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In the context of the global fight against Ebola, Bolivian President Evo Morales announced today that his country will contribute one million to the UN to combat the epidemic, reported Telesur.
"This is a symbolic contribution, but one which is very important, and with it we wish to prevent the spread of the epidemic to Europe, Latin America and other nations," stated Morales during a press conference in La Paz.
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In addition, he emphasized that there are three teams equipped to prevent Ebola in La Paz, Cochabamba and Santa Cruz.
Bolivia's contribution will add to the five million dollars donated by Venezuela, to whom Evo sent a message of greetings: "I send my greetings, respect, and admiration to the Venezuelan government, for their contribution of five million dollars to control Ebola," he expressed.
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APU Nordic Ski Center ends the 2020-2021 World Cup Season
The 2020/2021 World Cup has officially come to an end! APU Nordic's Rosie Brennan finished 12th with APU teammate Hailey Swirbul finishing 53rd in the women's 30k. APU Nordic Men finished out the year in the 50k with Scott Patterson and David Norris next to each other in 25th and 26th place and Hunter Wonders matching Hailey's finish at 53rd. (Read: US Ski & Snowboard World Cup recap)
Rosie Brennan competes in the Women's 10K at the World Championships on March 2, 2021
APU teammates Scott Patterson and David Norris after the Men's 15k at the World Championships. Patterson placed 10th and Norris 16th.
The final World Cup race followed the World Championships in Oberstdorf, Germany where one of our APU Skiers, Scott Patterson, had one of the best finishes of his career placing 10th in the 50K (with APU Nordic men David Norris in16th and Hunter Wonders in 37th), while another skied her last race ever. Sadie Bjornsen capped her 15-year career finishing 15th in the women's 30K freestyle event. (Read: Bjornsen finishes career with top-15 World Championships result)
Just days before, Sadie and her relay team (APU Nordic teammates Hailey Swirbul and Rosie Brennan and U.S. Ski teammate, Jessie Diggins) missed a podium finish by just eight-tenths of a second! There was much to celebrate after 2 long weeks of prep and races, and we were happy the athletes enjoyed the races in a fun and Covid-safe environment over in Europe. (Read: World Championship relay recap)
The end of the season was capped with a historic moment for U.S. Skiing with Jessie Diggins winning the FIS World Cup Overall Crystal Globe and the World Cup distance discipline Crystal Globe. Just making it to the finish line for all skiers was a victory in and of itself following a chaotic season completed in the shadow of a worldwide pandemic. Five World Cup events were canceled this season during the pandemic, while others were rescheduled.
Relay teammates Hailey Swirbul and Sadie Maubet Bjornsen at the World Championships in Germany.
"A real highlight for me is that our women's team finished second in the nation's cup!" Rosie said. "That shows the depth we are building and momentum we have behind us right now, not to mention the resiliency we all showed navigating one of the more stressful and uncertain seasons I have ever experienced…"Brennan finished 12th to wrap up her most successful season ever, finishing fourth in the overall World Cup standings and fourth in the distance standings. "Last year, I was 15th (overall) and that was my best ranking to date, so to have moved up to fourth is a massive improvement and shows some of the big steps I made this season," Brennan said. "It's incredibly challenging to put together a perfect season when you pack your bag in November and live out of a suitcase for four to five months…I am inspired to keep trying to put together good races throughout the whole season."
Sadie Maubet Bjornsen competes in the Women's 10K at the World Championships on March 2, 2021.
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The EC's executive arm said in its 2030 climate and energy framework yesterday that it wouldn't set new thresholds on the carbon intensity of fuels used in transport from the start of the next decade.
Environmental groups said the EC's proposal to drop a law curbing the carbon intensity of transport fuels would enable oil and products from tar sands to be brought to Europe, particularly if new pipelines are approved.
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The EU's existing Fuel Quality Directive aims to reduce the carbon intensity of Europe's transport fuel by 6% by 2020.
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Canada's tar sands, branded as 'carbon bomb' by environmentalists, could supply up to 7% of the EU's fuel stock from the beginning of the next decade, the NRDC said.
US President Barrack Obama hasn't yet decided whether to approve the northern branch of the hugely controversial Keystone XL pipeline, which would enable tar sands crude to be refined and from the Gulf Coast to export markets in Europe.
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The EC's 2030 proposals yesterday also recommended that the EU drop the 10% target for renewables in transport that currently applies until 2020, a decision broadly welcomed by green groups.
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Berkshire Hills First Quarter Earnings Release and Conference Call Dates
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BOSTON, April 1, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Berkshire Hills Bancorp, Inc. (NYSE: BHLB) will issue its first quarter earnings release after the market closes on Wednesday, April 28, 2021.
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Berkshire will also conduct a conference call/webcast at 10:00 a.m. eastern time on Thursday, April 29, 2021 to discuss the results for the quarter and provide guidance about expected future results.
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Berkshire Hills Bancorp is the parent of Berkshire Bank, a community bank committed to purpose driven performance based on its Be FIRST corporate responsibility culture. Headquartered in Boston, Berkshire operates 121 banking offices in seven Northeastern states, with approximately $12.8 billion in assets.
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Email: KAConn2@berkshirebank.com
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The new Medium Homepage
Personally, I dig the new Homepage. I like the fact that it shows me how many articles I've yet to read from my favourite authors (Galit Birk, PhD, I'm sorry, I have some catching up to do!) The new Homepage seems like it's tailored to the reader-writer connection, which can only be a good thing.
As far as the new logo goes, it's yet to grow on me. If you're looking for more insight into the rationale behind the branding changes, this article by Medium's VP of Marketing Karene Tropen is a good place to start:
A more expressive Medium — starting with Medium
An introduction to our evolved brand identity
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And while the Homepage and logo are significant changes, the most significant change is the one that's been made to our profile pages, as shown below:
Screenshot of author's profile
As you can see, the new layout displays the first hundred or so words of a story to a reader, before they've even clicked on the story.
For longer articles, this will unlikely cause much of an issue. But what about writers who write poetry or Haikus? For them, entire pieces will be on display with no clicks required from readers, potentially impacting reading time and earnings from their stories.
To combat this, we should try to make it as easy as possible for readers to find the content they want. This is why I am recommending that all writers on Medium spend time creating the following two sections of their profile:
An 'About Me' Section
Other than a 160-character length bio, Medium has never really provided the tools to allow readers to get to know the writers they follow. Sure, a writer's personality will shine through if you read enough of their work, but what if you'd like to know a little more about them?
With articles now being automatically displayed, why not have an 'About Me' article pinned at the top of your profile?
My 'About Me' provides a bit of an insight to who I am and what I tend to write about, as well as what publications you can find me in. Further down, I provide a few recommendations of my most popular articles.
It doesn't have to be a novel, it only needs to give readers a taste of who you are as a person and a writer. Credit for this idea goes to Casey Botticello, who is the first writer I've seen on Medium with an 'About Me' section.
Now you've given readers a taste of who you are, it's time to help them find what they want to read:
A Table Of Contents
Credit to Aimée Gramblin for this one — she recommends writing a table of contents, and I firmly agree.
I started out by listing all of the categories I've written about:
Then I provide a link to each article underneath its category heading, listed alphabetically for ease of navigation. For example:
This way, if someone wants to read my content on 'Parenting,' they can simply scroll down to the relevant section, and the link will take them to the article they want to read. Alternatively, using the 'Find' function (Ctrl-F) allows readers to search for a category, and a single click of the mouse will take them straight there.
This will make it easier for readers to find the content they want, but it also means that older content will have as much chance at being read as the new. I believe this will provide a better reading experience for my readers.
To clarify, the 'About Me' and Table of Contents on my profile are both published articles which I have pinned to the top of a page. To do this, click on the ellipsis at the bottom of a story and click 'Pin story.' You can pin a maximum of three stories to the top of your page. The newest pin you make will be at the top of the page, so remember this when making multiple pins.
Screenshot from author's profile
Writing on Medium can be a turbulent experience, and it's changed drastically in the short time I've been here. You have to roll with the changes, and if you want to be successful, you have to give your readers the best reading experience you can by making these changes work for you, not against you.
Jon Peters is a freelance writer who lives in Cornwall, UK with his wife and two children. When not writing you'll probably find him with his head in a book. If you enjoyed this piece, you can get to my profile super quickly by clicking here. Happy reading.
Thanks to Edie Tuck.
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In 1866 Otis Churchill, Willard Rider and Oscar Fowler were hired by a group of potential settlers in Milwaukee to explore the Rock Elm area of Pierce County for possible settlement. Upon their return, Willard Rider went to Dodge County to Charles A. Hawn and David L. White, who ran a sawmill there and persuaded them to move their mill to Pierce County with the promise of 25 families from Milwaukee settling there. A horse tramway to Maiden Rock, a shipyard to build boats and barges to ship lumber down river from there were all promised.
The plan was approved of by Hawn and White and they relocated along with S. J. Fox to Rock Elm. Mr. Fox opened a store, Hawn and White shipped their mill to La Crosse by railway, then by boat to Maiden Rock and lastly by ox team to Rock Elm and in six weeks they were sawing lumber.
The only one of the promised 25 settlers to arrive was the family of Otis Churchill. Other early settlers included William Craig and family in 1865, the James C. Miles family in 1863 and William H. Miles in 1865. The James Collett and Alexander family arrived in 1863 as well.
Hawn and his sons, Ed, Jay and Cassius continued to run the mill for many years and also dabbled in land speculation, buying property in Rock Elm and adjoining townships. In partnership with George H. Nichols, they were successful in finding some gold and diamonds in the area, but not enough to mine. Mr. Hawn was prominent in local politics and later was elected assemblyman from Pierce County.
The regular town board meetings are held on the second Tuesday of each month at 8:00 PM at the town hall. There is a portion of this meeting set aside for public input. If you wish to have an item put on the agenda please call the Town Clerk. Notices for the meetings are published in the Shopper, and will also be posted on this website.
The Annual Town meeting is held every Spring on the third Tuesday in April. At the town meeting the voting residents of the Town of Rock Elm can inspect the Financial Report of the previous year and raise concerns regarding the town.
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The Iron Druid Chronicles is a series of urban fantasy novels, novellas, novelettes and short stories, written by Kevin Hearne and published by Del Rey Books. All the books, including short stories, have recorded as audiobooks narrated by Luke Daniels (for the US) and Christopher Ragland (for the UK market.)

Synopsis
The series is set in our world—the first two books are set in Tempe, Arizona—where supernatural creatures exist. These include witches, vampires, werewolves, demons, elementals, as well as various deities from many mythologies. The entire series is told in the first-person point of view. In the beginning, the narrative is described exclusively by ancient druid Atticus O'Sullivan (aka. Siodhachan O Suileabhain), owner of the occult bookshop Third Eye Books and Herbs, as he becomes embroiled in the day-to-day struggle of gods, goddesses, and other supernatural creatures.

Granuaile and Owen Kennedy (arch druid to Atticus) narrate later chapters after they become a larger part of the story.

Novels
 1. Hounded (May 2011)
 2. Hexed (June 2011)
 3. Hammered (July 2011)
 4. Tricked (April 2012)
 5. Trapped (November 2012)
 6. Hunted (June 2013)
 7. Shattered (June 2014) [First Hardcover Release]
 8. Staked (January 26, 2016)
 8.5 Besieged (July 11, 2017) - Nine short stories narrated by Atticus O'Sullivan (the main character), Owen Kennedy (Atticus's archdruid), Granuaile MacTiernan (Atticus's former apprentice), and Perun (the Slavic god of thunder). According to the official website, the collection is the length of a novel and should be considered 8.5 in the series. The novel was announced on Twitter in October 2016 by Owen Kennedy, the fictional character from the Iron Druid Chronicles who is Atticus's archdruid.
 9. Scourged (April 5, 2018) - Final novel in the Iron Druid series.

Short fiction
 "The Grimoire of the Lamb" (IDC, #0.4) (published May 2013) A novella that appears as its own ebook. A collector buys a rare tome from Atticus.
 "Clan Rathskeller" (IDC, #0.5) (2011) A bonus short story in the Hounded ebook. Some real gnomes serve as Santa's helpers at a shopping plaza.
 "Kaibab Unbound" (IDC, #0.6) (2011) A bonus short story in the Hounded ebook. This was later published in Two Tales of the Iron Druid Chronicles.
 "Test of Mettle" (IDC, #3.1) (2011) Available at https://kevinhearne.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/A-Test-of-Mettle.pdf on Hearne's website, and in the Hammered ebook. Granuaile works on her own desert project. This was later published in Two Tales of the Iron Druid Chronicles.
 "Eye of Horus" (IDC, #4.1), Besieged collection (2017). Atticus shares this story early on during Granuaile's training period, in between Tricked and the novella "Two Ravens and One Crow."
 "Goddess at the Crossroads" (IDC, #4.2) (2015) A novellette featured in the anthology, A Fantasy Medley 3. Also included in the Besieged collection. One night's dark encounter with the cult of Hecate serves as inspiration for Shakespeare's witches in Macbeth. Atticus shares this story during Granuaile's training period, after Tricked but before the novella "Two Ravens and One Crow."
 "Two Ravens and One Crow" (IDC, #4.5) (2012) This novella appears as its own titled ebook and in the Hunted ebook. It takes place 6 years after the events of Tricked and deals with important details between that book and Trapped.
 "The Demon Barker of Wheat Street" (IDC, #4.6) A novellette taking place a couple of weeks after the events of "Two Ravens and One Crow". It was featured in the anthology, Carniepunk (released in July 2013), and a "slightly revised and expanded version" appeared in the Besieged collection (2017). Granuaile, Atticus and Oberon go to a carnival while they wait to see her mother.
 "Gold Dust Druid" (IDC, #4.7), novelette included in the Besieged collection (2017).
 "The Chapel Perilous" (IDC #4.8) (2013) A short story published in the fantasy anthology, Unfettered, and edited by Shawn Speakman. While framed as a story being told by Atticus to his apprentice 8 years after the events of Tricked, it involves events that occurred in 6th century Wales. This was later released in First Dangle and Other Stories (2019).
 "A Prelude to War" (IDC #7.5) (Released May 2015) Featured in the anthology, Three Slices. Also featured as an appendix in the Orbit paperback of Staked (IDC #8.) The story takes place one week after the events of Shattered.  Atticus seeks out a tyromancer, while Granuaile reevaluates her weapons.
 "The Bogeyman of Boora Bog" (IDC #8.1), in the Besieged collection. Narrated by Archdruid Owen Kennedy.
 "Cuddle Dungeon" (IDC #8.2), in the Besieged collection (2017). Narrated by Perun.
 "Oberon's Meaty Mysteries: The Purloined Poodle" (IDC #8.5) (Released September 2016) A story where Oberon solves a mystery with the help of Atticus.
 "Blood Pudding" (IDC #8.6), in the Besieged collection (2017). A Granuaile novellette.
 "Haunted Devils" (IDC #8.7), in the Besieged collection (2017). Narrated by Owen.
 "Oberon's Meaty Mysteries: The Squirrel on the Train" (IDC #8.8)  (Released November 2017) A second story where Oberon solves a mystery with the help of Atticus.
 "The Naughtiest Cherub" (IDC #8.9), in First Dangle and Other Stories (2019). Narrated by Loki.
 "The End of Idylls" (IDC #8.9), in the Besieged collection (2017). "The events of this story, narrated by Atticus, take place immediately before the events of Scourged," (IDC #9).
 "Oberon's Meaty Mysteries: The Buzz Kill" (IDC #9.2) in the collection Death & Honey (2019). Oberon, Atticus, and Starbuck try to win a bet and solve a murder.
 "The Waters" (IDC #9.?), in First Dangle and Other Stories (2019). Narrated by Granuaile.
 "First Dangle" (IDC #9.?), in First Dangle and Other Stories (2019). An Owen and Slomo adventure.

Reception
Literary reception for the series has been mostly positive with Publishers Weekly covering the first three books in the series.

References

Urban fantasy novels
Fantasy novel series
Del Rey books
Druidry in fiction
Book series introduced in 2011
Novels based on myths and legends

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using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using XenAdmin.Network;
using XenAdmin.Core;
using XenAPI;

namespace XenAdmin.Actions
{
    public class SrIntroduceAction : AsyncAction
    {
        private static readonly log4net.ILog log = log4net.LogManager.GetLogger(System.Reflection.MethodBase.GetCurrentMethod().DeclaringType);

        private readonly string _srUuid;
        private readonly string _srName;
        private readonly string _srDescription;
        private readonly string _srContentType;
        private readonly bool _srIsShared;
        private readonly SR.SRTypes _srType;
        private readonly Dictionary<string, string> _dconf;

        public SrIntroduceAction(IXenConnection connection,
            String srUuid, String srName, String srDescription, SR.SRTypes srType,
            String srContentType, Dictionary<String, String> dconf)
            : base(connection, string.Format(Messages.ACTION_SR_ATTACHING_TITLE, srName, Helpers.GetName(connection)))
        {
            _srUuid = srUuid;
            _srName = srName;
            _srDescription = srDescription;
            _srContentType = srContentType;
            _srType = srType;
            _srIsShared = true;  // used to depend on restrict_pool_attached_storage flag: now always true, but left in in case we want to create local SRs one day
            _dconf = dconf;
        }

        protected override void Run()
        {
            log.Debug("Running SR.Introduce");
            log.DebugFormat("SR uuid='{0}'", _srUuid);
            log.DebugFormat("name='{0}'", _srName);
            log.DebugFormat("description='{0}'", _srDescription);
            log.DebugFormat("type='{0}'", _srType);
            log.DebugFormat("content type='{0}'", _srContentType);
            log.DebugFormat("is shared='{0}'", _srIsShared);

            Description = Messages.ACTION_SR_ATTACHING;
            // If SR is already attached, forget it (it may be in a broken invisible state with no PBDs)
            try
            {
                log.Debug("Performing preemptive SR.forget()");
                RelatedTask = XenAPI.SR.async_forget(this.Session, XenAPI.SR.get_by_uuid(this.Session,
                    _srUuid).opaque_ref);
                PollToCompletion(0, 5);
            }
            catch (Failure)
            {
                // Allow failure
            }

            // Introduce the existing SR
            RelatedTask = XenAPI.SR.async_introduce(this.Session, _srUuid, _srName,
                _srDescription, _srType.ToString(), _srContentType,
                _srIsShared, new Dictionary<string, string>());
            PollToCompletion(5, 10);

            // cache result, in order to reassign it later
            string introducedSr = Result;

            // Now repair the SR with new PBDs for each host in the pool
            XenAPI.PBD pbdTemplate = new PBD();
            pbdTemplate.currently_attached = false;
            pbdTemplate.device_config = _dconf;
            pbdTemplate.SR = new XenRef<SR>(Result);
            int delta = 90 / Connection.Cache.HostCount / 2;
            foreach (Host host in Connection.Cache.Hosts)
            {
                // Create the PBD
                log.DebugFormat("Creating PBD for host {0}", host.Name());
                this.Description = string.Format(Messages.ACTION_SR_REPAIR_CREATE_PBD, Helpers.GetName(host));
                pbdTemplate.host = new XenRef<Host>(host.opaque_ref);
                RelatedTask = PBD.async_create(this.Session, pbdTemplate);
                PollToCompletion(PercentComplete, PercentComplete + delta);
                XenRef<PBD> pbdRef = new XenRef<PBD>(this.Result);

                // Now plug the PBD
                log.DebugFormat("Plugging PBD for host {0}", host.Name());
                this.Description = string.Format(Messages.ACTION_SR_REPAIR_PLUGGING_PBD, Helpers.GetName(host));
                RelatedTask = XenAPI.PBD.async_plug(this.Session, pbdRef);
                PollToCompletion(PercentComplete, PercentComplete + delta);
            }

            // reassign result
            Result = introducedSr;

            if (isFirstSharedNonISOSR())
            {
                SR new_sr = Connection.WaitForCache(new XenRef<SR>(Result), GetCancelling);
                if (Cancelling)
                    throw new CancelledException();
                if (new_sr == null)
                    throw new Failure(Failure.HANDLE_INVALID, "SR", Result);

                // Set this SR to be the default
                new SrAction(SrActionKind.SetAsDefault, new_sr).RunExternal(Session);
            }

            Description = Messages.ACTION_SR_ATTACH_SUCCESSFUL;
        }

        private bool isFirstSharedNonISOSR()
        {
            if (_srType == XenAPI.SR.SRTypes.iso || !_srIsShared)
                return false;
            foreach (SR sr in Connection.Cache.SRs)
            {
                if (sr.opaque_ref != Result &&
                    sr.GetSRType(false) != XenAPI.SR.SRTypes.iso &&
                    sr.shared)
                    return false;
            }
            return true;
        }
    }
}

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Carrot Cake Mommy??? What the ?
This was the first of his three, yes three, birthday celebrations. #2 was lunch at Chick-Fil-A so he and the other kids could play on the playground and #3 was with his father and other set of grandparents. Not a bad way to ring in the next year!
The big 1 year old is not yet walking but crawling with lightening speed. He's beginning to talk and is at the stage where a word will be a big hit one day and out of circulation the next. To date he has six teeth. R. is still nursing, having made it through the entire year without a bottle ... no small feat given the issues of shared parenting and the need for time with both parents, but we were able to work out a plan that made this possible. R. eats like a stinking pig (yes, we tell him that) but remains skinny ... why I can't be blessed with that metabolism is beyond me! R. loves his brothers and sisters and lights up whenever he sees them ... and they all love him and are just wonderful with him ... I couldn't feel more blessed. Right now he's quite attached to Mama, I think because of the arrival of the teeth, a growth spurt, and a little cold he picked up (I don't mind at all though ... he can love on me all he wants).


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Prince Harry's Farewell Tour of the United Kingdom Is "An Emotional Time"
As the prince takes on his final official duties as a senior royal, the "loving, loyal" Harry confronts the realities of his new life.
By Katie Nicholl
Prince Harry during a sustainable tourism summit at the Edinburgh International Conference Centre in Edinburgh.by Andrew Milligan/Getty
As he embarks on what feels very much like a farewell tour of the U.K. this week, Prince Harry has proved that while he has lost the right to use his royal title, he has lost none of his charisma.
On Wednesday, after arriving in the U.K. via a commercial flight, the Duke took a train (not a private jet) to Edinburgh to attend a summit for his new sustainable travel venture, Travalyst. Pre-empting any awkwardness over how to address him now that he is stepping down as a senior royal, he told his fellow delegates to "just call me Harry."
It was typical of the down-to-earth royal, and what makes him (still) one of the most loved and popular members of the British royal family. Dressed in a suit jacket (which might have felt more formal than what he's been accustomed to having spent recent weeks practicing yoga and hiking on Vancouver Island) he looked just like the Harry of old. There was a twinkle in his eye and more than a hint of royal about him. His entourage had booked an entire carriage on the train and he wore his usual scowl when he was met by the waiting press pack. But when it came to meeting delegates for the sustainable travel initiative, which will form a key part of his future work, he was all smiles.
On Friday, Harry was back on duty visiting the Abbey Road Studios to meet Bon Jovi, who is recording a version of "Unbroken" for the Invictus Games at the Hague; Harry will attend the games in May.
Next week he will be joined by Meghan for the Endeavour Awards before joining senior royals, including the Queen, for the Commonwealth Day Service on March 9th the couple's last official engagement before they stand down at the end of the month.
While aides say they will be back in the U.K. regularly, Canada will be their new home as the couple embark on a transitional year working out how to become financially independent.
"It's an emotional time for him in many ways," one of the Prince's oldest friends told Vanity Fair. "I think in many ways it's bittersweet. He's always wanted to have a regular life and to get away from the spotlight, and that's what he's doing, but it basically means walking away from his family. Harry's a loving loyal guy so that will be very hard for him."
In essentially quitting the royal family (and becoming the first royals to do so since the abdication of Edward VIII), Harry and Meghan are breaking away from The Firm to forge a new way of life. According to Ken Wharfe, Princess Diana's former bodyguard who watched Harry and William grow up, the late Princess would have "applauded" Harry's decision to break the mold and do things differently.
"Diana always said you have to make your own way in this family and Harry is doing that," he said. "I think she'd applaud him for what he's doing but I think she would advise him to think very carefully about what he does next and to take some time. Harry has made the choice to go and now he has to start all over again and I suspect it's going to be a long road. He effectively has to re brand himself."
The "just call me Harry" impulse may be something he inherited from Diana. "His mother used to say 'I wish I was normal' and I would say you can do normal things but you will never be normal," Wharfe said. "It's the same for Harry."
Though the circumstances surrounding Harry's departure as a senior royal could not be more different from Diana's, there is still, Wharfe said, a "genuine sadness over what he's letting go." He continued, "I know he was immensely proud to be a part of the Royal Family and to be able to continue his mother's work. He has also always had a great respect for the Queen. Harry was a key player in the Royal Family, he was always going to be. Now he's leaving which is very sad for everyone involved."
While the Sussexes had hoped to continue representing the Queen while being financially independent, they have been told they cannot have it both ways. It has been mutually agreed that they will no longer represent the Queen on official duties at home or overseas. They are not able to use their HRH titles (although they have not been stripped of them) nor will they be able to brand themselves as "royal."
Privately, Harry has told friends that losing his title is 'a small price to pay'. Being sixth in line to the throne, (a position he retains) he will never be normal, but this is as close to normal as he can hope to be.
As the Sussexes settle into their new life on Vancouver Island the prince has been photographed buying groceries, while he and Meghan have been spotted hiking in the surrounding countryside. In recent weeks they have reportedly been spending quality time together as a family and enjoying the low-key family life Harry has always wanted.
While Harry and Meghan have lost their titles, they have been allowed to keep their U.K. home Frogmore Cottage where they will be staying while they are in the U.K.
Sources close to the couple say they are excited about the future and "looking forward" to launching their new charitable venture later in the spring. Aides say they will focus much of their time into launching a new philanthropic platform which the couple say is still a work in progress. The first thing they will need to do however, is think of a new name.
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Katie Nicholl is Vanity Fair's royal correspondent.


You. You feared that we'd come for your guns. Did we?
I. I fear that you will come for my books, my words, my thoughts. Will you?
I fear that you will stop my children's teachers teaching them about geology, geography, biology, history, literature, and the diversity of experience in this great wide world.
I fear you will authorize and command the formation of an American Stazi – citizen vigilantes empowered by law, champing at the bit to stamp out whatever you deem to be dangerous or seditious thought. When my children are taught Creationism and Abstinence at school, will your Secret Police sweep all students' households to ensure no parents are hiding copies of Origin of Species and Our Bodies, Ourselves? Will you seize my children and sweep them off to re-education camp if I help them memorize the poetry of A. E. Hausmann, or let them read Ninteen Eighty Four, or put a Dead Kennedy's disc in the CD player and talk to them about what the lyrics mean?
What books will you burn? What recordings will you erase? What classics of art, cinema, literature, dance, and architecture will you deem decadent and ripe for destruction. How beige will our world be, before you determine it is "safe" for your ideals and agendas?
I ask you: will I be required to keep my metaphors in a locked cabinet, with the safety on? Will there be a magazine size limitation on my vocabulary? Will it be per syllable or letter? Can I keep my words if I promise to use them only for sport hunting and target practice, but not for assault nor insurrection?
I ask, is it too late to order my cyanide capsule, or will you be issuing them as a matter of course?
I know that some of this is….what?….a thought experiment but I also know that it's real.
I wish I could guarantee the safety of those more vulnerable than I am. All I can guarantee is that they (you & yours) will be harmed over my corpse.


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Call it fate or call it a chance, the opportunity came knocking, when one such onlooker was none other than a Chelsea scout. Expect the news to increase daily as Chelsea look to be one of the busier clubs in the market. Being a Chelsea fan made it even sweeter as many of his close relatives and friends were doubtful of his chances to get into the Chelsea academy. Above all, the Portsmouth born attacker made a debut against Bulgaria in a 4-0 as a 67th-minute substitute in UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying match. Mason Mount achieved every Chelsea fan's dream of playing for the club when he made his debut on 11 August 2019. Mount with the UEFA European U-19 Championship trophy. Indeed, the dream came to life when he scored against Leicester City that ended the game in a 1-1 draw. Despite making two key passes, he lost possession 11 times and was unable to register any shots on target. In a similar fashion, Chelsea academy recognized Mason as a top prospect upon graduation. We would like to show you a description here but the site won't allow us. Frank #Lampard wants bring him to Stamford Bridge. In like manner, Mount got his first taste of international football as Gareth Southgate invited the Chelsea youth to train with the senior team ahead of the 2018 World Cup. Unfortunately, the England international became sidelined for two months due to a hamstring injury sustained during an FA Cup game against Accrington Stanley. Mount is often seen with Declan and their girlfriends whenever the 21-year-old has free time. 1,329 Followers, 18 Following, 100 Posts - See Instagram photos and videos from Mounty Army (@masonmountfanss) Indeed, the England international hasn't been involved in any goalscoring opportunities for Chelsea's last four fixtures. 264K likes. Mason is relatively young at just 21 years old. Perfect detail about player.Nice job for sharing. Soon enough, Mount went onto win the Vitesse Player of the Year during his one year stay at the club. Under the guidance of his childhood hero, Lampard, Mason has become an extremely potent attacker. So let's get started in this eventful journey of Mason Mount. However, a lot of Chelsea fans don't want to see Mason Mount involved in the starting lineup. 1. In this article, I am going to inform you about the fantastic journey of a six-year-old kid who realized his dream of playing for Chelsea Football Club. Chelsea first official bid is £ 50 million to #WestHam. Mason Mount achieved every Chelsea fan's dream of playing for the club when he made his debut on 11 August 2019. The #CFC board wants Declan Rice. © 2016 Chelsea News. Having joined Chelsea as a six-year-old, his debut for the senior team was 14 years in the making as he had to endure a lot of obstacles to get there. To date, it is his only goal in six appearances for the national team. Mason was born into a typically robust and strong-willed family that lived in the port city of England, Portsmouth. Denis Shapovalov is... Players indeed have various unique nicknames that define them. The England international made his first-team debut against AZ Alkmaar on 26 August 2017 as a substitute late in the game. Also, he has an older sister who is married and lives in Australia at the moment. Mason Mount Bio: Stats, Salary, Instagram, Clubs Wiki. It is due to the fact Mount's young age and after all the Brit is just in a nascent stage of his career. Mount celebrates his first goal for Chelsea. It would ultimately lead to his debut against rivals Manchester United in August of 2019. All rights reserved. Subsequently, Mount signed for the youth team of the Chelsea Football Club at the age of six in 2005. Create an account or log in to Instagram - A simple, fun & creative way to capture, edit & share photos, videos & messages with friends & family. Further, the youngster enjoys the company of his friends and family most of the time. Thereafter, Mount scored his first goal for the club in a 1-1 home draw against Utrecht in the 76th minute. Likewise, Mount's father was a semi-professional footballer who was a coach as well.
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Through my twenty- five years of experience in the art world, I've had the opportunity to represent a variety of nationally-known artists such as sculptress Lorrie Goulet, who was honored by the National Museum of Women in the Arts in Washington D.C. with a solo exhibition entitled, "Fifty Years of Making Sculpture." Her work can be found in the permanent collections of museums such as : Wichita Art Museum in Kansas, National Academy of Design in New York City and Joseph H. Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden in Washington D. C. Through these experiences, I have recognized the importance of relationships and integrity.
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Handy reference graphic – relative sizes from .223 Rem to 30mm A-10 style rounds.
Maryland doesn't seem to get the whole Texas Lone Star flag dealeo. This pic was taken this evening at the Longhorn Steakhouse in Baltimore.
Everyday, No Days Off and Guns And Ammo Blog have the video.
Mr. C has them. Also, Glock is donating a pistol. Make you plans now to join us at the Silver Legacy Hotel in Reno, NV Sept 9-12.
GunBlogger Caleb was eliminated last night in Top Shot's 5th Episode. Story here. As long as there are no true GunBloggers in the competition, Traction Control shall never speak of the show again. Sad.
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Home – where the heart is!
I don't remember the last time I sat with mum on our verandah watching as the sun said goodbye to the day, sharing the neighbourhood gossip, laughing at our own goofiness (yes, it runs in the family), pondering over the happenings of the bygone days. But today, as we did just that, I realised that I've been away for a long time and something made me want to pen down a few of my thoughts; about the days that I spent on this same verandah, in my school uniform wishing I could leave this 'boring' city for more fun and freedom. And that's exactly what I did.
Now as I stand at 26 when I'm allowed to live life on my own terms, I feel a strange tug somewhere, a yearning to just.. stay. The wind in my face, the familiar smell of agarbati from the houses nearby, the faint sound of music the wind brought from the temple down the lane and my mum's laugh made me realise one thing if not anything else.
…as they say, home is where the heart is and mine, is right here.


Recently, a German family fled their homeland for America because of persecution for choosing to home-school their children.In Germany, all children must attend public school or pay a fine.In this particular case, the children were forcibly taken to school on one occasion.
Although the right to home-school currently is protected in the U.S., the federal government has revoked its asylum grant to the German family essentially on the grounds that home-schooling is not a legitimate parental right. The family has appealed the ruling to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, which will hear oral arguments on April 23.
This is a frightening prospect. Once a government decides it has the unabated right to regulate what children are taught and who can teach it, one must seriously question whether all personal liberty is at risk.
Some parents, such as mine and the Romeike family from Germany, chose to home-school, because they felt that public school curriculum did not align with the values they wanted to encourage in their children.
At a young age, children's minds and thoughts are formed by the ideas and images that they receive from their superiors.
Perhaps some will say that parents are holding their children back or harming their future by failing to give them the traditional schooling experience. This may in fact be true, that a child misses out on certain experiences, such as food fights, at the expense of parental preference.
As a youngster, growing up a home-schooler had its perks.I never missed a Mr. Rogers episode.I could take study breaks to build Lego sets.I played basketball with my imaginary dream team instead of the bullies at recess.
Before anyone freaks out, I did receive some "formal" schooling — if by "formal" you mean a Great Books charter school, where I took Latin and Greek and read Aristotle and Aquinas.
The truth of the matter is that the education I received up until my college years would be considered atypical by most.I get the occasional, "you must be sheltered" jab, but to tell you the truth, I'm OK with that.
I'm thankful my parents chose to raise me the way they did, by instilling within me values and virtues they thought were best.My Great Books education helped shape the way I look at the world by urging me to ask the questions that shape our universe.
I'm thankful for the study habits and the love of learning I acquired as a result of my upbringing.Does this mean that those who did not receive the same upbringing do not have the same or even better habits?Not at all.
My parents saw it in my best interest to home-school me instead of sending me to the local elementary school.Has that hurt me at all?I don't feel like I missed out on too much.
Parents have the right to decide how they want to raise their child and unless parents inflict harm on the child, the state has no right to interfere with the natural rights of parenthood.
If we want to preserve the belief that liberty is an immutable right, we will refuse to allow that right to be trampled in favor of paternalistic propaganda.


Listing photographs sometimes don't come out as planned and WordPress real estate themed websites are the best format for not only displaying photos but quickly CHANGING them as well.
Let's face it, taking photographs has made a quantum leap for consumers and business people.
These days a high megapixel iPhone or smartphone in your pocket can produce crisp, colorful high-quality photographs. Those images can be presented to consumers in mere seconds. There is no film to develop. No prints to order. It's all instantaneous.
Incredible editing tools make it easy to fix even the crummiest photo in seconds. You can crop a photo, adjust the exposure, add contrast and saturate the colors.
A savvy real estate agent who takes a little bit of time to practice their photo skills and learn how to edit photos can become quite a decent photographer (of course, nothing beats a pro. Those smartphones and iPhones can only do so much and when it comes to illuminating a living room, pros still have the know-how and the lighting tools to make those photos pop).
Some agents, for whatever reason, think because they have a camera in their pocket they can just snap a quick photo without any thought to composition, clutter or clarity.
In fact, there are websites out there devoted to showing really bad real estate photos. Pictures with weird toilets, homeowners asleep in their beds, pets sprawled out in the middle of the floor and rooms that have more clutter than the local landfill.
Shooting a good photograph does take a time and effort. Sitting in a car and sticking an iPhone out of the window probably won't produce an image that grabs a buyer.
Or taking photos of homes that aren't ready to be photographed – for example, kitty litter trays in the living room, aren't going to turn on buyers either.
Most agents know how to do shoot real estate photos. They know to make those counters clean, remove all knick-knacks, open up all the windows to let in natural light.
They also know to turn off the TVs, remove the remotes from the coffee table, get those toys out of the living room, remove old rugs, get the cars out of the driveway, take the magnets off the refrigerator door, etc., etc.
That's only part of the checklist every agent should adhere to. There's more. Much more.
Which is one of the key points of using WordPress real estate themed websites as opposed to other platforms.
WordPress real estate themed websites can make the process of uploading images a whole lot easier. Web design companies such as Home Junction can set up a broker or agent with ready-to-go, easy-to-use WordPress website in a short period of time.
Loading photos – WordPress is the No. 1 content management platform in the world. It's not designed for coders and programmers. It's designed for the average person. The whole concept behind the site is to make adding content an easy task, not a week-long ordeal.
It's very easy to add photographs to a WordPress real estate themed website. You upload the photo to the Media Gallery. Add a caption. Insert some tags. Adjust the photo to the size you want. Add a link to another page. Then insert the image onto the page and hit the "Publish" button. It's now live.
Changing photographs – here's one of the unwritten truths about photography. After you shoot a bunch of photographs at the property, go back to your office and load the photographs onto your website, you realize then the photo could be better. Much better.
It might be the angle. Or it might be the lighting. Perhaps the home was well lit and then the sun snuck behind some clouds for one key image. Maybe you missed an important feature in the kitchen. Perhaps a cat snuck into the frame at the last second and his eyes are lit up like a beast from outer space.
Whatever. You know the photo could be better. You know the buyer won't be impressed. And you know the seller will not be happy.
No problem. Go back and shoot the photo over again. Come back to your office, open up the Media Gallery in your WordPress real estate themed website, delete the old photo and add the new one.
No big deal. You don't need to wait for the company IT person to load the photograph. You don't need to know HTML coding to load an image. It's simple as 1, 2, 3.
Updating photographs – the flexibility that comes with WordPress real estate themed websites is also great for adding more up-to-date and current photographs.
Perhaps, a home is listed in January when there is a foot of snow on the ground. Now its May. The snow is gone, the grass is green and the property looks more appealing. Maybe the owner upgraded the kitchen cabinets. Or perhaps it was time to stage the home with different furniture. Or, the owner finally got around to painting the living room with a fresh new look.
Shoot the photo and quickly update the listing on your WordPress real estate website.
Increase the number of photographs – the great thing about iPhones, smartphones and digital cameras today is that the number of photos you can take is almost limitless (although it is amazing how you can have accumulate 5,000 photographs on your phone in no time).
Nevertheless, it's certainly better than shooting a roll of 35mm Kodak film that is limited to just 24 photos.
However, consumers also know this is the age of digital photography. They expect to see numerous photographs of a property, not just the front, back, living room, kitchen, and bathrooms. They want to see multiple angles of the front, back, and side yards. They want to see dozens of photographs of the interior.
With WordPress real estate themed websites, this chore is much easier. In fact, there are many plugins available for WordPress that provide off-the-shelf photo galleries that display those images in a big, bright format that is easy to browse.
Studies show that more than 60% of consumers report they just study the photographs for a listing and pretty much totally ignore the text.
In other words, those photographs are your sales tools. They will sell the home. They will make the owner happy as well.
Are you getting the big picture here? WordPress real estate themed websites are the best in the business for changing and updating photographs and providing formats that make those listings pop with beautiful images.


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BOONE—The Appalachian State University community will celebrate 2015 homecoming with old and new traditions, including the homecoming blood drive, parade and APPtoberfest. The Mountaineer football team will take on the University of Wyoming Cowboys in Kidd Brewer Stadium at 3:30 p.m. on Oct. 3.
Pre-homecoming events start with the 9th Annual Homecoming Blood Drive Sept. 23. Students, faculty and staff must register to donate or volunteer online through homecoming.appstate.edu. In previous years, the homecoming blood drive has collected more blood in a single day than anywhere else in North Carolina.
The homecoming kick-off, sponsored by the Appalachian Alumni Association, will be Sept. 28 on Sanford Mall from 11:30 a.m. to 2 p.m.
The Appalachian Alumni Association will hold its annual Alumni Awards Ceremony in the Schaefer Center for the Performing Arts from 7-10 p.m. The alumni association will recognize Young Alumna Award winner Laura Aiken '98 '00, Outstanding Service Award winner Reba Moretz '52 '53, and Distinguished Alumnus Award winner Nelson Dollar '83 '85. The event will include heavy hors d'oeuvres, beer and wine. The event requires an R.S.V.P and cocktail attire is suggested.
Lip Sync finals will be held in Holmes Convocation Center from 8-10 p.m. The top performers from student clubs and organizations, residence halls, fraternities and sororities will compete to win best performance in this homecoming tradition. The event is free and open to the community.
Students, alumni and the public are invited to Appalachian's Commemoration of Integration ceremony to remember the first African-American students who enrolled more than 50 years ago and the accomplishments of African-American alumni. Dr. Harry Williams '86 '88 '95, president of Delaware State University, will be the keynote speaker and artist Darrick Claiborne '95 will present a commemorative painting to honor the history of integration at Appalachian. The event will be held in the Holmes Convocation Center at 12:30 p.m. and is free to all.
Appalachian's field hockey team will play Wake Forest University 5-7 p.m. at the Appalachian Field Hockey Stadium.
The Homecoming Parade, originally scheduled for 5:45 p.m., has been canceled due to potentially severe weather.
A new event, APPtoberfest featuring local food trucks and an Alumni Beer Garden, will be hosted by the Alumni Association beginning at 6:30 p.m. inside Holmes Convocation Center. It will be followed by Spirit Under the Stars at 8:30 p.m., also inside Holmes Convocation Center due to inclement weather. All ages are welcome, but a valid ID confirming age of 21 or older is required for beverage service. Drink packages are available for purchase in advance or at the door. For more information, visit http://homecoming.appstate.edu/apptober-fest.
Spirit Under the Stars continues until 11:30 p.m. with live music provided by the Bantum Rooster Band and the homecoming pep rally.
The night will end with the Gospel Choir Midnight Musical from midnight until 2 a.m. in Rosen Auditorium of the Broyhill Music Center. The concert features Minneapolis-based vocalist Patricia Lacey-Aiken accompanied by the ASU Gospel Choir and the Cornerstone Summit Praise team. The concert is free and open to the public.
Appalachian alumni, friends and family are invited to the Alumni Homecoming Breakfast from 9:30-11 a.m. in the McKinney Alumni Center.
The Mountaineers will play their homecoming game against University of Wyoming Cowboys at Kidd Brewer Stadium at 3:30 p.m. The homecoming king and queen will be announced during the halftime show.
Alumni are invited to stop by the Alumni Tailgate Headquarters, which will be located in Varsity Gym given Saturday's forecast for inclement weather, for give-a-ways and alumni merchandise for purchase from 11:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Barbecue will be served for $10. A special reunion area will be set up for dining, where alumni can connect and dine at tables marked by decade.
For more information and details, visit http://homecoming.appstate.edu.


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Discussion in 'Warbirds International' started by Ziomek, Apr 2, 2011.
Ziomek Well-Known Member
I think when this game releases, it will be final goodbye from me to our beloved freehost, had many good times with you , S!
— Huge universe
Detailed and huge locations reproducing the real state of the countries participated in World War II. Satellite imagery has been used as well as maps of 1930th-1940th years to adjust them to the historical authentic state.
-Hundreds of planes in one game
More than 100 models of planes, participated in air battles of war with hundreds of planes in each combat. The player can choose the side and upgrade or buy new planes for Germany (from early Bf-109 till early jets), USSR (including jet BI-1), RAF (from Spitfires to Gloster Meteor), Japan and USA.
— Detailed damage model
Unique technology allowing to visualize absolutely all possible damages that could be done to a plane, including even a scratch in any place; even angle of hit of each bullet is taking into account as well as all and consequences that could be caused by this bullet.
— Unique Career mode
Global career mode allowing player to choose one of sides and if lucky to bring victory to this side. All of your experience and all your planes could be upgraded and improved. Starting from the scratch you can become an Ace.
— Real as life!
For real hardcore simmers there will be a way to tune and fix your plane's engine with a «screwdriver». Now it is even more realistic than in a real life where there were technicians for that.
— Best pilot?
Combat is always going on, in a real time on a huge area of Eastern, Western, Pacific, and Mediterranean theatres of war. And the situation on the battlefield will be affected only by players. Countries can be defeated if all infrastructure and all ground armies will be destroyed. Pilots of victorious countries will get new ranks, and war will re-start again. It's expected that average duration of each war will be about 3 months.
Gaijin Entertainment, highly acclaimed flight sim developer, is happy to announce new massive online game – World of Planes. World of Planes is a brand new, massive online game focused on flight simulation in the World War II era.
«We kept this in secret for very long, and now we can finally reveal World of Planes! We have been working on it since 2009, and our experience with «IL-2 Sturmovik: Birds of Prey», «Wings of Prey» and «Apache: Air Assault» helps us to make really global online simulation game. All our experience and all our resources were involved in this new game. I'm sure that this game will take a worthy place in the hearts of gamers." — says Kirill Yudintsev, Chief Creative Officer of Gaijin Entertainment.
Despite really new generation of much improved technology, the project will be also optimized for the average gaming computer: «It's very important for us to keep the game playable comfortable by everybody because it's online game. In the same time we are supporting all modern technologies and utilize power of modern PCs too» — says Kirill Yudintsev.
Another key feature is the realism. In contrast to «Wings of Prey» where was 'Arcade' mode «World of Planes» will have no concessions for an inexperienced player. The developers promise the most realistic game that could impress even experienced virtual pilot.However, it is expected that the game will be suitable even for beginners, but how it will be achieved is a secret yet.
http://gaijinent.com/en/games/world_of_planes/
Ziomek, Apr 2, 2011
-exec- FH Consultant
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imageshack is garbage and shit storage. oops. not a storage at all. just shit and garbage
-exec-, Apr 2, 2011
joseh- Well-Known Member
Seems like an arcade....
I'm having the same feeling when Ubisoft launched Blazing Angels II....
joseh-, Apr 2, 2011
joseh- said: ↑
They write something different.....
The developers promise the most realistic game that could impress even experienced virtual pilot
Red Ant Well-Known Member
Well, color me skeptical, but hey let's just wait and see.
Red Ant, Apr 2, 2011
-ALW- Well-Known Member
Minot, North Dakota, USA
Should be an interesting game to try. We'll see if the realism matches the eye candy.
-ALW-, Apr 2, 2011
Your link doesn't work now. They took it off the website as well.
http://gaijinent.com/en/404
Nice April 1 joke
looseleaf Well-Known Member
http://gaijinent.com/en
Time will tell.... let's hope it's not another Microsoft Lucasfilm disaster.
I wonder if it works on Vista ..........
looseleaf, Apr 2, 2011
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Nice April 1 joke [2]
In the link LL posted above, I can't even find the game on the list....
mumble Well-Known Member
in a bar
http://www.qj.net/mmorpg/news/world-of-planes-announced.html
And they say it's a late 1 Apr joke.
mumble, Apr 10, 2011
Zembla JG13 FH Beta Tester
They say it's an April's Fool's joke... but they also say: "Don't be upset, the real announcement of our new game will get you even more excited."
So I'm curious.
Zembla JG13, Apr 17, 2011
Not a joke afterall !
http://www.worldofplanesgame.com/en/news/
Ziomek, Jun 18, 2011
Nice photos.
But I still don't believe in it.
joseh-, Jul 4, 2011
I'll need a MAJOR upgrade....no, new computer for that one. Will be cool if it actually happens. I'll be signed up as a beta tester. I wonder if the tanks they illustrate are part of the combat. Would be interesting.
-ALW-, Jul 4, 2011
SSTSPb Well-Known Member
SSTSPb, Oct 11, 2011
So, what is he saying?
-ALW-, Oct 12, 2011
hezey Well-Known Member
He was saying he needs coiffure....
hezey, Oct 12, 2011
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Small savings schemes are designed to provide safe & attractive investment options to the public and at the same time to mobilise resources for development.


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Thanks for everyone's patience while I reviewed the Picture Book Premise entries. There were some wonderful ideas and I had a difficult time choosing my favorite. In the end, it boiled down to my gut reaction.
And thus, I got a feeling of what it's like to be an editor, inundated with multiple pitches, trying to decide which stories sounded the most appealing.
Most of my regular blog friends know that I'm a quirky, humorous writer, so it will surprise you to know the winning premise was NOT quirky or funny! (Hey, it surprised me, too!) I now understand why agents and writers don't typically tell aspiring authors what they're looking for. Instead they say, "I'll know it when I see it." If I advertised that I only wanted laugh-out-loud premises, I would have missed out on some unique ideas.
Before I tell you the winner (I know, I'm like an awards show cutting to commercial), I'd like to give everyone a few tips on how to write their premises.
Your premise is your pitch. If you have to write a query letter, it's the whiz-bang-pow paragraph that gets the editor begging to see more. It's also your 60-second elevator pitch. When you meet an editor or agent and they ask, "What do you write?", it's your chance to dazzle them and entice them to request the manuscript.
"Eldon Hog is fed up with mud-swallowing and slop-gobbling. He and his friend, Petunia, watch the royal carriage pass by every morning, and Eldon dreams of becoming a princely passenger.
Now, that may be a tad big longish for jacket copy, but see how it ends in a question that begs for an answer? You're left hanging until you open that book and read on.
Not everyone sent a premise that sounded like jacket copy. Some only gave me one sentence, which wasn't enough to understand what the entire story was about. I couldn't envision the character or their predicament fully.
Others wrote a little too much detail. Remember you're pitching a picture book, so if your premise is wordy, an editor may assume that your manuscript is full of unnecessary words. Trim down your pitch; trim down your story's word count.
And now onto the winners!
First, the person who referred the most people to my blog was MONA PEASE! You have won a picture book critique, redeemable at any time, as long as I'm still alive! LOL!
Next, I'll tell you a little about the premise I choose without giving away the farm. Actually, the two top finalists were what you would call "multicultural" stories. They both struck me as very unique, although the winner's premise is based on an actual event with a Latin-American folklore feel. Without further ado, the winner of the critique is VALARIE GIOGAS for THE RAIN OF FISH!
Mona and Valarie, please email me at tarawrites dot yahoo dot you-know-the-rest to discuss the details of your prizes.
This is exciting. I won a critique from Tara Lazar. And what's doubly exciting, is that my friend Val is right there with me.
Thank you thank you Tara Lazar!!!!
Congratulations Mona and Valarie. You will receive such a wonderful critique. I am happy for you.
Thanks so much for offering this contest, Tara.
How do we see which 7 you "starred"?
Tara, thanks for running the contest and giving me a reason to tighten up my craziest concept.
Looks like I counted wrong! I starred 9 premises! The 8 semi-finalists, in no particular order, were: Penny Klosterman, Maria Ashworth, Sandy Brehl, Jim Hill, Olga Loya, Erin Shakespeare and Susan Parker.
And congratulations to the winners!
More excitement for me..not only is Val my crit partner and friend, so are two others of the starred authors…I just hang out with the write people!!! Thank heavens for cyber friends. Congratulations to all.
Tell me more about your skating. I used to be a competitive skater. I wonder if we crossed paths. Email me (if you still have it from the contest) so we can chat about this (or when I email you).
Tara, is there any way of getting feedback on our premise? I would love to know where I need to revise.
HUGE congratulations to Mona and Valarie – please do let me know if you have any oepnings in your fabulous critique group!!