Here's a sweet treat that can be whipped up in minutes whilst (crucially) still retaining some nutritional value – yes. I've added some (optional) sweetener but I reckon there's enough good to cancel out the bad… at least, that's what I keep telling myself.
Bring a small pan of water to the boil and then turn down to barely a simmer. place a bowl over the pan and melt the chocolate, plant milk and agave until completely smooth.
Add the amaranth pops, desiccated coconut and stir to combine.
Fill 8-10 mini muffin cases with the mixture and finish with a little more coconut.
Leave to harden for at least an hour before consuming. you can also chill them in the refrigerator if you prefer.


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Skeptic Shermer resorts to ridicule because the science is weak
by John Hartnett
Published: 22 September 2008(GMT+10)
Portrait by Byrd Williams, Wikipedia
Michael Shermer, the originator of the Skeptics magazine in the USA, and a Scientific American columnist, is a self-confessed apostate and atheist. So he has a vested interest in supporting his own worldview, i.e. that there is no God and as such mankind can decide what is truth for himself. In his lecture, 'Why Darwin Matters', delivered on August 20th during Science Week at the University of Western Australia, he was very insulting and condescending towards creationists and the ID movement. I felt that his sarcasm and arrogant attitude was not fitting for a scientific discussion. He adopted a ridiculing tone through most of his lecture.
Even in the Q&A time when asked, 'How did life start?', he answered by saying there were many theories but never gave any examples of where life had been created in the lab, let alone formed spontaneously, as evolution requires. In a condescending manner, he challenged the questioner to do the experiments and find out for himself. This presupposes that natural processes generated life, which was precisely the question at issue—such question-begging is common among believers in chemical evolution. And he had a blind spot: if scientists did make life, they would use intelligence (see Will scientists create new life forms and what would it prove?).
Shermer used the ruse, as many skeptics do, of lumping creationists together with all those 'nut jobs' that believe in wayout conspiracy theories, UFOs, tarot readings etc—calling those pseudoscience, even nonsense. Of course, the same trick can be applied to evolutionists, who are certainly to be found within the ranks of conspiracy nutters, alien abduction believers, astrologers.
He used 'strawman arguments', giving examples of what creationists are supposed to believe and then ridiculing them for those beliefs—when in fact creationists do not believe those things. Indeed, an article in Skeptical Inquirer, no less, noted that Bible-believing Christians are less prone to such superstitions (see Antidote to superstition: Nonsense thrives wherever the Bible is weakened)
He said evolution is just as much a valid theory as is gravity—an old ploy—asking 'Why don't creationists deny gravity, it also is a theory?' Is he stupid or just playing the crowd? Creationists have no reason to disbelieve gravity, since we observe it! Conversely, as Dawkins said, 'Evolution has been observed. It's just that it hasn't been observed while it's happening.' [ Battle over evolution Bill Moyers interviews Richard Dawkins, 'Now', 3 December 2004, PBS network]. . Also, informed creationists have long advised against saying, Evolution is just a theory', since we don't want to give evolutionary hypothesis the same status as gravity.
Shermer asked, 'Why don't creationists mention Isaac Newton because he wrote more on the Bible than physics?'—once more exposing his ignorance—creationists often cite Newton, pointing out this very thing! See the Creation magazine article, Sir Isaac Newton (1642/3–1727): A Scientific Genius).
Creationists don't deny the ongoing operational science that we study in the lab—that is subject to repeatable scientific scrutiny. Creationists broadly (in any group there are some 'outliers') accept all of modern physics, relativity and quantum mechanics and what preceded them in classical physics. This is all testable experimental science. Goo-to-you evolution via the zoo is not repeatable, testable, experimental science. Shermer said he knows everything creationists believe. Clearly that is not the case, because the only alternative is that he is deliberately rather than inadvertently misrepresenting creationists.
Why creationists believe in a young earth
Creationists are a diverse lot. Biblical creationists accept the straightforward reading of the Bible as real history. It follows from the text that our omnipotent Creator created this solar system and Universe about 6 or 7 thousand years ago (not usually in 4004 BC as Shermer said) in 6 literal Earth rotation days as described in Genesis chapter 1—time there being measured by Earth clocks. Others 'muddy the waters' because they reinterpret the biblical texts to make them consistent with their modern old-age-of-the-Earth view. They accept the long geological ages for the planet and solar system but reject the notion of biological evolution.
The ID movement adherents do not specify Who or What is the Intelligent Designer, and in this instance I agree with Michael Shermer, they should be more up front about what they believe. Most, but not all, are Christians—one of the leaders is a Moonie—and most are long age believers, so it is not valid to lump them all together as some generic creationists—they are not. Some IDers even believe in evolution along with ID. See also CMI's views on the Intelligent Design Movement.
But really the whole debate is not about the age of the Earth or the universe. It is about whether one accepts the truth and veracity of Holy Scripture and thus accepts history as it occurred and is reliably documented in the Bible, or whether one believes that 21st century Man is able to determine truth himself apart from documented history and Divine revelation.
I see no inconsistency with the age of the universe, for example (13.7 billion years), and the narrative of Genesis 1. The biblical account is given from an Earth-centric viewpoint, and time is measured in Earth days. But a creation scenario can be envisaged where time is given in cosmic years and billions pass in the cosmos while only a day passes on Earth. This of course requires some sort of relativistic time dilation during the creation period of the early universe. But why not? (See my book Starlight, Time and the New Physics (below).
Genetic entropy
What creationists don't accept as scientific fact is universal biological evolution—frog to a prince over millions of years. They don't accept that pond scum, given sufficient time, has evolved by spontaneous addition of coded genetic information into all the diverse animal and plant species we see around us today. That is not the same as Natural Selection, discussed by creationists like Edward Blyth long before Darwin and Wallace. Natural Selection is a fact, but it can only select amongst organisms that already exist; it cannot explain the origin of those organisms or the genetic information they contain. As a result, evolutionists today do not believe Darwin's theory either. They have had to move onto neo-Darwinism as Darwin had no mechanism to 'create' the new information from which 'selection' could choose the new traits. Since then genetics (discovered by the creationist monk Gregor Mendel) has flourished and mutations are meant to provide this information. But known mutations in humans are near-universally experienced as deleterious in medical circles, and virtually all examples evolutionists use of beneficial mutations involve a loss of information (e.g. flightless beetles on windswept islands and sightless fish in caves—which he mentioned as evolution happening today).
Take humans for example, it is estimated (conservatively) that there are 100 mutations added per person per generation—essentially copying errors in the genetic material passed onto the offspring. These are nearly all slightly deleterious and cannot be selected against because they are only slightly deleterious so they accumulate in the human population. Thankfully most are recessive and we are not so affected yet.
Given the figure Shermer used for the Out-of-Africa scenario, 10,000 humans from the bottleneck, 100,000 years ago, even assuming a massive beneficial mutation rate of say 0.1 per generation (which cannot be supported by observation today) we would have a massive accumulation of billions of slightly-deleterious nearly-neutral mutations in the human population that cannot be eliminated by natural selection and fitness would be enormously degraded. Ultimately one has to pay for that massive loss of information. So how can that be consistent with the molecules-to-man concept of evolution? (See also Haldane's dilemma has not been solved).
Shermer proposed that one day alien races may make contact, saying they could be thousands if not millions of years more advanced than us. What about this genetic entropy?—the arrow of time marches on and all genomes are rapidly decaying—how would they survive their own genetic decay? Even the most skillful engineering cannot turn back time, cannot undo the damage. Sure medical research can possibly repair a gene but while that is happening 100 or more mutations (some estimate as high as thousands) occur in the same genome.
Shermer's testimony
Shermer spoke of his own conversion to Christianity—saying he became a born-again Christian and creationist in high school in Malibu, but when he was taught evolution in college he realized it was true. I assume that is where he rejected his Christian faith. I cannot know for sure, but I strongly doubt his testimony, as conversion leaves one with a deep knowledge of the Lord, a life-changing experience. But unless one's faith is grounded in the written Word of God, faith can quickly wane. I was an atheist and evolutionist through my high school years and studied cosmology, believing the universe had no beginning or end. At university I became a born-again Christian and the Lord significantly changed my worldview. After one reading of the creation account in Genesis I became a creationist. That was 30 years ago and I have studied science and the Bible since and I find no contraction between the two.
It's not science vs religion
It is not a choice between science and religion as some portray it, but how one interprets the present facts to make them fit into your worldview. There are no eyewitnesses to the past beyond recorded history, and sources become less reliable the further back in time we go. Even tree-ring dating is not as reliable as some people make out (see this article on dendrochronology). I don't believe the date that Babylonians first began to make beer (as Shermer joked) is so well established, given that archaeologists argue over established historical figures like King David, varying their estimates by many hundreds of years.
Certainly dating the planet and the universe is not subject to eyewitness accounts and relies on interpreting proxies that all require initial assumptions. Shermer said that 'we know' the age of the Earth, Moon, solar system, universe etc and the dates all agree. He is basing his premise on radiometric dating. But no radiometric decay process in Earth rocks gives an 'age' the same as the 4.6 billion years that has been obtained from meteorites and the Moon. So it is then assumed that the Earth has undergone a lot of recycling. Hence the paradigm precedes the science.
Discordant dates
And there are many examples of discordant dates where the dating methods give 'dates' that are wrong for rocks of known historical age. One example is rock from a dacite lava dome at Mount St Helens volcano. Although we know the rock was formed in 1986, the rock was dated by the potassium-argon (K-Ar) method as 0.35 ± 0.05 million years old. Another example is K-Ar 'dating' of five andesite lava flows from Mt Ngauruhoe in New Zealand. The dates ranged from less than 0.27 million years to 3.5 million years but one lava flow occurred in 1949, three in 1954, and one in 1975! What happened was that excess radiogenic argon (40Ar*) from the magma (molten rock) was retained in the rock when it solidified. The scientific literature also lists many examples of excess 40Ar* causing 'dates' of millions of years in rocks of known historical age. This excess appears to have come from the upper mantle, below the earth's crust. This is consistent with a young world—the argon has had too little time to escape. If excess 40Ar* can cause exaggerated dates for rocks of known age, then why should we trust the method for rocks of unknown age?
Another problem is the conflicting dates between different methods. If two methods disagree, then at least one of them must be wrong. For example, in Australia, some wood was buried by a basalt lava flow, as can be seen from the charring. The wood was dated by radiocarbon (14C) analysis at about 45,000 years old, but the basalt was dated by the K-Ar method at c. 45 million years old! Other fossil wood from middle Triassic rock layers has been found with 14C still present. Detectable 14C would have all disintegrated if the wood were really older than 100,000 years, let alone the 250 million years that evolutionists assign to these Triassic rock layers. It's long been known that radiocarbon keeps popping up reliably in samples (of coal, oil, gas, etc.) which are supposed to be 'millions of years' old. However, with the short half-life of 14C (5,730 years) its concentration should decay to zero in only several tens of thousands of years at the most. A few years ago the RATE group from ICR investigated the presence of carbon-14 in all types of carbon-bearing geological specimens. They found that virtually all biological specimens, no matter how 'old' they are supposed to be, show measurable 14C levels. This effectively limits the age of all buried biota to at most 250,000 years, a far cry from the hundreds of millions of years ages for the major fossil record strata.
This conclusion is supported by the work of geophysicist John Baumgardner who had five diamonds analyzed for 14C. It was the first time this had been attempted, and the answer came back positive—14C was present in all five. The diamonds, formed in deep basement rocks, are presumed to be over a billion years old. Nevertheless they contained carbon-14, even though, if the billion-year age were correct, there should be none. The diamonds' carbon-dated 'age' of about 58,000 years is thus an upper estimate for the age of the whole earth.
Transitional fossils
Solid evidence for evolution requires much more than just constructing a possible fossil sequence like Shermer did with whale evolution. The generally accepted order of the archaeocete species, in terms of both morphological (primitive to advanced) and stratigraphical (lower/older to higher/younger) criteria, is Pakicetus, Ambulocetus, Rodhocetus, Indocetus, Protocetus, and Basilosaurus. One problem for this tidy picture is that the stratigraphical relationships of most of these fossils are still uncertain, and the morphological connections are messy. E.g. Pakicetus was once thought to be an aquatic creature based only on its skull bones, but when a more complete skeleton was found, it was shown to be a fast-running land animal. Barbara Stahl, a vertebrate paleontologist and evolutionist, points out in Vertebrate History: Problems in Evolution (1974):
'The serpentine form of the body and the peculiar shape of the cheek teeth make it plain that these archaeocetes [like Basilosaurus] could not possibly have been the ancestor of modern whales.'
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Charles Darwin in 1880
But more generally the extent of 'missing' fossils (of all types) remains a very serious problem for evolutionists, because if evolution proceeds by step-wise Darwinian processes then those steps would be very small as mutations add the new information which is then supposedly selected for by the facilitating environment. If so then species themselves would not be as clearly defined as they are and we should see a blending of organisms both extant and extinct. Darwin predicted in The Origin of Species that the fossil record would in future show numerous transitional fossils, but even 150 years later, all we have are a handful of disputable examples.
Shermer mentioned that (the late) Stephen Jay Gould recognized this problem. Dr Colin Patterson, when he was senior paleontologist at the British Museum of Natural History, said 'Yet Gould and the American Museum people are hard to contradict when they say there are no transitional fossils. … You say that I should at least "show a photo of the fossil from which each type of organism was derived." I will lay it on the line—there is not one such fossil for which one could make a watertight argument.' [emphasis added] When asked about this comment Patterson replied 'I seem fated continually to make a fool of myself with creationists. … I hope that by now I have learned to be more circumspect in dealing with creationists, cryptic or overt. But I still maintain that scepticism is the scientist's duty, however much the stance may expose us to ridicule.' See also this further analysis of Patterson's quote.
Shermer claimed creationists say the abundance of fossils that suddenly appeared in the so-called Cambrian 'explosion' was some sort of creation ex nihilo. That is the first time I have ever heard that and I have been a creationist 30 years.
Shermer said it was an error to say that humans evolved from apes: 'If we evolved from apes, why are there still apes today?' He pointed out that humans didn't descend from apes, but that apes and humans share a common ancestor. However, the evolutionary paleontologist G.G. Simpson had no time for this 'pussyfooting', as he called it. He said, 'In fact, that earlier ancestor would certainly be called an ape or monkey in popular speech by anyone who saw it. Since the terms ape and monkey are defined by popular usage, man's ancestors were apes or monkeys (or successively both). It is pusillanimous [mean-spirited] if not dishonest for an informed investigator to say otherwise.' In any case, creationists have long argued against such an argument, which again shows how little research Shermer has done.
Vestigial organs
Shermer dragged out the vestigial organs citing human appendix, tail bone, male nipples and wings on flightless birds as examples that evolution had no need of. I don't know where he has been but it is known from science that the appendix is part of the immune system, strategically located at the entrance of the almost sterile ileum from the colon with its normally high bacterial content. Recent research shows that it's a safe house for bacteria so the colon can be repopulated with beneficial bacteria after dysentery has cleared them out. The tonsils have a similar immune function in the entrance to the pharynx.
In a recent article in New Scientist, Laura Spinney discusses the 'vestigial organs' notion, and claims that it is still a viable concept despite having taken such a battering at the hands of modern medical science. She notes that 'these days many biologists are extremely wary of talking about vestigial organs at all'. Spinney reflects that this 'may be because the subject has become a battlefield for creationists and the intelligent design lobby … .' It was indeed a battlefield—a battlefield long won by biblical creationists, which is why we're seeing the current attempted fightback by the skeptics.
Bad design
Shermer claimed that the 'backwardly wired' vertebrate retina is poorly designed like would happen if it evolved. Yet ophthalmologists have shown that this design is necessary for the photoreceptors to be supplied with blood from behind; Shermer's 'superior' design—such as found in the octopus—would not allow them to be regenerated quickly, and would result in being blinded by flashes for weeks. Furthermore, recent research shows that the Müller glial cells act as a fibre optic plate, transmitting the image through the nerves without significant signal loss or noise. And it is easy to work out which design works best in which environment—the eagle's eye works superbly in the above-ground environment, and the octopus eye works superbly in the underwater world. Just as if they were created.
Who designed the designer?
Shermer rejects the notion of an omniscient god but also defines science as that which can only investigate the natural world by natural means. He repeats, almost ad nauseam, the canard of 'who designed the designer?' as if he can define the Creator's attributes. Also he said god can only be one of two types; if He is involved in creating in the natural world then he is like an engineer, exists in space and time and therefore not much different from an advanced alien being; if He is omniscient and lives outside of space and time then he can have nothing to do with the Universe or what is contained within it. Of course this supposes that he knows the mind (and exact nature) of God—something I would think impossible.
Final challenge
He does end with one test of evolutionary theory that he says would nullify it completely, "Show me a trilobite and human fossils in the same strata." Let's hope no one finds such for his sanity's sake. But he would merely claim that trilobites didn't become extinct after all, just like the coelacanth and Wollemi pine.
Listening to the lecture by Michael Shermer again reinforced in my mind that the battle is not over the science (in the most part) but is really a spiritual warfare being waged for the minds and souls of men and women. And even though the agents of this battle sometimes represent themselves as scientists (Shermer studied psychology) it is really darker principalities that are waging this war against God (Ephesians 6:12).
'Be sober-minded; be vigilant. Your adversary the devil prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour' 1 Peter 5:8.
The Lawgiver is the biblical Creator God
Does science need evolution?
Creationist v Skeptic debates
Starlight, Time and the New Physics
Written by Dr John Hartnett, this is a bold new answer to the distant starlight issue. Many still doubt the Bible's clear timescale because, they think, it is impossible for light to have reached the Earth in only a few thousand years from stars that are millions of light-years away. This misconception is often the ultimate stumbling block to a straightforward acceptance of the Bible—even the gospel itself. Understandable by intelligent laypersons, with technical equations and papers put into 111 pages of appendices for the specialist. (High School–Adult) 231 pages.
by Jonathan Sarfati
Dr Jonathan Sarfati presents case after case for amazing design in the living world, and demolishes theories of chemical evolution of the first life. Yet unlike many in the prominent Intelligent Design Movement, he is up-front about the truth of the Bible. This enables him to refute many anti-design arguments, and answer the key question: 'Who is the Designer?' (High School–Adult) 260 pages.
Genetic Entropy and the Mystery of the Genome
by Dr J. C. Sanford
This landmark book presents powerful evidence for creation. The author, a well-known ex Cornell University professor of genetics, shows how mutations and natural selection do not account for the information in the human genome. 3rd edition. (High School–Adult) 229 pages.
Thousands … Not Billions
by Dr Don DeYoung
Radiometric dating is one of the linchpins of evolutionary education today. Dr Don DeYoung shatters this and other dating methods employed by evolutionists to cast doubt on the reliability of the Bible and its chronology of Earth history. Evolutionists seek to undermine faith in Genesis as the true documentary of the history of the universe. When people are told that a dinosaur bone has been determined to be tens of millions of years old, that obviously doesn't square with the biblical record of man being created on Day 6 with the land animals. But Dr DeYoung now demonstrates that Christians no longer have to puzzle over this glaring contradiction. (High School–Adult) 250 pages.
Thousands ... Not Billions
Starlight, Time and the New Physics, second edition; updated
by Dr John Hartnett
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[M] don't weep for me
for i deserve no sorrow
WARNING: This thread contains material exceeding the general board rating of PG-13. It may contain very strong language, drug usage, graphic violence, or graphic sexual content. Reader discretion is advised.
She arrived at the camp in the wee hours of the morning, silent as the moon when she slipped unnoticed into her small shelter. Macha had bedded with Tamlin while she was away, no doubt causing his eagle and horse quite a bit of headache in her absence, but the golden scout was all too happy to babysit the feline for the ivory vixen.
He would not, however, be pleased to see what damaged she had sustained upon returning.
They were wrapped in simple bandages now, the off-white dressing almost blending into her fur, but the inner fabric near her hands were crusted with browning blood. It was painfully obvious that something had transpired, but the nature of such an injury she wouldn't dare reveal. Not only was it embarrassing and humiliating, but it was definitely going to scar her hands, and that was the greatest travesty of it all. More imperfections to litter her flawless body. It was heartbreaking.
Sighing deeply as she set aside her belongings, the wolfess easily fell into the corner of her space in exhaustion, having forfeited sleep in lieu of getting back to New Caledonia as soon as possible. She had zero desire to remain in Amherst, zero desire to return to Biff's Bar — and absolutely zero desire to run into the mountain of a man that had tormented her in the first place. A shame her savior had let the brute off with little more than a flesh wound, if anything at all.
But even as she tried to sleep she was interrupted; Macha, somehow with her unnatural sense of hearing, must have noticed her master's return; with a chirping, innocent mew, the cat entered the tent, moving to curl into Fennore's side. Groaning, the young woman turned on her side, pulling the cat close to her chest reluctantly to hopefully smother out Macha's attempts to rouse her. Just as happy to receive cuddles, she rubbed into Fennore's chin, purring contently as she laid in painful alertness, the inviting pull of slumber just far enough out of reach to keep her awake.
ooc → M tag is just for drunkenness and (perhaps) sexually suggestive stuff later on!
reason this has so many edits is because i'm trying to figure out why the table is showing up weird on the default skin?? oh well. looks fine on the others ?__?
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He thought his dream must have been pleasant, for when he awoke he felt a sense of longing for it, but the wisps of recollection faded into the evening air before he could clutch them. For a few moments he lay there in confusion blunted numb by fatigue, feeling an odd chill to his chest—a hand reached for Macha, finding the cat absent. The cause of his unwelcome alertness identified, Tamlin grumbled wordlessly to himself, rising up on his elbows just in time to see the gray cat disappearing into Fennore's tent. "Macha," he called quietly, rising up to his knees. "Come back, Chacha," the singsong tones that normally called the cat with ease had no effect; too tired to walk, Tamlin went instead on his hands and knees. Perhaps the feline sought to summon his favorite Luperci by rummaging through her tent, but it wouldn't do to let her sleep alone.
Thus he crawled to the flap of the tent, mimicking Macha's miaow as he did so, only to be confronted with the image of the cat curled up beneath the woman's chin. "Oh, sorry," he managed to stammer out, having clearly expected to find the cat alone. He made to let the entrance to the tent fall closed once more, when the smell of blood hit him—his eyes narrowed, looking first to the cat, and observing with horror that it was the hand encircling the feline which bore the stain of it. The overwhelming concern that struck him was enough to overpower the embarrassment at interrupting the woman who had rebuffed him, and he lifted the cloth in his hands higher to let in the moonlight.
"By the Gods Fennore, what happened?" He only realized the intensity of the volume of his words as he was speaking, making attempts to speak more quietly as he went along. She hadn't been asleep, laying there possum, and there was something in her face that bespoke an accident more severe than a whittling wound or some minor infraction. It was true that of late he had done his best to avoid her except when necessary, granting himself the space required to reset his mind, but he wasn't about to ignore her when she lay wounded.
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Tamlin
The Sunwarden
She knew it wouldn't take long for him to meander over, and she heard his babyish voice as he drew nearer to her tent. With a quirked brow, she looked over her shoulder to see the Anor man on his hands and knees, clearly not expecting for Fennore to have returned so early from her trip. As he moved to scoot back out, she stifled a chuckle: "Tamlin Anor, well met. I didn't know you were part cat." And she almost felt as though she had shook him off, but of course she would not be so lucky.
Immediately he was at her side, taking her injured hands into his own, inspecting the sullied wrapping with concern in his greenish-yellow eyes. She met his worry with a bit of unease in her own face, her lips curled in a slight frown; but with a shake of her head, it faded back into her usual, emotionless mask. "I... had a bit of an unpleasant encounter in Amherst." There was a silent pleading in her eyes when she looked back to him, a request to end the questioning there. She wasn't especially fond of reliving the close encounter, and just thinking of her nameless, soulless attacker sent a shiver through her dainty frame.
She yearned to change the subject quickly and that is exactly what she did. Pulling herself up to sit beside him, Fennore resituated Macha into her lap, and the cat adjusted herself with a small meow once more.
Did Macha behave?" She allowed him ample time to answer as she hid her damaged paws underneath Macha's dove fur, her eyes intensely staring into Tamlin's; if he pulled his gaze downward, to ask about them, she would clear her throat firmly and refocus his attention to her hard stare. She knew he was worried, it was in his nature to be concerned with her — but not right now. Perhaps she would inform him later.
After a bit of simple back and forth and pleasantries — and a lot of snapping of Fennore's fingers to readjust Tamlin's thoughts to her voice rather than her hands, though how effective that was considering she had to use her hands for that action was dubious — the wolfess slid her feline companion onto the sleeping mat and rustled around in her messenger bag for something in particular. "What is on your agenda today? Shall I braid your hair before you set out?"
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If he hadn't been so incensed by the wounds lacing her hands, he would have taken stock of her teasing, embarrassed and red. As it was, his own childish whimsies fell by the wayside where concern was paramount. He wished then more than ever that New Caledonia had a healer, one who could tend to Vodeva and now Fennore—if only, if only—but there was no one to assist them, and now Fennore lay bleeding in a ramshackle tent. It pierced his soul, and he felt the regret of all the time he had been shirking her company rise like bile in his throat. He should have been there with her in Amherst; rejection aside, if not as her paramour, then as her friend.
The Sunwarden had assumed some sort of accidental injury. When she spoke, it took a few moments for comprehension to dawn upon him. Tamlin sat there frozen, holding tenderly to her hand, his jaw dropped open as he considered what that meant. The trembling that seized her only confirmed it, and the heaviness that dropped his belly was reminiscent of the time he saw Katoa's blood coagulating in the grass. There hadn't been an accident. Someone had done this. The rust colored lines on the bandage had been made with an intention, a deliberate desire to destroy; even when the fires of Caledonia had burned, Tamlin had not been overly swayed to anger. No, that had been an aching sadness that hollowed him out… this was something altogether new. The Caledonian archer hadn't even known himself capable of hatred, but he felt it coursing through his veins, and he thought then that if he had been there he would have let his arrows find flesh freely.
Even as the adrenaline rattled his fingertips, he remained silent. When the scarlet had cleared his vision there was no monster before him to be targeted, but only Fennore, her countenance supplicating. It jolted through the agony of inaction, softening the hardness that had beset his eyes. He understood the plea, and though his body thrummed with an ambition to violence, he overrode it.
Sit. Stay. The dog in him was obedient, loyal always to those he loved. Though his lips quivered as he forced a false grin, he released her hand as she repositioned herself. When she queried him, it took long enough to reply that it was odd even for the taciturn man. "Macha…" He repeated, bludgeoning the word into the silence between them. Tamlin looked down to the cat, but Fennore made a gentle harrumph into her throat that brought his eyes back to her own. "Macha… was… good." He breathed it out, each word coming more easily than the last, and when he finished he closed his eyes and inhaled as deeply as he could. When he blew it out, a measure of the tension went with it. Though not easy, at least his smile was more natural.
Fennore assumed control of the conversation, though her words were only vapid niceties, he let himself be distracted by her voice. He interjected with simple affirmations when required, and as the minutes passed even his respirations slowed, though he could still feel his heartbeat in the arteries of his neck. "I've nothing pre-planned." The bowman answered, his shoulders shrugging upward. He thought the sensation helped, and rolled them again. "Have I ever refused?" After the events that transpired, his smile at the teasing seemed almost shy. It was easier than he thought to slide back into friendship. He didn't wish to think on the fact that it was easier after he had been forced to contemplate her utter loss.
The shift in Tamlin Anor was one she hadn't ever known before. She could almost feel the shaking in his grasp, the surging incredulity in his fingertips and across his long face. Of course he didn't believe her and she hadn't expected him to do so at all — but the unabashed anger in his greenish eyes was an altogether new thing, a decidedly frightening thing. Was this discomfort she felt under his intense gaze the same he experienced weeks before, when she had snapped at him? No wonder he took on the appearance of a battered dog; the shock of it hit differently when it came from someone you cared for.
But as soon as it appeared did the rage pass, replaced by a superficial smile from the coydog, and though his words came uneasily, they soon evened out the more she encouraged him to speak. He was a quiet man by nature, but even now he felt abnormally silent. With time, though, his hitched breathing seemed to equalize, the beam becoming more sincere as she lead his thoughts away from her lacerations and back to more pleasant conversation topics.
Fennore was not keen on seeing him so livid ever again.
Soon enough he was his normal self again — or he at least was putting on exceptionally well that he was. "Excellent. You shall spend the day with me, then." She moved to sit back on her knees in front of him as was the ritual, and with nimble fingers she sectioned off his hair to prepare for his usual braids. "You will be pleased to know that I traded those pelts for something interesting while in Amherst," she said airily, running the wide brush through his fiery locks, but she paused momentarily. "Well, I hope you are pleased, anyway."
She set to work on the braids, placing the instrument on the ground. "I secured two rather generous bottles of whiskey," she informed him plainly, her eyes darting to his to watch his reaction with interest. "And as much as I would love to share some of it with Lord Eryn, I had hoped you and I can finish them off instead."
It was a tall order, she knew. It was perhaps a very foolish thing to do, too. But after everything that had occurred between them, occurred to her, she wanted to do something brazen and rash and probably very regrettable. Even if she despised the taste of alcohol. Though maybe she had been lacking pleasant company to consume it with.
"Of course, that would take place later tonight, not so early in the morning." A bit of teasing in her tone caused a reserved smirk to tug at her lips as she tied off his first braid and moved to the second. "I chose what we will do later. You will decide what we do in the meantime."
Though Tamlin was forever faithful to her, she wondered if their recent misgivings would alter his willingness to follow her. Surely not, but there was still a morsel of doubt lingering in her mind. Maybe in a sort of twisted way the alcohol was a consolation prize for the sun-kissed scout, but she hoped he would not take it as such. She hoped he saw it as a way for them to unwind and spend time together, even though the act itself was questionable at best. It wasn't as if they were going to get high or take each other to bed as others in the kingdom felt it appropriate to do, anyway.
He could never be certain whether he words were invitations or commands, but it mattered naught to him, for his answer was always the same. Though he thought the curiosity would drive him mad, he pointedly averted his gaze from the soiled trappings that claimed her wounds, even as they darted to and fro in front of his countenance. He chose instead to look without focus, letting his ears assume dominance as she spoke. "Oh?" The scout would have tilted his skull, but he dare not risk her wrath while her fingers were in flight, fearing she might wallop him with the brush. Fennore had taken his overture to continue gracefully, and at the mention of whiskey, his eyes widened in surprise. He thought to respond then, but Fennore carried along, and then his countenance was quite surprised.
If she was hoping to force forgetfulness on the manner of her trauma, she had found a fruitful subject. His expression was aghast, his lips a round 'o', and a dozen stories writ by his brother flooded his consciousness. Tamlin Anor knew all too well what Athras Eryn enjoyed doing while inebriated in the company of beautiful women, for his brother had often joined him on such escapades; his eyes searched Fennore's, though she did not betray if that had been the meaning inherent in her words. Deeper within him, a worrisome sprout asked if perhaps that was the reason she had rebuffed him. Reflecting, he hadn't noticed tender glances between them—in fact they were perhaps more prone to heated ones—but for some there was a thin line between despising someone and passion… an argument had been known to turn to a kiss. Not that it's any of your business, Tamlin. He pushed the thought away hurriedly, hoping stupidly that Fennore hadn't seen the emotions fluttering about his features, but knowing that was in vain.
She had every right to choose who she wanted, and if that man was Athras Eryn, Gods be damned he would stand by at their wedding with his mouth shut. But for now, for this night… he would gladly drink the whiskey if it meant that Athras was deprived the opportunity.
He didn't even enjoy liquor. "I would love to." The words came out more disgruntled than he had hoped, which would likely only contribute to Fennore's merriment. He couldn't fault her. She worked her ivory fingers down his hair, and he weighed her words, brow furrowed as he thought of what she asked of him. In truth, the archer's thoughts had returned to his primitive fear of losing her—but he dare not share it, not when her face had returned to pleasantness. There did seem one way to keep her safe without him… or at least safer. "Perhaps it's time you learned how to ride Lirael." He uttered it as nonchalantly as he could, as though it was an innocent thought, not trickery meant to protect her.
The Sunwarden even closed his eyes, as though it could prevent her read upon him. "If you're going to be a tradeswoman, she could carry a heavier load than you alone." His justification was airy, spoken lightheartedly as best he could manage.
She found the surprise in his expression quite amusing, as if alcohol was the last thing he expected. Not that she could entirely blame him for that, though; he knew she was rather reserved on the substance front, not taking too kindly to lessening control of herself to some foreign thing like drinks or ... marijuana, was it? Was that what Thị Ánh smoked? Regardless, it wasn't really in her nature, nor did she feel as though it was in his — but that made them perfect candidates to experiment together. Fennore wasn't quite sure she'd want anyone other than Tamlin to see her at something not quite her best.
But, strangely, at the same time, she only ever gave her most complete and honest best with Tamlin.
Just as queerly, the mention of Athras seemed to rub Tamlin a certain way. Was that jealousy? It was hard to tell what it was, exactly, but it was very obviously something not so comfortable for him. Presumably the sarcasm dripping from her words would assure him she was joking initially, but perhaps his recently disappointed heart was seeking fault in her. It would make sense. His response was less than enthusiastic, and Fennore rose an eyebrow as she continued weaving: "I find him to be quite pompous, you know. And that's rich coming from me." She hoped the quip would set him at ease, for it appeared he thought she favored him a bit too much.
Lord Eryn would be lucky if she ever addressed him with the amount of respect he so desperately demanded.
Her ears twitched at the mention of his horse, and she eyed him with interest as she finished up with the second braid, though his were closed like tightly drawn curtains. Macha recognized the creature's name, and from her small curled body came an energetic and succinct statement: "Lirael, horse Lirael," she parroted proudly, earning a rewarding pat from Fennore.
"Do you think so?" she asked the man cautiously, framing his face with a few stray locks alongside the weaved pieces. "Would she take to me as easily?" Despite her questioning, the prospect of riding his horse was an exciting one; she hadn't ever really given much weight to it before, but at his suggestion it was becoming quite enticing indeed. Much less work than walking everywhere, anyway.
His own countenance had jilted him again, betraying as always a sliver more identification of his thoughts to his company. As much as Tamlin attempted to keep his secrets, Fennore knew his mind like the moon perceives the push and pull of the tides: a sureness of understanding and the cause all the same. With surprising gentleness she corrected his assumption, far more elegantly than Tamlin could have done, and he visibly relaxed. "True, though all of us are flawed." The statement was made with some form of deference to their Half-Shadow, whom Tamlin genuinely cared for (he had too few countrymen left to avoid a man on principle of ego) but also with tangible relief. So he was not to be attending to their courtship, then—good, for it gave him more time to adjust to the idea that eventually he would find himself introduced to a man in her life.
Her fingers finished in his rosy locks, and as he always did, he let his own palms find them and bring them out where he could admire her handiwork. When Macha showed interest in the movement of his hands, he leaned down to show her as well, only to be rewarded with her paws swiping at the hair playfully. "She is not so high strung as some horses. Plus, she likes you." He added the last statement definitively, as though liking Fennore was the most natural thing to ever happen, as though all who met her would follow suit. "We can always ask her if it makes you more comfortable." With a smile grown cheery, even if it stumbled each time he looked to her wrists, he turned to open the flap of the tent. Outside, the sun had begun its leisurely turn up to the sky, painting the sky a vivid pink.
Pragmatic as ever, he crawled outside, turning to help up the pale Moonwraith once outside. Lirael was nearby, though it appeared she was already awake—perhaps she had been ever since Tamlin had left her side. Regardless, she stood between the trees, head hanging low as though she was still deciding whether or not she wanted to eat the grass. When the two Caledonians approached, she lifted her skull and whickered softly, pressing her nose into Tamlin's ready hands as he placed his forehead to hers. A steady stream of murmured whispers left his mouth, possibly punctuated by a good morning, and the horse snorted.
"We're going to teach Fennore how to ride today, okay?" He asked, his voice always slightly higher pitched when talking to his animals. As though she understood him, Lirael's large brown eyes turned to the white woman when Tamlin's gold-green ones did too. "The first step is learning how to put the saddle on. Well, after you say good morning."
Her statement worked like a charm, as it ought to have and as she expected. His counter was met with a small shrug from Fennore, an acknowledgement of his words but not necessarily an agreement to them; "Some are more flawed than others," she could have easily interjected, but it wasn't especially a route of conversation worth pursuing. Besides, there was always the chance he would perhaps catch other hidden, unmeant meanings in her words, and she wanted to avoid further confusion and backpedaling as much as possible.
She watched as his fingers ghosted over where hers had been in his braids before Macha saw it fit to swat at them; with a snort, Fennore pulled the cat away before her little claws could find their way into the red locks, and she offered another roll of her shoulders to Tamlin's words. "I see you whisper to her all the time and yet never hear her answer," she mused aloud, raising an accusatory but joking eyebrow at her friend before he whisked her to her feet, leaving Macha to trail at their heels with vigor.
Lirael was a gentle creature, from what Fennore had seen. Of course, Tamlin also had a natural talent for talking to lesser animals, anyway, so that probably played a part in her docility. With her head cocked to the side, she watched, amused, as the scout greeted his larger companion, and the horse's dark tail whipped behind her as he held her long face tenderly. He almost looked foolish, affectionate as he was.
So naturally, he required her to do the same before they progressed.
Fennore slowly drew closer to the equine, eyeing her as she might eye an enemy's sword or similar sort of weapon. She spared a wary glance at Tamlin again, who simply nodded and urged her on, before gingerly taking the horse's head into her injured heads in a similar manner to her master. Lirael whinnied softly, her huge walnut eyes blinking, but she didn't shy away; if Tamlin trusted her, so would she.
Her white forehead brushed against Lirael's tan one, but she averted her eyes from the mare as she gave a brisk and professional "Good morning." She felt it an unnecessary and odd step, but the Anor man seemed pleased, his stub of a tail wagging with satisfaction behind him.
She pulled away, a compensating hand planting at her hip. She lowered her muzzle to watch Tamlin intently, a silent invitation to continue.
He hadn't expected her to actually mimic his own greeting—truth be told he had expected her to laugh off the entire affair, or perhaps a mild 'hello.' Instead, with fascination, he watched the sophisticated figure of Fennore dip her beautiful head to Lirael's, and deliver the most blunt 'good morning' he had ever heard. He had thought himself capable of withholding his delight, but first his short tail set to wagging, and then he began to laugh. With his mirth as enthusiastic as it was, it was difficult to see the scowl upon her countenance, but when he did visualize it the ferocity within was enough to still the peals of giggles that threatened to overtake him.
"I… uh, yeah. The saddle." He managed to eke out, attempting to bite his own grin with his white teeth, as though it would save him from her reproach. All of Tamlin's artifacts and treasures were arranged around his simple campsite, but the saddle was perched atop a log obtained for that explicit purpose and guarded by a tarp. Hand crafted in Caledonia, Tamlin knew such a thing would be difficult to replace, especially with the odd stand that sat at the front of it. How many horsemen needed a perch for an eagle? In the saddlebags was the brush, which he used to brush down where the saddle would lay, calling Fennore over to show her how it was done. He let her try her hand, careful to remove any brush or debris that Lirael had obtained during the night.
That accomplished, the blanket first, then the lifting of the saddle. Though well within her realm of strength, it was an odd cumbersome movement to perform, even with a horse like Lirael who was well-accustomed to wearing it. After a few corrections of positioning, the saddle was placed to satisfaction, and fastened in place. He ran her through how to double check that it was comfortable for Lira—she was docile in comparison to many, but would surely voice discomfort or thrash when in pain, like any creature. By the time the reins had been fitted, the sun had risen into full glory, the summer sky a brilliant blue.
He held out his arms expectantly, to help her sit astride the buckskin mare who had grown eager to be moving. "Are you ready? Don't worry, I'll hold the reins until you're comfortable."
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Talking to People about the Persecution in a Detention Center
January 27, 2015 | By a practitioner from China
(Minghui.org) A couple of years ago, three practitioners and I were arrested because we practice Falun Gong. After we were taken to a detention center, five other practitioners were put into our cell. We then began reciting the Fa, doing the exercises, and sending forth righteous thoughts together.
We told everyone we could about the persecution, including the guards and police officers.
Influencing Everyone
The people that were detained with us were arrested for different reasons. Some were arrested because they appealed for their human rights; others were refugees from Vietnam. The Vietnamese refugees were especially miserable. They had been detained for years and did not know when they would be sent back. They had no money or winter coats.
We decided to provide them with funds after we were released. They were very grateful and said, "Falun Gong practitioners are so good. We will start practicing when we get home." One of them even said, "I want to learn it now." Another asked, "I was a member of a communist organization. Could you please help me withdraw from it?"
One morning someone said, "The Falun Gong practitioners are great!" Another said, "Their exercises look so nice. I want to practice with them. At first I thought the time would pass slowly because I would miss my family and my children. Being with Falun Gong practitioners has made me feel much better. I enjoy staying with them."
Unconditional Care
A young lady asked me to sing a song written by a Dafa practitioner. She had fought with her boyfriend and lost her baby. Nobody in her family knew she had been arrested, so there was nobody to look after her. Some people looked down on her because her boyfriend was a married man, but I took care of her as if she were my own daughter.
When it was cold in the cell, I gave her my quilt and asked a guard to give her another one. At first, the guard refused. I told her, "We are all women. No matter what position you are in, you should first be a good person." The guard then gave her an extra quilt, and the girl was very touched.
She visited me after she was released. Her mother also called to thank me. The young lady said, "All four of us in our family withdrew from the CCP and its affiliated organizations. I will be a good person from now on, and I will marry a good person."
Some other young ladies were arrested because they appealed after being treated unfairly. They were the only ones who refused to withdraw from the CCP and its affiliated organizations.
One day I saw them in a washroom that had no monitors, so I decided to speak with them. "You know it's hard to appeal when you are treated unfairly," I said. "You also know we Falun Gong practitioners are all good people, but we were also arrested. The CCP is about to fall. If you joined it years ago, you're still part of it. You will only be safe if you withdraw from it."
Two of them withdrew immediately. When another one came in and I asked her to quit as well, one of them who had just withdrawn told her, "Listen to her. We all quit. The CCP is so evil it won't last long."
Perfect Arrangements
There were always new people coming into our cell, and we realized that Master had arranged for them to be saved. Another practitioner and I always let the new person sleep in the best bed, which was also closest to the heater. We did this even though it was winter and the cell was freezing. The new inmates were all shocked because no one else in the other cells would do that. We told them we were Falun Gong practitioners and that we think of others first.
Everyone in our cell withdrew from the CCP. During the 15 days we were there, more than 20 people quit. Many people greeted us when they saw us. We told everyone to remember that Falun Dafa is good.
When we were released, everyone opened their windows to wave goodbye to us. They were smiling, because they knew they had been saved.
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The Aces on Bridge: Tuesday, October 1st, 2019
by Bobby Wolff on October 15th, 2019
Love knows nothing of order.
Saint Jerome
♠ A Q 2
♥ J 8 7
♦ J 9 8
♣ Q 6 5 2
♠ 9 8 6
♥ Q 10
♦ A K 7 6 2
♣ J 8 3 ♠ K 4 3
♥ 9 6 5 2
♦ 10 5 3
♣ 10 9 4
♠ J 10 7 5
♥ A K 4 3
♦ Q 4
♣ A K 7
1 NT Pass 3 NT All pass
♦6
South has a textbook opening bid of one no-trump, and North promptly raises to game, giving nothing away. The opening low diamond lead sees South play low from dummy and capture the 10 with the king. If diamonds are 4-4, declarer can simply finesse in spades and be safe whether it wins or loses. But that six is a dangerously large spot, looking far more like fourth-highest from five than an original four-card suit.
So South decides he must make nine tricks without giving up the lead. While a successful finesse in spades would solve the problem, there is no need to rush into things: If the spade king is in the West hand, it will not run away. South can afford to try his other options first.
To begin with, South cashes the top clubs, ending in the North hand. If the clubs failed to break, South would be in position to cross to hand in hearts to lead the spade jack for a finesse. When the clubs do break, South takes his last club winner, pitching a heart from hand and hoping to encourage a defensive error. He then takes the top hearts, and when the queen falls, he has nine tricks. He leads the spade jack from hand (in case West wishes to cover) to dummy's ace and cashes the good club and heart jack for a safe nine tricks.
If West believes in covering an honor with an honor in spades, South will make several overtricks. There is no harm in giving your opponents the chance to err.
Thirty years ago, you might have been able to respond two diamonds here, to show 10 or more points, not forcing to game. Not anymore. This hand may seem too good for a call of one no-trump, but you should make that call whether it is forcing for one round or not. When partner has 12-14 points, you probably do not want to go past the two-level; when he has more, he will be unbalanced, and you can surely make game.
BID WITH THE ACES
♣ J 8 3
1 ♥ Pass
For details of Bobby Wolff's autobiography, The Lone Wolff, contact theLoneWolff@bridgeblogging.com. If you would like to contact Bobby Wolff, please leave a comment at this blog.
Reproduced with permission of United Feature Syndicate, Inc., Copyright 2019. If you are interested in reprinting The Aces on Bridge column, contact reprints@unitedmedia.com.
Juozas KontvainisOctober 15th, 2019 at 6:02 pm
Dear Bobby Wolff,
Long time reader here. I've always wanted to try to play the deals you describe. I sometimes try to make declaring plan, however your deals occasionally are about defence, so often I read a few sentences of article first. And then I usually end up having read through all of the article before really having tried to find the point of the deal myself.
As it happens I am software developer, and I've recently acquired enough skills to create an app for iPhone and Android phones. I think a mobile app would be a great way to engage with your content. Being able to play and actually count the shape of opponents hands is a much better way to learn than just looking at NS hands and formulating a plan. The app would be similar to BridgeMaster, player receiving a new deal every day.
I've tried to contact you publisher Andrews McMeel Syndication for licensing your articles but did not receive any response.
If you're interested, please contact me at juoz4s @ gmail . com
Juozas Kontvainis
Joe1October 16th, 2019 at 1:25 am
BWTA 30 years ago pard would have had 13+ or maybe ++, not 11 and shape, and sometimes not much shape, so 2 D was the more descriptive bid. I am not sure how much better newer techniques are for most players-especially those who learned the game years ago. It seems that 1 NT tells pard "I don't have a near yarborough". With decent 5Ds and a doubleton, 2 D seems natural.
bobbywolffOctober 16th, 2019 at 2:07 pm
Hi Joe1,
IMHO, players make the success, not system, and thus, which follows, not the other way around.
Ingredients in the above declaration have much to do with:
1. choice and compatibility of partner.
2. much experience with the high-level game.
3. common sense application of all factors.
4. total cerebral dedication in the moment.
5. blend with partner when dealing with judgment against specific worthy opponents.
6. attention and expertise of handling both
good and bad luck, and treating those two
imposters just the same.
7. fitting the partnership's system and conventions to the personality of the partners.
8. both partners need to feature consistent bidding discipline, playing technique and in competitive situations, bring their "A" game.
To accomplish the above, and as far as playing bridge, to do so, will give those two the world and all that's in it, and what is more, the listeners and thus followers, will forever be winners.
With apologies to Rudyard Kipling. "IF"!
Iain ClimieOctober 16th, 2019 at 2:53 pm
Hi Bobby,
What if West leads the D2 here? South happily takes the spade finesse and east plays a diamond back leaving South (to quote Samuel Taylor Coleridge) a sadder and a wiser man.
Hi Iain,
Yes, and no doubt, especially with Coleridge's comment, but let us further evaluate.
You were automatically suggesting that EW were playing 4th highest leads vs. NT, a common decades old choice, but one still in fashion, but not without some competition.
The disadvantage of such a non-conventional opening lead choice (when, of course, playing 4th highest), might, on certain holdings, cause a misfire on defense and although I am, in no way, discounting its value (perfect in this case, although the six could also be led from only four) might lead to a classic failure on another. However the deuce, at least on the surface cannot, at least conventionally, signal more than four.
No doubt the definition of a "tough" opponent is often used to describe an adversary who cannot be trusted to be without guile, which in bridge thinking should be a player who may do such a thing, notwithstanding sometimes fooling the wrong person, his partner.
Like poker, it is sometimes explained that the best situation for any would be winning poker player is to almost NEVER bluff, but instead have the reputation of doing it often.
From the above, it should also apply to defenders who may deliberately lead the wrong card (or psyche during the bidding) but, in fact hardly, if ever, do such a thing for fear of misleading his pal, at least up to now, who is his partner.
IOW, all a responsible and conscientious declarer can do is play the opponents for, "if it looks like a duck, walks like a duck, etc. it is one". Except, of course, if one is playing against a duck lookalike he might just take an alternate 90% line of play (which doesn't rely on the opponent's cleverness, however in this case the spade finesse, only 50% or slightly less) but in reality, that finesse, being far less than 90% just isn't, at least in my view, a percentage move.
To do so, is just to play much too great a price, for the reputation of an opponent who would rejoice beyond belief to see it happen.
However, being aware of one's environment is also an important part of gaining a great reputation of being a bridge player for all seasons, in fact, IMO, no one has ever risen to such an exalted position (and kept it), but who is to say that one will never exist.
However, thanks much for injecting the possibility and at the same time, entertain all our readers.


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Q: Unarchiving .sks file in Swift for iOS 7.1 I have an app which loads nicely from an .sks file in iOS 8 using the following extension:
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However, when I use this with devices running iOS 7.1, I get a EXC_BAD_ACCESS code EXC_I386_GPFLT on the AppDelegate and this in the log:
SKTexture: Error loading image resource: "MissingResource.png"
I believe the issue may be the sks file being improperly loaded.  Could anyone tell me how I can load my scene from the sks file?
Thank you for your help,

A: Interestingly I managed to solve this issue by checking whether pre-iOS 8 was running.  If so, I would load the game scene and then copy it.  This solves the issue somehow:
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North East business community and economic partners have their say on Local Industrial Strategy
By Emma Pybus
North East business community and economic partners have their say on Local Industrial Strategy2019-07-162019-07-16/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/logo.pngNorth East Local Enterprise Partnershiphttps://www.northeastlep.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/andrew-hodgson-at-the-lis-summit.jpg200px200px
Businesses in the North East this week contributed to the development of the region's Local Industrial Strategy (LIS), which will set out how the region and government will work together to deliver increased productivity and living standards in the North East.
During the North East Local Industrial Strategy Summit, co-ordinated by the North East Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP), plans for the strategy were laid out to an audience which included representatives from the North East business community, academia and local government.
Andrew Hodgson, Chair of the North East LEP, said: "The North East has been selected by Government as one of six areas to be the first to develop Local Industrial Strategies.
"The North East's strategy will be ambitious and outward-looking, demonstrating how we will use our strengths as a region to increase productivity and improve the earning power and quality of life for people who live here."
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Find out more about the development of the North East Local Industrial Strategy.
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