Discover past IGersBirmingham instameets here.
Perhaps you will be inspired to visit these locations for yourself or attend a future event?
Join us at Highbury Hall to explore the historic home of one of Birmingham's most famous statesmen, Joseph Chamberlain, before a programme of renovations gets underway to formally open the Hall to the public. Commissioned in 1878 and taking its name from the area of London where he lived as a child, Chamberlain lived here from 1880 until his death in 1914.
This Grade II Listed building retains much of its historic grandeur, despite having been used in the intervening years as a hospital annex and home for disabled soldiers, a home for the elderly and most recently as a conference and events venue.
In 2016 the Chamberlain Highbury Trust took over the building from Birmingham City Council on a long leasehold. An £8 million fundraising campaign was launched in 2018 to restore the building and parkland. The plans aim to open Highbury to the public for the first time, creating an exhibition on the Chamberlain's lives and history of the hall, a café as well as maintaining spaces for weddings and conferences. Highbury is an exceptional example of a mansion house and grounds created by a wealthy industrialist in a suburban location. It is remarkable for its Venetian Gothic architecture and its wealth of craftsmanship and decoration.
You can find out more about fascinating history and future plans for Highbury Hall here.
After exploring Highbury's interior, we will visit the grounds, Highbury Park and King's Heath Park before ending in the park's Tea Rooms.
There are three slots, limited to 20 people at each one. PLEASE only book if you can attend and if you find that you can no longer attend once you've booked, do let us know and we can re-allocate the ticket as we always have a waiting list, even if it's at the last minute. Thanks.
Join us for a special instameet where you will get to capture the beauty and poise of the performers of the Birmingham International Dance Festival! If live dance and performance art is your thing then this is for you! There are 40 spaces available for this event so book your place quickly before it sells out!
This is an all-day event that starts at 12 noon and will run until 10 pm. You will be provided with an event lanyard and pass to identify you as part of the instameet and for you to use to get in the best position to capture the performers. With this lanyard and pass, you will be able to come and go from the event as you please, so if you can't stay for the whole day and want to return later on that is possible.
The event will be held in Victoria Square and BIDF have kindly arranged for refreshments to be on hand for the breaks which will occur throughout the day.
Full details of the meeting place, line up, and break times will be shared prior to the event by email.
There will be a special guest co-running the event on the day as well but you will need to attend to find out who!
We're pleased to announce our next instameet at the Black Country Living Museum, an award winning open air living museum in Dudley that tells the story of the world's first industrial landscape with buildings, vehicles, objects and costumed characters for you to interact with and explore.
This instameet is a collaboration between @igblackcountry, @igersbirmingham, @igersUK, @bclivingmuseum and @VisitEngland for English Tourism Week.
The event will take place on the 24th of March with a start time of 11am prompt – late comers can't be admitted sorry.
You can stay and wander around the museum for as long as you want, although at 2.30 there will be free drinks for attendees at the Bottle and Glass Inn in the museum.
There are 80 tickets for this event – please bookings on a first come first served basis. Tickets are split between @igersblackcountry and @igersbirmingham.
Apologies for the short notice, we've been waiting on confirmation.
There will be free parking (please use public transport or share lifts if possible).
We have teamed up with Google to offer free workshops to individuals, small businesses and aspiring digital / social media marketers. These two unique events will be hosted by Alpha Works.
how to define a set of brand guidelines for a business on social media.
The different ways of responding to customer complaints on social media.
This is a very limited event and interest will be high, so PLEASE make sure these workshops are of relevance to you. We want to be very upfront about what these workshops are NOT, as we do not want to waste anybody's time.
You will not learn about gaining more likes or followers on Instagram, Twitter, Facebook or other social media platforms for your personal accounts.
It's important that if you sign up that you can commit to the date and time of the workshop – if you are unable to make it please notify us ASAP as we anticipate that we will have a waiting list.
Please feel free to message with any questions!
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What does it mean when an editor or agent says your manuscript is "quiet?"
by Tracy | May 23, 2019 | For Writers & Illustrators
It's not uncommon to hear that a manuscript is too "quiet" in a response from an editor or agent, but what does that really mean – and is that a bad thing or just a subjective taste sort of thing?To me, the answer to that depends on what you're trying to achieve with...
Try three times and fail – a quick breakdown of traditional picture book structure
by Tracy | Aug 20, 2018 | For Writers & Illustrators
I was thinking about the narrative structure of a traditional picture book, and how many picture books one might have to write before it becomes ingrained into your being. At this point, I think/hope I have absorbed it into my core, but I've also been writing...
3 Tips for Thinking Like An Agent
by Tracy | Aug 15, 2018 | For Writers & Illustrators, More Personally
My debut picture book, Chicken Wants a Nap, was published one year ago today! In celebration, I'm re-sharing this post that previously appeared on the BookEnds blog during Chicken's original publication date below! I've talked about the book's path to...
It's okay if you do not write today.
by Tracy | Mar 29, 2018 | For Writers & Illustrators, More Personally
I have that line from Throw Mama from the Train stuck in my head this morning – "A writer writes, always." But it's okay if you don't write today. I'm sure I'm not the only writer that feels antsy if I go too long without...
The book takes as long as the book takes.
by Tracy | Dec 22, 2017 | For Writers & Illustrators
One of the things I say most often to my clients as they're revising is, "The book takes as long as the book takes." What I'm looking for, as their agent, is a polished manuscript that's been taken as far as they possibly can. It's been revised, it's been workshopped...
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With regards to business perspective on online marketing, fortunes are spent on IT, but precious little is spent on building a developing a sound marketing strategy to support it. However, there is hope; focus is slowly shifting to look at the return on investment (ROI) on the web sites that were built. This shift means more and more individuals are looking at ways to improve the ROI for their online presence, in part so that they can justify the necessary updates and upgrades. If you have not figured out the ROI on your web site, you are not alone, and it's something you can easily do starting today.
For ecommerce sites, the obvious objective is straightforward. Increase sales, and lower the cost of acquiring the customers. This means don't just look at increasing sales, but see how you can increase sales without substantially increasing costs. This means, you want to measure your net sales, and compare that data with your sales per visitor, cost per visitor, and conversion rate. Less visitors who buy more is better than more visitors who buy less. They cost less, and likely get better service.
For content or informational web sites, objective is simply to increase readership, and the overall level of interest in the content provided. There are lots of metrics to do this.
If you are not monitoring your ROI in some way, you're probably not doing a great job building or maintaining that web site. Being able to monitor the ROI, and objectively review the results is what perspective is all about.


America's waterways are conduits to creating lasting memories, to discovering worlds of adventure, and to generating economic opportunity. On our rivers, lakes, and oceans, a father brings his daughter fishing for the first time, and a young man learns his ancestors' trade; a family takes a hard-earned vacation, and a captain cares for her prized vessel. During National Safe Boating Week, we remember that protecting the promise of our waterways rests on each of us.
Before embarking on any journey on the water, Americans should prepare for potential hazards by remembering to check the forecast, filing a float plan with a family member or friend, performing a vessel safety check, and confirming their boat has essential safety equipment and communications tools, including life jackets, fire extinguishers, and weather radios. Operators should also be ready for sudden weather changes that can affect a voyage -- fog, thunderstorms, and wind shifts can often occur without warning, and knowing how to respond to dangerous weather can save lives. By always wearing life jackets and never drinking while boating, boaters and passengers can further ensure their safety and well-being and help guarantee a great day out on the water does not end in tragedy.
At times, disaster still strikes, even when we are prepared. But thanks to the courageous women and men who serve our Nation and protect our waters, the United States Coast Guard stands always ready to help keep Americans safe at sea. As we look forward to spending time with loved ones this summer and taking advantage of all our scenic waterways have to offer, I encourage everyone to visit www.USCGBoating.org to learn more about responsible boating. Together, we can enjoy the beauty and bounty of the water and avoid preventable injuries and property damage.
In recognition of the importance of safe boating practices, the Congress, by joint resolution approved June 4, 1958 (36 U.S.C. 131), as amended, has authorized and requested the President to proclaim annually the 7-day period prior to Memorial Day weekend as "National Safe Boating Week."
NOW, THEREFORE, I, BARACK OBAMA, President of the United States of America, do hereby proclaim May 16 through May 22, 2015, as National Safe Boating Week. I encourage all Americans who participate in boating activities to observe this occasion by learning more about safe boating practices and taking advantage of boating education.


The Los Angeles Rams just recently created more than $24 million in cap space as they purge their roster of ineffective and costly players. The Rams could be creating some cap space to lure several of the top free agents in the NFL to their new home in Los Angeles. The team is looking to overhaul several positions on their roster, and they may begin with quarterback.
With Brock Osweiler expected to command a ton of money if he hits the open market, the Rams might be betting on bringing a free agent quarterback in during free agency which would allow the team to draft the best possible player available. The Rams could easily find themselves in a position to take Laquon Treadwell or Hunter Henry to add some offensive firepower to this passing attack. With the 15th pick the Rams could also be in a spot to take the best running back in the 2016 NFL Draft as well in Ezekiel Elliott. The Rams could want some insurance in the ground game and having Elliott back up a man who could be considered to be the best running back going into 2016, Todd Gurley.
Without a main target in the passing game or even a solid option at quarterback, the Rams may double down on the running attack, and having two high-caliber running backs could be a dynamic answer to their issues in the passing game. The Rams could obviously use help on the offensive line and could potentially add to their already impressive pieces in their defensive backfield. The Rams could go in a million different directions with the 15th overall pick and truly are looking for a player who can help this team right away.
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Maca is the main actor in this smoothie as Maca has been used extensively as a hormone balancer, and according to research its high nutrient density and phytochemical content might be the underlying contributors to this effect.
The coconut milk in the shake can be replaced with any other nondairy milk, but I highly recommend taking the coconut one as Coconut contains lauric acid, which is really good for hormonal production and antibacterial and antiviral activities.
It provides a good source of plant-based iron (important when you lose a lot of blood) that can contribute to a diet sufficient at preventing anemia. Further, coconut milk is high in healthy fats that will fill you up with good nutrients and prevent overeating the day.
I also added some tahini for creaminess and because Tahini is a great way to obtain B vitamins like thiamine and minerals such as magnesium, copper, phosphorus, manganese, iron and zinc.
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I don't count calories I eat them ????
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International Conference "Middle Eastern, Balkan and Japanese perspectives on the global and regional impacts of the Ukraine War" (Sep. 7)
Finished International Conference "Middle Eastern, Balkan and Japanese perspectives on the global and regional impacts of the Ukraine War" (Sep. 7)
Category: Symposium
Research Group: Organizer
"Middle Eastern, Balkan and Japanese perspectives
on the global and regional impacts of the Ukraine War"
Date: Wednesday, September 7, 2022 (09:30 AM to 2:00 PM, Time in Lebanon)
Venue: Japan Center for Middle Eastern Studies (JaCMES), A2-1 Azariyeh Bldg.,
Beirut Central District.
*This conference will be held online.
*The link will be sent to the registered e-mail address.
*Please contact us (connectivity_jimukyoku@tufs.ac.jp) with your name, e-mail address, affiliation and position if you want to make an application or have inquiries.
Time in Lebanon (Universal Time Coordinated +2, Japan Standard Time −6)
09:30−09:40 Hidemitsu Kuroki (Tokyo University of Foreign Studies, Head of JaCMES)
"Welcome remarks and preamble"
09:40−10:00 Karim Makdisi (American University of Beirut)
"The crisis of the international order in light of the Ukraine War"
10:00−10:20 Kimitaka Matsuzato (The University of Tokyo)
"Secession conflicts and how to solve them: Towards comparison between the
former communist countries and the Middle East"
10:20−10:40 Tasos Kostopoulos (The Institute for Mediterranean Studies, Crete)
"Ukraine, Macedonia, Palestine: Collective identity transformations on the way to the nation-state"
10:40−10:50 Q & A
10:50−11:00 Break
11:00−11:20 Mustafa Türkeş (Middle East Technical University, Ankara)
"The war that must never have been fought: The multiple failures in Ukraine"
11:20−11:40 Dima de Clerck (American University of Beirut)
"The Ukrainian War from a general Lebanese perspective, in a context of severe
socioeconomic crisis, and security and political instability and uncertainty"
12:00−12:20 Tetsuya Sahara (Meiji University, Tokyo)
"Honor and Manhood in Contemporary Paramilitarism in the Balkans and Caucasus"
12:20−12:40 Predrag Marković (Institute of Contemporary History, Belgrade)
"New privateers: Paramilitary forces as 'war entrepreneurs' in Yugoslav Wars,
12:40−13:00 Ken'ichiro Takao (Middle East Institute of Japan, Tokyo)
"The present and prospect of the global jihadists"
13:20−14:00 Discussion
The Russian invasion of Ukraine in late February that has led to the current protracted war has revealed its proxy nature (US–Ukraine vs. Russia) and shone a light on the ongoing international political entanglements centering on Russia and Ukraine. Because of the multilayered background of this war, we may be able to trace the origin of the conflict back to various events: the Euromaidan Revolution in 2014, the Georgian War in 2008, the Iraq War in 2003, NATO's expansion to Poland, Hungary, and Czech Republic, Putin's rise to power in 1999, the collapse of the USSR in 1991, or even further back to the Bolshevik Revolution in 1917, the Crimean War in 1853–56, Russian annexation of Crimea in 1783, and even the fall of Constantinople in 1453.
The opening of J.A.R. Marriott's The Eastern Question, which was published in 1917, suggests that any answers to this question are possible.
"From the time immemorial Europe has been confronted with an 'Eastern Question'. In its essence the problem is unchanging. It has arisen from the lands of South-Eastern Europe between the habits, ideas, and preconceptions of the West and those of the East. But although one in essence, the problem has assumed different aspects at different periods."
It is no coincidence that the direct cause for the current conflict is NATO's eastward expansion plan to include Ukraine, a move that Russia regards as an "existential threat." Indeed, it could be said that the 2022 Ukraine War is an extension of the "Eastern Question," a term that was first employed during the Greek War of Independence during the 1820s when they were seeking to extract themselves from the Ottoman Empire.
More than two centuries later and influenced by the nuclear power states of the US, Russia, and other countries, this question raises concerns about the possible global reach of this eastward expansion, which may even be extended further to the Far East.
In addition to the loss of life and the destruction of Ukraine's infrastructure (and partly Russia's), the war has had significant global impacts in many areas, such as energy, food supplies, global supply chains, internet, inflation, and refugees.
Therefore, the war must be halted immediately through the total cooperation of the global society. However, there are significant barriers to this aim.
Because Russia's military action had not been expected by many people, including experts, the news of the invasion caused panic in the international media. However, it was surprising that an easy "Russia vs. Ukraine" dichotomy prevailed in the Western press, which immediately and firmly implanted "the usual Little Red Riding Hood pattern" (words of Pope Francis in an interview in May) into Western thinking. Simple discourses, such as "changing borders by force could never be permitted in the modern international society," started to be asserted in the Western (and Japanese) mainstream media, which has resulted in cynical reactions in the global south, especially in the Middle East, where Palestinians have been suffering from the West's double standards for decades.
This cognitive divide is not being seriously considered in the plans to expand the NATO member countries. However, it is a serious concern to the global south, as evidenced by the very few states that have chosen to introduce sanctions against Russia.
The Balkans and the Middle East, which have been involved in major "Eastern Question" stages over the last two centuries, are being strongly affected by the current crisis because of their proximity to the warzone. Sharing common historical experiences associated with Ottoman rule, civil wars, and conflicts involving the Western states and Russia, the Eastern Mediterranean is the best place to observe, analyze, and understand the current state of affairs of this ongoing disaster and the possible future repercussions.
Modern history and political science researchers from Lebanon, Turkey, Greece, and Serbia will discuss the above issues with researchers from Japan in the Far East, an area that may be the next focus in the near future.
Research Projects (Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research)
"Comparative Studies of Civil Wars in Lebanon, Yugoslavia, and Syria" supported by
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science
"Connectivity and Trust Building in Islamic Civilization" supported by
Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, Japan
Contact : connectivity_jimukyoku@tufs.ac.jp (Islamic Trust Studies Project Office / イスラーム信頼学事務局)
Workshop "Imperial Hierarchy and Connectivity" (Sep. 22) »
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RE: AAG40 FAQ
On the game aid for Alpha 2 (or .2?) it says that most NOs are only activated when at war, and then a couple are only available while neutral. For the "at war" ones, who does the country have to be at war with? Anyone? For example, is the UK Pacific NO, "5 IPCs when the UK controls all original Pacific territories", only active while at war with Japan? Or is it active while at war with ANY Axis power, as they start at war with Italy and Germany?
posted in Axis & Allies Global 1940
RE: Axis&Allies Risk style
Well, I played a game of this with 3 other people, and it was pretty awesome. My capital was Paris (I picked second), and the others (in order of picking) were DC, Istanbul and Stockholm. The early game was a great time for me, since I had the most valuable territories on the board at my doorstep, uncontested. However, controlling these territories (from Spain to Poland to Italy) situated me directly in the middle of all three enemies. The Swedes and I traded Polish and German territories again and again, the Turks conquered the Balkans and put pressure on Italy, and America landed in Spain and Britain. Things were not looking good.
I won a decisive battle against the Turks in Northern Italy, crushing almost the entirely of their western army. I pushed them back out of the Balkans, and put an army in Greece to keep them in check. This, however, didn't last long. They had tons of cash flowing in from the rich Middle Eastern territories and the many Russian territories. It was only a matter of time until the Balkans once again became Turkish.
The northern front didn't look so good either. I faced such large amounts of pressure from America that I had to pull back out of Berlin in order to stop them. Sweden became stronger after having been consistently the weakest since the beginning of the game. I was the weakest, limited to Southern Italy, all of France, and Holland/Belgium.
This was when things turned around (we're quite far in now). Sweden shared a long border with the superpower Turkey, and its Atlantic provinces were weak and within reach of the American fleet in Britain. Even Turkey faced some danger, with a small American fleet making its way into a nearly empty Mediterranean. America landed in Norway with a strong force, forcing Sweden to build a defensive army at home instead of putting its money into the war with Turkey. As such, Turkey conquered Novgorod and the German/Polish provinces in just a couple turns. Sweden itself fell to America shortly after.
While all of this was happening, I had a mini-resurgence. America, knowing Turkey was a greater threat and that there was no way I threatened any of his overseas territories, ignored me completely, giving up Spain in order to have a larger army with which to attack coastal Turkish territories. I conquered Spain and Italy while America conquered Leningrad, Western Germany and Cairo in quick succession (with some luck). The game continued for a little while with the pushing back of America and France (it was starting to get boring), so we stopped and we agreed that Turkey would have won eventually.
It was, all in all, a very fun game. However, to make it more fair, I'd give different starting locations different starting units. Stockholm, for example, needs a bonus, and definitely a transport without troops taken away.
posted in House Rules
RE: Axis & Allies: Victories and the Victor Poll
@special:
People are playing to slow
RE: China can become a monster
The problem with ignoring China is the fact that for the first 2-3 turns, Japan will only be at war with China and maybe Russia. It's better to use the land and air unit to crush China and the Siberian forces until at war with the Allies, rather than retreating onto transports and getting into position to attack the Allies.
RE: Hypothetical Scenario
You mean Moscow, right? And if Japan is contained and about to fall and Italy is mediocre (even, perhaps, fairly powerful), the US and UK should be able to take down the Axis without Russia. As long as the Allies crush Japan quickly, set up a US major in Korea and start raiding Atlantic and Mediterranean Axis territories ASAP, they will stand a fighting chance, if not a great one.
RE: How do you rate A&A pacific 1940
He was agreeing with you, saying that what you said, and what he was quoting, was true. At least I'm 90% sure he was.
By the way, I agree with you too.
posted in Axis & Allies Pacific 1940
This actually sounds like a lot of fun, filled with possibilities. However, I'd probably make it so everyone says which victory city they want (everyone picks a different one) and then we write them all down on little slips of paper, put them in a hat or something, and pick them randomly.
How long would you say one of these games takes, on average?
Thanks for the responses guys…
I'm thinking of testing this in my next game of Global, with these rules:
-Chinese units may fly over and enter Allied territories on the Pacific board once the owner of the territory is at war with Japan. If the Axis control the said territory and China is at war with that Axis power, China may attack it.
-Chinese units may fly over and enter Allied territories on the Europe board once BOTH China and the owner of the territory is at war with the European Axis powers. If the Axis controls the said territory and China is at war with that Axis power, China may attack it.
-Chinese units may board Allied transports just like any Allied units can enter a transport of an ally.
-China may only build units in originally Chinese territories, with the same limitations as before.
RE: So if the Alpha setup becomes standard…...
Well, I was assuming he was referring to alpha plus… must one refer to it as alpha plus for clarity even though alpha is obsolete? As alpha is completely obsolete, can't alpha plus just be referred to as alpha?
RE: Just got E40
As Italy, put everything you've got into taking Egypt, and more importantly, taking and keeping Gibraltar.
As Germany, either go for Sealion or go all out against Russia ASAP. G2 is my usual turn for attacking Russia when I don't go for Sealion, and often even if I do. Russia becomes just too powerful if you leave it alone.
As UK, defend UK. If Sealion is averted, put pressure on German France and Italian Africa.
As US, crush some fascists.
As Russia, defend for your life and don't leave any gaps.
As France… get really lucky rolls.
posted in Axis & Allies Europe 1940
It's too hard to tell as of yet, but I'm not going to use all of his changes anyways. Just most of them.
RE: Larry's alpha plus setup
I am not arguing necessarily the historical accuracy of this victory condition, but rather how it changes the feel of the game. I would rather if the Allies felt serious consequences for throwing everything into one theatre, rather than losing to a mediocrely powerful and unopposed Japan. The changed NOs help this. Really, I think the US NOs should be changed to this, when at war:
1. Collect 5 IPCs per turn for controlling the West Indies and Johnston Island.
2. Collect 5 IPCs per turn for controlling 5 of the 7 following islands: Midway, Wake, Marinaras, Iwo Jima, Caroline, Solomon Islands and Guam.
3. Collect 5 IPCs per turn for controlling the Philippines.
4. Collect 5 IPCs per turn for controlling Alaska and the Aleutian Islands.
5. Collect 5 IPCs per turn for controlling Mexico, Southeast Mexico, West Indies and Panama.
6. Collect 5 IPCs per turn for controlling Brazil and the Line Islands.
7. Collect 5 IPCs per turn for controlling Hawaii.
So, if America goes all out Europe, they could lose every NO to Japan. If they go all out Japan, they could lose 15 IPCs in NOs to the Axis. If they do the balancing act they were supposed to they could get 35 IPCs from NOs.
Then take out the vc change.
I'm not liking the new victory conditions for the Axis. It further takes away from the global feel of this global game. If you can win by only playing well on one side, what's the point of having both boards out?
Though this is slightly off-topic, at least it's relating to China.
How big of an impact on the game would allowing China to move and conquer wherever and whatever it wants would make? Of course, they'd still be limited to the mainland except for the Flying Tigers… but still. I just think this would make playing China a bit more interesting, and open up more options. I don't really care too much about historical accuracy, by the way. I just want to know how this would affect gameplay.
Bumper cars.
If the Allies liberate one of the originally Japanese territories with a Chinese marker on them, and then either Italy or Germany take it back, is the territory liberated back to Japan or do Italy or Germany keep it?
To make this clearer, I'll use an example.
CHI3: Shanghai is taken from Japan by China.
GER4: Germany takes Shanghai.
Is Shanghai now German or Japanese?
Bumpity bumpity bump.
RE: Sub-division of House Rules Forum
I think this would be great, especially considering I'm only interesting in house rules for the new '40 games. It would also help to keep things at the top of their sub-forum. If someone has a house rule for the old AAE, it probably won't get too much traffic and will likely be buried under the house rules for newer A&A games. However, with this, the house rule would get attention from everybody who would be interested in it, as it would likely be on the first page of the AAE sub-forum.
Thanks for the great idea!
RE: Not seeing it
@allweneedislove:
Change Axis victory conditions: they win if Japan takes 6 VCs OR the Euro Axis take 8 VCs
this is the best solution i have thought of so far. it also stops the usa from spending all on one theater.
It probably would work really well, but I feel it would take away from the Global feel of the game. Already, the two sides, Europe and Pacific, keep mostly to themselves, so I don't want Axis to have separate goals too.
I think that a couple of the following changes could help considerably:
-Bring Italy into the war I1, and make declaring war upon Italy previous to this impossible
-Change Axis victory conditions: they win if Japan takes 6 VCs OR the Euro Axis take 8 VCs
-Add German tanks to Africa
-Split the US income with the boards. The NO money goes to Pacific side
-Add some subs to Italy's navy
I personally would do 1 and 4 OR 4 and 5. And I'm not going to because the people I play with are green compared to you guys, so it's unnecessary.
I just finished my first game for a good month or so, though I've been playing it every weekend with my brother for 4-5 hours. I, as the Axis, won after a good 20 hours of play. We aren't exactly great at Axis and Allies, which might explain the Axis victory, but both of us made pretty big mistakes. The first few turns were filled with a failed Sea Lion, an explosively powerful Italy (my brother pulled his navy back to defend England, rather than taking Italy's navy out) and an average Japan. It was a G2 attack on Russia and a J3 attack on the Allies. Germany was worst off through the early game, only taking the border territories of Russia, but when Italy put pressure on Stalingrad and Japan marched through Siberia, the tide turned. I put a lot of money into Japan's navy after taking India mid-game, and not quite enough into the mainland.
As a consequence, China rose up from near destruction, and managed in a few turns to take Shanghai. It was right around there that Russia fell to Germany, and that Gibraltar was retaken by the Allies, never to be taken back. Italy had built a tank force in Stalingrad earlier, and was pushing eastwards into China, while Germany built sub after sub to sink the American/British navy at Gibraltar without having to fear the British air force. America was pushing through North Africa, and was close to taking Cairo when Honolulu fell. Only one more VC was needed, and all the while Italian VCs Rome and Cairo were threatened by an intimidating American force. Despite this, Italy was the one to take the last VC, by pushing through China with tanks and taking Shanghai.
Italy won the game by taking Shanghai. Awesome.
RE: Sub casulaties - when to remove?
Wait, wait, wait. Surprise strikes are before EVERY round in a sea battle? If so, I've been using subs wrong the whole time I've played Axis and Allies.
Bump. A very late bump.
Bumpity.
@cminke:
if ittaly actualy did as good as they did in my game we'd be speaking Italian–------> they took usa than canada 4 the win
How in the hell did they manage to take the States? I'd like to see pictures of that game…


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Customer Review of "Luen Ai Ching Sik New and best Collection"
It is indeed kelly's best collection! and the new ones....are INCREDIBLE. Her singing is truly inspiring.
This is by far her best CD if not one of the best canto-pop CDs out in a long time. The news songs are incredible and the best of contains a great variety of her best songs. If you want to see Kelly at her best, this is the album you have to buy.


In an excerpt from his posthumous graphic memoir, Pekar contends with his identity and the Jewish state.
Harvey Pekar entered the world as a Zionist. As a young child in Cleveland, his mother, father, and Hebrew school teachers planted an ideal image of the Jewish state that eventually turned sour in Pekar's mind. Just before the publicly enigmatic comic book artist and writer died two years ago, he documented a daylong conversation with illustrator JT Waldman about the history of the Jewish people, his beliefs versus his parents', and the debilitating mixture of land, rights, religion, and death in Palestine. In this excerpt from the forthcoming graphic memoir Not the Israel My Parents Promised Me, which Pekar's partner Joyce Brabner finished and epilogued after his death, Pekar and Waldman wrestle with fairness, justice, and solutions, ranging from the two-state option to sending Jews to the moon.
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Excerpted from NOT THE ISRAEL MY PARENTS PROMISED ME by Harvey Pekar and JT Waldman. Published in July 2012 by Farrar, Straus and Giroux, LLC. Copyright © 2012 by Harvey Pekar and JT Waldman. All rights reserved.
For a more insightful, as well as sympatetic, review of Harvey Pekar's book, I recommend reading this on by Jonathan Kirsch.


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Waterslide decapitation horror: Family reveal what really happened
The parents of 10-year-old Caleb have broken their silence - by that's life!
It was the fun park tragedy that left parents around the world feeling devastated and heartbroken for the mother and father of a little boy who can never come home. Now the family who lost their son in a horror waterslide accident have given their first interview about the tragedy.
Revealing they have chosen to share their story as an act of gratitude to the many thousands of strangers who have sent their condolences, the mother and father of Caleb Schwab, who was 10 at the time of the tragedy, say the pain will never go away.
Parents Scott and Michelle took their four boys to the Schlitterbahn water park in the US last August, when Caleb and his brother Nathan raced off to enjoy the Verrückt (which means crazy) water slide – claimed to be the tallest ride of its kind in the world.
'Six went to the park and five came back,' Scott told Good Morning America, in an exclusive and highly emotional interview.
'Before they took off I said, "Brother's stick together". He said, "I know Dad".'
Nathan was at the base of the ride when his brother was killed, decapitated after his restraints apparently failed.
'[Nathan] was screaming, "He flew from Verrückt, he flew from Verrückt",' devastated mum Michelle recalled.
The dead boy's parents recalled how witnesses prevented them from reaching the scene; concerned they would be distraught at what they saw.
'There was a gentlemen who wouldn't allow me to come close enough to see what was going on,' Michele remembers. 'He just kept saying, "No trust me, you don't want to go any further".'
Naturally unable to come to grips with the surreal situation, Scott had to beg for clarity on the fate of his son.
'I said, "I just need to hear you say it, is my son dead?" And he just shook his head. I said, "I need to hear it from you, is he dead?"' Scott said.
'He said, "Yes, your son is dead".
The moment was so traumatic, Scott has no recollection of driving home from the park.
The family have since received a settlement from the park, which has now closed down the ride that killed their precious boy. But it will never make up for the loving son who is now gone forever.
Michelle says she misses hugging her son the most, heartbreakingly adding, 'And hearing about his day, watching him play soccer, so much, so many things.'
Our deepest condolences to Scott and Michelle.
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Wow! Congratulations, so you've made up your mind to study in the United States! Stay assured, it's going to be an exciting and adventurous new experience in Uncle Sam's country.
Adapting to a new way of life is an ongoing process that could last throughout the tenure of your stay, but the key to adjusting to the American way of life is to assimilate some new cultural values while holding on to your basic values.


DevOps enthusiast and learner with 9+ years of experience in software industry.
Jenkins supports and focus more on End to End Automation of Application Lifecycle Management System.
Jenkins is an open source Automation server. Continuous Integration is a significant part of DevOps Culture and hence many Open source and Commercial tools for Continuous Delivery utilizes Jenkins for a complete product.
There are other tools or services too available in the market, that are getting popular such as Atlassian Bamboo, Visual Studio Team Services, and so on.
Jenkins was used specifically for Continuous Integration over the years. Continuous Integration systems are a vital part of Agile team because they help enforce the principles of Agile development.
However, the release of Jenkins 2.0 and later versions are focused on Continuous Delivery. Jenkins is an open source automation server (after Jenkins 2.0 was released) written in Java.
Continuous Integration (CI) is one of the most popular application development practices in recent times. Developers integrate bug fix, new feature development, or innovative functionality in code repository.
The CI tool verifies the integration process with an automated build and test to detect issues with current sources of an application and provide quick feedback.
Jenkins is a simple, extensible, and user friendly open source tool that provides continuous integration services for application development.
Concept of plugins makes Jenkins more attractive, easy to learn, and easy to use. There are various categories of plugins available such as.
Jenkins defines interfaces or abstract classes that model a facet of a build system. Interfaces or abstract classes define agreement on what needs to be implemented; and Jenkins uses plugins to extend those implementations.
Easy installation on different operating systems – Arch Linux, FreeBSD, Gentoo, Mac OS X, openBSD, openSUSE, RedHAT/Fedora/CentOS, Ubuntu/Debian, Windows, and it is also available for Docker and as a generic Java packages too. Jenkins 2 supports pipelines as a code that uses domain-specific language (DSL) to model application delivery pipelines as code; we can utilize the pipeline as a code and keep them in repository and maintain versions similar to source code. Easy to configure the set-up environment in the user interface. It is also possible to customize user interface based on likings.
Easy upgrades – Jenkins has very speedy release cycles (long term support and weekly releases). Shell and Windows command execution that makes any command line tool integration in the pipeline very easy. Master slave architecture supports distributed builds to reduce load on CI servers.
Simple and easy to use user interface in Jenkins 2.x Easily extensible with the use of third-party plugins – over 400 plugins. Build scheduling based on cron expressions.
Application development lifecycle is a lengthy and a manual process traditionally. In addition, it requires effective collaboration between development and operations teams. The CI/CD pipeline is a demonstration of automation involved in the application development lifecycle that contains automated build execution, automated test execution, notifications to stakeholders, and deployment in different runtime environments.
Jenkins 2.0 and later versions provides many features to implement Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery effectively for better management of application lifecycle and being an Open source it is a deadly combination.
Sure Sasidhar, will check with author if demo is possible.


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Q: Is ruby 2.1.2 timeout still not thread safe? I have 50 sidekiq threads crawling the web, and a few weeks ago the threads started hanging after about 20 minutes of running. When I do a backtrace dump, most of the threads are stuck on net/http initialize:
/app/vendor/ruby-2.1.2/lib/ruby/2.1.0/net/http.rb:879:in `initialize'
/app/vendor/ruby-2.1.2/lib/ruby/2.1.0/net/http.rb:879:in `open'
/app/vendor/ruby-2.1.2/lib/ruby/2.1.0/net/http.rb:879:in `block in connect'
/app/vendor/ruby-2.1.2/lib/ruby/2.1.0/timeout.rb:76:in `timeout'
/app/vendor/ruby-2.1.2/lib/ruby/2.1.0/net/http.rb:878:in `connect'
/app/vendor/ruby-2.1.2/lib/ruby/2.1.0/net/http.rb:863:in `do_start'
/app/vendor/ruby-2.1.2/lib/ruby/2.1.0/net/http.rb:858:in `start'
/app/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.1.0/gems/net-http-persistent-2.9.4/lib/net/http/persistent.rb:700:in `start'
/app/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.1.0/gems/net-http-persistent-2.9.4/lib/net/http/persistent.rb:631:in `connection_for'
/app/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.1.0/gems/net-http-persistent-2.9.4/lib/net/http/persistent.rb:994:in `request'
/app/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.1.0/gems/mechanize-2.7.2/lib/mechanize/http/agent.rb:257:in `fetch'
/app/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.1.0/gems/mechanize-2.7.2/lib/mechanize/http/agent.rb:974:in `response_redirect'
/app/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.1.0/gems/mechanize-2.7.2/lib/mechanize/http/agent.rb:298:in `fetch'
/app/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.1.0/gems/mechanize-2.7.2/lib/mechanize.rb:432:in `get'
/app/app/workers/crawl_page.rb:24:in `block in perform'
/app/vendor/ruby-2.1.2/lib/ruby/2.1.0/timeout.rb:91:in `block in timeout'
/app/vendor/ruby-2.1.2/lib/ruby/2.1.0/timeout.rb:35:in `block in catch'
/app/vendor/ruby-2.1.2/lib/ruby/2.1.0/timeout.rb:35:in `catch'
/app/vendor/ruby-2.1.2/lib/ruby/2.1.0/timeout.rb:35:in `catch'
/app/vendor/ruby-2.1.2/lib/ruby/2.1.0/timeout.rb:106:in `timeout'

I didn't think sidekiq would get stuck on net/http because I've wrapped the entire call in a timeout: Timeout::timeout(APP_CONFIG['crawl_page_timeout']) { @page = agent.get(url) }
...but then I started reading some old posts about how ruby's Timeout is not thread safe: http://blog.headius.com/2008/02/rubys-threadraise-threadkill-timeoutrb.html
Is ruby's Timeout still not thread safe?
I know a lot of people write crawlers in Ruby. If Timeout isn't thread-safe, how are people writing crawlers handling the issue of net/http getting stuck?
Update:
I've switched to HTTPClient (which specifically says its thread safe) to replace mechanize. We appear to still be getting stuck on initializing a thread. Again, this could be due to ruby'ss Timeout not working properly, or it could be a sidekiq issue. Here's the stacktrace from the most recent hung sidekiq threads:
/app/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.1.0/gems/httpclient-2.4.0/lib/httpclient/session.rb:805:in `initialize'
/app/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.1.0/gems/httpclient-2.4.0/lib/httpclient/session.rb:805:in `new'
/app/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.1.0/gems/httpclient-2.4.0/lib/httpclient/session.rb:805:in `create_socket'
/app/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.1.0/gems/httpclient-2.4.0/lib/httpclient/session.rb:752:in `block in connect'
/app/vendor/ruby-2.1.2/lib/ruby/2.1.0/timeout.rb:91:in `block in timeout'
/app/vendor/ruby-2.1.2/lib/ruby/2.1.0/timeout.rb:101:in `call'
/app/vendor/ruby-2.1.2/lib/ruby/2.1.0/timeout.rb:101:in `timeout'
/app/vendor/ruby-2.1.2/lib/ruby/2.1.0/timeout.rb:127:in `timeout'
/app/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.1.0/gems/httpclient-2.4.0/lib/httpclient/session.rb:751:in `connect'
/app/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.1.0/gems/httpclient-2.4.0/lib/httpclient/session.rb:609:in `query'
/app/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.1.0/gems/httpclient-2.4.0/lib/httpclient/session.rb:164:in `query'
/app/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.1.0/gems/httpclient-2.4.0/lib/httpclient.rb:1087:in `do_get_block'
/app/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.1.0/gems/newrelic_rpm-3.9.2.239/lib/new_relic/agent/instrumentation/httpclient.rb:34:in `block in do_get_block_with_newrelic'
/app/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.1.0/gems/newrelic_rpm-3.9.2.239/lib/new_relic/agent/cross_app_tracing.rb:43:in `tl_trace_http_request'
/app/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.1.0/gems/newrelic_rpm-3.9.2.239/lib/new_relic/agent/instrumentation/httpclient.rb:33:in `do_get_block_with_newrelic'
/app/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.1.0/gems/httpclient-2.4.0/lib/httpclient.rb:891:in `block in do_request'
/app/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.1.0/gems/httpclient-2.4.0/lib/httpclient.rb:985:in `protect_keep_alive_disconnected'
/app/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.1.0/gems/httpclient-2.4.0/lib/httpclient.rb:890:in `do_request'
/app/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.1.0/gems/httpclient-2.4.0/lib/httpclient.rb:963:in `follow_redirect'
/app/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.1.0/gems/httpclient-2.4.0/lib/httpclient.rb:776:in `request'
/app/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.1.0/gems/httpclient-2.4.0/lib/httpclient.rb:677:in `get'
/app/app/ohm_models/queued_page.rb:20:in `run_crawl'

A: Correct, it is still not safe to use Timeout in Ruby code, unless you know exactly what is happening within that block (which includes what any C code might be doing). I have personally observed catastrophic things happening in connection pools because of this.
You may be able to get away with rescuing errors and retrying, but if you're unlucky your process might get wedged and require a restart.
If you fork to create new processes, you can kill those safely if they run long (or use timeout(1) because they don't have any way to corrupt your parent process.

I know a lot of people write crawlers in Ruby. If Timeout isn't thread-safe, how are people writing crawlers handling the issue of net/http getting stuck?

Do you have a specific example of one that works?


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Yep- I got lazy. No braid and curl. I sprayed my puff from yesterday with water, added some shea butter. Combed it through with my shower comb. Then I took some IC Fantasia "Olive oil green variety" gel and used a finishing brush to pull it all to one side and made my good ole nappy knot (here too). Today it was a "flower" however, and I took the ends of two of my twists and coiled them into a smaller "flower" to keep it company. I used two pins to hold the small flower.
One day I will buy or make some real flower accessories. Once I get over feeling too un-girly for such adornments lol.
and one shot of the other side.
Thank you so much for sharing this style. I'm pregnant and this style (or something very close to it) will be a beautiful option for delivery day. You know, to keep things nice and under control. :) Just beautiful.
I recreated this style on Saturday with great results. Instead of a nappy knot, I made two twists with the ends and then made a hair flower with those ends too! Complements everywhere.


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.class public abstract Landroid/telephony/CellLocation;
.super Ljava/lang/Object;
.source "CellLocation.java"

# direct methods
.method public constructor <init>()V
    .registers 1

    .prologue
    .line 31
    invoke-direct {p0}, Ljava/lang/Object;-><init>()V

    return-void
.end method

.method public static getEmpty()Landroid/telephony/CellLocation;
    .registers 1

    .prologue
    .line 91
    invoke-static {}, Landroid/telephony/TelephonyManager;->getDefault()Landroid/telephony/TelephonyManager;

    move-result-object v0

    invoke-virtual {v0}, Landroid/telephony/TelephonyManager;->getCurrentPhoneType()I

    move-result v0

    packed-switch v0, :pswitch_data_1a

    .line 97
    const/4 v0, 0x0

    return-object v0

    .line 93
    :pswitch_d
    new-instance v0, Landroid/telephony/cdma/CdmaCellLocation;

    invoke-direct {v0}, Landroid/telephony/cdma/CdmaCellLocation;-><init>()V

    return-object v0

    .line 95
    :pswitch_13
    new-instance v0, Landroid/telephony/gsm/GsmCellLocation;

    invoke-direct {v0}, Landroid/telephony/gsm/GsmCellLocation;-><init>()V

    return-object v0

    .line 91
    nop

    :pswitch_data_1a
    .packed-switch 0x1
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    .end packed-switch
.end method

.method public static newFromBundle(Landroid/os/Bundle;)Landroid/telephony/CellLocation;
    .registers 2
    .param p0, "bundle"    # Landroid/os/Bundle;

    .prologue
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    invoke-static {}, Landroid/telephony/TelephonyManager;->getDefault()Landroid/telephony/TelephonyManager;

    move-result-object v0

    invoke-virtual {v0}, Landroid/telephony/TelephonyManager;->getCurrentPhoneType()I

    move-result v0

    packed-switch v0, :pswitch_data_1a

    .line 69
    const/4 v0, 0x0

    return-object v0

    .line 65
    :pswitch_d
    new-instance v0, Landroid/telephony/cdma/CdmaCellLocation;

    invoke-direct {v0, p0}, Landroid/telephony/cdma/CdmaCellLocation;-><init>(Landroid/os/Bundle;)V

    return-object v0

    .line 67
    :pswitch_13
    new-instance v0, Landroid/telephony/gsm/GsmCellLocation;

    invoke-direct {v0, p0}, Landroid/telephony/gsm/GsmCellLocation;-><init>(Landroid/os/Bundle;)V

    return-object v0

    .line 63
    nop

    :pswitch_data_1a
    .packed-switch 0x1
        :pswitch_13
        :pswitch_d
    .end packed-switch
.end method

.method public static requestLocationUpdate()V
    .registers 3

    .prologue
    .line 40
    :try_start_0
    const-string/jumbo v2, "phone"

    invoke-static {v2}, Landroid/os/ServiceManager;->getService(Ljava/lang/String;)Landroid/os/IBinder;

    move-result-object v2

    invoke-static {v2}, Lcom/android/internal/telephony/ITelephony$Stub;->asInterface(Landroid/os/IBinder;)Lcom/android/internal/telephony/ITelephony;

    move-result-object v1

    .line 41
    .local v1, "phone":Lcom/android/internal/telephony/ITelephony;
    if-eqz v1, :cond_10

    .line 42
    invoke-interface {v1}, Lcom/android/internal/telephony/ITelephony;->updateServiceLocation()V
    :try_end_10
    .catch Landroid/os/RemoteException; {:try_start_0 .. :try_end_10} :catch_11

    .line 38
    :cond_10
    :goto_10
    return-void

    .line 44
    :catch_11
    move-exception v0

    .local v0, "ex":Landroid/os/RemoteException;
    goto :goto_10
.end method

# virtual methods
.method public abstract fillInNotifierBundle(Landroid/os/Bundle;)V
.end method

.method public abstract isEmpty()Z
.end method


This collection brings together twelve of the finest short stories of prominent American feminist author Charlotte Perkins Gilman. "The Yellow Wallpaper," Gilman's best-known work, was first published in 1892 and represents an important examination of nineteenth-century attitudes toward women's physical and mental health. Written as a collection of journal entries by a woman whose physician husband has confined her to her bedroom, the story depicts the narrator's descent into psychosis as her confinement gradually erodes her sanity. This collection also includes the stories "The Giant Wistaria," "According to Solomon," "The Boys and the Butter," "Her Housekeeper," "Martha's Mother," "A Middle-Sized Artist," "An Offender," "When I Was a Witch," "The Cottagette," "Making a Living," and "Mr. Robert Grey Sr."
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The National Center for Spectator Sports Safety and Security, established in 2006 by the University of Southern Mississippi, is the only academic center in the United States devoted to the study and practice of spectator sports safety and security.
How Technology Helps Mitigate Risk at Sporting Events
Sarah Ludwig
Out of sheer necessity, sports security has been evolving rapidly since the Boston Marathon bombing, and most sports security professionals refer to that particular event as a turning point. Metal detectors have become commonplace in major league stadiums, new security policies have been formed, and even tailgating was banned at this year's Super Bowl.
Several Stabbed in Denver Broncos' Stadium Parking Lot
Three people were stabbed during a late-night scuffle outside Denver's football stadium after the Broncos lost 27-20 to the San Diego Chargers on Thursday night, according to a CNN report. One of the victims is in critical condition, and police have three people in custody. A fourth person may have been injured in the incident in the parking lot next to Sports Authority Field at Mile High. That person left without seeking treatment.
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Nyepi, Ogoh-Ogoh and the Drone
by writingforselfdiscovery in Bali, Holidays Tags: AUV, Bali, drone, Indonesia, monster mash, Nyepi, ogoh-ogoh, Ubud, unmanned aerial vehicle
From the magical and mythical to the horrific, New Year's Eve in Bali is a monster mash. For weeks, men of all ages have worked feverishly in community buildings, parks, and garages. First a framework appears. It morphs into a three dimensional entity that grows limbs and a head and very possibly, pendulous breasts. With artistic flair, the specter is painted, dressed, and readied for it's debut. These are the monsters, the ogoh-ogoh, that are paraded through the streets on the night before Nyepi, to the wild accompaniment of gamelan and tumultuous cheers.
It's a night like none other in the world, wild, ghoulish, cacophonous, and I love it! I wondered about that as I sat at a table in Sjaki-Tari-Us around 4:30. I'd gone early to secure a ringside seat with a great view of the football field, the venue that hosts the monsters' ball.
I had promised my friends that I'd do my best to save seats for them since it's their first Nyepi. I hadn't been there five minutes when an aggressive gent in a blue plaid shirt laid claim to one of the empty chairs. "My friend is coming," I said, smiling in a you'll-get-your-hands-off-that-chair-if-you-know-what's-good-for-you kind of way. The chair stayed, the man went away.
I slipped into a day-dreamy haze as the loudspeaker pumped reggae music through the soft hum of voices. The bright colors, the warmth, the familiarity of this town that has become my home, settled around me with a sweetness that brought a lump to my throat.
As I wallowed in the gratitude of those feelings, a different sound needled into my consciousness.
What was it, electrical wires buzzing? It had that high-pitched whine that pierces through everything else and puts your teeth on edge. It sounded foreign, it didn't belong. Then I saw it hovering over the football field like an alien spaceship, lights flashing, propellers whirring. My friends had arrived. "What in the…what's that?" I had spotted it first.
They craned their necks to see what I was looking at. "It's a drone!" Nancy said. We watched it hover, then dart to another part of the field, hover, then dart again. "It's taking pictures."
For a nanosecond I felt dizzy. The harsh invasion of space technology colliding with the ancient practice of Nyepi sent shock waves through my system. An image of Balinese women, carrying buckets of sand, or concrete blocks on their heads, came to mind. Even though that stretches my definition of reality, it's easier to accept here than a buzzing, flashing, hovering UAV (unmanned aerial vehicle).
I pulled my eyes away from the intruder and back to the teaming crowds. Then it hit me. That's why I love it here. Bali is a study in contrasts. It has tranquil rice fields and chaotic traffic, reverent prayer and raucous cockfights, Kuta Beach and Kintamani. But tonight, on the eve of Nyepi, it has ogoh-ogoh's and a drone.


Since the commencement of the ACL on 1 January 2011, consumer agencies across Australia have worked together to support greater cooperation in enforcement, education, policy and research. Consumer agencies release an annual report to update on the work of the Commonwealth and the states and territories in implementing, strengthening and improving the ACL. These reports highlight the enhanced coordination between consumer agencies and consistent approaches to consumer issues.
Starting from 2016-17, the report is presented in a new 'Year in Review' format, with a focus on the ACL's ongoing operation and development rather than implementation.


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FY 2021 Smart Policing Initiative
Grants.gov Deadline: July 6, 2021, 11:59 p.m. ET
Application JustGrants Deadline: July 23, 2021, 11:59 p.m. ET
The Smart Policing Initiative (SPI) provides funding to enable police agencies to effectively use evidence-based practices, data, and technology.
Recipients of funding under the FY 2021 SPI program will establish police-researcher partnerships; test promising crime prevention, response, and reduction practices; improve police accountability and build their capacity to analyze and use crime intelligence and data; implement and test justice information-sharing technology; and evaluate their effectiveness. For this solicitation, "justice information-sharing technology" refers to any technology (hardware and/or software, hosted residentially or remotely) that plays a role in the collection, storage, sharing, and analysis of criminal justice data.
Funding Webinar Materials
On June 8, 2021, a webinar was held to provide guidance to potential applicants to this solicitation.
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Date Modified: July 8, 2021
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FY 2021 Preventing School Violence: BJA's STOP School Violence Program
FY 2021 Local Law Enforcement Crime Gun Intelligence Center Integration Initiative
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Virginia Astley (Garston, 26 september 1959) is een Britse singer-songwriter en toetseniste, meest actief tijdens de jaren 1980 en 1990. Haar carrière als songwriter begon in 1980. Haar klassieke opleiding beïnvloedde haar, evenals haar verlangen om met haar muziek te experimenteren. Hoewel ze populairder is in het Verre Oosten, met name Japan, blijft ze een cultkunstenaar in haar geboorteland Engeland.

Biografie
Virginia Astley werd geboren in Garston, Hertfordshire, samen met haar tweelingzus Alison in 1959, de tweede dochter van componist Edwin Astley, bekend van tv-thema's als The Saint, en zijn vrouw Hazel Balbirnie, die hij in 1945 trouwde. De familie van Virginia Astley kwam uit de regio Warrington en woonde in Grappenhall and Thelwall, waar haar oudere zus Karen werd geboren in 1947. De familie verhuisde naar Stanmorein Middlesex vanwege Edwins werk als film- en tv-schrijver. Begin jaren 1960 was hij muzikaal leider bij ITC Entertainment in Borehamwood, het bedrijf dat verantwoordelijk was voor tv-series als The Saint en Danger Man. In 1968 trouwde haar zus Karen met Pete Townshend van The Who. Tijdens de jaren 1970 werd Virginia's oudere broer Jon Astley tape-operator voor Eric Clapton en werkte hij zich op naar zijn huidige activiteiten als remasterer en producent.

Virginia begon op 6-jarige leeftijd piano te spelen en op 14-jarige leeftijd fluit. Na haar schooltijd studeerde ze aan de Guildhall School of Music and Drama. Haar eerste professionele optreden in het openbaar was als straatmuzikant buiten het metrostation South Kensington. In 1980 deed ze auditie voor de nieuwe band the Victims of Pleasure uit Clapham. Virginia speelde keyboards en speelde een korte tijd met hen in clubs en pubs in Londen. De band bracht tussen 1980 en 1982 drie singles uit voordat ze uit elkaar gingen. Daarna schreef, arrangeerde en speelde Virginia muziek met Skids-frontman Richard Jobson voor het album The Ballad Of Etiquette. Hun samenwerking ging verder toen Jobson naar het Belgische label Les Disques Du Crépuscule verhuisde en Astley werkte mee aan de Crépuscule-compilatie The Fruit of the Original Sin. Ze werkte ook mee aan The Dream Makers (in samenwerking met filmmaker Jean Paul Goude) voor een coverversie van La Chanson d'Helene (Helen's Song), met een vroeg voorbeeld van haar kenmerkende vocale stijl.

In deze vroege periode begon Virginia serieus na te denken over het vrijgeven van haar eigen materiaal, maar van deze plannen kwam echter niet meteen iets terecht. In 1981 tekende ze bij het kleine Britse label Why-Fi en nam ze een reeks nummers op. Schoolvriend Jo Wells (Kissing the Pink) en universiteitsvriend Nicky Holland droegen beiden bij, evenals Tony Butler, Mark Brzezicki en Peter Hope-Evans. Virginia ontving toen een aanbod van de Why-Fi-artiest Troy Tate voor een ondersteunende bandpositie met The Teardrop Explodes. Toen ze in de jaren 1990 ontdekte dat haar muziekstijl populair was in Japan, ging ze samenwerken met Aziatische artiesten.

Virginia rekruteerde Nicky Holland en universiteitsvriendin Kate St. John om de band The Ravishing Beauties te formeren. Het trio voegde zich in de winter van 1981 bij The Teardrops in Liverpool voor een reeks optredens in kleine clubs en een Britse tournee begin 1982. Ze namen ook op met Echo & the Bunnymen, Skids en Siouxsie & the Banshees. Kate St. John en Nicky Holland hielden hun solocarrière in stand tijdens de jaren 1990 ten tijde van de heropleving van Virginia in Japan. The Ravishing Beauties namen niet op als band, maar verschenen in radioshows, waaronder een John Peel Session op BBC Radio 1 in april 1982. The Ravishing Beauties speelden voor het eerst in Club Zoo in Liverpool en volgden dit met de ondersteuningstournee met The Teardrop Explodes. Virginia schreef de meeste nummers van de band, waarvan sommige verschenen op haar eerste solo-project met Why-Fi. De band was van korte duur, waarbij St. John eerst model werd en vervolgens lid van The Dream Academy, terwijl Holland sessiewerk deed en zich bij Tears for Fears aansloot.

Een van de eerste muzikanten waarmee Astley opnam, was Richard Jobson. Samen met John McGeoch en Josephine Wells creëerden ze een muzikale achtergrond voor de poëzie van Jobson. Dit werk werd eind 1981 uitgebracht als The Ballad of Etiquette. Later ging Astley met Jobson optreden in Japan. Ze werkte ook aan andermans projecten, waaronder werk voor het label Les Disques Du Crépuscule, piano spelen en muziek arrangeren voor Richard Jobson en Anna Domino. Ze had ook een track op From Brussels with Love in 1982. Sessies volgden met Richard Jobson en Russell Webb voor het laatste Skids-album Joy, met Astley op fluit en als achtergrondzanger.

Astley nam het soloalbum She Stood Up And Cried op voor Crépuscule, maar dit werd ingetrokken en uiteindelijk drie jaar later uitgebracht als Promise Nothing. Ze tekende medio 1981 bij Why-Fi en nam de ep A Bao A Qu op, de titel ontleend aan een Maleise legende in Jorge Luis Borges' Book of Imaginary Beings (1967). Deze werd geproduceerd door Jon Astley en Phil Chapman. Met behulp van de demostudio Elephant Studios in Wapping nam Astley het nummer Love's a Lonely Place to Be op, dat haar in 1983 in de indie-top 10 (#8) zou plaatsen, een lied van wanhoop en angst ondanks het Christmas Carol geluid. Het nummer zou later deel uitmaken van de lp Hope in a Darkened Heart uit 1986. In 1982 speelde Virginia ook piano op het album All the Best Cowboys Have Chinese Eyes van haar zwager Pete Townshend. Het album From Gardens Where We Feel Secure werd uitgebracht in augustus 1983 en werd opgenomen op Astley's eigen label Happy Valley en gedistribueerd door Rough Trade Records, dat het sindsdien opnieuw heeft uitgegeven. Het album behaalde een plaats in de top 5 van de indie-hitlijst (#4), maar noch single noch album werd vermeld in de reguliere hitlijsten.

In 1983 formeerde Astley een meer permanente bezetting met de strijkers Audrey Riley, Jocelyn Pook en Anne Stephenson, met gasten als drummer Brian Nevill en componist Jeremy Peyton Jones. In 1984 speelde Astley keyboards op tournee met Prefab Sprout rond de tijd van hun eerste album en ze deed ook sessies voor hun Kitchenware Records labelgenoten Martin Stephenson and the Daintees, Vic Godard en Zeke Manyika.

In 1984 tekende Virginia bij Arista Records, maar vertrok om naar Elektra Records te gaan. Darkness Has Reached its End en Tender werden beide opgenomen op dit moment. Toen Elektra UK stopte, ging ze naar WEA, waar ze vervolgens het album Hope in a Darkened Heart opnam met Ryuichi Sakamoto in 1986. Het succes van dit album in Japan betekende dat Virginia werd gevraagd om te tekenen bij Nippon Columbia, met wie ze nog de twee albums All Shall Be Well in 1992 en Had I The Heavens in 1996 opnam. Het jaar daarop verscheen het eerste nummer van het album Some Small Hope, een samenwerking met David Sylvian. Sindsdien is Astley te gast geweest op cd's van zowel Hideaki Matsuoka als de Silent Poets. From Gardens Where We Feel Secure werd in 2003 opnieuw uitgegeven met een nieuwe hoes en in 2006 bracht ze haar eerste album The Words Between Our Words uit in tien jaar tijd met nieuw materiaal. Dit mini-album bevat Astley die haar eigen poëzie voordraagt op harpmuziek. In 2007 ging ze in première met een lang gedicht Ecliptic, met fluit, harp en vogelgezang.

Discografie

Met Victims of Pleasure
 1980: When You're Young, P.A.M. – 7"
 1981: Slave to Fashion, Rialto – 7"
 1982: Jack and Jill, Rialto – 7"

Solo
Albums
 1981: She Sat Down and Cried, Crépuscule; — ingetrokken vóór commerciële vrijgave, uitgegeven in 1984 als Promise Nothing.
 1983: From Gardens Where We Feel Secure, Rough Trade
 1986: Hope in a Darkened Heart, WEA
 1992: All Shall Be Well, Nippon Columbia
 1996: Had I The Heavens, Nippon Columbia
 2006: The Words Between Our Words – online publicatie gecrediteerd aan Virginia en haar dochter Florence Astley
 2007: Maiden Newton Ecliptic, Artension

Singles en ep's
 1982: A Bao A Qu, Why-Fi – 10" ep
 1983: Love's a Lonely Place to Be, Why-Fi
 1985: Melt The Snow, Rough Trade
 1985: Tender, Elektra
 1985: Darkness Has Reached Its End, WEA
 1986: Le Song
 1986: Charm, WEA Japan
 1987: Some Small Hope, WEA; — met David Sylvian

Brits singer-songwriter
Brits toetsenist

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Snipe Fleet 330
A Brief History of the Snipe
Excerpt by John Rose 75th Anniversary edition of the "Snipe Bulletin"
Snipe fleets originally developed in local areas centered around high population areas where suitable bodies of water existed and wooden boat builders were concentrated. Many of the early Snipe fleets were located in the eastern half of the country. Over the years, there have been more than 250 Snipe fleets in the United States. The states of New York (39 fleets), Michigan (30 fleets) and California (28 fleets) topped the list. Snipe activity in the United States is currently focused in four of these districts in the eastern, southeastern, Midwest/south-central and western regions.
The popularity of the Snipe was enhanced when several large wood boat-building companies with nation-wide advertising and a distribution/dealer network began to produce Snipes, both family day-sailing and racing models. Snipe racing became widely popular and competitive with certain builder's versions becoming successful in regional and district racing.
In 1952, former SCIRA Commodore Hub Isaacks enc ouraged the building of fiberglass Snipes to keep pace with boating market trends. He contracted for a prototype fiberglass Snipe to be built in Wichita, Kansas. Francis Lofland, Ted Wells and Harold Gilreath combined efforts to build a fiberglass Snipe. The first fiberglass Snipe (#9753) was produced in 1954. The hulls were lightly stiffened and had relatively low torsional rigidity as compared to wooden hulls Their speed potential was compromised and wooden-hull Snipes continued to out perform the fiberglass-hull versions.
In subsequent years, other builders of fiberglass Snipes entered the market. One of the major improvements was to build the hull with a fiberglass-foam core system, which made the hulls both stiff and torsionally rigid.
These improvements finally resulted in a fiberglass-hull Snipe winning the 1967 Snipe National Championship, 13 years after the first fiberglass Snipe was built. This ended a reign of championship wins by wooden-hull Snipes that had continued since the first International/National Snipe Championship.
1954, specifications were developed for plywood-hull Snipes. Harold Gilreath Sr. built a plywood Snipe (#12345) to the latest specifications and documented construction with improvements in deck construction in a booklet "Building A Plywood Snipe," published in 1960. It is still used as a reference manual. These boats proved to be fast and competitive. The 1960 and 1961 Snipe National Championships were won with a plywood-hull Snipe.
The Snipe has evolved into a mode rn tactical racing dinghy with fleets all around the world. Snipe activity in the United States has continued at a high level of interest. Competition is keen at national and regional events. The organization is well run, and younger sailors are being encouraged to join the class. An increasing number of successful racing skippers and crew come from this group.


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Fraud Insight from a Reformed Cybercriminal and the FBI: The State of Fraud Today
Recently, special agents from the FBI Cyber Crime Unit visited SafeChain Headquarters to take a deep dive into responsive action plans for a fraud scenario. It was a great opportunity that allowed our team to hear their latest best practices as well as share ours with the top experts in the field. As a partner in the title industry, we knew we needed to share the insights from the FBI and our Title Tech Council to help everyone as we work to eliminate wire fraud. This is the first of a three-part series that sheds light on how to take action before and after a fraudster strikes.
The following is a summary of our discussion with FBI special agents, insight from the former "Internet Godfather," Brett Johnson, and the Title Tech Council.
The State of Fraud Today
To start, the FBI shared some statistics with us (whether you've heard them before or not, they're still staggering) and we think they help set the stage of what we're dealing with as an industry. The FBI pointed out that some fraud attempts and cases go without being reported so the following figures are just the ones that are known about to-date:
An average of $12.5B is lost annually due to business email compromise (averages ~$7M per day)
There have been 78,617 reported incidents of business email compromise since 2013; however, many cases go unreported.
A 136% increase in business email compromise has been realized from December 2016 to May 2018.
From the real estate side, special agents are continuing to see wire information being intercepted and a "decent" amount of fraud through digital signature services.
The FBI also stressed that in order to effectively combat fraud attempts, it's important to know as much as possible about who we are fighting against, the modern-day internet fraudster.
Silicon Valley National Bank interviewed reformed fraudster, Brett Johnson, aka the "Internet Godfather," on the mindset of the modern-day internet fraudster. Johnson discussed the motives of fraudsters, how fraud has no borders, the big secret behind fraud, and what full identity theft looks like. Below are the details as outlined by Johnson and the FBI.
Johnson outlines three key motivations fraudsters have to commit the crimes that they do: money, status, and ideology.
It's not surprising that money is the most common motive behind fraud. According to Johnson, defrauding people and companies has become easier while detecting and recovering funds has become increasingly more difficult. Johnson provided additional insight adding, "fraudsters look at this as their job they're certainly not going to go apply at McDonald's to flip burgers for $8 per hour due to one failed attempt."
Status is a big motive in the fraud community as well. Johnson discusses how fraud in its simplest form can be accomplished by purchasing someone's credit card information for $6 – $20 on the Darknet, and then use social engineering from there to see a return on that small investment. This form of fraud does not gain the respect of the fraudster's peers. However, should a fraudster successfully defraud a large company, they will achieve a celebrity-like status.
The last motive Johnson discussed was ideology. Examples used for this were the foreign involvement in hacking elections and WikiLeaks. The mindset of the ideological fraudster is that they are defrauding for the "greater good."
Having a clear understanding of the motives behind these attacks allows us to effectively combat against fraudsters and develop solid plans of action in the instance that it does occur.
Fraud Without Borders
It's very rare that fraud occurs solely at the hand of one person and in one location. The three major steps in committing cybercrime are: gather information, commit crime, and cash out.
Johnson says it is very rare that all three of these steps can happen in the same place and be executed by the same person. The trading and bidding on information across a global network of cybercriminals is what allows fraud to happen today.
Realizing that multiple parties in multiple locations are being utilized for one fraudulent attempt helps us to develop the proper preventative measures.
The "Big Secret" Behind Fraud
According to Johnson, the biggest secret behind fraud is that, "cybercrime is not rocket science." It's a common misconception that all cybercriminals are top-tier, very sophisticated "hackers," when in reality; 99% of them are very talented social engineers.
These fraudsters have a deep understanding of human psychology and are easily able to manipulate people into things like resetting passwords and initiating ACH transfers among other things. Due to the nature of these cybercriminals, Johnson attributes the evolving nature of fraud to two failures—human and systemic.
If we understand that human error, flaws in systems, processes and/or protocols opens the door for fraudsters, we can combat these cyber criminals by implementing solutions that reduce, if not completely eliminate human and systemic failures.
What Full Identity Theft Looks Like
The term "FULLZ" is slang in the cybercriminal community for having full packages of individuals' personally identifiable information. What does a FULLZ package look like? It usually contains the following 10 items.
Mother's maiden name
Driver's license number
Additional information that can be used for knowledge based authentication (KBA) questions
These complete profiles can be purchased on the Darknet from anywhere between $40 - $130.
Fraudsters are also able to create their own FULLZ profiles in a few easy steps:
Buy a bank account login on the Darknet
Visit a site and buy SSN and DOB for as little as $2.90
Pull a background check
Figure out KBA answers by comparing the questions' answers across several sites and looking for direct matches
Pull a credit report
Do any follow-up research necessary
Fraudsters are able to retrieve and create these profiles with increasing ease and accuracy. We can no longer accept that traditional methods of verification will remain effective.
Understanding the state of fraud today is just the beginning of protecting your business and customers against wire fraud. In Part 2 of "Fraud Insight from a Reformed Cybercriminal and the FBI" we'll focus on understanding the ease of the most common fraud scheme, business email compromise (BEC), and start to discuss what to do if fraud occurs.
With the increasing amount of information available online and the evolving sophistication of fraud schemes, it's crucial that title companies stay up to date on best practices for fraud prevention. But you don't have to do it alone; we're here to help. And it's why we created our industry-leading wire fraud prevention software, SafeWire. Schedule a free in-depth demo of the platform today.
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Summer is no time to be sick, but I found myself in just that way last weekend. I got sick Friday, went to bed at 5:30 Friday afternoon, and woke up 17 hours later still not great, but feeling ok. I fell into bed and left the oldest mini in charge of making dinner (pretty sure he made everyone deli sandwiches) and putting a movie on until Hubs got home Friday night. I had promised back-to-school clothes shopping on Saturday. Even though I wasn't feeling 100%, we made our way (quickly) through Target and then the minis got to get out the bounce house while I napped.
I'm glad I kept Saturday low key for myself because that enabled us to have a fun couple of hours Sunday afternoon at Living History Farms (which I once again napped right after). Being sick is no fun, especially in the summer, but I am thankful I had the weekend to rest!
Being sick meant I spent most of my weekend in bed and on the couch. Eventually I couldn't take being on the couch any longer because the catastrophe that was my house was too much to see.
We got to see demonstrations of flyers being made at my favorite shop (the newspaper).
We checked out the bank, during which I made the comment about it reminding me of Bonnie and Clyde. The oldest mini says, "we haven't watched that show on Netflix yet."
The main reason for our visit: to get Sassparilla and lemon drops from the General Store.
Sorting mail in the General Store.
Home to play the evening away. I banned them from the daycare room because it was all freshly cleaned. These three have no issues creating games wherever they are. They opened up my candle drawer, grabbed some out, and played candle store. Elizabeth was an employee of the store, the boys were shoppers (they brought up some of the play bags from the basement), and Max took turns from being shopper to "store manager." I love their creativity!


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Nothing so important about today's post. I just liked the way the ridges turned out in the cone of this speaker, so I'm sharing the image.
I took this photo at dusk in a room that is all window, so the blue you see is what was reflected from the sky outside.


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pms-Gabapentin
pms-Gabapentin Drug Interactions
T-BOMA
SELECT Concise Prescribing Info Full Prescribing Info Contents Description Action Indications/Uses Dosage/Direction for Use Overdosage Contraindications Warnings Special Precautions Use In Pregnancy & Lactation Adverse Reactions Drug Interactions Storage MIMS Class ATC Classification Regulatory Classification Presentation/Packing
Concise Prescribing Info Full Prescribing Info Contents Description Action Indications/Uses Dosage/Direction for Use Overdosage Contraindications Warnings Special Precautions Use In Pregnancy & Lactation Adverse Reactions Drug Interactions Storage MIMS Class ATC Classification Regulatory Classification Presentation/Packing
Overview: In vitro studies were performed to investigate the potential of gabapentin to inhibit the major cytochrome P450 enzymes (CYP1A2, CYP2A6, CYP2C9, CYP2C19, CYP2D6, CYP2E1, and CYP3A4) that mediate drug and xenobiotic metabolism, using isoform selective marker substrates and human liver microsomal preparations. Only at the highest concentration tested (171 mcg/mL; 1 mM) was a slight degree of inhibition (14% to 30%) observed with isoform CYP2A6. No inhibition was observed with any of the other isoforms tested at gabapentin concentrations up to 171 mcg/mL (approximately 15 times the Cmax at 3,600 mg/day). Gabapentin is not an inducer of cytochrome P450 enzymes.
At plasma concentrations associated with doses up to 3600 mg/day (Cmax 11.6 mcg/mL), the highest recommended daily dose, a metabolically-based interaction between gabapentin and a drug whose clearance is dependent upon the major cytochrome P450 enzymes is unlikely.
Gabapentin is not metabolized to a significant extent in humans and does not interfere with the metabolism of commonly administered antiepileptic drugs (see Drug-Drug Interactions: Antiepileptic Agents as follows). Gabapentin also shows a low level of binding to plasma proteins (approximately 3%) and is eliminated solely by renal excretion as unchanged drug (see Pharmacology: Pharmacokinetics: Distribution and Excretion under Actions). Consequently, there have been few drug interactions described in which the pharmacokinetics of gabapentin or other co-administered drugs were affected to an appreciable extent.
Drug-Drug Interactions: The drug interaction data described as follows were obtained from studies involving healthy adults and adult patients with epilepsy: Antiepileptic Agents: There is no interaction between gabapentin and phenytoin, valproic acid, carbamazepine, or phenobarbital. Consequently, pms-GABAPENTIN may be used in combination with other commonly used antiepileptic drugs without concern for alteration of the plasma concentrations of gabapentin or the other antiepileptic drugs.
Hydrocodone: Co-administration of single doses of gabapentin (125 mg to 500 mg; N = 48) and hydrocodone (10 mg; N = 50) decreased the Cmax and AUC values of hydrocodone in a dose-dependent manner relative to administration of hydrocodone alone. The Cmax and AUC values for hydrocodone were 2% and 4% lower, respectively, after administration of 125 mg gabapentin and 16% and 22% lower, respectively, after administration of 500 mg gabapentin. The mechanism for this interaction is unknown. Hydrocodone increased gabapentin AUC values by 14%. The magnitude of interaction with higher doses of gabapentin is not known.
Morphine: A literature article reported that when a 60 mg controlled release morphine capsule was administered 2 hours prior to a 600 mg gabapentin capsule in healthy volunteers (N = 12), mean gabapentin AUC increased by 44% compared to gabapentin administered without morphine. Morphine pharmacokinetic parameter values were not affected by administration of gabapentin 2 hours after morphine in this study. Because this was a single dose study, the magnitude of the interaction at steady state and at higher doses of gabapentin are not known.
Naproxen: In healthy adult volunteers (N = 18), the co-administration of single doses of naproxen sodium capsules (250 mg) and gabapentin (125 mg) increased the amount of gabapentin absorbed by 12% to 15%. Gabapentin did not affect naproxen pharmacokinetic parameters in this study. These doses are lower than the therapeutic doses for both drugs. Therefore, the magnitude of interaction at steady state and within the recommended dose ranges of either drug is not known.
Oral Contraceptives: Co-administration of gabapentin with the oral contraceptive norethindrone does not influence the steady-state pharmacokinetics of norethindrone or ethinyl estradiol.
Antacids: Co-administration of gabapentin with an aluminum and magnesium-based antacid reduces gabapentin bioavailability by up to 20%. Although the clinical significance of this decrease is not known, co-administration of similar antacids and gabapentin is not recommended.
Cimetidine: A slight decrease in renal excretion of gabapentin observed when it is co-administered with cimetidine is not expected to be of clinical importance. The effect of gabapentin on cimetidine has not been evaluated.
Probenecid: Renal excretion of gabapentin is unaltered by probenecid.
Pharmacodynamic: Opioids, Benzodiazepines and Alcohol: Gabapentin appears to be additive in the impairment of cognitive and gross motor function caused by opioids, benzodiazepines and alcohol.
In post-marketing experience, there are reports of respiratory failure, coma and deaths in patients taking gabapentin alone or in combination with other CNS depressants, including in patients with substance use disorders.
Drug-Food Interactions: pms-GABAPENTIN is given orally with or without food.
Drug-Herb Interactions: Interactions with herbal products have not been established.
Drug-Laboratory Interactions: For urinary protein determination the sulfosalicylic acid precipitation procedure is recommended, as false positive readings were reported with the Ames N-Multistix SG dipstick test, when gabapentin or placebo was added to other anticonvulsant drugs.