Wow, I can't believe it's 2019 already! I think we got a lot of great work done for the clan in 2018. 2018 was the year where we officially accepted a new Constitution. This has allowed us to expand into Old School RuneScape, and gives us the framework for other games as well. To support this, we also added a wiki system to the offsite. This allows any member to create content for the clan. Both of these updates to our clan structure were introduced from one thought: to give more power to our members. Clan Quest has always been an organisation by members, for members. This is very clear in the Questaholic that you are reading now, as that is created month after month by a group of passionate Editors to bring the latest and best to you.
Many changes since the start of last year have been made to streamline the processes. We've improved our Discord logistics, added new staff members to help us run the clan, and more. I want to take this opportunity to thank everyone who has contributed to the clan in 2018. We really wouldn't be as awesome if it weren't for all of you.
Another big highlight of 2018 was our annual RuneFest visit. We had a good representation once more, and I had a lot of fun meeting old and new friends alike. It is humbling to be accompanied by people who have travelled halfway across the world just to hang out. Those moments make feel sure that what we have in this clan is special, and I hope we can keep growing into 2019.
One thing we have started to do in 2018 and want to do even better in 2019 is to make it possible for you to feel empowered to contribute. We've heard from all of you that you are happy to spend some time helping make Clan Quest a cool place, but it isn't always easy and clear on how to do it. One thing we've done particularly bad on is the technical aspect. We have many cool features we would like to support, but with only two contributors that are also busy with general Clan Council tasks and non-clan commitments, progress on them have been slow.
Over the past few years, multiple people have offered to help us programming, but we never had a good way to make them help out. That has now changed! We opened up the code on GitHub. Last month I also wrote a step-by-step guide to make it as easy as possible to get going. There is always a learning curve involved, such is the nature of technical projects, but hopefully we can really get some cool new things going throughout 2019. I am personally really exciting to finally start expanding the great framework we built with the new website.
The new year is always seen as a perfect opportunity to set some goals for the upcoming twelve months. What I would like to see, is at least double the active guilds in Clan Quest by the end of 2019. We had some initiatives going earlier in 2018, but none took off. I don't believe that there aren't five people playing the same game in this clan, so I am hoping to see other guilds sprout up! I am also hoping to have at least one new technical system supported by our clan members, and double the people contributing to the clan in general.
We already have some great stuff lined up for 2019. A Clan Quest summer vacation in Sweden, the magazine fully hosted on the wiki, and our own Discord bot for fun and games! Finally, 2019 will be the tenth anniversary of the existence of Clan Quest, and we won't let that pass by silently, so look out for some cool announcements once we get closer to that date.
This is more a yearly bulletin than a monthly bulletin, but I just had to give a shout-out to all the cool stuff that has happened in the last year. Next month I'll be back with a more regular bulletin. Until then, stay cool!
An interview with our most devoted slayer. Rumour has it he likes slayer. Ladies and gentlemen, he is... ILikeSlayer!
New official term is Shoods!
Master of Political Science, International Relations specialisation.
Speed skating, or more specifically shorttrack.
Which are your favourite childhood cartoons?
If you could have any super power other than invincibility, what would you choose and why?
Maybe Spirited Away? Not sure, not an avid movie-goer/watcher.
What sort of music and artists do you listen to?
Whatever I'm in the mood for. Right now it's a lot of EDM, but I don't mind some heavy metal or classical music. I was raised to not be a music-elitist.
Any book by Patrick Rothfuss or Naomi Novik. Granted, there's not many of those, but that just makes the ones that are out there soooooo much better. After reading these two, my perspective on the fantasy genre really changed. As for non-fiction, when I read them it's mostly political/philosophical books, so I won't bore anyone with those.
What's your favourite type of food?
You can always wake me up for some Greek food, or some Belgian beer&beef stew. Other than that, let me sleep.
Do you prefer mom's food or restaurant food?
RuneScape, Age of Empires 2, Europa Universalis 4, Mount & Blade; Warband.
What are your favourite video game genres?
Which was the most difficult video game you ever beat?
I once finished a Korea playthrough all the way in EU4, that was pretty hard. Other than that, maybe Dark Souls 2?
What's the toughest thing you've ever accomplished in a video game?
When playing with friends, do you prefer video games or tabletop games, and why do you prefer one over the other?
Tabletop, because there just is something about looking the others in the eye when you beat them.
Missing, Presumed Death. Oh boy, that moment when all the Gods show up, amazing!
Not sure, I think it was around 12-13 years ago.
Firemaking skillcape, back when I was f2p.
Do more quests and force players to complete them!
I guess to be able to lead a healthy, full life? I mean, I never had these big dreams like being an astronaut or professional athlete.
If you could have any 3 animals in the world (only real animals, no fictional), which would you pick?
If you had to give up one of your senses (sight, hearing, touch, smell, taste) which one would you pick?
I would give up smell in a heartbeat. All the others are essential and while smell can be helpful, sometimes you just wish you didn't have to smell that locker room.
Socially awkward until I get to know someone, then maybe still socially awkward, but in a different way.
What is your most used item in your daily life?
My glasses, or my bed. I'd say they are about 50/50.
Best thing about your trip to London?
Going home. Or no, was it meeting every crazy person there is in Clan Quest?
Get a bike but no helmet. That way you'll fit right in.
In real life, I'd say Utrecht, my home city. In RS, abyssal demons in Slayer Tower baby!
I did play the guitar, but I lost interest, so I lost that ability. Would love to pick it back up one day, or maybe learn how to play the piano.
It expresses my profound love.
I speak 2 languages fluid, I can understand German and read Greek. Would love to increase my mastery of German and maybe learn some French, as that would be most useful later on in life when living in Europe.
What's your first memory of the clan?
Thinking that this was a crazy place and that I loved crazy.
Tea, even though as a student I should be addicted to coffee.
Which is the most interesting God? Why?
God I follow is Zaros, but the most interesting is Guthix. He has done so much for Gielinor, for the humans.
Calling Shane Bossman and seeing his reactions. Even though he has stopped responding now, I might have to find someone else to bug.
Not going to tell you!
Are you going to take good care of it this time?
What did you think of the infamous mate?
It's a weird, YA online novel featuring a teenage werewolf. What is there not to like?
What's your favourite moment in history?
The Big Bang man, love that stuff. Second place might be the moon landing, or it's the signing of the Maastricht Treaty in 1999, finalizing the creation of the European Union as we know it today.
As the candidates have not been announced yet, I can't give you an anwser. But judging from our conversations in London, I would bet that a Peronist will win, seeing that most of the potential candidates are Peronists and the current administration is Anti-Peronist.
Throw a little bit of your devilish tongue here so we can be amused by it.
It's a very famous copy-pasta, translated into Old Dutch. I hope that my fellow Dutchies will make us of it.
Wew, that's all! Thanks a bunch, Slayer, for opening your soul to us. Here's a bonus pic of you and Choots.
The Builder Guide was written by Cireon in as part of an ongoing initiative by Clan Quest to better enable the members of the Clan the ability to help contribute to the development of the Clan website.
This guide explains how you can contribute to the Clan Quest code projects. Note that this is not the only method, since everybody tends to use their own tools and setup, but hopefully it will be enough to get you started.
Borosouro is a relatively newer member of Clan Quest. He has been an active face in the RS3 guild since he joined, and has been contributing more and more in Clan events and games.
Borosouro (often referred to as Boro for short) is a relatively new member of the Questing Clan of RuneScape, having joined on Halloween of 2017. The name "Borosouro" was made up on a whim, being derived from the ancient Ouroboros symbol which depicts a serpent eating its own tail. On occasion, he will use other usernames also starting with "Boro", with previous names including "Borokalla" and "Borosnowy".
As you know, I am not much of a traveller myself, preferring to stay in Relleka over most other places, but recently Olaf the Bard was invited to a small function near Falador, and due to him being busy with out on the isles with Burgher Burowgar, I was instructed to take his place. As you also recollect, I took the companionship of Leif Godrinsson and Sigurd Karlsson to aid me on this trip. They are both faring well, but still need to get accustomed to the southland tongue. As usual, travelling through the "civilised" lands was a pleasant experience, full of blooming flowers and bustling trade, especially in the port town Catherby. We took a boat from the docks that was headed towards Port Sarim, deciding to skip the mountain of white wolves. We travelled northwards, walking towards the shining white city of Falador. That, my chief, when we heard the cannon shots.
We were worried that we had stumbled upon another troll-dwarf skirmish that so frequently occurs on the borders of our villages, so we rushed forward through the southern gates of Falador, confused at the lack of panic on the faces of the local inhabitants. We received many stares from the civilians, mainly due to our rugged looks and Leifs continued insistence to wear his yak-hair armor throughout the entire trip, which now smelt like a sunk longboat from Waterbirth. We stopped in the northern square on the city, only to find out what the commotion was. One cannon, one man, and dozens of corpses.
The southerner standing in the courtyard was a strange character, purple of skin, and green of hair, it flying out in several directions from underneath his helmet, which come to think of it, looked like incredibly similar to Burrowgar's clan helmet. His armor was made of the fabled skin of Black Dragons, expertly crafted to fit his exact size, and as each cannon sound rang out, one of the great black cannonballs struck a local watchman, killing him instantly. As the guardsman fell, the southerner would run at full speed over to their corpses, rifle through their pockets, and complain about not being able to find "clue scrolls" in their pockets. We watched this, mouths agape, for what felt like several hourglass turns. Sigurd eventually decided that enough was enough, and nearly ran over to strike this southerner, when something even more strange happened. The guards began to reappear.
I know not what strange magic caused this, for from what I understand this was beyond even the power of the Moonclan. Yet all I can say is that it put the three of us in a daze. As each one of guardsmen reappeared, they would wander about for a few seconds and then shortly take another cannon shot to the chest. The spinning iron monstrosity that the purple hued southerner had set up shot with pinpoint accuracy and spun clockwise continuously. Occasionally, he would pick seeds out of the pockets of the deceased or dig holes in the ground with his bare hands to stuff the corpses, bones and all, into. Leif could swear he even saw some of the fabled rune stones pulled from the bodies of the deceased. Dazed and confused as to why no one was doing anything, we backed away from this square of madness.
We eventually found our stop of rest, in a place not too far from that Guthix damned courtyard, yet as I write this message to you in the twilight hours of this day, I beseech you this. Take not up the crusade that our kin in Gunnarsgrun once did, as these southerners are surrounded by madmen and fell magicks that we could only dream of in Relleka and beyond. Relleka is a fine home, and that it should be for all our future generations.
The first ever Clan Constitution was ratified on the 15th, officially defining the High Council and implementing the Low Council.
Several big events in the RS3 Guild's history were held, such as "The event to end all events (for the year)" and the first ever weekly Tears of Guthix event. Later in the month the Diary of Questers clan disbanded and merged with Clan Quest.
The first ever issue of this Magazine, the Questaholic, was published on the 1st of the month. "Nogard" the dragon was officially named after a Guild-wide vote.
Artson retired from the High Council early on in the month. The Quest Helpers group was implemented on the 17th.
On the 2nd of the month, Clan Quest learned that it had placed second overall in a Jagex-sponsored Christmas media competition. This competition gave birth to the Clan pantomime video.
The Questaholic ceased its monthly publication, but would be revived later that year.
Sponsors and the Guardians were reimplemented on the 20th after they had been suspended a few years prior, in 2014. Chadmcbadd was retired from the High Council earlier in the month.
Many of the Low Council's oldest, and most inactive members, were retired from the rank.
Welcome to my new monthly article. Clan Quest is not just about RuneScape, and so this article will add something different to the bulletin. The concept is short and simple: book recommendations. You can easily read a book a month (I try to read about three a month!), so hopefully this will motivate you to pick up a book, and take some quiet time to enjoy some great stories.
This first month I want to talk about a book that to me is super interesting from an ethical standpoint: Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card. The book is science fiction and speaks of a future where Earth has been invaded by an alien race. In preparation for their return, the international military is training children in space combat using a battle game in zero-G to educate them into commanders. They are looking for children due to their creative minds. The war against the alien raises some ethical questions about right and wrong, and of course one can also think about putting children in a military school.
All in all, the book touches upon some cool strategic elements as well, and is even on the recommended reading list for the US Air Force. Some of the tactics used in zero-G actually apply to dog fights as well.
The book is already a few decades old, and that may be visible, but it's still a good read. There are sequels both focusing on the ethical aspects and the tactical aspects if you like the book, so enough reading if the universe interests you.
I'll be back next month with another book recommendation!
An interview with Mod Breezy!
I'm one of those guys that don't really follow Twitter or things like that, so updates always take me by surprise. But when I do, I always hear about them from the big guns: Osborne, Mark, Timbo, you get the idea. So it was definitely amazing for someone unknown to me to explain me how the new system will work.
Time to get to know more about you!
Please recommend a song to listen to while we read your interview.
Who are you and what is your position at Jagex?
What attracted you to Jagex and what made you stay?
My ambitions of being in the games industry, and my love for the game. Pretty much everything about the company and people here makes me want to stay!
When did you start playing RS? And working at Jagex?
Late 2006, my friends introduced me to Runescape. Good times. I started working at Jagex mid-July 2018. Wow, how things work out.
What do you think was your first achievement in Jagex?
Nothing specific (yet?), but "Impressing" everyone with my game and game design knowledge, and what i have to offer to Jagex. I don't really like to toot my horn but i can be a bit of an overachiever so naturally i came to Jagex to work as hard as i can! Within my first month i'd already written up some designs for some new content and sent it around for feedback/reaction etc.. everyone was very happy and impressed. So much so that the defining moment was when a few weeks later Mod Ramen asked me to look at one of his designs and give my opinion.
That's crazy. A dev such as Mod Ramen that i looked up to being a developer in the games industry asking me for my design input - the opinion of a Junior QA newbie only 2-3 months in to working here. Wild. It wasn't so much that i didn't think i was good enough, but more the validation that it gave me. I've had a lot of those moments so far, and it's very motivating.
Jagex grants you one wish. What do you do?
I don't really know how to answer this one. I'd like to say becoming a Game Designer, on the design team of course, but i'm sure that will come in due time anyway.
Among the JMods, who is your greatest ally and who is your worst enemy?
Mod Shogun is both my greatest ally, and my worst enemy. I sit next to him, he is my allocated mentor. He is super at his job and he is great to be learning under. However he also does weird stuff - like regularly profess his love for banana pizzas.
In all seriousness though, i love everyone here, no enemies and i hope i never have any. I do sit next to Mod Shrew too who joined the same day as me. We're both Junior QA who were actually in the same interview day as well. He is great to work with too - we're the same in ambition/mentality so it's perfect!
What is the most challenging project in Runescape you have ever been involved with so far?
I've only been on Mining & Smithing since i joined in July this year so i can't really say much here unfortunately I don't think i've had anything insanely challenging that i couldn't handle. The hardest time by far though was the beta period when i was between the beta, online feedback, day to day tasks etc. juggling too much - but it was good in its own right.
Who do you admire the most in Jagex?
Did you ever imagine you'd be a JMod?
I'd be lying if i said no, as i'm a very ambitious person but leaving home (Scotland) for work was not on my mind at least for the near future. So yeah.. i did, but that doesn't mean it wasn't surreal. I remember being 10 years old drawing my own ideas out for a "varrock graphical rework." and here i am today. Wow.
Did you choose to participate in the rework or was the project assigned to you?
What did you do prior to working in Jagex?
I skipped a year of highschool (my last year) to study game design at university. 1 month after graduating in summer 2017, i got a job as researcher/assistant lecturer at another nearby university, doing work in game engines such as Unity for augmented/virtual/mixed reality apps for real-life clients for the university's Architecture department. In March 2018 my contract ended - i could've extended but as there were no immediate clients i decided i would enter the games industry sooner rather than later. 2 weeks later i got a job back at my university as lab assistant, helping guide students with their level design/group game projects. Soon after that ended in May, i applied for Jagex only. Went through various processes, interviews etc. and here i am .
What did you study prior to Jagex?
I studied game design at Glasgow Caledonian University. It's something that i had wanted to study from quite a young age so it was a dream to be doing something that i loved.
What does it feel like being known as one of the newer JMods on the team?
It feels quite strange being at Jagex in general, for a good while it felt quite surreal. Overall though it feels great as i feel everyone has their eyes on us and looks at what we can bring to the table. Everyone has been so welcoming, and happy to help us. I love learning, so being new is actually really exciting.
If you weren't working as a developer, what would you like to do?
Well i'm QA right now so i'm not a content developer (yet) but i definitely am working towards game designer. I love level design too so who knows. Beyond that though i have ambitions of being in production > management > CEO even if not within Jagex.
If i wasn't in the games industry at all - i.e. not a game developer? I'd see myself as a detective or in the air force. No particular reason(s) but in another life that's what i'd see myself doing.
How was RuneFest? Did you enjoy it?
Again, surreal. Didn't really think i'd ever attend one, let alone as a JMod. I really loved meeting everyone, our players, and showing off the work we've done on mining & smithing, getting reactions and feedback. It was all so great, VERY tiring though.
Real life? Glasgow, Scotland - home. Also Long Beach, LA, California - my second home <3 spent a year abroad studying over there and have friends i consider family <3.
In game? i don't really know, it'd simply have to be max guild as i'm there often but we have a lot of beautiful sights. GE and Varrock fountain is iconic though.
Which is/are your favourite quest/s?
I love a lot of quests in general, most recently i'd have to say The Needle Skips. I say that 1) because its most recent, and 2) because it genuinely was super different and fresh as far as RS quests go. The story and voice acting were amazing.
What's your favourite skill and why? What about the less favourite?
Can't really say if im honest. It'd maybe have to be Mining, and not because of the rework :P a younger me wanted Mining to be my first 99 - that never happened but i loved the idea of it back in 06/07. Least favourite, would probably have to be agility.
Breezy comes from singer Chris Brown, who i was/am a fan of since i was a kid. (i love my Soul/RnB music). Naturally a younger me used that in some of my online/gaming names. People/friends came to know me as "breezy" anyway, so it stuck as a good JMod name :) I like to think i'm a very chill and positive person too so i think Breezy communicates that well (i hope haha).
Who's your favourite god? Why do you think they deserve your humble vassalization?
I've always had love for Bandos, for no specific reason to the religion/culture itself but more so for the aesthetic of war, brutality etc. within Runescape itself. I loved the designs of General Graardor, the Bandos armour and so on. 2nd place would probably have to be Zaros.
What's the greatest update that has been made in-game?
There's quite a lot if i'm honest, i think Invention was a very smart one in terms of what it did for the value of in game items and their value for disassembly, combat/skilling optimisation through augmentation, tools for combat/skilling, and revitalising content such as Treasure Trails. No doubt whatsoever it is a great skill.
As i've worked here i've seen certain things that were never revealed and eventually "canned". However for actual updates, Removal of the Wilderness (if you consider that "deleting"), was one of the worst things to happen, despite the good intention/necessity behind it.
What is the nicest thing the Runescape community has ever done for you?
Showed me their love and care for the game, which is energy i've fed off of, and continue to do so. I'm a player myself so i'm in there too.
You get 30 seconds of full attention from all Runescape players. What do you say?
Be super hyped for 2019 and onwards, the things we have planned excite me, as a JMOD and as a player.
In terms of the country itself - if you ever go to Scotland, go to Glasgow! best city :P In all seriousness, we have some of the most beautiful mountains and country-roads. Definitely travel all over!
I don't, i play a tad bit of Piano but by no means know much. I'd love to learn that the most. I also love violins, saxophones, and bass guitars.
2 (and a half?). Kurdish is my native language, English my second. I studied Chinese (Mandarin) for 4 years at high school but i don't really get much of a chance to speak it/practice it anymore. Languages i want to learn - definitely Spanish and possibly Arabic.
Best book, film, music track (or band) and videogame (apart from RS) ever?
Music track - None in particular, i have a a LOT of favourites. I have to say an album instead - "Illmatic" by Nas.
Could you tell us how would a perfect day be like?
I love it because it tells me not to be scared of things - even though i still am of course being human - or.. to just do IT, y'know? whatever IT is. Telling a girl/boy you like them, or telling someone such as a parent you love or appreciate them, or taking a risk whatever that risk may be. Applying for a job, taking your own initiative, doing things of your own volition. I've come to understand a lot, especially recently, that we underestimate the time we have and that we shouldn't wait till its too late to do things. It's basically #YOLO but in a much nicer quote haha.
What is the biggest lesson you have learned throughout life?
(After answering this part i realised it's quite a big answer as far as my answers go, so buckle in ) As an extra - 'working' is important, and hard work at that. Not just working at your job. But at everything, at being yourself, a better human, in your education, and yeah at your job etc.. I come from a family of immigrants (I am one too). My family worked hard to raise me and my siblings and provide for us what they could, with what little education, and knowledge of the world they now lived in, they had. They instilled that sense of hard work in me, and that resulted in me being by far the most successful out of my siblings due to my access to opportunities that were now there for me. My parents went from being farmers in the middle east to basically factory workers in the UK. My siblings never had much access to education either, so when they arrived they didn't have much to go on in their teenage years. Me being basically a baby i had it all growing up, coupled with the drive to work hard and give back to my parents i took the opportunities that were there for me.
Being of a ethnic-minority-background we also have many (family)friends in similar situations. People who had left their countries in order to find a "better life" for their families and children. The hard work and grind for these people is real, and that's not to devalue the things anyone else goes through, but life is much harder when you can barely speak the language and have had little education. Anyway, being that i was around these people and worked with some of them too, a lot of them shared their stories with me. There was one year a couple years back where this was basically all i experienced. This *really* opened my eyes. I was already doing great in life in terms of my education and whatnot, but it *really* showed me the value of the opportunities we have in terms of education and work. The stories of what these people had sacrificed, what these people had suffered, to give their children/families a "better life". So.. this really solidified my ideology of hard work and responsibility to take the opportunities that came my way, and go out of my way to grab others, or create my own opportunities. A lot of people have these opportunities, but i feel that since i was exposed to that part of life, i was able to see the true value. Back to the original point, i've learned working hard is important - especially when compared to those who would quite literally kill to have the same ones that i've had.
As another extra that's kind of related and i don't mean to get political but - listen to people's stories and try understand them! Even if you don't agree with it. Go out of your way to understand what it means to be a woman, to be a different race, to be gay, or trans etc. I've come to learn that the hatred and ignorance i've seen in other people isn't really due to "evil" (all the time anyway), it's simply due to ignorance and not understanding the other person's point of view.
With unlimited resources, how would your perfect vacation look like?
A holiday house back in Long Beach, California. Nice swimming pool outside, jacuzzi, maybe even a little for a house in the Hollywood hills haha.
Possibly even a nice trip to adventure all over Hawaii.. and pretty much all over the world!
What item do you use most in your life?
Positive, chill, honest and direct, motivated and ambitious, hard working. Human.
Are there plans to approach other skills (such as crafting and runecrafting) with similar reworks as M&S?
None that i know of myself. And even if i did, probably wouldn't be able to share.
Will you graphically update old armour/weapons? (for example the task armour set?
Short answer is no. I don't think that really does much for the update either in terms of cost to benefit. It would be great if it was possible though. No reason it can't be done in the future i guess.
Was the true purpose of this rework to expand fashionscape?
After all the work you've done on this in tandem with the playerbase, do you think the player engagement has been sufficient to make sure the eventual update is well-received?
Definitely, we've had a lot of talk with lots of different types of players. We've been 100% open with the design, it was all over the internet. We've constantly communicated with the players, we've done a lot of streams, 2 betas. Nothing has been "hidden". Even the old armours being made unlocks from the Artisans Workshop is an example of something that was done because certain players wanted it - so why not make them happy. Most companies would have never revealed such things early in development and we'd have never seen them as players.
Also, what about the few players who have been continually insisting that the update be called off?
They're free to have their own opinions and arguments, it's all valid but most that i've seen are built off of misinformation or "i didn't get what i want so dont do it". At the end of the day Mining & Smithing was requested upon for years now from the community, won highest on polls, was even classified as unfinished business. Naturally we go with the majority vote.
The best way to approach it if you truly hate the update is to understand it, then communicate your opinions and ideas with us, then work with us to turn it into something that you actually do like. It's obviously too late for that now, but that's the way it goes.
How do you think the armor will change the current meta?
The current meta in terms of combat probably won't change much, especially because it's all now tank armour, except of course the T90/92 armour. It is nice however that players, especially Ironmen can make these themselves.
In terms of money making, obviously methods will change around, and players will find their own methods and what is in demand.
Because of he new ores and metals, will there be a chance for a nerf on clue scroll rewards and possibly new metal dragons on the way?
How will it affect spring cleaner?
The current meta of dismantling things for resources such as ore will obviously diminish (and there's issues with the initial implementation of all that crap on drop tables anyway) but for the most part things such as salvage will keep the profit in PvM still. On the topic of drop tables we'll be monitoring if things make crazy changes anyway and making adjustments, but no knee jerk reactions - this update is somewhat of a system shock for the game so we need to observe it first.
Will mining and smithing become level 120 skills for those of us who are maxed?
No, as combat doesn't go to 120 currently.
Why take what could've just been "add more tiers of armor" and entirely change mechanics of two skills?
First of all this was polled and players voted strongly against it. Aside from that the skills were outdated and had flaws in LOTS of different areas. It had implications on drop tables, profiting from skilling and so on. Since the initial "add more tiers" was voted against (which is what we at Jagex wanted to happen) that meant we could update the drag that is to train the skill. This is mostly in terms of the game design, and how you as a player comes to interact with it. We had the opportunity to add a lot of nice flows to training the skill so we did so.
When you first joined the developer team, did you expect more, or less?
I didn't know what to expect, but i still had expectations of course. I was blown away though. Life here at Jagex has been a crazy adventure so far. Within the team especially as this is such a unique project.
What's next? Anything you can tell us about your next project?
Aaaaand we're done! It wasn't that bad, right? Thank you so much, Breezy. It was a pleasure meeting you and it was great to be able to interview you. Best of luck with your future endeavours, and I hope we meet again!
I don't really have a sit down and plan stage. It's more of listening to songs while commuting and visualise how the different emotes on RS could follow through with certain beats of songs. Pretty good distraction from the endless grind we call IRL, the time between Runescape sessions. Zhi shared with me a few Imagine Dragons songs and I quite like them, mostly because a few of them have been done in the community already, like Roots by Vengeancez18 which I have reviewed a few months ago in Questaholic February 2017 here.
There were 3 main catalysts in my production of the video. First, I brought a special someone out to watch Ralph Breaks the Internet, and heard this song at the credits scene. I googled it straight away, and got inspired.
Second, I've been on hold for the past few months with ideas in my head. After grinding IRL pretty much this whole year to settle IRL stuff - work, social and school related (because playing RS without IRL worries is the best thing ever, right), I desperately wanted a creative release.
Third, there was a challenge posed by one of my friends, Trey - 99orWoh from the RSMV community that he would give 2 bonds to whoever completed a full RSMV this year. I have reviewed one of his RSMVs in Questaholic September 2017, Herbrightskies Shake U. So began my progress.
There's been many lonely nights (not that they are a bad thing) I just lied down in bed sideways watching old RSMVs by my friends, the urge to critique a few and praise a few led me to imagining myself syncing their videos with new music. I've always recorded my own clips. Collaborating with people to do multi editor projects (MEPs), an example is given here, Holding on to You, twenty one pilots hosted by Silvernova are known to be a logistical nightmare, and I had a pretty weak link to the RSMV community in general beside being a big Sebster207 fanboy so it was kinda hard to find someone who wanted to do it. Not that I tried asking, I probably could get Nyecko and strongarm him into something. So why not edit someone else's already filmed and edited clips, and sync it with the song.
The second wave of inspiration was when I do combat on RS. Actually the combat animations is pretty decent, but there was no permanent NPC to kill. Killing something before you have enough adrenaline to do an ultimate or a threshold would be pretty bad. But we have dummies. I have loads of it, after a few months of logging in doing nothing but pluck 2 acorns, open 3 treasure hunter chests and screaming "aaaaaaaaa" when Werecool was on. Oh man, the amount of premier chests and oysters I missed would make some people shake heads. The point being I had loads of combat dummies and since they were pretty permanent, much more so than monsters that run around, I could use them to record combat abilities.
The last thing was the basic editing. I wanted something clean cut. The song is fast compared to the usual songs I RSMV with. So I set the skybox to Midday. That update was much appreciated, having to change the skybox and even customise it with RGB is something I've always welcomed. Maybe one day I will tune it into a colour I really appreciate. Before that, every city has different shades of skies. Seers' Village has a pink tint, pretty sunsets but if I did this 8 months ago, it would look out of place compared to Lumbridge or Varrock with no default skyboxes. Aminishi and the rest of the eastern lands would be out too. Also, we don't need to hold on to an orb of oculus anymore which was also appreciated.
So I rushed it out in 4 days before I got bored of the song. Ended up uploading it at 2.43am but no regrets. The outcome was good enough for me. I only hope RSMVs get more exposure from now. It will make creators like myself more motivated. I hope Trey, R0cketrock88 and Silvernova would continue hosting yearly contests to encourage people to make RSMVs, and the community can self-sustain, without having such a ridiculously big prize pool. Those guys are the ones keeping people going. Searching "new" on YouTube every so often for new RSMVs which would otherwise get buried, commenting and encouraging up and coming RSMVers with their comments, sharing it on Reddit. Nyecko, Blackbandwar and a few others are trying to make a better server to RSMV on called Vengium, I might have mentioned it a few times here and there. There's a lot of work they do that go unappreciated.
I wanna nominate Guex. He has accomplished to host the first of what might turn into a series of events. Intended for the osrs guild at first, the karaoke night was a complete success for the clan as a whole. You deserve it, man! Thanks for being awesome!
Derparnieux (+ helpers) for continuing the tradition of Secret Santa.
Choto for always being there and awesome when new clannies join the Discord. Most of you won't see the lobby, but Choto is there a lot of the time, making sure our clannies feel welcome from the first second.
The secret santa team, namely DERP, XENON and SHANE!
Thank you for stepping up and keeping this tradition alive. Not only you hosted it, but the organization was (almost) flawless and you brought a smile to many of us. Thanks a bunch boys!
PS: Please remember no clannie is better than other just because they won a RAWR edition. You're already a winner if you made it to this thread, because it means you care about others and make our clan a better place every day. Congratulations to Guex as well!
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Two-thirds Of Americans Think That The Democratic Party Is Out Of Touch With The Country
You might not be surprised if I were to tell you that a majority of Americans think that President Donald Trump is out of touch with the concerns of most people in the United States today. Sure, he won the election, but a plurality of voters opposed him, and a new Washington Post-ABC News poll shows that he hasn't expanded his base of support significantly since then. You certainly wouldn't be surprised to learn that there's a broad partisan split on the question, as there is on nearly everything in politics these days.
Only 1 in 10 of those who voted for Trump in November think he's out of touch – but 90 percent of Hillary Clinton voters do. Partisan views are slightly more moderate, with 20 percent of Republicans and 87 percent of Democrats holding that position.
When it comes to the Republican Party, the numbers are a bit worse. Sixty-two percent of Americans, and 30 percent of Republicans themselves, think that the GOP is out of touch with the concerns of most people in the United States.
But none of this means that Democrats are seen as echoing the concerns of the common man. In fact, the Democratic Party is viewed as more out of touch than either Trump or the party's political opponents. Two-thirds of Americans think the Democrats are out of touch – including nearly half of Democrats themselves.
It's worth highlighting that last point. While the political opposition generally views Trump or either party as about equally out of touch – with about 80 to 90 percent saying so – the Democratic Party is viewed as far more out of touch by Democrats than Trump or the GOP are by Republicans.
Last week, we noted that Trump's party is seen as more divided than the opposition, according to data from the Pew Research Center. Sixty-eight percent of Americans think the Republican Party is more divided than united, including 57 percent of Republicans. Most Democrats, by contrast, say their party is united.
How does that comport with the findings from the Post-ABC poll? It's tricky to determine, certainly, but one way may be that a large chunk of Democrats feel that their party is united in a vision … that's at odds with the concerns of the American public. That would certainly align with the main tension in the party, between the vision of supporters of Bernie Sanders and that of Clinton backers – which was made manifest during last year's Democratic primary.
Some portion of this, too, is probably a function of Clinton's loss in November (as is the shift in how people say they would have changed their vote). But it's clear that the Democratic Party is cognizant, to some extent, of the discontent at the grass roots. When Tom Perez, the newly elected leader of the party, headed out on a listening tour this month, he brought along a special guest: Sanders.
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Thoughts from a Traveling Tech: Two years later.
Huh, I was looking at my dashboard for Blogger and realized that it has been a full 25 months since my last post and a lot has happened.
Several trips to visit friends in Montana, two changes in position at my job, my Mother-in-law moving in with us, and so much more. All things that I could have posted about but none that I did post.
I have had many ideas for posts and I think it is about time I followed through on those ideas.
The first up will be a series of posts written specifically to my nieces and nephews, but can easily be for any one else as well.
I will try to get the first in the series out by the end of this week, but we will see how this goes as I also have a major gaming event I am volunteering for this week as well.
In the meantime, please enjoy this picture of my niece when she was just a little pipsqueak. I was wearing my Scott EVest and it had a big pocket on the back that she fit in just perfectly. Such a cute. If only she hadn't turned into a such a cute teenager. Now her momma has to deal with all them boys.


Washington, DC, and the surrounding Northern Virginia/Maryland area, is home to six military installations. In an area with public transportation connecting so many people it is a great place to live and visit. For those reasons, and obviously historical ones, DC is a great place to get away to.
You can find just about anything you want to do and see there, including some of the most important places in American history. One of the most wonderful parts of visiting here is that so much of it is already free, which can make tracking down discounts a little tough. Many of the museums and tourist areas are available for anyone to visit without having to pay anything. Make sure to call ahead, and visit one of the local MWR to see what ticket options are available.
Also, the golden rule of military tourism – don't forget your ID!
The following are 10 military discounts to some of the best places to visit in DC.
The Spy Museum is high on the list of unique things to do in Washington, DC. Covering the history of spying over the many years of our country, this museum clues you in on many things that used to be Top Secret. Upon entering you will obtain a cover that you will carry through many of the exhibits in the museum. It is a great place to take children and is very family-friendly. There is even an entire exhibit entitled "Exquisitely Evil," which covers fifty years of Bond Villains and just how close many of them came to crossing the lines of reality and make-believe. It is quite pricey as museums go, but worth it. The museum offers a $6 discount for military members and their families.
Ford's Theatre museum access is free. However, because of the popularity, reserving tickets online for a timed entry -- and paying the Ticketmaster processing fee -- is highly recommended. But Ford's Theatre also puts on live-action plays in the theater portion, and they offer 50 percent off tickets to military for some of their performances.
For all the baseball fans out there, check out a Washington Nationals MLB game while you're in town. You can receive a discount on select games and seatings. Pick up some food outside the gates or bring your own for an affordable couples or family outing.
The Newseum is located between the U.S. Capitol and the White House on Pennsylvania Avenue. A must-see attraction in DC, it celebrates the freedoms of the First Amendment through exhibits, public programs and education. Spend a day there and get 15 percent off the adult rate on admission tickets.
A short jaunt from the heart of DC, you can find the coolest aquarium. With a full Black-Tip Reef mini environment and a dolphin show, the National Aquarium is something to check off the list when you come and visit the Nation's Capitol. Military discount tickets can be purchased through their consignment ticket program, which means they can be purchased at one of the local base MWR offices (Fort Belvoir, Fort Myer, Bolling and Andrews AFB).
Another unique experience in the DC area is the Signature Theatre. They offer 25% off their full ticket price for veterans, military members and immediate family through the Blue Star Theatres program.
The Hard Rock Cafe restaurants have a long history of supporting the military, and here in the DC area you can get a 15% discount every day.
National Harbor, a national waterfront shopping and dining destination, thanks the troops for their service to our country with military discounts at participating shops, restaurants and kid-friendly attractions year round.
Bobby McKey's in National Harbor offers a unique night of fun as two to four piano players in teams of two take requests and keep the crowd singing. They offer free cover charges for service members Monday to Friday (as well as spouses). You can also get 20% off your food and drink tab on Fridays.
The National Geographic Museum has a range of changing exhibitions, as well as a variety of events. Exhibitions have ranged from "Titanic: The Untold Story" and "Tomb of Christ" to "Sharks" and "The Greeks." It's great for all ages, and active duty service members can get a discount on admission.
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Hello everyone, today's quite an exciting blog post because I'm going to be sharing two products from a brand that is very new to me. Joan Collins Timeless Beauty, is a brand owned by the Dame herself. She created it with the vision of it being an international luxury brand. Within the range it covers fragrance, makeup and skincare! Today I'll be reviewing a skincare/makeup item and a body care item too.
When I received the email with the press release I was super excited to see that there was a makeup setting spray in this range, because if you're a long time reader of my blog you know that I love makeup sprays! I've been testing out both the Ten effects skin treat and makeup fixer*(£18.00) and the I am woman dry oil body polish* (£16.00) for a few weeks now and I'm ready to share my thoughts.
And aside from 'firms, refines wrinkles and minimises pores' I can vouch for the other claims! It's quite a strong spray, not really a mist but I don't mind that because I hold the bottle far enough from my face. I have been applying this before my makeup (or on no makeup days) and it instantly adds a glow to the face. I then spritz my beauty blender/mini primark sponges before blending in my concealer and finally I finish off my makeup by spraying this a couple of times. The result is a beautifully dewy, hydrated base which lasts a long time. I have been enjoying using this so much and the fact that it gives the skin such a glow makes it well worth the price tag for me!
It's also packed with beneficial ingredients such as rose water AND 'glycerin', which is the key to keeping makeup in place. If you've tried the Nivea mens post shave balm, glycerin is also an ingredient which is high up on the list and again it's what keeps makeup in place. I'm really finding it difficult to not use this spray these days, which says a lot!
The second item I've been trying out is the I am woman dry oil body polish (£16.00), which I have been LOVING! The skin on my body is very sensitive so I'm always a little apprehensive to use new products in case my skin flares up. I didn't have anything to worry about with this however, which again comes down to the great ingredients in my eyes. It contains kiwi seeds and avocado oil, olive oil and jojoba oil so it is super kind to the skin, whilst also buffing away dead skin and leaving my arms and legs feeling silky smooth! The granules of salt aren't too big or rough, again making it fantastic for my sensitive skin and you get a HUGE 300g, so its great value for money too.


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Girl spends six years in agony after doctors fail to spot brain was being pulled out of her skull into her spine
Alice Cooper, seven, was in so much pain she cried herself to sleep at night - just sneezing and coughing was excruciating for her
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Alice Cooper used to cry herself to sleep at night
A little girl spent six years in agony after doctors failed to spot the signs that her brain was being pulled out of her skull and into her spine.
Alice Cooper, seven, was in so much pain she cried herself to sleep at night - just sneezing and coughing was excruciating for her.
Mum Emma begged doctors to give Alice a scan, after suspecting something was wrong with her neck when she was just eight weeks old.
But despite repeated trips to her GP over the next six years, she was continually told Alice's pain was muscular and to give her Ibuprofen or "rub baby oil on it".
The seven-year-old was in so much pain she cried herself to sleep
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Mrs Cooper, from Blackburn, Aberdeenshire, claims she was told by one doctor it was "irresponsible parenting to push for an MRI [scan] when there is absolutely nothing wrong with your daughter".
But just four days after a scan was finally done last summer, the 41-year-old was told Alice needed major brain surgery within six months - or she would lose the use of her arms and legs.
Now, just nine months after surgeons removed part of her skull and detached the bottom part of her brain from the spinal cord in a risky operation, Alice, is enjoying life pain-free.
The plucky youngster, who needed 108 stitches, was so happy she even asked, "does the Tooth-fairy come for the bones?".
Mrs Cooper is now sharing her story in an effort to raise awareness of Alice's condition, Ciari 1 malformation, to help doctors and families recognise the signs of the rare anomaly.
"When I think about what she went through for so long it makes me really angry," she said.
"It's so rare it's not the sort of thing a GP would know to look for. But it was just one fob off after another. They never really looked into it. I was at the doctors every four to six months.
"She was my fourth baby so I noticed straight away something was not right with her neck.
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"She cried herself to sleep most nights but then when we'd get to the doctors she'd seem fine. If she coughed or sneezed she'd be in agony. But they just kept saying it's muscular."
By the time Alice had her surgery last September, more than an inch of her brain was outside her skull.
Mrs Cooper said the condition caused the lower part of the cerebellum, the part of the brain which controls balance, to attach itself to the spinal cord too early.
This meant that as she grew the brain was pulled out of the skull and into the top of the spinal canal.
Mrs Cooper said: "Most people with Ciari are diagnosed with a herniation of between three and seven millimeters, and that can cause severe pain, but Alice's was 26.3mm.
"Four days after her MRI, I got a call saying it was so severe that if she didn't have the operation within six months she would lose the use of her legs and arms and it would be irreversible."
Alice was in so much pain she often had to stop what she was doing and lie flat on the ground until the pain in her neck eased.
Mrs Cooper said: "She could be riding her bike and then just get off it and lie down on the ground.
"It was only for a few seconds and then she'd get up and be off again. Like all children do so well, she found her own coping strategies. But it was really hard to watch."
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In the end, the family had to switch GP practices to finally get answers - and when Alice was told she would be getting an operation she was so excited she burst into tears of joy.
Mrs Cooper said: "When I told her, she was so happy. She was buzzing. And for a six-year-old to be that excited to get an operation, and not be scared, it showed just how bad it must have been for her, and that's when it really hit us [what she was going through]."
But the surgery only had a 40% success rate, and with so many risks, including paralysis and stroke, Mrs Cooper and husband PJ, 34, decided to splash out £25,000 from their savings and treat the youngster to a six-week holiday of a lifetime to America.
Mrs Cooper, who is also mum to Aliscia, 19, Anya, 17, and Amber, eight, said: "We had a brilliant holiday to Florida and when we were in Disneyland she picked a new Lilo and Stitch school bag.
"I didn't think anything of it, but when we got back, she said, 'Stitch and stitch - we're both going to be the same'.
"She couldn't wait to have it done."
Alice was not even phased when her curly, waist-length hair had to be cut short and shaved up the back of her head in preparation for the procedure.
She also took it in her stride when she had a metal bolt and wires attached to her head for 24 hours to test the flow of fluid around the brain to make sure it was safe for her to have the surgery.
Surgeons then removed a 2.2cm sq piece of Alice's skull, as well as one of her vertebrae in her spine.
They also had to "laser off" the cerebellar tonsils, the lower part of the cerebellum, from the spinal cord to alleviate pressure.
Mrs Cooper said: "Whenever she swallowed or gulped it was putting strain on the muscles between the spinal cord and the brain.
"As a child, she just learnt how to drink and swallow. But as her mum I noticed she was doing something that was not normal."
The brain decompression surgery was expected to take four hours, but Alice was in theatre for seven hours as surgeons battled to correct the defect.
And remarkably, just four hours later, Alice was doing press-ups on her hospital bed and telling her mum the pain was "much better than having a sore neck".
Mrs Cooper said: "The nurse said, 'I don't think you should be doing that in case you burst a stitch.
"She's just amazing. Because it was brain surgery we knew all the risks and didn't even know if we'd get her home."
Her parents know that there is a chance that Alice may need future surgery if the cerebellar tonsils re-attach to the spinal cord.
But the family is hopeful that it is a one-off and, after a four-month recovery, Alice is enjoying being back at school.
Having had part of her skull removed, however, she is aware that her brain is not as protected as her peers.
She has had to stop playing football and her friends know to hug her under her arms and not around her neck.
But she refuses to let it get in the way of her childhood. She still enjoys riding her bike and climbing trees, and she has recently started horse riding with Riding for the Disabled, where someone walks either side of her ready to catch her if she falls.
Mrs Cooper said: "She used to love playing football and contact sports but it would be like putting someone with a broken spine in a boxing ring. Her neck couldn't handle whiplash like you or I.
"If we were at a funfair and there were 20 kids on a trampoline, I couldn't let her go on.
"We don't want to wrap her up in cotton wool. But if she was to fall a certain way and something made contact with that part of her head it would paralyse her completely because she's not got the same protection."
Mrs Cooper was told that if the operation been done four years earlier it would have been less invasive.
But she heaped praise on the medical staff who cared for her daughter in hospitals in Aberdeen and Glasgow.
She was even given the surgeon's direct phone number so she could contact him with any concerns.
"We are so lucky we have the NHS," she said. "After she was diagnosed everyone was fantastic. They even flew a specialist up [to Aberdeen] from Manchester who went through everything with us.
"I've been on support groups and there are people in America who can't get the operation because it costs thousands of pounds.
"But there's not enough research and surgeons are still learning about the disorder," she added.
Alice still gets scans every six months to check her progress.
But Mrs Cooper said: "She is so determined, the way she has come through it all. We are completely blessed. It could have been a lot worse."
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HomePlatformsAir PlatformChina's FC-31 stealth fighter jet making new progress
China's FC-31 stealth fighter jet making new progress
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A Chinese FC-31 stealth fighter has its test flight ahead of the 10th China International Aviation and Aerospace Exhibition in Zhuhai, South China's Guangdong Province, Nov 10, 2014. File photo: Xinhua
New photos of a prototype FC-31, China's second type of stealth fighter jet, have been appearing frequently on Chinese social media since May, years after disappearing from the public eye. Now painted in a silver gray coating, its development is making smooth progress, experts said on Monday.
A new set of photos of what seems to be an FC-31 fighter jet on a test flight was posted on Sina Weibo on Saturday. This is not the first time the aircraft has made an appearance recently, as some photos were also posted by another Sina Weibo user on May 18, Shanghai-based news outlet eastday.com reported.
Unlike photos taken in previous years, the FC-31 prototype in the new photos is painted with silver gray coating, eastday.com said. It seems to be an upgraded version with modifications made to its aerodynamic design just like the prototype that made its maiden flight in 2016, instead of the original version that made its public debut at Airshow China in 2014.
The authenticity of the photos, including the time and location they were taken, cannot be verified.
The photos soon sparked heated discussions among military enthusiasts, as they were reposted on forums on military affairs and overseas social media like Twitter.
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Fu Qianshao, a Chinese air defense expert, told the Global Times that the new painting could be a sign that the FC-31 was testing its stealth capability and low-observability against the naked eye.
Fu said that while the photos could not show exactly how much progress had been made, the aircraft is confirmed to be conducting new test flights and making significant steps.
Based on the results of the test flights, improved prototypes could be made, Fu said.
Military observers have long speculated that the made-for-export FC-31 could be put into domestic military service. Some claimed an upgraded FC-31 could serve as China's next-generation carrier-based fighter jet.
The Chinese Air Force, Navy and foreign clients could all be interested in this advanced stealth fighter jet, Fu said, noting that the FC-31 will likely continue its development and be equipped with new engines and devices in the future.
The FC-31 is a single-seat, twin-engine multi-role fighter jet catering to the demands of future battlefield environments. It is 17.3 meters long and has a wingspan of 11.5 meters, according to an info flyer by its maker Aviation Industry Corporation of China (AVIC) in 2018.
Developed by Shenyang Aircraft Corporation under the state-owned Aviation Industry Corporation of China, the FC-31 is a fifth generation medium-sized twin-engine multirole stealth fighter jet intended for export.
It made its public debut flight at Airshow China 2014 in Zhuhai, South China's Guangdong Province, but relatively little was heard of it after that. Analysts said it is being upgraded and could serve as China's next generation aircraft carrier-based fighter jet in the future.
"The Chinese stealth fighter jet has not yet entered mass production or military service. This means it is still being improved. In a year or two, it will likely be built with many more new and advanced technologies," Xu said.
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The approved project includes an increase in the allowable Floor Area Ratio (FAR) from 35% to 100% and the abandonment of the right-of-way for Santa Ana Court (which was created when the surrounding properties were subdivided). The City entered into a Development Agreement with the developer which resulted in additional community benefits. The additional community benefits include additional funding for affordable housing, improvements to Central Expressway and other beautification projects.


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The city of Bangalore is India's third largest city and the state capital of Karnataka, known for being a modern, cosmopolitan metropolis at the helm of the country's IT-boom. Bangalore is a shopper's haven overrun with big malls and shopping districts, as well as a food lover's paradise with one of the highest concentrations of places to eat in the continent. Spotted with parks and natural lakes, Bangalore is alternately known as 'The Garden City of India.' Recently voted as the most livable metro in the country, Bangalore is known as'Pensioner's Paradise' on the one hand and as 'Start-up City,' on the other, attracting youth from across the world with its trending markets and rapid availability of jobs. With Bangalore's ever-doubling IT infrastructure, it is often referred to as the Silicon Valley of India.
Another aspect of Bangalore is soaked in the history of bygone, ancient cultures. Bangalore has been peopled for up to 3000 years, bearing megalithic monuments that treasure its rich past. Bangalore, as we know it today, was established in 1537 by KempeGowda I, who constructed a well-planned city within an oval mud fort in the area that is today known as City Market. Gradually, Bangalore grew into a commercial center and a chief part of the silk industry. Over successive centuries the Marathas, Mughals, Wodeyars and the Mysore Sultanate, all did their bit to develop the city further. In 1809 the British set up a cantonment in Bangalore, drawn by its pleasant weather and central location.
The earliest recorded usage of the name Bengaluru is found in today's 'Old Bangalore,' in a 9th century temple. According to legend, King ViraBallala was once lost in the jungles that once overran these parts. He was wandering, tired and hungry, when an old woman revived him with her hospitality and a plate of boiled beans. Out of gratitude the King consequently named the area 'Benda KaaluUru' (Town of Boiled Beans). It was only in 1831, when the British seized Mysore from the ruling Wodeyars that the capital was shifted to Bangalore. The anglicization of Bengaluru turned it into Bangalore until it was recently reverted back to its original.
Although Bangalore is not a popular tourist destination, there are many sites worth taking a tour of. The legislative House of Karnataka, VidhanaSoudha, is one of the Chief attractions of Bangalore. It was built during the 1950s using granite in a neo-Dravidian style of architecture. Other places of historical interest include the Bangalore Palace, constructed by the Mysore Maharajahs and Tipu Sultan's Palace, built around 1790 as Tipu's summer retreat.
A tour of Bangalore must also include Lalbagh Botanical Gardens- built by Hyder Ali in 1760, and the Bannerghatta National Park- a 25,000-acre zoological park one and a half hours away from Bangalore City. Educational tours of Bangalore may include the Vishweshwaraiah Industrial and Technological Museum, the State Archaeological Museum, the Jawaharlal Nehru Planetarium, the Venkatappa Art Gallery and the Karnataka ChitrakalaParishad. Religious tours of Bangalore cover the Bull Temple in Basavanagudi, the Maha Bodhi Society Temple- a replica of the Bodh Gaya Stupa, the ISCKON temple, the Maruthi Temple, the GaviGangadeshwara Cave Temple as well as many other temples, mosques and churches of historic significance.
Due to an average elevation of 920 meters above the sea level, Bangalore enjoys a cool climate throughout the year. Although summers can get hot with dry heat waves, it seldom exceeds 35 degrees Celsius and hovers around a mean temperature of 24 degrees Celsius.
About Kanchipuram
National Travels takes you to the Kanchipuram, Kanchi, or Kancheepuram is a temple city and a municipality in Kanchipuram district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It is a temple town and the headquarters of Kanchipuram district. In ancient times it was called Kachi and Kachiampathi.
Kanchipuram is located on the Palar River, and known for its temples and silk sarees.
There are several big temples(including some of the greatest Vishnu Temples and Shiva Temples of Tamil Nadu) like Varadharaja Perumal Temple for Lord Vishnu and Ekambaranatha Temple which is one of the five forms of abodes of Lord Siva, (it is the earth abode here, other abodes include Chidambaram (Sky), Sri Kalahasti (air), Thiruvanaikaval (water) and Tiruvannamalai (fire)), Kamakshi Amman Temple, Varadharaja Perumal Temple, Kumara Kottam, Kachapeshwarar Temple, Kailasanathar Temple and many more.
Kanchipuram is also called as "City of 1000 Temples". Kanchipuram is also famous for its silk sarees, which are hand woven.
Kanchipuram is a major temple city of Tamil Nadu. Vishwakarma Brahmin Sthapathis have shown their excellent architecture cognizance in planning the architecture and sculpting the numerous temples at Kanchipuram. The list gives the consolidated list of temples in and around Kanchipuram revered by the hymns of Alvars as well as Saiva Kuravars or Nayanmars.Base is the Kanchipuram, you can visit the these places from Kanchipuram by National Travels
Kanchipuram National Travels is known as one of India's Seven Sacred cities. Kanchipuram was, one of India's seven sacred cities. Kanchipuram was the historical capital of the Pallavas. It was under the Pallavas from 6th to 8th century A.D and later became the citadel of Cholas, Vijayanagar Kings, the Muslim and the British. It has been a centre of Tamil learning, cultural and religious background for centuries.
Kanchipuram National Travels, the Golden City of a thousand temples, is the capital of the Pallavas, the Cholas and the Rayas of Vijayanagar. During the 6th and 7th centuries, some of the best temples in the city were built by the Pallavas. The city was also a great seat of learning. Sri Sankaracharya, Appar, Siruthonder and the great Budddhist Bhikku lived, and worked here. Today, it is known not only for its temples, but also for its handwoven silk fabrics.
Kanchipuram National Travels, is one of the most sacred Hindu pilgrimage sites in India and the seat of the Shankaracharya. The temple city of Kanchipuram extends from latitude 12° 50' in the north to longitude 79° 45' in the east. The city is situated around 70 km from Chennai in the south Indian state of Tamil Nadu.
Kanchipuram is 75-km away from Chennai and is well connected by a network of roads. There are frequent buses from the city to Chennai, Bangalore and other places. For local transportation bicycles can be hired from the shops near the bus stand. Cycle Rickshaws and auto rickshaws are also available on hire to move in and around the city. These can make the place to visit the Kanchipuram National Travels
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Morgan Hill AGO - 3rd place team - Ellis Aquatics: The USA Swim Club of Tracy.
It was an incredibly close meet with the final placing coming down the final events. Next year we need to come back to the meet with more boys. I saw a lot of fast swims from our swimmers and a lot of effort put out to get our hands on the wall first! We had over 80 swimmers signed up for this meet. We are off to a great fall season.


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Mike Schwartz: Son of Thunder
by Austin Ruse
The legendary pro-life leader's final testament before succumbing to Lou Gehrig's disease . . .
Joseph Schwartz (far left) accepts the Cardinal John J. O'Connor Pro-Life Award from Peggy Hartshorn (member of Legatus' Board of Governors) & Fr. Frank Pavone on Jan. 25
In his final days, Michael Schwartz could hardly hold himself up. He had to be propped up with pillows. Though his voice was little more than a whisper, his words bristled with passion.
It's likely that you don't know his name. Mike was a behind-the-scenes person, but he was more. Hardly a pro-life leader in America was not at one time welcomed by him, mentored and taught by him, prayed for by him. He was in fact a leader of leaders.
His life's trajectory was likely set when one of his young friends gave him a copy of National Review. He and his fellow students at the University of Dallas formed the Sons of Thunder, one of the first pro-life groups in America. They promptly occupied a Planned Parenthood facility in Dallas and promptly got arrested.
For his whole professional life, Mike was at the center of all the most important pro-life activities. With Nellie Gray and others, he founded what became the March for Life. Mike went on to work for Paul Weyrich at the Free Congress Foundation. He became legislative director for Concerned Women for America, and later Sen. Tom Coburn's chief of staff.
Mike was not a namby-pamby Christian. He was salty. Talking about the Supreme Court or the "gutless Republicans in the U.S. Senate," his eyes would narrow, and his lips would tighten across his teeth and he would hold forth like an Old Testament prophet. Sometimes this got him into trouble.
He once said publicly that the Supreme Court justices shouldn't be impeached, "they should be impaled." It wasn't just abortion he cared about. Mike said that the scourge of pornography caused young men to become homosexuals. He was one of the first in this country to sound the alarm bell about the sex scandal of Catholic priests. He called abortion murder. Mike was salty and fearless.
His last pro-life testament was a strategy memo that he formally presented to a large group of pro-life leaders who met in Washington, D.C., around the March for Life — which turned out to be his last public appearance, a few weeks before his death.
The memo is a masterwork, a summa of a life spent living and thinking about the cause of the unborn. Mike believed that even if Roe were overturned, we would still be faced with massive numbers of abortions and "instead of eliminating abortion by outlawing it, we first need to outlaw it by eliminating it."
He wrote: "When the total number of commercial abortions committed is no greater than 100,000 and the total number of abortion shops is less than 100, then we can say that the cancer has been shrunk sufficiently to cut it out."
To end abortion, Mike called for prayer (specific prayers for women and for abortionists by name), service to pregnant women, and legislation aimed almost exclusively at putting abortionists out of business in the states.
He called for "facilities regulations," requiring all abortion workers be bonded so as to expose the criminal past of many of them, establishing an Abortion Injury Compensation Fund to be funded by a tax on all abortions, and several other very clever ideas, many of which are already being carried out.
You may never have met Michael Schwartz, but much of what you know about the pro-life cause first came to life in his head and at his hands.
He was diagnosed with Lou Gehrig's disease only two years ago. This man, who always carried some book about theology in his pocket, knew the disease was a blessing. He was joyful about it to the end. It was a final test, a final penance that he carried out with the sporting spirit of a true Christian and a Son of Thunder.
Mike breathed his last on Feb. 3, 2013, in the company of his beloved wife of 42 years, his many children and his grandchildren. Requiescat in pace, Mike. At only 63, you left us way too soon.
AUSTIN RUSE is the president of the Catholic Family & Human Rights Institute. Originally published on Feb. 8, 2013, this article is reprinted with permission from The Catholic Thing — TheCatholicThing.org
A pro-life warrior's fond, final farewell
Michael and Rose Ann Schwartz meet Pope John Paul II at the Vatican in March of 1991
On Jan. 25, Michael Schwartz received Legatus' Cardinal John J. O'Connor Pro-Life Award and The National Pro-Life Religious Council Award. He was too ill to attend, but his son Joseph accepted the award on his behalf, delivering his father's heartfelt gratitude in the speech below, Michael Schwartz died of Lou Gehrig's disease a week later on Feb. 3, 2013.
I am honored to be present with you this morning and humbled to receive such recognition. I have learned many things in over 40 years of pro-life activism.
It is not enough to be right when it comes to the issue of abortion. Abortion is murder, and an attack on women. This is true. Perhaps 15-20% of the adults in this country hold to the pro-life position. The same percentage of adults on the other side want to see the rights to kill the unborn continued. The majority of American adults are conflicted. They do not like abortion, but do not believe laws should be passed to prohibit it.
It is for this reason that we need to be persuasive. We have not begun to do that well. Our rhetorical style turns people off. Gory pictures turn people off. We are often viewed as judgmental fanatics who want to harass women. We need to make the cause attractive. The enemy has done so by artificial lies — the lie of "choice."
Women exercise their choice in leisure, in education and in careers. It is something they look forward to and enjoy. This is not the case when it comes to abortion. I have never heard of a woman wanting to get pregnant for the purpose of having an abortion. Abortion is what happens to a woman when she runs out of choices. She does not seek for her baby to die. She is alone and frightened and sees no solution for her dilemma.
The next lie is women's rights. In the entire history of our common law tradition, no mother has ever been prosecuted for undergoing an abortion. The mother is always the victim of the crime. The prosecution always went after the abortionist.
For most of the 20th century — from 1920s to the 1960s — the abortion industry was run by organized crime. It was a sideline to their prostitution industry. The purpose of abortion was to keep women enslaved. So where do you see women's rights here? The right to be victimized and the right to be a slave, injured, abused and violated.
The reason why women feel the pressure to undergo abortion is that they are afraid — afraid to lose their job, rejected by parents, beat up by boyfriends and get thrown out of school. For them, abortion is the path of least resistance.
Thus, women in such situations need friends and support. Pregnancy resource centers need to provide community. As a community, we need to do everything to strengthen these alternatives. I recommend that every believing church adopt a pregnancy center. That does not mean just write a check. It means encouraging the congregation to donate time, talent and treasure to their sisters in need.
As part of this partnership, churches should regularly invite the staffs of their local centers to meetings of the congregation. This should be done because a lot of Christian girls are not sure they will find forgiveness. They will feel more confident in their forgiveness when they know that parents, friends and others are supporting this ministry of love.
Last year I attended the pro-life rally in D.C. and saw three women carrying a sign that read: "Good women have abortions." My heart went out to them. I knew they were burdened with guilt. Good people will do all kinds of sin. We have to put aside the scarlet letters and condemnation and show that we really do care about those who are frightened, alone and in trouble.
Therefore, I propose that in every believing church, when we worship, that we offer prayers not for some vague end to abortion, but instead for immediate help for the women in danger. We should pray for the protection of every woman who is at risk for abortion, that she will find the help and support she needs. The focus is to be upon the mother. Secondly, we need to pray for the abortionist who should be named. Before the throne of grace, we should pray for his or her conversion and forgiveness.
As this important cause is furthered, may our nation and watching world see and hear the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ.
Cardinal John J. O'Connor Pro-Life Award
Richard Doerflinger
Chuck Donovan
Cardinal Raymond L. Burke
Steve & Vivian Koob
Thomas S. Monaghan
Dan Zeidler
Alveda King
Sam & Gloria Lee
Monsignor Philip Reilly
Kathleen Eaton
Cardinal Francis George
Johnny Hunter
Dinah Monahan
John Haas
Molly Kelly
Janet Morana
Chris & Joan Bell
Denise Cocciolone
Sr. Paula Vandegaer
Joan Byrum
Peggy Hartshorn
Thomas W. Hilgers
Jerry Horn
James Hughes
Bernard Nathanson
James Bopp Jr.
Fr. Tom Euteneuer
Karen Garnett
Magaly Llaguno
Barbara Lyons
Germaine Wensley
Theresa Burke
Mark Crutcher
Nellie Gray
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Sal Bando
Bishop Victor Galeone
Sen. Rick Santorum
Joseph Scheidler
John & Barbara Willke
Judie Brown
Sam Brownback
Greg Cunningham
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Colleen Parro
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I need to get the id of the selected value in my javascript controller and need to send it to apex controller method, I am working in lightning web components
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A: You can handle onchange event of select tag.
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and the console output will be your desired Id value

if you need to get selected value on some button click, for example, you can use this.template.querySelector
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What does 4K video from the iPhone 6s look like?
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One of the key features the iPhone 6 Plus debuted with last year, but which was lacking on the iPhone 6, was optical image stabilization for photos. This year, the iPhone 6s Plus adds that feature for video as well as still images. What difference does it make as opposed to the digital image stabilization that the iPhone 6s offers, though? German site Giga Tech has recently uploaded a new video to YouTube that shows off optical image stabilization compared with its digital variant. Check out the video below, or click here if it fails to load.
Giga Tech notes that digital stabilization works well enough for full HD video, but it loses its effectiveness when shooting in 4K resolution. You can see a striking difference between the two videos. Both videos are shot in an abandoned airplane, and the smooth footage from the iPhone 6s Plus makes the shakiness of the same footage on the iPhone 6s seem much more pronounced.
Wondering what other kind of videos you might see coming out of the iPhone 6s? The cofounders of RYOT used the handset to film a short documentary, "The Painter of Jalouza," in 4K video to really demonstrate the power of the resolution. David Darg, one of the two men involved in the documentary, explained how excited both were to use the iPhone 6s Plus.
When we heard the new iPhone would shoot in 4K, we thought about what we could shoot that would really demonstrate the power of the resolution. Jalouzi is so visually impacting. The mountainside is full of detail and color, so it's the ultimate test of a camera's ability. Plus, we've been wanting to tell the story for a long time.
I don't know about you guys, but I'm anxiously awaiting more 4K video to come out of the new iPhones. The stunning level of detail could make for some fantastic television programs and even films, as we're already beginning to see. Check out "The Painter of Jalouza" below or, once again, click this link if it doesn't load.
Long lines await the iPhone 6s and iPhone 6s Plus
Automation app Workflow receives a big update for iOS 9, WatchOS 2.0


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The keys to business leadership, according to Cisco's John Chambers
By Henry Fernandez Published September 25, 2018 Business LeadersFOXBusiness
Former Cisco CEO John Chambers on leadership lessons amid trade dispute
Former Cisco Chairman John Chambers on French President Macron rejecting trade deals with countries outside the Paris climate accord, his new book on Cisco's rise, free trade and investing in cricket protein bars.
Former Cisco Systems Chairman and CEO John Chambers is opening the safe to reveal the secrets behind his leadership success.
In his latest book, "Connecting the Dots," Chambers says one of the key fundamental principles for every company is to make changes as it leads.
"Leadership, it doesn't matter if you are a two person company or 200,000, it's lonely at times, and you have to have the courage to make the right decision for your company for the long term," Chambers told FOX Business' Liz Claman on Tuesday.
The Silicon Valley legend said leadership is having the courage to reinvent yourself and dream big, especially when you have to pick yourself up after hitting a setback.
"It also goes back to, I got knocked on my tail a number of times," Chambers said.
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After serving 20-plus years as Cisco's CEO, Chambers stepped down in 2015. Last year, he stepped down as executive chairman and received the honorary title of chairman emeritus.
Chambers guided the tech company to be one of the world's biggest and most profitable companies during the early days of the internet.
Here are the key steps in Chambers' leadership guide:
Build While Leading
Disrupt or Be Disruptive
Mistake: Keep Doing the Right Thing for Too Long


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Exercise key aid to make recovery
Back to health . . . Rehabilitation and exercise keeps Lani Patterson, of Queensbury, healthy and positive after breast cancer treatment. PHOTO: SUPPLIED
Exercise after cancer treatment says breast cancer survivor Lani Patterson, of Queensbury.
"It's not only good for your body, it is good for your mind.
"You think you are broken, so you think you can't do it, but actually you are not broken."
Mrs Patterson was diagnosed with breast cancer in May 2015.
Within four days of the diagnosis, she was in an operating theatre having an 8cm tumour removed.
"I was very lucky to actually have a reconstruction so I have two normal breasts, but because of the size of it I had to have chemotherapy and radiotherapy."
Six months of chemotherapy at Dunstan Hospital followed, then a further six weeks of radiotherapy at Dunedin Hospital.
Rehabilitation began for her while still getting radiotherapy treatment, she said.
"What happens when you get radiation is the tissues get really tight, and you can't move – it's like frying a piece of meat."
PINC Cancer Rehabilitation (formerly known as Pink Pilates) was key to her getting movement back after radiotherapy treatment, she said.
Mrs Patterson began her rehabilitation while still in Dunedin, then continued to work with Vicky Hill, of Central Lakes Physio in Wanaka.
"I was constricted in my movement, so it was really helpful to go to Vicky and she would help me do some exercises."
Exercise could reduce the chances of cancer re-occurring, she said.
"People that have had cancer, the biggest fear is the re-occurrence."
"Exercise is something they have proven can actually help in the cancer not re-occurring."
The Cancer Society of New Zealand's Daffodil Day fundraiser on August 31 was a timely reminder of all those who have been through cancer or have been lost to cancer, she said.
"We all know somebody, don't we? Everybody knows someone that has either had it, or has got it."
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Very often I came across business requirements to automation the creation of sites and pages in SharePoint, this process is not easy in Office 365 SharePoint Online.
In this post I'm sharing my experiences with client side page creation with PnP-PowerShell.
Many thanks to the #amazing #PnP team on providing us with this #great tool.
First of all you need to have PnP-PowerShell cmdlet's installed, follow the guidance described on the link above.
After connecting to the site we will run some cmdlet as below, to create a new page and it will work pretty well, the thing I've seen which is a bit challenging is how to actually set the properties to the different webpart, otherwise they will be empty.
What you will notice immediately is that the Hero webpart for example, is added to the page but it's empty. After a lot of trying and failing, the two method I've been using to get the webpart properties is below, unfortunately not all is -WebPartProperties is matching the PropertiesJson.
#Using Get-PnPProvisioningTemplate, this will give us an xml with the webpart properties.
#The Hero Webpart is still a mystery to me, to Add Content to it I've set the PropertiesJson using PnP, but it's not working the way I wan't it to yet.
The new page after the PowerShell has been run, and as you can see below, the Hero webpart is displaying the Image and the colour code but the Titles are missing.
Great tips, thanks! Have you found any solutions to the Hero web part? How do I get the Id? How do I change from 5 tiles to 3? Is there a way to just start with color and static links on the 3 tiles?
Can this approach be used for adding links web part with links? I am able to add links web part but when I looked at exported JSON properties it really doesn't make any sense to me because I couldn't see the URL of my added links. everything I see is GUID.
Hi Mate, I'm not sure as I haven't worked with PnP in a while, but it should work there has been a lot of updates to PnP since my post..