your pantleg! Jack, stop, drop, and roll!
There, good … Wait, don't roll THAT way, Jack!
The fireplace! No, Jack, stop— Alack!
Thank God … Gene, wait! That's kerosene!
The flames! Jack, where are you going, man?
Hey, where's he headed? For the pool?
OH! … MAN, that must have hurt a bunch.
Did you guys hear that wicked crunch?
Hey Jack! Yo! Dude, you still alive?
Jack, next time, man, just jump. Don't dive.
Now ROLL… O.K., fire's out. Phew. Good.
Must all be done in secrecy.
Could we do this again next year?
So: None shall speak, or you'll be hexed.
Hey, Jack, you're in. O.K., who's next?
Hey wait a sec, that's not the moon.
The nuclear plant has gone kaboom!
Run, run, young children! Save your necks!
Before it's over all too soon.
How often's midnight look like noon?
And wow, check out that melting power.
You'll be pudding in half an hour.
This doesn't happen every year.
You're witnesses to hist'ry here.
Oh yeah. You kids won't last 'til then.
You needn't save your college trust.
But—Can't have cake and eat it too.
Have sent you to an early grave.
I think they've helped your health, you know?
No, look. You have a certain glow.
With silver lining is endowed.
Well, catch the rays before they're past.
Bye, boys and girls. It's been a blast.
Peas porridge hot, peas porridge cold.
Peas porridge in the pot, nine days old.
That's really gross. Nine days old.
You like a stomach ache, you like mold.
After a day, MAN, was it rank.
Three days in the pot, whole room stank.
Nine whole days? Are you cracked?
I'm quite surprised that you've not yet yakked.
That we had left for two days in storage.
Heaved up in green! Grey, orange, teal!
But, never mind, it's time for YOUR meal.
So, scarf away. Eat 'fore it's cold.
Or would you wait 'til it's ten days old?
Jeremy Gorman is an unrepentant humorous rhyme writer. He has contributed in this capacity to Clever Magazine, Dig Your Roots, and the Notable Acts Theatre Festival.
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Colorful tents, rolling hills, picnic tables, and groves of tall oaks provide a tranquil setting for the Vintage Ohio Wine Festival, the premier food and wine event of the year.
Sample wines from Ohio wineries offering regional wines ranging from world-class wines like Pinot Gris, Chardonnay, Cabernet Franc or Riesling to fun-to-drink fruit wines made from fresh strawberries, blackberries, peaches and raspberries. Whether one enjoys red, white, blush, dry, sweet or something in-between, there will be an opportunity to find a favorite "Vintage Experience."
There is also plenty of scrumptious food, cooking school demonstrations, 2 stages of live music entertainment, artisans, shopping, and spectacular Friday fireworks.


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Travis Tritt Makes Loving Real True Country Easy With New Album
[From Country Music Matters] Travis Tritt IS truly the man…. Ok, now that we've gotten that out of the way, on to the review at hand. It's no secret that I'm a huge fan of Travis Tritt, so I was really excited when I read he had a new record. A Man and His Guitar: Live From the Franklin Theatre, coming out. There is a bit of controversy surrounding the singer these days, after comments he made in regards to Beyonce's performing on the 50th CMA awards show.
Now let's just set the record straight, shall we? First of all, in no way could you possibly take what Travis said to be racist or even disrespect towards Queen Bey. Travis was merely pointing out the fact that the CMAs seem to have forgotten that they are a COUNTRY association and awards show. He, along with many others, brought up the excellent point that maybe since the CMAs are a country show, instead of having non-country artists take valuable performance slots away from country artists (mainly ones that should go to country music veterans), they should keep the show strictly country employing country artists….. and it wouldn't hurt to tap into the more traditional, true country talents out there, rather than the mainstream R&B flavored stuff that's being passed off as country these days. This so-called "controversy" seems to be largely fabricated by the infamous "Beehive" aka Beyonce's crazy fan base. It seems to have died down for the most part, though he is still taking heat from it. In the long run, Travis will come out on top. He is a well loved veteran artist with incredible talent…. Speaking of which, about that new record:
A Man and His Guitar: Live From the Franklin Theatre is exactly what we hope a live album will be like. It's a well-known fact that his acoustic shows sellout fast, and for good reason. Travis has a unique voice, one of those special voices where you can tell who is singing after only a few notes. I've always loved his voice; it's warm with a touch of soulful grit. That voice takes the spotlight on this acoustic album. The title of the album doesn't lie, the record features Travis and his guitar, nothing else. You won't find any loud, in your face production on this record, instead you'll actually be able to hear the lyrics and sit back and enjoy the beautiful music made by the man and his guitar. The album transports the listener back to a time when country music was absolutely at its best, at its realest, at its most authentic.
Travis proves the mainstream industry's theory that you need loud production, bubble gum/formulaic lyrics, and all sorts of special effects to hold an audience's attention totally wrong. In reality, if you do country music correctly, you don't any of that other crap. We're not all brainless people looking for a song to party to… most of us actually want substance. Travis Tritt has always provided just that. On top of getting to hear Travis' hits live, a few covers (including an interesting version of Cash's "I Walk The Line" and a hilarious take on "Mama's Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up To Be Cowboys"), as well as time spent with Marty Stuart and James Otto. You'll also enjoy commentary and antidotes from Travis himself, in between songs. I have no doubt that this record will be on everyone's Best Albums of 2016 list. It's that good. If you're looking for great, pure, authentic country music, look no further than A Man and His Guitar. This is truly a treasure.
Highlights: Where The Corn Don't Grow, I'm Gonna Be Somebody, Country Ain't Country No More, Here's a Quarter, Best of Intentions, Five Hundred Miles Away from Home (The guitar work alone deserves the highlight!), Anymore, Are You Sure Hank Done It This Way, It's a Great Day To be Alive, and Mama's Don't let Your Babies Grow Up To Be Cowboys.
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Ludwig Rabus (also Rab or Günzer) (10 October 1523 – 22 July 1592) was a German Lutheran theologian and Protestant reformer.

Life
He was born in Memmingen, in poor circumstances. He went to Strasbourg, where he was supported by the preacher Matthäus Zell and his wife Katharina. In 1538 Rabus became a student at University of Tübingen, and graduated M.A. in 1543.

In the following years Rabus became Zell's assistant, made a reputation as a preachers, and in 1548 was Zell's successor. The Augsburg Interim meant he lost his post, but he remained in Strasbourg. In 1552 he became head of the Collegium Wilhelmitanum and teacher at the High School; in 1553 together with Jacob Andreae he was awarded a Tübingen doctorate.

When the Strasbourg council favoured Johannes Marbach, Rabus left the city, where he was regarded as something of a fanatic, and went as minister and dean to Ulm, where he worked for 34 years. In the controversy around Kaspar Schwenckfeld he wrote against Katharina Zell, who defended herself; what had been a long-running private disagreement about her husband's legacy became a public quarrel.

In Ulm Rabus standardised teaching, held inspections, introduced liturgical books, and supported Andreae in his efforts towards the Swabian Concord. He died there.

Works
Rabus began to work on a selective Protestant martyrology in the late 1540s, as the Interim began to affect churches in his region. A Latin version appeared in 1552.

The German Historien der Heyligen appeared in six volumes (completed 1557), published at Strasbourg by Samuel Emmel. It is framed as a universal history. The first volume begins with Abel and discusses biblical stories and martyrs of the Early Christian Church; it uses Eusebius of Caesarea as a source. In the following five books around 70 martyrologies are given. He dedicated his book of martyrology to the Strasbourg council; as well as to Christoph, Duke of Württemberg.

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1523 births
1592 deaths
German Lutherans
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James started surf kayaking at 18 off the coast of the Isle of Wight, England. After immigrating to Canada in 2003 he took his surf kayak skills and started sea kayaking. His love of guiding kayaking expeditions and teaching paddling skills has taken him all over Canada from the Great Lakes to both the East and West coasts and up to Hudson's Bay in Puvirnituq, Nunavik. Paddling has also take him to Iceland, Greenland, USA, England, Arctic Norway and the Sea of Cortez, Mexico to name a few. James' speciality is getting people to roll proficiently, cooking and baking in a wilderness environment and making sea kayaks dance in the surf.
OSKC won "Best kayaking school in eastern Canada" Voted by readers of Sea Kayaker magazine.
In 2014 James travelled to Greenland to compete in the Greenland national Qajaq championships and won gold for Canada.
Filming during his Greenland experience he then wrote and directed "Greenland Bound – A Paddlers Pilgrimage" a documentary about the competition in Greenland. The documentary won " Best Accomplished documentary" in the National Paddling Film Festival, " Best Sea Kayaking Film" in the Reel Paddling Film Festival and " Best Educational" in the Waterwalker Film Festival.
James delivered the keynote speech for the Vancouver International Film Festival in Toronto.
Started in the outdoor industry after attending Algonquin College he graduated with honours as an Adventure Naturalist.
He also sits as a volunteer on Paddle Canada's marketing committee.
As a regular contributor to Ocean Paddler, Adventure Kayak , nd other paddling magazines he is keen to share what he learns as a professional in the paddling industry including photos from beautiful locations!
Paddle Canada Level 4 skills, Level 4 Instructor, Level 3 Instructor Trainer, Rolling instructor Trainer.
Adventure Naturalist Diploma with honours.
STCW-10 Standards for the training and certification of watchkeepers.
Cornwall, UK on a warm summers day with Atlantic swell pumping in, West coast of Vancouver Island for lush big-tree rainforest exploring with bustling ocean life and surf beaches, Pukaskwa National Park, Lake Superior for freshwater wilderness and solitude and of course Compton Bay-Isle of Wight-UK, my home wave!
Outer Hebrides, Newfoundland, Circumnavigation of Vancouver Island, Hawaii….
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Pessina Cremonese é uma comuna italiana da região da Lombardia, província de Cremona, com cerca de 755 habitantes. Estende-se por uma área de 22 km², tendo uma densidade populacional de 34 hab/km². Faz fronteira com Cappella de' Picenardi, Gabbioneta-Binanuova, Isola Dovarese, Ostiano, Pescarolo ed Uniti, Torre de' Picenardi, Volongo.

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Global RallyCross Championship Adds New Lites Class
Viknesh Vijayenthiran May 8, 2013 Comment Now!
The latest season of the Global RallyCross Championship has just kicked off and the action so far has been thick and fast. But going into the future we can look forward to even more GCR goodness, with organizers confirming today that a new Lites class is being introduced.
We first heard of the new Lites class in January, back when organizers were still testing the waters with the idea, but now it's official, Lites races will support GCR's top-level Supercars races at all five U.S. legs of the championship in 2013.
The aim of the new series is to provide up-and-coming drivers with a more affordable path into the world of rallycross. It will be a tightly controlled "spec" series, designed with an emphasis on driver skill.
The Lites cars will be built by OlsbergsMSE, which also builds GRC cars for top drivers such as Tanner Foust, Brian Deegan and Marcus Gronholm, and the company's own drivers have won championships in 2011 and 2012.
The cars will come with a naturally aspirated 2.4-liter four-cylinder engine developed by OlsbergsMSE and tuning firm Mountune. Peak output will be 310 horsepower (the Supercar class runs 600-horsepower engines) and drive will go to all four wheels via a six-speed sequential transaxle 'box.
We'll witness the first Lites race at the first American leg of the 2013 GRC season, which takes place at the New Hampshire Motor Speedway in Loudon, New Hampshire, on July 13.
At the conclusion of the 2013 season, the Lites champion will be awarded a drive in an OlsbergsMSE Ford Fiesta ST Supercar and the top three finishers in the championship will receive a Supercar test as well.
If you still don't have a clue what rallycross is, it's essentially a blend of circuit racing, off-road racing and rally competition. As many as 10 drivers line up to start at once, piloting high-horsepower compact cars through race traffic over a challenging short course that features jumps, unbanked turns and changing track and surface conditions that can include dirt, gravel, and wet and dry tarmac.
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As UFC embraces women's MMA, Invicta's Knapp sees 'validation' instead of threats
By Ben Fowlkes December 3, 2013 6:50 pm
By Ben Fowlkes | December 3, 2013 6:50 pm
When the UFC first announced that it would add 135-pound women to its previously all-male roster of fighters, Invicta FC president Shannon Knapp liked to say that it didn't concern her all that much because, "they're doing one weight class; I've got five."
But now, according to UFC president Dana White, the world's foremost MMA organization will soon expand to two women's divisions, adding the 115-pound class some time in the near future.
It's enough to make you wonder, where will that leave Invicta, which gears up for its seventh event in Kansas City, Mo. this Saturday night (Dec. 7, 9 pm ET, pay-per-view)? If the UFC adds more women to the roster, especially in what Knapp regards as "probably the deepest division in all of women's MMA," what will that mean for the organization that was built on the belief that people really do want to see women fight, even if the UFC didn't agree until Ronda Rousey came along?
The answer, according to Knapp, is that it's nothing but good news for her all-female fight promotion.
"I look at it as validation," Knapp told MMAjunkie on Tuesday. "It's validation that we really are making a difference. I look at it as a validation for all the athletes, that they're getting noticed. I think that's hugely important for the sport right now, especially the females."
It's hard to argue that, for the individual fighters who end up getting signed, the UFC's thawing attitude toward women's MMA will be anything but a good thing. They'll get more exposure, a bigger stage, probably more money in the end. What's not to like there?
It's also hard to argue that Invicta didn't play a role in that change. The UFC may have initially opened its doors for the sake of Rousey alone, but surely Invicta's ongoing success helped demonstrate that there was plenty of talent elsewhere in women's MMA. Still, it seems possible that it could make that case too effectively for its own good, especially if it ends up having to compete with the UFC to sign or retain its biggest stars.
At the moment, Knapp said, it's not anything she's worrying about. She's got plenty to think about as it is, what with three title fights coming up on this weekend's card. She's also got meetings scheduled that might determine Invicta's future in the broadcast realm, with potential TV partners who are starting to realize, according to Knapp, "that maybe we actually have something over here at Invicta."
If the UFC does look to Invicta's ranks to populate a new division, Knapp isn't about to dig in her heels and fight – nor is she likely to be caught off-guard.
"I may be a nice person, but I'm not a stupid person," said Knapp. "I'm going to continue to do what I do and focus on that. What they do over there (at the UFC), I have a good relationship with them so it's not like I don't have a heads-up or don't know. As for my fighters, I would never hinder someone from advancement, because I think that advancement helps both sides. It helps them and it helps Invicta."
Unless, of course, it doesn't. As Knapp pointed out to me back in October of 2012, when explaining why she wanted to run her own fight promotion rather than going to work for yet another one after her tenure at Strikeforce came to a close, she wanted something that she had full control over, and which couldn't be pried away or ruined by someone else's decisions.
Working for organizations like Strikeforce and the IFL, Knapp said, "I learned that either you build it and they destroy it, or you build it and then they sell it."
But what if there's a third option? What if you build it and do so well with it that the big wigs decide to slowly siphon off your best stuff? What if you end up with the credit for proving that it could be done, but not the actual, physical spoils of victory?
"I guess my answer to that is, it's always going to be a victory for me if we're making a difference," said Knapp. "It's never been about money for me. It's always been about keeping Invicta going. Obviously, you have to make money to do that, but I've never been too concerned with making sure that all that money ends up in my pocket."
After all, Knapp said, whether it's the UFC or some other organization looking at her roster, "my focus has always been on making sure that the athletes who compete here really want to be here."
That, too, is the same thing she's been saying since the beginning. And, at least so far, you can't say it hasn't served her well.
For more in Invicta FC 7, stay tuned to the MMA Rumors section of the site.
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Le Pera is an elegant 4-star hotel offering sophisticated accommodation in the heart of Paris. It boasts refined interiors and an excellent location just steps from the Palais Garnier opera house. The hotel is situated on Rue de Caumartin, close to La Madeleine church. The Opera district encompasses the 9th arrondissement and several surrounding areas. It is the commercial centre, home to flagship shops, entertainment venues and renowned museums. Nearby places of interest include the Palais Garnier opera house and the large department stores of Galeries Lafayette and Printemps. Madeleine metro and Auber RER stations are located in the vicinity, providing fast and easy access to other popular Paris destinations. The hotel is housed in a mid-rise townhouse featuring a stylish and predominantly glass facade. There are no leisure facilities onsite, but chargeable Wi-Fi is available throughout the premises. Superior rooms are approximately 25sqm and boast refined furnishings. They feature large floor-to-ceiling windows and offer the perfect balance between luxury and function. Amenities include air-conditioning, a flat-screen satellite TV and mini-bar. The en-suite bathrooms feature bathrobes. There is no restaurant onsite, but a buffet breakfast is provided every morning. Guests can also enjoy a drink in the comfortable lounge bar, which features a large fireplace. There are also plenty of dining opportunities in the vicinity. The hotel has a 24-hour reception. Chargeable underground parking is possible onsite.


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Simon Pegg Denies 'Star Trek 3' Rumor
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Simon Pegg Denies 'Star Trek 3' Rumor
Over the weekend the rumor mill started churning with speculation that British actor Idris Elba would play a Klingon as the main villain in the next Star Trek film.
Simon Pegg, who has been busy writing STAR TREK 3 with Doug Jung, was asked about the the pressure he's under to turn in a script that "everyone will like" and addressed the Elba rumors while speaking with Absolute Radio.
"It's enormous pressure. I'm barely able to speak right now, I'm so terrified." joked Pegg.
"It's good. It's going well. We're working at it hard." he said of the script writing process.
When asked whether Idris Elba will play a Klingon in the film, Pegg flatly denied the rumor, saying: "That's not true."
"I heard there's a rumor he's be spoken to about stuff — so he may be in the film, but he won't be a Klingon." Then laughing, Pegg says "Or maybe he will."
You can watch the clip embedded below.
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How well do the rights and regulations surrounding our 'coming of age' marry up with the physical and biological development of 18 year olds?
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Bloodbound Announce their new album 'Rise Of The Dragon Empire'
March 6, 2019 March 6, 2019 Erik DeVikingComments Off on Bloodbound Announce their new album 'Rise Of The Dragon Empire'
BLOODBOUND release their new album 'Rise Of The Dragon Empire' on 22nd March on AFM Records.
Check out the video for their single Rise Of The Dragon Empire below:
BLOODBOUND can be considered as one of the hardest working bands of the Metal scene. Since Fredrik Bergh and Tomas Olsson toyed around with ideas of founding a new band in 2004, BLOODBOUND have secured an impressive fan following which increased steadily and significantly since vocalist Patrik J. Selleby joined the band in 2010 (and followed in the footsteps of Michael Bormann and Urban Breed). 2011's "Unholy Cross" was their fourth studio album, and first for AFM.
Only the biggest optimists (and the band itself) would have imagined where BLOODBOUND's place in the scene would be today: their 2016 release 'War Of Dragons' was their first to achieve impressive chart results in numerous countries, the band played a successful European headlining tour and a big number of festivals. The years of consistency, delivering quality releases over and over again, as well as making new fans on tours with Sabaton, U.D.O. and HammerFall, paid off. In the process BLOODBOUND have played concerts in 25 countries.
"Our audience is very much a combination of fans who follow us since they early days of our debut "Nosferatu" and ones who joined party somewhere along the way", keyboardist Fredrik Bergh smiles. "Many of our older songs have become classics among those fans, but at the same time our audience demands that we play lots of songs from the new records, every time we tour again. That's a great situation to be in for us as artists and keeps things fresh and exciting."
At the end of 2018, BLOODBOUND once again hit the studio to record the upcoming 8th album. They once again teamed up with renowned engineer Jonas Kjellgren who has been responsible for the mix on the last four BLOODBOUND albums. While the 2012 release 'In The Name Of Metal' was still a kind of celebration of the classic metal the band grew up on, the following album, 'Stormborn' saw BLOODBOUND head into a more bombastic, orchestral and symphonic direction – while still maintaining (and even restore) their preference for solid, hymn-like tracks.
Album #8 is called 'Rise Of The Dragon Empire' and music-wise it is a continuation of the latest two albums War Of Dragons and Stormborn, but this time a clearer Nordic folk music influence is mixed in with the typical trademark sound of BLOODBOUND.
The band continues to develop with every album they make and with 'Rise Of The Dragon Empire', they have taken their sound to a new level.
Patrik J. Selleby (Vocals), Tomas Olsson (Guitars), Henrik Olsson (Guitars), Anders Broman (Bass), Fredrik Bergh (Keyboards), Daniel Sjögren (Drums)
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Video for First Single, "Falling Awake," Debuts Today The End Records is proud to announce the U.S. release of Finnish superstar Tarja Turunen's sophomore effort, What Lies Beneath, on August 31, 2010. The first single, "Falling Awake" (featuring Jason Hook from Five Finger Death Punch) will be released August 17 as a limited edition 7″ […]
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Nier (2010) Review
Posted: January 23, 2015 in Console Games, Reviews
Tags: 7.5 stars, Cavia, Drakengard, Gestalt, Grimoire Weiss, NieR, Replicant, Square Enix
EU Release Date: April 23, 2010 (for Xbox 360)
Total play time: 34:58:29 (Normal Mode)
I loved this game. From the very first line of dialogue, this game was working its way into my favourites. And the longer I played, the more I loved it.
The tutorial level begins in 2049, in the ruins of a big city. You are introduced to your character (referred to by the game manual as "The Father"), struggling to protect his young, ill daughter Yonah from shadowy monsters. After a seemingly endless wave of monsters and a whistle-stop tour of all the magic available in the game, something happens and you find yourself 1300 years in the future.
Now, for me, this is where the game lost half a star. There are certain plot points in this game that don't quite make sense. However, NieR is a kind of sequel to 2003 game, Drakengard, which I have not played and, like Drakengard, it has several possible endings, of which have seen only one.
Battling a giant shade.
But back to the game. The Father is still looking after Yonah, who has an illness known as The Black Scrawl. As he travels the land in search of a cure, he fights all manner of monsters, including the shades from the tutorial, giant robots and rampaging local wildlife. Along the way, he picks up a magic, talking book called Grimoire Weiss and meets Kainé, a foul-mouthed young woman who joins him to battle shades. The last companion is Emil, a boy with no family who turns everything he looks at to stone. Together, they unlock the Sealed Verses, magic that should allow Grimoire Weiss to cure the Black Scrawl. Sealed Verses gathered, they head home, but disaster strikes when a gigantic shade attacks the village and the most fearsome of all, the Shadowlord, swoops in, threatening to steal away Grimoire Weiss – and worse, Yonah. Your new focus is to rescue her, but it is not without its own complications.
The Father and his companions
The story is strong in this game and strengthened by well-written and unusual characters. The Father is one of my favourite main protagonists in any game I've ever played – he will do anything for his daughter, regardless of the cost to himself. What's even more refreshing about him is that he's not a teenager, like most Japanese video game protagonists. He's over 40. And Kainé isn't all sweet and innocent; she's one of the rudest characters I've ever encountered and I love her for it.
Another brilliant aspect of this game is the variety of play styles it incorporates. For the most part, it is played as an RPG. You explore the maps, battle the monsters, find treasure and level up. However, venture into the Forest of Myth, and you find yourself in a beautifully-written text adventure where success is reliant on observation and good decision making. Go to the desert and you face dungeons full of puzzles to solve with platform-style passages in between. Emil's mansion is decidedly Resident Evil in style – complete with camera angles that occasionally spin you 180 degree and creepy music.
In fact, the music is brilliant throughout the game. Emi Evan's haunting vocals perfectly capture the melancholy feeling of the game – a world on the edge of despair. On the strength of the soundtrack alone, this is a game worth checking out.
This game might just break your heart. I'm not sure if it's quite in league with Crisis Core, but it has made me cry once already. And , if the first play through didn't melt the ice around your heart, there are alternate endings that might. Keep playing past Ending A and you find out more about the story you've just seen – including snippets of the story from the viewpoint of the shades. You think you're the good guy? You might need to think again.
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Private boats can dock at the PUNTA CANA Marina. There are full immigration services where one can complete entrance into the Dominican Republic.
When a boat arrives it should have all documents required by the Dominican authorities. Mandatory fee of US$60.00 has to be paid in addition to other fees (like the one for tourist cards) in cash as well.


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SIMANIC, BORISA
U18 Crvena Zvezda Telekom Belgrade 17 Forward
Height: 2.09 Born: 20 March, 1998 Nationality: Serbia
2014-15 ANGT STATISTICS
Totals 9 8 204:43 97 21/34 14/33 13/15 13 37 50 6 4 11 14 3 14 11 120
Averages 9 8 22:44 10.8 61.8% 42.4% 86.7% 1.4 4.1 5.6 0.7 0.4 1.2 1.6 0.3 1.6 1.2 13.3
13 * vs U18 Unicaja Malaga 21:21 13 5/6 1/2 1 5 6 2 2 2 15
14 * vs U18 Spars Sarajevo 20:27 11 2/2 1/2 4/6 2 2 4 1 1 1 4 17
15 * at U18 Zalgiris Kaunas 26:43 9 1/3 2/6 1/1 1 2 1 2 7
16 * at U18 Real Madrid 32:36 11 2/4 1/4 4/4 6 5 11 1 3 1 1 1 3 17
4 Totals 101:07 44 10/15 5/14 9/11 9 12 21 1 2 6 6 1 4 9 56
Average 25:16 11 66.7% 35.7% 81.8% 2.29 3 5.3 0.3 0.5 1.5 1.5 0.3 1 2.29 14
10 * vs U18 Alba Berlin 18:59 6 0/2 2/4 5 5 1 2 1 1 4
10 * vs U18 Vaerlose BBK 24:59 21 6/7 3/6 2 7 9 1 1 3 2 27
11 at U18 Megaleks Belgrade 16:02 12 1/3 2/3 4/4 3 3 1 1 2 2 2 14
11 * vs U18 Zemun Belgrade 22:58 9 3/5 1/3 2 4 6 3 1 1 3 1 16
12 * at U18 Partizan NIS Belgrade 20:38 5 1/2 1/3 6 6 1 4 3
5 Totals 103:36 53 11/19 9/19 4/4 4 25 29 5 2 5 8 2 10 2 64
Average 20:43 10.6 57.9% 47.4% 100% 0.8 5 5.8 1 0.4 1 1.6 0.4 2 0.4 12.8
2014-15 ANGT individual rankings
#1 in Games Played (4)
#1 in Games Started (4)
#3 in 2-point % (66.7%)
#4 in Blocks (6)
#7 in Minutes Played (101:07)
#7 in Index Rating (56)
#8 in 3-pointers made (5)
#8 in Offensive Rebounds (9)
#10 in True Shooting % (53%)
#11 in Field goals made (15)
#11 in Free throw % (81.8%)
#11 in Points (44)
#12 in 3-pointers attempted (14)
#12 in Free throws made (9)
#13 in Field goal % (51.7%)
#17 in 2-pointers made (10)
#18 in Field goals attempted (29)
#21 in Fouls Drawn (9)
#1 in Free throw % (100%)
#2 in Defensive Rebounds (25)
#9 in 3-pointers attempted (19)
#11 in Games Started (4)
#14 in Index Rating (64)
#19 in Blocks against (2)
Index rating 44 U18 CRVENA ZVEZDA BELGRADE vs. U18 BUDUCNOST PODGORICA 2/26/2016
Points 34 U18 CRVENA ZVEZDA BELGRADE vs. U18 BUDUCNOST PODGORICA 2/26/2016
Offensive rebounds 6 U18 REAL MADRID vs. U18 CRVENA ZVEZDA BELGRADE 5/17/2015
Defensive rebounds 8 U18 CRVENA ZVEZDA BELGRADE vs. U18 RYTAS VILNIUS 5/12/2016
Total rebounds 11 U18 CRVENA ZVEZDA BELGRADE vs. U18 BUDUCNOST PODGORICA 2/26/2016
Assists 4 U18 REAL MADRID vs. U18 CRVENA ZVEZDA BELGRADE 5/14/2016
Steals 2 U18 CRVENA ZVEZDA BELGRADE vs. U18 SEVILLE 5/15/2014
Blocks 7 U18 REAL MADRID vs. U18 CRVENA ZVEZDA BELGRADE 5/14/2016
Minutes 39 U18 CRVENA ZVEZDA BELGRADE vs. U18 SPARS SARAJEVO 2/28/2016
Grew up with Buducnost BN (Serbia) youth teams.
Signed for the 2013-14 season by Crvena Zvezda Belgrade U-20 team.
Signed for the 2017-18 season by FMP Belgrade.
Won the 2014 Euroleague Basketball Adidas Next Generation Tournament with Crvena Zvezda Belgrade.
Named the 2016 Euroleague Basketball Adidas Next Generation Tournament MVP.
Won the 2016-17 and 2018-19 Serbian National Championship with Crvena Zvezda Belgrade.
Won the 2017 Serbian National Cup with Crvena Zvezda Belgrade.
Won the 2016, 2017 and 2019 Adriatic League with Crvena Zvezda Belgrade.
Has been member of the Serbian U-16, U-18, U-19 and U-20 National Team.
Won the silver medal at the 2013 European U-16 Championship.
Played at the 2015 and 2016 European U-18 Championship.
Played at the 2015 World U-19 Championship.
2015-16 Crvena Zvezda Telekom Belgrade 7 14 2 3/3 100 2/7 28.6 2/2 100 7 1 0 2
2016-17 Crvena Zvezda mts Belgrade 3 2 0.7 1/3 33.3 0/2 0 0/0 0 3 0 1 0
2019-20 Crvena Zvezda mts Belgrade 16 72 4.5 14/22 63.6 14/28 50 2/4 50 20 6 11 10
Totals 26 88 3.4 18/28 64.3 16/37 43.2 4/6 66.7 30 7 12 12
Averages 26 88 3.4 18/28 64.3 16/37 43.2 4/6 66.7 1.2 0.3 0.5 0.5
2018-19 Crvena Zvezda mts Belgrade 15 74 4.9 19/30 63.3 11/31 35.5 3/4 75 37 9 11 12
Totals 15 74 4.9 19/30 63.3 11/31 35.5 3/4 75 37 9 11 12
Averages 15 74 4.9 19/30 63.3 11/31 35.5 3/4 75 2.5 0.6 0.7 0.8
2013-14 IJT CRVENA ZVEZDA TELEKOM BELGRADE 4 2 0.5 1/7 14.3 0/2 0 0/0 0 10 2 0 2
2014-15 U18 Crvena Zvezda Telekom Belgrade 9 97 10.8 21/34 61.8 14/33 42.4 13/15 86.7 50 4 6 14
2015-16 BELGRADE U18 CRVENA ZVEZDA TELEKOM BELGRADE 5 111 22.2 25/38 65.8 18/39 46.2 7/9 77.8 41 1 8 13
2015-16 BERLIN U18 CRVENA ZVEZDA TELEKOM BELGRADE 4 72 18 18/35 51.4 8/23 34.8 12/17 70.6 30 3 12 11
Totals 22 282 12.8 65/114 57 40/97 41.2 32/41 78 131 10 26 40
Averages 22 282 12.8 65/114 57 40/97 41.2 32/41 78 6 0.5 1.2 1.8
2014/15 FMP 26 131 5.0 26/43 60.5 22/53 41.5 13/15 86.7 62 14 8 9
2015/16 Crvena Zvezda - ABA 9 16 1.8 5/7 71.4 1/13 7.7 3/4 75.0 8 2 1 2
2016/17 Crvena Zvezda-ABA 12 35 2.9 7/11 63.6 7/17 41.2 0/0 0.0 15 2 5 4
Crvena Zvezda-KLS 9 36 4.0 11/12 91.7 4/10 40.0 2/3 66.7 8 2 7 2
2017/18 FMP-ABA 18 125 6.9 20/29 69.0 25/68 36.8 10/13 76.9 52 5 15 13
FMP-KLS 15 136 9.1 28/45 62.2 23/57 40.4 11/23 47.8 57 8 17 18
2018/19 Crvena Zvezda-ABA 27 188 7.0 34/56 60.7 32/71 45.1 24/26 92.3 96 18 26 26
Crvena Zvezda-KLS 16 85 5.3 16/29 55.2 14/41 34.1 11/14 78.6 43 8 15 8


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Saudi Arabia Fancies Market Balancing Role
Saudi Arabia, the world's largest oil exporter, may return to its role of balancing oil supply and demand after the recovery of the global market, the country's energy minister said on Wednesday.
"Despite the surplus in global oil production and lower prices, the focus of attention remains on countries such as Saudi Arabia which, due to its strategic importance, will be expected to balance supply and demand once market conditions recover," Khalid al-Falih was quoted as saying by state oil company Saudi Aramco, Reuters reported.
"The kingdom's oil policies are rooted in responsibility and Saudi Arabia is seeking to maintain that balance while also giving heed to moderate prices for producers and consumers," Falih said in the statement on Aramco's website.
He made the comments in the United States where he is accompanying Saudi Deputy Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman.
Saudi Arabia, OPEC's de-facto leader, effectively abandoned its swing producer role in 2014 when it led OPEC's policy shift by refusing to cut production to support oil prices and allow the market to balance itself without interference.
Saudi Energy Minister Says Crude Market Balancing
OPEC-Russia Coordination Unlikely
Russia to Maintain OPEC Relations
$50 Oil Acceptable for Russia
Iraq Unseats S. Arabia in Indian Oil Market
Rouhani: Cheap Oil Will Not Last Long


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New Standards PC.17.10, PC.17.20, and PC.17.30
Note: The following standards apply to organizations that store or issue tissue, which may include areas outside of the clinical laboratory, for example, surgery and outpatient centers and tissue banks. Examples of tissue specimens that might be found in an organization include bone, cornea, skin, heart valves/conduits, tendons, fascia, dura, bone marrow, veins, arteries, cartilage, sperm, embryos, eggs, stem cells, cord blood, synthetic tissue (artificially prepared, human and non-human based), and other cellular- and tissue-based transplant or implant products.
The organization uses standardized procedures to acquire, receive, store, and issue tissues.
Elements of Performance for PC.17.10
The organization develops, maintains and follows procedures to do the following:
A 1. Assign responsibility for overseeing the tissue program throughout the organization including storage and issuance activity.
A 2. Validate that source facilities who supply tissues are licensed by state agencies, and/or registered as a tissue establishment with the Food and Drug Administration (FDA).
B 3. Coordinate tissue ordering, receipt, storage, and issuance throughout the organization.
C 4. Transport, handle, store, and use tissue according to the source facilities' or manufacturers' (for example, for synthetic tissue) written directions.
C 5. Log in all incoming tissue.
B 6. Maintain continuous temperature monitoring for storage refrigerators and freezers.
C 7. Maintain daily records to show that tissues were stored at the required temperatures.
Note: Main types of tissue storage used are: "ambient" room temperature (for example, freeze-dried bone), refrigerated, frozen (for example, deep freezing colder than –40°C), and liquid nitrogen.
B 8. Storage equipment has functional alarms and emergency back-up.
A 9. Comply with state and/or federal regulations when acting as a source facility that supplies tissues.
C 10. Verify at receipt that package integrity is met and transport temperature range was controlled and acceptable.
The organization's record keeping permits the traceability of all tissues from the donor or source facility to all recipients or other final disposition.
A 1. The organization's records permit tracing of any tissue from the donor or source facility to all recipients or other final dispositions, including discarding of tissue.
C 2. The organization's records track and identify materials used to prepare or process tissues and instructions used for preparation.
A 3. The organization's records identify the following:
Identity of staff involved in preparing or issuing tissue
Identity of staff who accepts the tissue
Dates and times of the preceding activities
A 4. The organization's records include documentation in the recipient's clinical record of tissue use, including documentation of the unique identifier of the tissue.
C 5. The organization's records including storage temperatures, and all superseded procedures, manuals, and publications, are retained for a minimum of ten years, or longer if required by state and/or federal laws.
A 6. The organization's records document the source facility, the original numeric or alphanumeric donor and lot identification, all recipients or other final dispositions of each tissue, and expiration dates, and are retained for a minimum of ten years beyond the date of distribution, transplantation, disposition or expiration of tissue (whichever is latest), or longer if required by state and/or federal laws.
B 7. The organization that receives tissue provides a system that fully complies with the completion and return of tissue usage information cards requested by source facilities.
Note: Regarding protected health information, the HIPAA Privacy Rule provides at 45 CFR §164.512: "Uses and disclosures for which consent, an authorization, or opportunity to agree or object is not required… (h) Standard: uses and disclosures for cadaveric organ, eye or tissue donation purposes."
The organization has a defined process to investigate adverse events to tissue or donor infections.
Rationale for PC.17.30
Instances of tissue-borne infection in recipients of donor tissues are well-documented. Organisms that have been documented to be transmitted from infected donors subsequent to tissue transplant include HIV, Hepatitis B and C, and Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD). Recipients may also contract bacterial or fungal infections through contamination of tissue products during transportation, storage, or handling.
Effective communication of an adverse event directly related to tissue use is critical to patient safety. An organization may become aware of an adverse event directly related to tissue use through external notification or internal detection. Prompt investigation of each event provides response and treatment to recipients affected by the infected tissue and prevents further implantation of the infected tissue(s).
B 1. Procedures are in place to investigate recipient adverse events, including disease transmission or other complication(s), suspected of being directly related to tissue use.
A 2. Cases of post-transplant infections or adverse events are promptly reported to the source facility.
A 3. Tissue reported by the source facility as the cause of possible infection or tissue involved in an event that may have contaminated the product are sequestered.
A 4. Recipients of tissue from donors who are subsequently found to have HIV, HTLV-I/II, viral hepatitis, or other infectious agents known to be transmissible by tissue, are identified and informed of infection risk.
B 5. Procedures have been followed when adverse or suspected events have occurred.


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Stupid/funny/cool/outrageous/scary/weird/crazy Stuff You Read/saw In The News/on The Internet
By Dr. Zorders, January 22, 2014 in DeathList extra-curricular
Deathray 2,858
perma-banned
Location:top secret
Sam Smith of Muswell Hill wants to be called Bacon Double Cheeseburger
Hope he can afford McDonalds on his dole money.
rockhopper penguin 2,095
There is no love of life without despair of life.
Location:North
Fiancee sounds like she's not seeing the funny. She should change her name to Fries and Vanilla Milkshake.
Phantom 1,995
Location:Originally Sarf Lunden, now in Minnesnowta
Interests:Flying
Girl drops gang-rape charges against five teens who had been accused of raping an 18-year-old at a Brownsville playground last month after it transpires that the teens encountered her having sex with her biological father. http://pix11.com/2016/02/24/charges-dropped-in-alleged-gang-rape-at-brownsville-playground/
He could also get a mistress who could change her name to Salad, so she could be his bit on the side.
BBQ dip anyone?
Handrejka 1,470
Manx Minx
Location:Ellan Vannin
A few years ago I did consider changing my name to Mini Cheddar. I may still.
charon 4,748
Looking for coin
Location:\O/ up heeeeeere !
Interests:Global Warming.
I feel I'm doing my bit, coal, wood and peat all on the fire at the moment :)
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/feb/23/martin-peter-trenneborg-swedish-doctor-kidnapping-jailed-10-years
This story's a fuckin peach
There's this forum I hang out on in Sweden. Kind of forum where you can find out stuff.
They got a hold of the pre-trial investigation, which they always do, it's redacted to protect the victim but still. Doctor described by friends and colleagues as 'handsome, stylish and charming'. Moved in the right circles in Stockholm. Victim is a 22-year-old freelance make-up artist.
So, guy's been planning this for years. He's got a flat in Sthlm, but buys a house in the middle of nowhere. Applies for planning permission for a garage, except there is no garage. Well there is... but the garage is just there to hide the sex dungeon.
Builds it completely himself, including concrete floor and walls. Installs electricity, flushing toilet, electronic security system, by himself, the works. On his own. Then starts looking for the right 'girlfriend'.
There are several redacted pages where swedish celebrities are named, actresses and athletes, that he's been in social contact with, and the victim testifies that he was planning to take one of them but decided not to because too much media attention. Some of them he knows because they go to the same clubs etc, some of them he actually knows, socially. Some of them have been interviewed but that's all redacted.
So he meets her, drugs her. Oh wait no, he pretends to be an American film producer first. Then he drugs her. Puts a weird Mission Impossible style mask on her. He also has a weird MI mask for himself. Oh yeah, and matching ID cards that LOOK LIKE THE FUCKING MASKS IN CASE THE POLICE STOP THEM.
And he's procured a wheelchair, so he wheels her, in her mask and full of roofies, out to his car.
Then takes her out in the middle of nowhere, to the bunker. Keeps her there for 6 days. At one point she wakes up and he's wearing the mask and for a second she thinks she's rescued. Then he takes it off and laughs at her.
After a few days, there's a news bulletin about her. He freaks out. How could anyone miss her? So he takes her to the police station so she can confirm to them that everything's ok. As you do. And the police get a wee bitty bit suss. Take her to one side and ask a few questions and that's that.
Except it's not.
When she's describing the bunker, she's talking about 'we'. Like there's more than one of them there. There's two of them. That name's *also* redacted, but with no redacted social security number, which is very unusual, and people can't work it out.
Until someone gets inside info.
It's a dog.
He buys her a dog.
To keep her company. You know, in the sex dungeon?
And when she gets released, just like Catherine Martin in The Silence of the Lambs, she adopts the dog. Takes it home and takes care of it.
Sir Creep 5,026
El Chino
Location:48038
Interests:Boudicca
Newsflash: India.
Man slits the throats of 14 family members and then hangs himself.
One sister survived and (if I read it right) a 3-month old baby was left alone altogether.
Magere Hein 1,248
MH: normal field
Who needs a firearm if a knife and a rope do the job.
And all that was possibly down to a property dispute.
torbrexbones 671
Location:Fife
Woman held for Moscow child 'beheading'
"According to preliminary information, the child's nanny, a citizen of one of the Central Asian states born in 1977, waited for the parents and elder child to leave the flat and then, for reasons not established, murdered the infant, set fire to the flat and left the scene," it added in the statement.
Police sources told Russian news agencies that the victim had been decapitated and the head removed from the scene by the nanny.
Believe it or not, there have been some people on infowars.com claiming it's fabricated because the photos show the girl's head blurred out, so they don't believe it happened.
A Nashville teenager (16) is told to get up and get ready for school, and instead he takes them to school -- going to the closet, getting a firearm, and opening fire on the family.
High Elf, High on Acid, Attacks Woman's BMW With a Sword
I don't care how high you are, this is still stupid. Everyone knows Morgoth drives an Audi.
I tried something along those lines, but I couldn't make it work with a Mercedes.
BTW, Dutch men who drive BMW invariably behave like orcs.
En Passant 2,034
Location:Far outside the M25 and happier for it.
Interests:Avoiding the great unwashed.
Anyone who drives a BMW behaves like an orc, it's been scientifically proven so it must be true.
I should know, I've had 2 of the things, I drove like an orc. QED.
Oi! Some of my best friends are orcs and they're very good drivers. Why don't you have a pop at Uruk-hai? They're much worse.
Cats paired with pinup models
http://www.iizcat.com/post/2980/Cats-are-paired-up-with-pin-up-girls-and-the-results-are-hilarious
Here's an example of what you'll see
cabin video of a garbage truck plunging off a highway and dropping 75 feet
http://www.theepochtimes.com/n3/1986083-shocking-florida-highway-patrol-video-shows-garbage-truck-falling-75-feet-off-highway-2/
The Hamburglar (McDonald's) has been diagnosed with colon cancer.
https://codebrownsite.wordpress.com/2016/03/07/hamburglar-diagnosed-with-colon-cancer/
Man, 24, fined for pretending to be a GHOST by making 'woooooooh' noises and waving his arms about in cemetery
Coming clean, I have to admit to (in my leather clad fucker from hell punk rock days) once getting plastered drunk whilst partying in a cemetery, falling asleep at some unknown gravestone, and awaking to the sound of a couple cars entering the graveyard the next morning only to discover it was Veteran's Day. I scurried to wake up my mates and we carried our cooler outta there all non-chalant and shit.
SirC
Cat O'Falk 3,223
Thread police
Location:Democratic People's Republic of Leicester.
On my way home after nightclubbing and in the early hours of a warm night in the early 80s, I climbed over the cemetery wall just about here. I was very naughty with a young man I'd met about 10 minutes earlier. My grandfather's grave was within sight.
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Sirisena says no jilmaat at last presidential poll
Opposition Presidential candidate Maithripala Sirisena yesterday said that no computer jilmaart (fraud) had taken place at the 2010 presidential election and there was no room for a fraud at future elections as well.
Sirisena said that no irregularity had happened in the presidential election where former Army Commander Gen. Sarath Fonseka lost to incumbent President Mahinda Rajapaksa.
Sirisena was addressing a gathering of heads of print and electronic media yesterday at the Solis Hotel, Pitakotte.
"There was no one to contest against President Rajapaksa in 2010 following the war victory as he had led the war," Sirisena said, adding that he should thank Gen. Fonseka for coming forward to challenge Rajapaksa at that time.
President Rajapaksa's victory was very clear in 2010 and there was no room to fraud or jilmaart, Sirisena said adding he was surprised that Gen. Fonseka had been able to poll so many votes.
But, President Mahinda Rajapaksa had told electoral organiser of the SLFP at Temple Trees that the government would win the election at any cost even by jilmaat, Sirisena said, adding that he believed it was an unnecessary statement.
Asked whether this time the UPFA would attempt to manipulate the results, he said that the ruling coalition could not do so.
Sirisena said that he did not go to the counting centres except for his first general election in 1989 and went to bed around 10.00 pm on the night of the election.
"I have great confidence in the Elections Commissioner and his Department," he said.
He said that President Rajapaksa was 'Mahinda Ayya' of all in 2005 and a clean politician at the time. He was king of the people in 2010 with the war victory. But, today he was the leader of the most corrupt government.
According to Sirisena, he would not be going to Temple Trees or President's House after winning the January 08 election and instead would work from the Presidential Secretariat.
Commenting on President Rajapaksa's recent statement that his rival candidate was Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga, Sirisena said: "He (Rajapaksa) might have felt it was beneath his dignity to accept the fact that I'm contesting against him. That is why the President told media the real competition was between him and former President Kumaratunga."
Sirisena said that he had obtained the SLFP membership on July 01, 1967 before President Rajapaksa, who joined the party in 1969 as the Beliatte SLFP Organiser.
He said that he was the longest serving SLFP General Secretary––for 13 years. "Still I'm the legal General Secretary of the SLFP."
Sirisena dismissed rumours that the government tried to create a military coup and set up a military government in case of the president's defeat. There was no room for that and three forces who defeated LTTE terrorism would not engage in such acts, Sirisena said.
He said that his election manifesto would be launched on Sunday.
"Now the SLFP is running under 'Chinthanaya' policies, but I will reintroduce Bandaranaike policies.
Answering a query, he said that former President Kumaratunga had been appointed Advisor to the party by President Mahinda Rajapaksa, but he didn't take any advice from her. Sirisena promised to give suitable place to Kumaratunga as she was a member of the family which founded the SLFP.
(Courtesy: The Island)
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Basil Gorakapola says:
MY3 appears to be groping in the darkness. He does not demonstrate any political and/or social philosophies.
We are being driven into a Liya like situation where the masses will have no option but to take to the streets after January.
MY3 should forthwith divulge the source/sources of the funding of his election campaign. He has no access to SLFP's funds and the UNP wouldn't part with any of their funding.
So, where is all the money coming from? The black BMW's, private security, election offices, meetings in private venues, the list is endless. There's helicopter hire too.
Where is all the money coming from?
….From USA & there's a news that his family has booked tickets to go to us on 8th jan. There will be a king of US, if he wins.


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Q: CALayer -renderInContext: is unreasonably slow with transform A UIView's CALayer takes 0.002 seconds on iPhone 5 to render itself into a 60x60pt context using -renderInContext:.
However, It takes 0.07 seconds as soon as rotation or scale is applied to its transform.
That is 35x slower, leading me to believe there is something terribly wrong.
Translation alone does not affect performance, only rotation and scale.
My UIView renders a large (1024x768pt) image in its -drawRect: method, but image itself is not the main issue (also drawRect is not called by renderInContext, it must be doing its own thing). Opacity of the view (-isOpaque) has no noticeable effect on performance.
I don't understand why the transform is adversely affecting performance. How can I fix it?

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