It's the million dollar question – how to turn an internship into an actual career. And we're talking the kind of career that allows you to pay rent in an apartment building…not your old bedroom at Mom and Dad's.
Someplace named Avalon, Cherry Crest or Park West.
Doing multiple internships while in school is the most important step toward getting hired after graduating, but it's just one step, not the entire journey.
During his junior year at Ball State University, Alberto Pimienta had an internship with Voice of America (VOA), the official external broadcast institution of the U.S. government. Based in Washington D.C., VOA produces news content in 43 different languages, reaching an estimated global audience of 123 million viewers.
After interning for three months, Pimienta went back to school for his senior year hoping a career at VOA was in his future.
"The moment I left, I knew I wanted to come back. Everyone at VOA was so friendly and we established real ties," remembers Pimienta.
After graduating one year later, Pimienta was hired full-time as a TV reporter for Voice of America's Spanish Service flagship newscast "El Mundo al Dia" broadcast in Latin America.
A year apart is a lifetime in the TV business, but the hiring managers at Voice of America remembered Alberto and wanted him on staff. What did he do to stand out, to make himself memorable and to stay top of mind?
Getting TV Jobs isn't easy – you did an internship with Voice of America for three months your junior year and then a year later they hired you full-time, what was your process over that year to stay in their sights?
Most importantly, when you leave the internship, leave thank you notes for everyone. Showing appreciation goes a long way. A little luck helps too, I graduated at the same time that a great, amazing reporter was leaving so there was an open opportunity.
Looking back, I think it was being humble, being kind, working hard, staying in touch and opportunity. It was an intersection of all those things.
Let's go back and talk about the actual internship at VOA – what were you able to do? How much did you learn?
Pimienta: My internship at Voice of America was a HUGE opportunity. The first day I was there I wrote a VO/SOT (Editors note: VO/SOT stands for voiceover/sound on tape – a piece of video with a corresponding script that leads into a sound bite). The next day I was in front of the camera covering an immigration story.
They asked me if I thought I would be able to be a reporter for a story and I said yes. That is one of my big recommendations for anyone looking for TV Jobs: always say yes to a challenge.
From that day on, I was on camera. I learned so, so much. My writing, my on camera delivery, my narration delivery, my reporting experience, everything improved. So many more organic things that just happen with practice.
That internship was invaluable. I was an amazing opportunity.
Tell us about the interview process with Voice of America – what was that like?
Pimienta: The interview process at VOA was kind of quick.
I talked on the phone with the Managing Director of the division and she already knew me from my internship. However, she was still interested in what I had learned in the year since I completed the internship.
I guess it went pretty well.
Pimienta: I set up interviews the day prior, so each day starts with me meeting my photographer, at a predetermined place where we will conduct the interview. We go shoot BROLL, (Editors note: B-Roll is the additional video footage used to enhance a script) and gather sound bites and then we head back to the station.
I write and edit my pieces. After I finish writing, the managing director checks my scripts, then I track and start editing.
Ball State has a unique approach to education, immersing students in experiences that are like real TV jobs as part of their curriculum – how much did that style of education prepare you for entering the workforce?
Pimienta: The immersive experiences at Ball State are what got me ready to enter the workforce.
News Directors are always interested in someone who has experience. Even though it is your first real world TV job they always expect you to have experience before you walk into the door.
The immersive learning approach taught me the basics of how to write, my delivery on camera, how to ask questions, how to shoot, how to edit, how to call sources, everything in the news gathering process was something I did as a student because of programs like NewsLink Indiana, WCRD News and Sports Link.
Those experiences are factors that news directors, or whoever is in charge of hiring, really value. I believe, hiring managers would pick someone with those characteristics over someone that they need to teach everything to.
What are the most important skills that you learned in college and help you in your job with VOA?
Pimienta: Writing, being comfortable in front a camera and always and always try to tell people-centered stories.
Tell the audience why something matters and how it affects them.
That is something I think of every morning before I start tackling an assignment. Why does this matter to the viewers at home and how does it affect them. After that, I focus on how to tell it in a compelling way.
If someone came up to you and said "I really want to be a TV reporter, how do I do it?" what advice would you give them?
Pimienta: I am still learning the ropes, but I would say: be curious, always be curious.
Do not forget we are here for an audience.
Be kind, be nice, be courteous, be optimistic, be positive, but do what you love and like. When you do that working hard is a given, it just happens because you love what you do and want to give your best.


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Georgia could join this list of teams that clinched national title in home state
Written By Bill Bender
@BillBender92
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Georgia v Alabama
Georgia has a special opportunity in the College Football Playoff championship game against Alabama on Jan. 8 at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta.
The Bulldogs can clinch college football's national championship with a victory in a bowl game in their home state. Several teams have finished the regular season victory at home and went on to win a national title, the last being Auburn in 1957.
But this list applies to teams that clinched a national title in a bowl game in their home state. That has only happened 14 times in the AP Poll era, which would make it even sweeter for a Georgia program that hasn't won a national championship since 1980.
MORE: Best teams that never won it all
Ranking the best college football teams to never win it all, from BCS to CFP
Here's a look at the other schools that won their bowl game in their home state on the way to winning the AP/UPI national championship, BCS championship or College Football Playoff championship. Can you name all 14?
GEORGIA VS. ALABAMA: Picks | By the numbers
Teams to clinch college football national championship in home state
Florida (2008)
Urban Meyer and Tim Tebow's Gators were the last team to accomplish feat. They won the BCS championship with a 24-14 victory against Oklahoma at Dolphin Stadium in Miami Gardens, Fla.
LSU (2007)
Les Miles led the Tigers to a convincing 38-24 BCS championship game victory against No. 1 Ohio State at the Louisiana Superdome in New Orleans.
The Tigers split the national title with AP national champion USC, but clinched a BCS championship under Nick Saban with a 21-14 victory against Oklahoma at the Louisiana Superdome in New Orleans.
Florida State (1993)
Heisman Trophy winner Charlie Ward led Florida State to a 12-1 record and won a national championship with an 18-16 victory against Nebraska in the Orange Bowl at Miami. The Seminoles got the edge over Notre Dame, which finished the season 11-1.
MORE: Four, six, eight, more? College Football Playoff plans
Miami capped off a perfect 12-0 season in Dennis Erickson's third season with a 22-0 victory against No. 11 Nebraska at the Orange Bowl. The Hurricanes never allowed more than 20 points in a game that season.
Miami finished 12-0 under Jimmy Johnson and capped that national championship season with a 20-14 victory against No. 1 Oklahoma in the Orange Bowl.
Howard Schnellenberger helped Miami win the first of five national championships with a thrilling 31-10 victory against Nebraska at the Orange Bowl. Cornhuskers coach Tom Osborne elected to go for two and the win late, but Kenny Calhoun broke up the pass for a memorable victory.
USC (1974)
John McKay and Pat Haden led the Trojans to a national championship with a thrilling 18-17 victory against No. 3 Ohio State at the Rose Bowl. The Trojans finished 10-1-1.
The Trojans spent all but one week at No. 1 in the AP Poll and clinched the national championship with a 42-17 blowout victory against No. 3 Ohio State in the Rose Bowl.
MORE: Top 20 college football states
The Longhorns finished off a perfect 11-0 season under coach Darrell Royal with a 21-17 victory against No. 9 Notre Dame in the Cotton Bowl in Dallas. The Longhorns won the UPI national title the following season, despite losing to the Irish in the Cotton Bowl.
USC, led by future Heisman Trophy winner O.J. Simpson, finished a 10-1 season with a 14-3 victory against Indiana in the Rose Bowl. The Trojans allowed just 7.9 points per game that season.
Texas enjoyed a 11-0 season in which they allowed no more than 13 points in any game. The Longhorns capped off that national title season with a 28-6 victory against No. 2 Navy in the Cotton Bowl.
McKay won the first of four national championships at USC. The Trojans beat No. 2 Wisconsin in a 42-37 shootout at the Rose Bowl.
Paul Dietzel coached this LSU team, led by future Heisman Trophy winner Billy Cannon. The Tigers capped that unbeaten season with a 7-0 victory against No. 12 Clemson in the Sugar Bowl.

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A celebration of life for Harry Hodges, aka entertainer Ginger Grant, will take place Tuesday, Oct. 2, at the Baton Show Lounge, 436 N. Clark St., at 8 p.m.
Hodges passed away the week of Sept. 10 in Chicago. Hodges, performing under Grant's persona, was a longtime emcee at The Baton and a close friend of its owner, Jim Flint.
No reservations will be accepted. For more information, see The Baton's Facebook page.


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Q: Mining Diamonds in Minecraft After trying to mine a diamond vein for his ores, I get my pickaxe broken, lost the vein of diamond and didn't get any ore.
I was using a iron pickaxe to do the mining. Could the type of the pickaxe influence in this matter? Which one should I use to mine diamond vein?
PS: My pickaxe durability was full, I haven't used it before.

A: The iron pickaxe is fine for picking up diamond ore.
So using your iron pickaxe for diamonds should work.
Have a look at this table :
Pickaxes
Even if the pickaxe loses it's durability you can take the next one and you will never ever lose ore for that. Either you pick it or you don't. Sometimes it happens that after mining the ore falls down into lava or water but that's it.

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Inside Out Festival sees the first of a series of salons co-curated by TCCE and Design Exchange magazine that are being developed to explore our relationship to design in a variety of contemporary contexts and to encourage discussion and debate on key issues relating to our current relationship to and perceptions about public space.
Even a cursory glance of today's urban landscape reveals signs that suggest that the ways in which places were originally designed to perform their 'place' are evolving in response to new needs, desires, opportunities and technologies.
In what ways is this taking place? How is public space and indeed spaces where the public inhabit changing? Are the lines between public and private space shifting and if so in what ways? Who or what is pushing boundaries, creating new usages, developing and subverting notions of space to meet the needs of people today? What can be achieved by creating alternative usages for public space? What are the implications, who is doing it and for what reasons?
What too is the potential for public space to become a more data-rich resource and what, beyond, the confines of surveillance which is now a given at the heart of most 'public space', might we expect to be engaging with in the near future. These are the kinds of questions that will form the basis of what is anticipated to be a rich discussion led by artists, researchers, designers, architects and others that will continue over the coming months.


Invited by PMI Serbia Chapter, we took part at Project Society Conference 2017. In front of about 300 people, Bojan Spasić gave a talk about "Achieving Swarming in Agile Teams".
You can read full transcript and see slides in this blog post series.
Take a look at some pictures from the event.


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Parting Is Such Sweet Sorrow
As you know, after posting yesterday's post, Laško Brewery (under new management) issued a statement saying that it has received word from layers of Pierpaolo Cerani, owner of company Iniziative Generali 96 (to whom Boško Šrot reportedly sold Kolonel, a key company in the chain of ownership of Laško), that it had purchased a majority stake in Kolonel and is thus the new owner of entire Laško Brewery and its companies and assets. Pengovsky edited his post to reflect this. However, only minutes after that, POP TV website reported that Andrijana Starina Kosem, Boško Šrot's right-hand and henchwoman, was replaced as CEO od Delo newspaper (owned by Laško). If you follow pengovsky on Twitter, you know that as well. But this where the plot thickens…
Boško Šrot (centre) and Andrijana Starina Kosem (right) on a handball match (source)
As I already wrote, Delo newspaper is an important factor this particular game of chess, but not only in terms of money it could fetch if sold. Ran by Andrijana Starina Kosem (nicknamed ASK) it served Boško Šrot's interests directly, either by spinning information his way or attacking his enemies. That said, it should be understood, that Delo was not Laško's company newspaper, but every time the going got tough, there was no mistaking who the owner is. So replacing ASK by Laško's new management and citing differences in vision at first seemed like "cleaning out the barn". You know – just to let everybody know there's a new boss around. But…
Today's Delo ran an exclusive interview with signore Cerani, where he said that he bought 30% stake in Kolonel, denying Laško's PR release which quoted his lawyers as saying that he had bought a majority stake in Kolonel and thus owns Laško. Furthermore he refused to say how much he paid for 30 percent of Kolonel and said that he will not sell Laško's assets and doesn't think company's debts are a huge problem.
This is where it gets interesting. The journalists asked Cerani "How much debt does Laško have?" and Cerani answerers "A lot, I'm sure. But that's not the biggest problem, The biggest problem is that Infond Holding cannot exercise its ownership rights [due to a decision by the Competition Protection Office]. (…) We're prepared to go to the European Court to insure that it can". Later in the interview he said that he'd like to meet with the finance minister to present his rescue plan for Laško.
The above of course shows that Cerani doesn't have the foggiest about what is really going on in Laško and is bluffing through and through. I mean – meeting with the finance minister? What the fuck? Going from not knowing how much debt the company you just bought has all the way to threatening with the European Court? Really. Seems like Cerani's ego is writing checks his body can't cash in. Adding to that contradictory statement by him and his lawyers about how much of Kolonel did he really buy shows that Cerani is quite probably Šrot's stooge, likely being paid for stirring the shit on Šrot's behalf. This is corroborated by yesterday's swift removal of ASK by Laško's new management. She was replaced late in the afternoon, quite probably after the interview with Cerani had been made and filed for publishing, which shows that the interview was done at Šrot's behest rather than as a result of independent editorial decision. The fact that ASK-ran Delo was the only media able to "get to" Cerani only
reiterates the above notion.
The Delo angle of the story is a complication unto itself. According to pengovsky's information, Laško (then still ran by Šrot) upon snatching Delo from under Janez Janša's control in 2007 signed a management contract with ASK's private company, so she was never actually employed by Delo, but was rather "outsourced". Reputedly, that contract is a nasty piece of legal work so it is entirely possible that ASK will come back to haunt Delo and Laško's new management. Not that a lot of people will miss her if she's gone for good. Maybe the editor-in-chief will. But he'll adapt. Apparently he's very good at adapting.
Anyhow, he way things stand now pengovsky is willing to bet that Šrot never really sold Kolonel to Cerani, whose only purpose in to act as a straw-man and stir up some more shit. I mean, if you bought a company (even just temporarily, to park some shares for your friend), wouldn't you like to know what is it you're buying?
Posted on July 30, 2009 Categories Mediji, Slovenia9 Comments on Parting Is Such Sweet Sorrow
As of last Thursday Boško Šrot is no longer CEO of Laško Brewery. Officially, he tendered his resignation in order to alleviate the pressure Laško was under lately and calm things down He was succeeded by Dušan Zorko, CEO of Ljubljana-based Union Brewery, which Laško took over in the so-called brewery war of 2002 when it clashed with (and won) Belgian Interbrew (now ABInBev). In the days following the resignation it became clear that the move was only a beginning of a fast-paced chess game which is still going on and where Šrot is now apparently on the defensive. However, he is by no means on the run.
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Namely: Even though he resigned as CEO of Laško Brewery (or "was resigned", which is local-speak for being forced to resign), Boško Šrot remains the majority shareholder of the company via his company Atka Prima, which owns 78 percent of straw company Kolonel, which owns 71 percent of investment company Infond Holding, which in turn owns 55 percent of Laško Brewery. And the brewery itself owns entire Slovenian drinks industry. So, by resigning, possibly forced to do so by the banks which bankrolled his juggling of shares and now want their money back, Šrot is actually better off. He remains the single largest owner of the brewery, while the burden of managing a heavily indebted, but (this must be said) still very much solvent Laško Brewery now falls on Dušan Zorko.
And this is the biggest difference between Laško and Istrabenz, or – if you prefer – between Boško Šrot and Igor Bavčar. The latter ran Istrabenz into the ground by trying to finance his own MBO by draining the company financially, while the former has a much bigger war chest and several layers of defence between himself and the company he ultimately controls. And he just added another layer, which some people interpreted as a panic move, but it might just prove to be a very shrewd one. Yesterday Delo daily reported that Atka Prima (the company directly owned by Šrot) sold Kolonel (the straw company) to an Italian company Iniziative Generali 96 owned by one Pierpaolo Cerani and based in Trieste, just across the border with Italy.
The fact that the supposed sale was first reported by Delo newspaper, which is owned by Laško, naturally raised eyebrows and that alone was a clear indication that something was fishy about it. Things increasingly smelled like a fish market on a hot Saturday afternoon after a bit of googling showed that Signore Cerani was involved in the co called Savoy Scandal which rocked Bulgaria three years ago (not that Bulglaria isn't a muddy pond with all kinds of fish in it, but this one did involve its PM and former king). And today Dnevnik daily reports that Šrot sold only 30 percent of Kolonel, keeping the other 70 firmly in his hands. And the only one saying anything about it is Signore Cerani, who indeed confirmed the deal, but apparently did so in the vaguest terms possible.
At the moment this looks as a dummy sale, another case of "parking shares" with a friendly company, an activity which Šrot is very skilled in. Obviously the Italian is getting something out of it, but most likely nothing more than a commission – possibly the said 30 percent of Kolonel, while Šrot gets some much needed hard cash to placate the banks which have already requisitioned Infond Holding's share of Mercator, because the company (the immediate owner of Laško) ran out of cash to pay back the loan. And while banks cash in on Šrot's collaterals, he is regrouping, apparently prepared to fight it out and protect his ownership of Laško Brewery to the last. In this he will apparently get a helping hand from the new CEO of the brewery, who said upon taking office that his goal cleaning up Laško financially, even by selling assets if needs be. And some of those assets can fetch a lot of dough. Like Delo newspaper for example. Or even some of the less lucrative parts of his drinks empire.
Upon hearing of Šrot's resignation a lot of people thought this was the beginning of his demise. Not even close. If before last Thursday he was responsible for running the entire empire (Laško Brewery with its numerous assets as well as every company in a complicated chain of ownership) he can now focus solely on ownership, while Dušan Zorko (the new CEO) takes care of keeping the company solvent and continuing paying debts to finance Šrot's buyout of the brewery. The Italian Job is here merely as a diversion to help Boško Šrot regroup and stave off future attacks by the Competition Protection Office, which is slowly building the case against Šrot and Laško.
EDIT@1500 hrs: According to a statement by Laško, Pierpaolo Cerani confirmed, via his lawyer, that he did indeed buy a majority stake in Kolonel. If this information is correct, this means that for the time being he controls the entire Slovenian drinks industry. However, this does not mean that he is not providing "parking" services.
Posted on July 29, 2009 July 29, 2009 Categories Slovenia4 Comments on The Italian Job
Stožice Stadium Secures Shape (Sort of)
So, today pengovsky posts what he meant to yesterday: an update on the state of construction of the new Ljubljana football stadium. Originally promising to be finished by autumn 2008, mayor Zoran Janković revised the deadline after it transpired that the city (contrary to public statements of Janković's predecessors) did not own all real-estate needed to build the stadium. When that particular problem was solved, mayor Janković set the new deadline for 30 June 2010. Truth be told, the city still has to buy some property to build the controversial Titova Street which is basically a part of stadium infrastructure, but apparently that is being taken care of.
In the mean time, the project itself took a couple of blows, as Delta retail chain backed out of a 220 million euro deal. It took months to find another partner and finally it was Austrian Supernova who bit the bullet in the end. On June 30th (almost a month ago), with exactly one year to go, mayor Janković organised a tour of the stadium construction site. Everybody and his brother attended, The Firm™ did a piece and today pengovsky posts a gallery of the construction site as it was a month ago.
Posted on July 23, 2009 July 23, 2009 Categories Ljubljana6 Comments on Stožice Stadium Secures Shape (Sort of)
Let Him Who Is Without Sin…
I was about to write up how construction of the new football stadium in Ljubljana is progressing, but was instead irked by a youtube video posted today on Facebook by Jernej Pavlin, former press secretary to Janša's government (who resigned after it was discovered that he ordered his staff to curb or cut-off communication with Mladina weekly). The video (below) is a remnant of 2008 parliamentary election campaign and is aimed at editors of several more or less prominent print and electronic media, "exposing" them for not having a degree and insinuating that they are unqualified for their jobs.
Now, pengovsky is the first one to admit that there is shit to be shovelled out of Slovene journalism. Indeed, the only other place where will find such level of naiveté, lack of imagination and unfounded ambition is in 1970s porn movies (gee, mister, you mean that the time machine works only of I take off all of my clothes?). And yes, education or lack thereof can be a problem. But more on that in one of the future posts (I still have an itch to scratch regarding the bomb in the studio).
What irked me is the fact that the video was dug out after it was proven to partly incorrect. Namely, Jani Sever, one of the people named and editor of Vest.si does have a degree. I mean, if you do have to resort to ad hominem attacks on journalists, at least do it correctly.
But verifying information seems to be even more of a challenge to SDS than to Slovene journalists. Dnevnik newspaper (whose editor-in-chief Miran Lesjak is among the degree-less editors named in the video) ran a series of stories in the last couple of days exposing how at least two SDS MPs have problems with their education. The newspaper claims that Branko Marinič, who ironically heads the committee for oversight of the anticorruption commission, tried to pass an written exam in German language by having someone else take the exam in his name at the Faculty of Organisational Sciencies in Kranj (also affectionately known as The Kranj Sorbone, where some professors were reputed to be not above bending the rules given enough stimulation).
While Marinič already denied the allegations, his party colleague and fellow MP Marjan Bezjak could not, simply because he was found to have provided false data on his education, both on his website (the site has already been taken down) as well as to the State Election Commission prior to elections and has – in fact – mislead voters about his education.
Branko Marinič and Marjan Bezjak have an education problem too (source: www.sds.si)
Now, the problem with both journalism and politics is that you don't need a degree to dabble in either of the two. That's why every almost every twat in this country thinks he can do both. But what we have here is a party which (knowingly or otherwise) harbours people who lie about their education and has the balls to go after specific journalists for that very same reason, being fully aware that education and competence are not necessarily related in either of the two professions. But what does Jernej Pavlin do when his party is caught with its pants down? He "pulls a Branko Grims" and goes back to the original story (video), which was already proven to be false, and starts all over again. Just like pengovsky is sure Branko Grims (expected to be member of the Golobič Committee) will do for the next three and a half years
Sad and unimaginative, if you ask me…
Posted on July 22, 2009 July 22, 2009 Categories Slovenia11 Comments on Let Him Who Is Without Sin…
The Harder You Try, The Dumber You Look
On Wednesday Slovene parliament formed a committee which is to investigate suspicions of corruption in actions of minister of science, technology and higher education Gregor Golobič. Championed by opposition SDS, this committee is a direct result of the Ultra Affair, where Golobič shot himself in the knee by omitting from his public statements a 7% ownership of company Ultra. Although it subsequently transpired that he had reported his share to the anticorruption commission (an independent agency), all hell broke loose, especially after allegations surfaced that Ultra got 21 million euros in unsecured loans. Although Ultra divulged information proving otherwise (6 milion euros in loans, with proper collateral), the media and political rampage had started, with Golobič being styled as a tycoon (a Slovenian version of an oligarch).
We will be seeing more of Golobič in this particular setting (source: 24ur.com/POPTV)
Winston Churchill once famously said that if you want to bury something, you should form a committee. In this case, however, the purpose of the committee seems to be exactly the opposite: to prolong this Ultra/Golobič business beyond any reasonable limits. OK, so you could say that the whole thing has become so muddled with disinformation, omissions and outright lies that it warrants a parliamentary inquiry. After all, the man is a government minister and should be as such subject to more public scrutiny than the rest of us mortals. To be sure, when scribing for the only Sunday rag this side of the Alps, pengovsky submitted that parliament should debate the business at hand and that it should be Zares, Golobič's party which should start the debate in the form of interpelation of their own minister. Thus would both Golobič as well his opponents be given a chance to confront their views (to cross the swords, if you will) and get it over with.
However, opposition leader Janez Janša ruled out the possibility of interpelation quite early in the game. Somewhat surprisingly, he was quite candid about his motives when he said that interpelation of Gregor Golobič woud have achieved nothing, since the coalition would surely have supported their minister and the work and debates of the opposition would have been in vain. When considering this rare outburst of generous truthfulness by Janez Janša, one should keep in mind that it took place shortly after minister of interior Katarina Kresal survived her own interpelation and vote of confidence, which could have left Janša a bit dejected. On the other hand, it was only months before the wedding and he could have been focusing on other thin….err…. people 😈
Be that as it may, the fact remains that JJ's imitation of Frank and Ernest clearly showed that the newly minted Mr. Bačovnik is not interested in debating or clearing up the Ultra affair, but only in removing Gregor Golobič from power, which basically confirms the original thesis, that the committee called for by SDS serves one purpose and one purpose only: to keep the Ultra affair artificially alive long after its echoes would have died down of their own accord. Namely: this particular committee (call it Golobič Committee) will exist for the duration of this parliament, which means that its findings (insofar as there will be any) will be published just before 2012 parliamentary election campaign will begin. No points for guessing what the opening salvo by SDS will look like.
Being called before a parliamentary investigative committee can be an gruesome ordeal, especially, if you are the subject of an investigation, which Gregor Golobič is. Incidentally, this is the first time such a committee was formed to investigate a specific person rather than an event or a series of events involving one or more public officials. Thus a sort of taboo was broken and the opposition will no doubt do its damnest to make it their worth while and make life extremely unpleasant for minister Golobič. My favourite prime minister is a great source of applicable quotes, as PM Borut Pahor so often reminds us. Among other things Winston also said that if you should find yourself in hell, keep going. Which is precisely what minister Golobič will have to do for the next four years. One would think that being a party president is punishment enough but apparently that was not the end. It wasn't even the beginning of an end, but it was merely an end of a beginning (sorry, I couldn't resist :)).
So what Gregor Golobič can do is to attend every single hearing, provide every single piece of information and answer all questions at length, no matter how stupid, inflammatory and biased they might be. And trust me, since the committee will most likely be stuffed with opposition heavyweights, the whole thing might from time to time easily look a bit a trial by the Spanish Inquisition. Odds are that more details about his ownership in Ultra will emerge, which will be interpreted in the most sinister way possible. It is also entirely probable that his own party will start questioning Golobič and his ability to lead. Not that Zares has much to choose from in terms of leaders (in this respect they're like any other Slovenian party) but that has never stopped short-sighted egoists from trying to claim their twenty pieces of silver.
I will be thoroughly surprised if Branko Grims (Janša's chief attack dog and Goebbels wannabe) will not be a member of the committee and even more thoroughly surprised if he will not repeat over and over that a) Ultra took out 21 million euros of unsecured loans, b) that Golobič's share of Ultra is worth some 5 million euros and c) that this makes Golobič a tycoon. The fact that none of the above is true bear little or no relevance to Grims who (to add insult to injury) is partly related to Golobič (their wives are cousins, apparently) and who will no doubt ignore every evidence refuting claims of the opposition, driving home the message of a corrupt and incompetent left government, personified in this case by that horrible übertycoon Golobič.
BTW: in case you're interested, based of publicly available information one can conclude the following: a) Ultra claims to have taken out 6 million euros worth of loans with propper collaterals and has provided data to corroborate. b) Golobič's share of Ultra is worth (according to a rough estimate based of their 2008 report) either 180.000 euros (7% of company capital) or 1,8 million euros (7% of total company assets), depending on how you estimate a company's value and c) while there is no textbook definition of a tycoon in Slovene political terminology (making the term applicable according to daily needs, predominantly those of Janša's SDS) it was generally accepted that Slovenian tycoons have attempted to buy out state owned (or partly state owned) companies they ran. The buy out would usually take place in the form of an MBO which was financed by unusually generous loans from several banks, at least some of which are state owned too. That is how Janez Janša while he was Prime Minister helped transform Boško Šrot and Igor Bavčar from more or less successful managers into full-fledged tycoons (Slovenian style), leaving it to the current government to clean up the mess. Gregor Golobič, on the other hand, does not fit the above description, as 1) he has no direct role in running Ultra, 2) the comapny is not nor was never state owned.
While media and (by extension) the public will suck up every detail about the alleged millions, the whole story probably still has to do with Golobič bringing the Directorate of Communication under his control. Pengovsky maintains that was probably one of the few sound moves this government did so far, but Golobič is bound to take some serious flak for it, especially since the opposition will maintain that he did it to ease access to government money to Ultra. The problem is that there is no way Golobič can prove in advance that he didn't do it for precisely that reason. He can of course give his word that this is not the case, but at the moment that isn't saying much, given the fact that he has a credibility problem.
Pengovsky already wrote that had Golobič really had sinister motives, he'd have left the Directorate where it was: within the ministry of commerce, headed by his party colleague Matej Lahovnik. Moving the Directorate only brought unnecessary attention to it, which is something he and Ultra would have wanted to avoid if they really had sinister motives. So, rationally speaking, the very fact that Golobič moved the Directorate under his control indicates that he did it for all the right reasons. Naturally, the opposition and most of the media will probably not see it that way, which means that minister of science will have to weather that one out and hope that the message will somehow get through. It would help, of course, if Ultra indeed doesn't do business with Golobič's ministry, although legally there is nothing that can prevent it from applying for tenders. A company becomes illegible for doing business with the government only when a public official owns 20% share or higher. Gregor Golobič, as noted above, owns about 7% of Ultra.
So, while minister Golobič was less than candid when (not) revealing his ownership of Ultra, the opposition is preparing to drag him through the mud for the next three and a half years, not seeking the truth, but rather seeking to neutralise Golobič politically. It is quite possible, though, that they bit off more than they can chew. Golobič is not your average Slovenian political twat who doesn't know his ass-hole from his ear-hole, but a highly intelligent individual, who is capable of tearing his opponents to pieces rhetorically. He is also capable of making members of the committee nervous and make them look like bunch of buffoons. And while he runs the risk of being overwhelmed by sheer volume of stupidity which is bound to emerge during the lifetime of this committee (pengovsky often warns about stupid people in large groups), I can hardly wait for remakes of "mortadella" exchanges.
For the uninitiated: in early nineties, when the newly minted democratic coalition ran the country, it tried to find people responsible for arresting Janez Janša in 1988. Specifically, it tried to pin the blame on then-President Milan Kučan and Stane Dolanc. In 1988 Kučan was head of the Communist Party in Slovenia, while Dolanc (A Slovenian Party heavyweight) was federal interior minister in Belgrade. The two conversed often, and the committee was for some reason interested in one particular debate, trying to establish a link between Kučan and Janša's arrest via Dolanc. When asked about it, Kučan calmly replied that he and Dolanc were talking about how to slice a prosciutto, while Dolanc said that Kučan was wrong and that they talked about how to cut up mortadella: in slices or in cubes. The answers completely baffled and humiliated members of the committee, who until that time failed to realise that they were barking up the wrong tree.
We'll see if the political right wing learned anything from their previous failures. Maybe they'll finally be able to come up with a half-decent investigative committee. Or maybe, they'll stick to what they know and prove once again that the harder they try, the dumber they look. How will we know? Simple: If the opposition will again try to use the famous quote by Slavoj Žižek against Gregor Golobič. Years ago this world-famous Slovene philosopher said of Golobič (they're great friends, btw) that he sees him as Slovene Stalin. While it was more than obvious that it was meant as a joke, Janša and the entire opposition failed to get it and interpreted it literally. That's how dumb they can be.
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Special Rapporteur on use of mercenaries as a means of impeding the exercise of the right of peoples to self-determination
The Commission on Human Rights in its Resolution 1987/16 decided to appoint a Special Rapporteur on theuse of mercenaries as a means of violating human rights and impeding the exercise of the right of peoples to self-determination.
Under the original mandate, which was repeatedly renewed, the Special Rapporteur was to examine the question of the use of mercenaries as a means of violating human rights and of impeding the exercise of the right of peoples to self-determination. To carry out this task, he was authorized to seek and receive credible and reliable information from Governments, as well as specialized agencies, and intergovernmental and non-governmental organizations.
As emphasized by the Special Rapporteur in his initial consultations with States, his basic mandate was to "identify the characteristics and methods of mercenarism as a means of violating human rights and impeding the exercise of the right of peoples to self-determination."
At its 60 th session in resolution 2004/5 the Commission requested " the Special Rapporteur to continue taking into account in the discharge of his/her mandate that mercenary activities are continuing to occur in many parts of the world and are taking on new forms, manifestations and modalities and, in this regard, requests him/her to pay particular attention to the impact of the activities of private companies offering military assistance, consultancy and security services on the international market on the exercise of the right of peoples to self-determination".
The Special Rapporteur also sought to promote the ratification of the International Convention against the Recruitment, Use, Financing and Training of Mercenaries, as well as the adoption of national legislation specifically targeting mercenary activities.(Fact Sheet N.28)
By resolution 2005/2 the Commission on Human Rights decided to end the mandate of the Special Rapporteur on the use of mercenaries as a means of impeding the exercise of the right of peoples to self-determination and to establish a working group on the use of mercenaries as a means of violating human rights and impeding the exercise of the right of peoples to self-determination, made up of five independent experts, one from each regional group.
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Kathleen Hanna stealthily assembled the members of The Julie Ruin without any of them realizing exactly what was happening. It all began in late 2009. Kathleen had not released an album since Le Tigre's This Island (2004), and she was ready to jump back into music again. She knew her onetime Bikini Kill bandmate Kathi Wilcox was going to be moving to New York in the near future, so she didn't even bother with finding a bass player at first. Carmine Covelli, who had toured with Le Tigre as their video guru, was having a blast at Kathleen's birthday party when she abruptly asked him to be the drummer. A longtime admirer of Kathleen's work, Carmine couldn't say no to her at her own party, so of course he joined the band. Sara Landeau and Kathleen both taught at Girls Rock Camp and Kathleen lured her into the band by trading Pro Tools lessons for guitar lessons. Sara's surf-informed style gelled perfectly with Kathleen's sonic vision for her new band. Kathleen approached Kenny Mellman last with the idea that they should write country songs together to sell to other artists. Within a week of their first meeting, Kathleen's mysterious "manager" (whom Kenny maintains does not exist) told her that they would never break into the Nashville songwriting scene, so Kenny might as well join her new band on keyboards. Done.
The four of them first got together on January 13th, 2010, in a practice room in Manhattan and learned to play songs from Kathleen's other projects: Bikini Kill, Le Tigre, and the first solo Julie Ruin record from 1997. This new iteration of The Julie Ruin practiced when they could until Kathi finally moved to New York, at which point they began to write the songs that eventually became their first album, 2013's self-released Run Fast. Some songs would germinate from loops band members had made at home, which the group would then expand into fleshed-out compositions. Other songs were born from just playing around in the studio. Before long, they were using words like "pre-chorus" and "outro." Since Kathleen mostly sang nonsense words at practice–and it was hard to hear over the loud instruments in the space anyway–it was always exciting, if not scary, for the band to finally get the lyric sheet. Who knew that peppy song was about euthanasia? "Wait, this one is also about euthanasia?"
Over the next couple of years they toured the world, accompanied at times by a couple of creepy puppets found in a Mormon thrift-store in Portland, Oregon. Though they hadn't played a live show together before the release of Run Fast, the band came out swinging and thrived on stage, as evidenced by the rapturous reviews of their performances.
In late 2014 they began work on their second album, Hit Reset, due out July 8th on Hardly Art Records. Mixed by Eli Crews (with whom the band worked on Run Fast), Hit Reset expands on the band's established sound: dancier in spots and moodier in others, with girl group backing vocals and even a touching ballad closer. Hit Reset is the sound of a band who have found their sweet spot. Hanna's vocals are empowered and her lyrics are as pointed and poignant as ever. From the chilling first lines of "Hit Reset" ("Deer hooves hanging on the wall, shell casings in the closet hall") to the touching lines of "Calverton" ("Without you I might be numb, hiding in my apartment from everyone / Without you I'd take the fifth, or be on my death bed still full of wishes"), Hanna takes a leap into the personal not seen completely on the first album or possibly even in the rest of her work.
"I was way more honest lyrically on this record because we'd been on the road together and I felt more confident taking risks in front of my bandmates," she says. "I've written about my personal bouts with illness, abuse, sexism and how hard it is for me to walk away from people even when they are toxic Tasmanian Devils before, but not in this way. Some songs were so close to me I had to stop singing in practice and while recording because I was crying. It's rare to work with a group of people you feel okay doing that with."
"But there was laughter too," Hanna adds. "We wrote this song called 'Mr So and So' where I sing from the perspective of a dude who 'loves girl bands' but is actually kind of a jerk. I've come in contact with this special 'doing feminism in a really un-feminist way' person a ton over my career and it felt good to crack jokes about it. I think my favorite moment of recording was the day I walked into Figure 8 Studio and found a woman who was working on the record laughing her ass off on the couch while Eli was playing her the track for the first time. It made me so happy to hear her laughing about something that can be so painful."
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Zyprexa update: New York Times Dragged In?
By Fred von Lohmann
Yesterday, we had a new development in the ongoing fight over the release of incriminating internal Eli Lilly documents relating to their top-selling drug, Zyprexa (background here: 1, 2, 3). In an "order and invitation" issued yesterday, Judge Weinstein has "invited" Alex Berenson, the New York Times reporter who broke the Zyprexa documents story, to appear in court "to explain the circumstances of his obtaining documents sealed by the court."
This development does not change anything for EFF's client, a contributor to zyprexa.pbwiki.com, or for the other websites (MindFreedom and AHRP) that have been enjoined by the court. Because they were not involved in the initial disclosure of the documents, the ongoing injunction against them still constitutes a prior restraint in violation of the First Amendment, whatever the New York Times may or may not have done.
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Earlier this year, the UK government produced the "Online Harms White Paper," creating a plan for a "system of accountability and oversight for tech companies." The draft scheme put forth by the government is flawed, and these flaws prompted EFF and OTI to respond to the questions asked...
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BTFTLIAW – Chapter 2009
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Chapter 2009 – Rock Scorpion Attack
Several birds were occasionally spotted flying in the sky. Right below them was a rugged path. The Tyrant Blade Sect didn't build a road from Lower Earth Mountain to Black Dragon Mountain. On the contrary, they destroyed any possible paths connecting the two mountains. Having no path between the mountains would slow down the attacking beasts, giving Lower Earth Mountain more time to prepare.
Although Zhao Hai doesn't know about the thoughts of the Tyrant Blade Sect, he was someone who experienced large battles in the past. He was aware of this method.
Because of this, Zhao Hai didn't complain. Instead, he cautiously advanced. He was currently wearing warrior clothing and not his usual black robe.
Wearing a robe in the forest is simply impossible since it was too long. Therefore, Zhao Hai changed into a warrior's clothes to move more efficiently. However, Zhao Hai didn't take his blade out.
Zhao Hai carefully moved forward. Although Lower Earth Mountain wasn't far from Black Dragon Mountain, it would still take Zhao Hai some time to arrive due to the bad condition of the road.
When Zhao Hai was halfway on his journey, he suddenly heard a strange sound. Then he felt a wind coming towards the back of his head. Zhao Hai turned his head and took out his blade. Then he slashed the blade towards the direction the wind was coming from.
Clang! The long blade in Zhao Hai's hand blocked the attack that was coming towards the back of his head. Zhao Hai also saw his attacker. It was a scorpion. And the attack was a tail needle of the scorpion's tail.
The scorpion looked very much like rock. Its entire body was covered with a stone-textured shell. If it lay down without moving, it was easy to mistake it with an ordinary rock. Zhao Hai had been negligent, which was why he wasn't able to detect it.
Zhao Hai held his blade as his gaze fell on the scorpion. He could recognize this scorpion. He bought a jade slip with information about beasts in the Miscellaneous Hall and this scorpion was one of the beasts included. The scorpion's name was Rock Scorpion. It had a very ordinary name but it was also titled as the Stone Assassin.
Rock Scorpions also have the nickname of living rocks. This was because they could petrify their bodies and have strong defenses. Most importantly, their petrified bodies could shield against spiritual force. In other words, it was very hard to detect them using spiritual force.
It was also for this reason that Zhao Hai wasn't able to discover the scorpion. After arriving in the True Spirit Realm, Zhao Hai barely used liquid silver to scout. This was because there were too many experts more powerful than him in the True Spirit Realm. Earth Monarch cultivators have abilities where dust wouldn't fall on them. Even if liquid silver was reduced to the size of dust, it may still be discovered. Therefore, Zhao Hai decided to hold off using liquid silver for reconnaissance.
Zhao Hai might not have noticed, but after arriving in the True Spirit Realm, the Space wasn't as helpful to him as before. But at the same time, the Space was much more useful in other aspects. It was a strange and contradictory condition.
The Space can now help Zhao Hai cultivate and even comprehend his techniques. It could also help him in battle through refining artifacts and pills. These things were important for Zhao Hai.
But at the same time, the Space could no longer scout the surroundings. If liquid silver was discovered, then it might be traced back to Zhao Hai. When the time comes, Zhao Hai would be in trouble.
Although the Space was unhelpful towards Zhao Hai with regards to scouting, Zhao Hai didn't mind it. With his present strength, he wouldn't suffer any problems even without liquid silver's help.
Zhao Hai was currently confronting the Rock Scorpion. The scorpion waved its huge pincers around and its tail swung back and forth. Its dark green eyes were completely focused on Zhao Hai.
From his previous attack, Zhao Hai could see that the defenses of the Rock Scorpion were very good. The scorpion was also very strong. Zhao Hai's blade attack only managed to block the needle attack of the scorpion. It didn't manage to hurt the scorpion.
Although Zhao Hai's eyes were on the Rock Scorpion, his spiritual force was scanning the surroundings. Rock Scorpions weren't solitary beasts. It was a beast that lived and hunted in groups. A Rock Scorpion appearing on its own was not normal. There should be other Rock Scorpions around.
Zhi~zhi~zhi. Just as Zhao Hai was thinking about this, the Rock Scorpion in front of him suddenly screeched. The sound was very unpleasant. Zhao Hai's expression couldn't help but change. Then he coldly snorted and waved his hand, turning his tang blade into a large glaive.
The large glaive was a heavy weapon. Zhao Hai hasn't given up on using the tang blade as a weapon. He only changed into a large glaive because the defenses of the scorpion were very strong. It would be difficult to use the tang blade to break through the scorpion. To deal with the Rock Scorpion, he would need a heavy weapon like the glaive.
With the glaive in his hand, Zhao Hai charged towards the Rock Scorpion. Although Zhao Hai hasn't acquired any techniques regarding the glaive, this doesn't mean that he couldn't use it. Don't forget, Zhao Hai had a world inside the Space with a Chinese background. Not only did he receive Buddhist sutras, Daoist manuals, and the like, he also received plenty of martial techniques. And that collection included books about the glaive. Particularly, there was a technique called the Spring and Autumn Technique that was written by a glaive expert.
In the past, Zhao Hai didn't give much importance to techniques from earth. Back in the Great Realm of Cultivation, the offensive methods used were completely different. So these techniques could only be used as reference, but not for battle.
However, things were different in the True Spirit Realm. Although spells were also present in the True Spirit Realm, attacks using one's body were more common. This gave Zhao Hai the opportunity to use the techniques from Earth. When he revisited his techniques, he also practiced the techniques he obtained from Earth.
When Zhao Hai was studying these techniques, he discovered that the consciousness they contain has a similar thinking speed as high-level techniques. Of all the manuals in Zhao Hai's possession, the Stellar Transformations Yin Yang Art has the fastest thinking speed, then it was followed by the 18 Buddhist Techniques, and then by his other techniques. Of these manuals, the techniques from Earth were just a level below the 18 Buddhist Techniques. It was on par with the other high-level methods that Zhao Hai practiced.
This was a startling discovery. Zhao Hai knew the state of Earth's martial arts before he transmigrated. But now, these martial arts seem to be stronger than the ones in the Great Realm of Cultivation.
It was because of this that Zhao Hai focused his attention more on the manuals from Earth. By this point, it wouldn't be incorrect to say that Zhao Hai was proficient in all 18 weapons. He could treat the weapons like his hands and feet.
This allowed Zhao Hai to utilize the glaive comfortably. In his hand, the glaive exuded a heavy aura of aggression. It was as if he was a martial god that looked down from the heavens.
The Rock Scorpion could also feel Zhao Hai's imposing aura. Its instincts were screaming that the person in front of it was a dangerous individual. However, the scorpion didn't retreat. The other scorpions were approaching, it could not let its prey go.
The Rock Scorpion retreated every time Zhao Hai waved his glaive. But at the same time, it used its pincers to attack Zhao Hai. His tail was also propped up, ready to attack if ever Zhao Hai showed a little opening.
The tail of the Rock Scorpion was very famous in the True Spirit Realm. Not only was the tail flexible, it also contained a very potent poison. Once the poison gets inside a person's body, they would immediately feel sluggish before their body turns into stone. Once its prey turns into stone, the Rock Scorpion will eat them.
The reason for the poison's fame was because even Earth Monarchs would be turned into stone if they were hit by it. Not only would one's body turn sluggish due to the poison, their hearts would also stop beating. Only a cultivator who reached the Teleportation Stage would be able to save anyone afflicted by the poison.
At the same time, the poison was famous for its wondrous property, and that was petrification.
This strong petrification effect applies to other things, not just the human body. Because of this, it was always in demand for refining masters and pill masters.
The tail of the Rock Scorpions was a very valuable item in the True Spirit Realm. However, this didn't cause the Rock Scorpions to be hunted down to extinction. In fact, the price of their tails allowed Rock Scorpions to kill even more cultivators.
The Rock Scorpions can do this because their stone skins could shield against spiritual force. It was very difficult for ordinary cultivators to discover them, allowing the scorpions to perform successful sneak attacks. At the same time, stronger cultivators wouldn't want to provoke Rock Scorpions due to their powerful defenses. Also Rock Scorpions live in groups. Strong cultivators have other means to make money, they have no need to endanger themselves just to harvest a few Rock Scorpion tails.
This placed the Rock Scorpions in a good position. Super strong cultivators disdained hunting them, stronger cultivators couldn't deal with them, and weak cultivators couldn't detect them. Therefore, Rock Scorpions were able to live freely in the True Spirit Realm.
Zhao Hai was also aware that the Rock Scorpion was waiting for reinforcement. He wouldn't dare underestimate the beasts of the True Spirit Realm. These beasts were intelligent and could plot to get their kill. Zhao Hai regarded the beasts of the True Spirit Realm the same way he regarded other cultivators. So upon seeing the Rock Scorpion retreating, Zhao Hai didn't slow down his attacks. On the contrary, he attacked more aggressively.
The glaive in Zhao Hai's hand carried the imposing aura of a mountain. Wen, wen, wen! A violent gale of wind appeared every time Zhao Hai waved his heavy glaive. The stone scales of the Rock Scorpion sparked every time it was hit by the glaive. Cut marks also began appearing on the scorpion's body. It was clear that the scorpion was hurt by the attacks. It screeched whenever Zhao Hai made a cut.
At this moment, Zhao Hai heard a skittering sound. He knew that the other scorpions had arrived. Moreover, there seems to be a lot of them. Zhao Hai's complexion changed, then he silently chanted, "Righteousness of the Spring and Autumn!" This was a killing move of the Spring and Autumn Technique. It carried the intent of a duty-bound soldier pushing on for their mission.
Bu! Zhao Hai's glaive shook the shell of the Rock Scorpion. Then the glaive continued slashing down, eventually chopping the Rock Scorpion's head off. The scorpion twitched two times before it completely stopped moving.
Zhao Hai waved his hand and sent the dead Rock Scorpion to the Space. At this time, Zhao Hai was surrounded by ten Rock Scorpions. The scorpions surrounding him varied in size. The largest scorpion was five meters long and had cyan colored stone skin. The smallest scorpion was around a meter long and had light gray skin. Zhao Hai understood that this scorpion was still a juvenile.
Zhao Hai looked at the scorpions and coldly snorted. Then he declared, "Kill!". Then he waved his hand and began another round of battle.
Seeing their fellow scorpion killed and taken away by Zhao Hai, the other scorpions were enraged. They screeched as they attacked Zhao Hai.
Zhao Hai already finished studying his movements techniques. So what he was least afraid of were group battles. Under the siege of ten Rock Scorpions, Zhao Hai was completely unafraid. On the contrary, he skillfully used his movement techniques to fight against them.
While enduring the attacks of the Rock Scorpions, Zhao Hai used a net made from liquid silver to capture a few of them and send them to the Space. This caused the bigger scorpions to be completely enraged. They attacked Zhao Hai more aggressively.
After battling for three hours, Zhao Hai was finally able to deal with the Rock Scorpions. However, he didn't kill all of the scorpions. Of the ten, he only killed five while the rest were captured and sent to the Space.
Zhao Hai let out a long breath after the battle. The Rock Scorpions weren't a joke to deal with. Their offensive strength wasn't any less than their defenses. If Zhao Hai's cultivation wasn't special, he wouldn't have been able to endure for so long. It must be known that the spiritual qi density of the True Spirit Realm was greater than the Great Realm of Cultivation. Even then, it took Zhao Hai a lot of effort before the Rock Scorpions were dealt with.
5 thoughts on "BTFTLIAW – Chapter 2009"
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pokeperson1000 says:
I mean, even if liquid silver can't be used to scout anymore, the space would still be usable for enemy detection. Liquid silver was just used as a medium for the space to map the realm he is in. After traversing/exploring a place once, the are will have been mapped out by the space, and markers will be displayed for any friendly and hostile entities. Liquid silver's microscopic forms were just used as a proxy for Zhao Hai's personal traversal of areas for the space's mapping.
So really, he just can't use it for first time mappings of an area, and I think using it as a medium for eavesdropping is off the table as well. He can still use it as an artifact in combat. And the space can still be used for detection, assuming he has explored the area he's traveling in before.
Also, more poisons added to his space, huh. Geez, how potent is his space's herbicide and insecticide at this point, and how strong of an all-purpose antidote has the water become?
On a side note of the space's various functions, he hasn't used any of them at since he ascended from the Ark Continent. Maybe now that he has ascended to the true spirit realm where farming plays a bigger role, he can finally make use of the Cast Pest function of his space again to harass enemy sects. Crop eaters infinitely revive before the set duration is up, and with how much the space has upgraded, the Blood Devouring Mosquitoes probably can revive dozens if not hundreds of times before they actually stay dead. His harassment tactics would be terrifying, epsecially since he only needs to be at the edge of the fields for a single moment to release the pests over the entire area. Cultivation and conventional combat is nice and all, but the space in and of itself is playing less and less of an active role, and I just find that sad.
asirpaogata says:
I agree.. I really do hope the spaces function from back in ark continent be used in this realm.
I really look forward to the cast pest function and I also miss the fly swatter.. hehehe..
I also hope Nier will be mentioned again and not just Laura.. I kinda miss her..
Nestor Del Rio says:
gracias por los capitulos y Feliz Navidad