It has become evident that the play, The King in Yellow, is somehow cursed. But how it's cursed? That's harder to explain.
Until that explanation is offered, however, you have very little that you can bring to any authority. Your early investigations have left you certain that there's something terrible somehow connected to the play, but who would believe you? Who would believe that evil Omens could follow a theater performance from city to city? Or that it could leave a trail of disappearances, suicides, delusions, and insanity in its wake?
The very idea must almost strike you as madness, and you may, at times, doubt even your own sanity. But the things you've seen cannot be unseen, and as is so often the case in Arkham Horror: The Card Game, you find yourself compelled to dig deeper for the truth.
It's late. The sun has set, and the night is dark—cold, misty, and starless. But when you arrive at the Historical Society, you find the front doors cracked halfway open. Someone has come here ahead of you, but who?
In Echoes of the Past, you and your friends will find you're not the only one looking for information about The King in Yellow.
A number of Cultists have secretly made their way to the Arkham Historical Society, and they don't seem interested in sharing whatever they find. You don't know whether they're hoping to uncover the play's secrets or if they're working to bury the information forever—but one thing is certain. You need to look quickly for your answers, or you'll never get your hands on them.
Accordingly, Echoes of the Past throws you headlong into a desperate race for information, and it introduces unique, scenario-specific mechanics that pit your skills as investigators directly against those of the Cultists who are conducting a search of their own.
Typically, in the Arkham LCG®, the agenda ticks forward steadily—with a seeming inevitably—as the forces of the mythos advance their schemes with only the rare surge. You place one doom on the agenda at the beginning of each Mythos phase, and every now and again, you'll encounter a treachery or enemy that accelerates the agenda by adding another doom or two. Still, the effect is one that puts you on a timer, but it generally feels measured.
In fact, if you're efficient enough with your investigation, you may not even feel the first pangs of dread settling in before you uncover all the clues you can. Sure, you might be treading a razor's edge with the time you have allotted, but it's a razor's edge you understand.
Echoes of the Past throws out that steady, measured bleeding of doom in favor of a new sort of chaos. A panicky, paranoid, "what will the encounter deck reveal next?" sort of chaos. Your doom won't march forward at any predetermined pace; instead, it will collect doom in fits and starts as you come across enemies like the Seeker of Carcosa (Echoes of the Past, 144) as they dart the Society's different rooms and hallways.
This new mechanic does a couple of things in the scenario. It allows you to play with an agenda deck that can advance in a single round—or not at all. It demands that you deal swiftly with all of the Cultists you encounter in order to prevent them from collecting doom. And it personalizes the effort—no longer are the forces of the mythos proceeding apace somewhere in the hazy distance; they're in your room, or down the hallway, or scuffing furniture and bookshelves along the floors above you!
In the meantime, you can rest assured that the scenario is still going to force you to make the most of every action. After all, each agenda step offers only a very narrow margin for error. And, in the end, if the Cultists find their clues before you? It's not clear exactly what the changes will mean, but your whole campaign will shift.
What will you find during your search of the Arkham Historical Society? Will you uncover any books that may lead to the truth behind The King in Yellow? Will you be upstaged by masked Cultists? Or will your discoveries lead you further down the slippery slope to madness, tempting you forward into delusion with tainted relics like The Tattered Cloak (Echoes of the Past, 143)?
Fantasy Flight Games is proud to announce the upcoming release of The Unspeakable Oath, the second Mythos Pack in The Path to Carcosa cycle for Arkham Horror: The Card Game!
It was always going to come to this… You're finally headed to the asylum.
Something about the mysterious play, The King in Yellow, had nagged at the corners of your mind before it arrived in Arkham, and you began investigating. You learned madness and disaster followed the play everywhere it went. And still you dug deeper.
Now, as you look to carry forward through The Path to Carcosa campaign, you may find yourself wracked by Doubtand surrounded by Lunatics. And, still, you'll catch hints of deeper and darker secrets.
With the new scenario coming in The Unspeakable Oath, Arkham Horror: The Card Game continues and deepens its exploration of the mystical realms between the traditional roleplaying and card game experiences.
First of all, you have the strong sense of place that's exceedingly rare among card games. You're not wandering the streets of Arkham, nor the wooded New England hillsides. Instead, you're wandering the hallways of an eerily quiet asylum—perhaps punctuated, at times, by mournful howls or manic laughter—and need to gain passage through several locked doors.
The fact that doors can be locked against you is important in the sense that it allows the adventure to unfold at the same sort of pace with which a Game Master might walk you through an adventure. And it matters because you can only act upon objects and information in your investigator's location. Moreover, if you and your fellow investigators split your company, you might cover more ground… or you might render yourselves vulnerable.
Next, you have the different ways the scenario preys upon the game's cooperative nature and the relationships you try to maintain with your fellow investigators. After The Path to Carcosa introduced the Hidden keyword, which forces you to hold cards in your hand—and keep them hidden from the other investigators—The Unspeakable Oath adds more of these cards, so that your experience of the game might not match that of the other players. And none of them will understand you.
Your secrets will isolate you from your companions. In the depths of an asylum.
Finally, the scenario breaks away from the traditional customizable card game experience by forcing you to live with the consequences of other games.
Yes, you can play and enjoy The Unspeakable Oath as a standalone adventure, but for those who dare to look more deeply, The Unspeakable Oath comes to life most fully as part of The Path to Carcosa campaign. It is, in fact, the fourth chapter in that campaign, and it represents the nexus of many possible paths through time and space. But those paths are not all equal.
Normally, when you sit at your table to play a customizable card game, you start fresh. There's nothing imposing itself upon your starting hand or the resources with which you might start the game. But in the Arkham LCG®, the choices you make in earlier adventures may come back to haunt you later on. The game's basic structure is the campaign, as in an RPG, and you are often given choices to make in your games—and between them—that aren't clearly about winning or losing, but just about how your investigator would respond to a given situation.
And in The Unspeakable Oath, these choices already come back with profound ramifications, literally restructuring the adventure depending upon the consequences of your earlier investigations. Choices you make in your games—the people to whom you choose to speak and the ways you interact with powerful artifacts—will impact the structure of the adventure's act deck, as well as the composition of its encounter deck.
Along with its new scenario, The Unspeakable Oath introduces twenty-four new player cards (two copies each of twelve different player cards) that allow you to "learn" from your mistakes. As you gain experience, you can use that experience to enhance your deck with cards like Forewarned (The Unspeakable Oath, 150) and A Test of Will (The Unspeakable Oath, 156).
Alternatively, you may forge an alliance with one of the Mythos Pack's new Patrons, Charles Ross, Esq. (The Unspeakable Oath, 149) and Dario El-Amin (The Unspeakable Oath, 151). Naturally, as Patrons, both of these gentlemen come with valuable connections.
Charles Ross, Esq. helps you gain access to a whole host of powerful Items, reducing their costs by one each time he exhausts. You can think of him as your personal connection to the Disc of Itzamna (Core Set, 41), making it easier to afford and discard—and then to afford again. While your investigator has a limited number of body slots to which these Items can be assigned, meaning there's a limit on the total financial benefit you can derive from recruiting the services of Charles Ross, Esq., it's worth noting that that limit is a great deal less restrictive than it might first appear.
First of all, there's the fact that you might choose to discard one Item in favor of another—or just because discarding it is in your best interests. Many of the game's most powerful Items, like the Disc of Itzamna, are discarded when you use them, and Charles Ross, Esq. lends significant value if you intend to use these items over and over—such as you might if you're playing Rex Murphy (The Dunwich Legacy, 2) with Scavenging (Core Set, 73).
Perhaps more importantly, there's the fact that the Arkham LCG can support as many as four players, and Charles Ross, Esq. works with any investigator at your location, not just yours. If you and your teammates can coordinate your purchases, Charles Ross, Esq. can easily save your group at least one resource each and every round.
Meanwhile, the unscrupulous Dario El-Amin can provide you access to an astonishing array of benefits, all of which should certainly help you find your way out of the asylum. As a single action, Dario El-Amin allows you to claim two resources. He's also more than willing to offer bonuses to both your Willpower and your Intellect—provided you can meet his demands.
Dario El-Amin may be a Patron of the arts, but it's clear that he's looking less to prop up struggling artists than to invest in characters and endeavors with records of proven success. The permanent attribute boosts that Dario El-Amin can provide are fantastically valuable, but the Patron requires you to sit on a stockpile of no fewer than ten resources if you want those bonuses.
Fortunately, that's not too much of a problem for Rogue investigators like Jenny Barnes (The Dunwich Horror, 3), who can gain resources fast with cards like Burglary (Core Set, 45), Hot Streak (Core Set, 57), and Lone Wolf (Blood on the Altar, 188). And once you have all those resources at your disposal, it'll be good to know that Dario El-Amin will be, at least, a little invested in seeing you make your way out of the asylum.
It's a good thing that Arkham Horror: The Card Game isn't real life. We don't really want to stare down unspeakable horrors, suffer grievous internal injuries, and feel our minds fracturing with the burden of all we've witnessed.
But it makes for great fiction. And in the Arkham LCG, it makes for great adventure.
Soon, you'll have your chance to enjoy yet another of these horrifying adventures. In The Unspeakable Oath, you'll find the world closing around you. You'll be stuck in the asylum. Surrounded by Lunatics. Threatened by monsters and madness… And your games couldn't be better!
This is why you head to Paris; you hope to gain some answers from the play's director, Nigel Engram.
As we mentioned in our announcement of The Path to Carcosa, your investigations into The King in Yellow will eventually lead you into the sort of madness and confusion that force you to wonder what's reality and what's delusion. You may even find yourself wondering if the definitions of madness and sanity are as clear as you previously thought.
With that in mind, The Path to Carcosa campaign makes use of the new mechanics for Doubt and Conviction that we previewed in "A Mind Is a Terrible Thing to Lose," our look at the new scenarios from The Path to Carcosa.
The first thing you'll learn is that it's still not clear whether it's better to operate like a skeptic rooted in Doubt or to trust your instincts and move forward with Conviction. Nor is it certain that your Doubt is always the sign of a curious mind; there may be times your Doubt is strictly a form of uncertainty rooted in madness—your inability to distinguish the real from the unreal, or the truth of things from their illusions.
It's almost as if there's some terrible, malevolent force at work—guiding you, beckoning you, pulling you forward. And it's possible that your search for Nigel Engram may take a backseat to your desperate scramble to hold onto whatever shreds of sanity remain to you. And, here, is your Doubt your salvation? Or are you better off following your Conviction?
In A Phantom of Truth, these questions matter immensely, and you'll need to find the right answers, lest you end up a Lost Soul (A Phantom of Truth, 227) in a very foreign land.
In addition to its scenario, A Phantom of Truth supplies you with twenty-two player cards (two copies each of eleven different player cards) designed to help you stay grounded and make progress in your campaign. Among these, you'll find a handful of higher-level cards that recall the familiar, including a couple of fan favorites from the Core Set.
One of these is the .45 Automatic (A Phantom of Truth, 190)—a wonderful Weapon to have in hand when you're beset on all sides by fear and foes.
While this powerful handgun has been a Guardian staple since the game's debut, the two experience points you'll pay for the upgraded version in A Phantom of Truth are well rewarded by an extra Combat icon, the ability to ignore the retaliate keyword, and by an invaluable one-point boost to your Combat with every shot you fire. All of which may be handy should you find yourself stalked by strange, winged Monsters in the Gardens of Luxembourg .
For your experience points, you are rewarded with the Fast keyword, which immediately gives you an action for your troubles. Next, you gain an extra Agility icon. While this Agility icon won't likely benefit you much the first time you draw your Pickpocketing—since you'll most likely want to put the Talent into play—the extra icon on your second copy of Pickpocketing could easily prove the difference between the success or failure of a critical evade attempt.
Together, these newly upgraded cards represent just one of the many different ways you might spend the experience you gain during The Path to Carcosa campaign, but it's one that might appeal to those investigators who are either already meeting with great success—as well as those who have been severely terrified and traumatized by all they have seen.
Your trip to Paris is fated to be eventful, but will you find the man for whom you're looking? Or will someone—or something—find you instead?
Fantasy Flight Games is proud to announce the upcoming release of The Pallid Mask, the fourth Mythos Pack in The Path to Carcosa cycle for Arkham Horror: The Card Game!
In The Pallid Mask scenario, you and your fellow investigators will enter these tunnels in search of a stranger whom you believe must be connected to the events surrounding the performance of The King in Yellow at the Ward Theatre in Arkham. But with each new strange twist and turn, you'll find yourselves only stepping deeper into mystery. Perhaps you can follow the tunnels all the way to the pulsing heart of the play's mysteries, but there's a chance, too, you'll simply find yourselves lost amid the shifting landscape. What begins as a trek through moist and clammy tunnels of stone may become a journey that leads you under the earth, through The Gate to Hell, and straight to your demise at the Well of Souls or some other forgotten chamber.
Destined to be a fan-favorite, the scenario from The Pallid Mask utilizes the game's locations in a novel way, bringing them into play only as you travel through them, and arranging them in a constantly shifting and unpredictable fashion. Each new step through these labyrinths could be your last.
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Additionally, the sixty new cards from The Pallid Mask include two copies each of twelve different player cards. Divided between the game's five different investigator classes, these feature several higher level versions of existing cards alongside a range of new skill cards that offer potent kickers. Draw a card, ready an exhausted ally, gain resources, or offer sacrifices to increase your skill card's value. In the unpredictable subterranean darkness of The Pallid Mask, could these skill cards be what ultimately prevents your demise?
When you're ready to head beneath the Parisian streets and explore the deadly catacombs of The Pallid Mask, you'll set aside a handful of the Mythos Pack's new Catacombs cards, including the one you ultimately hope to discover. You'll shuffle these cards and place them at the bottom of your Catacombs deck.
Then you'll place your starting location, marking it with a resource, and you'll shuffle the remaining Catacombs locations to place atop the others.
This is how you form your Catacombs deck, but the truly interesting part of The Pallid Mask is how the Catacombs deck transforms its new scenario into an adventure full of deadly pitfalls and frightening discoveries.
Instead of laying out a whole network of locations at the beginning of your game, you'll place only a single location onto the table—the one through which you enter the Catacombs. Then, throughout the adventure, each time you reveal a new Catacombs location, you'll discover new passages that lead deeper into the tunnels. Depending which location you enter, you may find yourself placing a single unrevealed Catacombs location to its right, or possibly above it. Or below it. Or to its left. Or you may find that your position branches in multiple directions.
Given the unpredictable nature of your journey through these Catacombs, The Pallid Mask introduces a unique set of scenario-specific rules stating all orthogonally adjacent locations (directly to the left, or right, above, or below each other) are adjacent for the purposes of travel. And this means that you'll never know what to expect as you set foot in a new location.
With all its physical dangers—plus an array of untold supernatural threats—the scenario from The Pallid Mask is no place for rookie investigators. It's easy to get lost. It's just as easy to be lost forever, dragged down into sudden pitfalls by raving Lunatics, grotesque Monsters, or other Terrors. As a result, you'll want to have earned and spent every possible iota of experience to upgrade your deck and increase your chances of survival.
The new player cards in the Mythos Pack feature a split between higher level versions of existing cards and new skill cards, all of which come with a potent kicker.
By the time you start to explore the scenario's Catacombs, if your journey through The Path to Carcosa campaign has been mostly successful, you might wish simply to upgrade your cards, rather than introduce larger changes to the composition of your deck. Or perhaps you simply find yourself gravitating toward the Ritualist archetype we outlined in the article, "That Which Doesn't Kill Us…" Either way, you'll find a number of valuable upgrades in The Pallid Mask, such as the new version of Emergency Cache that can help you quickly refresh your most important supplies.
On the other hand, if you're pursuing new paths—or flailing about for anything that might get you a better handle on your remaining sanity—you might want to play with the Mythos Pack's new skill cards. As with Inspiring Presence, each of these skill cards offers multiple icons and a valuable kicker that might very well make the difference between successfully navigating these eerie tunnels and being lost in them forever.
There are layers upon layers of darkness in the catacombs beneath Paris. Within that darkness, though, you may find the clues that will begin to shed light upon the mysterious play, The King in Yellow. You may finally learn how the play is connected to the atrocities that follow it from city to city… But you should be careful what you choose to uncover.
Traps, monsters, and branching corridors—what else will you find in the subterranean world of The Pallid Mask?
You have had cause to doubt your sanity before. The choices you've made along your path have been questionable, at best. Can you be sure that you're seeing reality? If you can still think logically, you may apply Occam's Razor. Surely it is far simpler to believe that you have gone insane rather than supposing that the entire world is slowly falling under the sway of a dark god from another dimension.
Of course, it's far too late for you at this point. The storm is brewing and bursting above your head, with pelting rain coming down from above and the tide inexorably rising from below. As your tiny steamer takes you out to the island monastery of Mont Saint-Michel, there's no turning back for you.
Make no mistake by letting yourself fall into hope as you approach the island. No matter how grim things have looked in the past, you've always had the act deck—a singular flicker of light in even the darkest hours. The act deck holds an implicit promise: if you can find a way to advance through the act deck, you have a chance to survive. Things could turn out alright in the end.
With Black Stars Rise, your madness reaches new depths. There is no act deck, nor any light in the darkness. At the beginning of the game, you'll set up one agenda deck as normal—and in place of the act deck, a second agenda deck. The first agenda deck represents the rising tides and flood waters smashing against the sea walls. The second agenda deck corresponds to the monstrous storm lashing the island, its clouds coruscating with eldritch energy. Nothing remains for you, except to choose how you and your friends will meet your demise. And even if you could somehow find a path through the madness and the gate to Carcosa, the floods or the storm would surely destroy you before you could reach it.
For you and your fellow investigators, few things push your sanity further to the limit than the Spells that you use to toy with uncanny powers far beyond your control. At any moment, these barely-understood incantations could slip away from you, lashing your mind with horrors or unleashing fresh demons upon the world. It's fitting, then, that as Black Stars Rise draws the tattered robe of insanity close about your shoulders, it delves deeply into Spells.
Traditionally, Spells have been the purview of the Mystic class. Still, as Lost Carcosa pushes closer to Earth, Arcane Insight can spill over into the minds of even the uninitiated, pulling back the shroud of this world and revealing clues that would have gone unseen. Rogues, on the other hand, may find that their natural powers of misdirection and Suggestion have been amplified, giving them a tool to avoid attention and slip away from even the most dogged pursuers.
Mystics do not go wanting either. The surplus of unnatural, otherworldly energies washing over the world has created a surplus of new converts, such as the upgraded version of Arcane Initiate. The horrors these young Sorcerers have seen—and perpetrated—have brought more doom on the world or pushed them to the brink of insanity themselves. But their skills may be sufficient to bring you the Spells that you need to buy a few more moments before you inevitably succumb to the suffocating control of Hastur.
The power of these Spells is undeniable—but their very power pushes you farther into your doomed spiral… into the realms of madness. These Spells cannot create a path forward where none exists. They will not conjure an act deck out of nothingness to lead you into Carcosa. But perhaps, in spite of everything, you will continue to struggle onward. Perhaps you will say, in the words of the Survivors, "Not without a fight!".
There is no escape. You are doomed.
In the realm of lost Carcosa, where black stars hang in the heavens, all truths will come to light beneath the fires of the suns. Fantasy Flight Games is proud to announce the upcoming release of Dim Carcosa, the sixth and final Mythos Pack in The Path to Carcosa cycle for Arkham Horror: The Card Game, available for preorder now at your local retailer or online through our website!
Your investigation into the mysterious play The King in Yellow has led you through a maddening series of events, from the darkest corners of Arkham Historical Society, to twisted halls of the asylum, and even the catacombs of Paris. It has all led you here, to dim Carcosa, a place beyond all imagining. A warped, alien city lies before you. Its twisting streets and aberrant architecture have no semblance of order or structure. In the distance, a murky lake reflects the glare of two suns. This is Carcosa—the realm of madness in the stars, where Hastur reigns supreme.
As the final act of the Path to Carcosa cycle, Dim Carcosa is filled with empyrean madness both beautiful and terrible. The once grand city stands in ruins, the remains of some accursed place that defies any sense or reason. In the middle of this madness you stand alone as the last defense for Arkham… and the world. If you wish to survive this journey into madness, you must learn as much as you can about this strange realm and make sure that you leave No Stone Unturned (Dim Carcosa, 307), searching your player deck for any one card that may prove useful and adding it to your hand. You may have doubted your sanity before, but now you see that it was true. Everything—it was all true. But now that you have found your answers, will you be strong enough to put an end to The King in Yellow's dark design and find a new ending?
Your time is running out. Even as you explore the Ruins of Carcosa (Dim Carcosa, 327), you become weak, taking damage as your investigation progresses. Your only hope for survival is to return to your own world. Yet somehow, you feel as if your fate is no longer under your control. Your story progresses with each location you discover, almost as if you are not acting under your own will. Each of the locations in the Dim Carcosa scenario have no unrevealed side. Instead, their reverse sides bear story cards. Trapped in a dim, distant realm, you will find few allies. But amongst the city's remains, you may encounter one of the its dwellers, an Inhabitant of Carcosa (Dim Carcosa, 327), to aid you as the script demands.
The man cries and raves, telling you more of the ancient and famous city. Though his words have little meaning to you, deep within your mind, you begin to understand.
Dim Carcosa is fraught with dangers. You can desperately empty your ammo into your enemy, forcing them to "Eat Lead!" (Dim Carcosa, 304), but even this may not save you from the horrors that await you in lost Carcosa. In the moment of your demise, you may be lucky enough to Cheat Death (Dim Carcosa, 310), escaping the enemies surrounding you. But leaving combat alone would only buy a few sweet moments of life. Instead, this powerful Trickallows you to discard all cards in your threat area, heal two horror and two damage, and move to any revealed location where no enemies await you. This saving grace provide the opportunity you need to regain your strength and finish the seemingly impossible task before you. But the question remains: are you the master of your own fate, or are you simply a puppet of Hastur? What will become of you once your part has been played?
In the lost realm of Carcosa, insanity is inevitable as the two suns that light the city burn madness into your mind. But even with your mind fractured and broken, your investigation does not end here. In Dim Carcosa, you are not defeated when you have horror equal to or greater than your sanity. Sometimes madness is the best response when confronted with an impossible reality. During your stay in Carcosa, you may continue to take horror in excess of your sanity, in which case your remaining sanity is considered zero.
On the surface, this may appear to be a blessing, but it may also prove a curse as you move towards The Final Act (Dim Carcosa, 339). When this encounter card is revealed, you must place two doom on the current agenda if you have no remaining sanity, perhaps pushing it to advance. Other consequences of a broken mind may come about in battles, forcing you to fail skill tests and depriving you of elder sign effects. When your mind becomes the playground of Hastur, you will find yourself bending to a will that is not your own. Forced to battle your own mind in a world you do not understand, will you be able to end the madness and return, or will you become another lost soul?
Travel to the realm of madness beyond the stars and take on The King in Yellow before your time and sanity run out. This is your final act and your curtain is about to fall.


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For quick and easy transferring of certain documents directly from one PC to another, flash drives are a good option....
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Малмеди () е град в Югоизточна Белгия, окръг Вервие на провинция Лиеж. Населението му е около 11 800 души (2006).

Известни личности
 Родени в Малмеди
 Жул Бастен (1933-1996), певец

Външни препратки
 www.malmedy.be

Градове в Белгия
Общини в провинция Лиеж

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If you ever feel stuck in life, you can simply reinvent yourself. You do that by first listening to your dreams. You've heard the "wise ones" always say to Follow Your Dreams. Be aware of the synchronicities in life. When you see the same "odd" thing 3 times in a row, it's the universe trying to get your attention and send you a helpful message. Your first step is to realize that there is something better for you just around the corner.
You start by breaking out of your natural daily routine or pattern. Take a new route or side street, eat at a new restaurant, walk where you've never walked before. It will keep your brain healthy by creating new connections as it trys to store these new sights and sounds. If some ideas pop into your head, then make a note of them, speak them into your cell phone as a message, or write then down in a notepad.
Do an internet search (try DuckDuckGo.com or Bing.com, as they tend to have more natural results and less advertising) or on the topic and see where that rabbit hole leads you. I prefer DuckDuckGo in that it is private and they don't collect information on you the way the big G (Google) does. That alone will get your juices flowing and make your life more exciting. I watched a great movie that gave me some insight into this and I highly recommend you watch it too. It has so much adventure, drama, and even comedy in a mystical search for happiness. It is called Hector and the Search For Happiness.
Everything that you take into your body becomes your body, literally. From the cellular level to the musculoskeletal system to the cardio-respiratory system, culminating in the complete human body; you are the sum of all parts.
If you'd like your body to perform like an assembly line automobile (as opposed to a precision built masterpiece like a Ferrari), then go ahead and eat the type of meals that most people eat (full of fillers, pesticides, preservatives, simple sugars, saturated and trans fats, artificial hormones and by-products). Just as a winning NASCAR automobile is not made up haphazardly: Superior Parts = Superior Performance.
You can design your body to look like a highly polished, finely tuned masterpiece, who's engine (heart) could last longer than a century. Or you could fashion your body to be rugged like a German tank. It all starts with a plan, or blueprint. Once you choose your desired blueprint, you can line up the raw materials, which in this begins with the best dining regimen to accomplish those attainable goals.
Consider putting "premium" into your physical fuel tank, and you'll definitely feel the boost, while minimizing the knocks and pings that poor quality fuel usually leave you with. You'll also have less obnoxious hazardous gas leaking out of your tailpipe!
In this part of the series we'll begin with our bodies because it directly impacts how you think and your spiritual connection too. When your body is filled with high vibration food and drinks you will be at your greatest ability to accomplish whatever you want to. With a clear mind and clear spiritual connection you can create the life of your choosing. You can have the type of body you want, or try starting an online business to make some extra money and have all of life's extra goodies that you desire.
As the old axiom commonly attributed to Hippocrates goes "as above, so below." And "as without, so within." This can be easily seen with what can be easily considered the "essence of life" which is h2o, or water. Our planet is made up of about 70% water, so is our body, and each cell in our body too. It's importance cannot be overstated. There are two groundbreaking scientists who have looked at the importance of this amazing substance. In the book "Your Body's Many Cries for Water" by Dr. F. Batmanghelidj, he states that most illness, as well as organ and cell shrinkage (skin wrinkles too) is caused by improper hydration and sodium balance.
Not drinking enough pure, clean structured alkaline water can impact health, appearance, performance as well as brain function. Most tap and bottled water is highly acidic and damaging to your mental and physical health. Dr. Masaru Emoto in his groundbreaking book "The hidden messages of water" also echoes that and shows that water is an amplifier of human intention and emotion.
Water has memory. Since water also is the greatest constituent of solid foods as well, the ancient idea of "blessing" or "praying" over our meals does not sound so silly anymore. It has now been discovered to have real merit and benefit in laboratory testing of water crystals exposed to sound, music, words and emotions!
So, the first thing that you may want to consider is to drink a cup of alkaline ionized water immediately upon awakening in the morning, and then 5-10 minutes later to start the day. Add a few pinches of salt to each glass (read the water books, as it is not harmful to high blood pressure, but balancing, based on real research, not outdated theories).
You can find the two referenced books at Top Self Help Books or your local bookstore or library. Keep tuned for more lessons on building the body of your dreams.
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American TV icon Mary Tyler Moore dies at age 80
Moore battled diabetes for years and underwent brain surgery in 2011.? Photograph:( AFP )
AFP Los Angeles, CA, United States Jan 26, 2017, 12.57 AM (IST)
Legendary actress Mary Tyler Moore, who delighted a generation of Americans with her energetic comic performances and broke barriers with her iconic portrayal of a single career woman, died Wednesday after years of ill health. She was 80.
Moore's eponymous sitcom ran for seven seasons in the 1970s and was named by Time Magazine as one of 17 shows that "changed television."
She died in hospital in Connecticut, according to media reports, after battling diabetes for years and undergoing brain surgery in 2011.
"Today, beloved icon Mary Tyler Moore passed away at the age of 80 in the company of friends and her loving husband of over 33 years, Dr. S. Robert Levine," her longtime representative Mara Buxbaum told AFP in a statement.
"A groundbreaking actress, producer, and passionate advocate for the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation, Mary will be remembered as a fearless visionary who turned the world on with her smile."
"The Mary Tyler Moore Show" was radical in its time -- featuring a single woman, living on her own, and chasing her dream as a television reporter.
It also spawned numerous spin-offs for its popular supporting cast of quirky, slightly neurotic characters, launching Moore's behind-the-scenes career.
As top executives of MTM Enterprises, Moore and then-husband Grant Tinker created and produced "The Mary Tyler Moore Show" and its spinoffs, and were also responsible for hit shows including "Hill Street Blues," "St. Elsewhere" and "Remington Steele."
'Effortless piece of cake'
"A minute's silence as we remembered one of the true greats of TV comedy," tweeted actor Stephen Fry, who was rehearsing on the Hollywood stage made famous by Moore's show.
Michael Keaton described her as "iconic, my boss, castmate and a friend" while filmmaker Kevin Smith said she was a "tireless defender of animals, and scourge of diabetes."
"Truly she turned the world on with her smile," he added, referring to the lyrics of her show's theme song.
US media mogul Oprah Winfrey has said Moore was one of her early inspirations.
Winfrey said she watched her show every week as a child, and wanted "to be Mary Tyler Moore. I wanted to be Mary, I wanted to live where Mary lived."
Moore's first big break came in 1961, when she played spunky stay-at-home wife Laura Petrie on "The Dick Van Dyke Show."
In the popular sitcom, the TV couple famously slept in separate twin-size beds, and Moore was limited to wearing capri pants in just one scene per episode.
Van Dyke said working with the "beautiful, bright and talented," Moore was "an effortless piece of cake."
Speaking at the 2012 Screen Actors Guild awards, where he presented Moore with a lifetime achievement award, Van Dyke said he initially had his doubts about the unknown 20-something, wondering, "Can she do comedy?"
Emmy winner, Oscar nominee
It turns out, he said, she could do "everything." She danced, sang, did slapstick, and was such a perfect onscreen match for him, Van Dyke said, that many viewers wondered whether the couple were also married in real life.
On the big screen, Moore starred opposite Elvis Presley in "Change of Habit," and with Julie Andrews in "Thoroughly Modern Millie."
She earned an Oscar nomination for her role in Robert Redford's searing family drama "Ordinary People."
She also took home numerous Emmy awards for her television work and a Tony Award for a Broadway performance in "Whose Life Is It Anyway."
Behind the scenes, Moore faced a number of personal difficulties, including an addiction to alcohol. Her only child, Richie, born during her first marriage to Richard Meeker, struggled with emotional issues and drug abuse.
He shot and killed himself in 1980, at age 24, in an incident that was officially deemed an accident.
Moore, who was born in Brooklyn and moved to California as a child, married her third husband, Robert Levine, in 1983. She was an active spokeswoman for animal rights and for diabetes, which she was diagnosed with in her 30s.
"[Diabetes] has taken a toll on her. She's not well at all," Van Dyke told the "Larry King Now" show in October 2015.
"What you see is what you get. That's Mary Tyler Moore. She didn't have a bad bone in her," King told CNN.


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Being one of the biggest and highly anticipated festivals along the East Coast, Boston Calling released it's 2018 lineup earlier today and boy does is it stacked! With Eminem, the Killers, and Jack White at the top spot as well as support from highly notable acts such as Tyler the Creator, Queens of the Stone Age, Khalid, and Paramore (just to name a few), this is definitely one of the best lineups the city of Boston has seen in years. Taking place at the Harvard Athletic Complex in Allston from May 25th-27th, early-bird GA tickets are available on the Boston Calling website for about $279 per ticket as well as 3-Day VIP tickets ($599 per ticket) and/or 3-Day Platinum tickets ($1,049 per ticket). If you're looking to save a bit of money, you better buy fast because the prices of these tickets are expected to jump! This year's Boston Calling will also feature a comedy and entertainment lineup headlined by two-time Golden Globe & Academy Award winner, Natalie Portman. With killer live music, high octane entertainment/laughs, along with a whole assortment of other activities to part-take in come late May, 2018's Boston Calling will no doubt be an exciting time for all ages.


The Additional Needs Department works with all members of school staff to promote the development and inclusivity of pupils with ALN. The department, under the leadership of the Additional Learning Needs Co-ordinator (ALNCo-Mrs Samantha Connolly) aims to promote learning strategies and teaching approaches which allow additional needs to be met. We aim to provide a broad and appropriate curriculum, from differentiated work in the classroom, in class support, intervention lessons, and wellbeing support in our nurture centre. In addition, an alternative curriculum balanced with external provision, for example work experience, Lego Therapy, John Muir award is offered to meet the needs of some individuals. Ysgol Gyfun Emlyn strives to offer a fully inclusive and nurturing ethos.
The department work with external agencies to support those pupils categorised as SAP. Some of these agencies include, Team around the family, Child and adolescent Mental Health Service (CAMHS), Speech and Language Therapy, Education Child Psychology and many more.


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import uuid

from django.conf import settings
from django.conf.urls import patterns, url
from django.contrib.auth.tokens import PasswordResetTokenGenerator
from django.core.urlresolvers import reverse_lazy
from django.http import Http404
from django.shortcuts import redirect, render
from django.template import Context, loader
from django.views import generic

from braces import views
from django.http.response import HttpResponseRedirect
from wye.base.emailer_html import send_email_to_id, send_email_to_list
from wye.profiles.models import Profile, UserType
from wye.regions.models import RegionalLead

from .forms import (
    OrganisationForm, OrganisationMemberAddForm,
    UserRegistrationForm
)
from .models import Organisation, User

class OrganisationList(views.LoginRequiredMixin, generic.ListView):
    model = Organisation
    template_name = 'organisation/list.html'

    def dispatch(self, request, *args, **kwargs):
        user_profile = Profile.objects.get(
            user__id=self.request.user.id)
        if not user_profile.is_profile_filled:
            return redirect('profiles:profile-edit', slug=request.user.username)
        return super(OrganisationList, self).dispatch(request, *args, **kwargs)

    def get_queryset(self):
        return Organisation.objects.filter(active=True)

    def get_context_data(self, *args, **kwargs):
        context = super(OrganisationList, self).get_context_data(
            *args, **kwargs)
        if Profile.is_organiser(self.request.user):
            context['org_created_list'] = self.get_queryset().filter(
                created_by=self.request.user)
            context['org_belongs_list'] = self.get_queryset().exclude(
                created_by=self.request.user).filter(
                user=self.request.user)
        elif Profile.is_regional_lead(self.request.user):
            regions = RegionalLead.objects.filter(leads=self.request.user)
            context['regional_org_list'] = self.get_queryset().filter(
                location__id__in=[x.location.id for x in regions])
        context['user'] = self.request.user
        # need to improve the part
        # context['is_not_tutor'] = False
        # as user can be tutor and regional lead hence we need to verify like
        # this
        if (Profile.is_regional_lead(self.request.user) or
                Profile.is_organiser(self.request.user) or
                Profile.is_admin(self.request.user)):
            context['is_not_tutor'] = True
        return context

class OrganisationCreate(views.LoginRequiredMixin, generic.CreateView):
    model = Organisation
    form_class = OrganisationForm
    template_name = 'organisation/create.html'
    success_url = reverse_lazy('organisations:organisation_list')

    def dispatch(self, request, *args, **kwargs):
        user_profile = Profile.objects.get(
            user__id=self.request.user.id)
        if not user_profile.is_profile_filled:
            return redirect('profiles:profile-edit', slug=request.user.username)
        if not user_profile.can_create_organisation:
            msg = '''Exceed number of organisaiton registration.
                Use contact us form to connect to co-ordinators'''
            return render(request, 'error.html', {'message': msg})
        return super(OrganisationCreate, self).dispatch(request, *args, **kwargs)

    def post(self, request, *args, **kwargs):
        form = OrganisationForm(data=request.POST)
        if form.is_valid():
            form.instance.modified_by = request.user
            form.instance.created_by = request.user
            form.instance.save()
            form.instance.user.add(request.user)
            form.instance.save()
            user_profile = Profile.objects.get(
                user__id=self.request.user.id)
            if not ('poc' in user_profile.get_user_type):
                poc_type = UserType.objects.get(slug='poc')
                user_profile.usertype.add(poc_type)
                user_profile.save()

            host = '{}://{}'.format(settings.SITE_PROTOCOL,
                                    request.META['HTTP_HOST'])
            email_context = Context({
                'full_name': '%s %s' % (request.user.first_name,
                                        request.user.last_name),
                'org_id': form.instance.id,
                'host': host

            })
            subject = "%s organisation for region %s is created" % (
                form.instance.name, form.instance.location.name)
            email_body = loader.get_template(
                'email_messages/organisation/new.html').render(email_context)
            text_body = loader.get_template(
                'email_messages/organisation/new.txt').render(email_context)

            regional_lead = Profile.objects.filter(
                interested_locations=form.instance.location,
                usertype__slug='lead').values_list('user__email', flat=True)
            send_email_to_id(subject,
                             body=email_body,
                             email_id=request.user.email,
                             text_body=text_body)

            send_email_to_list(subject,
                               body=email_body,
                               users_list=regional_lead,
                               text_body=text_body)

            return HttpResponseRedirect(self.success_url)
        else:
            return render(request, self.template_name, {'form': form})

class OrganisationDetail(views.LoginRequiredMixin, generic.DetailView):
    model = Organisation
    template_name = 'organisation/detail.html'
    success_url = reverse_lazy('organisations:organisation_list')

    def get_queryset(self):
        return Organisation.objects.filter(
            user=self.request.user,
            id=self.kwargs['pk'])

class OrganisationUpdate(views.LoginRequiredMixin, generic.UpdateView):
    model = Organisation
    form_class = OrganisationForm
    template_name = 'organisation/edit.html'
    success_url = reverse_lazy('organisations:organisation_list')

    def get_object(self, queryset=None):
        org = Organisation.objects.get(
            user=self.request.user, id=self.kwargs['pk'])
        if org.created_by == self.request.user:
            return Organisation.objects.get(user=self.request.user, id=self.kwargs['pk'])
        else:
            self.template_name = "403.html"

class OrganisationMemberAdd(views.LoginRequiredMixin, generic.UpdateView):
    model = Organisation
    form_class = OrganisationMemberAddForm
    template_name = 'organisation/member-add.html'
    success_url = reverse_lazy('organisations:organisation_list')

    def get_username(self, email):
        """
        Returns a UUID-based 'random' and unique username.

        This is required data for user models with a username field.
        """
        uuid_str = str(uuid.uuid4())
        username = email.split("@")[0]
        uuid_str = uuid_str[:30 - len(username)]
        return username + uuid_str

    def get_token(self, user, **kwargs):
        """Returns a unique token for the given user"""
        return PasswordResetTokenGenerator().make_token(user)

    def get_urls(self):
        return patterns('',
                        url(r'^(?P<user_id>[\d]+)-(?P<token>[0-9A-Za-z]{1,13}-[0-9A-Za-z]{1,20})/',
                            view=self.activate_view, name="invitation_register")
                        )

    def post(self, request, *args, **kwargs):
        form = OrganisationMemberAddForm(data=request.POST)
        org = Organisation.objects.get(id=self.kwargs['pk'])
        if form.is_valid():
            existing_user = form.cleaned_data['existing_user']
            new_user = form.cleaned_data['new_user']

            host = '{}://{}'.format(settings.SITE_PROTOCOL,
                                    request.META['HTTP_HOST'])

            context = {
                'full_name': '%s %s' % (request.user.first_name,
                                        request.user.last_name),
                'org_name': org.name,
                'host': host
            }
            subject = "[Python Express]:You are added in %s organisation" % (
                org.location.name)

            if existing_user:
                # add user to organisation
                user = existing_user
                org.user.add(user)
                org.save()

                # set email user's name in context
                context['new_member_name'] = '%s %s' % (user.first_name,
                                                        user.last_name)

            elif new_user:
                # generate a random password
                random_password = User.objects.make_random_password()

                # create a user with the email from form
                user = User(username=self.get_username(new_user),
                            email=new_user,
                            password=random_password)

                user.is_active = False
                user.save()

                # add the user to organisation
                org.user.add(user.id)
                org.save()

                # set the email context,
                # the token will be used to generate a unique varification
                # link
                token = self.get_token(user)

                context['new_member_name'] = '%s' % (user.email)
                context['token'] = token
                context['user'] = user

            # Before sending email confirm user is created
            if user:
                email_context = Context(context)
                email_body = loader.get_template(
                    'email_messages/organisation/org_member_addition.html').render(email_context)
                text_body = loader.get_template(
                    'email_messages/organisation/org_member_addition.txt').render(email_context)

                # send the mail to new user
                send_email_to_id(subject,
                                 body=email_body,
                                 email_id=new_user,
                                 text_body=text_body)

                # These mails will be sent in both cases.
                subject = "user %s %s added in %s organisation" % (
                    user.first_name, user.last_name, org.location.name)
                email_body = loader.get_template(
                    'email_messages/organisation/member_addition_to_user.html').render(
                        email_context)
                text_body = loader.get_template(
                    'email_messages/organisation/member_addition_to_user.txt').render(
                        email_context)

                # send mail to the user who added the new member
                send_email_to_id(subject,
                                 body=email_body,
                                 email_id=request.user.email,
                                 text_body=text_body)

                return HttpResponseRedirect(self.success_url)
            else:
                from django.forms.util import ErrorList
                errors = form._errors.setdefault("existing_user", ErrorList())
                errors.append(
                    u"Something went wrong as this message was not expected")
                render(request, self.template_name, {
                       'form': form, 'organisation': org})

        else:
            return render(request, self.template_name, {'form': form, 'organisation': org})

def activate_view(request, user_id, token):
    """
    View function that activates the given User by setting `is_active` to
    true if the provided information is verified.
    """
    try:
        user = User.objects.get(id=user_id, is_active=False)
    except(User.DoesNotExist):
        raise Http404("Your URL may have expired.")

    if not PasswordResetTokenGenerator().check_token(user, token):
        raise Http404("Your URL may have expired.")

    form = UserRegistrationForm(data=request.POST or None, instance=user)
    if form.is_valid():
        user.is_active = True
        user.username = form.cleaned_data['username']
        user.first_name = form.cleaned_data['first_name']
        user.last_name = form.cleaned_data['last_name']
        user.set_password(form.cleaned_data['password'])
        user.save()
        return redirect(reverse_lazy('organisations:organisation_list'))
    else:
        return render(request, 'organisation/register_form.html',
                      {'form': form})

class OrganisationDeactive(views.CsrfExemptMixin,
                           views.LoginRequiredMixin,
                           views.JSONResponseMixin,
                           generic.UpdateView):
    model = Organisation
    fields = ('active', 'id')

    def get_object(self, queryset=None):
        return Organisation.objects.get(user=self.request.user,
                                        id=self.kwargs['pk'])

    def post(self, request, *args, **kwargs):
        self.object = self.get_object()
        response = self.object.toggle_active(request.user, **kwargs)
        return self.render_json_response(response)


I awoke this morning, while the sun was still tucked under cloud cover, hunkered down beneath my blanket. In preparation mode for a day that will include seeing therapy clients and then driving to NJ to be with my friend Janet who is traversing a road, I had back in 1998. She is now part of what I call the 'non-exclusive club that no one wants to join'. Her beloved husband died yesterday. It was not unexpected since Phil was in the grip of end stage cardiac and kidney disease. He had plummeted and rallied so many times in the past few years and his family and friends had ridden the waves with him. This time felt different. He was just plum tuckered out. Even as he spoke of keepin' on keepin' on, we prepared ourselves for the inevitable. It wasn't a matter of if, but rather when the ride would end. It did, on July 31st at 2:43 pm as he took his last breath by conscious choice. He was surrounded by loved ones who showered him with blessings and immersed him in the sounds of chanting. I wasn't there but imagined his spirit rising on sonic sweetness.
A few days earlier, he had asked for a send-off in the form of a going away party at the hospital. Friends gathered in the cafeteria and celebrated Phil's life. Two computers had been set up, with one in his room, so that he could be a remote guest via Skype. Folks were able to visit in his room in twos.
I saw him that morning on my own since I wanted private time with this man who has been such a pivotal part of my life. I met Phil in the mid-1980's and he immediately became a family member. When my son turned 14, (after losing his father/my husband at age 11), Phil became his 'unofficial Big Brother,' since we had waited for three years, to no avail for someone via the agency itself. In pretty short order, it became apparent that Adam was more than his "Little Bro," as he sometimes called him. They were linked by a primal bond and soon Adam came to think of Phil as his father. Phil jokingly referred to me as his 'Baby Mama'. He and his wife Janet were an invaluable part of the village that helped me raise my son as a single parent. I can't even imagine how I would have done that without him. I could tell when Adam was on the phone with him since he took on a Phil-persona sound. They had the same twisted sense of humor. Phil was a man whose values I wanted to influence Adam. That they did.
Now 30, Adam is about to become a married man. The plan was for Phil and me to walk Adam down the aisle to await his beautiful bride Lauren. I will be doing it solo now, but I am certain that Phil will be there in spirit.
On Saturday, after having visited Phil earlier in the day, I was at the XPoNential Music Festival with friends, some who knew Phil and a few who were only familiar with him from reading my posts over the years, asking for prayers. I think he had no clue how many lives he touched beyond his work as a peer support person, suicide prevention, and mental health educator. Being asked to pray for someone feels like an honor and it connects us in intentional community.
As some of the friends were leaving the event and I was hugging them goodbye, I started to cry since I knew at that moment that it was time to say goodbye to my dear friend who was lying in a hospital bed a mile or so away, breathing on a ventilator with machines beating out the last hours of his life. I began to sob and my friend Clare, who did know Phil, mama-hugged me and said, "I'm so sorry." Reflexively, I responded, "It's not your fault," to which she answered, "I'm Universally sorry." I laughed at that and asked if it was "an Episcopal thing." Among many other gifts and talents, Clare is an Episcopal priest. She said it wasn't. It just indicated that it was okay to be disgruntled with the Divine Plan. As an Interfaith Minister, I can relate and often do my share of God wrestling.
In my head and heart will remain the image of a man whose sense of humor was reverently irreverent, whose big heart (ironically he died of heart disease) touched many. He expanded beyond a body too limited to contain such a soul.
Janet, the author, Phil and Gary celebrating at a 4th of July picnic a few years ago.


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Democratic presidential candidates answer a "show of hands" question during the Democratic primary debate hosted by NBC News at the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts. Photo: Wilfredo Lee/Associated Press
By Patrick E. Waldinger
Patrick E. Waldinger, assistant director of debate and a lecturer in the University of Miami School of Communication, dissects Thursday's Democratic presidential debate.
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On Thursday night, the Democrats squared off again in Miami, this time with ten different candidates. This debate was highly anticipated, having some big names – Joe Biden, Bernie Sanders, Kamala Harris and Pete Buttigieg – all on stage together.
The tone of Thursday's debate was so different than Wednesday's that it is difficult to believe that all 20 are running to win the same position. The debate was barely two answers in and already the candidates were interjecting, attempting to hijack the attention. Unlike the first night, this strategy did not benefit the lesser-known candidates.
Before Thursday's debate, I had highlighted what to look for from the big names. Let's review:
"Harris, a former prosecutor, will look to shine"
Mission accomplished and then some. An extremely impressive performance. By almost every metric, she won. She was on an entirely different level – playing chess while everyone else was playing checkers. All of her moves were strategic and calculated, yet she delivered them in a way that did not seem rehearsed or forced.
She literally controlled the debate when she spoke. She was able to dismiss time limits - daring the moderators to interrupt her, which they barely did. She demanded to speak on the race question and the moderators acquiesced. During which, she directly questioned Biden several times as if he were a witness in cross-examination. She did not need a moderator; she was the moderator, even scolding fellow bickering debaters that the audience does not want a "food fight."
This dominant performance will carry her for a long time. There are 11 more primary debates and none will be as relevant until all of the big names are on one stage – likely not until 2020. Until that happens, she can ride this performance's coattails. In future debate, she will have to be prepared for others to attack, especially regarding her prosecutorial background, but this lawyer will prove a formidable challenge.
"How will Joe Biden handle being directly challenged?"
The answer: not well. Biden was attacked by almost everyone. To be fair, Biden seemed prepared for the criticisms and, until the Harris exchange on busing, he was fending them off well enough. As the frontrunner, he will always have to play defense but he needs to get a little better on offense, perhaps focusing more on electability as the key issue.
The back and forth with Harris really damaged him. Biden was prepared for the question, even taking a jab at Harris being a prosecutor. Harris, though, did not relent and that flustered Biden until he made a huge mistake. He lost the Harris interaction because it was a rebuttal to the rebuttal. He needs to think through a few more steps of the argument to avoid future issues.
"Bernie Sanders will likely struggle with time"
This short answer format is an anathema to Sanders' style. He likes to build up his argument slowly. Voters got to know him in 2016, so focusing on catchphrases and soundbites is his best bet in the short term. He will also have to get into details and not rest on ideals. There are several candidates that agree with him on the issues, so that alone does not separate him anymore.
To be fair, Sanders is the one who set the Democratic agenda further left. In the future, he needs to remind the audience that he was the progressive economic flagbearer. Otherwise, someone else may deliver his desired paradigm shift in politics.
"Pete Buttigieg, who appeals to anti-establishment voters, is a wild card"
Buttigieg's story is fascinating and his "not a typical politician" persona works well in our current climate. His debate performance shows that he is informative and sincere, including when he admitted he failed achieving diversity in the South Bend, Indiana, police force.
While his personality is his biggest strength, it can also turn into his biggest weakness. It is difficult to see him directly challenging the other candidates and, if so, he will always be playing defense. But Mayor Pete is complex and we may soon see his soldier side. A true wild card.
Overall, Harris' performance simultaneously raised her stock, did severe damage to the frontrunner and stymied Buttigieg's rise. Absent some extremely serious gaffes, no round of debates will have the impact of the Miami ones until all the big names face off with each other in the same debate.
Patrick E. Waldinger is assistant director of debate and a lecturer in the University of Miami School of Communication.


The Punta Gorda, FL area is a great place to buy a luxury home. With over 2 builders across 3 communities you'll find a great selection of high-end homes in communities with upscale amenities.
Punta Gorda is a growing market for luxury homes. Whether your budget starts at $226,999 or extends beyond $519,290 there's an option for you in the high-end market. Luxury homes run the gamut of sizes from 1,671 to 3,811 square feet. Whether your family is large or small, upgrading or downsizing, the luxury market is a great place to begin your search.


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Quiet, Please: How Human Noise Affects Wild Places
People better at birding by ear than by eye can find it maddening to try to hear songs and calls over traffic noise. We wait for the bird to raise its voice once the rattling trucks have passed--only to discover that someone has fired up a leafblower nearby, drowning out everything the way radio static drowns out music.
As annoying as unwanted human noise is to us, it's devastating to other creatures. For example: if birds can't hear one another, they can't alert one another to approaching danger or attractive mates or good food sources. Prey animals can't hear predators in a noisy environment, which means more of them get eaten, affecting the ecological balance. Human noise pollution affects plant reproduction by scaring away birds that help distribute seeds, according to a recent paper in the Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B.
Rachel Buxton, an acoustic ecologist at Colorado State University, succinctly explains the essential problem with noise: "It really doesn't have any boundaries." Buxton and her colleagues reported recently in the journal Science that noise from humans at least doubles the background sound levels in most protected areas in the United States. "When we think about wilderness, we think about...going to see outstanding scenery," says co-author Megan McKenna. "We really should think about soundscapes, too."
Buxton and McKenna and their team used a model for predicting noise based on sound measurements taken all over the country by the National Park Service. Individual scientists hiked in to more than 400 listening stations to set up the equipment, each of which included a sound level meter and a recorder. Each recorder ran for 30 days, collecting every sound. The recordings were then analyzed by acoustic specialists. The researchers then constructed a model for predicting noise by figuring out which sounds were associated with geographic features such as elevation, annual rainfall, proximity to cities, highways and flight paths. By subtracting out natural sound sources, the scientists estimated the amount of noise pollution for each specific wilderness area.
The findings were mixed. Protected areas did show much lower levels of human-caused sound than the "buffer zones" of unprotected land near them, suggesting that these buffer zones really do insulate parks. But 63 percent of the protected areas showed an increase in sound levels of at least three decibels caused by noise pollution. Since decibels are logarithmic, three decibels indicates a doubling of background noise. More than a fifth of protected areas experienced 10 extra decibels of human noise. Sadly, the majority of areas considered "critical habitat" for endangered species were among the regions that dealt with the worst noise.
McKenna said that parks are taking steps to reduce human sounds, such as implementing shuttle systems to reduce the number of cars and posting library-style "quiet" signs. But the problem of pervasive traffic sound—all those low-frequency rumbles from ground and air—is not so easily solved. Buxton suggests that parks look into "quiet pavement" to muffle the sounds of rolling tires and establish noise corridors to align airplane flight paths with highways.
We here are Talkin' Birds plan to drive as little as possible in protected areas, opting instead for quieter transportation such as foot and bicycle. We'll try to keep our voices down, too. And we would never dream of playing a radio in the wilderness, not even to listen to our own show. We would rather not disturb the symphony of life around us, nor its musicians.
Want to listen to a news story on this research? Click here for a piece from NPR's Morning Edition.
Tagged: research, noise, National Parks


Smartphone can ease traveling a lot nowadays, from booking fly tickets, seeking for information, booking a room… However, in different countries, or even cities, it will be hard for you guys to know what app is popular and useful. Therefore, when visiting Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon), or Vietnam in general, let's us give you a hand with these 5 essential apps so it can save you a lot of time and effort to enjoy the wonderful day here.
No worry about dishonest drivers to rip off your pocket, and say goodby to the long queue of taxi in the airport. Using these apps, you can easily find cheap and certificate drivers during you time in Vietnam in general and Saigon in particular. These apps are very popular in Saigon, Hanoi and some other provinces along the country. You can know exactly the route and how much you need to pay then it will be much easier to make a decision. Well, if you are traveling alone, Bike option is perfect, if you are going in group, choosing a type of cars as your own will. New installs can also receive discount offers, wow.
Foody is an app that promotes the famous local food places. It provides a lot of great place which you can find delicious local food with reasonable prices. The app always show you the menu in restaurants so you can have sometime to review and do some comparison. It works in mostly every city of Vietnam and contributed by the local citizens so it's very valuable in term of recommendation.
In case it's raining, or you want to stay in the hotel but still need to enjoy delicious local food, you can easily use this app to order the dishes and they will be delivered within 30 mins. It works just like Foody, you just need to pay a bit more for delivery.
Seeing the city on a bus is always a good experience, you can know how the city running and observe the local life the fullest in a convenient way. Unlike 5 years ago, now the bus system of the city is developed a lot and we have this app to help you to find the right routes. It is well designed and have an English version. We used this app and the routes in Saigon is very exact.
Google Maps is always a good choice for traveling across the country, of course, it has been developed very well by Google and trusted around the world, and I think you're also familiar with this one. Not only for finding the route, this app can help you to see information of places in the city. However, we see that the Public transportation maps on Google still have some room for improvement so we suggest to use this along with BUS MAP.
This app helps you to find home stays, hotels, hostels with reasonable price, and give you chance to live with locals. AirBnb is rising very fast among Saigon's hospitality industry and the price is really competitive. By chance, in case you haven't book any hotel or want to live with the locals, we suggest you to find a room via this app. We also have some listings of Beso House on AirBnB so you can live with us, yay! Can't wait to see you at Beso House, we will help to to install the apps or give you a guide to the city.
Hope these information can help you to explore the city!


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Due to the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 increasing the standard deduction for individuals to $12,000 and 24,000 for married filing joint many taxpayers will not be itemizing going forward. If you are over the age of 70 ½ and required to take out required minimum distributions from a traditional IRA an option you have is qualified charitable deduction. This is a direct transfer of funds from your IRA custodian to a qualified charity. The distribution counts towards satisfying your required minimum distribution for the year plus the distribution will not be taxable to you.
If you own a business or a rental that is not in an S corporation or corporation, a nice deduction you can get is hiring your child that is under the age of 18. The payments are not subject to social security or Medicare taxes plus they will reduce the taxable income in your business. The wage to your child needs to be reasonable based on the work they are providing. The wage will also allow your child to have earned income and be able to contribute into a Roth IRA during that year.


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'Shame and scandal in the family', Scallywag issue 22, 1994
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Shame and scandal in the family
Scallywag issue 22, 1994
By Simon Regan
While the government has decided to play down their disastrous preaching about back to so-called basics, the scandals involving their own members continue to grow.
In edition 20 of Scallywag we named 11 of the estimated 60 gay members of Parliament, including two cabinet ministers, Peter Lilley and Michael Portillo. It was never intended to be an anti-gay project as such, but an exercise in highlighting the gross hypocrisy of the present government and its policies. In the next edition we took the story far further and gave chapter and verse on how a dangerous right-wing conspiracy had been hatched a quarter of a century ago at Peterhouse College, Cambridge. In this edition we expose the perverted actions of Lord McAlpine and the extent to which a national paedophile ring reached the very doors of Parliament.
This Peterhouse connection was led by a brilliant historian called Maurice Cowling who set his sights on one of the most ambitious students, one Michael Portillo. Since then, Cowling has masterminded Portillo's political career - infiltrating key members of his 'team' into influential positions in Whitehall, Conservative Central Office, and Parliament itself. Most of these Cowling Cowboys were gay and had an inordinate influence on political thinking.
There was a curious piece in the Guardian attempting to have a libel action against us funded by the Government. Strangely, this also included a PPS of his called William Hague whose office strongly denied he intended to take action.
Then we heard that Maurice Cowling, the evil mastermind behind all this, had called Portillo to read out to him a letter he had written to the Times refuting our allegations. Apparently, within hearing distance of the entire ministry, Portillo went apeshit and threatened his former history tutor with the dire consequences of any kind of retaliation. "Ignore them. They'll go away. Everyone else is as terrified as hell. I've made sure of that," was Michael's considered advice.
Bottomley bottoms out
Why did Peter Bottomley - so obviously groomed for high places - suddenly 'opt' to go into obscurity and leave the major running to his wife? It was not the normal behavior of an ambitious politico on the make, which he undoubtedly was. Being a Junior Minister for Northern Ireland is not exactly the bee's knees, but it is a healthy step up the ladder.
The question begs many others. For instance, if he had absolutely nothing to hide, why did he barrack (to the point of 'dementia'), the people holding a disciplinary hearing into serious child abuse at the Melanie Klein children's home in Greenwich? And why, when Thames television began an investigation into the situation at the home, did he embark on an unprecedented screaming match - not just with the programme - but with the hierarchy of the Thames board, to have the film suppressed?
The case first came about because a caretaker had been accused of interfering with some of the young females at another children's home in the borough; taking photographs of them in compromising poses; aiding them to leave the home until late at night; aiding them to obtain drugs and alcohol; and of generally debauched behavior.
Wrathful
At a subsequent, secret enquiry, this did not seem to be in dispute. But, rather than prosecute or pay him off in disgrace, Greenwich council decided (behind closed doors) merely to move him - to the already controversial Melanie Klein home.
So where does Mr Bottomley come in? No one would have noticed if he hadn't gone completely overboard in his insistence that nothing of the case should ever be seen in the media. But this very wrathful insistence was unusual in a member of the government.
He argued at the time that the caretaker was one of his constituents and he felt the man was being unfairly treated. He denied this without seeing any evidence, nor even asking for it. He did not ask for this Thames TV, who would have happily invited him to a private showing of their programme.
He decided this arbitrarily, without any kind of consultation with anyone we can trace. All we know is that in both areas he was "heavy-handed, bullying, and reckless". He did not know the TV production only referred to him in passing, as the caretaker's MP, and that he had sent a representation to the investigating tribunal, which he was absolutely perfectly entitled to do. One of the TV producers involved said: "I have never known such a classic case of protesting too much. Especially as his only claim was that he was protecting the interests of his constituent".
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The Chase MD wreck of 1987 changed Conrail's I95 corridor operations considerably, forcing most trains still using the Northeast Corridor to run at night and in limited windows. As a result, Conrail used trackage rights on CSX for through trains that used to run on the former PRR between Washington (Northern Virginia, really) and Philadelphia. Here CSX symbol Z409 with CR 6421/CR 6711/CR 6322/CSX 4261 pass the future site of the Muirkirk MARC station on 02/09/93.


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A surplus is the amount that's left over when you've met all your requirements. So if you have a bag of broad beans to cover every week for the next year and you will carry on with your next harvest once those are used up, anything over 52 bags is your surplus. In accounting terms, it means the positive difference between income/assets and expenditure over a period, so if I earn £100 from selling broad beans but spend £30 on bags to sell them in, my surplus is £70. And in even more specific accounting terms, it means the amount by which a company's assets are worth more than the face value of its stock.
So a surplus doesn't really carry the idea of TOO MUCH, whereas a surfeit is the "too much" one. It just really means an excess, but it isn't really used in a positive sense (unless you've found examples – do share if you have). And in archaic terms, it was an illness that was caused by excessive drinking or eating – so King John's "surfeit" wasn't an excess of lampreys but the illness brought on by having eaten the excess of lampreys. If we go back to our broad beans, although it's subjective, I'd say that having, for example, 104 bags of broad beans when you only need 52 would count as having a surfeit.
I do love these small distinctions. Interestingly, surfeit and surplus both come from Latin via Middle English (thank you, OED), so it's not one of those cases where we have one Germanic and one Latinate word for the same thing.
And the obsession with vegetable produce? Blame the people who presumably have allotments and keep leaving courgettes out on walls and the pavement for people to take and runners to trip over / jump.
*Edited to add: Oh, deary me. I have been informed by reader Ian Johnston that "It was Henry I that died from a surfeit of lampreys, John fined the City of Gloucester for failing to deliver him a lamprey pie at Christmas; a dearth not a surfeit of lampreys". Thank you to Ian for pointing that out and I stand corrected!
You can find more troublesome pairs here, and here's the index to them all! The index is finally UP TO DATE so go and have a look and tell me which is your favourite so far!
It sounds like there is a surfeit of courgettes in your area. (We call 'em zucchinis where I live).
Yes, indeed! I saw yet another set of them when I was out running last night, this time with the note "Free, but please leave the container"!
I had six vigorous plants once, many years ago. Only once.
Thank you – you'll enjoy some of my other posts in the series in that case, as I enjoy finding those small distinctions that keeps our language varied and precise. Thank you for taking the time to comment!


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Q: Is there a way in Java to make all extended classes a Singleton? I have a very specific case.
I need to develop a public API for my software, and I have a class, let's say Base, which extends the Listener class (that comes from an external API). Now, any specific class users will create will extend Base, so it will also extend Listener.
I also want that the user can't instantiate multiple times the same class if it extends Base - a Listener is used in a static context by other classes and instantiating it multiple times is useless, can cause memory leaks in the software itself and even duplicate events called. I myself don't instantiate Listener(s) multiple times, but external users can do it and it would be hard to tell them to just stop because my software works by thinking that their class behaves like a Singleton.
Is there a way to say that any class that extends Base should be a Singleton?
Making the Base class a Singleton itself is useless, because Base is extended from multiple classes and Base itself is never going to be instantiated anyways. I just need a way to make that all classes that extends Base should be forced to be Singleton or in any way only have a single instance.
I could also make the Base class an abstract one, but how would I impose the fact that there should be only a single instance for each class which extends Base at a time?
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Three classes extends Base: Child1, Child2, Child3. All three should be Singletons and be instanced only a single time.


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Without the right steps forward from your administration, Virginia's water resources and everyone in the path of these projects will remain at risk.
"If we are going to this, we are going to do it right," Dr. Ralph Northam said on the campaign trail to become governor of Virginia, referring to the Mountain Valley Pipeline and Atlantic Coast Pipeline, two, 42-inch diameter gas pipelines planned to be built across Virginia's Blue Ridge Mountains.
Gov. Northam, it's not being done right, and without the right steps forward from your administration, Virginia's water resources and everyone in the path of these projects will remain at risk.
I hear from the opposite side that these pipelines have been through the most rigorous environmental review process in history. If this is true then we have a flawed system. Various permits have been revoked by the courts, there are more lawsuits than I can count, landslides and soil-covered roads, yards, and driveways, repeated Notices of Violations and the Virginia DEQ has shut down the MVP because the state's Erosion and Sediment Control standards are not adequate to handle the siltation from a project of this magnitude.
There was an explosion of a newly constructed 32-inch pipeline last month in West Virginia that incinerated 11 acres of land. In 2010 the San Bruno natural gas pipeline destroyed 37 homes and killed eight people. In 2008 a natural gas pipeline explosion in Appomattox destroyed two homes.
There were 297 significant incidents from pipeline accidents in 2017 according to the U.S. Department of Transportation's Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration. They define significant incident as any fatality or damage exceeding $50,000. There were eight fatalities and damages exceeding $200 million in 2017.
I've taken their other taking point, that having a pipeline under your property will not lower its value, with a grain of salt as well.
I see the news reports, I see the pictures of soil erosion, I hear the voices of the people affected and run over by profiteering corporations. VDOT closed Cahas Mountain Road in Franklin County because of mudslides caused by construction of the MVP.
Below are my suggestions on how Gov. Northam can "do it right" and avoid these very avoidable consequences.
Second, the administration should require the stream-by-stream, detailed construction plans for every stream and wetland crossing promised by our governor and demanded by the citizens of this Commonwealth. If Virginia's State Water Control Board cannot conclude that these plans will ensure that state water quality standards will not be violated then it must deny 401 certification.
Gov. Northam, you and you alone can make this right. It's time for your administration and its agencies to put the citizens of this Commonwealth – our health and safety – above the corporate interests putting us, and our environment, at risk.