about specs, talents, itemization, don't even worry so much about addons and crap. Don't waste you time watching how to mage spec WOD 6.xx videos. Just play your mage, as you level up switch between main and secondary specs every other level just to get the feel for each "new" spec in WOD. A gear upgrade its a gear upgrade don't get too picky about getting the right stuff for your "main spec" while leveling. If you do it right you could test all 3 specs and you should be able to play all 3 specs as you level up about 3 levels per spec to 100. If you level up in dungeons do the same, switch specs every other dungeon and still don't install any addons. This is to test the playability of that spec not to test the damage and "DPS". 2. Day 1 as 100. Once you reach 100 get a damage meter addon and take a day off to do absolutely nothing but test each mage spec thoroughly on test dummies, after leveling up to 100 you should be able to have tested and know how to play each spec at 75% efficiency. Don't gem, dont enchant just dps the crap out of the dummy, find a logical rotation based on CD's, procs and your OWN STYLE of play. Don't worry too much about gear itemization, right now it's all about base damage and play style. Keep track of your damage numbers. I can guarantee you that after 2-3 hours of testing all 3 specs you're going to feel like one of the specs is crap and you're going to trash it and you're going to have a pretty good idea which one is going to probably be your main spec. Do a dungeon or two. Don't watch any mage videos, don't read any forums yet. *Note: DPS vs Total Damage, I wish people would stop using the term dps. Make sure you understand that it is possible to have the highest dps on a run based on a single huge crit and not even do any additional damage for the rest of the fight. On the other hand contributing with a high total (overall) sustainable damage through the entire fight it's a completely different thing. It is possible to have lower DPS then everyone but the overall contribution to the fight in total damage dealt be the highest, this is just an example...please don't find a way to discredit the rest of the post based on a technicality or logistics. You will verify this fact when performing tests on dummies trust me. ***When testing a spec, make sure the test is under the same conditions: - Use the same dummy all the time, either use the single dummy or a dummy of the same level with a couple of lower level dummies next to it for AOE factoring. - Time of test: 2-5mins that's about how long a boss fight could be and most special ability CD's are around 2-3 mins each - Use all your CD's 20-30 seconds into the test, this will give the chance to use them once or twice during the test (5mins). - Test a spec 2-3 times in a row before switching to another spec. test each spec at least 10 times, this will give you a good damage meter trending. *Personal experience note: Throughout almost every single xpac there are some elitist who keep telling us all that Fire, or arcane, or frost is the spec of the tops guilds and you must copy it exactly, and for some reason frost or whichever other spec is just the cookie cutter lazy rotation for all the rest of us noobs, yet we deliver sustainable competent damage numbers and still being frost or arcane is never good enough unless you go fire or whatever is the flavor of the month. This happens when we get sucked into watching greatest "hits and crits" how to video highlights and we forget that that's exactly what those videos are "their greatest Hits and crits" they don't show you their average runs; only their best. Don't try to be like them, play what you enjoy and your style. Are you a clicker? who cares, if that's how you play that's how you play, don't relearn gaming because someone tells you clicker is a fail. I have missing fingers and clicking is the only way I can play so there /off the soapbox 3. Day 2 as 100 Once you have a potential "solid" main and secondary specs, start doing dungeons and attempt to get your blue and purple gear. Don't enchant dont gem yet. Start getting addons as needed, switch specs once in awhile to get them tested during your dungeon runs. If you're on a roll getting into dungeons keep going, otherwise practice on dummies between queues, switching talents and messing around with rotations etc. do this all day 2. 4. Day 3 as 100 make sure you're comfortable with this "new" play style and rotation and you're certain that's the spec you're going to enjoy playing with for awhile. Do a few more dungeons and get more blues and purples. Still don't gem don't enchant. Keep testing on dummies. *Note: at this point in the game it's been about 2-3 weeks since xpac release (well at least I'm not planning on getting to 100 in the first week). Blizzard may have done a few hotfixes, first wave of nerfs or buffs maybe already done. 5. Day 4 as 100 a bunch of talented players may have theorycrafted or posted good "how to" materials online (youtube, icyvein, noxxic etc). start looking at their rotations and gear / gems and enchant suggestions while you wait on queues. Only listen to their suggestions, don't take it as religion, there will be no cookie cutter specs at that point in the game, watch and learn then YOU customize your character to your own spec and play style. 6. Remember that PVE is PVE and PVP is PVP. PVP style there's a lot of running and moving around, you maybe get instant satisfaction from killing a player and love it or just get constantly ganked and hate the game forever, in PCP you die and in 25 seconds you comeback and try again. In PVE is a group effort and you need to do your job: inflict damage, be aware, don't stand on stupid, and don't die, if you die in PVE everyone dies and it's re-try all over again 5 mins after and hopefully no one leaves or goes afk....you know the dance. *Note: DPS/Healing meters kind of ruins the game experience. Seems that we all take our dungeon and raid roles as a player vs player competition to see who gets the higher numbers, when the real experience is to explore, venture, achieve and conquer the next dungeon, raid or capture the flag. Once dps numbers go down people try to do stupid things (AOE, CD's, pop-hero etc), when dps numbers are high then people lose focus and get themselves dead for standing too long to finish a cast or get distracted watching the meters etc. 7. When you feel that your gear its been upgraded to a decent level and you are ready to raid start boosting your output with gems and enchants as recommended by the specific spec needs. Once your gear is all gemmed and enchanted test your gear and rotation again as in section ***"When testing a spec" 5 to 10 times and write down your damage numbers. Switch specs and do the same test for the second spec keep the same gear don't re-gem dont re-enchant as it can be very expensive. If you want to try a 3rd spec same gear configuration do it. Take a break and compare damage numbers. It is up to you if you want to re-gem and re-enchant your gear to the secondary spec specifics and go at it again testing both main and 2nd spec with same gear...you'll be surprised which dirction dps vs damage numbers go when mixing and matching gear configs and specs. 8. See what gear, gems, chants and damage numbers other mages have and do in LFR's and Flex and ask questions. Don't just watch videos and read posts but ask questions from things YOU see yourself. 9. At this point if someone tells you that you have the wrong spec or gear because the top mage on the top guild or whatever, you have done your own testing and research for your gear level and play style and you're 99% sure what you have is the best for you. Then a few weeks after xpac and more content is released you can go and read and watch and keep playing, upgrading and maybe eventually changing to something else that you personally have tried and tested yourself. Although this all sounds like common sense, I thought I would share some of this to all of us who may have lost some of the sense and guide you into your own personal direction of how to make playing your mage spec enjoyable for you. I really enjoyed playing frost in MOP, I really enjoyed playing fire PVP in Cata, it was ok to play arcane for a while but meh. Now I can't wait and see what WOD will bring for spec for most damage output and the whole testing will be helluva lotta fun. I used to spend thousands of gold re-gemming, re-enchanting, reforging gear sets for hours and hours to get the top output now I have learned to start with the basic gear and do a basic reality damage check before boosting my damage with gems and such. I thank you for your time, enjoy and see on the other side. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites


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Forget the seaside margaritas and hire yourself a set of wheels to explore this huge, varied but eminently drivable country, and discover some of its best-kept secrets.
Copper Canyon: Formed by the confluence of six rivers, Barranca del Cobre (Copper Canyon) is so vast it could swallow the Grand Canyon whole. Unlike its better known cousin in the US, Copper Canyon is verdant green with pine, fir, oak and fig trees. The best way to see it is via a 600 kilometer, 12 hour, train journey, the Ferrocarril Chihuahua al Pacífico. Most visitors content themselves with the 20 minute stop in the town of Divisadero to take vertigo inducing photos. The more intrepid traveler should venture deep into the canyon floor to meet the Tarahumara people who, due to the terrain, have become excellent endurance runners.
Espíritu Santo, Mexico: This UNESCO-listed nature reserve situated off the coast of Baja California is a must-see for its breathtaking sheer red cliffs, windswept sand dunes and flawless turquoise bays. The wildlife that inhabits this otherworldly landscape is similarly extraordinary: day-trippers can view gray whales, swim with manta rays and sea lions and then bunk down courtesy of the island's only lodging, the seasonal Baja Camp which offers sybaritic delights like gourmet meals and all the stargazing you can handle.
Mérida: The second largest historic center outside of Mexico City, Mérida's streets are lined with grand mansions from the town's boom years as the center of the sisal trade. Some are little more than crumbling ruins, others have been renovated into stately homes and hotels. The Cathedral of San Ildefonso is a must-see. Built from 1561 to 1598 from the dismantled pyramids that once occupied the city when it was a Maya metropolis called T'ho, this is the oldest cathedral on the American continent. Look out for the rare pipe organ and Mérida's most famous religious artifact, a statue called Cristo de las Ampollas (Christ of the Blisters).
Chiapas: A land of lakes and waterfalls, Chiapas is an image not normally associated with Mexico. The Reserva de la Biosfera el Triunfo is home to remarkable birdlife like the Resplendent Quetzal. The cultural heart of the state is the ancient Maya city of Palenque. While not as large as some Aztec and Toltec ruins, the remarkable detail of the carvings and frescoes have taught archeologists much of what they know about Mayan life.
Mazatlán: Lesser-known than its flashy coastal counterparts Acapulco, Cancun and Cabo, Mazatlán offers more subtle charms for the intrepid traveler. This Central Pacific Coast port city – located in the state of Sinaloa parallel to the southern tip of the Baja California peninsula – has had a few heydays, most notably in the 1930s and 1970s, and is finally shaking off its slightly tacky reputation thanks to a large-scale restoration of the historic center to its original Spanish Colonial glory. Stroll the Centro Historico, watch cliff divers launch themselves off the craggy headland containing El Faro, the lighthouse, or take a trip by boat to one of the city's three islands, the most popular of which is Isla de Venados (Deer Island).
Isla Holbox: Formerly a shark fishing town, the tiny barrier island of Isla Holbox is on the northern tip of the Yucatan Peninsula. It is home to the largest migration of endangered whale sharks on the planet, with more than 2000 passing by every summer (May to August). Small runabouts ferry snorkelers to the feeding grounds to swim with the placid filter feeders.
Sian Ka'an: A 1.3 million acre conservation area on Mexico's Caribbean coast close to the town of Tulum, Sian Ka'an was established in 1986 as a UNESCO Biosphere Reserve and happily more land keeps being added under this protection all the time. The Mayan name translates to 'Where the sky was born' and the place lives up to its lofty title thanks to seemingly endless lagoons, mangroves, jungle and cenotes (underground rivers unique to the Yucatan Peninsula).
The reserve is renowned for its biodiversity – many of the plants, animals and birds cannot be found anywhere else. The site also contains well-preserved 2000 year-old Mayan archeological ruins, and several tour companies, like the Mayan-run Community Tours Sian Ka'an, offer day trips into the reserve for swimming, kayaking, bird watching and hiking.
Puerto Escondido: This low-key fishing village and port in the state of Oaxaca, on Mexico's mid-Pacific coast, has remained fairly under-the-radar with travelers apart from one crucial demographic: surfers. That is largely because of a little beach break called Zicatela – also known as The Mexican Pipeline – which basically put Mexican surfing on the map. In season (May to July) waves can reach 30 feet or more. The experience here is all about the beach, whether you are hanging ten or just watching the pros do their stuff.
Sayulita: This bohemian little seaside village north of Puerto Vallarta in the Pacific state of Nayarit used to be the province of a small group of in-the-know surf buffs who gathered for the dependably good north swell from December through April. But that is beginning to change as travelers from all the over the world discover the town's charms. Visit while Sayulita is still low-key, all unspoiled beaches, charmingly rustic fish restaurants on the sand and quirky cafes and boutiques.
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Joe Richardson former President and CEO of Harper & Pearson is now managing client relationships and providing technical assistance in the areas of SEC reporting; oil and gas exploration and production operations; banking; manufacturing and engineering; mergers and acquisitions; real estate, rental and leasing operations; auditing, consulting and litigation services.
Prior to joining Harper & Pearson in 1981, Mr. Richardson was a senior manager with Arthur Young & Company.
Bachelor of Business Administration, Lamar University
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Sunday 30th April saw almost 700 hundred cyclists gather for Katharine House Hospice's annual Cycling Challenge.
With four routes to choose from ranging from the 65 mile maxi route to the 8 mile Family route, the event was as popular as ever with something for all ages and abilities.
Katharine House Hospice Events Fundraiser, Lisa Carson said "we are absolutely thrilled with the success of this years Cycling Challenge. With 680 cyclists taking part, it is the biggest turn-out that we have had for this event. We are hoping that once all of the sponsorship money has come in, it will have reached our fundraising target of £25,000 which will cover the costs of our In-Patient Unit for an entire week. That's up to 10 patients and their families receiving 24 hour care and around-the-clock support from our care team."
The event was kindly sponsored by Swinnerton Cycles Forrest Centre, meaning that more of the money raised will go towards patient care.
Thank you to all who supported the event by taking part and raising sponsorship, and to our trusty team of volunteers and suppliers who give up their own time and resources to ensure our events run smoothly.


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Taking the illogical path
Sometimes, the most logical step is not always the right one for you to take. Keep that in mind as the year progresses. You'll be on a path to your future, but that path won't always follow the directions you expect -- you might have to stray from what your mind is telling you in order to follow what's deep in your heart.To a certain extent, your destiny has been plotted out for you, but we all have freewill, and it's up to you to find -- and choose to take -- the correct route.
This year, you'll be sorely tempted to be rational, but if you take a step back and really look closely, you'll discover that your analysis of a situation will not necessarily lead to the best outcome. For example, taking the job that pays more is not always the best way to build a career; sometimes you have to choose experience (or what you enjoy) over money. If you feel you're being led astray, you might want to study the biographies of people you admire to see how they dealt with different options with which they were faced. You might be surprised (and inspired) to discover that many people who have achieved greatness did so by rather unusual means.


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Office 365 administration experience continues improving further now as part of January update include enhanced setup access and guidance, a new Yammer device usage report. Also, rolled out along with is a new OneDrive admin center to all customers.
Below is a summary of January updates:
First up, the new Setup section located on the navigation menu providing access to all settings in a single place with improved and detailed step-by-step setup guidance for various services—including OneDrive, Office Pro Plus, SharePoint and Hybrid for Exchange Online.
Using the new Products page, admins can quickly see the mumber of available licenses and which software products are included in each of their subscriptions.
Admins can now update or modify domain or access frequent domain releated tasks such as adding a domain, deleting a domain or checking the health of a domain at any point directly from the new domains page.
Data Migration page provides admins with automation tools and step-by-step guidance to migrate data from on-premises or other cloud services to Office 365, including migrating from your local Exchange server or Google.
New Yammer usage insights report added to the Office 365 admin center, gives a breakdown of activity across web and mobile clients, and let admins see device types commonly used by people in the organization.
The report can be accessed by "clicking Usage from the admin center home page and then select Yammer device usage from the dropdown list at the top of the page."
Finally, new OneDrive for Business admin center reaches general availability controls how a user accesses files in OneDrive—across device, location and app. Additionally the new admin center also include improved sync, storage and device access settings.
It can be accessed by clicking on Admin Centers and then OneDrive in the left navigation.
In addition, new filter capabilities added to the Active users page allows admins to easily view and manage guest users.
Further, the Office team notes, that more reports focusing on which clients are used to access SharePoint and OneDrive for Business will be coming in the next few months.
Additionally, Office 365 adoption content pack in Power BI along with new public APIs to programmatically access usage data and integrate it into custom applications, like a company reporting portal will be made available to all customers.
A new Office 2016 Insider Preview version 1701 build 7766.2039 released today in the Slow ring brings the following updates:
- Collaborate on attachments in real time: Uploading email attachments to OneDrive lets everyone work on the latest version of the file. Use the drop-down menu on the attachment to either upload a revised version or save a new version. For more information, see Attach a file to an email in Outlook for Windows.
- Use your pen to manipulate objects: In Word, grab object handles with the Surface pen to resize, rotate, move, and more. Find out how.
- Visio add-in for Database Modeling: Now available for download, the Visio Add-In for Database Modeling add-in helps while planning the creation of a new database or understanding an existing one. Download the add-in now or learn to reverse engineer an existing database into a database model.
- New education templates and diagrams: Students and teachers can use new templates and sample diagrams that cover many subjects, including algebra, chemistry, physics, and more.


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Chis began his career as a web developer and program manager building out digital experiences, commerce solutions and hosted platform capabilities from scratch. He then expanded into consulting in 2006 as a Client Partner for Razorfish, where he led large, globally dispersed teams to deliver digital products and integrated, cross channel campaigns. Post Razorfish, Chris spent several years of leading and growing the global, digital marketing team for HTC. In this role, he led the creation of the companies "digital center of excellence" to provide internal consultative services to their global markets and marketing partners.
Over the past two decades, Chris has made his career focus to grow with the changing landscape of digital marketing and e-commerce. In this time, Chris has gone into the weeds of content marketing, built out global digital centers of excellence and leveraged social media for community development, social care and audience-driven marketing. He thrives on technology, telling stories, delivering rich experiences, driving business value, and leading and developing high performing teams. Chris continuously seeks opportunities to be a leader, and change advocate within Fortune 100 clients solving the big challenges, and positively impacting the top and bottom line.
Now as Senior Manager of Digital Marketing and Operations at Revel, Chris utilizes his strong analytics and digital marketing background to draw insights from hard data, develop solutions, and ultimately deliver on chosen tactics. His combination of consulting experience, and in-house leadership and management experience, gives Chris a unique perspective on approaching, and successfully solving, complex marketing and operations problems allowing his clients to achieve more.


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We reached the North Rim of Grand Canyon in time to pitch the tent (heeh) and find a good place to watch the sunset.
Did I mention I'm terrified of heights? I'm terrified of heights. There were a couple of times I got really dizzy and nauseous and just had to close my eyes and run (generally not a good idea in Grand Canyon..) across certain evil parts of the path out to the lookout point. Ugh.
Killing time in the tent :)
Watching the sunrise…
In the morning we started hiking down into the canyon on the North Kaibab Trail. The canyon is so green and fertile! I thought it was going to be dry and barren, but it was full of trees and plants. And mule poo.
There is one big difference between Zion and Grand Canyon. In Zion you're scuttling about at the bottom of the canyon and hiking up into them like you usually do on mountain hikes. In Grand Canyon, however, you start at the top, looking down into this amazing gorge below you. So when you start walking down, you don't think about the fact that you have to turn around at some point and walk back up. Heh.
JK had no problems at all and was just skipping merrily along with me and my lardiness staggering breathlessly behind him.
Must start doing lunges again.
Anyway, by the time we got back to the car it was pouring down and we had to drive back to Vegas to catch our plane the next morning. Great vacation, but we really really really have to go back someday when we'll have more time!


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Economic Downturn and Standard Contracts: Time for Another Look?
Source: Commercial Lending Review
Date: March - April 2009
MARCH–APRIL 2009 COMMERCIAL LENDING REVIEW 9 Linda DeBene is a mediator and arbitrator at JAMS, based in Walnut Creek, California. Contact her at email@example.com. Economic Downturn and Standard Contracts: Time for Another Look? By Linda DeBene Could new loan documentation provide processes for mutually acceptable decision making and resolution? E very state's laws and practices are somewhat different. Nevertheless, much about commer- cial lending and ? nancial affairs is based on general contract rules and drafting that are similar throughout the United States. Historically, on the East Coast, lawyers were always involved in clos- ing lending transactions, whether commercial or residential. On the "opposite coast," a contrary men- tality was prevalent as early as 1978. At that time, laypersons (albeit title employees, bankers and real estate professionals) ran the show in commercial real estate. William Shakespeare must have not only passed through but also stayed a while on the West Coast—all attorney participation had been "killed," as a character famously advises in Henry VI. 1 Thirty years later in California (and in many other states as well), laypersons are expected to understand more and more paper: loan documen- tation, real estate contracts, ? nancing documents and applications. Still, nonattorneys explain docu- mentation to those laypersons. Loan applications (Fannie Mae Form 1003s), truth in lending state- ments (TILAs), real estate contracts, promissory notes, mortgages, deeds of trust and ? nancing statements (UCCs) have been continually revised. These ever-growing preventative instruments cover a broad spectrum of legal regulations, disclosures, advisories and disclaimers. A prime example of the growth in complexity is the real estate purchase and sale agreement published by the California Association of Realtors, which was a two-page form and is now a 10-plus–page document, including advisories, disclaimers and disclosure at- tachments. Another prime source for disputes comes from condensing an inches-thick printout of federal TILAs into one or two pages, presuming and assum- ing that borrowers fully comprehend what they are reading and signing (or just signing). Winner-Take-All Amid Economic Turmoil In every contract dispute, there is a presumption that what borrowers, buyers, sellers or related plaintiffs/entities have signed, they are deemed to have read and understood entirely. California authority on this subject goes back to 1893 in the case of Occidental & Oriental Steamship Co. 2 and has continued to be solidly pronounced by the Supreme Court, the court of appeals and federal courts in California. With limited exceptions for fraud and "imposition" (overreaching adhesion contracts, for example), when a person with capacity of reading and understanding an instrument signs it, he or she is bound by its contents and is estopped from saying that its provisions are contrary to his or her intentions or understanding. But this does not stop the lawsuits. W e have to ask, why do lenders and borrowers, buyers and sellers, gravitate to litigation? No one is enamored about paying legal fees, not a soul appreciates the snail's pace of the judicial processes. But resolving disputes seems to draw out a need for public places (the courthouse), press coverage and ? nding justi? cation (justice, as it is often called). Things do not always run perfectly. And when they do not, the people involved have a hard time talking about the issues with one another and, driven by self-protection, head 10 COMMERCIAL LENDING REVIEW MARCH–APRIL 2009 off to adversarial ritual, rather than focusing on com- promise, relationship protection and resolution. Examining commercial and residential lending, title, escrow company and real estate transactions in California, and relating them to other states with similar practices, one can see that a large respon- sibility is placed in the hands of mortgage brokers and bankers (institutional lenders included here), title companies and real estate professionals. The interests of those responsible for commercial/ residential lending are almost certainly adverse, if not diametrically opposed, to the borrowers, buyers and sellers. It is of heightened importance in our country now more than ever that mortgage brokers, mortgage bankers, ? nancial institutions, title companies and real estate professionals are certain that the form con- tracts they are providing are not only just and con- scionable (to avoid the exception to the rule) but also suitable and relevant for the parties and the times involved in them. Fortunately in the real estate arena, contract pro- visions have evolved over many years to provide alternative dispute provisions in order to prevent litigation imbalance when deals come into question. 3 Because of the nature of these contracts, buyers and sellers are placed on a more even playing ? eld when it comes to managing con? icts. 4 Early alternative dispute resolution (ADR) processes, like media- tion, provide an opportunity for an ADR provider to show those both familiar and unfamiliar with the judicial process that their case will not get any less expensive by litigation than by mediating to a compromise resolution. 5 In the lending world that existed before September 2008, because of the normal winner-take-all public approach of often very strong (until very recently) lenders versus the weaker borrowers, traditional courtroom litigation, enforcing security agreements, repossession, judicial foreclosure or even nonjudicial foreclosure proceedings have failed to promote accept- able resolution solutions in a cost-effective manner. While winning litigation may have set a precedent, which the lenders believed gave them strength and prestige, litigation has failed utterly to provide viable relief in an economically failing atmosphere. A Time for Lenders to Review Standard Documentation? View the current ? nancial crisis: What contracts have promoted alternative resolution processes to aid borrowers in ? nancial distress facing foreclosure, loss of their business lines of credit, job loss and loss of retirement savings and personal homes? Looking forward, could bank transactional counsel draft new loan documentation to provide processes for mutually acceptable decision making and resolution without having to ? ght the matter out in public from beginning to end, bringing shame on the parties and loss of revenue to all concerned? Of course they can, but many will resist because to do so will individu- alize resolution. Other obstacles that have been given weight in the past will be thrown in the path of fairness and resolution: Banks should not be seen as being amicable to the "enemy" borrower; the bank will suffer delay in getting the property back and the borrower will bene? t from that delay; banks do not believe borrowers' "stories"; the legal issues are too "big" for ADR and must be litigated; or "we do not want to talk, we want to ? ght to win." Many have also been heard to say that there are disadvantages to some forms of ADR. For example, in the normal economic world we used to live in, building a mandatory mediation requirement into a loan foreclosure process would not aid ef? ciency to foreclose when a borrower was delinquent. In today's world, much positive publicity would have been gained by having such procedures in place to try to aid the many Americans who are caught up in the world of default and foreclosure by requiring lenders to mediate ? rst, trying to come to a workout without delay and leaving houses occupied, not vacant. But this brings the discussion back to the "big guy" versus the "little borrower" game. It can be turned positive with proper planning and drafting. Those "substantial legal issues" can be handled with a submission to a private neutral or to a stipulated or judicial referee, who can hear and decide the issue on a nonbinding basis without the delay of court accessibility . Early neutral evaluation by an industry- Economic Downturn and Standard Contracts Mediation is no "cram down" but a way for parties to get together early.MARCH–APRIL 2009 COMMERCIAL LENDING REVIEW 11 experienced professional could be built in as a ? rst quick step before a lawsuit, repossession, notice of default or judicial foreclosure can be initiated. If litigation is really required to get court intervention, record a notice of pending action or otherwise obtain an injunction, a special master or referee can be used to control discovery in the court proceeding so that the costs of the dispute do not engulf any recovery. Mediation and arbitration provide con? dentiality and ? nality or can be structured to provide for pri- vate or judicial appeal 6 as the parties deem worthy to the issues. Savings Attributed to Mediation In one appellate court in northern California, a fore- runner in ADR that enacted a mandatory mediation program in 1999, participant evaluations required by the court compiled through July 2008 re? ect that "parties have realized an estimated net savings of $53,488,782.00 since the program's inception" states John A. T oker, the program's ? rst and recently retired administrator. There is no reason why ADR, which is such a positive thing for courts, 7 cannot overcome the old stumbling blocks thrown down by players such as lending institutions. The genuinely advanta- geous aspects of ADR—cost savings ? scal gain for all participants from which both lender and bor- rower can bene? t, con? dentiality and a just process where ongoing relationships in many instances can be preserved—far outweigh the negative, unduly expensive wars of the litigation processes, foreclo- sure or bankruptcy. All have heard the cry in today's economic sub- prime turmoil for bankruptcy judges to have the power to modify loans in foreclosure or delinquent loans when borrowers are in bankruptcy . 8 Financial parties reject the idea out of hand. The recent fed- eral "bailout bill" (TARP) was initially voted down by some members of Congress because there was no such provision. In the end, the ? nal bill did not contain a provision for bankruptcy judges to modify mortgages as it was feared that such language would doom the rescue bill entirely. 9 But why force the borrowers to ? le bankruptcy in the ? rst place just to get relief, when a mediation-be- fore-foreclosure provision could have the same effect and the bank personnel would be in charge of the ref- ormations or negotiated settlements over payment terms, not a bankruptcy judge? Financial institution participants may forget or have overlooked entirely the fact that mediators do not make decisions. The parties in a mediation make the decisions to settle and negotiate to resolution. Mediation is no "cram down" but a way for parties to get together early to roll up their sleeves and try to come to a compromise that all can live with. To defuse the drive/need to litigate as a defense mechanism, one should examine the alternative of avoiding court with a goal to cost savings (and increasing pro? t). Litigation is not always the correct response to failed contract disputes. In the litigation process, the written document is publicized and everyone in- volved ends up with loss of face. Neither party gains any further ? scal superiority by litigating publicly, nor will the "open for all to see" arena create true pro? t—even though one party may prevail. The end result is that all parties may create more problems as a result of the public brawl. They could likely have upset employees and shareholders clamoring to sue directors and of? cers in huge class actions for breach of ? duciary duties. Insurance companies will be asked to defend and pay. Where does it all end? Who will truly "win" litigation over a ? awed con- tract that may or may not have been breached but that was "broken" from the inception? Certainly not either party in the long view of the events. Simply slapping documents together for one purpose, then adding to them Band-Aid provisions as tag lines as a result of each lawsuit that arises, should be seen as a thing of the past. As contracts are used and re- used without thought or analysis of relevance to the existing market conditions, corporate of? cers and directors should stop and see how contracts can with forward thinking be appropriately drafted anew. Time to Reexamine Multipage Legalese The times we are in today are perfect for ? nancial institutions of all types to stop "killing" all their lawyers. They will be better served ? scally and in the eyes of the public at large to ? nd the best and bright- est among the lawyers to reexamine the multipage legalese of ? nancial services contracts of all kinds. At a time when new loans are few and far between, Economic Downturn and Standard Contracts12 COMMERCIAL LENDING REVIEW MARCH–APRIL 2009 this is the time for forward thinkers to get busy on drafting customer/borrower documentation of all kinds, to re-write in-house operations manuals and to otherwise plan for a less litigious mind-set when dealing and contracting with customers. Send in the transactional lawyers to sit down with each and every form contract and bring it back to reality, draft them so that they can be understood, bring the drafts to a focus group of real people who will be signing the forms and see if they are un- derstood. Recent news commentary is replete with remarks such as: "s/he did not tell us how the form should be ? lled out," or "no one even understands what a derivative is," or "we cannot ? gure out ex- actly how loans were packaged into securities," or "we cannot track the loan documentation to where the real owner might be." These are scary things to a lot of folks and can be remedied so that the ? nancial transactions of the post–September 2008 period rise to the realities of the new ? nancial markets. Companies of all kinds, including ? nancial institu- tions small to large, face disputes from many sides: customers, employees, suppliers, shareholders, competitors, contracting parties. As is evident today , things are not always perfect, business falters, deals fall apart. ADR comes in a variety of ? avors. Exam- ine whether all of the various ADR processes are appropriate—not just arbitration so the institutions can try to avoid class actions. Avoid the "? ght-to- the-death" mentality. Early and impartial prevention can be built into company policy. In reviewing the com- pany's contracts, see if they have a method for discerning early disputes that are brewing. As in employment situations, bring in a neutral party to investigate and report on circumstances that could later result in class action filings. Look at internal rules and training programs. Set up conflict management processes to resolve conflict before the fighting starts rather than after. Hire a neutral party as ombudsperson or to give an early neutral evaluation of a devel- oping issue. Discovery is time-consuming, invasive and expensive. Discovery statutes at the state and federal levels require sensitive information to be retained and disclosed. This can be embarrass- ing if made public. Continued press reports can harm a business's reputation, bring its financial ratings into a challenging arena and foster other litigation should one plaintiff prevail or the in- stitution fails to prevail on a claim. Most ADR processes are generally confiden- tial. Confidentiality not only makes it possible to avoid news coverage but also helps to bring parties to the table when they otherwise may not wish to be a party to a lawsuit over the matter. Adopting proven alternatives to litigation in re- vised lending and ? nancial documents are certain to result in monetary savings and fairness and will serve well the economic recovery process this coun- try faces over the years to come. Endnotes 1 "... let's kill all the lawyers." William Shakespeare, HENRY THE SIXTH, Part 2, Act 4, Scene 2 (Boston: Houghton Mif? in Company, 1974), at 655. 2 99 Cal. 462, 471, 34, at 84, 87. 3 The real estate contracts in California published by the Cali- fornia Association of Realtors, a voluntary trade association of licensed brokers and agents who assist parties in purchasing and selling real estate, are still not perfect to all. Many law- yers complain that while the buyers and sellers are required to participate in mandatory mediation prior to arbitration or litigation, the brokers and agents are not so required. It is felt that this is not an equitable situation and permits the real es- tate professionals to stand aside and let the buyers and sellers ? ght over issues in which the real estate professionals have not only potential liability but a greater knowledge of factual issues. This debate has been going on for some time and is no nearer resolution today than a score of years ago. It is often the case, however, that brokers/agents (usually at the wise suggestion of company risk managers) will voluntarily join the mediation process, but this is in no way guaranteed. 4 See author's article, Upholding the Honor and Dignity of a Prom- ise, California Courts Speak: Stated T erms of Contracts Relating to Attorneys Fees "Mean What They Say," 3 LEXISNEXIS REAL ESTATE REP. 6 (Oct. 2008). 5 A recent article in the NEW YORK TIMES references an empirical study by Randall L. Kiser (coauthor and principal analyst at the litigation consulting company DecisionSet), now published in the JOURNAL OF EMPIRICAL LEGAL STUDIES, which discusses the economic inef? ciencies of not settling cases and concludes that both plaintiffs and defendants make wrong decisions by not resolving cases prior to trial. Jonathan D. Glater, Study Finds Settling Is Better Than Going to Trial, N.Y. TIMES, Aug. 8, 2008. Economic Downturn and Standard ContractsMARCH–APRIL 2009 COMMERCIAL LENDING REVIEW 13 6 The California Supreme Court recently upheld an arbitra- tion clause that provided for judicial review of an arbitration award as built into a contract between television equipment dealers and television service providers. Cable Connection, Inc. v. DirectTV, Inc., 44 Cal.4th 1334, 190 P.3d 586 (2008). Con? icting California Supreme Court cases exist and were distinguished, with the Supreme Court relying strongly on the text of the speci? c arbitration provisions and warning "parties seeking to allow judicial review of the merits, and to avoid an additional dispute over the scope of review, would be well advised to provide for that review explicitly and unambiguously." Id., at 1361. 7 ADR programs preponderate in California trial, appel- late and federal courts and are very much accepted and successful. Some are voluntary, some are mandatory. As another example, Florida appellate courts have had mandatory mediation for some time, in some instances running the program and supplying mediators under the court budget. In the mid-1980s, one Bay Area superior (trial) court was a pioneer of ADR processes. Designed by then Judge James Marchiano, now Presiding Justice of the California First Appellate District Court, Division One, various ADR programs broke the mold and are now duplicated in trial courts throughout California and elsewhere. In 1999, the California First District Court of Appeals promulgated a mandatory mediation program for civil cases. This program was energized with the ini- tiative efforts of a former member of the same Bay Area superior court bench, Iganzio Ruvolo, now Presiding Jus- tice of Division Four of the First Appellate District Court of Appeals and chair of that court's Mediation Program Committee. "Since July, 2007, the settlement rate for our program is over 70%," says recently retired First District Court of Appeals Mediation Program Administrator John A. Toker. Statistics reported in July 2008 for the 2007–2008 year reflected a continued rise in settlement rate over the life of the program to 70 percent over the prior year's 65 percent and an estimated savings to parties and counsel of over $8 million. 8 The move continues to be proffered and rebuffed. In an article published January 8, 2009, a NEW YORK TIMES writer reported that Citigroup (which formerly had opposed such legislation) agreed to support legislation that would allow bankruptcy judges to adjust mortgage interest for "at risk" borrowers. On the other side, lobbyists for the ? nancial industry vow to continue the ? ght against legislation proposed in Congress. See Carl Hulse, Citi Reaches Deal With Lawmakers on Home Loans, N.Y . TIMES, Jan. 8, 2009, www.nytimes.com/2009/01/09/business/ economy/09loan.html?ref=business. 9 See Bailout includes no bankruptcy aid for homeowners, L.A. TIMES, Sept. 29, 2008, www.latimes.com/business/investing/la-? -scrub29- 2008sep29,0,2890645.story. Economic Downturn and Standard Contracts This article is reprinted with the publisher's permission from the COMMERCIAL LENDING REVIEW, a bi-monthly journal published by CCH, a Wolters Kluwer business. Copying or distribution without the publisher's permission is prohibited. To subscribe to the COMMERCIAL LENDING REVIEW or other CCH Journals please call 800-449-8114 or visit www.CCHGroup.com. All views expressed in the articles and columns are those of the author and not necessarily those of CCH or any other person. All rights reserved.


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Sorry can some one let me know I did a test this afternoon I can see the line very clearly but it looks quite a thin line is this classed as a positive result
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SHAREHOLDERS of South African pharmaceutical company Cipla Medpro on Wednesday approved the acquisition of its entire issued capital by Indian pharmaceutical group Cipla, in a deal valued at R4.5bn.
The deal, one of the single biggest foreign direct investments into South Africa to date, aims to strengthen Cipla Medpro's position in the South African market, expand its manufacturing facility in Durban and support its expansion into Africa.
The company said 99.7% of shareholders had voted in favour of the proposed buyout.
A resolution to delist the country's third-biggest pharmaceutical firm from the JSE in September was also approved.
"Now that shareholders have approved the transaction, the Competition Commission in South Africa and equivalent bodies in Botswana, Namibia and the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa will need to approve the deal before it is finalised," said acting Cipla Medpro CEO Johan du Preez, adding that applications had already been submitted in these jurisdictions.
Cipla Medpro chairman Sbu Luthuli said patients across South Africa and the rest of the continent "will now benefit from increased access to a wider range of affordable medicines, as the deal will contribute to the accelerated introduction of new products into South Africa".
Cipla had offered to buy 100% of Cipla Medpro at R10 a share. Among the issues complicating the decision for shareholders had been Cipla Medpro's 20-year supply agreement with Cipla, which expires in November 2025. The deal lay at the heart of Cipla Medpro's business, as it secured a pipeline of generic medicines from Mumbai-based Cipla.
Despite repeated shareholder requests for sight of this contract over the years, it had remained confidential, fuelling anxiety about just how watertight the deal was.
Reports last month said Cipla Medpro's directors and key staff were in for a rich payday if shareholders approved the offer. A circular to shareholders said R53.3m would be paid to participants in the company's employee share ownership scheme to accelerate their share options.
Four Cipla Medpro directors — Bongani Caga, Mr Luthuli, Mark Daly and Nthabiseng Mokone — would get a combined R31.7m for shares held directly and indirectly. Mr Luthuli would account for the bulk of this at R27.9m.
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Her plan is to reduce general government spending by $14.8 million, health care spending by $15.8 million, funding for public assistance programs by $14.7 million and a cut of $19.8 million from Public Protection.
While increases in sales, property and corporate taxes have created a surplus revenue stream in the state budget, those surpluses will be used to fund education under Proposition 98 guidelines and also for adding to the state's "rasiny day fund," she said.
Muranishi said much of that revenue will not be used for currently underfunded county social programs in the state impacted by the recession, including in Alameda County.
While the unemployment in the county has dropped to 4.5%, half of what it was in 2012, a recent report by the Economic Policy Institue states that income for the working poor has remained stagnant. This not only impacts county services such as Cal Fresh, Medi-Cal, and Cal-Works, but can have long term impacts on the county's revenues in the face of possible future recessions, she said.
"We also know that when another recession hits, it will be double jeopardy for counties," she wrote in a report to the county board of supervisors. "As safety net providers, the demand for our services will rise at the same time that county revenues decline, severely limiting our ability to support the needy."
She added that although economic growth is anticipated for the next few years, the county will remain reserved in managing it's budget.
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LINCOLN, Pa. – Keveesha Wattley (St. Croix, VI) tallied 12 kills to lead the Shaw University women's volleyball team to a 3-0 sweep over Bowie State University on Sunday afternoon to conclude the Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association (CIAA) Volleyball Round-Up hosted by Lincoln (Pa.) University.
With the win, Shaw improves to 17-9 overall and 10-3 in the league, while Bowie State falls to 7-21 overall and 3-11 in the conference.
Kelly Murphy (Mukwonago, WI) chipped in eight kills and Michelle Olmeda-Gonzalez (San Juan, PR) set the tone dishing out 30 assists.
The Lady Bears held the Lady Bulldogs to a hitting percentage of .027 for the game, including a .033 percentage in the first set as SU claimed the win 25-16.
In the second set, BSU registered just five kills off of 19 total attacks as the Lady Bears controlled momentum in route to the 25-15 win before closing out set three 25-14 in similar fashion.
The Lady Bears will return to action on Monday, Nov. 2nd as they welcome the Lady Rams of Winston-Salem State University for a Southern Divisional showdown. First serve is slated for 7 p.m. in CC Spaulding Gymnasium.
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Miriam Toews
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Miriam Toews grew up in Steinbach, Manitoba, the second daughter of Mennonite parents, a heritage that has informed much of her work. She is the author of six bestselling novels: Summer of My Amazing Luck, A Boy of Good Breeding, A Complicated Kindness, The Flying Troutmans, Irma Voth, All My Puny Sorrows, and one memoir, Swing Low.
She has won numerous literary prizes including the Governor General's Award for Fiction and the Writers' Trust Engel/Findley Award for body of work. She is also a two-time finalist for the Scotiabank Giller Prize and a two-time winner of the Rogers Writers' Trust Fiction Prize. She has dedicated time to encourage new writers and has appeared as a panelist and presenter at The University of Winnipeg.
Skillfully and with poignancy, Toews draws on her own life to create art and illuminate the dark corners of human experience. Her father, a respected school teacher, committed suicide in 1998. His death inspired Toews to write a memoir in her father's voice, Swing Low: A Life. The book's insight into mental illness won the Alexander Kennedy Isbister Award for Non-Fiction and the McNally Robinson Book of the Year Award. Toews' older sister, Marjorie, who struggled with depression, committed suicide in 2010, almost 12 years to the day after their father. Toews's most recent novel, All My Puny Sorrows, explores the heart-wrenching bond between two sisters – one who wants to die, the other who wants desperately for her to live.
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Reason and Revolution
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|Herbert Marcuse
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Reason and Revolution: Hegel and the Rise of Social Theory is a 1941 book by the philosopher Herbert Marcuse, in which the author discusses the social theories of the philosophers Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel and Karl Marx. Marcuse reinterprets Hegel, with the aim of demonstrating that Hegel's basic concepts are hostile to the tendencies that led to fascism.
The book has received praise as an important discussion of Hegel and Marx.
Marcuse discusses the social and political ideas of Hegel,[1] and attempts to show that "Hegel's basic concepts are hostile to the tendencies that have led into Fascist theory and practice."[2] Marcuse criticizes the thesis, propounded by Leonard Trelawny Hobhouse in The Metaphysical Theory of the State (1918), that Hegel provided an ideological preparation for German authoritarianism,[3] making the case that Hegel was a revolutionary.[4] Marcuse also discusses the philosophical basis of Marx's thought,[5] and provides an account of Marx's notion of labour.[6] In an appendix to the 1960 edition, Marcuse states that the "only major recent development in the interpretation of Hegel's philosophy is the postwar revival of Hegel studies in France." Marcuse credits the new French interpretation with showing clearly the "inner connection between the idealistic and materialistic dialectic". He provides a list of key works, including Alexandre Kojève's Introduction to the Reading of Hegel (1947).[7]
The psychoanalyst Erich Fromm, writing in Marx's Concept of Man (1961), praised Reason and Revolution, calling it "brilliant and penetrating" and "the most important work which has opened up an understanding of Marx's humanism".[5] The historian Peter Gay described the book as one of the most important discussions of alienation in the scholarly literature on Hegel and Marx.[8] Jean-Michel Palmier saw the work as a rejection of Marcuse's Hegel's Ontology and the Theory of Historicity (1932), an interpretation of Hegel influenced by Martin Heidegger. The philosopher Seyla Benhabib criticized Palmier in her introduction to her translation of that work.[9]
- ^ Singer, Peter (2001). Hegel: A Very Short Introduction. New York: Oxford University Press. p. 124. ISBN 0-19-280197-X.
- ^ Marcuse, Herbert (1970). Reason and Revolution. Boston: Beacon Press. p. xv. ISBN 0-8070-1557-1.
- ^ Marcuse, Herbert (1970). Reason and Revolution. Boston: Beacon Press. p. 390. ISBN 0-8070-1557-1.
- ^ Robinson, Paul (1990). The Freudian Left: Wilhelm Reich, Geza Roheim, Herbert Marcuse. Ithaca and London: Cornell University Press. p. 152. ISBN 0-8014-9716-7.
- ^ a b Fromm, Erich (1975). Marx's Concept of Man. New York: Frederick Ungar Publishing Co. pp. ix, 74. ISBN 0-8044-6161-9.
- ^ McLellan, David (1995). Karl Marx: A Biography. London: Papermac. p. 444. ISBN 0-333-63947-2.
- ^ Marcuse, Herbert (1970). Reason and Revolution. Boston: Beacon Press. p. 420. ISBN 0-8070-1557-1.
- ^ Gay, Peter (1986). The Bourgeois Experience Victoria to Freud. Volume II: The Tender Passion. New York: Oxford University Press. p. 458. ISBN 0-19-503741-3.
- ^ Benhabib, Seyla; Marcuse, Herbert (1987). Hegel's Ontology and the Theory of Historicity. Cambridge, Massachusetts: MIT Press. pp. xxxii, xl. ISBN 0-262-13221-4.
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- marxists.org - the book
- marcuse.org listing with full texts of 19 reviews and links to on-line excerpts
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Amanda's most important goal for her clients is to create a level of comfort and familiarity with the gym during their sessions so they have the ability to make fitness a lifestyle. She aims to help clients find consistent patterns of staying active and mobile to be the version of themselves they want to achieve.
Amanda found her love for fitness and started working in the industry in 2010 while she was pursuing her BA in International Affairs at GWU. She is a certified ACE trainer and USA Weightlifting Sports Performance Coach. She also holds numerous group fitness certifications ranging from Spin, PiYo, and various circuit training formats. A majority of her experience comes from working with a wide demographic, ranging from competitive olympic lifting athletes to clients post-rehab. Whether the focus is strength or mobility oriented, Amanda looks forward to providing her clients with the foundation and first steps toward their goals.


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Desperate, one day, to get my active and resistant 3-year-old dressed, I came up with this game (and other modifications). Maybe it'll help someone else –certainly we enjoy it a lot!
Me: "Hey David, time to get dressed. Here's your hat!" I say, waving his underwear in the air.
David: "That's not my hat, that's my underwear!"
Me: "No way! Look — it's got holes for your ears!"
David: "NO!" (gales of laughter)
Me: "Yes, see, it fits perfectly" (putting the underwear on my son's head)
David: "No!" (more laughter), "it's for my BOTTOM!"
Me: "Okay, okay — try it." (David starts to put it on in the right place, while I keep spouting off, and the more I play up being the know-it-all, the more he loves it) but you'll see that it doesn't fit. SEE, it doesn't fit. Brother! Imagine thinking that a hat is underwear. Oh…oh dear. (It's starting to be obvious that he was right)…Oh…Oh my…but if that is underwear, what's this?" (Said while holding up the shirt.)
David: "My SHIRT!"
Me: "No way! It's for wearing on your legs."
David: "It's not for your legs, it's for your arms."
Me: "My arms…but it doesn't fit my arms!" I say while attempting to wear his shirt. And on we go (having a former career as a clown has paid off!).
These games are fun for us both, and they get the job done!
— A mother in Winnipeg, Canada


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Hello All,
This Saturday is the Jodo taste tester (13th May) at the MEAC starting at 1400 hrs (2:00 pm) and ending at 1600 hrs (4:00 pm).
I will be at the MEAC early, and I would like to invite all BBRD sword arts practitioners to come to the MEAC at around 1100 hrs (11:00 am) and join me for an informal kenjutsu session/workshop where participants in all forms of sword styles practised in the BBRD can experience the other arts' swordsmanship. This would continue until 1300 hrs (1:00 pm) where we would break for lunch (BYO) and then feel free to participate in the Jodo taste tester.
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Travel gifts from Paris!
I love bringing back goodies from my travels to share with people. And the next best thing when I can't go exploring is when other people bring back goodies for me! My parents have just returned from a long weekend in Paris to celebrate my dad's 60th birthday. It was…View Post


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Hip hop icons Tupac and Snoop Dogg star in new Rapper Trumps game
Who is the king of bling? Whose lyrical ability trumps the rest? Which rapper conquers when it comes to criminality?
Just a few of the questions that you'll be able to answer via Rapper Trumps, a new spin on Top Trumps featuring Nineties rap royalty.
Developed by 'three friends who argue about Hip Hop in the pub on a regular basis', Rapper Trumps boasts the likes of Biggie Smalls, Vanilla Ice, Lil' Kim and Tupac, hip hop fans can go head to head across categories spanning Bling, Criminality, Impact and Lyrical Ability.
Rapper Trumps is available at Rappertrumps.com.


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As I was around Central London the other day I thought I would pop down to Dark Sphere...
I wanted to pick up a GW skirmish case as carting all my Warmachine minis in one box is getting a bit heavy.
As I looked at the masses of models on the walls I saw out of the corner of my eye the mythical Grolar!
This warjack is in the new plastic sprue and I can tell you they look fantastic.
Apon opening the box you get the stat cards and base etc but also a new edition of instructions to make the main body and then the parts to make either a Kodiak or Grolar.
As I started to clip the parts out I can tell this is a softer plastic then then say GW use but it's a lot nicer and easier to shave off bits of from the spru with minimal mould lines. I used super glue to build this which worked great and activated fairly quickly.
I wanted to get the best use out of this kit and started to magnetise the arms at the elbow joints so I can get both jacks.
|That"s a big hammer and gun!
I need to snip the ball joint connecting to the hand which was fairly easy compared to the juggernaut kit from the 2 player starter set.
|Ready for war!
|Ready for war!
I must say if PP are going forward with using this plastic for all there jacks and colossal's it's going to make it a lot faster to get models on the table. Gone will be the days of pining metal minis and waiting ages for glue to dry... lets hope to see more of these plastic kits soon!


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By John Forester | March 12, 2018
Check out the article from the Green Bay Press-Gazette about this weekend's school safety discussion held at Preble High School. Quotes from Green Bay Superintendent Michelle Langenfeld.
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