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5 bedroom Property for sale
CENTRAL RYDE, PO33 3DL
Substantial DETACHED Modern House
5 Bedrooms - 2 En Suite
20'2 Lounge with Garden Access
Formal 14'1 Dining Room
2 Further Reception Rooms
Driveway & DOUBLE Garage
18'5 Kitchen/Breakfast Room
Traffic Free Quiet Corner Position
Some Scope to Update
Cloakroom W.c. & Utility Room
Why Wait? View this property straight away via our Online Video Tour.......................This substantial DETACHED residence is tucked away within a quiet corner of Sovereign Way, a select residential development of detached only houses. It conveniently sits within central Ryde offering a level walk to many local facilities such as the schools, bus routes and the town centre itself. Indeed, a 10 minute walk (approx) should see you in to the main town centre where you will have a broad selection of retail shops, banks, coffee shops and supermarkets to choose from. This particularly generously sized house is one of only two within the cul-de-sac and as such is a flagship property for the development. There are no less than four reception rooms at ground floor level offering a tremendous amount of flexibility for the largest of families or simply for those who have specific spatial requirements. This layout is complemented by five bedroom with 2 en suite accommodation and a family bathroom to complete the extensive offering. The property is generally well presented yet still offers scope to update in areas to suit your own tastes and demands and we feel there is so much space that remodeling the interior is an option too, subject to all the relevant permissions of course. A double garage adjoins the house offering secure parking for a couple of cars and plenty of storage too plus driveway parking to the front. If you are planning ahead for a growing family or are used to a discernible quality of living then this property is really not to be missed.
At a glance:-
Cloakroom W.c
Study (9'8 x 9'3)
Lounge (20'2 x 13'1)
Formal Dining Room (14'1 x 11'6)
Sitting Room/Library (14'3 x 13'1)
Kitchen/Breakfast (18'5 x 9'9)
Utility Room (6'7 x 4'10)
Built in Airing Cupboard
Master Bedroom (13'11 including wardrobes x 13'1)
En Suite (9'9 x 5'10)
Bedroom 2 (14'4 max x 13'1 max)
Bedroom 3 (13'0 x 10'4)
Bedroom 4 (14'3 x 8'5)
Bedroom 5 (9'9 x 9'3)
Family Bathroom (9'10 x 6'10) Loft hatch.
Gardens - Enclosed Lawn
Double Garage (19'5 x 17'5)
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Нагі́рне (до 1940-х років — Ульбарів Перший) — село в Україні у Варковицькій сільській громаді Дубенського району  Рівненської області. Населення становить 224 осіб.

Географія
Селом тече річка Швидівка.

Видатні люди
 Возницький Борис Григорович (1926, Ульбарів — 2012) — український мистецтвознавець, директор Львівської галереї мистецтв, академік Української академії мистецтв, Герой України.

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TI SENTO - Milano green pendant. The pendant has a round transparent crystal stone, faceted for an attractive sparkle. On the top, the stone is held solely by the silver clip-eye that allows you to change the pendant from one necklace to another. You can create your own jewellery set and personal combinations.


So you've got some money to spend and you figure, heck, I do so much flow, maybe I'll just buy a(nother) cytometer. Presented here are some tips to avoid buyer's remorse, see though the marketing spin, and make an educated decision on which instrument to purchase.
But, before we get into that, let me first state that I'm NOT going to make this decision for you and tell you which instrument to buy. I am merely going to provide you with the tools to make as good a decision as you can. In fact, these are the very same steps I go through whenever I'm in the market. And so, I present to you, 10 tips for purchasing your next cytometer.
#1. Define your needs. What are the applications you will run on this system? How many parameters (realistically) do you run on average? How many parameters will you run in the near-future? Are there any specialty dyes you run? Do you prepare samples in tubes or plates? At what event rate do you run your samples?
Example: I have some projects in mind which require 8 - 10 fluorescence parameters. At 3 parameters per laser, I probably need a 3-laser system minimally. I like to stain/run my cells in a 96 well plate, so a plate sampler option is needed. My experiments typically involve immunophenotyping rare subsets, so I collect 10^6 cells at rates of about 15,000/second. I don't need to sort.
#2. Query the end-users. If others in the lab or core facility will use the instrument, ask them the same questions as in #1.
Example: Another user in the lab does a lot of screening of her mCherry transfected cell lines. She doesn't collect a lot of cells, but screens many samples. She would require a yellow/green laser for excitation, and fast 96-well sampling capabilities.
#3. Refine your needs. Combining the information you learn from steps 1 and 2, you should be able to refine the needs for this instrument. Annotating this list, and possibly triaging needs and wants will be very helpful at this point. Of course you are working within a budget, so you'll certainly want to keep that in mind as you survey the market.
#4. Survey the market. You probably already have an idea of the "big" players in the market, but even if you didn't, simply typing the query "flow cytometer" in your browser brings up 9 different instrument manufacturers within the first two pages of a Google search. You can follow these links, collecting information on the various instruments. For something like this, I like to use an electronic note taking application like Evernote to keep everything together, and make notes as I go through the process. For those web sites where information and materials are not easily accessible, sending an email to a local sales representative will get you all the marketing materials you could ever ask for.
#6. Create the matrix. By now, you have a list of needs/wants, and you have a bunch of marketing materials. Put it all together in tabular format.
Fictitious Instrument Comparison Chart, with the 3 contenders.
#7. Gain hands-on experience for the top 3 contenders - make sure the OEM knows the fate of the sale hinges on the success of the hands-on demo. Run your battery of tests that matter to you, evaluating the results, as well as ease-of-use, software, UI, hardware. Simply staining your favorite panel of antibodies and running it on the instrument will give you a TON of information as to how these cytometers stack up. Running real samples (not just beads) is an absolute must.
#8. Take to the social network (and take everyone's opinion with a grain of salt). Useful things that can come back from the community include; recurring hardware/software failures, maintenance issues, service issues, responsiveness, etc... For any negative responses that come up, make sure to bring these to the attention of the manufacturer (respecting people's confidentiality, of course) and ask for a response. Get everything in writing. No phone conversations!
#9. Negotiate the purchasing terms with multiple companies. Make sure the sales representative is aware of their competition. Aside from asking for the best possible price, discuss other value added options. For example, an extension of the warranty, free training slots, discounted multi-year service agreement, free shipping, free upgrades (higher powered lasers, multiwell samplers, extra emission filters, next version of software). Get everything in writing, no phone conversations (did I mention that already)!
#10. Take advantage of year-end discounts. If possible, time your negotiations and purchase with the end of the company's fiscal year. You'd be surprised what sort of deal you can get if the company is close to reaching their target for the year.
BONUS Tip: Don't be afraid of venturing away from the "big companies." When dealing with newer companies and newer technologies, getting cutting-edge hardware can be a double-edged sword. Although you may be able to get a deal on price, make sure there are some protections in place that allow you to get future upgrades or revisions to problematic hardware for free. At the very least, you should be able to get a percentage of your money back if it's a total failure. Again, get it in writing up front.
So there you have it. I think if you keep these common sense tips in mind when purchasing your next cytometer you won't be disappointed. Got any other tips that have helped you make the right purchasing decision? Why not leave a comment below.


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Art Crime Research Opportunities: 25 November 2021
1. Rethinking museum practices: decolonizing collections, Conference, Online
"Rethinking museum practices: decolonizing collections is an online series of talks organised by the international ICOM", It includes foci on repatriation, deaccessioning, etc. Simultaneous translation in English, Portuguese, and Spanish
When: Nov 26–Dec 10 2021 17:00 UTC
More Info: https://cidoc.mini.icom.museum/events/rethinking-museum-practices-decolonizing-collections-online-conference/
Contact: cidoc.comcol.2021@gmail.com
2. The Ethics of Collecting in the 21st Century, Virtual Event
"This symposium will reach out to colleagues working in archives and special collections to reflect on the urgent ethical challenges confronting their repositories around collection building past and present"
When: 2 and 3 December 2021
More Info: https://www.library.upenn.edu/about/exhibits-events/ethics-collecting-21st-century
Register: https://libcal.library.upenn.edu/calendar/wicshops/ethics-of-collecting-in-the-21st-century
3. The Destructions of Scholarship: Thoughts on the Ethics of Preservation, Keynote by Erin L. Thompson, Online
Thompson will be delivering the keynote address for the "The Ethics of Collecting in the 21st Century" symposium. Be sure to sign up separately for this one.
When: 2 December 2021: 5:30pm EST
More Info: https://libcal.library.upenn.edu/calendar/wicshops/ethics-of-collecting-erin-l-thompson-destructions-of-scholarship
Contact: kislak@pobox.upenn.edu
4. Imperialism, Colonialism, Reparations, and the Universal Museum, Lecture by Patty Gerstenblith, Online
The Penn Cultural Heritage Center is hosting this lecture in which Gerstenblith will explore the origins of the inequities of the international legal system "and the continuing justifications for the retention of looted cultural objects"
When: 2 December 2021, 12:30 PM EST
Cost: Pay what you wish
More Info: https://www.penn.museum/calendar/1021/imperialism-colonialism-reparations-and-the-universal-museum
Register: https://446.blackbaudhosting.com/446/tickets?tab=2&txobjid=06a4be5e-fadc-422c-b078-e93582dde936
5. Postdoctoral Researcher on "Pressing Matter – Ownership, Value and the Question of Colonial Heritage in Museums", Job, Netherlands
"The Department of Anthropology at the University of Amsterdam (UvA) is looking for two postdoctoral researchers who will work within research project Pressing Matter – Ownership, Value and the Question of Colonial Heritage in Museums." Note, the ability to read Dutch is a requirement.
When: Apply by 7 January
Where: University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Cost: €3,270 to €5,211 gross per month
More Info: https://www.academictransfer.com/en/306636/postdoctoral-researchers-in-anthropology/?utm_source=ATemailalert&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=job_click
Contact: a.a.mcharek@uva.nl
6. PhD Scholarship for Cultural Heritage Law, Kent Law School, UK
Sophie Vigneron is keen to support a strong candidate for the Kent Law School Next Generation Law Doctoral Scholarships to do a project in cultural heritage law. If you have a good topic for this, get in touch with her.
When: Application deadline 14 February 2022
Where: Kent Law School, Canterbury, UK
Cost: Funded PhD
More Info: https://www.kent.ac.uk/law/news/6662/apply-now-for-phd-research-studentships-beginning-september-2022-at-kent-law-school
Contact: s.vigneron@kent.ac.uk
7. The Scythian Treasure: Ukrainian State Property v. Crimean Private Property?, Lecture, Online
The Chinese University of Hong Kong is hosting this talk by Laurens Kasteleijn, discussing the issue of the Crimean objects that were on loan in the Netherlands when, well, everything became critically complicated there.
When: 12 January 2022, 6-7PM Hong Kong time
More Info: https://www.law.cuhk.edu.hk/app/events/property-law-seminar-series-the-scythian-treasure-ukrainian-state-property-v-crimean-private-property-by-mr-laurens-kasteleijn-online/
Register: https://cloud.itsc.cuhk.edu.hk/webform/view.php?id=13642148

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A week ago I had never heard of the Epicenter Theatre Group. Yet there I was last night at the opening performance of its first-ever production. Although new additions to Metro Detroit's ever-exploding professional theater scene are popping up on a regular basis these days, what surprised me most about this particular group was the gutsy choice the founders made for its debut offering, Glengarry Glen Ross.
Written by powerful wordsmith David Mamet, the 1982 script is a testosterone-fueled, character-driven drama that many longtime, established producers would never add to their schedules – thanks not only to the difficulty of the material (or its strength, depending on your point of view), but also the countless f-bombs planted therein. But there's no denying Mamet is a master when it comes to writing sharp, insightful dialogue; Glengarry Glen Ross is among his most significant work, earning him the 1984 Pulitzer Prize for Drama.
Welcome to the rough-and-tumble world of shady real estate salesmen – where lying and cheating are nothing more than typical tools of the trade. These are not your friendly neighborhood Century 21 agents, but rather a hard-charging company of unscrupulous predators who will say anything and do anything to turn a lead into a sale – and who will gladly get in your face to register their displeasure. There are no boundaries they won't cross to strike a deal and earn their commission; that's what they live and die for.
The first act is set inside a Chinese restaurant frequented by the salesmen. Three separate scenes introduce us to the main characters. In the first, one-time top dog Shelley Levene (Michael Gillespie) tries to convince office manager John Williamson (Matthew Forbes) to pass along the hottest leads so he can get his groove back on. Levene, it seems, is not producing, and an office contest dictates the loser will be fired. Next, hothead Dave Moss (Marius Iliescu) and nervous Nellie George Aaronow (Stefan Mantyk) don't like the pressure they're working under, so Dave announces he has a plan: If George will break into the office later that night and steal the batch of premuim leads, Dave will sell them to a competitor – and they'll split a $5,000 fee he has arranged. George doesn't like the plan, but blackmail often works wonders. Finally, smarmy Ricky Roma (Marco Zaccagnini), the reigning office champ, works his charm on an unsuspecting dupe, James Lingk (Paul Jagoda).
Act II opens the following day. The office has been ransacked, Detective Baylen (Tonino Zaccagnini) is interrogating the suspects, and the day pretty much goes to hell from that point on!
What makes Glengarry Glen Ross such an attractive project is the beauty of Mamet's rhythmic dialogue. It moves at the pace of a speeding freight train, abruptly stops, changes tracks and direction, and then picks up speed once again. That's also its greatest danger, however. Directors and actors who tackle the script must carefully parse the playwright's words, determine their obvious and not-so-obvious meanings and then deliver them in a way that sounds natural to the listeners' ears. What might appear easy is anything but.
And although I was riveted to my seat throughout Steven O'Brien's production, that certainly became obvious as the night progressed.
What struck me at various times throughout the performance was how unnatural the dialogue sounded. In a few cases, the actors worked too hard to enunciate clearly and hit certain consonants too hard, or the lines hadn't been assimilated enough to become conversations rather than rote line delivery. And one actor's affectation – unnaturally elongating certain words, especially those that ended a sentence – drove me nuts.
Also, I was surprised by certain character choices made by O'Brien and his actors – especially Forbes' Williamson. This character is the ringmaster of the circus, the overlord who controls the lives of his employees. Although he's hated by his salesmen, they should also begrudgingly respect him. But instead, the low-key, often-weak portrayal gives them little reason to. In the hyper-masculine, ultra-competitive, ego-driven days of corporate America circa 1984 when the story takes place, Williamson's team would have chewed him up and spit him out without working up a sweat – and then celebrated their victory with a few beers. I doubt that's what Mamet intended for this character.
But when the actors clicked, they heated up the stage. Iliescu and Mantyk's first act scene sizzled, and their excellent work carried through to the second. (I did wonder, though, how the dynamics would change if Iliescu and Marco Zaccagnini exchanged roles.) And as the intensity ratcheted up as Act II progressed, pretty much every actor had a moment or two in which to shine.
So what's the bottom line, you might be wondering? It's this: I'm impressed by Epicenter Theatre Group's inaugural effort and the people running it, and I look forward to watching this eager, young troupe grow and mature as the months and years pass by. Sure, I question some of the artistic decisions that went into the staging of Glengarry Glen Ross. However, aren't young companies, by their very nature, experimenting with every baby step they take? Not every choice they make will be successful, and they surely won't please everyone who sits in their audience. But I suspect THIS company will learn from every challenge they face. And I'm eager to find out what's next on their schedule!
SHOW DETAILS: Epicenter Theatre Group's Glengarry Glen Ross continues at The Varner Hall Studio Theatre, Oakland University, Rochester, Friday-Sunday through June 12. Tickets: $20. for information: www.epicentertheatregroup.org.
Donald V. Calamia is the editorial director of EncoreMichigan.com, the state's most comprehensive resource for news and information about Michigan's professional theaters. He is also the theater editor of Between The Lines, for which he created The Wilde Awards, a "must attend" annual event at Detroit's Gem Theatre that honors the work produced by the state's professional theaters. Calamia is a member of the Society of Professional Journalists and the American Theatre Critics Association.


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Q: CSS3 Animation not functioning properly in different ways depending on browser I'm having an issue where my animations aren't working properly, but differently depending on the browser.
In Firefox, it scales and fades properly, but not from the proper origin. In Chrome, it fades, but does not scale.
I can't figure it out for the life of me.
Here is my JSFiddle
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"X	Co-chair of Stroke Committee, a peer review meeting focused directly on improving patient care and outcomes.
"X	Provides stroke education and patient care feedback to EMS.
"X	Responsible for oversight of all trauma related Performance Improvement Programs.
"X	Works collegially with Director of Trauma to assure delivery of appropriate, quality trauma care from pre-hospital contact to discharge disposition.
"X	Responsible for the coordination of trauma patient care across the continuum to include the planning and implementation of clinical protocols & practice management guidelines as well as monitoring care of in-hospital trauma patients.
"X	Responsible for developing, maintaining and managing trauma registry database of 800 annual trauma admissions.
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K-Paz de la Sierra was a Mexican-American band that performs Duranguense music. It was comprised of Armando Rodriguez, Carmelo Gamboa, Humberto Rafael Solis, Luis Vidales, Sergio Gomez, and Gerardo Ramirez. Some of their hits included "Mi Credo", "Volveré", "Con Olor A Hierba", "Pero Te Vas A Arrepentir", "Procuro Olvidarte", "Y Aquí Estoy", and many others. On May 28, 2007, five long-time members of the band surprised their fans by leaving the group and forming a new group, AK-7.
What do you think about K-Paz De La Sierra?


Am I the only one this applies to?
As long as I'm not caught by the Fashion Police it's all good! Besides, I can use blogging as an alibi…right? Right.
Cookie Monster this is the first step in helping you with your issues…press the button.
It's embarrassing how much this made me laugh!


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Global Visions, Local Landscapes
A Political Ecology of Conservation, Conflict, and Control in Northern Madagascar
By (author) Lisa L. Gezon
Length of book:
AltaMira Press
In her new book, Gezon argues that local events continuously redefine and challenge global processes of land use and land degradation. She challenges analytical distinctions between separate 'local' and 'global' spaces, rather proposing that the global is one aspect of the local, to the extent that people in any given locale must act within the parameters of policies, authorities, and material conditions that have sources outside of the reach of immediate local networks. Her ethnographic study of Antankarana-identifying rice farmers and cattle herders in northern Madagascar weaves together an analysis of remotely sensed images of land cover over time with ethnographies of situated negotiations between human actors. She focuses in particular on the interplay of political authorities-including family-based elders, a regional indigenous authority, and an NGO charged with enforcement of conservation policies-in the context of specific contests over resource access. Gezon takes a micro-political approach in evaluating conflicts that result in a change in control over local resources by global or supra-national policies, capital, or personnel. Her book will be particularly valuable to researchers and students in anthropology, geography, sociology, and environmental studies, and those involved in conservation and resource management.
1 Chapter 1: Negotiated Landscapes
2 PART I: Place in Perspective
3 Chapter 2: The Global in the Local: Protected Area Management
4 Chapter 3: Antankarana: Ethnic Identity, Royal Authority, and History
5 Chapter 4: Patterns of Production
6 Chapter 5: Conjunctures of Authority
7 Part II: Resource Use as Socio-Political Process
8 Chapter 6: The Missing Cattle: Shifting Relationships between Agriculture and Herding
9 Chapter 7: Ritual and the Legitimacy of Kings: Rights to Forests and Graves
10 Chapter 8: Making Place: Conservation and the Limits of Royal Authority
11 Chapter 9: Managed Landscapes
[This] book is an important contribution to Malagasy studies and the dynamics of natural resource management, particularly in relation to conservation. The study is a must-read for everyone interested in these issues, precisely because it offers ethnography and anaylsis which lay bare the intrinsic foundations of the local politics dealt with and engaged in by international conservation agencies.
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While the information contained in this news article was current and accurate when we posted it, it may not necessarily represent current WVOEMS policy or procedure. If you have any questions, please contact our office at 304-558-3956.
Shaver's Fork Fire and Rescue, the West Virginia Office of EMS, and the EMS for Children program are proud to announce the Rope Rescue for Wilderness Medicine course.
Please note that this course does not meet the WV Fire Commission's requirement for rope rescue training.
Much of the class is conducted outside, so come prepared for any weather.
To register or for more information, please contact Vicki Hildreth, West Virginia's EMS for Children Coordinator.
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"An Ill Wind Blows: The Wind Rose"
Question: Does the prevailing wind affect the pollution in border cities.
Research: Using wind rose data and pollution data from El Paso a US/Mexico border city, research and determine the effect on prevailing/seasonal winds on air quality. What is a wind rose? A wind rose is a historical record of prevailing winds expressed as a vector diagram. The wind rose will show seasonal trends in wind direction and relative velocities. In the monthly summary of pollution levels a precise wind direction and pollutant level s can be obtained. It is very common to point fingers at the other person and blame air pollution on the other person. Monthly pollutant data is presented in tabular form and highest readings are underlined. Carbon monoxide is limited to an average of 9 ppm for an eight hour average and 35 ppm for a one hour average. Ozone has an eight hour limit of 0.075 ppm. Other pollutants can be found at the link below. Using factual information a dialogue can begin to remediate air pollution where mutual benefits can help all parties. Links are provided below to assist you in finding data at the TCEQ, US Customs and EPA sites.
http://www.wcc.nrcs.usda.gov/climate/windrose.html How to read a wind rose.
Using a map determine the cities that are in close proximity of El Paso on the US/Mexico border.
Using the wind rose data for Jan., April, July, and November for El Paso TX determine the direction of the prevailing winds.
Analyze the monthly air quality summaries for the same month.
Using the wind rose data and the air pollution summary try to determine if there is a trend followed by the direction of the wind and the relative pollution levels.
Choose two months that are next to each other and do the same comparisons.
Look for trends that may indicate that wind direction affects air quality.
Does border wait time and wind direction cause air quality issues?
Do seasonal variations adversely affect air quality?
Does a lack of wind affect air quality?
Describe a solution for improving air qualities in the border region.
There are three Cities located in a close proximity of the border research their partnership in improving air quality for the region. Are there any other examples of these partnerships along the border?
Is the pollution produced in the El Paso region associated with a specific industry or country?
Extension: Using similar procedures research the wind rose and pollution data for your area. Is there an obvious pattern that should influence urban planning?


"Graduate Level" Blog! Usin' R Noodlz!
To let you know how smart you all are . . . this blog was rated "Graduate School" level. (Whatever the scoring system is, I mean to point out that it requires some serious brain activity to get through these blogs (it drains me brain too:-) With all the passive reading done on most of the internet (i.e. news and entertainment readings) it is good to stop and have to use the brain in a more interactive way (at least it gives your lips a workout, I mean with having to pronounce words like "Sodium Hydroxymethylglycinate" that's like 40 calories right there (i kid).
It's good to get a balanced diet on the net as well as your meals! You can always do the junk food reading (I have done my share of gossip site readings) but it's good to incorporate other activities on the web that involve stimulating other parts of your brain (i.e. crossword puzzles, soduku, science blogs, etc.). In general, it's good to use the medium of the Internet to also bring growth and positive stimulation into our lives.
The Internet is actually one area in life where you have total control of the information you receive and the environment you create. There are phenomenal choices of what blogs to read and what sites to surf, so you can choose sites that define you and help you grow. Make up your own diet. Our lives are already phenomenally busy, and the internet sometimes is our only exploratory outlet into the wider world. Make sure to support the people and sites you believe are worthy of you precious time. I suggest, if you surf for hours on the net, put some good time into doing web research: search for sites that will help you make your life easier.
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Jose 'Gollito' Estredo nailed perhaps the most amazing move witnessed in indoor freestyle, a double Flaka! As he punched the air in certain victory the crowd were cheering in their masses. So he could not hide his disappointment when he came second to Nicolas the French Man.
The judges look for moves both ways, and Nicolas had the better variation. Ricardo, meanwhile, would have even completed a Funnel, had their been a metre more space in the pool. Antxon Otaegui, the Spanish kid, did a switch stance chacho diablo which has another name I don't know and wouldn't even be able to spell, but it was pretty good. And another bonus; the crowd were really appreciating it more today.
Iballa Moreno took victory over her sister for a first time in a while with some clean moves including spocks and grubbies, Nayra Alonso moved into second and Junko Nagoshi fourth.


AKC CH. ASCA Ch.Redbrook Master of Illusion "Trix"
"Trix" is of Mitzy and Grip's litter 2/15/2016 Trix will go to herding and rally training with Donna Doubler. He earned his dual CHAMPIONSHIP BEFORE HIS SECOND BIRTHDAY. THANK YOU JUDGES AND HANDLERS.
Next litter will be Champion AKC./ Champion ASCA. McMatt Angel Fire of Redbrook.( #14 Intact Conformation ASCA 2017) and Slydrook's HOF. Chisom. This will be late summer welping.


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Change Your Self-Talk to Reduce Anxiety
February 19, 2019 George Abitante
Last Monday, I realized I needed to change my self-talk too late. I was working on a project that had taken a lot of time and effort. It was a challenge to keep working at it, and as the day progressed, I became increasingly frustrated -- not with the work itself, but with myself. My inner dialogue became more and more negative, producing many thoughts that were discouraging and not helpful. The more I experienced these thoughts, the less focused I was on my work, and this made it really difficult to finish my project quickly. The stress of completing this project ultimately made me feel angry and annoyed with myself despite the fact that the challenges I faced were not my fault, but instead were the natural consequence of taking on a complicated project. What I didn't realize until afterward, however, was just how much I could have changed my self-talk to improve my mental state and productivity.
When we experience stress, it is natural to respond with frustration and discouragement, and perhaps even more natural for us to direct that frustration at ourselves. Unfortunately, self-directed negativity does not lead to us to greater satisfaction and productivity -- in fact, it often makes work more difficult and less fulfilling. Here are some strategies I've started using to disrupt my negativity, change my self-talk and build myself up when facing stressful, challenging tasks.
How to Change Self-Talk to a More Positive Interaction
Change your perspective to change your self-talk. This is the strategy I've found most helpful, and it's a little unintuitive. Usually, when we engage in negative self-talk, it's in part due to us becoming immersed in our own frustrations and focusing on ourselves exclusively. We can disrupt this sort of thinking by considering alternative perspectives, and I've found the best way to do that is to talk to yourself in someone else's voice. For me, considering my Mom's perspective is a great way to change my self-talk. When my inner narrative is producing phrases like, "You're never going to finish this work; you're too incompetent," I ask myself whether it's something my Mom would say to me. I then try to generate a phrase that she would say, in this case, something like, "This is a tough project, just keep at it." By thinking from someone else's perspective, it becomes a lot easier to disrupt negative thinking and get back on track.
Change your focus. When you've been working on a single, stressful task for a long time, it can be difficult to bring up positive thoughts about work you've completed successfully. So when you've been honed in on one project that is really bringing down your confidence and happiness, switch gears and think about other work you've done that was successful. Changing your self-talk to things like, "I actually did really well on the last project that I found this difficult," can help buffer you against the stress of your current project and will help cultivate motivation to complete it.
Change your response. It can be really difficult to change negative self-talk into positive self-talk, and this is in part because negative thoughts feel so accurate. When we invest belief in the negative thoughts we have, it gets a lot harder to shift into positive thinking. So when a negative thought does arise, instead of believing it, try acknowledging that it's just a thought, and doesn't have any legitimate bearing on what will happen. When we just let negative thoughts slide off us, it becomes considerably easier to bring in positive self-talk ("Talk Back to Negative Self-Talk and Make It Go Away").
The self-talk we use has significant implications for how we deal with stress, and cultivating positive self-talk strategies is an important step towards reducing anxiety.
What other tips do you use to change your self-talk to more positive self-talk? Share below.
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Abitante, G. (2019, February 19). Change Your Self-Talk to Reduce Anxiety , HealthyPlace. Retrieved on 2023, January 27 from https://www.healthyplace.com/blogs/treatinganxiety/2019/2/change-your-self-talk-to-reduce-anxiety
Author: George Abitante
George received his Master's degree in Clinical Psychology from Northwestern University and is pursuing his PhD in Clinical Psychology at Vanderbilt University. Find him on Facebook or follow him on Twitter @AbitanteGeorge.
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(Or Mataguayo).
A group of wide tribes of very low culture, ranging over a great part of the Chaco region, about the headwaters of the Vermejo and the Picomayo, in the Argentine province of Salta and the Bolivian province of Tarija, and noted for the efforts made by Jesuit and Franciscan missionaries in their behalf in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. The group consists, or formerly consisted, of about a dozen tribes speaking the same language with slight dialectic differences, and together constituting a distinct linguistic stock, the Matacoan or Mataguayan, which, however, Quevedo suspects to be connected to the Quaycuran stock, to which belong the Toba, Macobí, and the famous Abipon tribes. Of the Matacoan group, the principle tribes were the Mataco, Mataguayo, and Vejoz. At present the names in most general use are Mataco in Argentina and Nocten (corrupted from the Chiriguano name) in Bolivia. From 60,000 (estimated) in the mission period they are now reduced to about 20,000 souls. In 1690, Father Arcé, from the Jesuit college of Tarija, attempted the first mission among the Mataguayo and Chiriguano, but with little result, owing to their wandering habit. "Houses and churches were built, but the natives poured in and out, like water through a bottomless barrel", and at last, weary of the remonstrances of the missionaries, burned the missions, murdered several of the priests, and drove the others out of the country. At a later period, in 1756, the Jesuit mission of San Ignacio de Ledesma on the Rio Grande, a southern head stream of the Vermejo, was founded for Toba and Mataguayo, of whom 600 were enrolled here at the time of the expulsion of the order in 1767.
About the end of the eighteenth century, the Franciscans of Tarija undertook to restore the mission work in the Chaco, founding a number of establishments, among which were Selenas, occupied by Mataguayo and Chiriguani, and Centa (now Oran, Salta province), occupied by Mataguayo and the Vejoz, the two missions in 1799 containing nearly 900 Indians, with 7300 cattle. With the decline of the Spanish power these missions also fell into decay, and the Indians scattered to their forests. In 1895 father Gionnecchini, passing by the place of the old Centa mission, found a cattle coral where the church had been. An interesting account of the present condition of the wild Mataco is quoted by Quevedo from a letter by Father Alejandro Corrado, Franciscan, Tarija. Their houses are light brush structures, scattered through the forest, hardly high enough to allow of standing upright, and are abandoned for others set up in another place, as often as insects or accumulation of filth make necessary. The only furniture is a wooden mortar with a few earthen pots and some skins for sleeping. Men and women shave their heads and wear a single garment about the lower part of the body. The men also pluck out the beard and paint the face and body. They live chiefly upon fish and the fruit of the algarroba, a species of mesquit or honey-locust, but will eat anything that is not poisonous, even rats and grasshoppers. From the algarroba they prepare an intoxicating liquor which rouses them to a fighting frenzy. Their principal ceremony is in connection with the ripening of the algarroba, when the priests in fantastic dress go about the trees, dancing and singing at the top of their voices to the sound of a wooden drum, keeping up the din day and night. A somewhat similar ceremony takes place when a young girl arrives at puberty. Everything is in common, and a woman divides her load of fruits or roots with her neighbours without even a word of thanks. They recognize no authority, even of parents over their children. The men occupy themselves with fishing or occasional hunting, their arms being the bow or club. The women do practically all the other work.
Marriage is simple and at the will of the young people, the wife usually going to live with her husband's relatives. Polygamy and adultery are infrequent, but divorce is easy. The woman receives little attention in pregnancy or childbirth, but on the other hand the father conforms to the couvade . Children are named when two or three years old. Abortion is very frequent; infanticide more rare, but the infant is often buried alive on the breast of the dead mother.
Disease is driven off by the medicine men with singing and shaking of rattles. They believe in a good spirit to whom they seem to pay no worship; and, in a malevolent night spirit whom they strive to propitiate. They believe that the soul, after death, enters into the body of some animal. The best work upon the language of the Mataco tribes is the grammar and dictionary of the Jesuit missionary, Father Joseph Araoz, with Quevedo's studies of the Nocten and Vejoz dialects, from various sources.
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Dr Kimberly Rockley Wins EUROTOX Fellowship Grant
ApconiX was delighted to hear that Dr Kimberly Rockley had received a EUROTOX Fellowship Grant to attend the Gordon Research Seminar and Conference in the USA this August.
The Cellular and Molecular Mechanisms of Toxicity Conference "Integration of Emerging Technologies in Mechanistic and Translational Toxicology" runs from the 11th to the 16th of August and is being held at the Proctor Academy, Andover near Boston in the US. This GRC is a forum for showcasing the latest unpublished and innovative advances in mechanistic toxicological research and its translational application to safety assessment, risk management and public health policy. Daily poster sessions will provide participants the opportunity to present their latest, unpublished work in an atmosphere that fosters a relaxed dialog and idea sharing.
Kim will also be attending the Gordon Research Seminar (GRS) "Mechanisms Governing Sexually Dimorphic Outcomes in Toxicology" which runs immediately before the conference from the 10th to 11th August. The GRS is organized and run by graduate students and postdoctoral fellows. It provides an extended opportunity for trainees and young scientists to learn about cutting-edge science and to network with their future colleagues.
Kim will be presenting at the seminar too since her abstract was submitted for platform presentation. Kim's talk "In Vitro Evaluation of Anthracycline-induced Cardiotoxicity and Mitigation by Perturbation of Angiotensin Signalling" is taken from her PhD thesis.
It's going to be a busy summer for Kim because she has also applied for the Science & SciLifeLab Prize for Young Scientists. The international Prize is awarded annually to four young scientists for outstanding life science research for which he/she earned a doctoral degree in the previous two years
The Prize was created to recognize that global economic health is dependent upon a vibrant research community and the need to encourage the best and brightest to continue in their chosen fields of research. The grand prize-winning essay will be published in Science and essays from the three category winners will be published online.
"I'm really excited about attending the Gordon Research Seminar and Conference this year. It's a great opportunity to meet new colleagues and learn more about and become more involved in cutting edge science", commented Kim.
Professor Ruth Roberts, Director and Co-Founder of ApconiX, who is also attending the Gordon Research Conference, added "We are all extremely proud of Kim and look forward to her future contribution to advancing science in the field of toxicology and drug discovery".
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HINT: Don't just learn the opposite view. Argue it.
Opinions are abundant these days — but there's more to having one than expressing it. Having an opinion is a responsibility, as philanthropist and Warren Buffett business partner Charlie Munger explains: "You're not entitled to take a view, unless and until you can argue better against that view than the smartest guy who holds that opposite view," reports Farnam Street. "If you can argue better than the smartest person who holds the opposite view, that is when you are entitled to hold a certain view."
"You have to do the reading," Farnam Street urges. "You have to talk to anyone you can find and listen to their arguments. You have to think about the key variables that govern the interests." In gathering as much information as possible about the thing you want to have an opinion about, you're utilizing critical thinking skills. Those skills don't just help you absorb information; it helps you determine which information is trustworthy, which is more important than ever with the rise of fake news. Critical thinking skills are the best first defense here, and Lifehacker suggests three ways to test information: 1) think about who benefits from a statement, 2) question the source, and 3) look for obvious statements.
The problem with 'I'm entitled to my opinion' is that, all too often, it's used to shelter beliefs that should have been abandoned. It becomes shorthand for 'I can say or think whatever I like' and, by extension, continuing to argue is somehow disrespectful. If 'everyone's entitled to their opinion' just means no one has the right to stop people thinking and saying whatever they want, then the statement is true but fairly trivial. But if 'entitled to an opinion' means 'entitled to have your views treated as serious candidates for the truth' then it's pretty clearly false.
"We're very inclined to take subjective confidence at face value," Nobel Prize winning economist Daniel Kahneman told us. "To assume that if an individual feels confident in a judgment or in a decision then that must be valid. People are extremely confident even when they don't know what they are talking about or don't know what they are doing."
The best way to overcome this tendency is to apply your inner critic. That doesn't mean treating your own ideas as garbage; it means honing your ability to give yourself constructive feedback. "The Inner Critic isn't the enemy, just an over-zealous friend who's delivering the criticism too forcefully and without considering your feelings," 99u explains. "The trick is to get the Critic back "onside," delivering genuinely constructive criticism. Like the inspiring mentor who urged you to do your best and didn't accept anything less – but with a supportive and encouraging tone of voice." They offer two tips to do that: thanking your inner critic (and placating its meaner tendencies with flattery), and asking it "What can I do better here?" when it pipes up to focus it on positive action steps.
All of that is important because it allows you to keep learning. "You have to keep learning because [the] world keeps changing and competitors keep learning," Charlie Munger urged in 2010. "You have to go to bed wiser than you got up."


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When we got to the airport we learned that the flight was delayed an hour because the plane was late due to weather leaving London. We checked-in, went to the British Airways lounge and waited with complimentary water, a beer and a glass of wine and really good mini sandwiches. During pre-boarding we went down to the gate to pack up the stroller, which will make you break a sweat. We thought we'd have to check the stroller into the cargo hold, but they let us take it on board and stash it in a closet.
We sat on the plane for another hour because some nitwit in SeaTac's baggage department loaded baggage from a different flight on our plane, so they had to unload our plane to take the extra baggage off. The plane was ultimately 2.5 hours late.
This was the best flight I've ever been on! For starters, the question "Would you like some champagne, sir?" is the best thing I can hear when I'm about to take off on an airplane. We were in Club World, BA's business class, so we had lie-flat seats and Gay, Havana and Hudson essentially had their own little room — I was on the other side of the wall. For the first time in my life, I slept on a plane. After dinner and a really stupid movie, Bride Wars, I was tired so I made the bad flat and tried to go to sleep. I woke up and thought that I got an hour of sleep at the most, but the the pilot announced that we'd be landing in London in an hour. An hour?! I must've slept for 4 hours. On a plane. I never thought it'd happen.
Hudson got a baby seat that mounted on a tray on the wall behind us and right after take-off, Gay put him in it and he immediately went to sleep. Havana was excited and tried really hard to stay awake, but eventually she fell asleep too and slept almost the entire flight.
Before we landed, we had breakfast (cereal, fruit, yogurt and croissant) and coffee.
Thanks to BA letting us carry the stroller on board with us, it meant we'd have it as soon as we got off the plane and before going through customs and baggage claim allowing us to wheel the kids around the airport. Of course, Havana preferred to walk the entire way from the gate through customs, baggage claim and to the Heathrow Express terminal. Why do we have a double-stroller?
We took the train to Paddington Station and took a taxi from there to our hotel in Mayfair. I've always loved the taxis in London but was amazed to find that we could fit the un-folded stroller, 3 suitcases, a backpack and 4 people in it comfortably inside (no trunk space).
Statistics: This was Hudson's first airplane ride and Havana's 11th (!). Both Havana and Hudson had their first rides on a train and in a taxi. This is Hudson's first trip outside the USA and Havana's third. This is my 4th visit to London and Gay's 3rd.
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Glad to hear you arrived safely. Sounds like Havana and Hudson did very well. But, then, traveling is old hat to Havana, and no doubt Hudson will follow suit. In spite of the delay in taking off, looks like everything else went smoothly. Gay and the kids look great! Enjoy and we'll be checking in every day.
Glad to hear that you are off on another adventure – Great way to fly. Havana & Hudson are so adorable! Gay have fun training for the Marathon. Lots of room in Hyde park to practice. I saw that you enjoyed running across the Golden Gate Bridge – Hey I walked across the Lions gate bridge (almost a twin bridge) in 1938 the day it opened.


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HANCEVILLE – "I'm here to sound the alarm!" said Hanceville Mayor Kenneth Nail at Thursday night's Hanceville City Council meeting. Hanceville Fire and Rescue battled two structure fires Wednesday and into the early morning hours of Thursday, and the mayor said there is a serious shortage of volunteer manpower.
"This is a problem. The problem isn't just in Hanceville. The problem is in Cullman County and in Alabama. We've got four full-time firefighters. We responded to 1,100 calls last year. We have five volunteers," said Nail.
The mayor said a shortage in volunteer firefighters and police reserves is a problem being felt in many areas, explaining, "In the last month, I have heard we were the fourth fire department toned out, and of course we responded. It is starting to be a public safety emergency. Especially the volunteers, these guys do the best they can, but most of them still have to go to work. We have five volunteers. Five! In the daytime, everybody fights fires-everybody. The police, fire, public works; everybody helps."
Hanceville has already begun basic fire training for its police department, but with fewer people volunteering, Nail said the departments are struggling.
Shared Nail, "One of our fires yesterday, one of the firemen was on the scene by himself for a few minutes before the other guys got there. I've done it and (Councilman) Jim (Nuss) has too, rolled up and been the only guy there at a house fire for several minutes. It's a long several minutes.
"I think we're in a public safety emergency. I don't know what the answer is. People don't volunteer anymore. The volunteers we've got are wonderful. They are great, but it's a serious, serious problem. You have a structure fire at the wrong time during the day, when other folks have gone to work, you've/we've got problems."
The City of Hanceville made the decision a couple of years ago to no longer send the fire department to cut trees out of roads. It uses public works for trees to make sure the fire trucks are available for an emergency. Nail asked the council to think about other ideas and solutions. Nail suggested that this be considered in the next year's budget.
Nail urged those considering volunteering to call the fire station at 256-352-5544.
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If you've been with me for a while, you'll notice this isn't the first time I've rocked the head-to-toe blue look, though this one is considerably softer in color. While loose, these shorts are incredibly flattering and look perfect paired with a clean white sandal, soft leather clutch and pop of pink lipstick.
Love everything about this! That lipstick is a gorgeous shade, and the perfect pop agains the light blue. Definitely need to try the monochromatic look myself.
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Make sure to research the area you're interested in to ensure there is a demand for rented property in that area. Talk to some of the local letting agents about the amenities that should attract your target tenant. You should also get an idea of average rents in the area from the letting agents. Once you have chosen the property you wish to purchase, it is important to remember that it needs to be presented to a standard expected by a prospective tenant.
Once you have found the right property, you will need to work through the figures to make sure the project will be profitable. You will have your mortgage repayments, but you will also need to factor in other costs such as solicitors' fees, stamp duty, letting agency fees, landlord insurance, life cover, service charge and ground rent if the property is leasehold, fitting out the property to a rentable standard. You also need to factor in the ongoing costs of maintenance and repairs. When working out your finances, you must also consider that there may be periods where your property may be vacant.
You will need to register as a landlord with Revenue by completing a Form TR1. You may be able to offset allowable deductions against your rental income.
You may be liable for several kinds of tax when you own a Buy-to-Let property. It's worth taking expert advice to see how you can limit your liability. When you sell your Buy to Let property you will have to pay CGT on the profit at a rate of 33%. The chargeable gain is calculated by deducting any allowable expenditure from the amount realised on the disposal (sale).
Managing a property can be very time consuming so consider employing a letting agency.
Full Management Service: Some landlords use a letting agent to manage the entire process from finding tenants to the on-going management of the property.
Letting agencies typically charge 8-15% of the gross rental income.
It is important to manage your Buy-to-Let property just like any other business. This includes keeping full records of your finances. We would recommend opening a separate bank account for your rental property income and out-goings so that you can manage your finances properly. Try and get the rent paid by standing order into this account and keep accurate up to date records of your property income and expenses including all receipts.
There are many different types of insurance policies available to landlords. The policies cover not just the buildings and contents but also the additional risks associated with letting a property, such as emergency repair assistance, landlord's liability and rental guarantee.
You need to make sure your tenants understand that they are responsible for insuring their own possessions.
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Delcath (NASDAQ: DCTH): Significant 1H10 Catalysts Await
Delcath Systems (NASDAQ: DCTH) is an emerging, small-cap medical device innovator that is developing a regional treatment system for cancer in the liver. Delcath's Percutaneous Hepatic Perfusion (PHP) technology allows physicians to deliver significantly higher doses of existing chemotherapy drugs to the liver without exposing each patient's entire body to the anti-cancer drugs, representing an elegant solution that promises to increase the effectiveness of approved anti-cancer drugs while reducing systemic side effects.
Last August, Delcath announced that the FDA granted orphan drug status to doxorubicin, an approved chemotherapy agent, for the treatment of primary liver cancer. The Company said it tested doxorubicin with its unique drug delivery technology, Percutaneous Hepatic Perfusion (PHP), which results in significantly higher doses (e.g. 10X the FDA approved standard dosing with 100X exposure of drug to the tumor site) of anti-cancer drugs such as doxorubicin to the liver without exposing the patient's entire body. Delcath plans to carry out the necessary clinical work for a regulatory submission of PHP with doxorubicin.
Last October, the pivotal Phase 3 Metastatic Melanoma Trial met its goal of 92 patients and was fully enrolled. This clinical study is evaluating the Delcath PHP System for the regional delivery of melphalan to the liver to treat patients with metastatic cutaneous and ocular melanoma who have unresectable tumors in the liver. Enrollment in the Phase 2 clinical study of the Delcath PHP System with melphalan for patients with inoperable liver metastases from neuroendocrine tumors reached 25 patients last fall and continues to enroll patients with guidance at that time for data to be reported in the coming months.
Some other developments and expected 1H10 milestones for DCTH are outlined below.
1.) Established a low-cost operation facility in Queensbury, New York in which Delcath plans to locate manufacturing of its PHP System.
2.) Active negotiations continue with several international entities to provide exclusive geographic market rights for the PHP System.
3.) DCTH expects to submit an application for FDA medical device marketing clearance (PMA) of the PHP System with melphalan by mid-2010 and is optimistic about its ability to gain CE Mark approval in Europe in early 2010 with commercial sales in the European markets starting shortly thereafter.
4.) DCTH significantly strengthened its balance sheet last year with the closing of also closed a public common stock offering for proceeds of about $32.4 million last year.
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Indivisible is launching with at least 20 playable characters
2018-09-02 14:00:00by Darren Nakamura
I got to play around with a half dozen
Lab Zero is showing Indivisible at its booth at PAX West right now, and despite having several stations set up, it's been over capacity every time I've walked by. On display is the most recent backer preview, released this past June. It's new to us; Mike Cosimano's preview from last year was on an older build.
Looking through the backer notes and Cosi's preview, Indivisible is making steady progress in fleshing out the bits that needed addressing. The systems feel more interconnected, giving reason to elements that didn't have a whole lot of purpose before.
The striking thing about this new build of Indivisible (after the animation, which has always been excellent) is the sheer volume of available characters. Each has its own visual design, but more impressively, each brings something different to the battle.
What's impressive about the combat is that each character in the party is assigned a face button, and everything that character does is tied to that single button. It feels almost like Super Smash Bros. -- a simple press grants a default attack, but holding a direction modifies it into a different action. With four characters in the party, it's possible to create long chains of attacks by switching to a different button once one character is spent and recharging stamina.
Not all characters play the same. So while it's possible to get through battles by just button-mashing whichever person is available to attack, there's a lot of room for strategy and finesse. Early on I recruited the swordsman Dhar, whose default attack is a powerful slice over a small area, but his down-action powers up his future attacks in that battle. Further on I got the botanist Ginseng, whose up-action is a weak team heal. Eventually, I had a pirate woman whose up-action is an artillery shot that can hurt teammates if they're near the target.
So I eventually got into this rhythm: power up twice with Dhar and attack, attack three times with Ajna (the main character), heal with Ginseng if we needed it, otherwise attack, then finish off with a triple artillery shot to make sure everybody was out of the way. It seems simple in writing but the combat is pretty fast-paced (for an RPG) so it didn't get dull in my time with it.
In battle, there's also a meter that builds up with attacks, shared among all four characters. Spending chunks of that meter allows characters to use powerful abilities. This set up other decisions to be made: do I want to bring along Razmi, who has a strong team heal with this meter, or Ginseng, who can consistently heal more weakly and leave the meter for one of the stronger attackers? (I went with Ginseng.)
Outside of combat, Ajna navigates the world in a 2D platformer, metroidvania style. Areas are initially locked off but can be accessed with advanced abilities. Hidden around these areas are small trinkets to find that had an impact on combat. After collecting enough crystals, the characters could act more times in a row in battle. After finding enough of a certain type of plant, Ginseng joined the group. It might not work exactly like that in the final version, but it was nice to feel like the exploration aspect affected combat in significant ways.
Another very cool thing about the two halves of the game interacting is in starting a battle. Catching an enemy off guard with an attack in the overworld starts the battle with all characters at full stamina, ready to unleash of flurry of attacks. On the other end, if an enemy in the world gets the jump on Ajna, the group starts with no abilities at the ready and can only defend for the first volley of incoming damage.
In my time with Indivisible, I got to see eight or so characters, and played around with each. Since they all have slightly different abilities, it seems like there can be a high skill ceiling for expert play. I whiffed some attacks by button mashing, as with Ajna's uppercut that launches an enemy into the air (so it wasn't there on the ground for subsequent hits). I can only imagine there's a way to combo that with another character who can hit that enemy while it's up there.
The great news came with a bit of a wink and a nudge: There are at least 20 playable characters at launch, with the implication there's a distinct possibility for more over the lifespan of Indivisible. With so many possible character combinations, there's plenty of space for experimentation and it looks wide open for high-level, interesting combat interactions.
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The Night Bus Hero | Book Review
January 25, 2021 February 16, 2021 Kim
By Onjali Q. Raúf (published by Orion Children's Books, an imprint of Hachette Children's Group)
I waited for him to shout and scream. But he didn't. Instead, he took off his yellow hat and his shoulders began to shake. That was how I knew that he was crying.
'How could you do that?' asked a voice from behind me.
Hector is a bully. He steals from the other kids, and torments them with physical and verbal abuse. But then an act of revenge against Thomas, a local homeless man who dared to defend himself, goes very wrong and Hector realises he could get in serious trouble this time. Especially since it was witnessed by Mei-Li, the "teacher's pet" from his class.
What starts off as an attempt by Hector to avoid the consequences of his actions turns into a thrilling adventure with Thomas and Mei-Li, featuring a daring thief, a case of mistaken identity, a secret code and a growing understanding of not just what life is like for the homeless, but the wildly different circumstances that can lead people to lose everything.
Hector is not your normal choice for a protagonist. Rather than someone who is boisterous and sometimes misbehaves, Hector is an actual bully. But it's this choice that gives the story so much impact; his growth can be greater because of his starting point. I have to admit that this does make him a slightly difficult character to cheer on though, at least in the beginning!
He comes from a comfortable background, where his parents do positive work highlighting social issues, but aren't around an awful lot. Raúf does not make this an "excuse" for his behaviour though; his bully friends come from different family dynamics, so the implication that bad behaviour is always the result of absent parents or broken homes is neatly avoided.
His partner in not-crime is Mei-Li, who helps at her father's local soup kitchen and so acts as the connection between Hector and the homeless community. She is smart, but also brave and principled, and written with such passion that you can't help but feel immediately supportive and defensive of her. The compassion she shows to the homeless is a welcome contrast to Hector's sullenness.
Of course, Hector's interactions with the community lead to personal growth. He is still frustrating, and thoughtless or hurtful at times, but he begins to understand how his actions affect others. Raúf handles his development in a very natural way, taking care to show gradual change without overwriting his actual character.
There is still a thief to be caught of course, and it's a fun adventure that not only gets everyone involved, but kept me guessing right up until the end. I found myself having to go back and reread bits as my eagerness to know what happened next meant I kept accidentally skimming ahead! Despite the excitement, the adventure is also a way to bring everyone together so that a more important and sobering story can be told.
The backgrounds of the homeless characters such as Thomas and Catwoman, as well as Mei-Li's, are so touching and all too real – they are stories you've read or seen a hundred times. You can really see the strength of Raúf's research in them, which she talks about at the end of the book. For all that I talked about Hector, it's the character of Thomas that for me really shines; he is by turns open but guarded, strong but vulnerable, a person not to be pitied but to be sympathised with. I genuinely don't wish to spoil anything for other readers by going into much more detail than that though!
The Night Bus Hero cover
Raúf paints an accurate portrait of London when it's alive and full of people, but also of how eerie it gets when it's quiet late at night. Using recognisable places in London might make this easier, but I feel the text would do a good job of it either way. The inclusion of the Night Bus route map (laid out by Pippa Curnick who also did the striking front cover) is a lovely touch, and helps you to mentally draw together all the robberies with the surrounding landmarks.
At the end of the book, Raúf has put together some useful information and activities on bullying, homelessness, the symbols mentioned in the story, and various charities that you can contact should you need, or wish to offer, help. She also includes some background on where the character of "Thomas" came from, and it's a really touching tale that I'd definitely suggest reading.
The information in the back of the book provides some excellent points to discuss with children either at home or in class, on an issue that is often invisible or considered "difficult" to talk about. Raúf's story really brings it alive and makes it human, something you can touch rather than something that's hidden in the shadows. I'd strongly recommend sharing this engaging story with any primary or early secondary readers in your life.
Onjali Q. Raúf is a campaigner as well as an author, having launched Making Herstory, which works against the abuse and trafficking of women and girls, and O's Refugee Aid Team, which works to raise awareness and funds for refugee aid works. She is donating a portion of the royalties from sales of The Night Bus Hero to homeless charities.
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Q: Autostart multiple screen sessions in Ubuntu Server I recently set up a Newznab server on Ubuntu Server 12.04 (nothing illegal, just TV shows as I prefer to use XBMC instead of Tivo) and I'm having some trouble at the very final step.
I can run my update scripts manually with no issue, but I would like to have them run automatically when my server reboots as well as iftop to monitor bandwidth. I've added the following line to rc.local:
screen sh "path to update script"

That starts the script when I reboot, but it outputs amongst the startup messages (Starting Apache [OK] etc) and once I login I can no longer see any output, screen reports no sessions to retrieve. After Googling I tried
screen -AmdS test bash -i "path to update script"

And various variations of the same, but this appears to have no effect. Once I login and try screen -r I am told there are no screen sessions to retrieve. I can't make sense of other suggestions that refer to cron sessions and other technical sounding stuff.
Can anybody give me any help on setting this up so that I can have the screen session started and retrievable? I've been Googling for a few days trying to figure this out but can't find what I need.


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'Common Law' co-stars bond with one another, and the Who Dat Nation
A recent visit to the suburban soundstage of "Common Law" — a shot-in-New Orleans, set-in-Los Angeles buddy-detective drama series for USA cable network set to premiere Jan. 26 — showed Hollywood magic at work indoors.
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In an announcement fittingly coinciding with Wednesday's Pearl Harbor anniversary, the makers of the upcoming Tom Hanks feature film "Maersk Alabama" — which will shoot in New Orleans …
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