The impact of digital technology extends far beyond the digital sector itself. This is why we need a collaborative approach to policymaking on digital – notes European Commissioner Mariya Gabriel, speaking in the build-up to the Second Digital Summit of the Western Balkans in Belgrade.
Last year's First Digital Summit of the Western Balkans opened with the message that the "era of the digital integration of the region" is beginning. How would you assess progress on this front since then?
– I have visited five out of the six Western Balkans partners since the first Digital Summit in Skopje in April last year and I've already seen real progress. The support and cooperation between the governments of the region are very good, and we are already seeing the first positive outcomes. My visits have also been extremely helpful in understanding where the EU can help most effectively in the implementation of the Digital Agenda for the region.
Since last year's Digital Summit, we launched the Digital Agenda for the Western Balkans in June in Sofia, which was endorsed by all leaders of the region. We also made 30 million euros available for technical support for broadband roll-out by the Commission as part of the Western Balkans Investment Framework (WBIF).
Another tangible example is the memorandum of understanding on the creation of a 5G corridor between Thessaloniki, Sofia and Belgrade, which was also signed last June. Other milestones include Montenegro becoming the first candidate country to join the EU Programme for Interoperability Solutions for Public Administration, Businesses and Citizens (known as ISA2) on 29th May 2018, as well as the more than 1,000 events held throughout the Western Balkan region during last year's Code Week – three times the number held during the previous year.
Those who will determine the "digital future" of the Western Balkans are now again gathering, this time in Belgrade. Why is it actually important to bring together in one place the creators of international and regional regulations, academic experts and representatives of the economy? How is the importance and scope of such a gathering reflected?
– The digital world is by definition a borderless one. The impact of digital technology extends far beyond the digital sector itself. This is why we need a collaborative approach to policymaking on digital. And I don't just mean that governments from the region and from the EU need to talk to each other; they also need to discuss with academia, with researchers, with industry, to ensure opportunities and challenges are fully understood. We need to ensure an inclusive approach, focused on our values and democratic principles.
We all need to be focused on answering the same question: how can we jointly ensure that the region benefits from these new digital opportunities? As mentioned previously, we have made real progress in the last year in terms of strategy and developments – now we need to focus on making sure these strategic developments bring the real results that we want for citizens and businesses, and in particular on closing the digital gap between the region and the EU.
Your message in Skopje last year was that the digital transformation process doesn't make exceptions and that, accordingly, the EU and the Western Balkans will continue to strive together towards the digital revolution. A subsequent major step in this partnership was the adoption of the Digital Agenda. What are its key ambitions?
– The aim of the Digital Agenda for the Western Balkans is to help the region benefit from the digital transformation taking place on their doorstep and to prepare for their potential future within the European Union. Aligning the two regions' approach on international roaming is probably the highest profile measure – and I hope the agreement will soon be reached between the Western Balkans partners on how to implement the roam-like-at-home approach that we benefit from in the EU – but it is far from being the only one.
For example, we are investing in broadband connectivity – with the €30 million in EU grants that I mentioned earlier. High-speed networks are as vital to today's economic and social development as electricity, water or transportation networks were in the 19th and 20th centuries; broadband internet is the enabler of many innovative services, such as e-health, 'smart' cities and data-driven manufacturing. The money available under the Western Balkan Investment Framework (WBIF) will help accelerate the pace at which this vital infrastructure rolls out across the region. I have been encouraging partners in the region to come up with specific projects in this crucial area.
Better high-speed networks lead to an increase in the number of digital products and services available to consumers – but with these also comes the need for higher levels of online security and trust. The number and size of cyber incidents that we are witnessing – both in terms of geographical spread and the variety of sectors involved – show us that no country can face these challenges alone. For a digital society to work, there must be trust: trust that personal data is taken care of correctly, trust that sensitive business information is not leaked.
A robust cybersecurity strategy is needed to give citizens and businesses the confidence they need to use the internet. It is a challenge that is common to all of us in Europe. As such, it requires a common response – coordinating our national cybersecurity strategies and increasing our shared cybersecurity capacities. This is what we've achieved in the EU with the political agreement on the Cyber Act, which includes a new mandate for ENISA and a new certification scheme.
As the number of digital services grows, we also need to make sure that citizens are confident in using them. This means improving their digital skills – not only as users but also as potential creators – encouraging the development of coding in schools, for example. This is why we were pleased to see such a significant increase in the number of Code Week events taking place in the Western Balkans last year. And we are not just looking to boost the capacities of the next generation of coders; the Digital Agenda also supports national research facilities and connects them with the digital European Research Area, giving the region's current raft of researchers and engineers access to world-class training and collaboration.
The second digital summit, to be held in Belgrade, also brings the signing of the long-awaited regional agreement on roaming tariffs, equating to more favourable prices for the citizens of the six Western Balkan economies. On the other hand, what can we expect in terms of the abolition of roaming tariffs with EU members? This clearly cannot happen overnight – considering that negotiations for Union members themselves were long and complex.
– There are in fact two issues related to roaming currently being negotiated: how to lower tariffs within the Western Balkan region and, as a second step, how to lower tariffs between the region and the EU.
Once a regional roaming agreement is in place, we can indeed start the process of lowering EU-Western Balkan roaming tariffs. This will not happen overnight, but I know the political will is there, and the expertise and experience within the EU of having already gone through this process will be invaluable.
What is clear that we cannot simply impose a reduction in tariffs. We have to ensure that telecommunications companies in the region have a stable environment for their investments, with clear and harmonised legal frameworks in place. We need cooperation with telecoms operators to ensure the roll-out of broadband and prepare the region for future technical developments, including 5G. So, this obviously has to be handled with understanding and cooperation, with both national and regional authorities and the telecoms sector, including the role of regulators playing their part. For example, we need to ensure that prices for frequencies auctions are fair and reasonable, that permissions for building new infrastructure are harmonised across municipalities and regions, and that access to existing infrastructure and its reuse is made easier.
Recent years have seen Serbian engineers and the Serbian economy recording progress in innovative fields, while there are a growing number of companies that are global champions in the areas in which they operate. Do you believe that closer cooperation with neighbours in the domain of innovation and innovative entrepreneurship will bring even better results for all?
– Start-ups are the drivers of innovation. The digital economy has dramatically accelerated the speed of innovation, user adoption and information sharing, as technologies evolve faster and become more widespread than ever before. Start-ups play a catalysing role in innovation, creating new businesses and services in the process. This is why, last November in Sofia, we opened our existing EU networks, such as Start-up Europe, to cooperation with the Western Balkans. We will discuss possible best practices at the Summit this week (21st March) in Cluj, Romania. This will help the region's companies and start-ups connect with, and learn from, their EU counterparts. Cooperation is important to allow start-ups to innovate and grow.
We also need to do more to attract more women, digital entrepreneurs. A recent EU study on Women in the Digital Age shows a worrying decrease in the number of women opting to study ICT-related subjects and taking up jobs in the sector. For every 1,000 female tertiary graduates in the EU, only 24 are graduates in ICT-related fields and only 25% of them end up working in digital jobs. This needs to change. One of the main problems that women face when starting a tech company is the lack of access to capital, despite the fact that investment in female-founded start-ups performs 63% better than exclusively male-founded start-ups.
Can we expect even stronger support from the EU on this road?
-Yes, indeed. We already include the Western Balkans in our existing networks and encourage relevant stakeholders to join. And startup organisations from the region are also organising themselves more effectively to take advantage of this access to our existing EU framework. A Western Balkans start-up network is currently being developed (alongside a similar one for start-ups from Central and Eastern Europe, within the EU).
When it comes to regional cooperation in the digital domain, one of the most important topics is cybersecurity. The relevant government ministries recently announced the possibility of establishing regional training centres. In your opinion, what would be the benefit of such centres?
– In order for a digital society to work, there has to be trusted. This is why each economy needs a robust national cybersecurity strategy. At the EU level, this is based on the Network and Information Security Directive (NIS), and all the governments of the Western Balkan region are in the process of aligning their national strategies with the NIS directive, thus strengthening their cybersecurity capacities. But it is about more than just having an effective national strategy. As I mentioned before, the digital world is by definition borderless, and cybersecurity incidents rarely hit only one economy, which means that sharing knowledge and cooperating is essential to preventing and addressing them. The EU is preparing a programme to strengthen the cybersecurity capacity of the region and facilitate cooperation. I mentioned ENISA and the certification scheme, and we need to ensure that our Western Balkan partners are included in this cooperation.
Which other domains have the greatest potential for regional integration?
– There are several areas where regional integration can help to speed up digital transformation. The harmonising of rules and procedures will help cut red tape and shorten the time needed to set up a company or trade across borders. Mutual recognition of electronic IDs will facilitate the lives of both citizens and companies in the region. And exchanging data between the region's governments using standard building blocks will enable and support the wider data economy.
How significant are events like the Digital Summit for the economy? What were the impressions of companies that participated in last year's Digital Expo?
– Events like the Digital Summit show a strong commitment from leaders that digital is a priority and is to be taken seriously. The participating companies have a great opportunity to not only show what they are doing but also to connect with other companies and networks that can help them grow. It is important to increase cooperation not only within the region but also globally.
Regional integration encourages the development of the digital economy and society but also contributes to approaching the EU's single digital market. What are the key steps that are necessary to make the Western Balkans even more effective in achieving this goal?
– In the EU we have developed the Digital Single Market Strategy to ensure that the European Union is well-placed to attract investments, foster creativity and innovation, provide top-class public services and protect our businesses and citizens. Based on our experiences, there are many areas where I would see a real advantage for partners in the Western Balkans by working together more closely.
For example, developing the vital broadband networks needed to underpin the digital society of the future can often be easier and cheaper when connecting across borders than within the country itself. A coordinated approach on spectrum policy, agreeing which frequencies should be reserved for which services, is another area where regional cooperation is beneficial, especially given the exciting potential offered by 5G.
But it is important to remember that the EU is essentially a partnership between equal partners and that this is why it functions. In order for the region to grow, there is a need to continue to build trust between the economies. Increased cooperation will make the region stronger and speed up digital transformation.
Digital transformation also implies a labour market revolution, while demand for IT specialists is today growing faster than ever before. What is essential for the advantages brought by digital transformation not to be endangered by workforce shortages?
– In 2017, some 25 per cent of major companies and 10 per cent of SMEs in the EU used big data analytics. Only one in five SMEs was highly digitised. When asked about the reasons for this limited digitisation, 72 per cent of employers cited "a lack of staff with the right digital skills". This gap between what is needed and what is available is one of the key factors holding back the rapid development of a wider digital society in the EU. The situation in the Western Balkans is even worse.
The opportunities to learn advanced digital skills related to technologies like artificial intelligence or cybersecurity are few and far between. But digital skills are needed for many jobs these days, and even these are sorely lacking in many cases. Nurses, farmers, teachers, lawyers… they all need digital skills of some form or other in their workplace, and skilled workers are very often increasingly hard to find.
This is why we need to develop a comprehensive strategy for digital skills, at the national level but also at the European level. The European Commission has launched a number of initiatives in this area, all of which are open to the Western Balkan region. For example, the Digital Skills and Jobs Coalition was created to bring together a wide range of stakeholders – including EU member states, companies and education providers – to take action to tackle the lack of digital skills. And, in an effort to increase the number of young people with advanced digital skills, the Commission has also launched the Digital Opportunity Traineeships pilot project to provide cross-border traineeships for up to 6,000 students until 2020. The project started last summer and there are already almost 2,000 Digital Opportunity traineeships in cybersecurity, software development, big data analysis and coding taking place across Europe.
The European Commission praised Serbia for the results achieved in the digital transformation of public administration, as well as for adopting and efficiently implementing a set of laws governing this field. Do you believe that it is additionally important that the state is also helping in the digital transformation of the economy? This year is the first time that the Chamber of Commerce & Industry of Serbia and the state have subsidised the digital transformation of the SME sector, in an effort to accelerate their growth, but also to raise awareness about the essential nature of this process. How would you evaluate such an initiative?
– By its nature, government plays an important role in helping to digitally transform the economy. Public administrations need to lead by example and become enablers for businesses to improve economic activity and for citizens to improve access to services. Government plays an essential role in helping to remove existing digital barriers, reducing administrative burdens and improving the quality of interactions with government.
Leading by example is also important. We need to accelerate the roll-out of digital public services across Europe – while of course ensuring that citizens and businesses can trust the safety and effectiveness of these services.
It is clearly important to also ensure that we do as much as we can to support the digital development or transformation of SMEs, including through digital innovation hubs. But this needs to come as part of a broader policy of support for smaller companies, including increasing networking opportunities for SMEs, start-ups, investors and accelerators.
Focusing on the creation of a thriving ecosystem can multiply jobs, growth and investment. An example of how we do this in the EU is 'Start-up Europe', which coordinates the EU's work to connect clusters and ecosystems across Europe and aims to bring stronger coherence between different EU initiatives. It links national and regional ministries, innovation agencies and other stakeholders. In my view, a stronger start-up ecosystem needs proper cooperation between all players in the country and the region. Founders, accelerators, academia, investors and government institutions should all work together for the benefit of all citizens.


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Oniriad is the third album by the Polish symphonic black metal band Darzamat which was released in 2003 and was recorded at their own studio The Post Street Studio in Poland. The album was self-produced and it took them nearly two years to prepare all the new material. The main reason why it took so long was that the band had been building their own studio. Five months work in The Post Street Studio has brought 42 minutes of music and nine compositions. The band had personnel issues too. By the time Oniriad was prepared to be released, Kowalski had left band and started his own project called Eclipse. Chudzicki known as Mastiphal musician, joined the group. Katarzyna Banaszak left Darzamat and had gone to USA. She had been replaced by Karolina Widera after she left.

Track listing
 "Into the Abyss of Forgotten Woods" – 4:40
 "The Longest Journey" – 5:23
 "Nameless" – 4:51
 "Beauty" – 5:29
 "Time" – 4:38
 "Moon Has Imprisoned Me in Her Shine" – 3:37
 "When the Dreams Died" – 4:39
 "Elegy" – 3:41
 "Soporific" – 5:11

Personnel
 Katarzyna "Kate" Banaszak – vocals
 Rafał "Flauros" Góral – vocals, lyrics
 Szymon Struzek – bass guitar, programming, compositions
 Krzysztof "Chris" Michalak – electric guitar, compositions, engineering, mixing
 Pawel Chudzicki – drums
 Bartlomiej Krawczyk – compositions

External links
 Encyclopaedia Metallum (retrieved 10-18-08)

2003 albums
Avantgarde Music albums
Darzamat albums

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Sep 22 Cult short film festival comes to Torquay
Film, Insiders Guide
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Did you know that Torquay is one of only 3 places in the UK taking part in the Manhattan Short Film Festival? Nope... neither did we! We headed to the Blue Walnut Cafe AND Cinema for the inside track.
From humble beginnings 20 years ago, the Manhattan Short Film Festival has become something of a global phenomenon, with over 100,000 people now gathering in over six continents in cinemas, universities and museums each year. Their purpose? To view and vote on ten Short Films which are Finalists in the Festival.
"Twenty years ago, I started the Manhattan Short Film Festival, when I mounted a screen to the side of a truck in Mulberry Street in Little Italy in New York City to a crowd of just over 200 people. Looking back, what fascinates me most is the Manhattan Short was never once reliant on celebrities or corporate sponsors to exist. It was all about great films, a great concept, great venues and an appreciative audience. It was that combination that has made this one of the largest short film festivals in the world today."
— Founding Director, Nicholas Mason
The Blue Walnut Cafe and Cinema has been screening the Festival since 2002; a tradition the relatively new owners have been keen to continue, with audiences from all walks of life attending from Torbay, Exeter, Plymouth, and even tourists from America, Canada and Norway. Dave from the Blue Walnut explains;
'For a film to qualify, it has to be no longer than 18 minutes. And each film will be screened over 1000 times around the world; we're the only cinema in the UK that screens it more than one time. There are certainly people that the only time we see them come through the door, is for this the festival. They don't go to the cinema throughout the year, but they attend the festival. It is a special event for them.
On the evening, you're given a voting card when you arrive, which lists the ten films. At the end of the evening, you get to choose who you think is the best actor and film. After the screening, I gather all the results and then send a result sheet through to Nick in New York. Then he collates all the votes from across the world to produce a winner.'
The ten shorts are screened simultaneously across the world from the 29 September to 7 October. This years shortlist includes comedy, drama, horror, scifi, animation and even martial arts with representation from 8 countries.
'None of them are amateurish. All of them have a great amount of production put into them... a lot of people work on these films. Last year, there were some recognisable acts from the TV and mainstream actors.
"Do No Harm (New Zealand), Behind (Spain), Fickle Bickle (USA), Hope Dies Last (United Kingdom), The Perfect Day (Spain), Just Go! (Latvia), Mare Nostrum (Syria), Viola, Franca (Italy), In a Nutshell (Switzerland), 8 Minutes (Georgia)."
Book tickets online or at the Blue Walnut for screenings from Friday 29 September to Saturday 7 October. Doors open 7.30pm, screening starts 8pm. Tickets £6.50. The Blue Walnut can be found on Walnut Road, Torquay, TQ2 6HS. Find out more manhattanshort.com
Credit: Images kindly provided by Manhattan Short Film Festival
The Shorely editors are a bunch of Torbay creatives and culture vultures. We curate and reveal content through words, images and video. Issue 1 editors are Bert Fowler, Josh Pratt, Lisa Gardiner and Sophia Slater. Contributors include Ellie Woolman, Gina Caro, Matt Newbury, Paul Davies, Suzanne Howell and Phil Vinter.
WeSup are bringing a WeDo Energy To Torquay
Situated at MDL Marina, next to Torquay's Pavilion, is a brand new space that we think everyone needs to know about. WeDo is a laid-back, modern approach to business and life. A place to see the Bay through new eyers and with renewed energy. We met with Harry James-Mills to find out more about this multi-faceted venue.
Sarah Vaci Feeds Donald Trump's Face to Bugs at Artizan Gallery
Sarah Vaci explores themes of power in 'Pest and The Profound' in her debut exhibition at Artizan Gallery, Torquay from the 25-31 July. This contemporary artist is feeding portraits of the worlds most notorious politicians - Donald Trump, Vladimir Putin, and Kim Jong-un - to moth larvae. To digest this concept, we met up with Sarah to find out more.
A Hyperlapse Tour of Cockington Court Sculpture Trail 2019
Cockington Court's Sculpture Trail has returned to the creative community at the heart of Torquay where 19 artists have produced 42 sculptures for you to see for free. This is a must-see walk for all the family!
Meet the curators behind the Cockington Court Sculpture Trail
Watch an interview with the organisers of the 2019 Sculpture Trail at Cockington Court, Torquay. Now in its third year, Marissa Wakefield and Phil Dixon gives us the behind-the-scenes exclusive! Displayed around this beautiful site, it's the perfect place for an inspiring walk packed full of colour, ideas and play.
Win 2 tickets for Occombe Festival in Torquay
Summer wouldn't be summer without Occombe Festival and this year, the two day event (14-15 June) on the farm is brimming with even more foot-stomping live music, 40 varieties of beer, ales and ciders to sup, and a feast of festival food too. This is good times that do good! Enter by Thursday 13 June to win 2 tickets
Meet the Maker | Hannah Smith: Signwriting and gilding for the world
Hannah Smith is the young Devon artist behind the mesmerising 24ct gold leaf glass signs from Lauren's Letters. Following in the footsteps of her prolific signwriter father, David Smith, Hannah is growing an international company from right here in Torbay. We spoke to Hannah about her traditional handmade craft, inspirations, and global commissions.
Sep 22 Novelist... surfer? Meet the real Agatha
Sep 21 Local coffee culture with a cause


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MOSCOW: Russian oil major Rosneft will continue court proceedings against Russian business conglomerate Sistema , Rosneft said.
Rosneft is suing Sistema for 170.6 billion roubles ($2.85 billion) in damages over the purchase of oil producer Bashneft . Sistema proposed an out-of-court settlement with Rosneft last week.
"There is no subject for comment. The document does not contain any proposals on resolving the dispute. We will continue the proceedings in court and we are waiting for the court decision," Rosneft said.
Sistema said last week that the mechanism to resolve the dispute which it proposed would allow the results of the Bashneft reorganisation, and the financial consequences of this reorganisation for the oil company, to be evaluated out of court.


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Q: If $U$ and $V$ are subspaces of $\mathbb{R^4}$, $(U+V)^{\perp}=(U^{\perp}\cap V^{\perp})$ As the title says, I would like to know if that equality is true if we consider $\mathbb{R^4}$.
I would write down my attempt, but I have no idea how to prove it, or how to choose a counterexample.
$(U^{\perp}\cap V^{\perp})$ are the vectors which are orthogonal to both $U$ and $V$, while $(U+V)^{\perp}$ are the vectors which are orthogonal to the linearly independent vectors of $U$ and $V$

A: This is a very basic property and can be shown like a set theoretic result:
Let $x \in (U^{\perp} \cap V^{\perp})$. Then $(x,u) = (x,v) = 0$ for all $u \in U$ and all $v \in V$, where $(\cdot,\cdot)$ denotes the inner product.
Now take $y \in U + V$. By definition of this sum, there exist $u_y \in U$ and $v_y \in V$ such that $y = u_y + v_y$. Now we have
$$(x,y) = (x,u_y+v_y) = (x,u_y) + (x,v_y) = 0+0=0$$
and as we started with $y$ arbitrary, we get that $x \in (U+V)^{\perp}$.
For the other direction let $x \in (U+V)^{\perp}$. Then...
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Let's hope it will stay alive this time.
Maybe it will die again!
No, we can't let that happen! Only we can stop it from dying!
Perhaps this thread is just doomed.
Quite ironic that two different tropers posted before me. Really, will this thread live.
Say that to Country Elimination Game. That's been killed so many times already.
U think it's because of the letter X?
Very shameful that no one is posting here.
Anxious about this thread dying so many times?
Definitely a strange game, but seems interesting! Even the bugs are cheering!
Just use Bold, not italics, K?
Lame! nobody's posted in nearly a month. Must do something about that.
Naaah, forum games can afford to languish. On the other hand we shouldn't let it languish too long.
Please, that was only three days since 's post!
Quite true, I just wanted to le-bump.
Rest for a while, Loki is here! Such a good thing, no?
That's funny. Usually when Loki's around everyone ducks for cover.
Very odd. Why is that?


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Chapter 17 – Because I'm an Adventurer, Let's Take the First Request
"You are an F-rank that just joined yesterday!?!?" (Regan)
An angry voice echoed inside the guild master's room on the third floor of guild building. I was called by Baldy, I meant Guild Master to this place because of what happened yesterday.
We sat face-to-face sandwiching a table in front of us. Because he wanted to know more about me, I told him that I just joined as an adventurer yesterday. That was the cause for the angry voice from before.
(Too loud, Are you trying to make me deaf?)
"Goddess's gracious! I've heard yesterday's situation from Lula and understood that those guys were in the wrong. But a mock battle between F-rank and A-rank is a little….. Let's cancel it!" (Ragen)
"Eh? No, please let me do it! Bal—Guild Master!! Those guys were making a fool of your cooking!! Out of loud!! It's enough of reason for me!! Don't worry, because I won't lose!!" (Wazu)
I will be troubled if he cancels the mock battle.
"I am glad you praised my cooking….. phew….. Well, I do think that rank is not always represent one's ability….. By the way, you have a different image with the story I heard from Lula and Emma. Such as belligerent….." (Ragen)
"Belligerent? It's not that. This time, I just have a little objective on my mind….. Well, it's my personal circumstances, though. By the way, who is Emma?" (Wazu)
"What? She didn't introduce herself? She is the receptionist who handled your guild registration." (Ragen)
"Oh, that pink-haired woman." (Wazu)
"By the way, she just married so it's no use to wooing her." (Ragen)
"I don't have such intention" (Wazu)
(Just what did you think of me?)
I let out a sigh and was about to complaint, but looking at the serious expression of Baldy, I mean Guild Master…..
"Are you really going to do it?" (Ragen)
"Yes." (Wazu)
"Okay, then. It's not the authority of guild to stop a dispute between adventurers. There are things about excessive behavior but it's on the very limit this time so I will overlook it, but remember that there won't be next time" (Ragen)
"I understand." (Wazu)
I thought the talk ended with that. I stood up from sofa and was just about to leave the room when Baldy, I mean Guild Master spoke to me.
"I see, good luck." (Ragen)
"I don't need you to say that. Well then, excuse me, Baldy….." (Wazu)
*bang!!*
"Bastard!! You said it finally!! Let me tell you something, I just shaved my hair off—-!!!" (Ragen)
I didn't care either way. I came down to the first floor in a trot.
"Excuse me, I'd like to take these requests please." (Wazu)
"Excuse me, please don't hand it to me." (Emma)
I came down to the first floor and pulled 2 of request papers from the bulletin board. When I handed them Emma-san the receptionist, such a reply was returned with a smile and blue vein popped on her head. That was quite scary.
"You did say that you would be careful….. and yet, this happened!? Did you remember what I told you yesterday?" (Emma)
"I remember it. However this time….. well….. there is a lot of circumstances." (Wazu)
"Sigh….. whatever. It seems you got lectured by Guild Master so I won't say anything this time….. You want to take these two requests, right?" (Emma)
Emma-san confirmed the content of the requests that I handed to her. Immediately, she let out a big sigh.
"You have a mock battle tomorrow, so why did you take goblin subjugation and herbs collection request?" (Emma)
"To be frank, I don't have much money. Because all F-rank requests need one-day trip, only E-rank requests are available for me." (Wazu)
(Well, there is also another purpose though.)
Emma-san let out a big sigh.
"….. I understand. It's accepted. Please give me your guild card." (Emma)
I handed the guild card. The request that I received would be confirmed and registered in the guild card. Meanwhile, Emma-san told me about the request's detail.
"You advance a little from here to the east. Usually, you can find a goblin in the forest around there. Because there's a goblin nest deep inside the forest, please be careful. Since subjugation proof is the goblins right ear, please bring five of them. Then about the herbs collection commission, we will buy them as much as you have. Is there any question?" (Emma)
"I don't have a bag to put herbs and the goblin ears. Can I borrow one?" (Wazu)
"No problem….. Well then, it's your guild card and the bag which you can attach to your waist. Please return the bag later, if it's torn or damaged you have to pay a fine. Please be careful." (Emma)
"Thank you very much." (Wazu)
"Yes, take care!!" (Emma)
I left the guild and headed to the Wind of Light Pavilion. I paid my lodging fee for today and left the city.
On the way, I met Orlando and returned my temporary ID card after talking for a short while. He knew about the mock battle between me and the A-rank adventurers.
(The information is spreading fast, huh…..)
He has a day off tomorrow and said he would come to watch.
I walked for a while and arrived at the eastern forest. It was not as far as I thought. I walked leisurely while collecting herbs. Finally, 3 green monster appeared before me.
Pointed ears and nose with green stocky body. The monster called goblin approached me while laughing with a *geya-geya* sound. They held a rusty knife and wooden stick as weapons.
(Good. Finally, I can test the thing out.)
I'm going to test my power against goblin. I need to train how to hold back because at this rate, I think all the opponent I face would die. That's what I thought, but……
In front of my eyes, there are three goblin corpses with their head burst out….. in just an instant….. sigh….. just as I thought.
Maybe it's because of the monsters rank but the main issue is my power as expected. I thought this time I will be able to exert my power properly because I'm aware about it, but it still doesn't work after all.
If everything stays as is, tomorrow those guys will be killed. Not that I care, but considering about the future, I can't say the same thing about it. First of all, I need to remember how to go easy with the goblins.
With that reason, I will go to the goblin nest right now.
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poor little goblins. they have no luck at all. always the first victim of every overpowered MC


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Son bludgeoned parents to death with pick hammer
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Myles Taylor used a hammer to kill his parents. Picture: Supplied/Facebook
After Myles Taylor bludgeoned his parents to death with a geological pick hammer he called triple-0 and requested a police car come to their home.
He told the operator: "I've just killed my parents."
When he was asked what happened, he replied: "I think everyone knows, but yeah, you just probably wanna (sic) send a cop car around here."
Taylor, 36, stood trial in the West Australian Supreme Court charged with murdering his 65-year-old father Michael and 64-year-old mother Lesley in the lounge room of their Hocking home in April last year.
But on Wednesday, Justice Anthony Derrick, who presided over the trial without a jury, ruled Taylor was not guilty of double murder because he was of unsound mind at the time.
Justice Derrick said during the call to triple-0 Taylor spoke in a matter-of-fact, relatively calm and friendly way.
"In short, the way in which the accused spoke to the operator and reported what had occurred was completely incongruous with what he had just done and his situation generally," he said.
Days before the killings, Taylor called police because he was seeing faces in the bed sheets and birds on the walls.
When police did a welfare check, his parents expressed some concerns about their son and were told they could apply for a family violence restraining order.
After the killings, Taylor had a shower before police arrived and he did not resist arrest.
Myles Taylor was found not guilty of double murder. Picture: Supplied/Facebook
In an interview with police, Taylor said he had been consuming methylamphetamine since he was 16.
He also said he had been hearing voices since he was 17 and it had become worse in the 10 months before the killings.
Taylor described seeing things in bed sheets, carpets, clouds, walking through walls and while watching television. Sometimes he saw dragons and demons, he added.
Justice Derrick said Taylor answered all of the police questions in a forthright, relatively detailed and matter-of-fact manner.
"He appeared detached, unemotional and relatively calm," the judge said.
"He did not give any indication that he appreciated the gravity of what he had done or the situation in which he was in.
"In short, his demeanour was entirely incongruous with his situation."
Following the evidence of psychiatrists who concluded Taylor was suffering from schizophrenia, Justice Derrick said he was satisfied Taylor was in such a state of mental impairment as to be deprived of the capacity to control his actions and know that he ought not to do the acts.
"The accused has consistently maintained that he killed his parents because he wanted to stop the voices that he was hearing because he believed that the deceased were responsible for, or in some way involved in, the phenomena that he was experiencing and because he believed that his parents posed a risk to himself and others," Justice Derrick said.
"The accused was, at the time of killing the deceased, suffering from the auditory hallucinations and delusional beliefs.
"The accused's auditory hallucinations and delusional beliefs were the product of his mental impairment, his paranoid schizophrenia."
Justice Derrick imposed a custody order on Taylor, which means he will be detained in a hospital or other facility indefinitely.
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Why? You may well ask. Simple: it's because I have a life here, and I need to be able to enjoy it without feeling as if I'm constantly on duty. In my workshops, I teach that we're spiritual beings as well as physical beings, and it's so important that we honor all of ourselves. It takes a really strong spirit to get my attention when I'm not working, as it needs to literally break through my shield, my "off switch," but on those rare occasions when one does, I've now learned that I still must act on it every time.
Some think this Everest of a novel the greatest ever written. On the surface, it tells a tale of family feuding and parricide, but underneath, it is really a philosophical quest for a spiritual future for humanity and for Russia. Dostoevsky has divided himself into three characters: Dmitry, the passionate and sensual man; Ivan, the brilliant but skeptical intellectual; and Alyosha, the youngest brother, a follower of a Russian holy man. Dostoevsky knows that a novel is only as strong as its villain, so he gives many of the strongest lines to Ivan, who seeks to discredit God on the grounds that even if things work out all right in the future, he cannot forgive God for the suffering of children in the present. The brothers' arguments are really the dialogues of a soul with itself; we can see that the author is risking everything and is not sure where this will all lead. Dostoevsky is arguing with the most powerful of his own doubts, so we find it incredibly moving when, at the end, this author drawn to darkness and violence turns his back on European materialism and cynicism and passionately embraces a spiritual view of life.
Now that I've explained a bit about Psychics and Mediums…I am a SPIRITUAL Medium. I am a Medium aligned with the Holy Spirit, a dedicated person doing work with the intention of achieving the greater good. Most of us never become famous. But the highest reward for this work comes to us on a soul level. Sure, we have bills to pay. But bringing hope and closure to people and giving them peace lifts us higher than money possibly could.
The mediums ranged from 15 to 47 years of automatic writing experience, performing up to 18 psychographies per month. All were right-handed, in good mental health, and not currently using any psychiatric drugs. All reported that during the study they were able to reach their usual trance-like state during the psychography task and were in their regular state of consciousness during the control task.
Sit in on a mediumistic circle to develop your skills. You need others to practice with and to discuss what's working and what's not. You can build strong bonds and make good friends while learning together. Your local spiritualist church is likely to run a mediumistic circle. An 'open circle' is where anyone can come along and join, a 'closed circle' is by invitation only. You can graduate from one to the other. You may be able to find independent spiritual and metaphysical circles online, directed by an experienced medium.
In 1988, the magician Bob Couttie criticized the paranormal author Brian Inglis for deliberately ignoring evidence of fraud in mediumship. Couttie wrote Inglis had not familiarized himself with magician techniques.[178] In 1990 the researcher Gordon Stein discovered that the levitation photograph of the medium Carmine Mirabelli was fraudulent. The photograph was a trick as there were signs of chemical retouching under Mirabelli's feet. The retouching showed that Mirabelli was not levitating but was standing on a ladder which was erased from the photograph.[179]
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Before setting a consultation appointment, it is important my client understands I work with prayers of protection and thanks to God. My intention is to help my clients achieve their greater good. If there is information the client is not "supposed" to have, then the information will not be revealed to me. I do share everything that IS revealed to me, with no judgments or holding back.
A medium that has been screened over several months by the University of Arizona's VERITAS Research Program, and has agreed to uphold a code of spiritual ethics as well as hold a strong commitment to the values of scientific mediumship research. An Integrative Research Medium has undergone several stages of questionnaires, interviews, and tests; participated in training in grief psychology, afterlife science, and human subjects research; and demonstrated a strong ability to report accurate and specific information during double-blinded test readings. In January of 2008, Joanne was invited to continue to participate as a Certified Research Medium in the new mediumship research program, under the direction of Dr. Julie Beischel at the Windbridge Institute for Applied Research in Human Potential.
This sitting was the one she really needed, with the most recent person coming through. It may not always be the case, but give them a chance; let them know that you're open to a reading and that you're ready, because they take their cues from you. If they know that you're still very emotional, and you may not be ready for a reading and hearing from them, then they're more than likely going to hold back. No matter what the reason, remember they do in fact love you and will do anything they can to let you know it.
6) Try to relax and put your mind at ease before a reading, and try to remain positive. Please discuss with me any concerns or apprehensions you may have prior to the reading. Please don't be afraid to ask questions, whether it be about the process, or about the information given during a reading. Try not to have any expectations. Have an open mind, and look forward to an enlightening experience.
As the thirst for all things mystical, spiritual, occult and witchy expands into the mainstream, tarot cards are experiencing a huge, almost cultish following. Tarot cards are a form of divination, which literally means working with the divine, or your higher self, which is the ultimate purpose of tarot cards, just like yoga. We've broken down everything you need to know about them, from types of decks to what each card represents.
No doubt a great importance in the paranormal field is the problem of fraud. The field of psychic research and spiritualism has been so notoriously full of charlatans, such as the Fox sisters and Eusapia Palladino–individuals who claim to have special power and gifts but who are actually conjurers who have hoodwinked scientists and the public as well–that we have to be especially cautious about claims made on their behalf.[58]
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"Tarot cards do not tell the future; rather, tarot is a tool for spiritual guidance and enables the person receiving the reading to connect to his or her inner wisdom," she told INSIDER. "Tarot readings help a person understand what he or she needs to know about a particular situation. Decks are best used as a tool of inner wisdom and guidance, as readings give a person insight to past, current and future events based on the person's current path at the time of the reading. The cards do not necessarily reveal what will happen, but instead, allow a person to gain an understanding of a situation and determine the best course of action based on what is known and what the cards show."
The Major Arcana (greater secrets), or trump cards, consists of 22 cards without suits: The Magician, The High Priestess, The Empress, The Emperor, The Hierophant, The Lovers, The Chariot, Strength, The Hermit, Wheel of Fortune, Justice, The Hanged Man, Death, Temperance, The Devil, The Tower, The Star, The Moon, The Sun, Judgement, The World, and The Fool. Cards from The Magician to The World are numbered in Roman numerals from I to XXI, while The Fool is the only unnumbered card, sometimes placed at the beginning of the deck as 0, or at the end as XXII.
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The word tarot is derived from the Italian word tarocchi, which has no known etymology. There are many theories regarding its origin. It may be derived from the name of an Italian river, the Taro. Or perhaps it is of Arabic origin, as playing cards originated in the Middle East, becoming common in Europe by the year 1377 C.E. 18th century occultists claimed the name Tarot came from the conjunction of two Egyptian words meaning "royal road," which indicated that the tarot was the path to wisdom.
The medium Frank Decker was exposed as a fraud in 1932. A magician and séance sitter who called himself M. Taylor presented a mail bag and Decker agreed to lock himself inside it. During the séance objects were moved around the room and it was claimed spirits had released Decker from the bag. It was later discovered to have been a trick as Martin Sunshine, a magic dealer admitted that he sold Decker a trick mail bag, such as stage escapologists use, and had acted as the medium's confederate by pretending to be M. Taylor, a magician.[155] The British medium Estelle Roberts claimed to materialize an Indian spirit guide called "Red Cloud". Researcher Melvin Harris who examined some photographs of Red Cloud wrote the face was the same as Roberts and she had dressed up in a feathered war-bonnet.[156]
Each Reading will assist you with the choices that you are choosing in and for your life's path and Soul Life Purpose, recognizing your inner wisdom, and identifying and assisting with the energetic cyclical patterns, axioms, e~motions, and illusions that we choose that are being invited to be shifted which will gift you with the Absoulute Love, Inner Peace, Bliss, Spiritual Oneness, and all that you so desire for your Life Experience. While offering an overview of the soul's path in this Life Experience, each reading also focuses on soul resonance cycle patterns within your Life Experience in the moment and your life choices and why on a soulful resonance that you have chosen these choices with regard to your life and with regard to such matters as relationships, career, geographic location, family and business matters. If you have been asking for clarity about your life path, or would like to connect more deeply with the Spiritual Soul BEing that you are, then this is the reading that will gift you this experience. Many souls have expressed to me receiving major shifts of consciousness and healing during these Spiritual Channeled Soul Readings.
When you become a communications tool for spirit entities to convey meaning to their loved ones on the earthly plane, you are reaffirming to your client that these bonds of love and friendship go on and are everlasting. It's an amazing service to provide for someone. It is however, not like getting in touch with your own spirit guides and loved ones passed-over, because you are tuning in to the vibrations of strangers. Practice is required.
There are now thousands of types of tarot decks to choose from, Hello Kitty to zombies. A traditional deck has 22 Major Arcana (or trumps) which are the archetypal images. There are 56 Minor Arcana cards, sixteen Court or Personality cards; the Kings, Queens, Princes and Pages, just like modern playing cards. There are four elements or suits: Fire, Earth, Air and Water, with 10 cards in each. There are no inherently negative cards.
Do compose your emotions and appearance to hide any revealing information about yourself. Your facial expression, style of dress, personal mannerisms, and emotional outbursts can tell a psychic, especially a false one, a great deal about you to make it look like she knows all these things from a paranormal reading, when in fact, she is merely interpreting your physical appearance or reactions.
The process is known as synchronicity, a term coined by psychologist Carl Jung to describe the temporally coincident occurrence of events. In synchronicity, there is no distinction between inner and outer. The choice of a card is exactly what your higher self already knows. This is what tarot occultists call the conversation with your higher self. The cards always work. It's not magic—tarot cards are a sacred mirror.
Spiritualists believe that phenomena produced by mediums (both mental and physical mediumship) are the result of external spirit agencies.[38] The psychical researcher Thomson Jay Hudson in The Law of Psychic Phenomena (1892) and Théodore Flournoy in his book Spiritism and Psychology (1911) wrote that all kinds of mediumship could be explained by suggestion and telepathy from the medium and that there was no evidence for the spirit hypothesis. The idea of mediumship being explained by telepathy was later merged into the "super-ESP" hypothesis of mediumship which is currently advocated by some parapsychologists.[39]


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Gallery: Slade pair celebrate 50 years of gigging together
Rock legends Don Powell and Dave Hill's celebrated powerhouse musical partnership is matched for longevity only by the Rolling Stones' Mick Jagger and Keith Richards and The Who's Pete Townshend and Roger Daltrey
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My Oh My! Black Country rock legends Don Powell and Dave Hill have ushered in the New Year with their own special celebration – marking 50 years of gigging together.
And the Slade pair, who drove the raucous four-piece through six memorable number ones in the 70s, remain determined to keep a rockin'.
Don and Dave's celebrated powerhouse musical partnership is matched for longevity only by the Rolling Stones' Mick Jagger and Keith Richards and The Who's Pete Townshend and Roger Daltrey.
But where these other pairings have been characterised by constant bickering and tumultuous fallings-out, the down-to-earth Wolverhampton duo, now both aged 67, have never lost their sense of fun – and have remained the best of pals.
Slade historian, Aldridge-based Chris Selby, has painstakingly researched the gigs which led to the formation of the chart-topping legends, noting that January 3, 1964, was a pivotal moment.
This was the date of Dave's first performance with Don in Johnny Travelle and The Vendors, a five-piece that would eventually evolve into Slade.
The gig took place at the Three Men in a Boat Pub in Stephenson Avenue on Walsall's Beechdale Estate – the same venue that would host the first rehearsal by the classic Slade line-up, with Noddy Holder and Jim Lea, two years later.
"A lot of the early days, nobody knows anything about, but because I'm local, I thought I would start looking around," Chris said.
"I've got in touch with various people over the years, and Johnny Shane, who was replaced by Dave as guitarist, let me look at his diaries. The last date he played was in December, 1963, and the earliest date I could find with Dave, from looking at newspapers in local archives, was this one on January 3, ten days after Johnny left.
"Don and Dave were only kids when they started and their relationship is just basically a friendship. It's like family."
Don, in his recent biography Look Wot I Dun, written with Lise Lyng Falkenberg, paid tribute to Dave's infectious mix of enthusiasm and naivety.
"Dave's still the same," said Don, who has kept Slade going with his bandmate since the departures of Holder and Lea in 1992. They recently completing a 23-date British tour.
"One time we were in Vienna, doing a concert, and Dave was having a stroll around the city. Then this hooker came up to him and said, 'It's 5.50', and Dave looked at his watch and said 'No it isn't! It's half past three!' He had no idea what was going on. He'll never change."
Roadie Tim Ramage said in the biography that diminutive Dave was regularly ribbed by the drummer: "Actually, one of Don's great pastimes on the road is his ongoing teasing and cheeky comments to Dave Hill. This is done in a way that only two guys who are great lifelong friends can.
"When we were waiting around at an airport, Dave went off to buy some new sunglasses. He came back to where we were sitting and asked Don what he thought of his new shades, to which Don replied, 'Well, they make you look much taller', and we all fell about laughing!
"And then, of course, Don will put a chair on a table in a dressing room, borrow my marker pen, climb up and write 'Dave Hill was here' as high as he possibly can, so we all fall about giggling at the idea of 'little Ronnie Corbett', as Don refers to Dave, doing it!"
In the same book, Dave said: "Whether it has been playing together, reforming the band or whatever we have been doing, there has always been a connection between the two of us.
"With all the travelling we have done and all the special times we've had together, we have a strong bond – a union.
"Don was always there for me and has been close to me. We have been together a very long time and been through many changes.
"We have weathered many storms, had some wonderful experiences, and our relationship today is stronger than ever.
"We are, in a way, like brothers. We have kept true to the music and each other."
Dave Kemp, who runs Don's website www.donpowellofficial.com, said of the landmark: "We applaud their musicianship, friendship and the entertainment that they have given fans around the world for the last 50 years. Congratulations to Don and Dave. Fifty years together is an absolutely amazing feat."
*The Three Men in a Boat Pub had numerous connections with the music scene. Its landlord was William Bonham Senior, the uncle of John Bonham, who would become drummer with rock superstars Led Zeppelin.
Zep manager Peter Grant sent countless telegrams to the pub urging Bonham to join the band.
Robert Plant, who became Led Zeppelin frontman, lived in upstairs rooms at the pub, along with his cats Tipton and Dudley.
Noddy Holder, who lived just 200 yards away, was a regular at the bar and his father Jack was contracted to clean the pub's windows.
Bands played in a ballroom area constructed in the late 50s. The area could accommodate 300 punters.
The pub closed in July, 2000, and was converted into a base for the Beechdale Community Housing Association.
Look Wot I Dun: Don Powell – My Life In Slade, by Lise Lyng Falkenberg and Don Powell, is available for £19.95, published by Omnibus Press.
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Posted by The Argonaut | May 29, 2019 | News, Venice | 3 |
Venice Neighborhood Council executive officer candidates make their case to voters at Tuesday-night election forum
Anyone expecting fireworks or defining moments at the Venice Neighborhood Council's executive officer candidate forum on Tuesday night likely walked away disappointed or surprised. The two and a half hours of candidate Q&As at the Westminster Avenue Elementary School Auditorium was a low-key, low-drama event by Venice standards.
In some ways, it could also be viewed as an evening of missed opportunities. Given the opportunity by moderator and Venice Neighborhood Council parliamentarian Ivan Spiegel to engage each other — which does not often happen at neighborhood council forums — candidates either passed or asked each other about their hobbies and what they do for fun, as land use and planning chair contenders Daffodil Tyminski and Alix Gucovsky did.
Board vice-president candidate Grant Turck, who on May 17 filed a complaint with the Los Angeles Ethics Commission against incumbent George Francisco over the collapse of the Venice Chamber of Commerce's partnership with Venice Pride, simply replied "no" when given the opportunity to ask questions of Francisco.
The audience of about 50 people saw candidates give mostly polite answers to questions posed by Spiegel.
Perhaps the most interesting exchanges came between Tyminski and Gucovsky on future planning matters that will affect Venice. The winner will chair the council's land use and planning committee, arguably the board's most influential committee. While they largely agreed on most topics, they differed on one of the more controversial items that could affect commerce and tourism: the potential rezoning of Ocean Front Walk.
"I'm for that plan. I realize that there are people who object to it. But I think we can do it while still preserving housing," said Tyminski, a current committee member.
Gucovsky, a talent agent, noted the proposal to rezone the Ocean Front Walk came to the land use and planning committee without specifics for which properties might be redeveloped.
"This is a big zoning change. How can anyone support properties to be rezoned TBA (to be announced)?" she said. "This needs proper analysis."
The candidates also slightly differed regarding who should sit on the committee.
"The takeaway for me is that there is a little bit of an echo chamber on the committee," said Gucovsky. She advocated for a broader diversity of voices on the committee — "not just architects and developers who have a financial interest in Venice," she said.
Tyminski took the opposite view, claiming that local architects have been able to provide historical advice and context to developers and the committee for years.
"We absolutely need architects and developers from Venice. We need qualified people. This is not a social engineering committee," countered Tyminski, who acknowledged that she has a "pro-business" point of view.
Outreach officer candidates Joslyn Williams and Sima Kostovetsky agreed on most ideas of how to conduct outreach for the council. But Williams, a current board member and member of the outreach committee, did ask Kostovetsky one pointed question.
"Why do you want to be the outreach officer? Where have you been the last few months?" asked Williams, who noted that Kostovetsky has not been part of the outreach committee.
Kostovetsky explained that she had been on the East Coast caring for her sick mother for most of the year. Regarding her decision to run for the outreach officer seat, she said "because I think that I can make a difference and I think that there are some things that can be done differently."
Exchanges between incumbent Ira Koslow and current outreach officer Hollie Stenson in the campaign for board president were also uneventful.
Koslow, the longest-serving member on the board and the current president, asked voters to stay with him for another term based on his work of inclusion and his history with the council.
"I feel that my job is to go by the rules and to let everyone participate, and that's not always easy in Venice. People are worried about a lot of things, but I've seen it all. Over the years I've seen the good, the bad and the ugly of Venice," said Koslow, a retired teacher and a 48-year resident.
Stenson, an actress and owner of a Venice-based social impact strategy company, praised Koslow for his tenure but said she thinks Venice needs a new direction for the next several years.
"I think it's time for a shakeup. I think it's time for a change," she said.
Incumbent council treasurer Hugh Harrison and council secretary Melissa Diner will be reelected without a challenge. Theresa White, the wife of outgoing communications officer Evan White, also has no opponent and will join the board after the election.
A similar forum will be held in the same location at 6 p.m. Wednesday night for the 14 at large officer seats.
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WalkStreets	on May 29, 2019 at 8:43 pm
Grant Turck tried a publicity stunt that hasn't worked. Francisco has given a large amount of his time to the Venice community, and his efforts are appreciated by many. That's going to count a lot more with voters than Turck and Taylor's grandstanding.
Ohall right	on June 1, 2019 at 2:58 am
"Batman" Francisco cannot simultaneously serve the Chamber of Commerce and work fairly on the Neighborhood Council. His community-damaging work goes largely unnoticed because he knows how to keep a low profile. Turck is sub-optimal, but not subversive.
Harvey	on May 30, 2019 at 8:08 am
Rezoning OFW and a few other locations in Venice back to their original zoning prior to the 1989 spot zoning that was done in error will benefit all of the community. It makes no sense to have two blocks out of over 40 residential when the others are all commercial. One of the proposed reversions that was talked about at the LUPC meeting was incorrectly referenced in the City ordnance. These sorts of errors on the Cities part should not be allowed to go uncorrected in the upcoming Land Use Plan that will get adopted by the Coastal Commission. Now is the time to correct them!
George Francisco has been a leader in the community for many years. This guy Turk as one person in the crowd shouted out, he is a bully! Besides being about 6′ 4″ tall and weighing over 230 pounds, he likes to get in your face when he is talking to you and shout you down. He has been known to get physical and start fights when he does not get his way. My opinion, he would make a horrible leader!


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We're looking for a Senior Android Engineer to help architect, develop, and test the PayPal Android Consumer App. At PayPal, we work together on small, collaborative teams. We're passionate about code quality and we are constantly -some might say, obsessively - finding new ways to perfect our processes and product. We work closely with our design, content, and product teams to build, test, and iterate on new solutions to customers' problems. And we meet with our customers every week to make sure we're giving them the app they expect and the experiences they deserve. But it doesn't stop there. We have dedicated teams to support our Continuous Integration, Quality and Release processes. All this results in your code being published in an update to the App Store at least once every 3 weeks.


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The new 'Bogey' golf magazine
The latest publication to challenge the golf establishment
Bob Warters
Bogey – good read.
Bogey magazine
First impressions can be deceptive. Take 'Bogey' the new golf magazine from the Docklands-based Media Cell publishers, for example.
When my 17-handicap son brought a launch copy home from the garage (price £3.30) and I flicked through its bulky 164 pages of psychedelic design and blurry fashion mag images, I could feel the hairs on the back of my neck stand to attention.
'Golf magazine? They're taking the p***!'
After all, I should know, surely – I was Editor of three successful ones for ten years!
"But that's just it," said my 30-year-old, who reckons he's cool. "You're too close to it. You don't get it. I think it's good; it's my kind of golf magazine."
In search of a second opinion, I showed it to some of my former colleagues and they agreed with me, but then again they would – I hired most of them!
"What are they like?…they can't be serious…it's a joke, surely?" were just a handful of other initial impressions.
However, scrape away the flash, unco-ordinated design and some silly, token 'golf babe' photography and 'Bogey' asks some serious questions about golf and golf magazine writing.
'Don't darken our door' asked two black golfers and two white golfers to visit a traditional golf course to discover how differently they were treated.
The feature didn't disappoint, revealing appalling racism as the black players, dressed immaculately in golf gear were hassled about their playing ability, asked to eat their meal in an annex and leave by a side door, while their colleagues, despite one being dressed in jeans and trainers, were given first class treatment. Just a pity 'Bogey' didn't have the guts to name and shame the club.
Silly fashion pictures.
Though the use of the 'f' word was gratuitous, style guru Zachary Drake explained how 1980s golf clothing could still be in vogue, while editor Steve Muncey (a former deputy with establishment magazine Golf Monthly) revealed how car-makers Audi have employed a Brit to come up with a revolutionary, prototype golf club.
As someone who has played a famous golf course at dawn without paying, I could relate to how two golfers regularly blagged their way on to Wentworth and The Buckinghamshire, and was almost out of breath reading Tony Dear's report of how Extreme Golfers in San Diego run round 28 holes every morning in less than an hour, while still playing to their handicap.
Much enjoyed were the profiles of Europe's and America's latest teenage whizz-kids Zane Scotland and Ty Tryon. Both produced pearls of wisdom and gave an insight into how the next generation of Ryder Cup players consider the game.
Said Scotland (19): "If young kids want to go on to the practice ground they should be allowed to wear trainers or whatever. You'd think people would chill out on that sort of thing because it keeps people away."
As for Tryon (17) he revealed he has a 32-year-old yoga teacher called Sarah. "It's strictly business remember. She helps me deal with the bombardment in my life. She's been so cool. With a round to go at the qualifying school I was totally out of it, my man, in 50th place. But she took me for a moonlit yoga session on the sands at West Palm Beach and an hour later I stood up and shouted 'I'm going to shoot 65.' I shot 66 and got my Tour card."
Apart from the unnecessary bad language and design which makes some features almost impossible to read, 'Bogey' deserves a chance to express itself. It has hooked up some tasty ads in its first issue and it will interesting to see whether it can maintain its ideas, writing quality and revenue by issue No.3.
Most mainstream golf magazines survive on 60 per-cent instruction to attract readers, apart from Scott Cranfield's enlightening article on humming your way to more birdies, this had next to none.
Muncey says that Bogey is 'a big broom sweeping away old cobwebs. If you don't like cobwebs, you'll like us. If you like things the way they were, you won't.'
If it will attract more kids to the game, there's room for both...I wish it well.
Meet goolf - the new app designed to help golfers find others just like them
Paige Spiranac reveals all with ONLY PAIGE: "You've asked and I've delivered"
No women here, thankyou!
Sex romps at golf course


A Netflix Model for Hep C – Canton & Co.
We're keeping a close eye on the ingenious "Netflix model" two states are launching to pay for hepatitis C drugs. It certainly has some implications for how a Smart Health Market might approach rising drug spend.
Earlier this year, Louisiana and Washington announced requests for pharma bids on fixed-cost contracts that allow the states unrestricted access to hep C drugs. That's right: For one price, it's pretty much all-you-can-script.
What's fascinating is that the drug manufacturers responded with enthusiasm. We've confirmed that each state walked away with three bids, and Louisiana has already chosen Gilead as its supplier under a five-year contract.
Because drug manufacturers are bidding for these substantial contracts, competition drives down prices.
With the unlimited supply of hep C drugs, unit costs become less of a drag, and more patients can access treatment.
With fixed costs over a year or more, spending is predictable for the state.
But it's not entirely a free-for-all.
Keep in mind Louisiana is contracting with Gilead's new generic subsidiary to treat about 10,000 people in prison and Medicaid populations. Washington is offering an exclusive contract to treat targeted populations totaling as many as 30,000 people (Fierce Pharma).
If the Netflix model proves out, we anticipate these states will add other populations to the mix in the next round of contract negotiations.
Also with experience, states could potentially expand to other innovative drug treatments, such as the new infusion for post-partum depression, estimated to cost $34,000 per patient (Associated Press). Another candidate might be naloxone, a nasal spray used multiple times a day by first responders to revive people experiencing opioid overdose.
Certainly other payers will find the Netflix contracting model attractive, but here's where it gets tricky.
Each payer has its own nuances in how it funds and delivers care. Each payer also has distinct population needs, budget priorities and a host of complex regulations to follow. Therefore, each Netflix contract will have some limitations.
Let's do the arithmetic. The CDC estimates 2.4 million Americans have hepatitis C (CDC Overview & Statistics), and a course of treatment with the modern class of antiviral drugs starts at $24,000 (Gilead Sciences). Even if wide-scale contracting drives the price way down, to say $18,000 per patient, we're still looking at $43.2 billion just to treat the current cases.
Without treatment, hep C can escalate into liver failure, which means liver transplant surgeries, significant recovery and lifelong health risks. The cost-and-benefit analysis also must figure in quality of life. So the arithmetic is not so easy.
Is the Netflix model a trend to watch? Absolutely. Is it going to be the only way to negotiate deals on high-priced drug products? Certainly not.
What we can say about Netflix for hep C, however, is that it's a sure sign of the attractiveness of alternative payment models to drive population health. And that makes good sense.


The Junior State of America (formerly, the Junior Statesmen of America, or JSA) is an American non-partisan youth organization. The purpose of JSA is to help high school students acquire leadership skills and the knowledge necessary to be effective debaters and civic participants. JSA is sponsored by the Junior State of America Foundation Inc. (JSAF, a 501c(3) non-profit corporation), which also operates the JSA Summer Schools. The Junior State of America is student-run, the largest such organization in the United States[better source needed].
Students organize every aspect of the organization, from the local chapter level to the regional level. The members elect local, regional, and state leaders to organize JSA conventions, conferences, and political awareness events.
JSA is both a local and a national organization. The JSA is organized by regions, somewhat congruous with the real geographic United States regions. At the high school chapter level, chapter presidents organize local activities and meetings. On the regional level, mayors and vice mayors organize regional one-day conferences. On the state level, governors and lieutenant governors organize overnight conventions and other activities. On the national level, governors are in communication with each other planning convention themes and steering the direction of the organization.
The JSA program includes debates, "thought talks", problem solving, and a variety of simulations designed to provide members with an informed viewpoint and the ability to analyse important issues. Simulations include, for example, Model United Nations, Model Congress (with a Senate and House of Representatives), crisis simulations, and other activities. JSA provides an opportunity to meet other students from outside their home communities who share similar interests; furthermore, debate conventions usually include various evening activities like dining downtown or impromptu debate.
In addition to sponsoring the JSA, the JSF sponsors three- and four-week Summer School sessions for JSA members and other high school students. These are held at Princeton, Stanford, and Georgetown and week-long symposium on state and local politics are held in several states. (In years past, JSF has held Summer School sessions at Yale, Northwestern University, University of Texas at Austin, University of California, Davis and University of California, Santa Cruz). Sessions include college-level courses on political science, economics, history and public speaking. Students from all over the world, (most notably England, France, Turkey, Micronesia, the U.S. Virgin Islands and Hong Kong) attend Summer School. The revenue from these programs help fund the school-year JSA program.
JSA was founded in 1934 by Professor E. A. Rogers at the Montezuma Mountain School in Los Gatos, California, as an experiment in self-government. Students at the Montezuma Mountain School set up their own tree-branch government, complete with a student court, police force, executive officer, and legislative branch. The students would draft, pass, and enforce their own rules.
The JSA has had liaisons with other similar organizations outside of the United States. For example, throughout the 1980s the Pacific-Northwest State developed close ties with the British Columbia Youth Parliament (BCYP). "Ambassadors" were invited from the Pacific-Northwest State to attend the December BCYP legislative session in Victoria, British Columbia, as well a number of BCYP sponsored events, including the "Vernon Conference" held in 1985, a project to celebrate the United Nations International Year of the Youth, involving the BCYP, the TUXIS Parliament of Alberta, and the JSA. In turn, the BCYP would send delegates to attend Pacific-Northwest Spring and Fall State. The Southern California state also added the American School in Honduras as a chapter in 2006 and the school's chapter attended the annual Congress convention. There are two active chapters in St. Kitts and St. Thomas, USVI. Puerto Rico has traditionally one or two chapters. All Caribbean chapters attend either the Northeast State or Mid-Atlantic State conventions.
Since its inception in 1934, more than 500,000 student members have participated in the JSA.
Most notable former members include Leon Panetta (Former Secretary of Defense, Director of the Central Intelligence Agency, White House Chief of Staff, United States Congressman, and Member of the California State Senate), Mike McCurry (Press Secretary under President Bill Clinton), Edwin Meese (Attorney General under President Ronald Reagan), Jennifer Palmieri (White House Communication Director under President Barack Obama) businessman and inventor Charles R. Schwab, and New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady.
The JSA consists of 10 states which correspond roughly to the geographic territories in the United States: the Arizona State, Mid-Atlantic State, Midwest State, Northeast State, Northern California State, Ohio River Valley State, Pacific Northwest State, Southeast State, Southern California State, and the Texas State. Each state is broken into one or more regions. If a state contracts below a certain operational level, the Council of Governors may vote to make the state a territory. The Council may also break states into multiple territories if they become too large to be effectively managed.
The sponsoring JSF is a non-profit organization with an adult board of directors, trustees and paid staff. The JSA receives administrative and programming support from the JSF.
Fall and Spring State are statewide overnight conventions at regional hotels and convention centers. Both consist of debates, thought talks, and special activities, including political fairs and a casual dance. Fall State is one night, students typically arrive at the hotel on a Saturday and return home the following day. Spring State, by comparison, usually takes place over three days, students arriving at the hotel on a Friday and returning on Sunday. At this longer spring convention JSA members in attendance elect regional leaders for the upcoming year. Both Fall and Spring State conventions are highlighted by prestigious keynote speakers, with past speakers including Pat Robertson, Ralph Nader, Colin Powell, and Joe Trippi.
Winter Congress is structured more like an actual Congress: students are divided into Senate and House of Representative committees. They pass bills in committees and then in floor sessions of the Senate and House. If a bill passes both houses, it becomes JSA law.
There are also smaller, regional conferences and chapter-conferences ("chapter-cons") which occur on a local level. Regionals are run by the Mayors and Vice-Mayors of Regions along with the Regional Cabinet members that they appoint. Chapter-cons are usually hosted by chapters at individual schools and are not officially JSA-sponsored events.
As a student-run organization, each JSA state holds elections yearly at the Spring State conventions to elect student elected officials who serve one-year terms. Each state elects a Governor and Lieutenant Governor, as well as various other offices that differ from state to state. These officials each appoint a small cabinet that helps them run the organization by completing tasks such as organizing convention logistics, writing debates, producing publicity materials, founding new chapters, and running websites. There is also a National Cabinet appointed by the Council of Governors. JSA officials and cabinet members are typically extremely dedicated to JSA, and often spend many hours per week doing their jobs.
After the school year is over, JSA and JSF offer numerous summer programs. The biggest programs, which are held at major universities, are Summer Schools, which are conducted by the Junior Statesmen Foundation and offer students an opportunity to study local, state, or national government at an advanced level. These programs are meant to prepare young leaders for active participation in public affairs.
These programs, at which students take a full semester of two courses over three or four weeks, for which they can receive high school credit, take place at Stanford, Georgetown, Princeton, and Beijing. Along with debate and regular classes (including Advanced Placement and Law Classes), students participate in a vigorous Speaker's Program in which notable speakers talk about current issues to the students. Past speakers have included Mike McCurry, Andy Card, Ben Bernanke, Lee H. Hamilton, Norman Mineta, Joe Trippi, Dennis Kucinich, Chuck Hagel, Katie Couric, Brian Williams, Geraldine Ferraro, John Kerry, Harry Reid, Barack Obama, Ted Rall, George H.W. Bush, Condoleezza Rice, Ed Meese, William Perry, Bernie Sanders, Brian Williams, Karl Rove, Sebastian Gorka, and Sarah Huckabee Sanders.
Summer institutes are also held in different regions, such as the summer symposium of Arizona State, Stanford, UCLA, Princeton University and University of Texas. These events are four- to five-days long and venture into politics, world studies, history, national security and discussions of current events. Princeton's event is nicknamed "Princetitute." These events used to be known as symposia.
Every summer, the newly elected governors each choose a select few from their states or territories to attend the Montezuma National Leadership Summit (affectionately known as "Zuma"). The summit is held in early-to-mid August at Presentation Center in Los Gatos, California, the former site of the Montezuma Mountain School where JSA was founded in 1934. Students who are selected to attend this summit learn more about the history and national dynamics of JSA. Being selected for attendance is considered one of the ultimate JSA honors, and many of the students that attend lead future years of the Junior State. Subsequently, two or three students are selected out of class to become a National Montezuma Foundation Student Advisor, working with the Junior State Foundation to preside over budget and funding allocations for the National Montezuma Summit.
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Sebastian wonders why we re-crucify Jesus at every Mass?
Your problem is not with Catholic teaching, It is with Protestant teaching. Protestant teaching says that we continue to re sacrifice Jesus over and over. Catholic teaching says we offer the SAME sacrifice as Jesus on Calvary in an un bloody manner and Jesus asks us to do this often. As you do, I too have a problem with the re sacrifice of Jesus over and over and you are correct Protestants should give up this teaching. A misrepresentation of Catholic teaching is not Catholic teaching, but in fact false allegation against the Church. One of the reasons why so many intelligent Protestants are coming into the Church is the fact that so many of them see through these false allegations.
Some will say that Catholics re-crucify and re-sacrifice Jesus again and again at every Mass and thus it is at odds with the words of Jesus one sacrifice for sins. Yes, this is a problem teaching, but not a Catholic teaching. This problem teaching is a Protestant teaching or misrepresentation of Catholic teaching not to be confused with Catholic teaching.
We do not teach that the offering of Jesus is a re-crucifying of Jesus at every Mass. We offer Jesus at every Mass because He asked us to do this in remembrance of Him.
"Then he took the bread, said the blessing, broke it, and gave it to them, saying, "This is my body, which will be given for you; do this in memory of me" (Lk 22:19).
We do what Jesus asks of us and I don't think we should accuse Jesus of re sacrificing him self at every Mass, when in fact He asks us to offer Himself at every Mass in Memory of Him.
"I think this is the most pervasive misunderstanding non Catholics have about our teachings. Before I reverted, I actually believed it myself. Learning the truth - which nearly knocked me out of my chair- was one of the key markers on my journey home."


Kalpitiya (Sinhalese: ????????, translit. Kalpi?iya, Tamil: ?????????, translit. Ka?pi??i) is located in Puttalam district, North Western province of Sri Lanka. It is known for its serene beauty. It consists of 14 islands. It has a total area of 16.73 km2. The people of Kalpitiya are mostly fishermen. It is now developing as an attractive tourist destination.


Before I tackle this on my own, has anyone made a script to generate an email to the user upon bid expiration (using the maintenance.php cron job)? Asking since I don't want to reinvent the wheel if its already been done.
In core/common/SchedulesData.class.php, somewhere near line 792, you can replace and try this, however I am not sure it may work or not.


SHOOT THE APPLE ON HIS HEAD OR THE DUDE!
Pitt likes to show off his shooting skills whenever his friends visited him.That scares his friends a lot and they don't want to visit him any more.However,as Pitt's best friend,David continues to pay visits to Pitt no matter what Pitts does to him.One day he comes to visits Pitt again and this time,things go in a scary direction!In order to prove that he's the best shooting guy in this area,Pitt asks David to stand in front of a wall and put an apple on top of his head.Game rule is simple:shoot the fruit on his friend's head.WHAT A BIG SHOW OFF!!!
Well,it's time to get serious,will Pitt you lose a friend,or simply an apple?Nobody knows what happens next.That depends on Pitt's archery skill!If I were someone else standing there,I would suggest David buy a life assurance for himself if necessary.
Fruit Shooting is a fun archer game, the perfect mix of arcade and simulation. With beautiful and running smooth graphics, the game reproduces the feelings of archery.
WARNING: YOU MUST BE 18+ TO PLAY THIS GAME.VIOLENT SCENE INCLUDED.
1. Touch the wall to aim,release to shoot.
2. Use the direction indicator gauge on top left corner to help you to aim.
3. The longer you tap and hold,the stronger the strength is.
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