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Kodama: The Tree Spirits
An inTREEguing game for 2-5 players in 45 minutes or less.
Action Phase Games
3,397 backers pledged $99,380 to help bring this project to life.
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The forest is growing fast! As caretakers for kodama, the tree spirits, you must keep the forest a healthy and lush home for your little friends. Over three growing seasons, you must cultivate trees with the right mix of flowers, insects, and branch arrangements to make your kodama as happy as possible. Whoever cares for their kodama best will be remembered for generations!
From the designer of the hit game Kigi, Kodama branches out into a fun new way to play! Grow your tree by placing cards in clever arrangements, being careful to leave room for future growth. At the end of each season, one kodama will award you points for how well your tree suits its needs. With beautiful art and innovative mechanics, Kodama is an inTREEguing game for the whole family.
Kodama: The Tree Spirits is the newest Small Box/Big Fun game from Action Phase Games, playing in under 45 minutes for 2-5 players. We encourage you to view the videos directly below for more information. Or simply peruse our rule book here.
The Deluxe Edition of the game includes the below components in addition to the ones above:
The story of Kodama is an interesting one indeed. Initially, we sought to publish Daniel's game Kigi, but felt we could help to develop a few elements of the game. Two months later, we realized that we had a much different game than Kigi and Kodama took seed! (You can read more about this here in Daniel's Design Diary.)
While both games come from similar roots, Kodama provides a very different game experience from its predecessor.
Here are the differences in Kigi and Kodama:
THEME: In Kodama, players cultivate homes (trees) for the kodama.
PLACEMENT: In Kodama, there is no pruning, but rather a 10 point scoring cap for placement that encourages diversity while leaving players with a beautiful tree by the end of the game. Additionally, players now only place branches on their own trees.
FEATURES: Not only are all of the features updated to help represent the theme, there are now six features as opposed to five.
GOALS: In Kigi, goals came in the form of Commission cards that were shuffled into the branch deck. Now, players are dealt four kodama cards, three of which they will score over three seasons.
SEASONS: Play is now divided into three seasons: Spring, Summer, and Fall. At the beginning of each season a Decree will be revealed which will add or amend a rule in the game--adding more replayability and strategy to placement. After placing four branches, players will select one of their Kodama cards to score. At the end of three seasons, players score a final Kodama card and a winner is determined!
Kodama: The Tree Spirits is the fifth project from Action Phase Games and was designed by the very talented Daniel Solis. With the successful execution of our first four projects, we have become experienced as publishers. We will confidently execute this project to the same high standard.
The deluxe edition, containing additional content and upgraded components, will not be available in retail.
Daniel Solis has successfully designed a game that is accessible to gamers of all ages and levels of experience. Kodama is innovative while remaining easy to learn and play. Because of these factors, we have every confidence that this game will be played for years to come.
People who have demoed and play-tested this game have uniformly loved it for its original mechanics, charm, artistic beauty, and accessibility. While the game takes under 45 minutes to teach and play, it offers a surprising amount of tactical depth and replay value.
All of the art assets (with the exception of the 3 Become a Guardian pledge levels) are complete.
The game is full of charming illustrations by the extremely gifted Kwanchai Moriya, with graphic design by the equally talented Scott Hartman.
Not only do we offer free shipping in the US, but this project is EU friendly, too.
Kickstarter is the world's largest funding platform for creative projects. Every month, tens of thousands of people pledge millions of dollars to creative projects in dozens of categories.
A person who supports a project is called a "backer." The process of giving money to this project is called a "pledge."
In return for your pledge, we (the creators of the campaign) are able to offer "rewards," depending on the amount you pledge.
For example, if you pledge $19 to help back the project — we'll offer you a copy of the game along with any over-funding goals we achieve as soon as it is manufactured. You'll get access weeks before it's made available to everyone else!
Pledge levels vary from just $1 to several hundred dollars. And each different level opens up a new creative reward. (For a full list, check out the right side of this page, or scroll down a bit more).
You can become a backer in just three easy steps:
Step 1: Read through the pledge levels and rewards we're offering in the right sidebar of this page.
Step 2: Click the large, green "BACK THIS PROJECT" button to the right of the trailer video at the top of this page.
Step 3: Enter your pledge amount, and complete the steps for filling in your information. This process takes just a few seconds! That's it! It's really that simple! Thank you for backing!
Once you've backed this project, we encourage you to share this page on social media platforms, such as Facebook and Twitter, and to tell your friends. Also, be sure to like Action Phase Games on Facebook and follow us on Twitter for real time updates about this project and more!
SAPLING (Pledge $1 or more): Every contribution counts. The Guardians of the forest appreciate your help.
TREE SPIRIT (Pledge $19 or more): One copy of Kodama: The Tree Spirits with stretch goals. Free shipping in the US. Other shipping rates based on location.
KODAMA (Pledge $27 or more): One deluxe copy of Kodama: The Tree Spirits, which includes additional Kodama and Decree cards in addition to wooden player components and first player marker. Stretch goals included. Free shipping in the US. Other shipping rates based on location.
GROVE DWELLER (Pledge $52 or more): Two deluxe copies of Kodama: The Tree Spirits, which includes 16 additional Kodama and Decree cards, as well as wooden player components and season marker. Stretch goals included. Free shipping in the US. Other shipping rates based on location.
BECOME A FOREST GUARDIAN (Pledge $400 or more): You will be immortalized as a Guardian of the Forest. Your likeness will be used on all of the backs of one of the three decks of Decree cards, making you the Guardian for that particular season. This pledge level includes two deluxe copies of Kodama: The Tree Spirits. Free shipping anywhere in the world.
As this is our fifth campaign, we have learned how to streamline the game publishing process. In our first campaign, we encountered a handful of issues due to third-party partners and elements outside of our control. In our second campaign, as well as with the reprint of our first game, we managed to successfully avoid all of these issues.
As evidenced on our prior projects, we are willing to go the extra mile to solve any problems that may arise. The scope and scale of a small box project like this is less susceptible to the potential problems we have navigated in the past. We have every confidence that we will be able to deliver Kodama on time and that it will be of the highest possible quality.
Our greatest obstacle is simply funding the manufacture of this game.
SAPLING: Every contribution counts. The Guardians of the forest appreciate your help.
TREE SPIRIT: One copy of Kodama: The Tree Spirits with stretch goals. Free shipping in the US. Other shipping rates based on location.
KODAMA: One deluxe copy of Kodama: The Tree Spirits, which includes additional Kodama and Decree cards in addition to wooden player components and first player marker. Stretch goals included. Free shipping in the US. Other shipping rates based on location.
2,742 backers
GROVE DWELLER: Two deluxe copies of Kodama: The Tree Spirits, which includes additional Kodama and Decree cards in addition to wooden player components and first player marker. Stretch goals included. Free shipping in the US. Other shipping rates based on location.
BECOME A FOREST GUARDIAN: You will be immortalized as a Guardian of the Forest. Your likeness will be used on all of the backs of one of the three decks of Decree cards, making you the Guardian for that particular season. This pledge level includes two deluxe copies of Kodama: The Tree Spirits. Free shipping anywhere in the world.
Oct 13, 2015 - Nov 12, 2015 (30 days)


Jamie Ch estney has done it the hard way to break into the WBT Top 16 Rankings. Playing through the Professional Bowls Association qualifiers and got his first appearance back in 2007 into WBT events. It was entering the European Masters Tourcard event where he won the final at Blackpool Newton Hall to give him the automatic entry into all the WBT events in one season. That win gave him the breakthrough to gain points at these events.
Having had a great Ranking season in the previous year Jamie had enough in the bag to hold him inside the top World's Top 8 at Number 7. Though there are no points attached Jamie came away from the 2017-18 season with both the World Indoor Pairs and Mixed Pairs titles and is looking forward to another great season for 2018-19.


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The Central Vermont Railroad bypassed Montpelier, but for portions of the 19th and 20th centuries a busy spur line connected a station across the street from the Statehouse to the economic lifeline of its time. In 1880 the original 1850 station was rebuilt in a Victorian style with a tower and attractive passenger canopy. Passenger rail service to Montpelier proper ended in 1938, and the station was demolished in 1963. The area where the station once stood is now occupied by the People's United Bank and a parking lot. Buildings in both photographs are, from left to right, a carriage house at 120 State Street, the 1891 National Life red stone building (seen just above the railroad station roof), and the 1870 Vermont Mutual building.
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 Alan B. Slifka (1929–2011), American investor and philanthropist
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Media Release: Six bakers make the shortlist to win Scottish Baker of the Year 2013
SCOTTISH Bakers has announced the names of the final six bakers shortlisted for the ultimate accoldade, the title of SCOTTISH BAKER OF THE YEAR 2013:
Harry Gow – Inverness
Stephens the Bakers – Dunfermline
Brownings the Bakers – Kilmarnock
Border Biscuits – Motherwell
Macleans Highland Bakery – Forres
Cuckoos Bakery – Edinburgh
Each of the six finalsts have already been recognised by their customers and a panel of expert judges as producing some of the BEST products in Scotland following an intense judging day in Dunfermline last month.
Following the judges taste tests, all of the regional winners were judged on a national level and a total of 24 bakers were put forward for the main prize.
Each of these bakers were then asked to submit a business case for why their bakery is the best in the land and each baker has also been subjected to a panel interview by independent business judges including James Withers, CEO of Scotland Food and Drink, David Lonsdale, assistant director, CBI Scotland and Mike Tully, CEO Bako Northern and Scotland.
The bakers will now complete video interviews for the judges to make their decision on who will be crowned Scottish Baker of the Year 2013.
Paul Hollywood, artisan baker and TV presenter, will announce the winner and present them with their prize, a specially-commissioned silver rolling pin at this year's Scottish Baker of the Year Awards, at a prestigious ceremony in Glasgow on 18th May.
15,000 customers from Stranraer to Shetland voted for their best bakery products during March and the top products in each of the six categories were baked and delivered to Dunfermline on 10th April.
All products were then judged a panel of independent experts led by artisan baker, Robert Ross, and including retired master bakers with extensive experience of the bakery sector in Scotland.
The panel professionally judged some 300 items shortlisted in the six categories: breads, scones, individual cakes, savouries, morning rolls and new category biscuits, to decide who bakes the best products in Scotland.
Each category has been divided into three regions, covering Northern, Central and Southern Scotland. Within each category, the judges will award regional Gold, Silver and Bronze awards and all our shortlisted bakers will be invited to the awards ceremony in May where they will find out what colour their regional award will be.
The final results will remain a closely guarded secret until 18thMay when Paul will announce the results and also name the Scottish Baker of the Year 2013, a crown currently held by Harry Gow.
But for now, each of our six bakers can take pride in their place as one of the best bakers in the land.
Chief executive of Scottish Bakers, Alan Clarke, said: "We have been delighted by the response from customers and from bakers for this year's competition.
"It highlights the fantastic work that bakers do day in and day out across Scotland.
"We are delighted to highlight and promote this work and I am confident that any one of our six shortlisted finalists will make a worthy winner for 2013."
For more information please contact Julie Fourcade on 07958 736056 julie@fourcade.co.uk
Scottish Bakers was established in 1891 and since then we have represented and promoted the interests of the bakery trade in Scotland.
We aim to be an integral part of each member's business by providing support for Bakers of all sizes.
We provide a valuable source of help, advice, information, assistance and skills development for bakers throughout Scotland.
But most importantly, Scottish Bakers belongs to its members, we are all there for their benefit and are proud of our motto 'for the good of all'.
www.scottishbakers.org
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This plaque build-up decreases blood flow which raises blood circulation pressure, and eventually qualified prospects to cardiovascular disease or a whole lot worse a coronary attack.Let's initial take a better take a look at LDL or poor cholesterol. LDL could cause us complications because it has a tendency to build up in the artery wall space and as time passes this plaque build-up blocks blood circulation.
So given that you possess a better knowledge of what cholesterol is certainly and how exactly it affects you, let's take a look at particular lower cholesterol here is how to lessen the poor LDL and improve the great HDL.Alternatively, HDL or good cholesterol really helps to decrease plaque by coming back excess LDL towards the liver and supports its excretion.
Unfortunately for a few of us the body due to our genetics will produce an excessive amount of LDL cholesterol but don't get worried because there are methods to lower your poor cholesterol normally and properly.As I mentioned earlier cholesterol originates from two resources. Your body creates it normally and through the foods that people eat.
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One thing you should be aware of is certainly your diet.Thankfully you can find natural and safe alternatives to prescription medications that can decrease your awful cholesterol and improve the very good. Also to improve your HDL or great cholesterol you are able to consume foods that are abundant with essential good extra fat like certain seafood and walnuts. Particular foods, that are saturated in saturated fats such as reddish colored meats and whole-fat milk products all include bad cholesterol. You should attempt to limit your intake of the foods and rather eat foods including vegetables, wholegrains and fruits.
Exercise obviously is very helpful but doesn't straight lower cholesterol, rather it will fortify the center and whole circulatory program.Another step to reversing the consequences of raised chlesterol is cardio exercise but before you begin you should initial consult a physician. To start out you might like to do something that's low impact such as for example walking, lifting weights or stretching.
The primary lower cholesterol info things to keep in mind are to possess your cholesterol examined frequently and live a wholesome lifestyle which includes a practical exercise and diet plan.They are just some of things that you are able to do to assist together with your cholesterol levels.


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Amy Giaquinto, a Ballston Spa resident, retires after 25 years of military service
Giaquinto served as first women to be senior enlisted leader for the New York National Guard
Command Chief Master Sgt. Amy Giaqunito and Major Gen. (retired) Anthony German display Giaqunito's retirement certificate during her June 27 retirement ceremony at Stratton Air Guard Base.
STRATTON AIR NATIONAL GUARD BASE, SCOTIA, N.Y. (06/28/2019) (readMedia)-- Command Chief Master Sgt. Amy Giaquinto, a Ballston Spa resident and the first woman to serve as senior enlisted leader of the 16,500 member of the New York National Guard, ended her 25-year career with a retirement ceremony at Stratton Air National Guard Base on Thursday, June 27.
Giaquinto served in the 109th Airlift Wing, which is headquartered at the base. Prior to moving into the senior enlisted leader job at the New York Air National Guard in 2016 she was also the top enlisted Airman in the 109th Airlift Wing.
She became the senior enlisted leader for the New York National Guard in 2017.
As senior enlisted advisor for both the New York Army and Air National Guard, Giaquinto reported directly to Army Maj. Gen. Ray Shields, the Adjutant General of New York on all enlisted issues; to include professional military education, enlisted promotions, morale, and family and community relations.
She decided to retire, Giaquinto said, so she can spend more time with her family.
The position requires a great deal of travel and she has a son still in high school who she would like to spend more time with, she explained.
"It was a hard decision to make. I love serving and I will miss my National Guard family," Giaquinto said. "No one asked me to leave. It is just the right time."
Retired Major General Anthony German, who preceded Shields as Adjutant General, presided over the retirement ceremony.
He praised Giaquinto as a consummate professional who always provided good counsel and advice.
"She took care of all the Soldiers and Airmen like she took care of her family," German said.
In her remarks, Giaquinto emphasized how much she enjoyed serving in the military and charged everybody present to always "leave the organization better than you found it."
She also emphasized the important role every individual who serves in the military plays.
"Each of us deserve respect for our service to this great nation," Giaquinto said.
Giaquinto's military service began in 1984 when she enlisted in the United States Army.
She left the Army after three years and after a ten year break in service she decided to join the New York Air National Guard's 109th Airlift Wing in 1997 as an information manager.
In retrospect, she wishes that she hadn't stayed away from the military for so long after leaving the Army, Giaquinto said.
"If I knew about the Guard sooner I would have joined right after leaving active duty," she said.
She served seven years in the logistics readiness squadron and also served on the Base Honor Guard. In 2004 Giaquinto was selected as the information resource manager in the communications flight. In 2006 Giaquinto was selected as the office manager for the wing command staff, administering executive support for the wing commander, vice commander and executive officer.
In 2009, Chief Giaquinto deployed to Afghanistan in Operation Enduring Freedom, and in 2010 she was selected as a human resource specialist at New York Air National Guard headquarters.
Giaquinto was selected as the 109th Airlift Wing command chief in June 2013 before moving into the New York Air National Guard Command Chief position in July 2016. She was the first women in both those positions.
She took over as senior enlisted leader for the New York National Guard in November 2017.
Since she joined the Army In 1984 she seen lots of changes in the military for women, Giaquinto said.
"There are more and more firsts for women in the military," she said. "The first women to serve in combat, the first woman to be in the position I am in."
"I hope there are a lot less firsts. I hope it becomes the norm," Giaquinto said.
Her advice to young people joining the military is to be ready to make a career out of it.
The National Guard, especially, has a lot to offer, she said. People can have a military career and a civilian career at the same time and get opportunities to deploy without moving around as much as active military people do.
"Twenty years goes by fast. My advice is if you can stay in and make it a career you will not regret it," she said.
Giaquinto is married to a fellow member of the New York Air National Guard, Chief Master Sgt. Mark Giaquinto, who will continue to serve.
They have two adult children: Alyssa Giaquinto, a Technical Sergeant in the Air National Guard, and Ashlyn Giaquinto. Her son Aidan Giaquinto, is a high school student.
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New York State Division of Military & Naval Affairs
Eric Durr, 518-786-4581, eric.d.durr.nfg@mail.mil
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Don't Start Your Search Engine Optimization Without Reading These Tips.
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Help yourself by helping the web spiders index your site. Web spiders will find your content based on keywords, but your site should be easy for them to use. You have to stress the important areas of your site by making a site map which lets a web spider get a hold of the hierarchy of your pages.
Search engines improve your rankings based not just on hits, but also on the length of time of each hit. You can measure your visits to your site by using things like Quantcast Scores. This could have a bearing on your PageRank. There are a few ways to increase the visitors time spent. Forums and other discussion services are a great way to keep your visitors on your site for longer.
To expand your customer base and bring more traffic to your site, use a product feed to boost your presence online. Through feeds you will be able to deliver information about your goods such as descriptions, pricing and images. The best places to submit are shopper comparison sites and the major search engines. Feed readers make subscribing to your feed easy for your customers, too.
A good technique to SEO is to create a blog and link to other related blogs. Blogs rank well because the search engines like structured data and fresh content. If you want your website to receive high rankings on the results page, then it is essential to have backlinks.
When you use properly descriptive title tags, you are ensuring that the search engines understand what content is on your website. Your titles should not exceed sixty characters, as this is the limit of the majority of search engines. Search engines also give little weight to terms coming over the 60 character point.
Your website should always be easy on the eye for comprehension and simplicity to read. Having a clear, easy to read site with options like fonts that can be enlarged will help your rankings. When you work on search engine optimization, you must also consider optimizing for the reader's experience, as well.
Design your site map to incorporate your chosen keywords. Site maps are excellent navigational tools as well as helpful for search engine optimization. This can affect your search engine rankings, as content that is easy to find is considered more relevant.
Use powerful keywords when promoting your site. The content that you put in the title tag are the most important for search engine purposes. Choose your keywords wisely and based upon results they give you. A perfect keyword can help direct traffic to your website.
Use off-site linking to reputable, quality content whenever possible, to give your SEO the best boost. This is probably the most important linking rule to follow. Relevant links to other websites are more valuable from a SEO perspective than the links that interlink your website. Look for linking options with a corresponding link directed back to your own site. This improves your search ranking even more.
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Cheese has been enjoyed for thousands and thousands of years. It predates history. Anything that has that kind of staying power has got to be good.
The NW Wine and Cheese Tour, April 14 & 15, 2012.
It is widely believed that the first cheese came into being shortly after the earliest domestication of sheep and goats. It was most likely discovered by accident. Milk was frequently stored in animal skins, which contain rennet; the combination of rennet, movement, and time caused the milk to separate into curds and whey.
Once there were curds, cheese was on its way.
The years have been good to cheese. Ancient Romans were among the first to elevate cheese making to a fine art, but they were not the last. Over time, one civilization after another experimented with cheese, playing with flavors and textures.
Recent years have witnessed a resurgence in farmstead and artisanal cheese making. Those of us who live in Washington State are blessed to have many such fine cheese makers among us.
Join Olympic Peninsula Wineries and Cideries the weekend of April 14-15, 2012, for the Northwest Wine and Cheese Tour. Discover enchanting combinations of Washington State Wine and Cheese. And raise your glass in thanks to the first people who thought to store their goat milk in animal skins.


Adelantado Governor, Captain General, and Chief Justicee Pedro de Mendoza (1534–1537). First founding of Buenos Aires; Ft. Corpus Christi founded by Juan de Ayolas. Retires and dies mad en route home.
Governor Juan de Ayolas (1537–1539). In Paraguay. Asunción founded by Juan de Salazar de Espinoza. Killed by natives.
Lt. Governor Francisco Ruíz Galán (1537–1541). At Buenos Aires, prior to its abandonment.
Governor Domingo Martínez de Irala (1539–1541). Elected by the colonists.
Adelantado Governor Alvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca (1541–1544). Victorious campaign against Guarani in 1542. Arrested and returned to Spain for trial.
Governor Domingo Martínez de Irala (1544–1556). Encouraged his men to marry and keep concubines from local women. Two adelantados are unable to arrive from Spain and de Irala confirmed in his post by the king 1552. Died peacefully.
Governor Gonzalo de Mendoza (1556–1558). Ciudad Real de Guayrá founded by Ruy Díaz de Malgarejo in 1557. Died peacefully.
Governor Francisco Ortiz de Vergara (1558–1569). Elected by the colonists. Foundations fail at San Francisco, Sancti Spiritus, and Santa Cruz de la Sierra. Arrested and returned to Spain for trial.
Lt. Governor Felipe de Cáceres (1569–1572). Appointed by Royal Audience. Arrested and returned to Spain for trial.
Adelantado Governor Juan Ortiz de Zárate (1572–1576). Sailed to Spain to confirm his election. Foundation of Tucuman.
Lt. Governor Juan de Garay (1578–1583). Buenos Aires refounded 1580.
Governor Hernando Arias de Saavedra ("Hernandarias") (1592–1594).
Governor Juan Ramírez de Velasco (1596–1597).
Governor Hernando Arias de Saavedra (1597–1599). Second time.
Governor Hernando Arias de Saavedra (1602–1609). Third time. First Jesuit Reduction established. Slave trade restricted.
Governor Mateo Leal de Ayala (1613–1615).
Governor Hernando Arias de Saavedra (1615–1617). Fourth time. Guayrá (Paraguay) separated into a separate governorate in 1617.
The audiencias of the Viceroyalty of Peru c.1650. The Audience of Charcas is section 5.
Governor Hernando Arias de Saavedra (1617–1618).
Governor Pedro Esteban Dávila (1631–1637). Concepción del Bermejo destroyed by natives.
Governor Mendo de la Cueva y Benavidez (1637–1640). Defense of Buenos Aires improved. Expedition against the Calchaquís. Fort Santa Teresa erected.
Governor Jerónimo Luis de Cabrera (1641–1645). Ban of Portuguese attempted in governorate.
Governor Pedro Baigorrí Ruiz (1653–1660). Three French ships successfully repelled from Buenos Aires. Calchaquís repelled from Santa Fe.
Governor Alonso Mercado y Villacorta (1660–1663). Request to be able to send two trade ships annually denied. Dutch ships permitted to dock in Buenos Aires.
Governor Juan Martínez de Salazar (1663–1674). Continued requests for free commerce. The Royal Audience of Buenos Aires briefly independent of the court at Charcas.
Governor José de Garro (1678–1682). Portuguese expelled from Colonia de Sacramento in 1680.
Governor Alonso Juan de Valdés e Inclán (1704–1708). Colonia de Sacramento retaken.
Governor Manuel de Velasco y Tejada (1708–1712). Purchased office for 3000 pesos. Arrested.
Governor Alonso de Arce y Soria (1712–1714). Buys the position for 18,000 pesos. Dies five months later.
Governor Baltasar García Ros (1715–1717). Colonia del Sacramento returned to the Portuguese. Campaigns against the Charrua, Yaro, and Bohanes.
Governor Bruno Mauricio de Zabala (1717–1734). Portuguese removed from Montevideo.
Governor Pedro Antonio de Cevallos (or Ceballos) (1756–1766). Colonia del Sacramento retaken.
Governor Francisco de Paula Bucarelli y Ursúa (1766–1770). English expelled from the Falkland Islands. Mail inaugurated between A Coruña and the Río de la Plata.
Governor Juan José de Vértiz y Salcedo (1770–1776). After which, the governorate is replaced by the Viceroyalty and Intendancy of Buenos Aires in the Bourbon reforms.


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Majors Creek is a locality split between the City of Townsville and the Shire of Burdekin, Queensland, Australia. In the , Majors Creek had a population of 329 people.

Geography
The locality lies on the plain to the south of Mount Elliot. It is bounded by Haughton River to the east, Major Creek to the south and an unnamed creek to the west.

Most of the locality is at elevations of  above sea level, but there are some hills including:

 Major Creek Mountain in the east of the locality () at
 Artillery Hill in the centre of the locality () at
 South Double in the centre of the locality () at

History
Major's Creek State School opened on 9 February 1934. It was mothballed on 31 December 2008 when enrolments were under 10 students. It closed on 31 December 2009. In 2012, when the school's land and buildings were to sold, a reunion was held at the school to dig up the time capsule buried in 1984 to celebrate the school's 50th anniversary. The school was at 54 Majors Creek Road (). It sold in May 2012 for $264,000.

In the , Majors Creek had a population of 329 people.

Economy
Majors Creek Homestead is in the east of the locality ().

Education
There are no schools in Majors Creek. The nearest primary schools are Woodstock State School in neighbouring Woodstock to the west, Giru State School in Giru to the north-east and Clare State School in Clare to the south-east. The nearest secondary schools are William Ross State High School in Annandale in Townsville to the north-west, Ayr State High School in Ayr to the north-east, and Home Hill State High School in Home Hill to the east.

References

Suburbs of Townsville
Shire of Burdekin
Localities in Queensland


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The data needs to be gathered and processed. It might take a couple of days to sort things out. As soon as we receive it I will post the results. Thank you for participating!
it is in a database correct?
If so then the query (s) should have been writen days ago correct?
So why does it take a couple of days?
I started playing the BF109F but stopped because there is no leaderboard or any way to check your progress or know where you are ranked. I like the way this event was laid out but Im just not down to spam one plane all weekend without even know how well Im doing.
I started, and then since I started I finished with Specialist as the goal and to see how it works, a first for me post-Level 2. I actually really grew to like the Bf-109F version, once you've upped the maneuverability with skills/equipment, I found it really quite handy.
Also, to Sea of Stars, my head is still spinning from the number of times he shot me down. HoujuuNue too, though he seemed more often on my side.
SoS rarely forums, but I've passed your sentiments along.
I think I did around 30 missions in the 109 f. Started bare bones and at the end of the 30 missions I can elite it now if I want. Seems like a pretty good plane to me.
Thank you for participating pilots!
The USA won this battle (6637:4849) so the best players on the Lockheed P-38J Lightning will get additional 3 days of premium account. Please note that rewards should arrive today and premium account time will start its count when added to your account.
My congratulations to the winners! Keep it up!
Only 20 and 23 pilots for each plane actually qualified (20 battles) ?? On EU all 50 positions were taken ... for both planes.
Edited by GonerNL, 29 January 2019 - 02:05 PM.
Congratulations to the top 3, you all fought great battles.
wow i expected more people to go hard than that. whatevs ill take it.
If i had started on time i would have broken the top 10.
if i had paid attention to the task at hand.
I managed to spec out the plane during this event.
that would have been 120-162 (I forget which) kills..
"enemy aircraft destroyed while attacking or defending sectors"
I got a neat new plane.
and [eventually] a couple of goodies to go along with it.
but I'll take it. .
(Ru for tonks Eu for boats and NA for planes) I would have expected ... more.
Maybe we will get a better warning to prepare for the next time.
What do you suppose the next one will be?
Maybe after a release of tech line fast/medium bombers for the Axis and Allies it will be o contest between the under/over used Multiroles that would hunt them?
Edited by wylleEcoyote, 30 January 2019 - 04:46 AM.
Thank you WoWP, enjoyed myself and had lots of fun. Also specialized the Me 109f for an added bonus.
Fun event. Forced me to play a plane that's a bit of a challenge for me and I ended up specializing it in the process.
Same! Thank you for the event -- fierce competition, high stakes, very fun.
ran into Greg_Pattinson as well (literally. . . . ) and he has a very nice paint job on his bird.
Just curious, has anyone received their gold yet? I am not complaining, I know sometimes it takes a few days for the credits to flow through. Just curious.
Oh yeah, I flew my P-38J like a complete doofus. At least I got it specialized now. Not that I will be playing it anytime soon. I was just baaaaad. Then again, I was trying to do things I should not have done. Ah well, die and learn, I guess.
GG to everyone who was above me in the standings (i.e. everyone).
Edited by Bobby_Tables, 30 January 2019 - 02:34 AM.


QSpinBox allows the user to choose a value either by clicking the up/down buttons to increase/decrease the value currently displayed or by typing the value directly into the spin box. If the value is entered directly into the spin box, Enter (or Return) must be pressed to apply the new value. The value is usually an integer.
Every time the value changes QSpinBox emits the valueChanged() signal. The current value can be fetched with value() and set with setValue().
The spin box keeps the value within a numeric range, and to multiples of the lineStep() size (see QRangeControl for details). Clicking the up/down buttons or using the keyboard accelerator's up and down arrows will increase or decrease the current value in steps of size lineStep(). The minimum and maximum value and the step size can be set using one of the constructors, and can be changed later with setMinValue(), setMaxValue() and setLineStep().
Most spin boxes are directional, but QSpinBox can also operate as a circular spin box, i.e. if the range is 0-99 and the current value is 99, clicking "up" will give 0. Use setWrapping() if you want circular behavior.
The displayed value can be prepended and appended with arbitrary strings indicating, for example, currency or the unit of measurement. See setPrefix() and setSuffix(). The text in the spin box is retrieved with text() (which includes any prefix() and suffix()), or with cleanText() (which has no prefix(), no suffix() and no leading or trailing whitespace). currentValueText() returns the spin box's current value as text.
Normally the spin box displays up and down arrows in the buttons. You can use setButtonSymbols() to change the display to show + and - symbols if you prefer. In either case the up and down arrow keys work as expected.
QSpinBox can easily be subclassed to allow the user to input things other than an integer value as long as the allowed input can be mapped to a range of integers. This can be done by overriding the virtual functions mapValueToText() and mapTextToValue(), and setting another suitable validator using setValidator().
Constructs a spin box that allows values from minValue to maxValue inclusive, with step amount step. The value is initially set to minValue.
Returns the full text calculated from the current value, including any prefix and suffix. If there is special value text and the value is minValue() the specialValueText() is returned.
Intercepts and handles the events coming to the embedded QLineEdit that have special meaning for the QSpinBox. The object is passed as o and the event is passed as ev.
QSpinBox calls this after the user has manually edited the contents of the spin box (i.e. by typing in the embedded QLineEdit, rather than using the up/down buttons/keys).
The default implementation of this function interprets the new text using mapTextToValue(). If mapTextToValue() is successful, it changes the spin box's value; if not, the value is left unchanged.
This virtual function is used by the spin box whenever it needs to interpret text entered by the user as a value. The text is available as text() and as cleanText(), and this function must parse it if possible. If ok is not 0: if it parses the text successfully, *ok is set to TRUE; otherwise *ok is set to FALSE.
This virtual function is called by QRangeControl whenever the range has changed. It adjusts the default validator and updates the display; if you need additional processing, you can reimplement this function.
Sets the validator to v. The validator controls what keyboard input is accepted when the user is editing in the value field. The default is to use a suitable QIntValidator.
Sets whether it is possible to step the value from the highest value to the lowest value and vice versa to on. See the "wrapping" property for details.
Decreases the spin box's value one lineStep(), wrapping as necessary if wrapping() is TRUE. This is the same as clicking on the pointing-down button and can be used for keyboard accelerators, for example.
Increases the spin box's value by one lineStep(), wrapping as necessary if wrapping() is TRUE. This is the same as clicking on the pointing-up button and can be used for keyboard accelerators, for example.
Updates the contents of the embedded QLineEdit to reflect the current value using mapValueToText(). Also enables/disables the up/down push buttons accordingly.
This virtual function is called by QRangeControl whenever the value has changed. The QSpinBox reimplementation updates the display and emits the valueChanged() signals; if you need additional processing, either reimplement this or connect to one of the valueChanged() signals.
This signal is emitted every time the value of the spin box changes; the new value is passed in value. This signal will be emitted as a result of a call to setValue(), or because the user changed the value by using a keyboard accelerator or mouse click, etc.
Note that the valueChanged() signal is emitted every time, not just for the "last" step; i.e. if the user clicks "up" three times, this signal is emitted three times.
Examples: listbox/listbox.cpp, qfd/fontdisplayer.cpp, and scribble/scribble.cpp.
This signal is emitted whenever the valueChanged( int ) signal is emitted, i.e. every time the value of the spin box changes (whatever the cause, e.g. by setValue(), by a keyboard accelerator, by mouse clicks, etc.).
Returns TRUE if it is possible to step the value from the highest value to the lowest value and vice versa; otherwise returns FALSE. See the "wrapping" property for details.
To turn off the prefix display, set this property to an empty string. The default is no prefix. The prefix is not displayed for the minValue() if specialValueText() is not empty.
If set, the spin box will display this text instead of a numeric value whenever the current value is equal to minVal(). Typical use is to indicate that this choice has a special (default) meaning.
The user will then be able to choose a margin width from 0-20 millimeters or select "Auto" to leave it to the application to choose. Your code must then interpret the spin box value of -1 as the user requesting automatic margin width.
To turn off the special-value text display, call this function with an empty string. The default is no special-value text, i.e. the numeric value is shown as usual.
To turn off the suffix display, set this property to an empty string. The default is no suffix. The suffix is not displayed for the minValue() if specialValueText() is not empty.
If you have a range of 0..100 and wrapping is off when the user reaches 100 and presses the Up Arrow nothing will happen; but if wrapping is on the value will change from 100 to 0, then to 1, etc. When wrapping is on, navigating past the highest value takes you to the lowest and vice versa.


Inside the magic academy, there's a guild that was originally built for adventurers. In spite of being a facility intended for adventurers to use, this branch was for some reason built inside the academy. This guild is mostly famous because of its well-known 'Commission Service'. Students of the academy can polish their practical combat ability and skills by accepting commissions and monster subjugation requests. Rather, this is basically the reason why the branch was built here.
Alysia was standing in front of the Academy's Guild which is located right besides the school's main building. She pushed the entrance door open with both hands and entered the ever so bustling building.
The inside of the room was vast and shaped like a rectangle. There were people who seemed like receptionists inside.
She walked forward confidently, but once she got closer, she came to realise something really important. Alysia's line of sight was at exactly the same height as the reception desk.
Alysia tiptoed and tried so hard to make herself taller. Nevertheless, only her head was visible above the desk. The male receptionist finally saw her.
When Alysia heard that, she panicked a bit inside and wondered what she should do. She was worried about showing him her excessive amount of magic power, a spiritual power that surpasses any other in the world and a divine power that only Gods should have possessed which were all written on the card.
However, there was no escaping it. If she didn't show her card to him, she wouldn't be able to accept any commissions no matter how long she waited.
Alysia took the card from her skirt's pocket and showed it to the receptionist. Incidentally, she was wearing a black one-piece dress.
Everyone's gazes in the guild seemed to be stuck on Alysia. 'Judging from the appearance, it might be……' Everyone was wondering, and all sorts of gossip was being passed around in the background. However, soon that vagueness became certainty. People around pointed at her and started whispering to one another.
The card was passed again, this time back to Alysia. If seen closely now, below the 'Name' section of the card, 'Guild Rank : F' was written.
Somehow, having his attention focused on the name of a champion, he failed to see any other data, including her magic power quantity. Alysia was relieved to hear that and decided to inquire about something else.
The man said that and pointed his finger at the bulletin board hanging on the wall.
On the bulletin board, there were lots of papers with the details of each commission written on them. Because there were numerous papers stacking up on top of each other, there were bound to be commission papers that got hidden under the piles.
Alysia scanned the bulletin board from the top. It was mostly filled with D and C-rank commissions. There were hardly any commissions above C or below F-rank.
Amongst those, one commission was very distinguishable. It was a B-rank quest written on a large piece of paper. As expected, Alysia went to read the content while being seemingly intrigued.
Hearing that explanation, Alysia felt that something was off. However, she thought it probably wasn't anything important, so she started looking at other commissions. Well, she didn't come here looking for monster subjugating commissions in the first place.
Actually, what Alysia was looking for were commissions related to bandits. This was, of course, for the sake of tracking down Solf, the man who had attempted to kill Alysia several times already. Even if she didn't find any clues, at the very least her actions would have helped others. She had finally decided on this after thinking for a while.
It was natural for him to be worried. Because the guild won't take any responsibility if something were to befall someone during their commissions.
This was the guild's unspoken rule. That's why, for him, allowing a little girl like Alysia to enter a bandit's den just like that really hurt his conscience.
Being told that, Alysia began copying down the content of the commission onto her memo book. She was using Japanese for some reason this time, which was the language of the hometown of his soul. There was no way she could have forgotten it. Especially when she kept revising it even after a hundred years.
On the south side of Tilf Mountain, there's a cave which they use as their hideout. They number at least four. C-rank.
The northern side of that same Tilf Mountain, around the summit. The bandits are using a tunnel which is actually the remains of an abandoned excavation project. It is estimated that the number of targets exceed twenty. B-rank.
Both commissions can be done by simply bringing down the leader.
She was somehow having fun writing down all those kanji. Rather, not even forgetting hiragana after living in a non-japanese environment after a hundred years itself is actually amazing. Alysia was wondering if a vampire's intelligence perhaps surpasses that of a human's. Especially because she has experienced life as both that she was able to make that conclusion.
That sentence actually had the opposite effect as the receptionist actually became more worried. 'Does this girl actually understand?' He wondered.
After seeing Alysia off to outside, the receptionist went back to his desk to finish sorting his files.
Thanks for the Chapter! Last I heard the author cancelled it after 2 Volumes, how come there are chapters for a vol. 3 posted ? Did I miss something and the author picked it back up?
Not exactly. There are 2 Le festin so far, the original and the re-written version. The original has 3 volumes, and the re-written was dropped after 2 volumes.
Thank you for the chapter. Hope your exams went well.
So, when will your own story updates? I'm interested in it you know.
wait has it been 100 years already? i might just be confusing with some other novels but i thought she wasn't that old yet.
Yes, it was that special space.
Yes, there was that too, (that she is immortal).
So yes, she is over 100 years old.
Hahaha.. reception oniisan got troubled..
She forgot the S rank commission!! Subjugation of meat-bun!!


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Last week, the Coral Bay Community Council mailed letters to 500 property owners in Coral Bay, St. John who have mailing addresses on St. John and St. Thomas. "These letters are an effort to reach out to residents who don't routinely use email and social media — and let them know about our programs and projects. We want to welcome all Coral Bay property owners and residents to become participating members of the Coral Bay Community Council," said Sharon Coldren, the volunteer president of the nonprofit organization.
"CBCC's agenda encompasses many important current topics – infrastructure improvement, solid waste management improvement, environmental protection, taxes, recreation and community facilities, and more. We depend on volunteers, donations and grants to accomplish good things – and we need to hear from community members like you about projects we can undertake – and solutions we can all be part of," she continued.
The Coral Bay Community Council sends out frequent email newsletters to its members and others in the community to share useful information. With the demise of printed local newspapers on St. John, it has become harder to reach out to everyone in the broader community with initiatives. Thus, CBCC decided to send letters to local residents to invite participation.
Founded in 2003, CBCC is a nonpartisan, 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization with over 400 voting members. It is eligible to receive tax deductible charitable contributions and can apply for federal grants for projects that are valuable to the community. The CBCC also works closely with VI government departments to publicize and improve services for all of us.
All Coral Bay residents or owners of property in Coral Bay are eligible to become Voting Members. Annual dues are $50 or whatever amount your budget can afford. The members elect the Board of Directors.
"Check your post office box, or pile of mail –and please read the information we sent, and become a member – it's easy!" shared Coral Bay Community Council's leader, Sharon Coldren.
If you did not receive a letter, and wish you had, it may be because CBCC does not have your accurate mailing address, or correct information. To add your mailing address to CBCC's contact list, please contact the Coral Bay Community Council office at 340-776-2099. You can also reach the CBCC on social media at http://www.facebook.com/CoralBayCommunityCouncil/, or email cbcc@coralbaycommunitycouncil.org.
Contact: Sharon Coldren, President, 340-776-2099.


Samsung Pay is the most widely accepted mobile payment service, but it is ultimately up to the banks and card providers in a particular country to enable official support for their credit and debit cards so that they can work with Samsung Pay. This page lists the major banks and payment service providers that are on-board with Samsung Pay in the UAE.
being Emirati and from the UAE. oh and nice OLD picture of Dubai marina. ALL banks in the UAE are required by Central bank to support Digital payment now aka samsung pay including prepaid cards and ALL banks MUST support MST payment. Your comment of and more than 25 banks in UAE support samsung pay, the list you gave is government banks, why do you people post Half a$$ information?


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ANNAPOLIS, Md. — Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan announced a roll back on toll prices Thursday that he says will save drivers $54 million a year.
Most of the reductions will begin on July 1.
On the Chesapeake Bay Bridge tolls will change from $6 to $4 for cash payments and $5.40 to $2.50 for EZ-Pass commuters.
While the cash toll at the bay bridge will be lowered, the savings at other Maryland toll booths would be realized by using an EZ-Pass. Hogan also announced that a monthly $1.50 fee for holding an EZ-Pass will be eliminated.
The EZ-Pass discount will be increased from 10 percent to 25 percent — from $7.20 to $6 round trip — for the Baltimore Harbor and Fort McHenry tunnels, the Francis Scott Key Bridge, the Thomas J. Hatem Memorial Bridge and the John F. Kennedy Memorial Highway on Interstate 95. The Gov. Harry W. Nice Memorial Bridge toll would drop from $5.40 to $4.50 rountrip.
Tolls for the Intercounty Connector would be reduced 3 cents a mile.
The Maryland Transportation Authority says the lower tolls won't impact their operations.
"I am very confident we will be able to keep the public happy…as they use our facilities with the resources we have remaining," state Transporation Secretary Pete Rahn said.
But Sen. Thomas Middleton, D-Charles, wrote in a letter to Rahn that a vote by the Transportation Authority board on Thursday to reduce tolls could delay replacement of the Gov. Harry Nice Bridge in southern Maryland.
Hogan said the toll reductions won't affect replacing the bridge.
"It's currently in study, and it's not under construction, and this money won't affect that at all," Hogan said.
Senate President Thomas. V. Mike Miller, D-Calvert, said the reductions set the state backward in transportation needs.
"The nicest thing I can say about it, it's good politics, but very bad fiscal policy," Miller said.


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Guests will leave Redang and head to Pulau Perhentian for the morning snorkelling session. Lunch at Pulau Perhentian before heading to Pulau Lang Tengah for the afternoon snorkelling session. Will be back to Redang by the evening.
This will replace the Day 2 itinerary programme.
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Student artwork at airport showcases heritage
New portraits of Elvis Presley and Beale Street now greet the 10million passengers who navigate Memphis International Airport every year. They're winners of the "Memphis, Its Music, Sights and Sounds" competition, created to showcase art from local high school students and give passengers a taste of Memphis culture even if they can't leave the airport. More than 450 paintings were submitted from Memphis and Shelby County public schools. Judges, local artists and members of the art department at The University of Memphis and Memphis College of Art narrowed the collection to 44 paintings. "We wanted to display the good feelings and warmth of our kids here in town," said Richard White, vice president of property and business development for the airport. "All these kids need is encouragement. The more you pat them on the back, the higher they'll reach." Dorothy Northern, an art teacher at East High School, said her students worked for about six weeks on the paintings "before and after school, and also during lunch." The paintings were fairly large -- 3 feet by 4 feet -- which intimidated some of the young artists. The students' artwork will be displayed until next year's competition. The paintings will then be sold, and the new winners put on display.
Posted: 2nd. June 2008


Olivia Culpo is easily one of the biggest It girls on the internet right now. Her hair and makeup looks have earned a cult following on Instagram, and it's inevitable that fans want to know more about her beauty secrets. Luckily for us, we've caught up with Olivia on more than one occasion, and there's one beauty product she can't stop raving about—for good reason.
We love a good multi-purpose product, and the truth is so do many of our favorite It girls. They're easy to use and take less time and effort when it comes to getting ready. Olivia's top product of choice happens to be coconut oil, which has a huge fanbase of its own already. She uses the holy grail product on everything from her skin to her hair. Coconut oil not only moisturized the skin, but it's also a common alternative to shaving cream, can serve as a scalp protector, conditions hair and of course, hydrates every part of our bodies.
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/*
 * @test
 * @bug 4716675
 * @summary Test that relation type checking uses isInstanceOf
 * @author Eamonn McManus
 * @run clean RelationTypeTest
 * @run build RelationTypeTest
 * @run main RelationTypeTest
 */

import java.util.*;
import javax.management.*;
import javax.management.relation.*;

public class RelationTypeTest {
    public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
        System.out.println("Test that relation type checking uses " +
                           "isInstanceOf");
        MBeanServer mbs = MBeanServerFactory.newMBeanServer();
        ObjectName relSvc = new ObjectName("a:type=relationService");
        mbs.createMBean("javax.management.relation.RelationService",
                        relSvc,
                        new Object[] {Boolean.TRUE},
                        new String[] {"boolean"});
        RoleInfo leftInfo =
            new RoleInfo("left", "javax.management.timer.TimerMBean");
        RoleInfo rightInfo =
            new RoleInfo("right", "javax.management.timer.Timer");
        mbs.invoke(relSvc, "createRelationType",
                   new Object[] {
                        "typeName",
                        new RoleInfo[] {leftInfo, rightInfo},
                   },
                   new String[] {
                       "java.lang.String",
                       "[Ljavax.management.relation.RoleInfo;",
                   });
        ObjectName timer1 = new ObjectName("a:type=timer,number=1");
        ObjectName timer2 = new ObjectName("a:type=timer,number=2");
        mbs.createMBean("javax.management.timer.Timer", timer1);
        mbs.createMBean("javax.management.timer.Timer", timer2);
        Role leftRole =
            new Role("left", Arrays.asList(new ObjectName[] {timer1}));
        Role rightRole =
            new Role("right", Arrays.asList(new ObjectName[] {timer2}));
        RoleList roles =
            new RoleList(Arrays.asList(new Role[] {leftRole, rightRole}));
        mbs.invoke(relSvc, "createRelation",
                   new Object[] {
                        "relationName",
                        "typeName",
                        roles,
                   },
                   new String[] {
                       "java.lang.String",
                       "java.lang.String",
                       "javax.management.relation.RoleList",
                   });
        Map assoc =
            (Map) mbs.invoke(relSvc, "findAssociatedMBeans",
                             new Object[] {
                                 timer1,
                                 "typeName",
                                 "left",
                             },
                             new String[] {
                                 "javax.management.ObjectName",
                                 "java.lang.String",
                                 "java.lang.String",
                             });

        if (assoc.size() != 1) {
            System.out.println("TEST FAILS: findAssociatedMBeans should " +
                               "return one association: " + assoc);
            System.exit(1);
        }

        ArrayList list = (ArrayList) assoc.get(timer2);
        if (list.size() != 1 || !list.get(0).equals("relationName")) {
            System.out.println("TEST FAILS: MBean not associated as " +
                               "expected: " + list);
            System.exit(1);
        }
        System.out.println("Test passes");
    }
}

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Devil Makes Three @ Larimer Lounge
By Marquee Magazine on	 November 13, 2011 Live, Live Reviews
:: The Devil Makes Three ::
:: Larimer Lounge ::
:: November 12 2011 ::
The boldly lettered "SOLD OUT" flyer hanging above the entrance of the Larimer Lounge left some desperate fans with nothing more than weary cardboard signs and hopes of scoring an extra ticket. Denver isn't the first city The Devil Makes Three has sold out on their winter tour, and it won't be the last with their recently booming popularity. The Devil Makes Three has the incredible ability to drag fans out of the woodwork and pack venues to the rim with foot stompers, flask smugglers and hoe-down dancers.
Transcending genres, The Devil Makes Three is an acoustic compilation of old time folk, americana, blues and bluegrass. Guitarist/vocalist Pete Bernhard keeps things raw with his richly flexible vocal tone twinned with the twang if his conversational guitar style. The noble Cooper McBean takes care of the banjo, otherwise known as at "the machine that annoys everyone" with precision, as well as guitar and backup vocals. Stand-up bassist Lucia Turino keeps feet shuffling with her walking bass lines, creative timing, and backup vocals. Although the group goes without a drummer the driving force behind the upright bass, biting guitar, and relatable lyrics about drinking, jail time, and meeting ones maker gives the entire experience energy comparable to that of a punk rock show.
From the start the Devil Makes Three had the audience in a frenzy, playing all of the classics from their self-titled album released in 2002. Older tracks like "Tow," "Old Number Seven," "The Graveyard," "Black Irish," and "Man Tap" were embellished with bent notes and extra slides putting a delta-blues finish on their beloved classics. Keeping the crowd swarming with energy and questionable dance moves The Devil Makes Three was sure to throw in a few well-crafted, energetic crowd pleasers off their latest full length Do Wrong Right including "All Hail," "Do Wrong Right" and "Gracefully Facedown." Between the old and the recent, we were also lucky enough to hear a few brand new songs that have yet to be recorded. The doo-wop and blues inspired new material is reminiscent of the group's first album and has all the right ingredients to later become prized gems themselves.
With each song delivering excellent timing, unstoppable rhythms and phenomenal harmonies, it couldn't have been a better performance. Let's keep our fingers crossed and hope our friends come back to Denver soon, because all those barflies, hoe down dancers, and flask smugglers need some place to go and nothing feels more like home than a Devil Makes Three show.
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Job.com Announces Acquisition of HireVergence
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Job.com, a digital recruitment platform, announces the acquisition of Information Technology and Cyber Security recruiting firm HireVergence, marking the first pairing of Job.com's digital only platform with an existing human capital talent acquisition solution provider.
"We're delighted with the acquisition of HireVergence, their fantastic team, and to work with their loyal customer base. This is a major step towards Job.com's vision of a digitized staffing industry, delivering a hiring experience to the jobseeker that moves away from transactions and focuses on career journeys," says Arran Stewart, co-founder and Chief Visionary Officer.
Founded by Mark Tuszynski, Dave Gilden, and Julio Sanchez, based in Tampa FL, HireVergence has provided thousands of cybersecurity and IT professionals with contract, contract-to-hire, and direct hire positions at companies small and large over the last nine years.
By joining forces Job.com and HireVergence will be better equipped to discover, identify and successfully place a larger pool of talent while gaining superior insights into candidate behavior, history and fit to improve the efficacy and efficiency of work for recruiting and employment partners.
Read more: Recruitment platform Job.com Completes Acquisition of HireVergence


A basement flood or standing water in your home is bad enough in warm weather, but to have your house partly unusable during the coldest days of the year is one of the worst water disasters you can experience in Sandwich, IL. Add to that the insult of an awful smelling mess caused by a mud or sewage backup in the basement, and it's no wonder why people call professional water damage restoration services like ServiceMaster Restoration and Cleaning Services by Skip.
It can be the result of a broken water pipe, a crack in the foundation, or a broken hose on a washing machine. Water seeping or gushing into your basement can damage everything it reaches. If the standing water is undetected, even for a few hours, the flood damage can be much worse as materials become thoroughly waterlogged and dirt or sewage contaminates your appliances and belongings.
If you discover water in your basement, don't enter the area until you're absolutely certain all electrical power to the area has been shut off. Contact the appropriate services for electricity and gas so they can ensure there is no further risk. Once that's done, give us a call immediately for prompt water removal. We will also conduct debris removal, and then remove any damaged and non-restorable materials such as dry wall or paneling. We'll get to work to dry out your basement and clean out any dirt from furnaces or other appliances. We'll pack out contents to a safe, dry location for restoration, and then begin flood damage repair and restoration.
Water damage repair is comprehensive with ServiceMaster Restoration and Cleaning Services by Skip. We can repair or restore the structure as well as the contents of your home, including furniture, appliances, art, antiques, photos, and documents. We can even restore some electrical equipment and machinery.
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And then you have probably three years, before college, to develop your gymnastics and get ready for that period of training time, which can extend your gymnastics career into your early 20's giving you even more years to train and enjoy the sport.... Gymnastics is a sport for for the young! And it can be full on from a very early age. Most gymnasts going the elite/international stream will have started by age 6/7.
12/08/2011 · I do gymnastics everyday after school because I am obsessed with it but 2 months ago I got my period and I wear tampons but it is so hard to do all the stunts I could before.
The sport of gymnastics, which derives its name from the ancient Greek word for disciplinary exercises, combines physical skills such as body control, coordination, dexterity, gracefulness, and strength with tumbling and acrobatic skills, all performed in an artistic manner.


you complete. If you fail to report scores when you are required to do so, you will be at risk of having your handicap suspended. If you scored 5 and get a shot for the hole your adjusted score for that hole would. A handicap is increased when the player shoots above handicap by such an amount that they also exceed the buffer zone for their handicap. Competitions where a competitor may choose how many rounds he will play or which day he will play. (Example, competitions limited to 3 clubs). Expand, how Do I Get A Golf Handicap? From the above example add three adjusted gross congu handicap calculator scores.e 84, and divide. Handicap adjustments are worked out on your adjusted golf score for the round. This is the difference between a players nett score (total shots minus playing handicap) and the CSS. In this example, the players nett score is total shots (91) minus CSS (73 which is 18, or three over the players handicap. If I enter a competition, will my handicap change? Usually ranges between 70-74. Back to Top, which type of competitions can be Handicap Qualifying? How much worse than your handicap you are allowed to shoot before your handicap is increased depends upon your handicap category.
If this is the case the handicap is increased.1 regardless of handicap category or how high a total was recorded. However, if your club is in thank you for your support email sample Ireland, the Golfing Union of Ireland require all Society scores where you have played better than your handicap to be reported to your Home Club. Competitions run by organisations not recognised by the authorities (such as Golf Societies).
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How Are Golf Handicaps Adjusted? This is the difference between the players nett score (score less current handicap) and the CSS, If the competition is a medal round, possibly adjust the nett differentials under Stableford Adjustment, Use each players nett differential to adjust their handicap. How does my handicap increase? To appreciate them fully, we recommend viewing the screenshots in full screen mode). This adjustment has the effect of converting Nett Differentials under medal play to those which would have been calculated had the competition been played under Stableford format, eliminating any distortions resulting from unusually high scores (such as a 10 on a hole, for example).
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In the USA a golf handicap is based on a courses Slope Rating and Bogey Rating. This page will focus on the UK method for calculating a handicap. More information on the USA method can be found here. How Are Golf Handicaps Adjusted? How golf handicaps are adjusted has been tinkered with recently, but the fundamentals remain the same.
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Matthew Stuart JacksonActor, Writer, Standup Comedian
The Celtic Cross
an original play by
photo copyright Alyson Sundal, 2009
JACOB: When are you Papist terrorists going to calm down and learn to live with us?
THOMAS: When we're free.
_In Northern Ireland, two communities are at odds with each other. Their conflict is not only political, but ideological. The Protestant Loyalist side believes that Northern Ireland should remain part of the United Kingdom. The Catholic Nationalist side believes that Northern Ireland should become part of the Republic of Ireland. "The Troubles" refer to the thirty years of violence and terrorism between these two groups. Peace resolutions in the late nineties brought an end to the sectarian violence, but the peace achieved is a shaky one.
The Celtic Cross is the story of the unlikely friendship that forms between Jacob and Thomas, two young men in Belfast, Northern Ireland; Jacob is a Protestant Loyalist and Thomas is a Catholic Nationalist. Set in the 1990s, these two men have lived their entire lives during "The Troubles." Although they are conditioned to hate each other, an improbable friendship unfolds, but their circumstances force them to choose between their friendship and their beliefs.
The Celtic Cross is a new play produced by Wanderweg Productions.
It is an original work written by Matthew Jackson in collaboration with Bryan Sullivan.
Stay tuned for tour dates and cities. The Celtic Cross might be coming to a city near you!


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Pakistan: Supreme Court at odds with the government over Zardari corruption case
Oct 6, 2012 | Politics, Uncategorized | 0 |
President Asif Ali Zardari
6 October 2012. There seems to be no end to the ongoing legal battle between Pakistan's Supreme Court and the government on corruption cases against President Asif Ali Zardari. Last month, a breakthrough on the longstanding issue was seemingly achieved when the ruling Peoples Party agreed to write a letter to Swiss authorities to reopen money laundering cases against Zardari. However, the issue now appears to have taken a new twist as the top judges and the government is at odds with each other over the content of the letter. The latest controversy stems from the issue of constitutional immunity from persecution being claimed by the government for President Zardari. In June, former Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani was disqualified from holding office when he refused to reopen corruption cases against Zardari. The Supreme Court has twice rejected the draft letter to be sent to the Swiss authorities for reviving corruption cases against the President and has now given the government a last chance to implement its verdict until October 10th or risk the resumption of contempt proceedings against the Prime Minister.
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namespace System.Data.EntityModel.SchemaObjectModel
{
    using System;
    using System.Collections;
    using System.Collections.Generic;
    using System.Data;
    using System.Data.Metadata.Edm;
    using System.Diagnostics;

    /// <summary>
    /// A collection of RelationshipEnds
    /// </summary>
    internal sealed class RelationshipEndCollection : IList<IRelationshipEnd>
    {
        private Dictionary<string,IRelationshipEnd> _endLookup = null;
        private List<string> _keysInDefOrder = null;

        /// <summary>
        /// construct a RelationshipEndCollection
        /// </summary>
        public RelationshipEndCollection()
        {
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// How many RelationshipEnds are in the collection
        /// </summary>
        public int Count
        {
            get
            {
                return KeysInDefOrder.Count;
            }
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// Add a relationship end
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="end">the end to add</param>
        public void Add(IRelationshipEnd end)
        {
            Debug.Assert(end != null, "end parameter is null");

            SchemaElement endElement = end as SchemaElement;
            Debug.Assert(endElement != null, "end is not a SchemaElement");

            // this should have been caught before this, just ignore it
            if ( !IsEndValid(end) )
                return;

            if ( !ValidateUniqueName(endElement, end.Name))
                return;

            EndLookup.Add(end.Name,end);
            KeysInDefOrder.Add(end.Name);
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// See if an end can be added to the collection
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="end">the end to add</param>
        /// <returns>true if the end is valid, false otherwise</returns>
        private static bool IsEndValid(IRelationshipEnd end)
        {
            return !string.IsNullOrEmpty(end.Name);
        }

        /// <summary>
        ///
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="end"></param>
        /// <param name="name"></param>
        /// <returns></returns>
        private bool ValidateUniqueName(SchemaElement end, string name)
        {
            if ( EndLookup.ContainsKey(name) )
            {
                end.AddError( ErrorCode.AlreadyDefined, EdmSchemaErrorSeverity.Error,
                    System.Data.Entity.Strings.EndNameAlreadyDefinedDuplicate(name));
                return false;
            }

            return true;
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// Remove a relationship end
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="end">the end to remove</param>
        /// <returns>true if item was in list</returns>
        public bool Remove(IRelationshipEnd end)
        {
            Debug.Assert(end != null, "end parameter is null");

            if ( !IsEndValid(end) )
                return false;

            KeysInDefOrder.Remove(end.Name);
            bool wasInList = EndLookup.Remove(end.Name);

            return wasInList;
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// See if a relationship end is in the collection
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="name">the name of the end</param>
        /// <returns>true if the end name is in the collection</returns>
        public bool Contains(string name)
        {
            return EndLookup.ContainsKey(name);
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// See if a relationship end is in the collection
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="end">the name of the end</param>
        /// <returns>true if the end is in the collection</returns>
        public bool Contains(IRelationshipEnd end)
        {
            Debug.Assert(end != null, "end parameter is null");

            return Contains(end.Name);
        }

        public IRelationshipEnd this[int index]
        {
            get
            {
                return EndLookup[KeysInDefOrder[index]];
            }
            set
            {
                throw EntityUtil.NotSupported();
            }
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// get a typed enumerator for the collection
        /// </summary>
        /// <returns>the enumerator</returns>
        public IEnumerator<IRelationshipEnd> GetEnumerator()
        {
            return new Enumerator(EndLookup,KeysInDefOrder);
        }

        public bool TryGetEnd( string name, out IRelationshipEnd end )
        {
            return EndLookup.TryGetValue( name, out end );
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// get an un-typed enumerator for the collection
        /// </summary>
        /// <returns>the enumerator</returns>
        IEnumerator System.Collections.IEnumerable.GetEnumerator()
        {
            return new Enumerator(EndLookup,KeysInDefOrder);
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// The data for the collection
        /// </summary>
        private Dictionary<string,IRelationshipEnd> EndLookup
        {
            get
            {
                if ( _endLookup == null )
                    _endLookup = new Dictionary<string, IRelationshipEnd>(StringComparer.Ordinal);

                return _endLookup;
            }
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// the definition order collection
        /// </summary>
        private List<string> KeysInDefOrder
        {
            get
            {
                if ( _keysInDefOrder == null )
                    _keysInDefOrder = new List<string>();

                return _keysInDefOrder;
            }
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// remove all elements from the collection
        /// </summary>
        public void Clear()
        {
            EndLookup.Clear();
            KeysInDefOrder.Clear();
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// can the collection be modified
        /// </summary>
        public bool IsReadOnly
        {
            get
            {
                return false;
            }
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// Not supported
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="end">the end</param>
        /// <returns>nothing</returns>
        int IList<IRelationshipEnd>.IndexOf(IRelationshipEnd end)
        {
            throw EntityUtil.NotSupported();
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// Not supported
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="index">the index</param>
        /// <param name="end">the end</param>
        void IList<IRelationshipEnd>.Insert(int index, IRelationshipEnd end)
        {
            throw EntityUtil.NotSupported();
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// Not supported
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="index">the index</param>
        void IList<IRelationshipEnd>.RemoveAt(int index)
        {
            throw EntityUtil.NotSupported();
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// copy all elements to an array
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="ends">array to copy to</param>
        /// <param name="index">The zero-based index in array at which copying begins.</param>
        public void CopyTo(IRelationshipEnd[] ends, int index )
        {
            Debug.Assert(ends.Length-index >= Count);
            foreach ( IRelationshipEnd end in this )
                ends[index++] = end;
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// enumerator for the RelationshipEnd collection
        /// the ends as traversed in the order in which they were added
        /// </summary>
        private sealed class Enumerator : IEnumerator<IRelationshipEnd>
        {
            private List<string>.Enumerator _Enumerator;
            private Dictionary<string,IRelationshipEnd> _Data = null;

            /// <summary>
            /// construct the enumerator
            /// </summary>
            /// <param name="data">the real data</param>
            /// <param name="keysInDefOrder">the keys to the real data in inserted order</param>
            public Enumerator(Dictionary<string, IRelationshipEnd> data, List<string> keysInDefOrder)
            {
                Debug.Assert(data != null);
                Debug.Assert(keysInDefOrder != null);
                _Enumerator = keysInDefOrder.GetEnumerator();
                _Data = data;
            }

            /// <summary>
            /// reset the enumerator
            /// </summary>
            public void Reset()
            {
                // reset is implemented explicitly
                ((IEnumerator)_Enumerator).Reset();
            }

            /// <summary>
            /// get current relationship end from the enumerator
            /// </summary>
            public IRelationshipEnd Current
            {
                get
                {
                    return _Data[_Enumerator.Current];
                }
            }

            /// <summary>
            /// get current relationship end from the enumerator
            /// </summary>
            object System.Collections.IEnumerator.Current
            {
                get
                {
                    return _Data[_Enumerator.Current];
                }
            }

            /// <summary>
            /// move to the next element in the collection
            /// </summary>
            /// <returns>true if there is a next, false if not</returns>
            public bool MoveNext()
            {
                return _Enumerator.MoveNext();
            }

            /// <summary>
            /// dispose of the enumerator
            /// </summary>
            public void Dispose()
            {
            }
        }
    }
}


PHILADELPHIA -- Five games into his major-league career, Will Middlebrooks was hitting .409 with an on-base percentage of .435 and a slugging percentage of an even 1.000. It shouldn't be a surprise he's seen his numbers tail off.
"There's some regressing toward the mean," Red Sox manager Bobby Valentine said. "You're so hot, you're going to eventually cool and hit your level."
Still, the drop in production from Middlebrooks has been precipitous. In his last six games before Friday night, Middlebrooks was hitting .174 with a .208 on-base percentage. He'd struck out in 12 of his 23 at-bats. He went 0-for-8 with five strikeouts in two games at Tampa Bay.
Overall, he's down to .259 with a .295 on-base percentage of .295 -- albeit with a slugging percentage that's .552.
Major-league pitchers have had a chance to get a scouting report on Middlebrooks, particularly when it comes to the way he handles offspeed pitches.
Valentine, however, thought it was something a little bit simpler than that.
"I don't think it's scouting reports," he said. "I saw two tough pitchers who are very different throw em tough pitches to hit. In Tampa, I thought he had maybe a pitch in eight at-bats that he could've advanced forward pretty hard. If they made those pitches to everyone, they were throwing no-hitters."