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Changeable Hawk-Eagle (Nisaetus cirrhatus) bitten by Paradise Tree Snake (Chrysopelea paradisi) in a life and death duel part 1
by BESG | posted in: birds, Feeding strategy, paradise tree snake, Snake | 0
The changeable hawk-eagle (Nisaetus cirrhatus formerly Spizaetus cirrhatus) is also known as Indian crested hawk-eagle. There are varying colour forms in different regions of the world. Some forms are crested and yet others are not crested. The taxonomy is still in flux as genetic studies have not been able to elucidate the relationship between many of the species. There are also differences in size in different regions. The diet comprises other birds, reptiles and small mammals.
The paradise tree snake (Chrysopelea paradisi) is also known as the paradise flying snake as the snake is able to glide in the trees. The snake can grow up to 1 m in length. Its venomous fangs are located at the back of its mouth. It is arboreal and hunts in the day. Small vertebrates make up most of its diet.
Ghim Pin Tan was at Pasir Ris Park on 11 September 2021 and documented a crestless, dark morph dueling a paradise tree snake. The snake aimed for the bird's the eye and thus escaped the bird's great talons. Snake got to live another day.
Changeable Hawk Eagle attacked by Paradise Tree Snake. Photo courtesy of Tan Ghim Pin
Eagle's right leg released its hold on the snake. Photo courtesy of Tan Ghim Pin
Snake slithered away to live another day. Photo courtesy of Tan Ghim Pin
Shahrul Kamal observed a changeable hawk-eagle way back in June 2021. Read Shahrul's account of the bird's activities that day.
Today I had the chance to shoot the CHE in good light after a 3 week wait. It perched near the shelter at Car Park B for approximately 15-25 mins and gave up after crows started to harass the poor CHE who is trying to have some rest.
It was 'harassed' by a fly (mynah dont quite bother) until it flew towards the pond with the crows in hot pursuit!
CHE must apply for freehold license at Pasir Ris Park tree of its choice. Crows or hornbills got no say.
13 June 2021, around 11:35 am.
*My great thanks to bro Yap Desmond who saw it flying across the Sungai fire fire** (Api Api River in Pasir Ris Park)
Fly buzzing around the eagle
A different perspective of the eagle.
A guide to The Amphibians and Reptiles of Singapore by Kelvin KP Lim and Francis LK Lim (published by Science Centre 1992)
Biodiversity of Singapore: An encyclopedia of the Natural Environment and Sustainable Development © 2011
Edited by: Peter KL Ng, Richard T. Corlett and Hugh T. W. Tan
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This post is a cooperative effort between Birds, Insects N Creatures Of Asia and BESG to bring the study of birds and their behaviour through photography and videography to a wider audience.
Changeable Hawk-eagle, failed feeding, Paradise Tree Snake
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The one beauty step she always does before leaving the house
Our exclusive chat with the Australian actress
Beauty Crew Beauty Editor / March 29 2019
From modelling for the likes of Myer. to starring in the iconic Aussie series Home & Away for several years in her role as policewoman Katarina Chapman, Pia Miller is someone who we just can't get enough of - and that's something we have in common with her 732,000 followers on Instagram. Since finishing up on Home & Away, she's landed more acting roles, and she's just finished filming for Dora the Explorer where she plays Dora's Aunt. Plus, she's unsurprisingly been named the newest Australian ambassador of Pantene, which is fitting, as she is seriously hair goals. Here, she divulges her favourite beauty products, her ultimate beauty indulgence, and how she stays sane while she balances time with her family and a busy filming schedule.
On her first encounter with beauty…
"I definitely remember when it was time to upgrade to my own 'grown up' shampoo and conditioner. It's crazy because I begged my mum to buy me Pantene and since I started using it it has just always been a staple. I think a lot of women can relate to that. I'm a firm believer in finding what works well with you and sticking to it!"
On her ultimate beauty indulgence…
"A lot of my makeup is in the mid-price range and rather inexpensive, but are absolute staples that haven't changed for many years. But I do love to splurge on treatments. Nothing's better than going to the hairdresser or getting a facial with my 'skin fairy', Vaia from Vaia Beauty in Darlinghurst. I also love using natural products on my skin and face where possible, and given that a lot of them have straight healing ingredients without any fillers, they can often be a little more on the expensive side. But I think it's worth it!"
On her go-to red carpet look…
"Overall, I definitely think I love a natural look, but probably slightly more glam for nighttime events. I'm lucky enough to have some professionals that step in to help in this department, like my go-to, Filomena Natoli. We usually go for a relatively natural look which includes a medium-coverage matte base, defined eyes, and a nude [or] pinkish lip. I love a blushed cheek and a little bit of a glow on the cheekbones, but other than that, it's pretty straightforward and simple.
When it comes to hair, after I've washed it with Pantene Micellar, I will let it dry naturally (unless I'm in a rush) and then finish it off with a little ghd bend and a comb-through for a natural wave look. I find though, the longer it's lived in, the better it seems to work."
On the makeup products she can't live without….
"I can't leave the house without my RMS "Un" Cover-Up, a brush [or] wide tooth comb for my hair, macabalm (macadamia lip balm, such as Thursday Plantation Macadamia Ultra Hydrating Lip Balm) for hydrating my lips, and adding some glow to my cheeks with a cream blush (if the occasion warrants it). Oh, and I'll never walk out the door without curling my eyelashes beforehand! It just helps me feel more put together!"
Pantene Pro-V Micellar Gentle Cleansing Water Shampoo
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Thursday Plantation Macadamia Ultra Hydrating Lip Balm
On her off-duty beauty look…
"I do try to avoid wearing makeup on days off. But sometimes - like everyone - I need a little 'pick-me-up'. So rather than wearing foundation, I'll wear a tinted moisturiser with an SPF, maybe a slight dusting of bronzer, a tap of cream blush, perhaps a slick of mascara (if I can be bothered), otherwise I'll just curl my lashes. I usually avoid any colour on my lips day-to-day so will just use my trusty maca lip balm to keep them hydrated. Oh, and a spritz of perfume does wonders - my favourite fragrance is AnOther 13 EDP by Le Labo.
On her secret to staying sane during a busy schedule of filming and attending events…
"It's a balancing act. My priority above and beyond anything are my children. No decision is made without them in mind. Between work and being a mother I try to find the in-between moments (even if that's five or 10 minutes) to take some time out for myself – it's imperative, but not always possible, so I've learnt that even 10 minutes by yourself in the car listening to a podcast or a good song is amazing. I spend every other moment I can with my kids. They are growing up so fast and with their school schedules and my work schedule it can be hard, but we'll go for a swim after school in summer or just hang out and play a board game on weekends. We are a very close-knit family, so are often down in Melbourne visiting my mum, sister and brother and all the cousins – we love that time together. It's just a matter of taking it week by week; some weeks we get more time than others hanging out, but fact of the matter is, I have a great support network and really appreciate that."
On the beauty rule she always abides by…
"Once I became a mother, I guess my priority was to simplify things or else you drive yourself crazy, and to be honest, you just don't have the time to be dilly-dallying in the bathroom when you have a baby, toddler or a teenager needing you for something. I've never had a full-on beauty routine – I just make sure it's easy, fuss-free, and I always rely on products I know will deliver the goods. Not really groundbreaking, but I think sometimes we tend to over complicate things, and reverting back to simplicity does wonders."
What's the one beauty rule that you abide by, and why? Tell us in the comments below.
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Arizona allows lawyers for death row inmates to supply lethal injection drugs
In this November 2005 file photo, Larry Greene, public information director of the Southern Ohio Correctional Facility, demonstrates how a curtain is pulled between the death chamber and witness room at the prison in Lucasville, Ohio. (AP Photo/Kiichiro Sato, File)
(AP Photo/Kiichiro Sato, File)
PHOENIX — As lethal injection drugs become more and more scarce in Arizona, the state's Department of Corrections has begun allowing attorneys for death row inmates to bring their own drugs.
The Guardian reported Wednesday that the Arizona Department of Corrections' latest protocol states that the inmate's counsel can provide pentobarbital, a sedative drug, from a "certified or licensed pharmacist, pharmacy, compound pharmacy, manufacturer, or supplier."
But if the counsel cannot provide pentobarbital, the department said they can provide the chemical sodium pentothal, an anesthetic, to continue with the lethal injections.
Lawyers, including lethal injection expert Megan McCracken, told The Guardian that the protocol is "absurd."
"A prisoner or a prisoner's lawyer simply cannot obtain these drugs legally, or legally transfer them to the department of corrections," McCracken told the publication. "So it's hard to fathom what the Arizona department was thinking in including this nonsensical provision as part of its execution protocol."
Arizona's struggle with obtaining lethal injection drugs began to surface in 2016, when it eliminated its use of the sedative midazolam as one of the drugs it relies on in carrying out executions.
State lawyers said at the time that they could not carry out executions because Arizona has no access to two other lethal-injection drugs.
Arizona tried to illegally import sodium thiopental in 2015 to use in executions, but the drugs were confiscated at Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport.
Executions in Arizona were put on hold after the July 2014 death of convicted killer Joseph Rudolph Wood, who was given 15 doses of midazolam in an execution that his lawyer said was botched.
After Wood's death, several death row inmates filed a lawsuit against Arizona and the Department of Corrections seeking to change the drugs used and the procedure employed for executions.
There are currently 119 prisoners on Arizona's death row, according to the state's Department of Corrections.


An improvement in the pumping accuracy of water feed within industrial boilers has led to Byworth Boilers standardising using an ABB variable speed drive (VSD) to enhance the efficiency of its products.
A boiler needs to provide a constant flow of feed water to its heat exchanger. At the same time, steam is often tapped o meet the demand for process steam in some applications. This causes the temperature, pressure and flow rates of water and steam to constantly change. Yet in some applications, particularly in food production, a stable water level is critical for boiler efficiency and vital for the process.
Working alongside the ABB authorised value provider, Halcyon Drives, Byworth's control system engineer, Jason Atkinson, identified the proportional integral derivative (PID) loop control as a way of stabilising the water and steam flow when built within the VSD.
PID control is a mathematical algorithm that measures a range of parameters such as water and steam temperature, flow and pressure. It then calculates the optimum speed at which the pump's motor should operate for the best boiler water flow rate to maximise the efficiency of the complete boiler system. As the demand for steam varies in the process over time, the PID controller alters the supply rate of the water entering the boiler. This ensures the boiler uses the correct amount of energy to heat the water to meet the actual steam demand of the process. By maintaining a more stable water level, the boiler is no longer filled with a mass of 'colder' water and attains a much more consistent steam supply.
The VSD and the PID controller work together by maintaining pressure behind a feed water valve based on feedback from a pressure transmitter. It also takes feedback from the boiler water level measuring instrument, typically a guided wave radar.
As one of Europe's leading manufacturers of industrial boilers, Byworth Boilers, based in Keighley, West Yorkshire, makes up to 100 boilers per year for use in breweries, distilleries, healthcare and petrochemicals.


Devens, Massachusetts was home again to the annual New England Head Start STEM Exhibition. For the last 6 years, the exhibition has gathered together Head Start educators to share their strategies for teaching science, technology, engineering and mathematics to infants, toddlers, and preschoolers.
There were 160 registered attendees who represented all six New England states in Region 1.
The 20 exhibits displayed by Head Start grantees were the most ever.
A sampling of exhibit titles includedMini MD's: Anatomy and Physiology for the Preschool Set, How Computers Work from Building to Coding, Simple Machines: Levers, Artic Animals and Gardening.
"The annual New England Head Start STEM Exhibition provides a venue for educators, supervisors and coaches to network, share STEM initiatives and listen to presentations on innovative practices that support their professional development," said Maureen McDonald, Early Childhood Specialist and exhibition manager.
The morning keynote speaker was Melissa Russell, Director, Hundred Acre School at Heritage Museum and Gardens (Sandwich, MA) and part-time faculty Bridgewater State University. Her presentation was titled, "Passion for Purposeful Mathematics Experiences: Inspiration from a STEM-Focused School".
Ms. Russell also keynoted the 2018 exhibition.
In the afternoon, representatives from Massachusetts Head Start grantees shared initiatives that support STEM in their programs. Colleen Bostwick and Suchira Channoi, teachers from Worcester Child Development Head Start, shared strategies for integration of the Engineering Design Process (EDP) in their classroom practices with preschoolers in a presentation entitled "Preschool Engineering: Reinventing the Wheel".
The second afternoon presentation was provided by Barbara Baker and Heidi Chait,1 education coaches from Action for Boston Community Development Head Start and Denise Nelson, Pam Lapoint and Carmen Fernandez from Worcester Child Development Head Start. The title of their presentation was "Coaching Corner: Strategies to Support STEM Goals".
Participants were encouraged to attend, present or exhibit at the 2019 Massachusetts STEM Summit on November 5, 2019 in Worcester, Massachusetts.


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Exclusive: Pundit makes huge claim about Dele Alli at Spurs training
2 minute read 5/12/2020 | 09:00am
In an exclusive interview with Football FanCast, former England midfielder Carlton Palmer has made a stunning claim about Tottenham Hotspur misfit Dele Alli.
The 24-year-old has been restricted to just 66 minutes in the Premier League all season and hasn't even been named in the matchday squad for eight of the ten top-flight fixtures, as per Transfermarkt.
Throughout the summer transfer window, there was speculation over his future amid links to Ligue 1 giants and Champions League finalists Paris Saint-Germain.
Will Dele Alli ever find a way back at Spurs?
Yes, 100% he will!
Yes, but not under Jose!
No, I can't see it!
No way, sell him!
It has since been reported that Spurs chairman Daniel Levy is expected to reject any advances for him next month despite Mourinho's lack of trust in the two-time Young PFA Player of the Year.
Conte had a deadline day blunder at Hotspur Way on "perfect" £40k-p/w Spurs maestro - opinion
When asked about why Alli hasn't been involved as much this season under the 'Special One,' Palmer revealed that it has been down to his application on the training pitch.
The ex-West Brom and Leeds United star told FFC:
"Now, you've got to train the way you play. If you don't train well, you're not going to play well.
"So from what I'm hearing, that's part of the problem, right?
"And then he's got to do the other side of the job in the team, the way Mourinho's teams work. They're functional teams, they've got jobs to do."
When Mourinho first took over from Mauricio Pochettino last season, the £46.8m-rated playmaker initially looked to have benefitted from the change in manager, contributing four goals and three assists in his first five matches at the helm.
Although just one start in the Premier League since June tells a completely different story.
How much did Pochettino pay for Eric Dier?
£14m
£4m
The world also witnessed the Spurs boss lambast the out-of-favour England international in front of the whole team during their Amazon docuseries 'All or Nothing,' calling him "lazy" but with a bit more colourful language.
If Alli hasn't improved his behaviour on the training pitch, then perhaps it is hardly a surprise that he's struggled for game time during the 2020/21 campaign thus far.
AND in other news, Exclusive: Pundit BACKS Harry Kane to keep up SHOCK record amid "worries"…


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Q: Variavel JS dentro da tag html dentro do Blade Laravel Preciso fazer com que o valor coletado no option, complete o action do meu form. Seria algo similar a essa ideia, mas não esta retornando o desejado.
<form class="form-horizontal" id="pform" action="/registrar/{valor}" method="post" enctype="multipart/form-data" name="post">

Registros

                        <input type="hidden" id="id" class="form-control">

                            Tipo de registro

                                <select class="form-control" id="tipo_id" onchange="option(this.value)">
                                    <option value="1">Entrada</option>
                                    <option value="2">Saida</option>
                                    <option value="3">Retirada</option>
                                    <option value="4">Despesas Fixas Mensais</option>
                                    <option value="5">Despesas Fixas Anuais</option>
                                </select>

                            Descrição

                                <input type="text" class="form-control" id="nomeEntrada" placeholder="Nome da entrada">

                            Valor

                                <input type="number" class="form-control" id="valorEntrada" placeholder="Valor da entrada">

                            Usuário

                                <select class="form-control" id="user_id" >
                                    <option value="{{ Auth::user()->id }}">{{__(Auth::user()->name)}}</option>
                                </select>

                        <button type="submit" class="btn btn-primary">Salvar</button>
                        <button type="cancel" class="btn btn-secondary" data-dismiss="modal">Cancelar</button>

                </form>

A: Uma solução que encontrei é definir o valor do action de acordo com que é alterado o select, dessa forma:
function option(valor) {
    $('#pform').attr('action', '/registrar/' + valor);
}

Além disso, você deve mudar o action principal para:
action="/registrar/1"

Já que 1 é o valor padrão do seu select.

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The Idaho Transportation Board took advantage of a day-long workshop before its monthly meeting last week to become better acquainted with a number of the department's current projects. Meeting Thursday (Oct. 7) at Headquarters board members learned about the driver education program, administered by the Department of Education.
The Idaho Falls Fire Department capitalized on ITD's need to remove four homes for a new highway interchange, and in the process, gave firefighters valuable experience in fighting structure fires. ITD purchased the four homes as part of the Sunnyside Interchange project.
Idaho's airstrips have long provided access to recreational opportunities, contributed to community development, supported fire and emergency operations, aided in natural resource management and more. The Recreational Airstrip Symposium is a series of three workshops that will gather transportation officials, pilots, forest managers, outfitters and other stakeholders to help shape the future of how the airstrips are used, managed, maintained and improved.
A core team charged with directing ITD's transition to a new financial management system celebrated the conclusion of the first major phase last week and took a collective breath before launching into the next phase. Approximately one-third of the way through the 15-month process, the transition team concentrated in the "envision" phase on identifying gaps between present ITD processes and capabilities of the new Advantage 3 package.
An Idaho web site that provides information for commercial truck drivers and fleet managers has been recognized nationally as part of the 2004 Digital Government Achievement Awards program. The honors were announced recently by the Center for Digital Government.


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Hundreds of Recalled Inclined Sleepers Are Still Being Sold Secondhand, a New Report Finds
by Haley Jena
Even after a full recall, the Fisher-Price Rock 'n Play Sleeper is still being sold on Craigslist, Facebook Marketplace and other secondhand markets, Consumer Reports finds.
Last week, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) issued a safety warning that urged parents to stop using all inclined infant sleepers. On Wednesday, Consumer Reports found that hundreds of recalled inclined sleepers were still being sold on popular secondhand markets.
In April, Fisher-Price recalled 4.7 million of its popular Rock n' Play sleepers after more than 30 reported infant deaths, due to babies rolling "from their back to their stomach or side while unrestrained, or under other circumstances," according to the CPSC. Less than three months later, Fisher-Price recalled another one of its inclined sleepers, the Ultra-Lite Day & Night Play Yard.
Fisher-Price isn't alone in its baby sleeper recalls, either. This year, Dorel recalled various inclined sleepers from Eddie Bauer and Disney, and Kids II recalled 694,000 rocking sleepers.
Following so many recalls, the CPSC warned parents to stop using all inclined sleepers, regardless if they had been recalled or not. The warning was published after a study commissioned by the federal safety agency found all inclined sleepers to be dangerous.
Despite all the recalls and the expert recommendations urging parents to avoid using inclined sleepers, hundreds of them are still being sold secondhand online, even though it's against the law.
"By law, retailers must pull recalled items from sale," Consumer Reports detailed. "But it is perhaps less well-known that the law also makes it illegal to sell recalled products on the secondhand market."
While brands have pulled the recalled products from store shelves, secondhand sellers are still reselling them on websites like Craigslist and Facebook Marketplace. "Even if individuals aren't aware of a recall or the law, the websites that host their listings should be," Consumer Reports points out.
While these sites technically don't allow secondhand selling of recalled items, warnings are often "buried in their policy pages, and don't appear to be effective in stopping people from posting recalled items," according to Consumer Reports.
"Resale platforms should do much more to put safety first, including by tracking recalls and actively blocking the sale of recalled goods. These platforms have a responsibility to all of their users to keep their marketplace free of dangerous products," says Consumer Report's manager of home and safety policy William Wallace in the brand's new finding.
What makes inclined sleepers so unsafe?
"The risk here is in the incline," says Dr. Syeda Amna Husain, M.D., FAAP, founder of Pure Direct Pediatrics. "In an inclined sleeper, not only is it that [infants] could possibly occlude their airway from their head dipping down, but they could also roll with their face in a face-down position," increasing the risk of infant suffocation.
Any products with inclines of more than 10 degrees pose these dangers, according to the CPSC.
"A baby should always be put to sleep on a flat surface in a crib or bassinet, not a car seat, inclined sleeper or a bouncer," Dr. Husain says, noting that while babies sometimes fall asleep in a sling or in their car seats during drives, parents should transfer them to a safe, flat surface as soon as they get where they are going. If you're going on a long drive, be sure to pull over every hour or two and take your little one out of the car seat.
Not only do babies get safer sleep on a bare, flat surface, but they also get a more restful sleep, says Dr. Husain.
"When [children] go to sleep in a sling or in a moving car, it's actually shown to not be as restful as when they go to sleep in their bed," she says.
While it's clear inclined sleepers are not safe sleep spaces for infants, they can still be found on resale websites online. So in the meantime, what can parents do to protect their families?
If you own an inclined sleeper, the CPSC recommends that you stop using it. And if you come across any infant sleep product online that has an inclined back of more than 10 degrees, don't purchase it for your little one.
"Parents and caregivers should not use infant car seats, bouncers and other infant inclined products for sleep, and should follow manufacturer instructions," the CPSC advised in its inclined sleeper safety warning. Be sure to follow expert guidelines, and put your little one to sleep on a flat, bare surface.
It's a good idea for parents to be familiar with other expert sleep safety guidelines, too. And, of course, if you run into any questions, be sure to reach out to your child's doctor.
Consumer Reports, Buyer Beware: Recalled Products Are Being Sold on Craigslist and Facebook Marketplace, November 2019.
Dr. Syeda Amna Husain, M.D., Fellow of the American Academy of Pediatrics and Founder of Pure Direct Pediatrics, Marlboro, New Jersey.
U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, Fisher-Price Recalls Rock 'n Play Sleepers Due to Reports of Deaths, April 2019.
U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, CPSC Cautions Consumers Not to Use Inclined Infant Sleep Products, October 2019.
WhatToExpect.com, Fisher-Price Just Recalled the Inclined Sleeper Accessory on the Ultra-Lite Day & Night Play Yard, June 2019.
WhatToExpect.com, What You Need to Know About Letting Baby Sleep in a Car Seat, August 2016.
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Of the Dawn of Freedom by W.E.B. Du Bois
This pamphlet is one in a series titled On the Blackness of BLACKNUSS, initiated by the Moor's Head Press of BLACKNUSS: books + other relics and published by Publication Studio Hudson. The series is edited by Sharifa Rhodes-Pitts and was begun in the year of Eric Garner, John Crawford III, Mike Brown, Tamir Rice, Cameron Tillman, VonDerrit Myers, Jr., Laquan McDonald, Carey Smith-Viramontes, Jeffrey Holden, Qusean Whitten, Miguel Benton, Dillon McGee, Levi Weaver, Karen Cifuentes, Sergio Ramos, Roshad McIntosh, Diana Showman, and Akai Gurley.
William Edward Burghardt Du Bois (1868-1963) was among the most influential proponents of civil rights during a presence that covered five decades. A sociologist, historian, novelist and activist, Du Bois was the first African-American to earn a Ph.D. from Harvard. He went on to lead the Niagara Movement, a precursor of the N.A.A.C.P. For many years he edited that organization's journal, The Crisis. Du Bois later trained his attention on Pan-Africanism, anticolonialsim, socialism and world peace. He moved to Ghana and rescinded his United States citizenship a few months before his death.
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Purchasing an item with a credit card undergoes a series of a complicated process before each party, the buyer and the seller, can seal the deal with a real money transaction. The buyer only has a card on his/her hand, and the seller receives nothing but digital financial statement.
How can the system work? What actually happens the moment you swipe your card on the magnetic card reader? Read this article further if you want to know.
Before discussing deeper into the process, you need to know who are the players in a credit card transaction.
You are the consumer. The time you want to buy an item with a credit card, you have become the store customer and are liable to the terms and agreement for the credit card use.
The basic assumption is that you know how much your card charges you, and you are aware of the consequences are if you do not pay your debt.
The bank in which you save your money holds the pivotal role of your financial information. They are the one who is going to determine if your transaction can proceed or not. And it depends on whether you have the necessary amount of loan allowance for the item you purchase.
Merchant is the store with whom you do the transaction. You are expecting to pay the price for the item the merchant sells. But a transaction with a credit card will not transfer your money directly to the merchant's account. Instead, the fourth party is involved.
Unless your credit card bank is the same with the merchant, your purchase is going to be a transaction between two different banks.
Credit Card processor serves as the third party that regulates the communication between the merchant's and the customer's bank. Services, such as MIDTRANS and Paysera, offer surveillance and a gateway service for their clients. They will make sure that the money transferred from the client's customer is as agreed upon the transaction.
VISA and MasterCard are the two examples of Card Network Association. What they do is not to supervise the approval of a credit card. Instead, they offer a network in which the transaction can take place.
Once you swipe your card on the reader, the merchant will gain the purchase information and put the amount of money that is going to be deducted from your account. This transaction information is then processed by a processor.
The processor will send the information to the Card Network and then passed to the customer's bank. The verification and authentication happen at this stage. If your balance or allowance is not adequate to make the purchase, the payment request will be rejected. Otherwise, it will be approved.
The last process takes place at the merchant's counter. There you will know whether your card has been 'approved' or 'declined'.
Six parties are involved in a transaction, and with the modern Internet connection, the communication between them can be done in no more than 20 seconds.
That is how complicated a credit card use is. So the next time you are wondering what happens with that simple swipe of plastic card of yours, you will know that it is more than it seems.
When you take a loan then you will be expected to take a payment protection insurance this also occurs when you take a credit card. But so many people don't know that when you get the protection payment insurance, it's only for a while, and you can claim it back. So if you a have no idea of the best tips that you can use that will guide you through the process then you might not get the best. So if you have applied for a loan and wished to claim the protection payment insurance, you can, but you have to do it how it's supposed to be done. The best tips when claiming the protection payment insurance includes.
We all know that you are supposed to keep every document safe because one day it might be needed. Go through all the documents that you got when you were getting the loan or the credit card and check if you have any references to any payment you made that was supposed to be protection payment insurance. The payment will be in documents like the statements, agreement forms and the receipts they will make sure that they have included the terms of the insurance and how much you paid for it. If you misplaced some of the documents then ask the bank to help you out because it's most likely they will have them.
Even though you need the protection payment insurance fast you have to know that there is a duration that you are supposed to wait so that you can claim the payment. For so many banks through it differs you have to wait for like six years after you have paid back the credit that's when you can claim. You have to check with the bank so that they can check in their database if you are eligible to apply for the insurance.
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Colony 15.4
Posted on October 27, 2012 by wildbow
Sundancer had once described her life in costume as intense, violent and lonely. I'd had a hard time understanding the last point. That had been about the same time that I had been riding the high of having friends for the first time, after a couple of years spent in almost total solitude.
Maybe, if the subject had come up again in recent weeks, I might have understood, nodding my head in sympathy.
Powers raised us above the common people. It was maybe arrogant to think that way, to say I was better than the likes of Sierra, Charlotte or my father, but I sort of was. I had all the potential they did and then more.
Even if I looked at how powers elevated us, though, I had to admit we weren't raised to the same level. We weren't all raised up together. If anything, the powers drove us apart: our trigger events, our reasons for wanting to use our powers, the agendas and missions we took upon ourselves, and even how those powers made us think and operate in different ways… they put barriers between ourselves and others. I just had to think of Panacea or Bitch, and I had some damn good examples of that.
I couldn't think of two capes who were in a committed relationship where there wasn't some degree of fucked-up-ness. Night and Fog were, if I'd understood Tattletale right, essentially functional sociopaths. They'd acted out the role of a married couple with none of the affection or fondness. Victor and Othala were screwed up in a different way, burdened by a shared event in their past. Brandish and Flashbang? If their kids were any indication… yeah. Fucked up.
It was no small wonder we were all so fucked up. It was the human condition, to need a supporting hand now and again, and yet we could barely help ourselves, let alone each other.
Worse, if by some small miracle two capes managed to find comfort and support in each other, there was no guarantee that those other two points that Sundancer had raised wouldn't ruin things. The intensity of our lifestyle and the sheer violence. Lady Photon had lost her husband in the Leviathan fight. Glory Girl had, if the magazines and papers were any indication, maintained an on-and-off relationship with Gallant. He'd died too.
So this? Lying here beside Brian? It was sort of bittersweet, with maybe a 60-40 split on the sweet vs. the bitter.
I couldn't see Brian's face without raising my head, and I didn't want to do that and risk waking him. I'd left my glasses on the table with the knife and gun, so I couldn't see that well anyways. I settled for studying the fabric of his sleeveless shirt, the nubs of lint, the weave of the textile, and how it shifted with the slow, deep and rhythmic breaths he was taking. I could smell his sweat, with the faint traces of his deodorant beneath. It was funny, because when we'd settled in, I hadn't been able to smell anything.
I felt warm in the core of my chest. That wasn't just the morning light streaming in through the windows.
Not happy, exactly. I didn't feel like I deserved to be happy, not with the responsibilities I wasn't attending to right now, not with the mistakes I'd made and the people I'd failed.
But I could convince myself that this was something I should be doing. It was one of the tasks that I had to tend to, no matter how the coming days and weeks unfolded, and we'd settled on making those tasks a priority. We had to support Grue if we wanted him around to help us when everything started going down.
I wouldn't rest any hopes on this, not with the way every other parahuman relationship seemed to go. I'd take these individual moments for what they were.
All of which amounted to a pile of excuses and rationalizations I was layering on top of one another, trying to convince myself this wouldn't end disastrously, that I wasn't being irresponsible or that I wasn't going to regret this on a hundred different levels. It was enough that I could feel at peace, here.
Mostly at peace. I had to pee, and yet I didn't want to move and disturb him.
Nothing was easy, it seemed.
My body won out over my willpower, and I decided to extricate myself. I didn't even try to get to my feet, instead easing myself down to the ground as I unwrapped myself from Brian as slowly as I could.
Once I'd disentangled myself from Brian and the couch, I grabbed my glasses, knife, cellphone and gun and rushed to the washroom.
The cell phone rang while I was on the toilet. Tattletale. For Brian's sake and my own sense of decency, I refused the call and texted her instead:
She replied soon after:
R is done. Bird in the pen 4 now. C wants a meeting neways. Get G I and come 4 11am?
So it was time to see if Brian could glean anything from Victor's power. I responded:
G sleeping. Don't want to wake him.
I could guess her reply before it appeared:
hate to break u 2 lovebirds up but we r tight on time and C is impatient
I texted her an a-ok before hanging up and putting the phone away.
The kitchen had been cleaned up, but my bugs hadn't alerted me to anyone coming in. Had Aisha returned and used her power to stay quiet?
I decided to assume she had and began preparing breakfast for three people.
If I had to rouse Brian, I'd do it with the smells of bacon, coffee and toast. It was as inoffensive a method as I could think of.
Aisha woke up before Brian did, venturing downstairs in a long t-shirt.
"Thanks for cleaning up," I said, quiet. I could remember her reaction the last time I'd been talking to Brian, and added, "And for not getting upset."
"I can't help him, don't know how. So I'm putting it in your hands."
"Don't thank me. If you screw this up, I can and will make your life a living hell."
I frowned. "Honestly? That's not very fair. I think I probably will screw up along the way. This isn't going to be smooth sailing, whatever happens. So maybe it'd be better if you just trust that I'm going into this with the best intentions for him."
She plucked a piece of bacon from a plate and popped it into her mouth. "Maybe. But no. Don't fuck this up."
I rolled my eyes.
"I've had a lot of practice. It's the little things, convincing someone they're going crazy, nothing they put down is where they left it. Things go missing. Furniture gets moved. Then it gets more serious, they find the stash of drugs they were supposed to barter for stuff is missing-"
"I don't have any drugs," I told her.
"Talking hy-po-theticals. I get them in trouble with people they know. Then they have little injures they can't remember getting. Splinters under their fingernails, papercuts between their fingers or at the corners of their mouths, little cuts on the back of their hands. That's usually when they freak out. They run, go somewhere else, and it stops, just a little while. Until it comes again, twice as bad as before. They snap. Then I leave them a message telling them that it all stops when they leave the city. Put it on their walls in blood or put it on their bathroom mirror in soap so it shows up when the room gets all steamy. They're glad. They're happy to have a way out. Except I wouldn't leave you that note."
"What the hell are you talking about?" Brian asked, from behind her. "And where are you getting that blood?"
Aisha wheeled around, not appearing even half as guilty as she should have.
"I asked Coil's lieutenant for some. He asked me how many gallons I wanted. How weird is that? I mean, seriously, who needs gallons of blood? Or maybe I could use it. Paint someone's house, see if I can't freak them out hardcore," Aisha smiled wickedly.
"Ignore that question. What were you saying to Taylor, about not giving her a note?"
"It's fine," I told him. "She's being protective of her big brother."
Aisha plastered a fake smile on her face.
"I didn't know you cared," Brian told Aisha, with a touch of sarcasm. "I'm dropping this only because Taylor's sticking up for you."
Aisha rolled her eyes and began serving herself.
It was nine-thirty. Assuming it would take us half an hour to forty-five minutes to get to Coil's place, that left us only about an hour to get ready. We ate in awkward silence. Aisha took the first turn in the shower, leaving Brian and me alone once again.
I didn't know what to do with myself. We had taken a step forward, but I didn't exactly have any experience on this front. What was I supposed to do? What did I say? I wanted to hug him, to hold his hand or raise the idea of spending time together later, but I didn't know what was allowed, or what would be pushing boundaries or taking things too far.
He sat down on the couch, putting his feet up on the coffee table, and I grabbed a glass of orange juice before sitting down next to him. Would he put his arm around me, or-
"This thing with Coil. Do you have a plan?"
Opportunity missed.
I shook my head. "More like I have a bunch of smaller plans. Can't commit to anything, in case things unfold in an unexpected way."
"Okay. Let's talk about them. Plan A?"
"I whip my territory into shape, Coil decides that it's more valuable to keep me in his service. The idea is that he values my ability to keep an area stable more than he values having Dinah. He lets her go."
"Not likely."
I frowned. "I almost gave up on it after Burnscar torched everything. It isn't that impossible."
"Think about what it would mean in terms of security leaks. If he let Dinah go home to her family, she wouldn't be able to return to her normal life. If Coil was dumb enough to let her go with no safeguards and without people to watch her, then the heroes would swoop in on her and use her to get him."
I nodded, glum.
"And really, can you honestly say that your services are worth the cost of everything you're taking from Coil in the way of resources, plus the cost of the agents he'd need watching Dinah at all hours?"
"So you think he'll say no."
"Tattletale thinks that Coil may be considering dropping you from the team once he has what he needs."
I turned to look at Brian. His forehead was creased in a frown.
"You think I'm expendable."
"To Coil? Possibly."
"It's something to keep in mind," he said.
"Thing is, I don't know how that really changes anything. Should I stop helping the people in my territory? I'm not going to. It wouldn't be fair to them, and it would tip Coil off."
"I think it was a bad idea to tip him off by making the deal in the first place. Now he knows you've got pretty strong morals. On a level, anyways."
I nodded. On a level.
He went on, "I imagine it's troublesome to have someone with those sorts of moral concerns that could throw his long-term plan off course. He might be looking to replace you."
"And with his power, that might make for a bit of a pinch."
"His power?"
I paused. "Tattletale clued me in. He creates parallel realities. Makes two different decisions, and he gets to see the outcome of each as they unfold. Decides which he wants in the end."
Brian frowned. "And he's been doing that with us?"
"Since before I joined the team. Send us on a job in one reality, keep us back in another. If we succeed, great. If we fail… well, nothing lost. He deletes the reality where he sent us out."
He rubbed his chin. I noticed he had stubble. "So he gets two tries at everything. Including dealing with any of us who cause him any trouble."
I nodded. "Which is why we need to play along for as long as possible."
"Fair. What's your plan B?"
"Plan B… well, it's not so much a plan as a fallback. If I get found out before we make any headway, it means fighting Coil and his underlings."
"The Travelers and Circus included."
"Tattletale and I have talked about how we might approach that. The problem is that Coil would be backing them up. Normally I'd suggest we go on the offensive, so they don't have time to go after our weaknesses, but with Coil at work, we have to assume that it's all the more likely that the Travelers would get that one lucky hit off, or that they'd pick the plan of attack that would work out for them."
"And they're powerful enough that they'd really only need to get lucky once," Brian said. I saw his expression darken. He was staring off into space.
"Sorry," I said. Impulsively, I leaned closer, so my arm and shoulder pressed against his arm.
"If you want to talk about something else-"
"I want to make sure we come out of this alive."
"But it's stressing you out."
"I'll manage," he answered, putting one arm around my shoulders and hugging me close.
But he didn't raise the subject again. Aisha got out of the shower, he took the next turn, ostensibly to clean up after her. I took the brief period of quiet to get my stuff in order. I'd worn my costume under my clothes, the top and dress portion bound around my waist, beneath the sweatshirt.
Once I was free to use the shower, I pulled off the costume and hung it up. The steam would help with any wrinkles for the parts that weren't skintight.
I had to admit to being a little disappointed with the way the morning was unfolding. Part of that was with myself, not knowing how to act, but part of it was with the lack of romance. Rationally, I knew that the movies, TV, books and all that, they didn't paint a realistic picture. I knew that we wouldn't instantaneously click, that everything would be fixed.
But at the core of it all, I wasn't a hundred percent rational.
Had to take what I could get. Last night, cuddling? It had been nice. Really nice.
All in all, we were ready to move out well ahead of time.
I wracked my brain, trying to think of things to say. Everything social or romantic seemed forced or awkward, especially with Imp there. Everything related to our costumed selves seemed too delicate, fraught with reminders for Brian.
Each time I entered Coil's headquarters, it seemed like it had transformed. On our first visit it had been a bare bones setup with piles upon piles of crates, and soldiers congregating wherever there was room. Our last visit had seen some organization. Now it had finally taken form.
The interior was divided into two levels. The lower level sported a cafeteria, a bar, a small computer lab and bunk beds for the soldiers on standby. Doorways leading to what I suspected were washrooms. I knew that Coil had squads positioned across the city by now, in quarters not unlike the lairs he had assigned us, if a little more austere. Anyone who stayed here had the bare necessities.
There was an area with more of a focus on the actual 'war' part of soldiering, with men at the ready to hand out the guns and ammunition that were tidily arranged on racks and shelves, a massive laundry room that appeared to be devoted to washing and preparing the uniforms and two more stations for heavier gear and more esoteric stuff like walkie-talkies and explosives.
The upper level was pretty plain, with a metal walkway bridging the gaps to the doorways that were recessed in the concrete walls. Still, things had been added, including whiteboards with shift schedules and maps very similar to the one I'd seen in Tattletale's base of operations.
I glanced at one map; our territory had expanded somewhat. Or maybe it was better to say that the pockets of enemy forces that had lurked at the edges of our territory were collapsing.
Cranston, the blond woman who served as one of Coil's liasons to us, who was my contact when I needed something, was standing outside the door to the conference room.
"Skitter. How are you?"
"I'm fine, Ms. Cranston."
"You're a bit early. Can I offer you anything while you wait for Coil to arrive?"
I shook my head.
"Grue? Imp?"
They refused as well.
"It'll only be a few minutes."
Grue and Imp stepped away to talk to the fat, short man who I took to be their liason. I stepped over to the railing and watched the scene below.
A group far to my left caught my eye. I ventured closer.
Trickster, Sundancer, Genesis and Ballistic were gathered around Tattletale, joined by Coil and a blond boy with striking good looks. I couldn't really get a good look at it from my vantage point, but the wall jutted out beneath the walkway, and there was a heavy vault door set into the concrete, similar to the ones I'd seen at the shelters.
Noelle.
Tattletale was shaking her head as she talked. She gestured toward the door.
I could see the Travelers respond to that. Trickster folding his arms, Sundancer turning away slightly. Genesis, in her wheelchair, hung her head just a bit, her mop of hair blocking the view.
They weren't hearing what they wanted to hear.
Tattletale touched the wall, some panel or button system, said something, and then turned away, walking towards the staircase. The Travelers and Coil followed behind.
"Everything okay?" I asked Tattletale, as she joined me.
"Oh, not really," she gave me a tight smile.
"Fill me in later?"
"Can't. Sworn to secrecy."
"Uh huh. You know, for someone who calls herself Tattletale, you're way too fond of keeping secrets."
"Believe me, some secrets aren't so fun to keep."
I frowned. What was going on there?
I could only trust that she'd inform us when we weren't in earshot of Coil and the Travelers.
Bitch and Regent were waiting outside the conference room as we approached. I gave Bitch a small nod of acknowledgement, and she returned it. All together, we got seated; Travelers on one side of the table, Undersiders on the other, Coil at the head.
"I understand that things have been hectic since the Nine departed the city. Communications are difficult to establish, there's still lasting damage from the Endbringer attack, and everyone has their individual concerns. Before our focus fell on the Nine and eliminating Jack Slash, I told you to establish your territories and do what you could to effect some sort of control. As Tattletale may not have all of the necessary information to draw the right conclusions, I'd like each of you to inform us on your progress."
He gestured to Trickster.
"Putting me on the spot, huh?" Trickster asked. "Dunno. Nobody's doing business in my neighborhood, and there aren't any crooks there that the public knows about, but Purity and her people are still hanging around, and I'm waiting on my teammates to wrap up their stuff so they can lend me a hand."
"Infrastructure, recruitment?" Coil prompted.
"I've made a few small steps forward for each of those things. I offered some of the low-level thugs the option of moving out of the city or serving under me. Got a half-and-half split of each, more or less. Enough people to deal product, if you want, or to scare some people."
"Good. Sundancer?"
Sundancer had the posture of someone who'd desperately hoped to avoid being called on in class. "I don't know. I've been working with the maps Tattletale provided me, but I'm not good at this. I burn them out of whatever place they're holed up in, they run, then half the time it's like they settle somewhere else that's nearby."
"You have to scare them more," Trickster said.
"I burn their houses down. I don't know why that's not scary enough."
"You're too soft about it, being too careful to let them know what you're doing and when, because you don't want to hurt them and they can tell."
Coil cleared his throat. "How far along?"
Sundancer didn't look happy. "I dunno. I've maybe cleared out one in four of the local groups?"
"Genesis?" Coil asked.
"Mostly clear," Genesis replied, leaning forward and putting her elbows on the table, "Not sure how to get anything going in the way of operations. It's not exactly heavily populated territory."
"You're keeping Noelle company tonight, yes?"
Genesis nodded.
"Then we'll discuss it then."
"And Ballistic?"
"Further along than him," Ballistic jerked a thumb toward Trickster. "Nobody doing business in my area, only two capes hanging around. Got that girl from Dolltown who's pretty insistent on holding onto her neighborhood, even if pretty much everyone that lived there is dead, now. It's the only spot that I haven't taken over."
"I see. And the second cape?"
"There's a kid from the old Merchants group. Has powers. Going to try to scare off the Doll girl and recruit the Merchant kid."
"You might start with remembering their names," Genesis pointed out.
"I'm not a cape geek like you."
"You're a cape."
"Parian and Scrub?" I spoke up, hoping to keep them from going off on a tangent.
"Sure. Sounds right," Ballistic conceded.
"If you're dealing with Parian, can I come along?"
"Actually," Coil said, "I had a request to make of you, Skitter."
I turned my attention to him.
"After," he told me. "Let me get to the main topic of this meeting before I address it. For now, I'd like to hear how the Undersiders are coming along."
"Been busy helping everyone else out," Tattletale admitted. "Like Trickster, I guess, I'm waiting for others to finish what they're doing. I'm pretty solid for business, though. Bringing in more cash than I'm spending."
"What's the business?" Trickster asked.
"The big one is reclaiming items and homes. I offer goodies to any people from the shelter willing to band together and scare them off, anything too difficult, I use the mercenaries you provided. Coil's hooked me up with some banking services so we can actually make the transactions. People don't have a lot of use for money with the way things are right now, and they do have stuff that they value. Figure a few hundred to a thousand dollars per job, three or four jobs a day, and they're sort of doing my work for us, dealing with the gang members."
"With the idea that your teammates will claim the areas at a later date," Coil said, his voice firm.
"Grue and Imp?"
I saw Grue hesitate.
"Seventy-five percent clear," Imp said. "The Chosen and leftover Merchants mainly moved into our territory and Regent's. Maybe we're not a hundred percent done, but when we scare people off, they stay gone."
"Good. Can you drive out the remaining threats in the next two days?"
"Got this far in three, don't see why not."
"Excellent. Regent?"
"About the same. Nobody wants to cross Shatterbird, but lots of people keep popping up, moving in because they're oblivious that she's there. With no radio or TV, they're clueless."
"Make it more obvious, then."
Regent nodded.
"Bitch?"
"Nobody left in my territory."
"No threats?"
"Nobody."
Coil sighed, "I did tell you that you could run your territory as you wished. Still, that's not ideal. Would you object to a rearrangement of territory? I would grant you more overall area to control, but it would be limited to the outskirts of the city."
"So long as it's mine."
"Good. And Skitter?"
I shrugged. "No threats, nobody's daring to pop their heads in."
"Then consider working on rooting out the individuals too afraid to show themselves, before they cause a problem."
"They're dealt with," I said.
"Explain?"
"I'm doing two sweeps through my territory every day. Only one yesterday, but we were busy dealing with the Chosen. I'm checking every building for trouble. If I find contraband, drugs or weapons, I confront the individuals in question. Past two days, I haven't had to confront anyone."
"The only people with weapons are your people, then?"
I nodded. "I've got sixty people working under me, and maybe a hundred more who are working for me in an indirect way, joining the community that's started on the cleanup projects. Filling, moving and placing sandbags to control and reroute the flooding, clearing the area Burnscar burned down, and setting up accommodations."
"Impressive," Coil said.
I nodded. "I feel like I'm cheating, though. My power's suited to this."
"It remains impressive. Let me explain just why I find this of interest, Undersiders, Travelers. The mayoral elections are in one week. Before this occurs, I would like to have this city firmly in my control. It will shift the tone and the aim of the election, which would be to my advantage. Our advantage."
"So you're saying we have less than a week to wrap stuff up in our territory," Trickster said.
"Yes. I also have some other issues I would like you to address. Skitter, Genesis, I trust you're able to step away from your territories to give me a hand?"
Tattletale leaned forward over the table, looking at me. I glanced at her, then turned to Coil, "Yes."
"Sure," Genesis said.
"And Trickster, if you're idle while you wait for your teammates to come assist with Purity's group, I'm sure you can lend your assistance for one night?"
Trickster nodded.
"The mayor and several members of the city council will be traveling to Washington to discuss the state of Brockton Bay and the possibility of condemning the city. Skitter, Imp, Genesis, I would like you to visit him and ensure he argues towards our ends. Brockton Bay will stand, and it will recover."
I nodded slowly. "Sure. I think I can do that and still help Ballistic with Parian."
"I haven't asked for your help," Ballistic said.
"Coil's call," I responded.
"If Skitter feels she can spare the time, I would be glad to have the extra assurance the job will get done."
Ballistic folded his arms. Didn't look happy at that.
"That's the last point of discussion. I will provide anything you need to see your tasks to completion. If there's no questions, that will be all."
After a brief pause to check that nobody wanted to speak, we all stood from our seats. The Travelers headed out the door and turned a right to go back to where Noelle was sealed up. Tattletale led our group to the cells where Shatterbird and Victor were.
While we waited for Regent to go and bring Victfor out of his cell, Tattletale stepped close, so she was right next to Grue and me. She murmured, "One piece of good news, two pieces of bad news and one spot of catastrophic news. The good news is that Coil is impressed with you, Skitter."
"Okay," I said. "That's what we were hoping for, right?"
"But something tells me we've got a major snag. I'd say odds are pretty fucking good that he's on to us."
I felt my heart drop.
"How sure are you?" I asked.
"Not positive, but pretty damn sure. And I'd say there's a fifty-fifty chance one of ours informed him of our aims."
"A member of the Undersiders?" Grue asked.
"That, or he's got our places bugged. But I didn't get the sense that anyone who built the place or brought our stuff in knew about any electronic bugging. Like I said, fifty-fifty chance."
I nodded. I glanced around, looking at Bitch, Imp, and the door Regent had disappeared through.
"Fuck," Tattletale swore under her breath. "I was trying to signal you to say no to Coil's request, but you weren't looking at the right moments and I couldn't exactly tip anyone off. I'm positive he's asking you to go on that errand with Genesis and Trickster because he's planning on eliminating you."
I felt Grue's hand squeeze my shoulder. He'd gone rigid, as if he was more spooked than I was.
"And of course, he knows I know. So this is a loyalty test, I'm betting. If you don't go, I flunk."
Posted in 15.04 | Tagged Ballistic, Bitch, Coil, Genesis, Grue, Imp, Noelle, Oliver, Regent, Sundancer, Tattletale, Taylor, Trickster | 116 Replies


The Hong Kong MTR ticket is very similar with the ticket in Shanghai. The difference is, it is much more expensive (9 HKD to go across the Victoria Strait v.s 2 RMB to cross Hong Pu River in Shanghai).
The Hong Kong Metro is colorful.
Hong Kong is famous as a crowded city, but the metro was built with large scale. There are very big halls undergrand, many wide tunnels and enough elevators. I didn't experienced jam (short delay due to too many people) there.
I like the transition of the Metro most. From KCR to Central, I can always get to another line on the opposite side of the same platform as I get off. It is like Singapore. Shanghai and Beijing are different stories.
P.S. I am on business trip these days. I travel to a city, sometimes a county, sit down and have meeting with local customer, get on to a van, travel, and then sit down with another group of customers. I visit two places every day and sleep in a different city every day until this Friday.
If you would stay in HK for a few days more, you could try use an octopus card for paying transportation fees of MTR, KCR, green mini-bus, bus, ferry, tram or even buying snacks in convenient shops or supermarkets.
i happened to bump into your website a few days ago and really enjoyed your articles on shanghai where i had just visited for the first time. shanghai is a truly amazing city.
as for hk mtr, ced is right, only if you had more time to use the octopus card, quite an invention and accomplishment for hk!
Hi, i still in doubts the correct train route from shenzhen to Disneyland. I know there is a transit at Kowloon Tong but which train must i take to proceed to Disneyland.


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Basil encourages Amphilochius to be a strong shepherd to his people.
1. BLESSED be God Who from age to age chooses them that please Him, distinguishes vessels of election, and uses them for the ministry of the Saints. Though you were trying to flee, as you confess, not from me, but from the calling you expected through me, He has netted you in the sure meshes of grace, and has brought you into the midst of Pisidia to catch men for the Lord, and draw the devil's prey from the deep into the light. You, too, may say as the blessed David said, "Whither shall I go from thy Spirit? or whither shall I flee from thy presence." Such is the wonderful work of our loving Master. "Asses are lost" that there may be a king of Israel. David, however, being an Israelite was granted to Israel; but the land which has nursed you and brought you to such a height of virtue, possesses you no longer, and sees her neighbour beautified by her own adornment. But all believers in Christ are one people; all Christ's people, although He is hailed from many regions, are one Church; and so our country is glad and rejoices at the dispensation of the Lord, and instead of thinking that she is one man the poorer, considers that through one man she has become possessed of whole Churches. Only may the Lord grant me both to see you in person, and, so long as I am parted from you, to hear of your progress in the gospel, and of the good order of your Churches.
2. Play the man, then, and be strong, and walk before the people whom the Most High has entrusted to your hand. Like a skilful pilot, rise in mind above every wave lifted by heretical blasts; keep the boat from being whelmed by the salt and bitter billows of false doctrine; and wait for the calm to be made by the Lord so soon as there shall have been found a voice worthy of rousing Him to rebuke the winds and the sea. If you wish to visit me, now hurried by long sickness towards the inevitable end, do not wait for an opportunity, or for the word from me. You know that to a father's heart every time is suitable to embrace a well-loved son, and that affection is stronger than words. Do not lament over a responsibility transcending your strength. If you had been destined to bear the burden unaided, it would have been not merely heavy; it would have been intolerable. But if the Lord shares the load with you, "cast all your care upon the Lord" and He will Himself act. Only be exhorted ever to give heed lest you be carried away by wicked customs. Rather change all previous evil ways into good by the help of the wisdom given you by God. For Christ has sent you not to follow others, but yourself to take the lead of all who are being saved. I charge you to pray for me, that, if I am still in this life, I may be permitted to see yon with your Church. If, however, it is ordained that I now depart, may I see all of you hereafter with the Lord, your Church blooming like a vine with good works, and yourself like a wise husbandman and good servant giving meat in due season to his fellow- servants and receiving the reward of a wise and trusty steward. All who are with me salute your reverence. May you be strong and joyful in the Lord. May you be preserved glorious in the graces of the Spirit and of wisdom.


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Kai Zenkoji Temple
Huge Temple in Kofu
Kai Zenkoji Temple (甲斐善光寺) is the Jodo buddhist temple located in Kofu, Yamanashi. In 1565, Kai Zenkoji was established by Takeda Shingen (武田信玄), who was the ruler of Kai. There was an original temple called Zenkoji in Shinshu, Nagano. In 1552, it was burnt down during the war between Shingen and Murakami Yoshikiyo, who was the leader of one of the powerful families in Shinshu. After the war, Shingen moved Amitaba, which was the principal image of Shinshu Zenkoji, and some images of Buddha to Kai Zenkoji. Now they are kept as National cultural assets.
Visitors Info.
There is parking.
Opens: 9:00 to 16:30
0. at Kofu Station.
1. use JR Chuo Line to Zenkojimae
2. walk north (7 min.)
Map around Kai Zenkoji Temple
Kai is an old name for Yamanashi prefecture. In the 16th century, there was a famous samurai whose name is Takeda Shinge. Shingen repeated battles agains Uesugi Kenshin who came from Echigo, currently Niigata prefecture. Kenshin was also famous samurai those days. They had fought at Zenkoji-daira, a basin in the northern part of Nagano prefecture which is next to Yamanashi.
Shingen feared losing the Zenkoji temple, located in Zenkoji-daira, by fires of battles, and moved all the things of the Zenkoji from Nagano to Itagaki in Yamanashi. Things moved to Yamanashi include the idol, some statues and treasures of the Nagano Zenkoji. Itagaki is a place where Honda Yoshimitsu, the founder of the Zenkoji temple, waas buried. In 1565, SHingen buiilt a main hall of the Kai Zenkoji Temple there with all those things he took from Nagano Zenkoji Temple.
In the 17th century, Tokugawa Ieyasu unified and ruled Japan. He was very eager in Buddhism, and designated the Kai Zenkoji Temple as a temple in which the Buddhist memorial tablets of the Tokugawa family are stored. For that reason, the Kai Zenkoji was the backbone of big temples in Yamanashi then.
However, the temple completely burnt to ashes in 1754. The present construction you can see was reconstructed in 1796. It cook for 31 years for the reconstruction. The main hall and outer gate are the important cultural assets of Japan. They are known as wooden architecture of the Yedo era.


The two years he spent as a Roane State Middle College student weren't just challenging and enjoyable, says Drequan "Dre" Ziegler.
"I can honestly say they were the best two years of my life," the 18-year-old said. He graduated last May from both the community college and Harriman High School.
Ziegler is enrolled in the prestigious University of Virginia in Charlottesville. He's in engineering school there. It's tough, he says, but he's well on his way to a major in computer science.
Ziegler said he heard about Roane State's Middle College from "friendly acquaintances," also from Harriman High, who had enrolled in the program. "I trusted their thoughts on it," he said, and so he took the plunge.
A high school guidance counselor also mentioned Middle College, Ziegler said. It allows eligible high school juniors to attend Roane State for half-days, returning to their high schools for the afternoons. Those who complete the two-year regimen graduate with a Roane State associate degree and a high school diploma.
"I would be thrown in with a group of completely unfamiliar people, many of them very different from me," Ziegler said of fellow Middle College students from other schools.
Roane State courses are as challenging as any collegiate class anywhere, Ziegler said.
To learn more about Middle College, visit roanestate.edu/middlecollege or contact Middle College coordinator David Lane, (865) 354-3000 ext. 4223 or lanedr@roanestate.edu.


Online registration is now available until June 15, 2018 at Midnight.
Schedule TBD – We are currently in progress on this event's schedule.
If you are interested in performing at this year's event, please contact Sara Vacca, Recreation Superintendent, at 620-231-8310.
Look no further for that unique gift for your special someone, friend or co-worker!
You will find it all here! Make this your one stop for all of your holiday shopping!
PPRD is inviting interested vendors to register for their space today! Tables sizes, space and electric is limited so register early!
Fees for spaces and application listed below.
Children will be able to play in Santa's workshop while you enjoy your holiday shopping! Kid's will be able to decorate an ornament, color pictures, and play games! A special guest visit from Santa is in the works too!


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North to Alaska - Sherrila Only - Day 48 (July 3)
Saturday - In the morning, after watching the ferry thread its way between numerous islands through impressively dense fog patches for awhile, the ship's diner opened and we had a good breakfast. The Taku tied up at 8:45 in Sitka and we found a space at the Sitka Sportsman's Association RV Park, next to the ferry terminal (water and electricity but no sewer).
Playing tourist, we visited Castle Hill, a grass-topped, 60-foot rock outcropping near the harbor, where Alexander Baranof built his "castle" after driving out the Tlinget Indians. Years later, partly because of Alaska's distance, and partly to head off a possible takeover of its North American colonies by Britain, the U.S. bought Alaska for $7.2 million from their foe, Imperial Russia. This was one of the largest real estate deals at that time. Here, in 1867, on Castle Hill, the formal transfer of Alaska from the Russians to the United States (and later the first official raising of the 49 star national flag) took place.
We saw the Pioneers' Home, one of the largest structures in downtown Sitka, designed to offer senior citizens a safe haven during their final years, and St. Michael's Cathedral, rebuilt after a fire in 1966, containing original icons from the Russian era which were rescued from the original building. Then, after walking around the downtown area we paused by a Tea and Pastries Shoppe. A customer exited and commented to us, "She has the best scones in town." Hmmmm. We couldn't resist that recommendation. Inside, Ben had "Smoked Turkey on Wheat," and Margaret chose "Salmon and Cream Cheese on a Baguette." We split a scone and, sure enough, it was so good we bought another, plus a huge blueberry muffin and a piece of apple-spice cake for breakfast.
We all went to the Sheldon Jackson Museum which had a wonderful collection gathered between 1888 and 1889 by the missionary-educator. He was the first federal education official appointed in Alaska and dedicated his life to the betterment of Native children. The octagonal-shaped structure with a dome-covered roof was the first concrete building erected in Alaska.


Tether Tools now offers USB-C to USB-C cables, and USB-A to USB-C cables for those using USB-C Cameras, such as Hasselblad H6 or X series, Panasonic GH5, Sony a7R III and other new cameras on the market. For photographers who have USB 2.0 and 3.0 cameras and have upgraded to USB-C computers, TetherPro USB-C to each existing camera port type will also be available. And to serve those who would like to simply extend an existing cable to a USB-C computer port, a 15-foot USB-C to USB-A adapter joins the TetherPro solutions line. TetherPro USB-C cables will be available in a variety of lengths up 15 feet with the option to add USB Extensions for increased length.
We've received a lot of interest, and a few questions of which we've compiled the four most common and answered them below.
Can't I just use my dongle or adapter?
Yes, you can. There are risks of failure with two extra connection points, as well as the often-unreliable issues that can arise with an adapter. A TetherPro USB-C cable helps streamline your connection.
I have a camera that has a USB-C data port, what do I need to purchase?
It depends on your computer. If you're using a computer that has a USB-C or lightning port like the new MacBook Pro laptops, you'll want a USB-C to USB-C cable. If you have a standard USB-A port on your computer or laptop, you'll want a USB-A to USB-C cable.
My camera doesn't have a USB-C data port, when would I need a USB-C cable?
If you're shooting tethered using a camera that has a USB 2.0 or USB 3.0 connection but shooting tethered to a computer, such as the MacBook Pro you'll want to use a USB-C to USB-A cable. The recently updated 'Search By Camera' feature on TetherTools.com is a great resource for finding exactly what you need depending on your camera and computer.
I already own a TetherPro USB Cable but want to streamline my connection into a USB-C computer. Can I still use my old cable somehow?
Yes! If you already own a TetherPro USB Cable but now just want to ditch the dongle, we have you covered. We'll be stocking 15-foot (4.6m) length USB-C to USB-A Female Adapter cables. Add it to your existing USB 2.0 or USB 2.0 tether cable and have an increased length in tethering distance.
On TetherTools.com we recently updated our homepage to include a Select Camera Port to help photographers find the right cable they need for shooting tethered.
You'll need to input three pieces of information, the manufacturer of your camera, the model, and the computer port on the laptop or desktop you plan on using.
In this hypothetical scenario, we've input the Nikon D800 and a USB-C port on our laptop.
You'll see that it's populated two options, our TetherPro USB-C to 3.0 Micro-B and TetherPro USB-C to 3.0 Micro-B Right Angle.


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Home Education UTME: Over 50 professional examination writers arrested, says JAMB
UTME: Over 50 professional examination writers arrested, says JAMB
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has said it has arrested no fewer than 50 professional examination writers who sat for candidates in the ongoing Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME).
The spokesman of the agency, Dr. Fabian Benjamin, disclosed this in the agency's weekly bulletin published yesterday.
According to him, the impostors were arrested nationwide as a result of the various intelligence gathering mechanisms of the board.
Benjamin revealed that some of the suspects arrested were Master's degree holders, postgraduate and undergraduate students of various tertiary institutions.
He added that they connived with owners and operators of some Computer Based Test Centres (CBT) to carry out the crime by engaging in multiple registrations, where the fingerprints of the main candidates were captured side-by-side with that of the impostors.
"The modus operandi of these UTME syndicates was confirmed when one of the kingpins was apprehended recently," the bulletin said.
On interrogation, the JAMB's spokesman said the culprit confessed to having done multiple registrations of his biometric along with several other candidates with the intention of sitting for them and collecting huge sums of money from the candidates.
The bulletin added, "this development is the fundamental reason for the decision of the board to revalidate all biometrics of candidates that have taken the board's examination in recent times.
"This timely action would enable the board to not only fish out and dismantle these registration cartels and racketeers but also bring them to book along with their collaborators."
Fabian further said the board discovered that a substantial portion of UTME applications yearly comprised such registrations.
He noted that JAMB resolved to put measures in place to effect the arrest and prosecution of all those involved in activities capable of subverting the sanctity of the entire examination process and its credibility.
The board revealed that a total of 1, 236, 316 candidates out of the over 1.8 million registered has taken the examination so far.
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Celtic win Scottish Cup to secure unprecedented domestic treble-treble
By Kyle BonnMay 25, 2019, 12:17 PM EDT
Celtic came from behind to top Hearts 2-1 in the Scottish Cup final, completing an unprecedented "treble-treble." They are the first team in Scottish top flight history to win each of the league title, Scottish Cup, and League Cup in three straight seasons.
After a scoreless first half, Ryan Edwards put Hearts in front in the 52nd minute, pouncing on a messy backheel from Sean Clare and scoring the first goal Celtic had conceded all competition.
That jumpstarted the Glasgow giants, with an Odsonne Edouard double leading the way. His first came from the spot in the 62nd minute, just sneaking his penalty past Zdenek Zlamal for the equalizer before he won it with eight minutes to go. The moment came off a powerful Mikael Lustig header from near the halfway line that sprung Edouard free on goal, and the 21-year-old buried the one-on-one.
The victory gave Celtic its third major domestic trophy of the campaign for the third consecutive season, marking the historic achievement. Earlier in the season they had secured the league title by an eight-point margin and beaten Aberdeen 1-0 in the League Cup final, all despite losing manager Brendan Rodgers midway through the year to Leicester City, with Neil Lennon taking over and leading the finish.
Celtic has now won the Scottish Cup a record 39 times, with 50 league titles and 18 League Cups to go along with it.


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Now an Online Game to improve Mental Health of the Youth
A youth welfare group has come up with a new way to improve the mental health of young people: an online video game. Called "Reach Out Central", this online role-playing game has been promoted by the Inspire Foundation. In this game players can "test-drive life and play it when and how you want to".
Helping and befriending the computer-controlled characters that inhabit the online world is essential, and the Inspire Foundation hopes skills developed in the game and choices made there about friends, partying, work and life in general will transfer to the real world.
The foundation's director of programs, Jonathan Nicholas, said that young people aged 16-25 would be targeted, as they were the most vulnerable.
He also said a major focus was to develop a cool, fun game that looked good and was engaging. Engagement was difficult to achieve by simply forcing booklets of information at young people.
Mark Rosser, senior program manager for youth at national depression initiative beyondblue, said one in five young people suffered from depression each year and he was concerned that fewer than 40 per cent of them actually went on to seek help.
Nicholas believes Inspire's use of an engaging game to deliver mental health information online is a winning strategy. He said much of Reach Out Central's content was based on an education program used in schools.
"Rather than being a static game it's probably best to think about Reach Out Central as an online soapie game – we'll continue to add in and write new storylines," he said.
The Sony Foundation stumped up the $500,000 needed to develop the game, but it is also supported by beyondblue, NSW Health, Teen Spirit Foundation and The Golden Stave Foundation.
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Q: Capturing screenshots with win32api python returns black image I've used the following code examples to capture a screenshot:
https://stackoverflow.com/a/3260811
https://stackoverflow.com/a/24352388/5858697
When taking a screenshot of Firefox or chrome, they return a blank black image. Capturing a screenshot of notepad works fine. I've done some research on this and I think it's because they're gpu accelerated. Other screenshot libraries work but I need to have it so I can capture a screenshot of an application even if it's not currently visible.
Has anyone solved a similar problem or could someone point me in the right direction? Thank you.

A: Based on the @Barmak's previous answer, I converted C + + code to python, and now it works.
import win32gui
import win32ui
import win32con
from ctypes import windll
from PIL import Image
import time
import ctypes

hwnd_target = 0x00480362 #Chrome handle be used for test

left, top, right, bot = win32gui.GetWindowRect(hwnd_target)
w = right - left
h = bot - top

win32gui.SetForegroundWindow(hwnd_target)
time.sleep(1.0)

hdesktop = win32gui.GetDesktopWindow()
hwndDC = win32gui.GetWindowDC(hdesktop)
mfcDC  = win32ui.CreateDCFromHandle(hwndDC)
saveDC = mfcDC.CreateCompatibleDC()

saveBitMap = win32ui.CreateBitmap()
saveBitMap.CreateCompatibleBitmap(mfcDC, w, h)

saveDC.SelectObject(saveBitMap)

result = saveDC.BitBlt((0, 0), (w, h), mfcDC, (left, top), win32con.SRCCOPY)

bmpinfo = saveBitMap.GetInfo()
bmpstr = saveBitMap.GetBitmapBits(True)

im = Image.frombuffer(
    'RGB',
    (bmpinfo['bmWidth'], bmpinfo['bmHeight']),
    bmpstr, 'raw', 'BGRX', 0, 1)

win32gui.DeleteObject(saveBitMap.GetHandle())
saveDC.DeleteDC()
mfcDC.DeleteDC()
win32gui.ReleaseDC(hdesktop, hwndDC)

if result == None:
    #PrintWindow Succeeded
    im.save("test.png")

Please note: Firefox uses Windowless Controls.
If you want to get the handle of Firefox, you may need UI Automation.
For a detailed explanation, please refer to @IInspectable's answer.


We endured an early fireworks show thanks to Brexit. Everywhere we have looked in the last week we have seen or heard about Brexit. From the newspaper in the morning, to the financial news that plays all day in our homes and offices, to clients calling, to the intern who wouldn't stop asking me about it- it's all about Brexit. Once the surprising results were announced (so much for the wisdom of the British online betting parlors, which had us all convinced the "remain" side had this one in the bag) the wisdom of the herd theory kicked in, a classic knee-jerk reaction to big news, that is sell first and ask questions later. Judging by the snap-back stock market rally it seems Brexit (for now) is another momentary overblown panic.
After markets hit the Brexit speedbumps Friday and Monday, by this last Friday's close the Dow Jones Industrial Average was actually higher than the close the day before the Brexit vote. In the U.K, the FTSE-100 index closed with a net gain for the week, even after Friday's big decline. We were looking at the overall damage starting last Thursday when folks believed that the Brits would vote to stay through the close this Friday. Through all this, including today's action, the Dow Jones is up. But boy what a short term roller-coaster! 4 nice up days with 2 ugly ones.
The Brexit was really a problem of Prime Minister David Cameron's own making, seeing the referendum as a short term concession to a boisterous "Leave" camp. Cameron got this wrong and it cost him his job. He overlooked that the Brexit is seemingly part of a wider global backlash. This has given rise to a populist separatist sentiment that has resulted in the rise of nationalist parties across the western world. UKIP in England, Marie Le Pen's National Front in France, and Trump's ascent in the United States are all salient examples.
What will be the long-term impact?
Have a Happy, Safe, and Fun-filled 4th of July!
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On Sanya Malhotra's birthday, Ayushmann Khurrana wished his Badhaai Ho co-star with an interesting post.
Bollywood's Sanya Malhotra shot to fame with Aamir Khan starrer Dangal, released in 2016. Ever since that hit film, the diva has been unstoppable. Known as one of the most versatile actors in the film industry, Sanya has been flooded with multiple film offers. She has also been showered with immense praises for her performance in both her recent outings, Pataakha and Badhaai Ho. As the actor rang in her 27th on Monday, her Badhaai Ho co-star took to social media to wish her with a splendid picture of both.
Responding to which, Sanya also reposted Ayushmann's story and attached a heart to it.
The two indeed won hearts with their crackling chemistry in Badhaai Ho. Don't you wish to see them sharing the screen space again?
Meanwhile, Ritesh Batra directorial Photograph pairs Sanya with acclaimed actor Nawazuddin Siddiqui and is slated for a March 15 release.
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When it comes to learning, the eyes have it. At school, some 80 percent of the information your child takes in will be visual based.
That means you'll definitely want to make and keep those annual eye exams. At the same time, something even more important is going on behind those peepers. Once the visual information goes in, the brain gets to work interpreting what it sees and deciding the next step. That's called visual processing. It's easy to see how visual processing skills are crucial to success in school and learning. Kids need these skills to recognize a misspelled word, to notice when math problems on a worksheet switch from addition to subtraction to multiplication, and to spot the correct LEGO piece in a jumbled pile so it can be snapped in place to complete the latest model.
As children develop and reach adulthood, visual processing skills do improve over time. To support your child's visual processing development, here are some vision-based cognitive activities and games you can do together at home.
Lift the ban on screen time: That's right, plug in the console and fire up the app. Researchers measured subjects who were new to video game play, and after completing a strategy or first-person game an hour a day, five days a week, they showed improvement in their sight-processing abilities — which has a correlation with higher math scores!
Keep family game night alive and well: Off-screen, games can also help with visual processing. With older kids, try games like Boggle, where you have to create many smaller words from one large word as best you can, or Uno, where you have to make split-second choices. Logic puzzles, kid-friendly crossword puzzles and jigsaw puzzles are also good ways to spend time with kids while benefiting their visual processing skills.
Play letterball: Remember how you used to bounce a tennis ball off the side of the garage? This variation of bounce the ball improves eye tracking and hand-eye coordination. Take a bouncy ball and write a large letter on opposite sides. Take turns throwing and catching it off the side of a wall, calling out the letter you see as it lands and makes its return.
Just a note: This is not meant to take the place of therapy. If you have concerns about your child's visual processing abilities, it's important to consult a professional.


This picture was captured at the end of my work day/work week yesterday evening as I sat in my car inhaling the oceanic breathtaking view on Wicham's Cay. It's a very popular spot here on the island of Tortola, Virgin Islands. During the weekday, many persons, myself included, would come here during the lunch hour to relax while we also feed our hungry appetites before rushing back to the office routine. Others come here and use their time for meditation, reflection and just simple relaxation. Some to read.
It is my understanding that even lovers have also found it to be their special secret place as they bask in the sunset and the darkness of the night. The large sea gulls, they too hang out there - after all, it's a part of their natural habitat. They chirp loudly. They dance their way around on the rocks as if they understand they have us as their audience. They take an occasional dip into nature's over sized bath tub and they even come close enough and wait patiently to get their share of your meal - amazing isn't it?
The sea gulls themselves made beautiful company as I watched them compete in the race to see who would get the first bit of chicken that I sent their way. It caused me to reflect on this - they have no cares, no worries, yet they are well taken care of and provided for. How much more then shall our heavenly Father prepare and provide for us who are far more significant and important to Him? Who am I and what is man that he (God) should be mindful of us who He has made us a little love than the angels?
The peace of God surrounded me and resonated within me. Apart from the occasional bird chirping, the place was peaceful. No hate. No anger. No malice and confusion, just peaceful. The lines of cars spanned along the entire stretch, each with their own occupants. I even saw a little baby being playfully held up high in his/her father's hands, while the other rode around on his tricycle. Blissful!


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Shinhwa reveals the secret to their longevity as a group
The legendary idol group has made it far, but it hasn't always been a walk in the park for the nearly 20 year running group.
Senior idol group Shinhwa is known for giving their heartfelt advice to their dongsaengs given their plethora of success over the years. However, their recent appearance on KBS2 show Happy Together revealed that it hasn't all been easy. While the show was mostly light-hearted, Shin Hye Sung did reveal that the group does fight, stating, "Of course we did fight, since we are six men around the same age". Eric claimed that he and Shin Hye Sung often clashed because their personalities are "like water and oil."
The fighting is said to be in part due to what Eric claimed are personality differences between himself and Hye Sung, stating that they are, "like water and oil" as a pair." He went on to further explain that, "When I show physical affection to the other members, it's natural. But Shin Hye Sung reacts strongly, which makes me want to do it more." He laughed furthering, "nowadays, he'll [reciprocate], so I hate it."
Overall, they appeared to have a good time on the show.
They had each other's backs.
They even danced a bit.


Want to get their dentistry done all at once!
With our technique of oral sedation you should feel no fear, no dread and no pain. Nothing begins until total comfort is fully achieved. You're given a pill to take at home, one hour before your appointment. Your designated companion will bring you to our office. Upon arriving you'll be seated, your vital signs checked and monitored by pulseoximitry. Usually another pill is given at this time. When full, complete comfort and sedation is achieved, then your work begins.
Do you have ongoing, unresolved dental problems? Do you have trouble finding time to see your dentist? Have you been putting it off for a while… or for a long time? Extensive, complex dental problems evolve rapidly and usually have with no signs of problems. Procedures which typically take between six to eight appointments can be completed in as little as one or two visits! With dental sedation, years worth of dental neglect can be overcome in one or two visits… wakeup with little or no memory of what was done.
What Medication are Used? How Safe Is It?
Our most common sedation technique uses the sedative Triazolam in the lowest dose known to achieve light, conscious sedation. Its a pill. Your vital signs stay normal. You can "snooze" all the way throughout your appointment and yet remain responsive and cooperative at all times. You are never left alone, staff are always with you at the dental chair. The sedation medicine can be reversed simply and immediately.
Our technique of dental sedation is very popular with our patients because it really works well! You can "snooze" all the way through your dental appointment…You will awaken refreshed with little or no memory of what was done. It is safe and proven 100% successful (in our office) in over 450 cases (at the time this article was written).
Whether your appointment is long or short you'll wake up refreshed with little or no memory of dental procedures.
I'm nervous. I dread coming to see the Dentist.
Bring it with you, to our office for a free consultation with Dr Tinney.
Doctor will talk to you about your questions and concerns in a comfortable setting – not in a dental chair.
No treatment of any kind will be done at this meeting. No examination of any kind will be done either.
This is just a meeting with Dr Tinney or staff (whichever you prefer) to discuss your concerns.


We had a great time at the R.O.A.R. Asphalt Nationals held over this past weekend at the Jackson R/C Track in New Jersey.
Really nice track, run by really nice people, and a bunch of great locals.
It was a lot of fun meeting many old friends that I hadn't seen it quite a long time.
Congratulations to Mike Haynes for taking 2nd overall in 12th scale with his Rev.6. Mike and his 6 were pretty dialed all weekend long culminating with a TQ run in the last round of qualifying. Mike went on to take two 2nds and a 1st in the Triple A-Main format.
We would also like to send out a congratulations to Billy Spence. Billy bought a SpeedMerchant X-Ray conversion just a week before the race. Billy doesn't even have a local 12th scale track to run at anymore, so he was trimming his car out at the Nats. Unfortunately, due to the rain, he got very little practice with his new ride. That didn't stop him from qualifying 5th for the A-Main right behind Joel Johnson. Billy went on to finish 4th overall, and had just an incredible battle with Joel in the 3rd A-Main. Billy and Joel ran within 10 feet of each other for about 7 minutes. Awesome racing and tons of fun to watch. Not too bad for just a handful of packs thru his new conversion.
Finally, a big thumbs up goes out to Joel "Lady's Man" Vatour. Joel helps out at SpeedMerchant as well as being a very talented up and coming racer in his own right. Joel had never run on asphalt before, and like everyone else, got very little practice due to the weather (and the fact that we didn't get to the race until Friday morning). Joel took his Rev.6 (with his set-up from Friday night carpet racing), threw it down and was dialed. He never turned a screw on the car all weekend, and the only set-up change he made from carpet club racing was tire selection. Joel went on to finish 6th in the A-Main in his 1st asphalt race ever.